Centaur
indoor track
teams sparkle
in Bethel
The Woodstock Academy boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams had a field day at Bethel High School. Jan. 22 the facility hosted high school teams in a day designed for pentathlon, distance and pole vault competitors.
“It was great to get the kids the chance to run some new events,” said indoor track coach Josh Welch.  “We set three school records by getting kids out to run events we don’t traditionally run indoors.”
Junior Bella Sorrentino will now appear in the Woodstock records as she finished with 2,107 points in the pentathlon competition, good enough for fourth overall. Teammate Jillian Edwards was right behind her in fifth place with 2.058 points.
Sorrentino also qualified for State competition in the long jump in the process as she cleared 15-feet, 1 ¾ inches.
Junior Sydney Lord finished second in the 5K and established a school record with a 22-minute, 1.14-seconds time.
And senior Seamus Lippy also put his name on the books in the 5000-meter where he finished second in 18:41.31.
Senior Linsey Arends took first in the mile (5:41.30) for the girls and junior Vince Bastura did the same for the boys, qualifying for State competition with his time of 4:48.72. Junior Julia Coyle was first in the 3000-meter in 12:17.55.
Second-place finishes were had by Leah Castle (5:58.26) in the mile; Ian Hoffman (9-feet) and Magdalena Myslenski (6-6) in the boys and girls pole vault; Lauren Brule in the 3000-meter (12:52.80) and Christian Menounos in the 3000-meter (10:34.05).
Woodstock also got a third-place finish from Joel Koleszar in the 3000-meter (11:13.03).
“The kids were excited for the opportunity,” Welch said. “Having them compete in multi-meets like this pentathlon helps elevate the role of versatile athletes on the team which helps build our team culture.”
 Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy

Taking Part
Woodstock Academy indoor track athletes who participated at the Bethel invitational this weekend included, bottom from left: Christian Menounos, Magdalena Myslenski, Julia Coyle, Lauren Brule, Seamus Lippy; and top from left: Leah Castle, Linsey Arends, Sydney Lord, Vince Bastura, Ian Hoffman and Joel Koleszar. Photo by Josh Welch.


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