In the perfect finish to a perfect season, Andover Track ran away with the victory in Saturday’s meet against Exeter. The boys team racked up 106 points compared to Exeter’s 39, while the girls team won 86-59, and three athletes— Whitney Glick ’11, Allison Morrison ’12 and Malcolm Mason-Rodriguez—broke Andover-Exeter records.
Whitney Glick ’11 broke the school record for the pole vault, which she had set earlier in the season, with a jump of 9’ 8”. Captain Colleen Flanagan ’10 and Lydia Kaprelian ’13 finished second and third, to sweep the event.
Allison Morrison ’12, the girl MVP of the season, set an Andover-Exeter record of 5’ 4.25” in the high jump, and won the long jump and 300-meter hurdles.
Malcolm Mason-Rodriguez ‘11, boys MVP, shattered the Andover-Exeter triple jump record with a 47’ 10” series of jumps. He also won the high jump and long jump.
Khalil Flemming ’12 and Denzil Bernard ’11 followed Mason-Rodriguez to sweep the boys long jump.
Nate Johnson ’11 led a sweep for the Boys’ pole vault, followed by Max Queenan ’11 and Connor Fallon ’11.
The throwing team crushed Exeter, with first place finishes in all three events for both boys and girls. The boys team swept both the javelin and discus, led by Alec Bingaman ’10.
Coach Lou Bernieri said, “Bingaman’s 181 foot throw was the big story for us. He led a sweep by the boys’ javelin crew. But all the throwers performed well against Exeter.”
Captain Peter Hetzler ’10 said, “Usually Exeter is a strong competitor, but this year we demolished them. It’s a special meet. Athletes always perform at their best. The win was a team effort, and we have many high caliber athletes.”
Hetzler won the 300-meter hurdles and ran on the victorious 4x400-meter relay team.
“It was a bittersweet ending,” he said. “I really will miss this team.”
Although the boys team crushed Exeter from the very first event, the girls team entered a much tighter contest against its rival.
Coach Jonathan Stableford said, “The Exeter girls were a close second to us at Interschols and certainly a threat on Saturday. But this meet is always the most important because it is the last meet of the year, the last time for athletes to show their improvement over a spring of hard work.”
Stableford is retiring after this year, and said, “This season was a perfect finish. It really couldn’t have ended any better.”
Stableford coached the distance team, which put on a great display in his last meet. The 15 athletes running for him set a combined 18 personal records at this meet.
Coach Bernieri said, “We easily could have let down after Interschols. But we never let up, even when we knew both meets were won. We showed that we are truly a championship team.”