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Personal & Event Records Earned at Recent Track Meets

The Ranney Boys’ Track Team spent their holiday weekend running relays at the Eagle Invitational on April 15 at Central Regional High School. The team's biggest finish of the day went to the Distance Medley relay team of Kayode Oladeji '19, 1200, Toby Savage '18, 400, Alex Klatsky '19, 800, and Liam Fitzmaurice '17, 1600. 
 
Kayode led off, setting a blistering pace, running the first 800 of his 1200 at the fastest pace he has ever done over 800 meters.  Toby followed with a 400 that tied the Ranney record for the 400 dash.  Alex also ran his fastest time ever for the 800, and Liam, already the school record-holder in the 800 and 1600, ran a solid 1600 to finish the team in 7th place - just one place and 6 seconds out of the medals.
 
The boys 4 x 100 team of Toby Savage, Yishou Sam Shan '19, Mike Zheng '18, and Scottie Lewis '19 set a new school record for the relay, lowering the time by more than 6 seconds. The sprint medley team (200-200-400-800) of Shan, Lewis, Zheng—along with Sam Novotny '20 who pressed into service at the last minute to run his first competitive 800--ran a 4:21.56, besting their seed time by 20 seconds.
 
Previously, on April 13, the boys and girls track team members participated in their second combined meet of the season. The girls bested Henry Hudson 36-16 in the dual/dual duels, but fell to Mater Dei 117-11 in their second meet of the season.  The boys bested Henry Hudson 63-12, while falling to Mater Dei 13-113.
 
Scottie Lewis '19, lowered two of his school records, winning the overall 200 in 23.2 and the high jump at 6'2" while Alex Klatsky hurdled his way to a school record in the 400 hurdles, 1:04.7.
 
Other top runners in the combined meet included: Liam Fitzmaurice '17, 3rd in the 1600, Mia Glass '19, taking 2nd and a personal record of 6:07.4 in the 1600, and Shana Fitzmaurice '19, 2nd in the 800.
 
Personal records fell like rain, including:
 
  • 100:  Sam Shan 12.4, Joe Nan 13.4
  • 200:  Laura Lehrfeld 35.8, Nelly Fadil 31.9, Toby Savage 25.5, Mike Zheng 26.5, Sam Shan 26.0, Joe Nan 27.4
  • 400:  Shreyan Nageswaran
  • 800:  Alex Klatsky 2:21.3 (a 7-second drop in time)
  • 1600:  Kayode Oladeji 5:15.7
  • 3200:  Sam Novotny 13.39.2  (a 1-minute drop in time!)
  • Long Jump:  Olivia Knoop 10'7 3/4 ", George Sima 14'4"
  • Javelin: Laura Lehrfeld 35’ (a 10-foot increase!)
 
The full team headed to Point Pleasant Beach for another dual meet April 18, where they continued posting strong stats. Focusing on individual events, the Panthers left enough events unmanned to take the loss while working on improving skills.
 
Scoring for Ranney boys were Yishou Sam Shan '19 - 3rd in the 100, Liam Fitzmaurice '17 and Olukayode Oladeji '19 - first and third in the 1600, Toby Savage '18 - first in the 400 with a personal record, Mike Zheng '18 - third in both the 200 and the long jump, and Scottie Lewis '19 and Alex Klatsky '19 - first and second in the high jump. Olukayode also took a 2nd in the triple jump, marking a personal record and new school record of 33-6 ¾!
 
Jack DeNicola '17 made a personal record of 72' in the javelin throw, while George Sima '20 marked a personal record of 14'8" in the long jump.
 
On the girls’ side, Shana Fitzmaurice '19 pulled a double win for the girls, leading the field in the 1600 and the 800. Mia Glass '19 came in 3rd in the 1600 with a personal record of 6:03. Olivia Knoop '20 leaped to a 3rd place in the long jump, with a personal record of 11'3/4".  Laura Lehrfeld '18 took two 3rds, in the 100, earning a personal record in the javelin, 35'9".
 
The full team meets Roselle at home on April 20, while the boys will have another run at the relays on May 4, at the Monmouth County Relay Championships.
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