Girls track team places sixth at championship meet

The Boardman girls track team placed sixth at the Federal League Championship meet May 17 at Lake High School.

Three senior girls received First Team Federal League Honors by placing first in their events. Sarina Mauerman had a career best vault of 10’3” to take first place honors in the pole vault, Daisy Robinson threw 39’5” to take first in the shot put and Giovanna Silvestri threw 123’1” to place first in the discus. Silvestri also attained second team federal league honors with her runner-up finish in the shot put with a toss of 38’3.5”.

Two girls, Robinson and junior Morgan Hambrick received honorable mention federal league by placing third in their events. Robinson threw the discus 105’8” to place in the discus and Hambrick tied her career best jump of 5’2” in the high jump.

The 4x800 meter relay team of Daisy Corso, Brandi Gatte, Trista Cunningham and Regan O’Hara placed fifth running 10:10. O’Hara came back in the 800-meter run with a personal best time of 2:08.09 to finish in fifth place. The 4x400 meter relay team, consisting of Jada Redd, Briana Fonderlin, Alison Green and Regan O’Hara, placed fifth running 4:13.78, their best time of the season. The 4x200 meter relay team of Morgan Hambrick, Fonderlin, Redd and Ariana Cuevas placed sixth with a time of 1:49.49. Hambrick and Cuevas then teamed up with Nikki Hillard and Hope Landers to run 52.34 in the 4x100 meter relay to finish in sixth place.

Taking seventh place for the team was Hope Landers in the 100-meter high hurdles (season best of 16.63), Jada Redd in the 400-meter (season best of 61.30), Brittany Chamberlain in the pole vault (8’0”) and Daisy Corso in the 3200 (career best of 12:17). Scoring the final depth points for the team were Emma Schwendeman, running her season best time of 5:36 to place eighth in the 1600-meter run, and Nikki Hillard, jumping a season best of 16’1.5” to also place eighth in the long jump.

The team’s record for the season in Federal League dual meets was 2-4 and the overall season record was 4-4. Even though the team finished sixth at the league championship meet, they finished fifth overall in the team standings for the year. Head coach Denise Gorski was very pleased with the team performance at the league meet.

“We had many personal or season best performances at this meet. The girls gave it everything they had and I’m proud of their efforts. We were only 15 points away from second place and that shows the performances the girls gave the entire night,” Gorski said. “Unfortunately we have lost distance runner Jordan Grantonic for the season due to an aggravating injury and that’s been a big loss for the team. But I was still very pleased with how everyone came together on this night to perform well and support each other.”