Track and Field Earns Second Place Finishes in ISL Championship and New Englands

Roxbury Latin’s Varsity Track and Field team arrived at the ISL Championship on May 11, hoping to improve upon last year’s 5th place overall finish. Not only did they do this, securing a 2nd place overall finish, but the day also included new school records, top-ten placements in the school’s history, and a group of boys leaving the meet as ISL Champions in their respective events. The meet was exciting from start to finish, with the points needed to surpass Milton for second being earned in the final three events. This finish was the team’s highest point total in twelve years, the last being when the team won the ISL Championship in 2013. “We had an amazing day,” said head coach Mrs. Dromgoole. “We left nothing out there on the track or in the fields.”

In the first 4x100m relay event, the team of Bruno Kim (I), co-captain Alex Giordano (I), Nate Kelly (IV), and Andrew Giordano (III) earned sixth place overall and second in their heat, earning one point for RL. In the next event, the 1500m run, James Kerr (III) finished in first place, securing ten points for the team and RL’s first win of the day. Additionally, James’s time of 3:58.70 set a new school record in this event. Ryan Miller (I) finished in third place in the 110m Hurdles, adding six more points to the team’s total. In the following event, the 400m dash, Noah Rahim (I) placed third overall, securing another six points for RL. RL’s second victory came in the 800m run when Levi Harrison (I) came in first place, earning ten points. Richie Federico (II) also added four points to the board for coming in fourth in this event. 

Flynn Hall (III) and Ryan finished in fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 300m hurdles, adding five points to the tally. Flynn’s time of 42.63 secured him the number ten spot in RL’s history in this event. In the 200m dash, Alex finished in fourth place overall, earning four points for the team and catapulting him to the number two all-time result for this event with a time of 22.48. In the 3000m run, James finished in third overall, adding six more points to the score. 

The 4×400 relay race came down to the wire, with the team of Noah, Richie, Levi, and co-captain Benji Macharia (I) finishing first overall with a time of 3:39.01. This time earned the relay team the number four finish in RL’s history in this event. Nitin Muniappan (II) secured first place in the Javelin Throw, adding ten points to the team’s score, while Dante LaMonica (III) earned the team two points with his fifth-place finish. Alex and Drew Anderson (II) finished fourth and fifth in the Triple Jump, earning RL a crucial six points. In the day’s final event, Ryan secured ten points for the team with a first-place finish in the Pole Vault while setting a new school record with a mark of 14-1. With all the points tallied, RL earned a solid second-place finish with 92 points. 

After the team’s success in the ISL Championships came the New England Championship meet, where the team once again earned second place overall. Ryan and James secured first-place finishes in their respective events and completed the difficult task of winning back-to-back championship competitions. Chase Sullivan (IV) set the freshman record in the long jump with a 20′ 4.5″ leap, while Nate broke his own freshman record in the 200m dash.