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| Track & Field |
| 1997 |
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Catoctin Girls, Walkersville Boys Are the Class of the MVAL
Hagerstown, MD 1/17/97
Led by Kathy Messner's four blue ribbons, Catoctin scored 8 points or better in 12 of 13 events for a total of 124 points, far ahead of the runner-up Middletown girls' 69 points. Next were Smithsburg with 63, Boonsboro and North Hagerstown 44, South Hagerstown 39, Walkersville 16, and Brunswick 3.
In the boys competition, Walkersville had a slightly closer victory over Middletown, 110 to 89. Next were Smithsburg
with 68 points, Boonsboro 51, North Hagerstown 45, Catoctin 27, South Hagerstown 8, and Brunswick 5.
Girls Highlights
 | Messner (Catoctin Jr.) won the 55 meters (7.3), 300 meters (42.2), 500 meters (23.6), and high jump
(5-4), with the 55 and 300 times setting meet records.
| Other Catoctin winners were Kris Olsen (Sr.) in the 800 meters (2:32.2), her fourth straight victory
in the MVAL 800; Jana Romlein in the 55 hurdles (8.7); and the 3200 meter relay team (10:34.0).
| Molly Imming (Middletown So.) doubled in the 1600 (5:50.6) and 3200 (12:39.9).
| Natalie Dye (Middletown So.) continued to lead the pack in the inaugural year for girls pole vault with
a leap of 8 feet, her personal best.
| Smithsburg's relay teams were typically good in winning the 800 meter (1:52.8 meet record) and 1600 meter (4:28.8).
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Boys Highlights
| Walkersville was strong across the board with 8 or more points in 9 of 13 events, led by Sean Allen's double
in the 1600 meters (4:40.8 meet record) and 3200 meters (10:25.9). Other Walkersville winners were Nick Brown
(Sr.) in the 300 meters (37.6), C. Willis (Sr.) in the 800 meters (2:08.0), the 3200 meter relay team
(8:44.0), and Damian Kolbay (Sr.) in the pole vault (12-4).
| Randy Hoffman (Smithsburg Sr.) set a meet record of 6.5 in the 55 meters.
| Hunter Cross (North Hagerstown Jr.) won the 55 meter hurdles in meet record 7.6.
| Middletown captured blue ribbons in the 500 meters where Matt Covati (Sr.) was two tenths off the meet
record in 1:10.1; 1600 meter relay (3:43.6); and high jump, where Derek Dye (Jr.) edged Pete Livolsi
(Smithsburg) on fewest misses at 6 feet.
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Material Copyright � 1997 John Dye