Hopewell Track and Field
Hopewell Track and Field Celebrates Their Seniors with Big Personal Performances!
Hopewell Track and Field recognized the Class of 2024 before their only home meet of the season Monday afternoon. Both the boys and girls team closed out undefeated section seasons and clinched section titles.
The Hopewell girls have won every section meet and title since 2017- a 7-year streak and the boys have won the section 6 of the last 7 seasons. The fine weather and familiar surrounds of home brought out a lot of personal best performances.
Senior thrower Sarah Casey had a MASSIVE improvement in the shot put, adding nearly two and half feet to her previous best, and breaking the 30′ barrier for the first time with 30’0″ throw that won the event.
Senior Christy Sundy had her best javelin throw ever, with a 74’3″ throw that finished second only to her teammate Marlee Page.
Senior Ethan Pletcher won the discus with his lifetime best of 106’7″. He also putted the host his second-best distance of 41’0″.
Senior Jack McGrail took second against New Brighton and third overall with a PR in the 1600m of 5:05, finishing just behind teammate Antony Flitcraft, who also ran a personal record time of 5:02.
Senior Kira Shakespeare won the 100m hurdles with her best time of 17.21. She also placed in the long, triple jump, and high jump.
Senior Matthias Goth won the 300m hurdles with a PR of 44.28.
Senior Tyler Lewis got his mojo back over the 110 hurdles with his best time of the season of 16.03.
Senior Colton Litfin also threw a personal record with the discus – 94’2″, throw that took 3rd overall.
Senior Vicki Dong ran her second fastest 1600m ever with a 6:33 time. She and fellow senior Avery Elias also helped their 4x800m relay team to a win with their fastest time of the season in 12:27.
Senior Nico Flitcraft ran his fastest 400m of the season in 57.70 seconds, and also joined seniors Trevor Neal, Ean Maxwell, and Zach Landry to win the 4x800m relay.
There were also some dramatic improvements in the sprints and hurdles. The races were not time with a FAT (fully automated timing) so there is error involved, but the results were still very encouraging.
Emma Palmieri was timed at 25.80 seconds in the 200, showing she may be threatening the school record of 25.77 set by Lauryn Speicher just last year. Maya Richburg and Nevaeh Persi-Jones also ran their best 200m of the season with a 27.28 and 28.39, respectively. Sophomore Chris Shiel went 25.24, a huge jump from his FAT PR of 26.12. Reese Murray ran her best 300m hurdles race, coming in under 53 seconds for the first time with a 52.82 clocking. Madison Inderelst matched her best 800m time of the season with a 2:52.
