TCS Lions All Comers Meeting of Athlete

Saturday, a contingency of courageous Cottage School Cougars competed against a total of 731 student-athletes at Trinity Christian School in Sharpsburg.  Despite rain and fog, our student-athletes exuded camaraderie, good sportsmanship, and cheered louder than any of the many teams in attendance!

For the girls, Madison Clark placed 10^th and 22^nd, respectively in the 3000m run (13:26) and 1500m run (6:26). Eleanor Gaffneystone placed 40^th in the 60 m dash with a 10.97, as teammate Addison Nowakowski earned 41^st at 13.09. Eleanor placed 33^rd in the 200m with a 39.20, and long jumped 4’ 9” for 29^th.  Addison put the shot 10’4” for 28^th place.

On the boys’ side, Nick Elliott placed 42^nd in the 60m dash with an 8.29, as teammate Jack McGrew placed 46^th at 8.41.  In the 300m dash, Jack McGrew placed 30^th in 46.12, while Eric Born placed 34^th at 50.76.  In the 600m dash, Eric Born ran a gutsy race to finish in 34^th at 2:10.16.  Noah Velasco raced to 5:38.39 in the 1500m for 38^th overall. In the 110m High Hurdles, Nick Elliott placed 14^th overall at 21.27, and Long jumped to 19^th place with a 15’11” effort.  Aiden Misnuner placed 6^th (three points) in the discus with a toss of 97’02” and earned 34^th in the shot with a put of 27’7”. The 4X100m relay squad of Misnuner, McGrew, Elliott and Velasco earned 14^th in 58.78, while the 4X800m relay contingency ran 12:58.59 for top ten overall.  (Those lads were Noah Velasco, Eric Born, Quique DeCastro and Jack McGrew).  Our charges look forward to competing again next at Parkview High School in Lilburn on Friday, March 3, beginning at 4:00PM. Thank you for your support and encouragement!