Sunday, May 30, 2010

Sixth Grade A Finals at Alhambra

On Thursday, May 27th at Alhambra High School, Martinez Middle School hosted the 6th Grade A Finals.
BOYS
The 4X100m Relay team of Alex Harrison, Everett Ellis, Frank Kossak, and Wills Bird finished 2nd with a time of 1:00.10. In the 400m Ellis (1:10.05) finished 3rd and Julien Orban (1:12.93) finished 6th. Bird finished 4th in the 100m with a time of 14.50. Alex Harrison turned in a great performance in the mile finishing 2nd with a time of 5:52.63, a personal best of 5 seconds.

PMS Hosts B Finals

On Wednesday, May 26th the 6th, 7th and 8th grade B finals took place at Witter Field. There were 12 schools competing with over 200 kids.
BOYS
6TH Grade
In the boys mile, Zach Bloemker (6:10) and Mingwei Samuel (6:11) finished 2nd and 3rd. Bloemker (2:48, 1st), Samuel (2:58, 2nd), Kyle Bilorusky (3:04, 3rd) and Evan Hanke (3:13, 6th) represented Piedmont well in the 800m run.
7TH Grade
In the 7th grade boy’s 400m Max Canty-Hilchy finished 2nd running 1:12.6 and also finished first in the Long Jump with a 14-4. TJ Korotzer competed in the Shot Put with a distance of 17-9.5.
8TH Grade
In the 8th grade boys 800m Braeden Turner finished with a time of 2:55. 8th Grader Forest Wakeling ran the mile in 7:11. Jack Kossak ran a nice 100m in 15.16.
GIRLS
6TH Grade
Maura Phillips had an excellent day finishing 2nd in the long jump (10-9) and 100m (15.60). Alexandra Shoptaugh finished 2nd in the mile (7:09) and 3rd in the High Jump (3-6). Nicole Bilorusky finished 3rd in the mile (7:56) and 4th in the 800m. Megan Wilensky finished a nice 400m run with a time of 1:24.81.
7th Grade
Sophia Mills had a great day finishing 2nd among 7th grade girls in the 800m. In the 100m Remy Afong (15.37), Dylan Miller (15.7), and Hayden Payne (16.31) all ran well. In the 200m Afong (31.85, 3rd), Mills (33.22), Miller (33.70), and Payne (34.25) all ran hard in a huge field of 27 7th grade girls.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Piedmont Track & Field at Martinez

The Piedmont Middle School track and field team hit the road last Thursday, May 6th for a meet at Martinez.

BOYS
8th Grade
Hugh Hawkins had a nice debut performance in the shot put with a distance of 24’ 2”.

7th Grade
The 4x100 relay team of Joey Wilhelm, Liam Schindler, Dominic Frost, and Elliot Gordon finished 3rd with a time of 55.4. Wilhelm also ran the 100m (13.85) and 200 (27.47). Schindler set a new personal best in the High Jump at 4’ 7” while also running the 200m in 29.6. Frost finished his day running the 100m (14.03) and 200m (29.27). Ryan Castle had a season best of 30’0” in the shot put and also ran the 200m (34.71). Max Canty-Hilchy had a very impressive long jump distance of 14’ 3” while doubling in the 400m (1:14.8). Eric Poon jumped 12’ 11” in the long jump. TJ Korotzer ran the 200m (43.61) and 400m (1:40.6). Miles Von Herrmann (2:53.9) and Michael Kuroda (2:54.6) finished neck and neck in the 800m. Von Herrmann also set a new personal best in the mile (6:09).

6th Grade
The 4x100m relay team of Alex Harrison, Everett Ellis, Frank Kossak, and Wills Bird had another impressive race to finish 3rd with a time of 1:00.71. In the 100m, Ellis (14.19), Harrison (15.15) and Kossak (15.59) all turned in nice performances. Harrison (6:06), Zach Bloemker (6:29), Mingwei Samuel (6:30) and Evan Hanke (6:59) turned in nice runs in the mile. In the long jump Harrison jumped 11’ 1” with Bloemker (10’ 6”) and Samuel (9’6”) not far behind. Harrison completed his busy day with the High Jump (4’0”). Samuel also ran a nice 800m finishing in 2:55.9.

GIRLS
8th Grade
The 8th grade girls 4x100 relay team of Taylor Mopress, Alaina Martin, Emilie Davis, and with the help of 6th grader Madison Tenney finished 2nd in the race with a time of 1:01.6. In the 100m Martin (13.56), Davis (14.59), and Mopress (15.15) all finished in a pack. Martin won the High Jump (4’ 2”) with Davis (4’ 0”) close behind.

7th Grade
In the 100m, Sophia Mills (15.03), Hayden Payne (15.5) and Remy Afong (15.53) all finished closely. Afong (31.87) and Mills (32.68) came back with a nice double in the 200m. Payne jumped 10’0” in the long jump.

6th Grade
Megan Wilensky (1:26.6) and Madison Tenney (1:28.0) both turned in quality 400m times. Tenney also ran the opening leg for the 8th grade girl’s 4X100 meter relay because they needed an extra runner to fill out their team and helped them to a second place finish.

Monday, May 3, 2010

PMS Hosts First Track Meet of the Season

The Piedmont middle school track and field team dodged the rain and hosted the first meet of the season at Witter Field Wednesday, April 28th. The 6th grade boys (1.00.0) and 7th grade boys (56.07) both took first place in their 4 x 100m Relay. 7th Grader Julien Orban finished 3rd in the 400m (1:12.0). Kyle Bilorusky finished 1st among 6th grade boys in the 800m (3:13), with Ian Taylor (3:20) and Josh Erkelens (3:21) not far behind. Miles Von Herrmann (2:55) and Michael Kuroda (2:56) finished 3rd and 4th respectively in the 7th grade boys 800m. In the High Jump, 7th grader Liam Schindler finished 1st (4' 6") with Elliot Gordon (4' 2") finishing in 2nd. Schindler (14' 1") and Gordon (13' 11") finished 2nd and 3rd in the 7th Long Jump with Dominic Frost (13' 6") close behind. Mingwei Samuel (12' 0") won the 6th grade boys long jump. Wills Bird (14.6), Frank Kossak (15.7) and Nate Stephens (15.81) led the 6th grade boys’ team in the 100m. Joey Wilhelm (13.52) finished 1st in the 7th grade boys 100m. Alex Harrison finished 1st among 6th grade boys in the mile with Samuel (6:35) and Zach Bloemker (6:53) turning in nice performances.

On the girls’ side, Maddie Copeland (6:49) and Nicole Bilorusky (7:46) finished 2nd and 3rd in the 6th grade girls’ mile. Hayden Payne (10' 10") had a nice showing in the 7th grade Long Jump. Alaina Martin (15' 3") finished first in the 8th grade long jump with Emilie Davis (12' 5") finishing 3rd and Chloe Jiang (9' 11"). Martin (14.17) and Davis (14.72) also finished 2nd and 4th respectively in the 8th grade girls 100m. Sydney Silverman (15. 8) and Maura Phillips (15.94) led the Piedmont 6th grade girls 100m. Sophia Mills (1:15.7) and Remy Afong (1:16.2) finished 7th and 8th respectively in a huge field of 7th Grade Girls 400m. Alexandra Shoptough (1:25.4) finished 3rd in the 6th grade girls 400m.