by William Belson and Dillon Cooper
On May 6, the boys varsity track team received their second dual-meet loss of the season to another talented track foe, Bellevue. The score was 70-67.
The men worked their hardest with almost everyone on the team obtaining a PR (personal record). In the shot put junior Jason Smith took first (46’01.50”), with senior Ben Wines right behind taking second (45’00.00”). Wines took first in the discus (142’02.00”), junior Garet Lee won the high jump (5’08.00”) and the 110 hurdles, Kurtis Brackman won the pole vault (10’00.00”). Sophomore Brent Smith won the 1600m run (4:46.13), the 800m run (2:07.25) and the 3200m run (10:35.50).
Now onto some of the outstanding PR’s that occurred on that Wednesday afternoon. Smith had an epic throw which clearly was his best throw ever in a meet. “I was working hard over the week. Mr. Buckner helped me out over the week. I figured just do it and not think about it,” expressed Smith. Wines’ throw felt effortless. “When I threw the shot, it didn’t feel like anything; it was amazing,” explained Ben.
Coach Burger knew there were many options for this meet to unfold. “There were many different possible scenarios that could have worked out,” said Coach Burger. “It came down to the mile relay and it was real close. If we could have won any one of the mid-distance relays, that would have been big.” But Burger would find a shining light through the darkness of this loss. “Ultimately I thought we did the best we could. We really ran hard and I thought we made a good stand. We’ll focus towards winning the league championship.”
Without a doubt that is the main focus for the ‘Cats. Before each track participant left the track, every student-athlete put his hand up towards the sky and formed a pyramid with one thing on there mind… to be determined within the next ten days and to bring home the sacred hardware that Pittsford is no stranger to.
