Outstanding Individual Performances by Masuk Track Athletes

The Masuk Panthers' boys and girls track and field teams both placed seventh overall during Monday’s South-West Conference championships, but there were also several outstanding individual performances with town athletes placing in the top three in their events and winning competitions outright.

Masuk’s Theresa Saia, Megan Tynan, Ashley Russo and Ali Muro took first place in the 4x100 meter relay with a time of 51.19 while Joel Barlow and Weston high schools came in second and third respectively.

In the boys high jump, Masuk’s Mark Fuller won 1^st place with a distance of 6-foot-2 while in the boys pole vault, Masuk’s Tyler John took 1^st place with a height of 13-feet.

In the girls high jump, Masuk’s Diana Antenucci came in 2^nd with a jump of 4-feet-10 while Maura Murphy tied at sixth with a jump of 4-feet-6.

In the girls 100 meter dash, Masuk’s Ali Muro took 2^nd place with a time of 13.38 while Ashley Russo was 6^th with a time of 13.68 and Megan Tynan 8^th with a time of 13.82. Theresa Saia finished the preliminaries with a time of 13.89 but did not qualify for the finals.

In the boys 110 meter hurdles, Masuk’s Tyler John came in 2^nd place in the preliminaries with a time of 16.35 and during the finals came in 3^rd with a time of 16.55.

In the girls 100 meter hurdles, Masuk’s Erika Berglund ran in the preliminaries with a time of 18.06.

The article missed reporting the Masuk boys 4 x 800 meter (Greg Lynch, James Johnson, Ben Agaston, Mike Szawiola) came in 6th.

In the boys 400 meter dash, Masuk’s Anthony Calabrese (54.14) came in 14^th and Matthew Fahey (55.24) came in 18^th.

In the girls 400 meter dash, Masuk’s Jenn Ambrose (1:01.95) came in 6^th.

In the boys 300 meter hurdles, Masuk’s Jacob Hampel (44.21) came in 9^th.

In the girls 200 meter dash, Masuk’s Ali Muro (27.23) came in third, Theresa Saia (28.14) came in ninth and Ashley Russo (28.75) came in 12^th.

In the boys 3200 meter run, Masuk’s Greg Lynch (10:28.30) came in 14^th.

In the girls 3200 meter run, Masuk’s Michelle Fedor (12:46) came in 16^th and Rachael McCollum (13:19.31) came in 28^th.

In the boys 4x400 meter relay, Masuk’s Matthew Fahe, Ben Agaston, Connor Timmons and Anthony Calabrese came in 10^th with a time of 3:44.53.

In the girls 4x400 meter relay, Masuk’s Jenn Ambrose, Kristin Smith, Ali Muro and Laura Dellalana came in sixth with a time of 4:21.29.

In the boys discus throw, Masuk’s Matt Salzano came in 5^th  with a throw of 124-09 and in the shot put he came in sixth with a distance of 41-06.75.

In the girls long jump, Masuk’s Jenn Ambrose (14-foot-7) came in 6^th.

In the girls pole vault, Masuk’s Jenn Ambrose tied for 6^th place with other vaulters by clearing 8 feet.

Masuk’s Lenny Bonina participated in the boys triple jump with a distance of 38-feet-.5, placing him at fifth.

In the girls triple jump, Masuk’s Erika Berglund participated with a distance of 28-foot-.25 while Lindsey Pivarnik had a distance of 26-foot-2.25.