Chesapeake Division Track Championships

By: Katie Callaghan

EDGEWOOD - On Thursday April

27th, 8 teams travelled to Edgewood High school for the 2023

UCBAC Chesapeake Championships. The Chesepeake Division is made up of the 8 most competitive track teams in all of UCBACs.

Three teams from Cecil County participated in this meet, including Rising Sun, Perryville, and Elkton.

With greater competition athletes continued to perform extraordinarily, with Rising Sun girls coming in 2nd, Elkton girls in 7th, and Perryville in 8th. Perryville boys took 6th, followed by Rising Sun in 7th and Elkton in 8th. Many athletes performed well individually too, with many personal records and even school records set.

To start off the meet, Rising Sun boys earned 3rd in the 4x800, their team consisting of John Ferry, Anthony McGonigle, Matthew McKay, and Nik Haraldsson ran a time of 9:03.03. Next was the 110 and 100m Hurdles, where Ty Stiffler of Perryville took home second with a time of 15.91, and Katie Callaghan from Rising Sun also won second with a time of 17.12 seconds. In the 100m dash, Rocky Ramsland of Perryville won third with a time of 11.45 seconds.

In the 1600m, Anna Callaghan and Matthew McKay of Rising Sun both earned 3rd, with times of 5:47.15 and 4:43.60 respectively.

In the 400m, Amanda Callaghan took home second for Rising Sun with a time of 1:02.00.

Following the 400m, John Ferry of Rising Sun won second place in the 3200m with a time of 10:19.51.

In the 300m Hurdles, Rising Sun faced plenty of success, with Katie

Callaghan winning first with a time of 47.94, followed by Madi Cleary in third with a time of 51.52. Callaghan’s time set a new school record, which had been standing for 27 years since 1996. Sage North of Elkton won the 200m dash with a time of 26.91.

Following the 200m dash was the 800m. Amanda Callaghan of continued on C2

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Rising Sun won second with a time of 2:26.93 and was followed by her sister Anna Callaghan who earned 3rd with a time of 2:31.01. Elkton’s boys 4x100 of Solomon Pope, Isaiah Huffstutler, Allan Tate, and Joshua Brill took home second place with a time of 44.49. Elkton girl’s team of Shadai Givens, Myracle Miles, MyAven Ewing, and Sage North also placed, taking home third with a time of 53.91. In the last running event of the meet, Rising Sun Girl’s team of Caroline Mercer,

Anna Callaghan, Amanda Callaghan, and Katie Callaghan took home first place in the 4x400 with a time of 4:19.28.

Cecil County athletes also brought home many points in field events. Sydney Phillips of Perryville threw 46-04.50 in the Shot Put to win first, and was followed by Jaden Nichols of Elkton who threw 45-05.00 to win second. Caroline Mercer of Rising Sun also won the Shot Put with a throw of 3207.00. In Discus, Garrett Rees of Rising Sun earned 3rd, throwing 128-01. Caroline Mercer of Rising Sun also won first in the Discus, throwing 112-07. Teammate Sophia Amoretti followed in second, throwing 92-04. Amanda Callaghan of Rising sun won third in the High Jump, earning a height of 4-08.00. Madi Cleary of Rising Sun won the Long jump, jumping 15-00.00 to win.

In the Triple Jump, Mekhi Lockhart of Elkton placed third, jumping 39-08.00. Katie Callaghan of Rising Sun also placed 3rd in the Triple Jump, jumping a distance of 34-02.50.

With many personal records and outstanding performances, the meet was a huge success. Edgewood High School ran the meet incredibly well and it went off without a hitch. We’ll see all these athletes and more this Wednesday and Thursday for the UCBAC Championships, combining both the Chesapeake and Susquehanna divisions at Perryville High School!

Flashback

By Mick Harper

1. Name Bread’s first No. 1 song.

2. Which group released “Have You Seen Her”?

3. Who topped the charts with “So Emotional”?

4. Which artist wrote and released “Fire Lake”?

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “I find myself in a strange situation and I don’t know how, What seemed to be an infatuation is so different now.”

Answers

1. “Make It With You,” in 1970. The song ranked as No. 13 of all songs that year. The group’s name was created when they were stuck in traffic behind a bread truck.

2. The Chi-Lites, in 1971. Narration begins and ends the song as the speaker tells his tale of lost love, but radio stations deleted the spoken parts when the song was played.

3. Whitney Houston, in 1987. It was Houston’s sixth No. 1 song in a row, which put her in a tie with the Bee Gees and the Beatles for most consecutive No. 1 songs. The next year she broke her own record and netted No. 7 with “Where Do Broken Hearts Go?”

4. Bob Seger, in 1980.

5. “I Don’t Want to Live Without You,” by Foreigner in 1988 on their “Inside Information” album. As a single, the song climbed to No. 5 on the Hot 100 chart.

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