Cecil County Indoor Track Teams compete at Tower Hill

continued from A-1 for girls, followed by Leanna Rogers (1:27.08, North East) in second and Isabelle Griffith in third (1:34.24, Rising Sun).

The 800m run was a fast event as well, with Rising Sun girl’s sweeping the 800. First was Katie Callaghan (2:44.20), followed by Anna Callaghan in second (2:45.94), and Isabelle Griffith (2:56.59) in third. On the boys side of the event, Daniel Katz (North East) won with a time of 2:20.25. Elkton’s Allan Tate finished third with a time of 2:27.49.

The action wasn’t limited to the short and mid-distance events. Both the boy’s and girl’s 1600 races were extremely fast. In the girl’s 1600, four girls broke the 6:00 barrier. Bo Manor’s Katie Scott won the race, running a 5:42.57. Behind her was North East’s Leanna Rogers in second (5:43.84), Rising Sun’s Anna Callaghan in third (5:49.92), and Bo Manor’s Skylar Pizzuli in fourth (5:57.71). In the boy’s 1600, four boys broke the 5:00 barrier, with Rising Sun’s John Ferry closely winning the event (4:51.89) after a sprint-off with Bo Manor’s Ethan Dell (4:52.40). Rising Sun’s Matt McKay earned third (4:55.49) followed by teammate Nik Haraldsson in fourth (4:57.14). John Ferry and Kaitlin Perry of Rising Sun each ran outstandingly in the 3200, with both win- ning their races by over a minute. Rising Sun swept the girl’s 3200, with Abby Spero in second, and Sarah Villatoro Puerta in third.

Cecil’s relays were just as competitive with many close races. Rising Sun girls won first on three relays (4x200, 4x400, 4x800), with teams of Anna Callaghan, Caroline Mercer, Katie Callaghan, and Amanda Callaghan for the 4x200, Emily Wishart, Isabelle Griffith, Bella Chavis, and Amanda Callaghan in the 4x400, and a team of Anna Callaghan, Emily Wishart, Katie Callaghan, and Savannah Lacey in the 4x800. The boy’s 4x200 was won by Perryville’s team of Zach Ayers, Ty Stiffler, Evan Beynon, and Jaiden Proctor.

Rising Sun’s 4x800 won the event with a team of John Ferry, Logan Meadows, Nik Haraldsson, and Matt McKay. The last event of the meet, the boys 4x400, was a tense race with Perryville and Rising Sun’s boy’s teams neck-and-neck, fighting for which team would win the meet. After a close dash between Perryville’s anchor Zach Ayers and Sun’s anchor Travis Bare, Perryville’s team of Evan Beynon, Brady Martin, Ty Stiffler, and Zach Ayers finished on top with a time of 3:52.89, a mere 0.26 seconds in front of Rising Sun.

The field events were another showcase of the county’s best athletes. Winning the girl’s high jump was North East’s Brin Khan- jar, setting a season record of 5’2. Perryville’s Deyshawn Henderson won the boy’s high jump, clearing 5’ 10, a personal record. In the shot put, Caroline Mercer of Rising Sun won the event with a new PR (33’ 1.75), as did Jacob Blankenship of North East (40’ 11.25).

The meet was a great finish of the indoor track regular season. Now the Cecil teams move on to Regionals! On Monday, February 6th, Perryville and Bo Manor head to the Baltimore Armory for the 1A Central Region Championships, while Elkton, Rising Sun, and North East head to the Prince George’s Sports Complex for the 2A East Region Championships. Good luck to all of the athletes!