Sophomore Nick Robie checks his pace in the 1600 meter race.
Photo by Chris Heermann’17
Academy’s boys track team placed third among a field of 10 teams on Friday, April 29, at Hamilton’s All-Star Invitational.
Academy’s boys track team placed third among a field of 10 teams on Friday, April 29, at Hamilton’s All-Star Invitational.
In the 200 meter sprint, Kevin Boyce Jr.’17 and Jerome Buckner ‘18 had impressive runs that garnered them second and third places, respectively, with times of 23.36 and 23.37 seconds.
Boyce again cruised to first place with a time of 51.81 seconds in the 400 meter sprint. Buckner’18 was not far behind, coming in third with a time of 51.95 seconds.
Nicholas Robie’18 earned an impressive 1600 meter run time of 4:41.68 that earned him first place in the event.
Academy placed in the top three in all of its relays.
Juniors Michael Kusi, Hunter Moffett, Nathan Sardo, and Dylan Warren won a second-place finish in the 4×200 meter relay with a time of 1:34.70.
Warren, Moffett, Buckner, and Boyce finished a mere 0.35 seconds behind second place in the 4×400 meter with a time of 3:38.09.
Academy earned a first place finish in the 4×800 meter relay with Warren, Atticus Lee’16, Grayson Mick’17, and Tommy Mampieri’17 with an outstanding time of 8:29.19.
The ten-team event showed that even among a larger field of competitors, Academy’s runners still find room to stand out. This larger event put some of the team’s most consistent performers to a larger test of ability and excellent performance.
