Boys Track Team: Sectional Champions

by Julian Bardin

Last week, over the course of three days, the Bronxville Boys Track Team, held strong and won their Sectional Championship under the tutor ledge of first year head coach Ed Stickles.

Things began well when super-sprinter Nat Recine won the Boys 100 Meter Dash, racking up ten points for Bronxville and clocking an excellent time of 11.2 seconds. Liam Berney ran a time of 11.9 seconds and came in fourth place, to earn four points. Luke Nichols finished in sixth with a time of 12.2 seconds, rounding off a strong dominating force in the 100. Nat and Liam would return to place first and sixth respectively in the 200 meters. Next Jonathan Sturr earned four points in the 110 Meter Hurdles with a fourth place finish.

An impressive four hundred meter dash saw three Bronxville athletes in the top ten spots. Christian Yoo, running a time of 54.1 seconds, placed sixth earning Bronxville .5 points. Jack Aherne placed eighth, running a 55.1 second time, and Julian Bardin ran a 57.7 second four hundred. However, neither result increased Bronxville’s score while Pawling picked up an additional 12 points from the event, elevating the tension between the two teams.

Bronxville faced another upset in the four hundred meter hurdles. Jonathan Sturr snatched fifth place and Luke Marrone came in sixth to gain a total of three points. Valhalla received a total of eighteen points from the event, making them another serious threat to the Bronxville squad.

In the 800m run, Christian Yoo had superb first place finish freshman Dayton Flannery following in fourth place. In addition, Dayton took 1st place in the 1600m run with a swift time of 4:42s.

In the long jump, Luke Marrone placed sixth, allowing Bronxville to pick up one point. He also helped the team in the high jump, where he placed fourth and received four points. In the triple jump, Robert Mahlman was alone fighting for Bronxville, and he placed eighth, just shy of .5 points. Jack Dennen placed second in the pole volt with a jump of nine feet,. Carl Benzige, Johnathan Sturr, and Thomas Hudson all received points.

The Bronxville Boys showed obliterated the competition in the shot put, where Kieran Borcich, Henry Palermo and Hart Mechlin came in first, second, and fifth respectively. In the pentathlon, an event that waged on after most of the other competitors had already left, Tyler Grantham came in second place.

The highlight of the meet would have to be Bronxville’s 4x100 Meter Relay Team, who ran a time of 44.6 seconds. The team consisted of Liam Berney, Xavier Lessane, Luke Nichols, and Nat Recine. Nat Recine was able to pass Pawling in the last few seconds of the race, relasing an enourmous roar from the crowd. The boys 4x400 relay team placed third, raking in six points, while the 4x800 team placed third, adding six points to the score.

It was a surreal experience for the Bronxville Boys when they heard they won the Section I Class C Championships. Through doubt and fierce competition, the boys were able to pull through, and squeeze by and take home the gold.