RISING SUN BOYS & GIRLS WIN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Katelynn Callaghan and Amanda Callaghan

CALVERT - On Tuesday, April 18th, all five Cecil County schools gathered at Rising Sun High School for the Cecil County Track and Field Championships. This meet was the first meet of “championship season” for track athletes.

“Championship season” starts with County Championships, then moves to Susquehannah/ Chesapeake Championships, UCBAC Championships, a short break for the final regular-season meet, then Regional Championships, and finally State Championships. The athletes were happy to start ramping up for the end of the season, and eager to win medals and earn the elusive “County Champs” title.

Rising Sun took both the girl’s and boy’s county titles, winning on their home track. Led by Coach Jill McKay and due to the hard training of both teams, this is the third-consecutive county championship for the Rising Sun Girl’s, and the first in over a decase for the Rising Sun Boys. Great job!

The meet started off very strongly. Rising Sun won both the boy’s and girl’s 4x800, with the girls team of Katie Callaghan, Anna Callaghan, Isabelle Griffith, and Katelyn Lacey, and the boys team of John Ferry, Nate Good, Matt McKay, and Nik Haraldsson. All other relay races were competative as well; winning the girl’s 4x200 was Rising Sun’s team of Caroline Mercer, Kaitlyn Martin, Olivia Griffith, and Meredith Hov- atter, and winning the boy’s 4x200 was Perryville’s team of Zach Ayers, Sean Beard, Owen Kilduff, and Evan Beynon. Elkton took both the boy’s and girl’s 4x100, with their boy’s team consisting of Solomon Pope, Trey Givens, Allan Tate, and Joshua Brill, and their girl’s team consisting of Shadai Givens, Myracle Miles, MyAven Ewing, and Sage North. Rising Sun won the girl’s 4x400 with their team of Katelyn Lacey, Madi Cleary, Bella Chavis, and Amanda Callaghan, while Bo Manor took the boy’s 4x400 with their team of Andrew Lenz, Dain Lenz, D’mari King, and Saheed Council. In Sprint events, Rocky Ramsland of Perryville won the 100m Dash with a time of 11.35. He was followed by Joshua Brill or Elkton and Davell Carter of North East. Myracle Miles of Elkton won the girls 100m dash, followed by Kaitlyn Martin of Rising Sun in second and Briana Poullard of Bo Manor in third. In the boys 200m dash, Joshua Brill of Elkton took first, followed by Owen Kilduff and

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Josh Burke. Sage North of Elkton won the girls 200m dash, followed by teammate MyAven Ewing and Caroline Mercer or Rising Sun. Saheed Council won the Boys 400m dash, followed by Aidan McCullough of North East and his teammate Jacob Seiple of Bo Manor. The Rising Sun girls swept the 400m race with Amanda Callaghan coming in first followed by Alyssa McCall and Bella Chavis.

Then in Mid and Long distance events, there were many personal records and incredible performances.

Matthew McKay of Rising Sun won the 800m, followed by Aidan McCullough (North East), and Brady Martin (Perryville).

Leanna Rogers of North East won the girls 800m, followed by sisters Anna and Amanda Callaghan (Rising Sun). Matthew McKay also won the Boy’s 1600m, followed by teammate John Ferry and Daniel Katz of North East.

Leanna Rogers of North East won the girls 1600m, with Anna Callaghan in second and Kathryn Scott (Bo Manor) in third. For the 3200, John Ferry won first, followed by Ethan Dell (Bo Manor) and Daniel Katz.

Leanna Rogers beat Skylar Pizzulli and Kathryn Scott in the 3200m as well. In hurdles, Travis Bare of Rising Sun won the boys 110m hurdles, followed by Dain Lenz of Bo Manor and Sebastian Pagliaro of North East. In the the boys 300m hurdles all three placed first, second, and third respectively again! For girls,

Katie Callaghan of Rising Sun won the 100m hurdles, followed by teammate Meredith Hovatter and Elkton’s Sage North. In the girl’s 300m hurdles, Rising Sun swept, with Katie Callaghan earning first, followed by Madi Cleary and Meredith Hovatter.

In field events, Sydney Phillips of Perryville won the boy’s shotput, and Jacob Blankenship (North East) and Jaden Nichols (Elkton) came in second and third. For girls shotput, Caroline Mercer of Rising Sun won, with Haille Dry (North East) and Raegan Lenz (Bo Manor) coming in second and third. In Discus, Jacob Blankenship and Raegan Lenz won the boys and girls competition, followed by Richard Snyder (North East) and Caroline Mercer in second, with Sydney Phillips and Rylee Lenz (Bo Manor) in third. Jakob Edwards of Rising Sun won the high jump, with Ayden Holderer (Bo Manor) and David Greenplate (Rising Sun) following. Brin Khanjar (North East) also took first in high jump, followed by Amanda Callaghan and Bella Chavis. Alyssa Snyder of North East won the pole vault, with Addison Bott (Bo Manor) coming in second and Eva Weston (Rising Sun) in third. Michael Young of Perryville won the boys Pole vault, followed by Rocky Ramsland (Perryville) and Dylan Zahn (Rising Sun). In the long jump, Briana Poullard of Bo Manor jumped 15' 3 to win, with Katelyn Lacey and Olivia Griffith, both of

Rising Sun, following in second and third. For boys, Travis Bare won the long jump, followed by Andrew Lenz and Mekhi Lockhart (Elkton). Mekhi Lockhart also came in first for triple jump, with Travis Bare and Andrew Lenz following in second and third. Rising Sun’s Katie Callaghan and Madi Cleary placed first and second in triple jump, followed by Erika Clarke of Bo Manor.

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