WHS Sprinter Cracks Two School Records at States

Windham High School track and field coach Ryan O'Connor provided highlights from this past weekend's Division II State Championship meet at Milford High School.

All coach comments are provided by O'Connor, and the number before each name indicates the overall place that the athlete finished in. 

Top Boy Performers

Boys 100m Dash

2. Gray, Derek (Senior): 11.20, school record


Boys 200m Dash

4. Gray, Derek (Senior): 22.84, school record

Coach Comments: "Derek has been working for this for a while now and after this
performance, he has cemented himself as one of the elite sprinters in
NH and in the Merrimack Valley."

"He's looking forward to the Meet of Champions and possibly repeating
his performance and going on to represent N.H. at the New England
Championships"

Boys 4 x 100m Relay

3. Windham: 44.39

Coach Comments: "We cut half a second off even with a botched exchange. We'll fix that this week and I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do with three
flawless handoffs."

"Our goal was to win or be stride for stride with Bedford, but one bad
handoff hurt those chances. We're positive, though. As we say, we live
to run another day."

Boys 110M Hurdles

3. Fitzgerald, Patrick (Junior): 16.17

Coach Comments: "This was big for Pat. He's one of the more athletic sprinter/jumpers I've ever coached and he's on the brink of really making a name for himself. With each good performance, his confidence grows."

Top Girl Performers:

Girls 800m Run

7. Tilley, Kristen (Freshman): 2:24.06

Coach Comments: "This was the most stacked field in the meet. All the big guns ran itand for Kristen to be ranked fourth going in as a freshman and compete the way she did shows a lot. We wanted a top six placing, but she'll
have plenty of opportunities in the future."

Girls Two Miler

8. Farrell, Kate (Junior): 11:59.40

Coach Comments: "This was also a tough race in the heat. Kate ran hard, but ran out of gas at the end. She's had a long season so some much needed rest is
well deserved. She'll be back rearing to go in XC next fall."