By Sydney Simpson – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law girls indoor track team had a record-breaking season this year, with many athletes qualifying for both the SCC meet and the Class M States meet in their 2019-2020 season. 

Many school records were broken this season for the girls, including the 4×800 meter relay’s previous record of 10:58.32 and the short medley relay’s previous record of 4:44.88. 

“Overall, I thought it was a great season,” said head coach Mr. Beler. “We broke four school records, and we had numerous people who contributed to that from freshmen all the way to seniors.”

Freshman Eira Rodriguez, junior Alexis Voytek, sophomore Emma Savoie, and junior Hannah Rascoll make up the state-qualifying, record breaking 4×800 meter relay team with a time of 10:29.10, which beats the previous record by over 25 seconds. 

“We already broke the school record, but next year my goal is for the 4 by 800 team to be at a higher place in the state,“ said Rascoll, the anchor on the relay team. 

The girls SMR, which is made up of four runners who run 200 meters, another 200 meters, 400 meters, and then 800 meters, also qualified for the Class M States meet and ran a time of four minutes and 39.77 seconds. This time shattered both the team’s personal record and the school record. 

Freshman Demi Carrapico, senior Captain Nia Mayo, freshman Elly Van Waveren, and freshman Eira Rodriguez are the runners in the SMR, which shows the talent that the Slass of 2023 brings to the track team. 

“We’ve been running this event since the beginning of the season and our main goal was to make states,” said Mayo. “We would dedicate a lot of time during practice so we could make this happen, I’m really proud that we were able to accomplish our goals.”

Mayo, along with junior Brooke Dillman, was also able to run the 55 meter dash in the SCC Championship meet, after receiving a qualifying time in the SCC meet. Mayo ran a time of 7.89 seconds, and Dillman ran a 7.91 second race. 

School records were also broken this year in two individual events, the 55 meter hurdles and the 600 meter run. 

Junior Andriana Bruno broke the hurdles record with a time of 9.39 seconds, and Rodriguez also broke a school record during her first indoor track season, running a 600 meter race with a time of 1:48.41. 

Many people this season also came close to school records set by previous Law athletes. Rascoll ended her season with a time of 3:23.15 in the 1000 meter, the second fastest time in Law’s history for that event. 

Her goal is to be able to bring her time down for her senior season, and to possibly beat the school record. 

Rascoll is also ranked third in the school for the one mile, with a time of five minutes and 49.31 seconds. 

Also, the girls 4×200 relay team ended their season with a time of 1:52.85, only one second away from the school record. 

“I really want to break the school record next year for the 4×200,” said Van Waveren, the third runner in the relay. “I think with a little more work, we can definitely do it.”

Kayden Prevost, a freshman thrower, also made top five in Law’s record book. With a throw of 30 feet, 2.5 inches during this year’s states meet, Prevost landed in fourth place on Law’s leaderboard. 

“Our team was really successful this year,” said sophomore Hailey Boyle. “Lots of people qualified for states and for SCCs, and there were girls on our team that were able to lap people from other schools during long distance races.”