Camille Little ’16 commanded the track on Saturday, finishing first in the Girls 100-meter, Girls 200-meter, and first in the Girls 4×100-meter race. Little’s 18 points nudged Andover Girls’ Track to a four-point victory over Exeter.
Andover Girls Track, however, fell 85-76 to Thayer. Exeter scored 81 points, trailed by Groton, Windsor and Governor’s.
Andover Boys Track, however, was not as successful. The team fell by a large margin of 191-38 to Exeter and lost to Thayer as well. Andover beat Governors, Groton, and Winsor.
Peyton McGovern ’16 dominated the distance events. She took first place in the Girls 1500-meter and Girls 3000-meter with times of 4:57.3 and 10:50.5, respectively. This was McGovern’s second consecutive win in the Girls 1500-meter and first time under five minutes.
Little took home first in the 100-meter and 200-meter with times of 12.52 and 25.82, respectively. Little sprinted the anchor in the winning Girls 4×100-meter. Taryn Gangi ’16, Charlie Jarvis ’15. and Shanice Pimentel ’14, participated were also part of the 50.64-second race.
“I really got into my own groove on Saturday, which is the best feeling a runner can have. My 3000-meter race on Saturday did not feel as tedious and hard as the 3000’s I ran last year, which left me completely winded,” said Peyton McGovern ’16, who finished the 3000-meter 27 seconds before her nearest competitor.
On the boys side, Co-Captain Rob Rush ’14 took 1st place in the Boys Long Jump with a 20-foot leap. Rush improved from his second place performance of 19 feet and 6.5 inches last week.
Rush was the only Andover Boys athlete to take first in the meet.
Scott Diekema ’14 raced to second in the Boys 1500-meter with a time of 4:24.7. Kyu Hyun Lee was the only Andover athlete to place in the High Jump with a height of 5 feet, 2 inches.
Andover Boys Track did not place in the 300 Intermediate Hurdles, 800-meter, Triple Jump, and Discus.
Andover Track and Field will square off against Milton, St. Paul’s and Lawrence Academy in its first away meet of the season this upcoming Saturday.
