Written by Evan Doolittle |

On Friday May 11^th, Morgan attended the Old Saybrook Running Rams Invitational. This year the meet was relocated to Valley Regional and held under the lights.  The boys’ team placed 7^th place and the girls placed 5^th out of 16 teams.

The boys had a strong showing in the short distance races and hurdles. The first relay of the evening was the 4×100 meter relay; Cody Kuczenski, Riley Cochrane, Casey Sullivan and Chase Lemay, placed 6^th.  While in the last event of the evening, the 4×400 meter relay, Evan Doolittle, Casey Sullivan, Nick Tuccitto and Brian Gendron placed 3^rd.  Will Teas represented the team well in hurdles, placing first in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.74 and first in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 42.36. Doolittle followed with a respectable 3^rd in the 300 hurdles. By the end of the evening, Morgan had solidified its 5^th place standing with Kuczenski achieving a close 3^rd in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.15; Gendron placing 6^th in the 400 meter dash;  Justin Hauser placing 4^th in the shot put with a measure of 39 feet, 1 inch and Cameron Williams placing 3^rd in the javelin throw with 134 feet, 10 inches.

The girls had an amazing night under the lights, placing well in all areas. In the 200 meter dash Steph Carroll placed 6^th with a time of 28.44 while Jess Choronzy followed close behind, placing 7^th with a time of 28.69. Elena Schroeder had a large lead in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 47.50, Taylor Donaldson placed 2^nd in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:01.72, and Emily Perzanoski placed 3^rd in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:29.47. The girls’ long jumper, Alyssa Mancini, also did well, placing 2^nd with a distance of 14 feet, 8 inches. Perhaps the pinnacle moment of the evening was the girls’ 4×400 meter relay. Christy Coyne, Donaldson, Perzanoski and Schroeder placed first and broke the meet record with their time of 4:12.73

The Morgan track team will no doubt continue to impress at their next night meet on Tuesday, May 15^th and will have a larger than average showing at the state championship at the end of the month.