NORTHEAST KINGDOM – With the regular season wrapped for Craftsbury and Hazen Union’s high school track and field teams, area athletes will make final preparations this week for the upcoming Division III state championships at Burlington High School on Thursday. At St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA), the Hilltoppers look primed to[Read More…]
Track & Field
Chargers Rounding into Form for States
S. BURLINGTON – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field team strung together another grouping of personal bests last week as they look to peak at the right time heading into the Division III state championships next week. Natalie Hill continued to impress in the field events last Wednesday, posting[Read More…]
Hill Leads Chargers with First Career Title
LYNDON CENTER – Sophomore Natalie Hill won her first career varsity track and field event to lead several teammates with personal bests for the Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field team at Lyndon Institute last week. Hill crushed the field in the discus event last Wednesday with a personal best[Read More…]
Local Middle Schoolers Shine in Opening Meets
NEWPORT – Several local middle schoolers shone last week for Craftsbury Academy (CA) and Danville as they kicked off their middle school track and field season at North Country high school. Seventh-grader Hollis Allen led the Chargers with a first-place finish in the 1500m event, blitzing runner-up eighth grader Jonah[Read More…]
Track and Field Roundup
NEWPORT – Craftsbury Academy (CA) junior Soren Stelma-Leonard led all local competitors with an impressive runner-up finish last week as the Chargers joined neighboring Hazen Union and Danville at North Country for the third high school track and field meet of the season. Stelma-Leonard ran his best time of the[Read More…]
Track and Field Roundup
NEK – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) and Hazen Union high school track and field teams were back in action last week, posting several personal bests with their young teams. The Chargers kicked off a busy week at U-32 with sophomore Natalie Hill leading the way on Wednesday with a pair[Read More…]
Royer Sisters Finishing Strong for Catamounts
AMHERST, Mass. – Former Hazen Union standouts Jessica and Cassandra Royer each posted top ten finishes for the University of Vermont (UVM) track and field team over the weekend at the Ken O’Brien Pre-Conference Qualifier. Cassandra finished fourth in the 5000m with a time of 19:26.63 and Jessica finished ninth,[Read More…]
Personal Bests for Chargers at Essex
ESSEX – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field team held their own against stacked fields in multiple divisions last week at the Essex High School Vacational. Freshman Nora Van Gulden posted a personal record in the 1500m, knocking off 15 seconds from her time last week. She followed that[Read More…]
Local Track and Field Programs Ready for Season with New Coaches
NEK – Hazen Union and Craftsbury Academy (CA) are hoping to see a break in this month’s wintery weather as their track and field programs prepare to kick off the season next week with new head coaches at the helm. CA will fully reboot their high school program this spring[Read More…]
Hilltoppers Break State Record at Nationals
BOSTON, Mass. — The St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) 4x800m relay team broke the Vermont State Record by 8 seconds last month at the New Balance Nationals. Emmett Johnson, Isaac Lenzini, James Hatch, and Andrew Thornton-Sherman smashed the state record with a time of 7:52.82. In a field of 207 competitors,[Read More…]
New Coaches for Local Track and Field Teams
HARDWICK, CRAFTSBURY — A couple of new faces will step in to lead local high school programs this spring as Maxfield English takes over the Hazen Union track and field team and Kyle Anderson will do the same at Craftsbury Academy (CA). English replaces Kathy Fortmann after seven years of[Read More…]
Clark and Langmaid Lead 2025 VPA Hall of Fame Class
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Hazen Union alum Mike Clark and St. Johnsbury Academy’s late legendary coach Chip Langmaid are among a distinguished list of inductees who will go into the Vermont Principal’s Association’s (VPA) Hall of Fame later this coming spring. Walden’s Mike Clark will be inducted for his 40 plus[Read More…]
