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Housatonic hosts Lakeview to start track season

Housatonic hosts Lakeview to start track season

HVRHS's Simon Markow cleared 5-feet 4-inches in his first-ever attempts at the high jump and earned 4th place in the meet against Lakeview High School April 22.

Photo by Riley Klein

FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School track and field began the season with a home meet against Lakeview High School Tuesday, April 22.

The rivalry meet produced riveting races including a showdown between seniors Kyle McCarron and Ben Schildgen in the 1600-meter race. The star runners traded the lead several times but McCarron was in front when it counted, winning for HVRHS in a time of 4:29.4, a split second ahead of Ben Schildgen’s 4:29.8.

The boys 300m hurdles came down to the wire too, with Lakeview’s Max Guma defeating HVRHS’s Patrick Money by one-tenth of a second.

Lakeview won overall. The girls team score was LHS 100 - 37 HVRHS and the boys team score was LHS 82.5 - 61.5 HVRHS.

Kent School sent a number of runners to the meet as well. The Lions do not have a school team, but the athletes participated in the spirit of competition. They were not officially scored.

Medalists in each event listed below.

Amelia Dodge, center, hustled her way to first place in the 100m hurdles.Photo by Riley Klein

Track Results

Girls 100m

1. Olivia Myrie (LHS) 13.2 seconds

2. Camila Salinas (LHS) 13.3 seconds

3. Jemima Shanks (LHS) 13.6 seconds

Boys 100m

1. Ryan Segalla (HVRHS) 11.4 seconds

2. Daevion Ballard (LHS) 11.5 seconds

3. Jaden Blasi (LHS) 12.0 seconds

Girls 200m

1. Greyson Thomas (LHS) 27.8 seconds

2. Camila Salinas (LHS) 29.1 seconds

3. Sara Huber (HVRHS) 29.2 seconds

Boys 200m

1. Ryan Segalla (HVRHS) 23.2 seconds

2. Jaden Blasi (LHS) 24.8 seconds

3. Ben Southard (LHS) 25.5 seconds

Girls 400m

1. Harper Howe (HVRHS) 1:02.9 minutes

2. Allie Pape (LHS) 1:03.1 minutes

3. Ella Curi (LHS) 1:08.2 minutes

Ryan Segalla, second from right, took first place in the boys 100m, 200m and 400m.Photo by Riley Klein

Boys 400m

1. Ryan Segalla (HVRHS) 51.9 seconds

2. Anthony Labbadia (HVRHS) 52.9 seconds

3. Kyle McCarron (HVRHS) 55.2 seconds

Girls 800m

1. Lilyana Markavich (LHS) 2:42.8 minutes

2. Olivia Brooks (HVRHS) 2:55.1 minutes

3. Addie Foss (LHS) 2:55.2 minutes

Boys 800m

1. Silas Tripp (HVRHS) 2:12.0 minutes

2. Luke O’Mara (LHS) 2:16.2 minutes

3. Reide Augustyn (LHS) 2:18.1 minutes

Girls 1600m

1. Lilyana Markavich (LHS) 6:00.0 minutes

2. Olivia Brooks (HVRHS) 6:18.1 minutes

3. Addie Foss (LHS) 6:31.5 minutes

Runners representing HVRHS, Kent School and Lakeview compete in the 1600m.Photo by Riley Klein

Boys 1600m

1. Kyle McCarron (HVRHS) 4:29.4 minutes

2. Ben Schildgen (LHS) 4:29.8 minutes

3. Reide Augustyn (LHS) 5:02.1 minutes

Girls 3200m

1. Lilyana Markavich (LHS) 13:23.0 minutes

Boys 3200m

1. Ben Schildgen (LHS) 10:08.0 minutes

2. Bailey Williams (HVRHS) 13:20.0 minutes

Girls 100m Hurdles

1. Amelia Dodge (HVRHS) 17.6 seconds

2. Allie Pape (LHS) 19.2 seconds

3. Anisa Nefic (LHS) 20.3 seconds

Boys 100m Hurdles

1. Patrick Money (HVRHS) 17.3 seconds

2. Max Guma (LHS) 18.4 seconds

Girls 300m Hurdles

1. Amelia Dodge (HVRHS) 48.2 seconds

2. Greysen Thomas (LHS) 49.7 seconds

Max Guma, left, and Patrick Money's race in the 300m hurdles was decided by one-tenth of a second.Photo by Riley Klein

Boys 300m Hurdles

1. Max Guma (LHS) 44.1 seconds

2. Patrick Money (HVRHS) 44.2 seconds

3. James Lundt (LHS) 53.4 seconds

Girls 4x100m Relay

1. LHS (Jemima Shanks, Matilda Barnes, Olivia Myrie, Camila Salinas) 54.0 seconds

2. HVRHS (Amelia Dodge, Harper Howe, Madelyn Johnson, McKenzie Lotz) 57.3 seconds

Boys 4x100m Relay

1. LHS (Noah Jenkins, Hunter Pinho, James Shaughnessy, Jaden Blasi) 48.6 seconds

2. HVRHS (Cole Simonds, Matthew McGuire, Nico Bochnovich, Owen Schnepf) 52.8 seconds

3. HVRHS (Brayan Lopez Gonzalez, Federico Vargas Tobon, Luca Floridis, Samuel Berry) 54.2 seconds

Girls 4x400m Relay

1. HVRHS (Amelia Dodge, Harper Howe, Adelyn Diorio, McKenzie Lotz) 4:29.3 minutes

2. LHS (Allie Pape, Olivia Myrie, Jemima Shanks, Aly Schmitz) 4:31.2 minutes

Boys 4.400m Relay

1. HVRHS (Anthony Labbadia, Ryan Segalla, Patrick Money, Kyle McCarron) 3:39.6 minutes

2. LHS (Max Guma, Nathaniel Stull, Ben Southard, Reide Augustyn) 4:00.4 minutes

3. HVRHS (Silas Tripp, Peter Austin, Owen Schnepf, Luca Floridis) 4:05.9 minutes

Girls 4x800m Relay

1. HVRHS (Olivia Brooks, Hannah Johnson, Adelyn Diorio, Meadow Moerschell) 11:50.0 minutes

Boys 4.800m Relay

1. LHS (Tucker Marchand, James Campbell, Luke O’Mara, Joey Nypert) 9:50.0 minutes

Anthony Labbadia placed first in the high jump after successfully clearing 5-feet 8-inches.Photo by Riley Klein

Field Results

Girls Shot Put

1. Olivia Lauretano (LHS) 24’ 3.5”

2. Eleanor Klug (LHS) 20’ 8”

3. Sarah Storm (LHS) 18’ 2.5”

Boys Shot Put

1. Jaxx Willey (LHS) 42’ 5.25”

2. Monty Sabolcik (LHS) 20’ 3.5”

3. Matt Festa (LHS) 29’ 4”

Girls Discus

1. Sarah Storm (LHS) 62’ 3”

2. Olivia Lauretano (LHS) 60’ 8”

3. Eleanor Klug (LHS) 58’ 5”

Boys Discus

1. Noah Schildgen (LHS) 91’ 10”

2. Monty Sabolcik (LHS) 86’ 9”

3. Joe VanOrmer (LHS) 81’ 6”

Girls Javelin

1. Olivia Lauretano (LHS) 74’ 2”

2. Eleanor Klug (LHS) 60’5”

3. Aly Schmitz (LHS) 59’ 7”

Simon Markow competed in the javelin event for HVRHS.Photo by Riley Klein

Boys Javelin

1. Luke Gordon (LHS) 108’ 0”

2. Jaxx Willey (LHS) 104’ 5”

3. Noah Schildgen (LHS) 94’ 9”

Girls High Jump

1. Greysen Thomas (LHS) 5’ 0”

2. Kaylee Wheeler (LHS) 4’ 4”

3. Ella Curi (LHS) 4’ 2”

Boys High Jump

1. Anthony Labbadia (HVRHS) 5’ 8”

2. Max Guma (LHS) 5’ 6”

3. Daevion Ballard (LHS) 5’ 6”

Girls Pole Vault

1. Allie Paper (LHS) 8’ 0”

Boys Pole Vault

1. Reide Augustyn (LHS) 8’ 0”

Girls Long Jump

1. Olivia Myrie (LHS) 15’ 6.25”

2. Jemima Shanks (LHS) 13’ 11”

3. Kaylee Wheeler (LHS) 12’ 6”

Patrick Money soars to 19-feet 7-inches in the long jump.Photo by Riley Klein

Boys Long Jump

1. Patrick Money (HVRHS) 19’ 7”

2. Jaden Blasi (LHS) 16’ 11”

3. Noah Jenkins (LHS) 16’ 10.5”

Girls Triple Jump

1. Harper Howe (HVRHS) 30’ 0.5”

Boys Triple Jump

1. Anthony Labbadia (HVRHS) 39’ 11”

2. Noah Jenkins (LHS) 34’ 4.5”

3. Cole Simonds (LHS) 33’ 2”

HVRHS girls lacrosse watches after practice as classmates compete in the track meet April 22.Photo by Riley Klein

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