Sports
Eagle track & field teams win at own meet

BRISTOL — The host Mount Abraham Union High School earned solid victories on Tuesday in both the girls’ and boys’ sides in a three-team track and field meet attended by Vergennes and smaller Randolph contingent.
The Eagle boys prevailed with 185.9 points, followed by VUHS with 114 and Randolph with 83.5.
The Eagle girls’ team rolled with 182 points, followed by VUHS with 134 and Randolph with just four.
Middlebury had been scheduled to attend, but opted not to.
The Eagle boys won seven events, four of them by Truman Sawyer — one hurdling and all three jumping events.

COMMODORE GREY FEARON has a slim lead over teammate Brody McGuire in the boys’ 400 at Tuesday’s track & field meet at Mount Abraham Union High School. Fearon eventually stretched his advantage for the victory.
Independent photo/Steve James
The Commodores placed in a number of events, but won only two: Grey Fearon claimed the 400-meter race, and teammate Caleb Hatch prevailed at 1,500 meters.
For the small Randolph contingent, George Rosalbo won two boys’ sprinting events, and Zane Cooper swept the boys’ throws to account for most, if not all, the Ghosts’ points.
On the girls’ side overall the Eagles built their winning margin in the field events, winning eight of 11 events held off the track. Meanwhile the Commodores more than held their own in footraces, winning four of seven.
Nola Roberts and Hazel Stoddard paced the Eagle girls with two wins each. The Mount Abe girls were balanced, with six athletes winning at least one event.

COMMODORES GEORGIA KUNKEL, foreground, and Gina LeBeau dueled in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles at Tuesday’s track & field meet at Mount Abraham Union High School. Kunkel eventually prevailed for one of her three event wins.
Independent photo/Steve James
Georgia Kunkel won three events to lead the Commodore girls, and three other VUHS female athletes picked up one victory apiece.
BOYS’ RESULTS
The winners and top five Eagle and Commodore finishers in the boys’ events on Tuesday were:
• 100M: Rosalbo, Rand, 13.23; 2. William McLeod, MAU, 13.77.
• 200M: 1. Rosalbo, Rand, 27.60; 2. Elliot Senecal, MAU, 28.43; 3. Joey Maneen, VUHS, 28.64; 4. Jaret Sturtevant, MAU, 28.71; 5. McLeod, MAU, 29.28.
• 400M: 1. Grey Fearon, VUHS, 2:05.85; 2. Brody McGuire, VUHS, 2:16.33; 3. Ryan Cross, MAU, 2:54.6.
•1500M 1. Caleb Hatch, VUHS, 4:58.64.
110M Hurdles. 1. Senecal, MAU, 21.00.
• 300M Hurdles: 1. Sawyer, MAU, 50.95; 2. Jackson LaMarche, MAU, 53.14; 3: Chance Koenig, VUHS, 53.47.
• 4×800 Relay: 1. MAU, 11:37.78.
• Shot put: 1. Cooper, Rand, 41-04; 2. Lincoln Ward, MAU, 31-03; 3. McGuire, VUHS, 29-04.00; 4. James Mount, MAU, 27-00; 5. Connor Brogan, VUHS, 26-03.

COMMODORE BRODY MCGUIRE spins as he prepares to unleash a discus throw. He finished second in the event at Tuesday’s track & field meet at Mount Abraham Union High School.
Independent photo/Steve James

EAGLE JACKSON LEMARCHE focuses hard on the task as he takes to the air in the pole vault competition during Tuesday’s track & field meet at Mount Abraham Union High School.
Independent photo/Steve James
• Discus 1. Cooper, Rand, 34.09M; 2. McGuire, VUHS, 32.84M; 3. Elias Bennett Eberhardy, MAU 21.02M; 4. Mount, MAU, 20.41M; 5. Ryan Cross, MAU, 17.94M.
• Javelin: 1. Cooper, Rand, 33.79M; 2. Mount, MAU, 30.51M; 3. Steen, VUHS, 28.64M; 4. Maneen, VUHS, 28.35M.
• High Jump: 1. Sawyer, MAU, 5-0,: 2. David Coburn, VUHS 4-02.
• Pole Vault: 1. Garrett Duell, MAU, 8-0; 2. LaMarche, MAU, 8-0; 3. Bowen Lutz, MAU, 5-06.
• Long Jump: 1. Sawyer, MAU, 5.89m; 2. Jaret Sturtevant, MAU, 5.14m; 3. Maneen, VUHS, 4.76m; 4. Senecal, MAU, 4.65m.
• Triple Jump: 1. Sawyer, MAU, 11.48m; 2. Koenig, VUHS, 10.19m (school record). 3. Maneen, VUHS, 9.74m; 4. LaMarche, MAU, 8.45m.
GIRLS’ RESULTS
The winners and top five Eagle and Commodore finishers in the girls’ events on Tuesday were:
100M: 1. Ruby Connell, MAU, 14.14; 2. Tie: Isabel Miguel, VUHS, and Isla Underwood, MAU, 15.00; 4. Isabelle Van Voorst, VUHS, 15.12.
200M 1. Eleanor Wilkinson-Sachs, VUHS, 30.45; 2. Van Voorst, VUHS, 30.54; 3. Lauren Hill, VUHS, 30.99; 4. Miguel, VUHS, 31.77; Faith McAllister, VUHS 32.67.
400M: 1. Hill, VUHS, 1:10.79; 2. Sophie Underwood, MAU, 1:13.53; 3. Wilkinson-Sachs, VUHS,1:13.98; 4. Jing Williams, VUHS, 1:14.94.

EAGLE RUNNER CAMERON Vose, foreground, leads Commodore Torrey Hanna in the girls’ 800-meter race at Tuesday’s track & field meet at Mount Abraham Union High School. It was closely contested throughout, and Vose won by less than a second.
Independent photo/Steve James
800M: 1. Vose, MAU, 2:51.08; 2. Torrey Hanna, VUHS, 2:51.92.
100m Hurdles: 1. Eliza Olenga, VUHS, 22.00; 2. Eloise Newman, MAU, 22.76.
300m Hurdles: 1. Georgia Kunkel, VUHS, 1:04.68; 2. Gina LeBeau, VUHS, 1:07.89.
4×100 Relay: 1. MAU A, 1:00.46; 2 MAU B, 1:05.8.
• Shot put: 1. Nola Roberts, MAU, 22-02; 2. Newman, MAU, 20-05; 3. Kassi Garrow, MAU, 18-06.5.
Discus: 1. Kunkel, VUHS, 17.85M; 2. Sadie Nezin, MAU, 6.85M

EAGLE ATHLETE HAZEL Stoddard lets fly one of her javelin tosses at the Tuesday track & field meet her school hosted. She won that event and the high jump.
Independent photo/Steve James
Javelin: 1. Hazel Stoddard, MAU, 21.65M; 2. Whitney Dykstra, 21.30M; 3. Rhiannon Andrews, MAU, 17.65M. 4. Kassi Garrow, MAU, 13.34M; 5. Nola Roberts, MAU, 12.58M,
• High Jump: 1. Stoddard, MAU, 4-06.
• Pole Vault: 1. Nola Roberts, MAU, 6-0.
• Long Jump: 1. Torrey Hanna, VUHS, 3.84M. 2. Kassi Garrow, MAU, 3.62M; 3. Eliza Olenga, VUHS, 3.60M; 4. Charlotte Desilets, MAU, 3.43M; 5. Eloise Newman, MAU, 3.32M
• Triple Jump: 1. Whitney Dykstra, MAU, 8.39M.
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