HINESBURG – Both the Craftsbury Academy (CA) and Hazen Union high school track and field teams were back in action last week for their third meets of the season.
The Chargers’ meet at CVU on Tuesday was pushed to Friday due to inclement weather. Head coach Kyle Anderson’s young and talented squad held its own against some heavy hitters in the upper divisions. Junior Kosmos Gletsos continued to be a leader in the field events on Friday, highlighted by a personal record (9.43m) and a fourth-place finish in the shot put. South Burlington sophomore Landon Myers bested the field with a toss that traveled 11.63m. Gletsos also placed fifth in the discus, sixth in the javelin, and posted a personal best in the long jump event.
“The shot put had one of the more crowded fields of the day. Kosmos takes on four events at every meet and is consistently competitive and focused on improvement,” said Anderson.
On the girls’ side, sophomore Linsey Allen’s throw of 18.56m in the javelin was her personal best and good enough for an impressive runner-up finish. South Burlington sophomore Josie Stude bested Allen by just .24m to claim first- place honors. Allen capped off her stellar day with a personal record in the discus and a top-five finish. Freshman teammate Eliza Bunten finished seventh in the 1500m for the Chargers, destroying her personal best time in the event by 22 seconds. CVU multi-sport star senior Zoey McNabb bested the field by nearly three seconds to win the event. Bunten was also nine seconds faster in the 800m event, finishing sixth. Senior Audrey Neilson claimed first-place honors for CVU. Bunten is now a state qualifier in both events.
“Linsey continues to show progress in all her events and is proving she can be competitive in each one. Eliza was focused and smart with her race strategies, while showing that she’s willing to take some risks and push herself. She had impressive performances in both races, especially for a runner new to high school competition. Jade Griggs also ran her best time in the 200m and is closing in on the state qualifying time, and Ora Nobel continues to improve and ran her best 100m today,” said Anderson.
Hazen Union traveled to North Country on Thursday to compete. Senior Chloe Dyer posted personal bests in the 100m, 200m and 400m events. Freshman teammates Alden Pougnier and Owen Welch also continued to show progress with personal records in the 800m, 1500m, 100m and 200 events.
Both CA and Hazen are scheduled to be at Lyndon Institute on Wednesday before wrapping up a busy week for qualifiers at the Burlington Invitational on Saturday.
