Monday, April 30, 2012

Johnston Siblings Dominate O’Grady’s Relays



By Matt Pik

The Boys and Girls Track teams made the journey to Danbury on Saturday (4/28) to participate in the annual O’Grady’s Relays, a met that essentially eliminates the individual event and focuses solely on team relays. Highlights from the day include a victory by the boys in the long jump relay, where seniors Harlan Smith and Patrick McDonald and sophomore Nick Lombardo combined jumps to take the title. In addition, the Co-ed 8x100 meter relay team came in a close second to Trumbull, losing by a fraction of a second.
There was one individual event, however, and that was the Steeplechase. For those who are unfamiliar, the Steeplechase is a distance event in which runners are required to leap several hurdles throughout the race, one of which includes a shallow pool of water that they must attempt to clear. Freshman Anne Johnston took the Girls Steeplechase, and about 10 minutes after, her older brother, senior Michael Johnston, won it for the Boys. It was certainly a proud day to be a Johnston.

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