by Ava DeVlaminck
Last week, the Dryden Varsity Track Team competed at Mayville and at Marlette. On Tuesday, at Mayville, the girls team took first place and the boys team finished fourth. Great job! On Tuesday, Dryden had some amazing finishes! These include, for the girls, Olivia Reynolds running 13.0 in the 100 meter dash, earning her a first place. Not close behind her was Caila Fitchett, finishing the 100 in 13.7 seconds, coming in at second place! Mallory Barker ran a 1:22 in the 400 meter dash and Olivia Reynolds won the 800 meter dash running an astonishing time of 2:41! Adding onto that, Cara Prusakiewicz ran 6:29 in the mile and 13:31 in the 2 mile, giving her two first-place finishes! Ava DeVlaminck threw 27'8" in shot put, earning her first. Close behind was Mikayla Fleming, throwing 21'3". Ava DeVlaminck also earned a first place title in discus throwing 93'6.5". Great job to the girls on Tuesday!
For the boys team during Tuesday's competition, there were many great accomplishments! For example, Tyler Roberts ran 14.8 in the 100 meter dash. Logan Korth ran 27.5 in the 200 meter dash. Connor Wolff ran 2:28 in the 800 meter dash. Aiden Fitchett won the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:10. Logan Romain ran 12:07 in the 3200 meter run. Matthew Hickmott ran 51.1 in the 300 meter hurdles. Brendan Peter jumped 5'0" in High jump, and Michael Hickmott threw 33'3.5" in shot put. Great job boys!
On Friday, the team competed at Vassar for an invitational. The girls team took first place, and the boys team took twelfth. On the girls side, the first-third places go to Olivia Reynolds and Caila Fitchett in the 200 meter dash, Cara Prusakiewicz in the mile and 2-mile, Sophia Peter in the 100 meter high-hurdles, and Ava DeVlaminck in shot put.
The boys achievements go to Aiden Fitchett running 10:38 in the 2-mile, Sean Finnigan running 2:29 in the 800, Nick Abromaitis jumping 12'9" in long jump, and Matthew Hickmott running 26.51 seconds in the 200 meter dash. Great job boys!
