June 28, 2018
MPA Track and Field traveled to Providence Academy for the IMAC Championships on Thursday, May 17.
The girls placed sixth with 27 points, just 3 points behind fifth place. The girls’ top finish came from junior Ellie Quam, who was the conference champion in the 100m hurdles, winning in a time of 17.52, just off her personal best. In the 800m, ninth grader Izzy Quam finished fifth, scoring for the Panthers with a personal best of 2:33.21 and just missing the MPA top 10 list. In the 1600m, seventh grader Margo N. scored for the Panthers with her sixth place finish. She ran 5:56.06, just off her personal best.
In the girls 4x100m relay, the team of seniors Maya Sayers and Quinn Campbell, sophomore Annie Portoghese, and ninth grader Sana Punjani placed fifth. The 4x200m team of junior Ellie Quam, sophomores Aaliyah Kellogg and Catherine Moore, and ninth grader Izzy Quam placed fourth, the 4x400m team of juniors Ellie Quam and Gabby Law, sophomore Catherine Moore, and ninth grader Izzy Quam placed fourth as well, and the 4x800m team of senior Sarah Ley, junior Gabby Law, sophomore Skylar Cernohous, and ninth grader Katie Dahiya finished third.
The boys team had a very strong showing at the IMAC championships, placing third with 82 points. In the 100m, junior Tae’Vion Wilkins placed fifth, running a near personal best of 11.86. In the 1600m and 3200m runs, our boys distance team showed off its strength. In the 1600m, senior Declan Dahlberg won, with sophomore Henry Snider second and junior Matthew Bourne fourth, and in the 3200m, MPA boys swept the IMAC competition with a 1-2-3 finish from senior Declan Dahlberg, sophomore Henry Snider, and junior Matthew Bourne. In the 3200m, each of the runners qualified for the MSHSL honor roll, and Henry Snider moved up to eighth place all-time at MPA. In the 110m hurdles, sophomore Charles Grimes finished sixth, running a personal best of 19.71, good for seventh all-time at MPA. In the 300m hurdles, junior Dylan Dickinson placed fifth in a near personal best of 48.37.
In the 4x100m relay, the team of seniors Sumner Wu and Ben Yoch, and juniors Ian Olson and Flynn Opatz placed fourth. In the 4x200m, MPA placed third, with juniors Tae’Vion Wilkins and Ian Olson and sophomores Kailil Schertzing and Nathan Harvanko running a near-season best of 1:38.60. In the 4x400m, senior Ben Yoch, junior Henry Peterson, sophomore Nathan Harvanko and eighth grader Isak N. scored for MPA, placing fifth, and in the 4x800m, junior Henry Peterson, ninth grader Peter Manolis, and eighth graders Isak N. and Cullen M. placed fourth.
In the High Jump, junior Yahya Madar placed first, winning the conference championship with a personal best jump of 6’6. This jump established a new IMAC conference all time record by 6 inches! In the Long Jump, sophomore Nathan Harvanko made the finals with a season best jump of 17’5 and just missed scoring. In the Triple Jump, junior Tae’Vion Wilkins placed fifth with a jump of 38’7.5, a personal best jump by over a foot! In the Shot Put, junior Ethan Berning placed fifth, and senior Paul Thompsen-Nelson placed sixth. Paul recorded a personal best of 34’7.5. In the Discus, senior Sumner Wu placed sixth. In the Wheelchair shot put, senior Blake Henke made his season debut, winning the event and scoring for MPA. Sophomore Quincy Lewis, competing in JV, made his track and field debut, winning the JV long jump, JV high jump and JV 200m dash.
