One Track Mind

Courtesy of Carolina Juara’s mother

Senior Alfonsina Santucho, sophomore Candy Cruz, and senior Nicolle Piedra are members of the ILS Track & Field Throwers group.

Marcella Orlandini, Writer

From all the way in late November pre-season conditioning, the Track and Field team is quickly approaching their mid-season, even though there is still a long way to go before the District Championship Meet which will occur on  4/19 at the Tropical Park Stadium.

Here is a quick run-down of the results from all the previous meets from this 2023 season.

  • Calvary Christian Opener: 2/16/2023 @ Calvary Christian 

SCHOOL RECORDS: 

Colette Finley- 400 hurdles 1:11.58

Daniel Brito- 1600 meters 4:52.49

Lawrence Finley- 400 hurdles 1:02.99

OVERALL SCORES:

Boys won

Girls came in 4th

  • FR. Luis Ripoll S.J Relays: 2/25/2023 @ Belen Jesuit 

SCHOOL RECORDS: 

Girls 4×200 meter relay- 1:52.43

Lawrence Finley- 400 hurdles 1:02.27

Boys 4×200 meter relay- 1:34.48

Boys Distance Medley Relay- 13:07.08

OVERALL SCORES:

Girls came in 3rd

Boys came in 2nd 

  • 2023 Big Blue: 3/04/2023 @ Archbishop McCarthy 

SCHOOL RECORDS: 

Lawrence Finley- 400 hurdles 1:00.94

Emilie Reyes- 400 meter dash 1:00.87

OVERALL SCORES:

Boys came in 3rd 

Girls came in 5th

  • Falcon Relay Invitational: 3/09/2023 @ Palmer Trinity School

SCHOOL RECORDS:

Girls distance medley relay- 14:55.77

Lawrence Finley- 400 hurdles 1:00.24

OVERALL SCORES: 

Boys came in 2nd 

Girls came in 2nd

  • Monsignor Pace Open 2: 3/13/2023 @ Monsignor Pace

OVERALL SCORES: 

Boys came in 2nd 

Girls won

Even though the rest of the athletes on the team did not excel in breaking school records, there still have been time drops, and personal records for many individual and relay events. For most athletes these results may also come as a surprise. As ILS has been constructing the new facilities around the track, track athletes can only train by running properly nothing over 250meter repeats, having the track shut down a total of 150 meters due mainly to the positioning of the crane.

However, there is hope that our athletes will be able to properly go back to training on our old track by the end of spring break. Helping our athletes properly prepare to bring back to our lion’s den a District Championship title is a top priority.