Hello Reservoir Track & Field Families!
This is a two-part recognition email. The first group of students I want to recognize are the 16 individuals that volunteered to work the regional meet. They worked non-stop for 7 – 8 hours. They did everything that was asked of them by the officials and all of the meet management. Several coaches, many of the officials and even members of the MPSSAA mentioned how well the Reservoir Student workers behaved and operated throughout the course of the evening. They represented our school very well and helped run an efficient meet.
Special thanks to the following Student Workers!
Abodunrin, Daniel
Eldridge-Dooley, McKenzie
Eldridge-Dooley, Myles
Ellinghaus, Griffin
Hochstein, Chris
Johnson-Banks, Brooklyn
Kelani, Israel
Koroma, Almira
Maheswaran, Vijay
Mogire, Justin
Mogire, Valerie
Oyewole, Stephen
Rivas, Debbie
Scipio, Cynthia
Thomas, Karin
Xokoli, Madison
Secondly, our athletes performed very well on the track and in the field last night.
The Boys Team finished 6th overall as a team and the Girls team finished 7th overall as a team.
To Qualify to the State Championships you, can do so in one of three ways:
- Place Top 3 in your Event:
- Kaniyah Ervin – 500m Dash (1:20.19). She finished 2nd and broke the school record.
- Kidus Zeleke – 3200m Run (9:56.54). He finished 2nd.
- Hannah McDerment – Pole Vault (9ft 2in). She is your regional champion! She jumped a life time best!
- The Girls 4 x 200m Relay team of Jamison Smith, Iyona Brown, Kaniyah Ervin and Kiley Okechukwu. They ran a season best of 1:47.44 and finished 3rd. They ran the 6th fastest time in school history.
- The Boys 4 x 200m Relay team of Jordan Tate, Destin Hill, Femi Fekoya and Justin Eusebe. They finished 2nd in a time of 1:33.46 which is the 6th best time in school history.
- Achieve the Auto Advancement Standard. This value is predetermined by the state committee and must be achieved at the Regional meet.
- Femi Fekoya – 55m Dash (6.66). He finished 4th
- Justin Eusebe – 55m Dash (6.74). He finished 9th
- Drew Cline – 800m Run (2:03.62). This is a huge Personal best for him and he is now the 8th fastest 800m runner in school history.
- The final way to qualify for the state championships is to be one of the 7 at-large qualifiers. Here is a list of athletes that have a chance to qualify for the state meet. We will know on Saturday evening if they qualify or not. ” These folks are on the bubble…”
- Brandon Mulira – 55m Hurdles (8.37) – finished in 6th
- Drew Cline – 500m Dash (1:11.80) – finished in 6th He currently holds the 9th fastest time in school history.
- Joanna Manela – Pole Vault (6ft) – finished in 5th
- Nikhil Narayanan – Shot Put (42ft 9in) - finished in 4th place
- Darius Burnside – Shot Put (42ft 6in) - finished in 5th A huge personal best throw for him. His throw ranks him as the 10th best thrower in school history.
- Girls 4 x 400m relay team of Cambel Howard, Moyo Akinmola, Kaniyah Ervin and Ela Muniz. They finished in 5th with a time of 4:19.32. A season best mark. This is the 7th fastest time in school history.
- Boys 4 x 400m relay team of Femi Fekoya, Brandon Mulira, Adam Hunt, Misimi Arowosegbe. They ran a season best time of 3:39.00 and finished 4th. This is the 10th fastest time in school history.
Here is one more performance that did not qualify to states, but had an excellent time!
- Cambel Howard – 500m Dash (1:25.60). This is a huge PR for Cambel.
I will update you with a final list of athletes that qualify for the state championships this weekend. Please congratulate the kids! They have worked extremely hard despite a challenging season.
Please canvas and make sure all athletes are completing make up from the early dismissals. If you have any concerns about athletes missing work or completing make-up work, please let me know.
We are back in action at the State Championships on Feb 21 at the PG Sports and Learning Complex.