On April 23-24, the region meet was held at Greater Atlanta Christian School. The Cambridge track and field team, having won the boys and girls title in this tough region last year, was up to the challenge of defending the titles against the six other teams. At the end of the competition, the team finished in second in both divisions. However, the Bears had a number of outstanding performances during the two days and advanced a number of athletes by virtue of their top four finishes to state sectional on May 4 at Greenbrier High School.

 

Among the noteworthy performances:

 

Jessica Chan - third in pole vault

 

Sanam Rangaraj - winning the 1600 and 3200 meters (both personal beats)

 

Lilah Versluis - winning the triple jump and high jump; third in the long jump (personal best); and third in the 100 meter hurdles (personal best)

 

Kai McCarley - fourth in the 400 meters (personal best)

 

Lauren Wildstein - fourth in the 800 meters (personal best)

 

Taylor Lasoff - second in the 300 meter hurdles (personal best)

 

Seth Odom - winning the 800 meters in a school record time

 

Thomas Egan - third in the discus (personal best)

 

Aman Mauze - fourth in high jump (personal best)

 

Ibrahim Bangura - winning the 110 meter and 300 meter hurdles

 

Grayson Peterson - third in the 1600 meters

 

Christiaan Isibor - fourth in the 100 meters and third in the 200 meters (personal best)

 

Preston Clemmer - second in 400 meters

 

Louie Madrid - fourth in 400 meters (personal record)

 

Francisco Palacios-Rodriguez - second in the 3200 meters (personal best)

 

In addition, both the boys and girls 4x800 meter and 4x200 meter relays advanced, along with the boys 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relays.

 

The entire team is excited to take one final step on the journey to state. They are training hard for the sectional meet and hope to advance to showcase their talent to a statewide audience.