Track & Field Athletes improving on Personal Records

North East’s Leanna Rogers won both the 800m (2:36.1) and 3200m (12:04.8). Their Girl’s 4x400m relay of Leanna Rogers, Alyssa Snyder, Cassie McCullough, and Elaina Ness won with a time of 5:04.3. Brin Khanjar won both the shot put, throwing 27' 4.5, and the discus, throwing 95' 5. Alyssa Snyder won the pole vault as well, vaulting 8 feet.

day against Harford Tech.

For North East’s Boys team, Aidan McCullough won both the 400m (55.7) and 800m (2:22.7). Daniel Katz won the 1600m with a time of 5:10.2. North East Boy’s 4x200m relay won with a time of 1:42.1 with a team of Solomon George, Ian Ashford, Sean Holland, and Davell Carter. Their 4x800m relay of Aidan McCullough, Anthony Travisano, Rian Krasman, and Daniel Katz won with a time of 9:43.0.

Jacob Blankenship won the discus, throwing 124' 9.

For Elkton’s Boys’ team, Joshua Brill won the 100m dash with a time of 11.3. He also won the 200m dash with a time of 23.4. Elkton Boy’s 4x100 relay won with a time of 46.3; the team consisted of Allan Tate, Joshua Brill, Chase Bean, and Isaiah Huffstutler. Their 4x400m relay also took home first, running a time of 3:59.8, run by Mekhi Lockhart, Jared Adams, Damonte Brooks, and Allan Tate.

Jaden Nichols won the shotput throwing 40' 3. Damonte Brooks and Jared Adams tied for first in the high jump, each jumping 5’4”. Mekhi Lockhart won the long jump, earning a distance of 19' 2.

Elkton’s Girls’ team also performed incredibly. Myracle Miles and MyAven Ewing tied for first in the 100m dash, each running a time of 13.5. Sage North won both the 200m (27.0) and 100m hurdles (17.6). Emily Silva won the 1600m with a time of 7:46.0. Elkton Girl’s 4x100m relay also won with a time of 53.7. Their team consisted of Shadai Givens, Myracle Miles, MyAven Ewing, and Sage North.

North Harford and Bo Manor at Perryville

On Thursday, March 30th Bo Manor and North Harford athletes arrived at Perryville’s incredible track for their meet. It went incredibly, with athletes setting many new personal records.

Bo Manor’s Saheed Council won the 200m dash with a time of 23.7. Ethan Dell won the 1600 running a time of 4:55.4, and John Conely ran 11:04.4 in the 3200 to win first. Bo Manor boys won the 4x400m with a time of 3:46.8. Their team consisted of Saheed Council, Andrew Lenz, Jacob

Seiple, and Evan Wakefield. John Conley, Leighton Dell, Evan Wakefield, and Ethan Dell. John Conley, Leighton Dell, Evan Wakefield, and Ethan Dell made up Bo Manor Boy’s 4x800m, winning with a time of 9:31.9. Owen Kemether threw a distance of 39' 7 to win the shot put. Pharel Petitfrere won the high jump, jumping 5' 2. Andrew Lenz won the long jump (18' 6.5) and triple jump (35' 0). Kathryn Scott earned plenty of points in the 800 and 1600 after she won first in both, 2:33.3 and 5:36.6 respectively. Bo Manor Girl’s won their 4x400m relay with a time of 4:38.8, and a team of Erika Clarke, Colleen Nelsen, Paige Racine, and Briana Poullard. Their 4x800 relay of Colleen Nelsen, Skylar Pizzulli, Kathryn Scott, and Lauren Scott won first with a time of 10:48.2.

Perryville’s Zach Ayers won the 100m dash with a time of 11.3. Ty Stiffler won first in both the 110m hur- dles (16.4), and 300m hurdles (42.3). Perryville Boy’s 4x100 relay of Zach Ayers, Owen Kilduff, Ty Stiffler, and Evan Beynon. The 4x200m relay of Zach Ayers, Owen Kilduff, Deyshawn Henderson, and Evan Beynon won with a time of 1:36.0. Cy McCall won the discus with a throw of 92' 0. Teammate Michael Young won the Pole vault, vaulting 10' 0. Jaelyn Strand won the 100m hurdles (18.6) and the 300m hurdles (54.3).

Moments In Time

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* On April 19, 1927, blond bombshell Mae West was confronted by the New York Police Department’s Municipal Vice Squad, sentenced to 10 days in a workhouse on the charge of obscenity for her play titled “Sex,” and fined $500. She later quipped that the only thing that really bothered her about the experience was having to wear cotton underwear.

* On April 23, 1940, a fire broke out in the Rhythm Club in Natchez, Mississippi, causing the deaths of more than 200 African Americans due to boarded up windows and a padlocked back door. At the time, it was the second deadliest building fire in American history.

* On April 20, 1957, the Mayflower II, a replica of the original Mayflower that transported Pilgrims to the New World, set out to re-create that voyage from Brixton, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts. The journey took 55 days, and the ship is currently docked at the Plimoth Patuxet Museum.

* On April 17, 1964, the Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model at the New York World’s Fair. Championed by Ford Division general manager Lee Iacocca, the car came with a suggested retail price of $2,368 and was a great success, with more than a million sold in just its first 18 months.

* On April 18, 1988, a retired U.S. auto worker identified as “Ivan the Terrible” was found guilty of Nazi war crimes in an Israeli court and sentenced to death. His conviction was overturned in 1993 after evidence suggested another Ukrainian was actually Ivan the Terrible, and he was returned to America, but later deported back to Ukraine when a judge ruled there was enough evidence to prove he had indeed been a death camp guard.

* On April 22, 1993, the Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in Washington, D.C. Dedicated to documenting, studying and interpreting the history of the Holocaust, it serves as the official American memorial to the millions of Jews and others who lost their lives under the directives of Hitler’s Nazi Germany.

* On April 21, 2014, Kraft Foods recalled 96,000 pounds of Oscar-Meyer hot dogs that had been mislabeled. The company stated that some of their “Classic Cheese Dogs” had been placed in regular hot dog packaging, posing a threat to consumers with dairy allergies.

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SCENES FROM PERRYVILLE / BOHEMIA MANOR / NORTH HARFORD TRACK MEET

Local teacher’s unique experience informs his style of instruction and positively influences his students

By: Mackenzie Crawford

Children learn more in school than just facts and figures; they learn values that can expand their worldviews and help them develop positive behaviors for a lifetime. That is why we look to schools to provide not just lessons, but a variety of sports, clubs, elective options, and other enriching activities.

At the Tome School–an independent K-12 school located in North East MD–one teacher offers many valuable lessons beyond what you can find in a textbook. Avognan Nogboun, born in 1954, grew up in Côte D'Ivoireformerly known as the Ivory Coast- moved on to travel with the Ivorian Olympic team, and now offers his unique perspective and experience to the students at Tome.

A faculty member since 2005, Nogboun teaches French for high school students, geography for 6th graders, and coaches the middle school and high school cross country teams. Not only does he infuse facts about African culture and values into class to foster a well-rounded student, he also brings lessons of perseverance, sacrifice, and determination to the runners he coaches.

Nogboun participated in the 1976 Montreal Olympics as an Olympic runner. He was also a competitor in Los Angeles in the 1984 World Military Games, and World University Game. He always wanted to be an athlete and he made that dream come true as a sprinter in the 400m and 4 x 400m. He began his athletic career in middle school as a high jumper and then switched to relay in high school. To this day, Nogboun holds the record for fastest relay at the high school level in the Côte D'Ivoire.

Nogboun says that the try-outs for the Olympics were extremely competitive. Shortly after he was chosen for the team, they traveled to France to train and compete in various meets.

Nogboun says of his time on the Ivorian Olympic team that he made a lot of sacrifices, and he learned how to show sportsmanship and re- spect for his opponents; these values, he says, are transferred into the way he coaches and holds his athletes to do the same. Even though he didn't win a medal he says, “it was a great feeling and an experience every athlete should be able to dream about.”

After the Olympics

Nogboun returned to Côte D'Ivoire and pursued his goal of teaching. He began working in a public school, and later jumped at the chance to teach at an American school in Africa.

It is a credit to his own middle school physical education teacher–who showed the young Nogboun how teaching had a huge impact on youth–that he became a teacher himself, he explains.

In 1992 Nogboun helped create and manage the first Special Olympics in the Côte D'Ivoire. He ran with disabled athletes, helped them succeed at their own athletic goals, and remained as the director for 10 years.

Not only was the ‘92 Special Olympics the first in the Côte D'Ivoire, it was also the first Olympics in a French-speaking African country. After beginning the program Nogboun moved on to help surrounding countries establish similar programs. Nogboun states that the establishment of Special Olympics in the Côte D'Ivoire was “the best gift I could have given myself and the best experience of my life.”

Nogboun met his wife Lillian, an American who was teaching abroad in Africa, while he was teaching at the American school. When Lillian returned to the States, Nogboun followed and began teaching in Philadelphia in 2002.

The advice that Nogboun wants to share with all of his students is “to dream big and with anything that you do, you have to give the best of yourself so later on you don't have any regrets!”