Falcons Fly at Tri-TAC Conference Meet
The Varsity Boys and Girls Track and Field team left their mark at the Tri-TAC Conference Championship meet Thursday afternoon at American Hebrew Academy. From relays to individual events, the Falcons saw PRs and first place finishes throughout the meet. The girls team finished the meet as Tri-TAC Runners-Up and the boys team brought home the Tri-TAC Conference Championship!
The Tri-TAC conference meet featured fellow conference schools Trinity Academy of Raleigh, Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill, Burlington Christian, and Carolina Friends. The Falcons started the meet strong dominating the field events. Field events saw multiple first place finishes for the Falcons including freshman Mary Grace Huntley in the High Jump, junior Caelan McHarney in the Shot Put, junior Josh Manning in the High Jump and Long Jump, and junior Eland Miller in the Shot Put and Discus.
On the track, the Falcons saw numerous individual conference championships and PRs. Senior Molly Kuzma won the 800M, 1600M and 3200M races, junior Jalen Lindsey won both the 200M and 400M races, and 7th grader Corbin Weeks ran to victory in the 3200M race. Joining the individual performances, the Falcon relays showed their dominance as they secured victories in the Girls 4x800M and 4x200M relays and Boys 4x100M, 4x200M, and 4x400M relays on the afternoon. The Girls 4x800M time of 10:53.11 set a new all-time school record in the event.
In addition, the Falcons placed 18 runners on the Tri-TAC All Conference team: Molly Kuzma, Mary Grace Huntley, Caelan McHarney, Corbin Weeks, Jalen Lindsey, Josh Manning, Eland Miller, Grace Simpson, Abi Wilson, Grace Edrington, Ashanti Fox, Boyd Kenny, Phillip Hancock, Brennan Hodges, Kanye McKeithen, Aaron Seiring, and Nathan Brianas.
“They show and up and perform,” Head Coach Marcus Millard shared. “Their consistent level of relentless determination to improve every single week is truly special. It’s nothing short of a family trip to Disney world… It’s magical.”
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