Submitted by Sheila Albrecht
Bedford High School track program doesn’t stop for snow and ice. Sandwiched between the Fall Cross Country and the Spring Track and Field programs, is the popular Winter Indoor Track program. Rain, sun or snow, students train up to five miles each day. Track meets are held indoors at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston or the Boston University Track and Tennis Center, also in Boston.
Meets are a cacophony of activity as hurdles and sprints take place, end to end, inside the oval track, and shot put, high jump and the long jump are squeezed in around the perimeter of the interior track. Girls and boys races – 200M to two mile, with the highlight events 4 X 200 and 4 X 400 relays, are run on the official track. These meets are run so efficiently that every few seconds or minute spectators hear the call of a race and the loud pop of a starter gun.
Bedford High School Track and Field, under the direction of Coach Joe Pike, has had a very successful run the past few years and has grown into a popular program at the high school. Winter track is attractive to athletes not just preparing for the exciting spring track season, but also to those athletes that want to get in shape for other spring sports such as lacrosse, softball or baseball. Half way through the season many Bedford athletes have shown strong results.
At the Dual County meet on January 15th, All-Star runners Sam Bradford and DJ Scharff won their races with Hervintz Desert, Branson Leonard, Cam Zamot and Noah Byington also doing well. Relay racers, D.J. Scharff, Aric Farrill, Branson Leonard and Kirs Imsong took first place in the 4 X200 relay. Angus Wong led in the hurdles races and high jumper Jamal Mccabe placed second in the high jump.
For the girls, Danae Bucci had an outstanding night taking second place in the high jump and leading in the hurdles races. Top runner, Jenessa Mccabe, had a good race and won her heat. Runners Sarah Nosal, Sabine Galvis, Kendall Hiltz, Merry Roy, Elizabeth Carter, and Natalie Huggins, all had strong performances. Eliana Boebel rounded out the night by taking first place in shot put.
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