By John Anderson
At Wednesday’s Dual Meet #6 – West, Auburn faced the only other schools in SWCL Central, Shepherd Hill and Tantasqua Regionl. The boys prevailed in both meets while the girls beat Tantaqua but lost to the Hill.
The boys scored 47.5-38.5 against Shepherd Hill and 56-30 against Tantasqua. They end their regular season 15-0. The girls beat Tantasqua 64-22 but fell to Shepherd Hill 46-40. The Lady Rockets finished 13-2-1. The tie was against Notre Dame in Worcester which has an outstanding track program and ended the season 12-0-1.
After the meet, Head Coach Jason Bergman said, “This year I feel like we have really established a true family team feeling amongst us all. They all cheer for each other, support each other and are friends with each other. This is the smallest team in 5 years, yet the most competitive team in 5 years with the biggest hearts. They represent Auburn wonderfully.”
Bergman added, “This is a huge effort from captains Jake Mikolajczyk, Matt Nelson and Kyle Quitadamo along with our superb coaching staff in Ryan Belsito, Patrick Armstrong, Karyn Ferdella, Tom Adams and Steve Quitadamo.
The overall results from the meet up to 10th place are as follows:
Girls (# participants):
55 Meter Dash (23) Jamie McNamara 2nd
Kathryn Coughlin 3rd (2-way tie)
Jessica Powers 10th
300 Meter Dash (20) Jamie McNamara 2nd (2-way tie)
Kathryn Coughlin 2nd (2-way tie)
600 Meter Run (22) Lauren Ferris 2nd
Abby Baer 4th
Megan Bean 10th
1000 Meter Run (16) Sarah Cavanaugh 3rd
Megan Gurlitz 5th
Mary Grace Judge 7th
1 Mile Run (19) Andrea Bolduc 4th
Samantha Boucher 7th
2 Mile Run (6) Sarah Cavanaugh 2nd
Elise Cavanaugh 6th
55 Meter Hurdles (17) Lauren Bolduc 2nd
Serena Kelly 10th
4×200 Meter Relay (4) Auburn 3rd
High Jump (17) Nicole Plona 3rd
Andrea Bolduc 7th
Lauren Bolduc 8th (3-way tie)
Shot Put (17) Jessica Pittman 1st
Jaimee Martin 2nd
Nicole Plona 5th
Boys:
55 Meter Dash (25) Jake Mikolajczyk 2nd
Thomas Anderson 3rd (3-way tie)
300 Meter Dash (21) Scott Williams 1st
Matthew Nelson 3rd
Kevin Foley-Foster 5th
Chris Bernier 6th
600 Meter Run (26) Jake Mikolajczyk 4th
Dillon Mastrorio 8th
1000 Meter Run (22) Colin Gallaway 2nd
Matt Healey 8th
1 Mile Run (28) Aiden Foley-Foster 1st
Kyle Quitadamo 4th
Thomas Gleason 10th
2 Mile Run (17) Thomas Gannon 2nd
Matt Healey 4th
55 Meter Hurdles (22) Matthew Nelson 2nd
Dominick Smreczak 9th (2-way tie)
4×200 Meter Relay (6) Auburn 1st
High Jump (22) Dominick Smreczak 2nd
Thomas Gannon 8th (2-way tie)
Shot Put (24) Dillon Bruso 1st
Zachary Randall 3rd
The team roster submitted at the beginning of the season had 81 student athletes listed. The above winners are only a fraction of the roster, but their success is why the entire team is out there practicing and striving to be the best on a daily basis.
Great job, and good luck in SWCL, Districts, and States.