Sports
Lady Vikings Track & Field Faces Tough Competition
Seven team members will compete in the Penn Relays starting Thursday at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Schreiber Lady Vikings track and field team competed in the Section VIII Relays the Mitchell Complex in Uniondale earlier this month.
Senior Meghan Byrnes finished third in the Steeple Chase with a time of 8:33. In fourth place was junior Sara Giraldo, coming in at 8:38. Sarah Shlafmitz finished eighth with a time of 9:31.
In team events, the Lady Vikings came in fourth place in the Triple Jump Relay, with a distance of 85 feet, 7.5 inches. In the 4 x 1500 meter relay, Port Washington came in fifth with a time of 25:07.
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Coach Virginia McMahon was pleased with her team's efforts. "That meet was huge," she said, referring to the sheer number of athletes. "It was really great for us — there were some other really big teams there."
Besides the Section VIII Relays, the team has competed in two quad meets so far this year, placing second out of four in each. "We have quad meets every Monday for the next few weeks," McMahon said. "Also Saturday is the Nassau Coaches meet in Westbury — another big meet."
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Most exciting is the opportunity that seven of the girls will have to compete in an historic meet this week — the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The meet will be held from Thursday, April 22, to Saturday, April 24, at Franklin Field on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Most of the high school girls' events will take place on Thursday.
