Today's Last Chance meet at Reggie Lewis in Boston proved to be a great time for Holliston. Madison Ward as well as Emma Guccione, Eve Bagley & Sydney Snow qualified for the New Balance Indoor Nationals coming up in March at the famous Armory Track in New York City!
Madison tied her PR with a leap of 5'4" in the High Jump. She easily eclipsed the field (by 3 inches!) on her way to the victory while punching her individual ticket to Nationals!
Later, while most everyone else had left Reggie, the girls Sprint Medley Relay team was getting ready to attempt to make Nationals which they narrowly missed at Division 4 Relays a few weeks ago. With mostly coaches and a few track junkies left in the stands, Emma started out with a blazing first 200 meter leg, it looks like her split was in the 26/27 range which was a fantastic start. Madison took the handoff and ran the next 200 leg and handed off to Eve with a slight lead. (Sidenote - Madison had just finished after her High Jump event about 30 minutes prior!) Eve worked hard to bring the baton to Sydney just behind the strongest North Andover runner in the 400 leg. Sydney took the baton and passed her competitor after the first 275 meters. She had consistent splits of between 34 & 35 to bring her 800 split in around 2:17 and finish at 4:14.57 - well under the National Indoor Championship qualifying time of 4:16!
The girls improved their time by a full 5 seconds from 3 weeks ago.
So we currently have Sydney (800 Meters) & Madison (High Jump) both qualified in their individual events. They will be joined by Emma and Eve to compete in the Sprint medley. Quite a day for our Track Girls!
Next up - TVL's this Saturday back at Reggie Lewis Track in Roxbury.
