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WEBUTUCK — The varsity boys and girls track team competed in the Section IX Championship May 28. I would like to congratulate each and every player on a job well done. With the smallest roster of nine boys and eight girls in Class D competition, the student-athletes stepped up to represent Webutuck High School in a big way.

To my knowledge and records, the boys and girls team combined to total a school record of 25 medals. The boys team  total was 15 individual gold medals and four silver individual  medals.  The girls team held their own and brought home seven silver medals. The Warriors boys and girls teams medaled in 16 events out of 30 as a team. Also, each player who participated placed in at least one event to give the teams points.

The Webutuck community, administrators, teachers, staff, classmates and especially parents of the players should be very proud of these young student-athletes for their dedication throughout the season that led up to the success at the Section IX Championships.

 Below are the medal list and the list of the participants on the team:

 Gold medals

*State qualified times

Junior James Boeding (3 golds) 3200m*/1600m*/4x400m relay team

 Senior Tierre Spruill (4 golds) 400m*/200m*/4x100m relay team* /  4x400m relay team

 Junior Martel Williams (3 golds)  100m*/high jump*/4x100m relay team

 Senior Brett Sherman (1 gold) shot put  (Placed fourth in discus)

 Senior Alex Murphy (2 golds) 4x400m relay team/4x100m relay team

 Junior Pat McCaffrey (2 golds)  4x400m relay team/4x100m relay team*

 Silver medals (second place)

 Junior Martel Williams (1 silver)  200m*

Senior Brenden Robostelli  (2 silver) shot put

 Eighth grade, Emma Frietelson (2 silver) 100m / 4x100m relay team  (Placed third in 200m)

Senior Madison Marshall (1 silver) Shot Put  (Placed third in discus)

Senior Lauren Trotter (1 silver) Long Jump*  (Placed fourth in triple jump)

Junior Katie Ruppel (1 silver) 4x100m relay team  (Placed fifth in long jump and seventh in 800m)

Junior Lena Hardy (1 silver) 4x100m relay team  (Placed fourth in 800 meter)

Freshman Brooke Dahoney (1 silver) 4x1 relay team

 Other competitors

 Senior Patrick Ivain placed fourth in shot put and discus

 Freshman Megan McCoy placed fifth in 3000m

Freshman Danielle Stoetzner placed seventh in 800m

 Freshman Coby Adrian placed seventh in long jump

 4x400m girls relay yeam placed third (Ruppel, Dahoney, Hardy, Stoetzner)

Notes

Thank you to our volunteer participants who helped in the hurdles, shot put and discus areas: Daneille Fontaine, Stacy Buckly, Jennifer Dean, Shane Corcoran, Christie Miller and team manager, Issac Morales.

Michael Riddle is Webutuck Central School District’s director of athletics and boys varsity head basketball coach.

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