BURLINGTON – Local athletes put a punctuation on their seasons last week in the Vermont Middle School Track and Field Championships at the University of Vermont.
Craftsbury Academy (CA) seventh grader Hollis Allen led the Chargers on Friday afternoon with an eighth-place finish and personal best in the 1500m event. Garret Soter of BFA-Fairfax bested the field to take home the title. Allen also finished just outside the top 10 in the 800m, with eighth grade teammate Oakley Crawford posting his best time of the season. Orion Stapleton of Essex was the first to cross the line to claim the title. Seventh grader Poppy Glestos capped off a stellar season for the Chargers with a solid sixth place finish and personal best in the shot put. Liliana Stabach of All Saints took home the title. Eighth grade teammate Aemilia Terrone just missed out on a top 10 in the 800m with a personal record time and posted her best time of the season in the 1500m. Shelburne’s Skye Tyler and Fiona Repp of Camel’s Hump claimed titles in each event.
Eighth grader Colin Gray led the Danville team with a third-place finish and personal best in the 110m hurdle event, won by Sherrard Coleman Jr. of Middlebury. Gray finished seventh in the long jump with his best effort of the season. Teammate Mirek Siebenbrunner had a strong day for the Pride, finishing third in the javelin and posting a personal record in the 800m. Montpelier’s Abdul Wahab-Majboor bested the field to claim the title in the javelin. Eighth grader Landon Garrand wrapped up an impressive day on the boys side for Danville with a fifth-place finish in the 100m with a personal record and his best time of the season in the 1500m. On the girls side, seventh grader Althaea Irwin finished third with a personal record in the long jump, won by Leigha Kretzer of Fair Haven. Kretzer also won the 200m, with Danville’s Riley Barrett posting a personal record. Barrett accomplished the same feat in the long jump event. Sixth Grader Taryn Barrett had her best throw of the season in the javelin event, finishing just outside of the top five. Seventh grade teammates Hailey Duprey and Willa Mantius wrapped up a stellar day for Danville with personal bests in the 400m, 800m and 1500m events.
