Boys Track & Field Wins First Meet of the Season

In their first meet of the 2019 season, boys varsity track & field won eight events and several athletes placed in the top-10 in events to help the Big Green secure their first win of the season.

Donnie Gray ’21 won the 100 meter race with the meet’s fastest time. Quinton Quirrenbach ’19 added another victory in the 200 meter race. In the middle distance events, Declan Cullinane ’21 was first in the 800 meter race and Ricardo Gonzalez was 2nd in both the 1500 and 3000 meter events. Alton Machen ’20 swept the hurdle events, finishing first in both the 110 and 300 meter hurdles. In the relay events, Deerfield was second in both the 4×100 and 4×400.

In the field events, Francis Dooley ’19 won the shot put. Quinton won the high jump, his second victory of the day, and Teddy McCarthy won the pole vault event.

The Big Green amassed 74 points at the tri-meet, defeating host Taft (62) and Andover (40). The team will return to action at home on Saturday, April 27th for a tri-meet with Hotchkiss and Loomis at 3:00pm.

Click here for complete meet results.

Go Big Green!

Top-10 Performers:

100 Meters

1st Donnie Gray (11.8)

5th Teddy McCarthy (12.9)

200 Meters

1st Quinton Quirrenbach (24.3)

7th Cortland Dicks (26.7)

400 Meters

6th Nikhil Barnes (57.6)

800 Meters

1st Declan Cullinane (2:10)

6th Marwan Gedeon Achi (2:19)

9th Daniel Kang (2:27)

1500 Meters

2nd Ricardo Gonzalez (4:26)

6th Tomas Cushman (4:44)

3000 Meters

2nd Ricardo Gonzalez (9:45)

3rd Thomas Lyons (10:36)

110 Meter Hurdles

1st Alton Machen (15.9)

4th Nikhil Barnes (21.5)

300 Meter Hurdles

1st Alton Machen (41.4)

4×100 Relay

2nd Deerfield (46.0)

4×400 Relay

2nd Deerfield (3:36.4)

Shot Put

1st Francis Dooley (45-07.)

6th Jackson Selvala (35-02.)

9th Vojta Kupka (30-01.)

Discus

2nd Francis Dooley (96-01)

3rd Jackson Selvala (95-01)

7th Vojta Kupka (79-01)

Javelin

2nd Francis Dooley (100-00)

3rd Vojta Kupka (99-09)

4th Jackson Selvala (96-10)

High Jump

1st Quinton Quirrenbach (5-08)

2nd Cortland Dicks (5-08)

4th Alton Machen (5-06)

Pole Vault

1st Teddy McCarthy (10-06)

6th Seth Blain (8-00)

8th Jaden Simpson (7-06)

9th Harry Niles (7-00)

Long Jump

6th Darrell Dartey (18-02.05)

7th Ethan Chen (18-00)

10th Will Stultz (14-10.5)

Triple Jump

2nd Darrell Dartey (37-11.75)

4th Ethan Chen (36-10.5)

5th Nasir Barnes (35-10.5)

9th Sultan Lawal (33-05.75)