Mill Springs Academy Meeting of Athletes
The warm sun saw five schools compete at Mill Springs Academy yesterday and was well pleased with the effort. Our courageous contingency of Cougar ladies defeated all-comers while the boys’ squad finished in fifth. The ubiquitous Madison Clark led the charge by earning the highest number of points at the meet with 32.5. She led off the 4X100m relay team with Love, McMillin, and Brown to win in 1:00.85; Madison then won the longsuffering 3200m with a 13:40, took the coveted 1600m in 6:31, as teammate Finley Love strode to second place in 7:08. Madison concluded her tear by earning gold in the tactical 800m run in 2:56.21 as stalwart teammate Love earned silver in 3:21.50. Mary Addison Burch won the girls’ discus as Finley Love placed second with tosses of 54’1” and 52”, respectively. Skillful Skylar Brown won the 100m High Hurdles with a 21:16 effort; Brown subsequently stormed to a top five finish in the lactate producing 400m in in 1:18.05 as Mary Addison Burch placed sixth- eight one hundredths of one second behind. Skylar also ran a 15.73 to finish fourth in the 100m dash as Reagan McMillin sprinted to sixth at 16.54. Mary Addison Burch placed in the bronze position in the 200m dash at 31.98 as Eleanor Gaffneystone ran strong to finish in seventh with a 39.39. Addison Nowakowskie placed seventh in the shot put with a heave of 10’7”.
On the boys’ team, Noah Velasco placed second in the triple jump with a hop, step and jump of 34’5”, earned fifth in the 800m run at 2:51.18 and anchored the 4X100m relay of McGuire, Crosbie and Longino to fifth place in 57.44. Ian Longino placed sixth in the 100m dash in 14.28. William McGuire raced to solid silver finishes in both the 800m and 1600m with 2:36 and 5:57, respectively, while placing sixth in the 400m in 1:04.05. Master McGuire placed seventh in the discus with a throw of 39’ 4.” Wilson Crosbie earned a hard fought fourth place in the 300m Intermediate Hurdles at 59.73, and Jonah Lorman placed fifth in the 3200m run with a 14:11. Thank you for your support!