Patriots Excel at First Meet of Season
Dec 16, 2022
Winter Track Notebook: Patriots Excel at First Meet of SeasonDec 16 2022 9:06 AMPOTTSTOWN -- Germantown Academy's Winter Track teams got their seaons started this week, traveling to The Hill School for a quad meet featuring Hill, Perkiomen School, and Villa Maria Academy. The Patriots had 10 first-place finishes on the day. GA will be back in action on Jan.7 at The Hispanic Games in New York. Boys- Jet Dickerson '26 took first in the Boys 55m Hurdles, running 9.08. Dickerson also took third in the 200m Dash, running 25.12. He was closely followed by Braedan McDonough '26 (25.20) and J-Jay Ordillas '23 (25.72). - Lucas Philip '24 finished the Boys 1600 in 5:09.84, nearly 30 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher from Hill. Jake Spain '23 ran 5:48.43, taking third overall. - Evan Badami '26 was the second-youngest student-athlete running the Boys 400m Dash, but the first to cross the finish line, going 53.49. He also won the Boys High Jump, clearing 5-2. - Walter Mulroy '26 and Andrei Vava '24 went 1-2 in the Boys 3200, going 11:30.97 and 11:41.67, respectively. Robert Bright '25 and Adrian Diem '25 both cleared 9-0 in the Boys Pole Vault, finishing tied for the top spot. - GA dominated the Boys Shot Put event, turning in four of the top-five finishes. Gavin Fountain '24 led the way, throwing 47-6.75. Mario Toscano '24 (43-7), CJ Mersky '24 (41-3.50), and Ansh Kakadia '24 (36-8.75) went 2-3-4. Sebastian Cortes '24 took sixth with a 33-5.25 throw. Girls- Fiona McKenna '23 burned up the track in the Girls 55m Hurdles. The senior ran 8.64 to smash the previous mark of 9.55 set in 2019 and completed the event nearly three seconds faster than the second-place finisher. McKenna also took fourth in the Girls Shot Put, throwing 28-6.- Kayla Sweeney '24 and Aja McBride '24 went 1-2 in the Girls 200m Dash, running 28.85 and 29.33, respectively. McBride also finished second in the High Jump, clearing 4-10. - Olivia Jappe '23 narrowly missed a first-place finish in the Girls 1600, crossing the line in 6:20.46, just .30 after a Villa Maria runner. - Layla Gentile '25 took third in the Girls Shot Put, recording a 28-10.5 throw. Caitlin Lozano '24 rounded out the top-five finishers, throwing 26-5.25.
Germantown win first PAISAA Track and Field Championship
Feb 19, 2024
Winter Track: Germantown Academy Boys Wins PAISAA, Girls Take FourthFebruary 19, 2024MERCERSBERG – Germantown Academy’s indoor track team braved snowy conditions as they took to Mercersburg Academy over the weekend for Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association Championships. Student-athletes put up top performances, setting numerous personal bests and breaking two school records. On the boys side, the Patriots were crowned PAISAA Indoor Track and Field Champions for the first time since PAISAA started holding an indoor championship meet in 2019. Scoring 127 points as a team, the boys edged out second place by over 35 points. The girls finished in fourth place with 57 team points.Boys HighlightsEvan Badami ’26 won the 400m with a PR of 50.47. He broke the school record set by Kyle Garland ’18 in 2018.CJ Mersky ’24 took the top spot in the shot put with a 41’ 10.25” throw. Brandon Truszkowski ’26 earned third by throwing 40’ 3.5”.Robby Bright ’25 cleared 13’ 4” in the Pole Vault to take first in the event. Adrian Diem ’25 finished second. Arjun Lee ’27 made his debut in the event and had a huge first jump of 8’ 4” (PR), and a PR in the High Jump, hitting 5’.Blake Brown ’24 jumped 21’ 4.5”. Brown also placed second in the Triple Jump (42’ 2.5” – PR), fourth in the 55m (6.86 – PR), and seventh in the high jump.Brady McDonough ’26 took second in the 200m in 24.2.Luke Philip ’24 went 2:11.08 to take second in the 800m.The 4x400 Team of Ethan Na ’26, Brady McDonough '26, Philip and Badami went 3:46.52 to take second.Tripp Capers ’24 scored in the 55m (6.66) and 200m (24.29)Jet Dickerson ’26 scored in all four of his events: 200m (sixth), 55m Hurdles (fourth place, with a PR of 8.30), Long Jump (fourth) and Triple Jump (fourth)Jaiden Addo-Boateng ’27 ran a PR in the 400m, and a PR in the Long JumpThe 3200m crew all PRed, Walt Mulroy ‘26, scoring seventh with 10:43.87, Liam Connelly ’27, running 12:07.77, and Oliver Pepper ’26 running 12:25.57.Girls Highlights Layla Gentile ’25 took the shot put title with a 33’ 10” throw.Lorelai Fortmann ’25 jumped 10’ 3” to win the Pole Vault. Zoe Hellman ’25 took second in the event, clearing a PR of 9’ 9”Elli ’26 Wang placed third in the Triple Jump with a PR and a New School Record of 31’ 2.5”Gabby Colucci ’24 placed third in the 55m with a PR of 7.89, placed fifth in Triple Jump and contributed to the seventh place 4x400 finish.Zoey Clark ’26 ran a PR in the 55m and the 200m. She contributed to the 4x400 team with a fast leg of 1:06.Lyla Perry ’26 scored in the 200m (seventh) and led off the 4x400 team.Jazziah Manning ’25 ran a PR in the 400m, with a time of 1:14.77, and ran hard in the 4x400.Alisa Colucci ’27 scored in the High Jump (fourth with a PR of 4’ 2”) and scored in the long jump (sixth, with a PR of 14’ 3”)Eliza Evans ’26 scored in the Triple Jump (eighth with a PR of 27’ 6”) and jumped a PR in the Long Jump at 12’ 0.75”.Sophia Legos ’26 jumped a PR in the Long Jump at 12’ 5.5”.Lauren Truong ’26 ran a PR in the 1600, with 6:52.65
