BOARDMAN BOYS STAY UNDEFEATED IN TRACK AND FIELD
BOARDMAN, OH- Boardman-The Boardman Boys Track Team improved to 4-0 with a 143.75-56.25-39-9 victory over the Warren Harding Raiders, Chaney Cowboys, and Cardinal Mooney Cardinals this past Tuesday.
The Spartans opened the meet with a victory by sophomore Brock Farris, freshman David D’Altorio, senior Jack Graff, and junior Andrew Yocum in the 4×800 meter relay. The next event, the 110-meter hurdles, the Spartans took three of the five places with senior Trey DePietro in first, junior Brady DePietro second, and sophomore Breylin Jones in third. In the 100 meter dash, junior Ben Alvarico took first and junior Fernando Ortiz was third. The 4×200 relay team of junior Joel Cuevas-Pixley, Trey DePietro, senior Anthony Hightower, and Alvarico placed first.
In the 1600 meter run, Farris placed first and freshman Danny LaCivita was fourth. The 4×100 relay team of Hightower, Cuevas-Pixley, Alvarico, and Ortiz placed first. Senior Ray Griggy and D’Altorio tied for second place in the 400-meter dash with senior Ryne Loftus tying a Mooney athlete for fourth place. In the 300 meter hurdles, Trey DePietro was first, Brady DePietro placed second, and junior Alex Anzevino was fifth.
In the 800 meter run, D’Altorio placed third and Graff fifth. The 200-meter dash saw Alvarico take first place honors.. The next event was the 3200-meter run which was won by Farris with LaCivita in third and sophomore Ethan Boots in fifth. The 4×400 relay team of Cuevas-Pixley, Trey DePietro, Brady DePietro, and Griggy took first.
In the field events, Hightower placed first in the high jump with senior Tommy Nawrocki in second, senior Gerick Angel in third, and Jones tying three Warren athletes for fifth. Nawrocki also placed second overall in the long jump. Angel placed first in the pole vault, junior Paul Bonnel was second, and freshman Isaiah Doyle placed third. In the discus, junior Tyler Cherne placed first, senior Ethan Barrett was third, and senior Joe Sferra placed fourth. The shot put saw Sferra in first, Cherne in third, and Barrett placed fifth.
The meet MVP award went to senior Tommy Nawrocki for earning varsity letters in both jumps in the first-ever meet of his high school career.
*Reported by John Phillips
