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Sofia Oliveri hands off to Georgie Gavalas.
Mariner Sofia Oliveri in the 4x200-meter relay.
Southampton's Bridget Ferguson was one of just two girls at the Zeitler Relays to reach 5 feet in the high jump.
Jasmine Head helped two different teams, a high jump and triple jump, win gold medals.
Southampton's Bridget Ferguson was one of just two girls at the Zeitler Relays to reach 5 feet in the high jump.
Mariner Sofia Oliveri in the 4x200-meter relay.
Katie Terry, along with Jasmine Head, won the League V triple jump.
Southampton's Bridget Ferguson was one of just two girls at the Zeitler Relays to reach 5 feet in the high jump.
Katie Terry, along with Jasmine Head, won the League V triple jump.
Mariner Sofia Oliveri in the 4x200-meter relay.
The Southampton girls indoor track team returned home with multiple medals from the Zeitler Relays, which were held Saturday at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood.
Bridget Ferguson and Jasmine Head won the League V high jump with a combined height of 9 feet 6 inches. Ferguson was one of just two girls on the day to reach 5 feet.
Katie Terry joined with Head to win the League V triple jump relay. Terry leaped 30 feet 7 inches, while Head reached 28 feet 5 inches.
Vivienne Archer, Jaylin Maloney, Sofia Oliveri and Georgie Gavalas took second in 4:53.85 in the League V sprint medley relay, a race in which a pair of 100-meter dashes are run, followed by 200- and 400-meter dashes.
Southampton’s 4x400-meter relay team of Maloney, Gavalas, Lily Tevli and Jillian Swiatocha placed third among League V teams in 4:53.57.
“It was a pretty good meet. I was very impressed and happy with the results,” Southampton girls head coach Eddie Arnold said. “We’re still missing a lot of people because of COVID, which has really affected us. But we’re really thankful that the community college has opened its doors to us, that school is still open and we’re running. I keep making sure that the girls’ masks are up and that they’re washing their hands because we all know how quickly the season can be taken away from the kids.”
Southampton boys head coach Tony Dottin said some of his top student-athletes are also recovering from COVID and hopes to have at least some of them back for the League V Championships, which are this weekend at Suffolk-Brentwood. The girls will go this Saturday, while the boys will compete Sunday. Both meets are expected to begin at 11:30 a.m.
Arnold said that he doesn’t plan on doubling or tripling up some of his athletes in multiple events, which will lower his team’s chances of scoring points, but will keep them fresh for the rest of the season — which includes three more meets in the Art Mitchell (January 30, 1 p.m.), Small Schools Championships (February 6, 2 p.m.) and State Qualifier (February 14, 5 p.m.).
“I just want to put each kid in a race and try and get them to get a medal,” he said.
