Boys and Girls Track Continues Tradition of Success

As predicted, only merely half way through the season, Bernards High School’s Spring Track Team has already proven that they have maintained their driven and champion-bound status.

So far, both the girls and boys track teams have participated in twelve meets, and fortified their undefeated reign within their division, overcoming teams such as Bound Brook, North Plainfield, Mount St. Mary’s, and Manville. “I would say the most successful meet that the girls have run yet was their two-point-win victory over Mount St. Mary’s.” Girls head coach David Szostak revealed. “For the boys, their most successful meet was definitely their win over North Plainfield. In years past the Bernards and North Plainfield meet has been really close, but this year’s group of boys really persevered.”

In addition to team accomplishments, a number of individual teammates have achieved vast success this season, especially among the members of the senior class. For the girls, senior Danielle Aharoni has improved and scored points for the team in each her many events, including sprinting, pole vaulting, and throwing. “When it came to our close win against Mount St. Mary’s, Danielle was scoring points in every event she participated in. Without her, there is a good chance that we would have lost the meet”, Coach Szostak remarked. As for the boys, Junior Quintin Petty has been a force to reckon with this season, scoring points and achieving personal bests in hurdles and sprints.

In conjunction with dual and invitational meets, select members of the boys and girls teams got the chance to race at Penn Relays this year at the University of Pennsylvania Track. Elee Khademi, Jackie Perez, Abby Ferrara, and Sydney Rudin comprised this year’s Penn Relays 4×400 relay, achieving a time of 4:25. As for the girls 4×100, Danielle Aharoni, Taylor Murphy, Alexis Vitali, and Sophie Luik finished with a time of 54:19. The boys meanwhile finished their 4×800 with a time of 8:17 with teammates Richard Gruters, Stuart Gruters, Will Howes, and Quintin Petty.

When asked of his reaction to the track team’s mid-season success, Coach Szostak replied saying that he is “happy the results”, but that he hopes to “keep improving and not peak now”. He concluded his statement, stating, “The Bigger stuff is yet to come.”