Several BHS Runners Qualify for State Meet

Jonny Garraway, and the girls’ 4×800-meter relay team of Grace Niu, Anna Massaro, Addie Poulter, and Zadie Buckley both stood on the podium at Sunday’s State Division 4 Meet. Courtesy Image

Senior Jonny Garraway led several Bedford High School headliners competing in Sunday’s MIAA Division 4 state championships.

Garraway finished second in the mile run, setting a BHS record in the event with a time of 4 minutes, 21.75 seconds. He also came in fourth in the two-mile in 10 minutes, 1.64 seconds, and was ranked the third most valuable runner at the meet. Garraway qualified to run the mile in next weekend’s state meet.

(L-R:) Anna Massaro, Addie Poulter, Grace Niu, and Zadie Buckley placed first in the girls’ 4 x 800 meter relay, and Ciara Shelton, Josie Donnelly, Farrah Scott, and Mia Free placed 7th in the girls’ 4 x 400 meter relay. Courtesy Images

Finishing first was the first-place girls’ 4 x 800-meter relay team of Grace Niu, Anna Massaro, Addie Poulter, and Zadie Buckley, with a time of 9:59.55. They also have extended their seasons to the state meet.

Also qualifying were Carter Rauch, who was 12^th in the 600-meter run in 1:28.29. Buckley’s time of 3:05.51 in the 1,000-meter may be within the threshold for the state meet.

The BHS girls’ team placed sixth out of 36 scoring teams in the divisional meet and the boys’ team placed 15^th.

Other Bedford medalists in Sunday’s meet were Massaro, fifth in the mile in 5:24.98; Poulter, seventh in the mile in 5:30.10; Matteo Oliveri Kuhnle, seventh in the 300-meter in 37.05; and the girls’ 4 x 400 relay team of Mia Free, Farrah Scott, Josie Donnelly, and Ciara Shelton in seventh place with a time of 4:24.63.

More BHS results were: Martin Nguyen, ninth in the long jump (20 feet, 4 inches); boys’ 4 x 200-meter relay, ninth in 1:36.24 (Platon Gorkavy, Kuhnle, Vivek Joseph, and Rauch); boys’ 4 x 400 relay, 10^th with a time of 3:43.85 (Gorkavy, Nguyen, Joseph, and Rauch); and Ciara Shelton, 13th in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches). Also, Niu (15^th in the 1,000-meter – 3:12.09); the girls’ 4 x 200-meter relay (16^th with a time of 1:55.08 – Aliyah Lussier, Swetha Kaundinya, Emma Mandell, and Free); boys’ 4 x 800 relay, 17^th in 9:53.33 (Will Protasowicki, Caden Shimko, Simon Bendersky, and Patrick Salazar-Weibel); Farrah Scott, 18^th in the 300-meter in 44.75; and Oliveri Kuhnle, 19^th in the long jump (19 feet, 3.5 inches).

Also, Eliza Dickert, 20^th in the high jump (4 feet, 6 inches); Emma Floyd (20^th in the two-mile in 13:42.89); Protasowicki (20^th in the 1000-meter – 2:51.25); Elena Protasowicki (26^th in the 1,000 with a time of 3:25.984); Josie Donnelly (28^th in the 600-meter run at 1:51.64; and Sahil Rotella (29^th in the boys’ two-mile in 11:01.36).