BJ Townley is one of Ireton's most versatile track athletes, shown here in the long jump.
The varsity track team sent a very small squad down to Fredericksburg this past Saturday for Riverbend High’s first invitational. The girls nonetheless raced to a 4th place finish while the boys were 10th.
When McLean High School rescheduled their meet to Monday to avoid the forecasted thunderstorms and that threatening weather made it seem to most of the team that no track meets could possibly take place this past weekend. With some quick work by coaches however, the Riverbend High School’s meet became a Friday afternoon option, after many runners had made other plans.
That didn’t stop Nicole Bond, Shannon Gordon, Ricca Graham, Illeanna Gutierrez, BJ Townley, Sam Ferrara, Arthur Stiers, and Andrew Baehre from competing and winning a number of medals at the meet. Nicole Bond continued to show why she is the athlete to beat in the upcoming Catholic and independent schools state championships with wins in both the 100 and 200.
Shannon Gordon was 3rd in the 100 m hurdles and the high jump. Ricca Graham and Illeana ( Illy) Guetierrez continue to improve in the sprints, and will be very strong competitors as sophomores.
BJ Townley took 4th in the 300m hurdles after showing real character in the 110 meter highs. BJ had come into the meet with the number one seed and was all set to validate the ranking when he fell to the rain slicked track after establishing a clear lead. Instead of quitting he got up to finish the race and the junior took it all in stride. Sam Ferrara finished 5th in the 400. Arthur Stier finished 5th in the 800 while Andrew Baehre continues to improve his times in the 100 and 200.
The entire time travels to Bishop McNamara this Saturday afternoon for one final chance to get “relays ready” for the Penn Relays at famous Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvannia in Philadelphia.
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