Girls Track and Field are FCIAC East Champions

Blue Wave takes the win for the first time since 2015.

Julia Blake, Editor-In-Chief

This weekend, the Girls Indoor Track and Field team won the FCIAC East for the first time since 2015, breaking Fairfield Ludlowe’s 5-year winning streak. Darien won with a staggering 127.5 points, the next closest competitor came in at 91.5 points. This title is the 14th all-time FCIAC East trophy that Blue Wave Girls Indoor Track and Field has won.

Some impressive Individual performances:

4 x 750 relay teams wins with a ___ lead. Left to right- Avery Johnson, Ali Meyers, Julia Blake, Anna Duarte (bluewavegirlsxctf)

Camilla Lash came in second in the 45-meter-dash with a personal record

Kate Demark and Camilla Lash went 1st and 3rd respectively in the 300 meters

Kate Demark and Katie Savino went 1-3 in the 600 meters, Katie running a personal record

Julia Blake and Cam Meyer went 1-2 in the 1000, and Elizabeth Gonnella PRed to qualify for FCIACs

Julia Blake came in second in the 1-mile race with Bronwyn Fitzgerald and Samantha Veeder running PRs

Avery Johnson came in second in the 2-mile with Ali Meyers in sixth, both PRs

Keziah Gyimah-Padmore came in fourth in the 45-meter hurdles

Relays:

Girls 4 x 375 relay team pulls off a first place victory! Left to right- Evelyn Trudel, Kate Demark, Camilla Lash Cam Meyer. (bluewavegirlsxctf)

4 x 375 won!

(Camilla Lash, Cam Meyer, Evelyn Trudel, Kate Demark)

4 x 750 won!

(Anna Duarte, Avery Johnson, Ali Meyers, Julia Blake)

SMR came in second

(Anna Duarte, Yenairis Frias, Kiely Hillock, Cam Meyer)

4 x 225 came in third

(Keziah Gyimah-Padmore, Yenairis Frias, Kiely Hillock, Evelyn Trudel)

Field Events:

Tate Wein came in sixth in the high jump

Anna Duarte tied for third in the pole vault

Keziah Gyimah-Padmore and Evelyn Trudel went 3-4 in the long jump, Keziah with a PR!

 

Full Results Below:

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/487192/results

The team was nominated for the Ruden Report Team of the Week contest. Make sure to vote for Darien Girls Track this week:

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