The Middle School track team competed in a meet against a variety of local charter schools on Tuesday. Eighth grader Jocelyn Gill took first place in shotput by six feet and the long jump by nearly three feet! She also won the high jump, with Sienna Douglas taking second place. The girls 4x100M relay team, including eighth graders Joi Young, Ava Williams, Avis Weedan, and Zara Ferguson, took fourth overall out of nearly 30 groups. Sixth grader Lia Simone Valentine took seventh overall in the 400M race, and seventh grader Ben Hitt finished sixth overall in the 1600M for the boys, while eighth grader Madelyn Zeller finished tenth for the girls. In the 200M, sixth grader Cat McPherson finished first for the Latin girls and eighth grader Deandre Foxx finished first for the Latin boys. The boys’ 4x800M relay team, consisting of eight graders Ben Hitt and Zeke Schmidgall, sixth grader Liam Pittard, and seventh grader Charlie Batkin, finished second, losing the race by just 0.01 seconds. Charlie raced against a top runner for DCI and kept pace with him the whole way. A great day at the races!
