Cecil County Indoor Track Teams compete at Tower Hill

By Katie and Amanda Callaghan

WILMINGTON, DE - On Saturday, January 21st six teams competed at the Tower Hill School in the second Cecil County Indoor Track Meet this year. Athletes performed exceptionally, and personal records were broken. The meet ran smoothly, thanks to all the coaches who volunteered their time. Participating in the meet were all five Cecil County Schools along with Havre De Grace High School. As the day progressed, spirits were high while athletes from all schools scored points for their teams and faced friendly competition in the county. Athletes performed incredibly on Saturday morning to run their best possible times before the upcoming Regional Championships Track meets on Feb 6th.

Perryville won the meet for boys, earning a total of 90 points, followed incredibly closely by Rising Sun in second with 85 points. In third place was Havre De Grace, earning 59 points. On the girls side, Rising Sun won with a whopping 167 points, with North East winning second (54 points) and Elkton close behind with 40 points.

There were many competitive events at the meet. The meet started with a bang with fast heats of the 55m hurdles and 55m dash. Katie Callaghan of Rising Sun closely won the girls 55m hurdles, coming out of a slower heat to win by time. Ty Stiffler of Perryville won the boy’s 55m hurdles, closely beating teammate Deyshawn Henderson and Rising Sun’s Travis Bare. Elkton won both the boy’s and girls 55m dash: Isaiah Huffstutler took the boy’s race, and Elkton swept the girl’s race with MyAven Ewing earning first, Sage North finishing second, Myracle Miles finishing third, and Shadai Givens finishing fourth.

Intense competition continued with many 300 heats; winning the 300 was Caroline Mercer and Zach Ayres from Rising Sun and Perryville. Elkton’s Sage North and Joshua Brill took second place in their respective races, followed by Bella Chavis (Rising Sun) and Evan Beynan (Perryville) in third. The 500m run was just as competitive with Amanda Callaghan (1:23.67, Rising Sun) winning continued on B-6