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Bombers spring track picks up the pace at New Paltz meet

PINE PLAINS — Pine Plains Coach Jeremy Weber watched as the Pine Plains varsity spring track team finished an invitational meet at New Paltz High School with a couple of great performances on Saturday, April 6.

Kicking off at 9 a.m., the invitational welcomed 19 different schools in attendance, including Pine Plains. While the Pine Plains girls varsity track team didn’t score any points as a team, the boys varsity track team scored 14 points as a team, earning 11th place out of 19 schools.

On the girls team, Maddy Michetti came in 17th place in the 100 meter dash, 23rd place in the 200 meter dash and 30th place in the triple jump. Sarah Leach placed 27th in the 100 meter dash while Patience Tindall earned 36th place in the 1,500 meter dash. 

Britney Mercado finished in 19th place in the shot put and 21st place in the discus while Sage Douglass earned 16th place in the pole vault and 20th place in the high jump. Jules Losee came in 15th place in the pole vault while teammate Emily Mason came in 16th place in the triple jump. Running on the 4 x 100 relay team, Michetti, Mason, Losee and Samantha Haines finished in 16th place.

Meanwhile on the boys track team, Kyle Stracher came in eighth place for both the 100 meter and 200 meter dash while Alex Farias earned third place in the 1,600 meter dash, sixth place in the 800 meter dash and 17th place in the 400 meter hurdles. Joe Krimmer placed 10th in the 400 meter dash, 16th in the high jump and 21st in the 200 meter dash. Along with earning 17th place in the 100 meter dash, Christian Aldana came in 12th place for the 200 meter dash.

In addition to finishing in 18th place for the high jump, Adam Hess came in 20th place for the 100 meter dash. Josh Bay finished in 22nd place in the 400 meter hurdles and 25th place in the 100 meter hurdles. Nick McPherson finished in 28th place in the 3,200 meter dash, followed by Matt Leach in 30th place. For the shot put, Nick Saunders earned 25th place while Trevor Slater earned 27th place. For the discus event, Evan McCarthy came in 26th place.

Running on the 4 x 100 relay team, Aldana, Hess, Stracher and Damien Hurn came in sixth place while Bay, Krimmer, Hurn and TJ Roach came in 12th place for the 4 x 400 relay race. For the 4 x 800 relay race, McPherson, Leach, Farias and Landon Fitzgerald came in ninth place.

“Overall, our team had a very successful meet,” Weber said. “Our athletes really held their own and performed some amazing early-season times.”

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