Bedford Relay Teams Competitive on National Stage

Bedford runners at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, OR (L-R:) Carter Rauch, Grace Niu, Anna Massaro, Zadie Buckley, Farrah Scott, and Jonny Garraway (missing from photo Will Protasowicki and Oren Brosgol). Courtesy Image.

The two four-by-800-meter relay teams representing Bedford High School last week at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, OR demonstrated that Buccaneers don’t take a back seat on an elite stage.

The girls’ foursome of Grace Niu, Farrah Scott, Anna Massaro, and Zadie Buckley finished 15^thout of 25 teams in the championship group with a time of 9:51.42.

The boys’ team – Will Protasowicki, Oren Brosgol, Jonathan Garraway, and Carter Rauch – came in 22^nd out of 36 teams in the emerging elite group with a time of 8:20.36.

“The groups of ‘championship’ and ‘emerging elite’ were based on the entry time qualifications,” explained BHS spring track and field coach Rich Donnelly. “The championship group has a higher time standard for entry. The boys missed the championship qualifying time by a fraction of a second.”