County Athletes Get Jump on the Season at Mount Greylock

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Not everyone could win a race at Friday’s season opening meet at Mount Greylock Regional School.

 

But the Mounties were the big winners before they stepped onto the track.

 

Friday marked what coach Brian Gill called a “soft opening” for the longest-awaited athletic facility in the county, an eight-lane track and field complex that has been discussed for the school since before the renovated middle-high school opened its doors in 2018.

 

“They’ve talked about it for six years, you know, and to finally have it, it’s pretty incredible,” Mount Greylock senior Noah Klompus said while waiting for the meet-ending 4-by-400 relays to get underway.

 

It is not the first track at Mount Greylock, but it is the first one suited for competition.

 

The school has been using a dirt oval for practice purposes for years and hosting meets at Williams College when the college’s schedule allowed.

 

But the new facility – which also includes a grass infield that will be used for lacrosse and soccer – is a game changer.

 

“It’s been amazing,” Klompus said. “Most seasons, we can’t practice the first two weeks because the dirt track is too wet. So being able to come out here early and really get some reps in has been amazing.”

 

The lack of a suitable track on campus has not stopped Mount Greylock from running one of the most successful programs in Western Massachusetts. But the new digs won’t hurt as the girls and boys teams look to defend their 2024 Western Massachusetts Championships and the girls look to build on momentum from last year’s Division 6 State Championship.

 

Mount Greylock will be looking to make the most of the facility over the next couple of months with four regular season home meets starting on April 15 and the Western Mass meet on May 24.

 

Before it gets into the regular season, the county’s runners, jumpers and throwers have a few warm-up meets in Williamstown starting with Friday’s.

 

The opener was a “1,1,1” event, where each athlete could enter one running, one throwing and one jumping event. On Friday, April 4, the Mounties will host a running-only event, and the next day they will host a meet just for the field events.

 

The mood was a little more casual on Friday afternoon, but some athletes got right down to business.

 

Wahconah’s Cooper Calvert, for example, won the boys high jump by clearing 6-0, a height that would have won him second place at last year’s Berkshire County Individual meet in May.

 

“My old [personal record] was 5-8, so that’s quite a jump up,” the Wahconah junior said.

 

“I’ve only practiced high jump a couple of times in practice, so getting 6 feet in a meet … it’s putting pressure on my competitors, which is good, friendly competition.

 

“Hopefully, we’ll get it up. I think the school record is 6-2. I’m looking to break that this year or the next.”

 

Photos from this meet to come.

 

GIRLS

100 meters: 1. Dezerea Powell, PHS, 13.68; 2. Emma Daly, Tac, 13.68; 3. Abby Wood, Wah, 14.27.

200 meters: 1. Rowan Apotsos, MG, 27.71; 2. Lily Haskins-Vaughan, MG, 27.85; 3. Elsa Palmer, MG, 29.87.

400 meters: 1. Tanley Drake, MG, 1:06.63; 2. Naelyn Robinson, MG, 1:07.27; 3. Mabel Cooney, MM, 1:07.39.

800 meters: 1. Polly Geddes, MM, 2:37.64; 2. Brenna Lopez, MG, 2:41.44; 3. Paige Tudor, MG, 2:50.96.

1600 meters: 1. Amelia Desliets, MM, 5:36.87; 2. Josephine Bay, MG, 5:51.76; 3. Cornelia Swabey, MG, 5:52.02.

3200 meters: 1. Yasmine Oubtrou, PHS, 13:12.61; 2. Elly Thompson, MG, 14:53.79; 3. Lilabel Kierstead, MM, 17:29.43.

100 hurdles: 1. Katherine Goss, MG, 16.56; 2. Lauren Powell, MG, 19.41; 3. Haydn Derby, MG, 20.36.

300 hurdles: 1. Kathryn Perrone, Wah, 50.47; 2. Coralea Lash-St. John, MG, 53.86; 3. Elliana O’Leary, Wah, 1:01.19.

4-by-100 relay: 1. Mount Greylock (Scanlon, Powell, Apotsos, Moresi) 54.53; 2. Monument Mountain, 56.97; 3. Pittsfield, 57.99.

4-by-400 relay: 1. Mount Greylock (Bay, de Jong, Goss, Swabey) 4:42.31; 2. Mount Greylock ‘B’ 4:47.84; 3. Mount Greylock ‘C’ 4:51.33.

4-by-800 relay: 1. Monument Mountain (Cooney, P. Geddes, R. Geddes, Desilets) 11:42.11; 2. Pittsfield, 13:58.13.

High jump: 1. Lily Haskins-Vaughan, MM, 5-6; 2. Ynes Bourdon, MM, 4-10; 3. Emma Daly, Tac, 4-8.

Pole Vault: 1. Teresa Moresi, MG, 6-6; 2. Lauren Miller, MG, 6-0; 3. Kayla Miller, MG, 6-0.

Long jump: 1. Maire Scanlon, MG, 15-2.5; 2. Chase Hoey, MG, 15-1.75; 3. Caroline Becker, MM, 13-10.

Triple jump: 1. Katherine Goss, MG, 35-8.5; 2. Rowan Apotsos, MG, 32-9; 3. Audrey Chagnon, Wah, 28-4.

Shot put: 1. Zoe Ruth Brizan, PHS, 26-2; 2. Kiera Kristensen, MG, 26-1; 3. Karen Awortwe, PHS, 24-8.

Javelin: 1. Mia Chaffee, Wah, 81-7; 2. Grace Soule, MM, 70-5; 3. Kathryn Perrone, Wah, 70-1.

 

BOYS

100 meters: 1. West Dews, Wah, 11.81; 2. Kofi Roberts, MG, 11.85; 3. Owen Klatka, PHS, 11.87.

200 meters: 1. Aidan D’Aniello, PHS, 24.77; 2. Samseedy Touray, PHS, 25.07; 3. Nolan Stuebner, MG, 25.26.

400 meters: 1. Lorenzo Lewis, Wah, 52.96; 2. Lake Kittler, Wah, 55.46; 3. Romeo Yankey, Tac, 57.95.

800 meters: 1. Cohen Zahn, PHS, 2:12.72; 2. Alec Ginsberg, Tac, 2:18.28; 3. Collin Norton, Tac, 2:18.55.

1600 meters: 1. Everett Pacheco, MM, 4:39.17; 2. Knowl Stroud, MG, 4:52.83; 3. Rafa Mellow-Bartels, MG, 4:53.20.

3200 meters: 1. Noah Wesley, Wah, 11:11.07; 2. Boaz Slater Lee, MG, 11:56.34; 3. Ash Edmunds Warby, MG, 12:33.13.

110 hurdles: 1. Reed Miles-Harris, MG, 19.16; 2. Christopher Hyatt, Wah, 19.33; 3. Oliver Smith, PHS, 19.52.

300 hurdles: 1. William Apotsos, MG, 43.96; 2. Sean Reynolds, Tac, 45.90; 3. Nathan Gill, MG, 46.30.

4-by-100 relay: 1. Wahconah (Dews, Lewis, Kablan, Melle) 46.64; 2. Mount Greylock, 47.70; 3. Pittsfield, 48.18.

4-by-400 relay: 1. Taconic ‘C’ (White, Yankey, Norton, Soule) 3:59.86; 2. Taconic ‘A’ 4:06.42; 3. Pittsfield ‘B’ 4:06.83.

4-by-800 relay: 1. Mount Greylock (Mellow-Bartels, Shin, Singer, Stroud) 9:14.52; 2. Wahconah ‘A’ 9:36.38; 3. Wahconah ‘B’ 10:43.92.

High jump: 1. Cooper Calvert, Wah, 6-0; 2. Logan Soule, Tac, 5-10; 3. Reed Miles-Harris, MG, 5-4.

Pole vault: 1. Noah Klompus, MG, 11-0; 2. Nathan Gill, MG, 9-6; 3. Gavin Hetherington, MG, 9-0.

Long jump: 1. Siddy Culbreth, MM, 18-10; 2. Elias Robinson, PHS, 18-2; 3. Prosper Ezan, PHS, 18-0.

Triple jump: 1. William Apotsos, MG, 38-3; 2. Joshua Tandoh, PHS, 37-1; 3. Dominique Billups, PHS, 33-0.

Shot put: 1. Julius Kablan, Wah, 45-5; 2. Robbie Schur, ME, 39-5; 3. Hayden Strassell, Tac, 35-0.

Javelin: 1. Ward Bianchi, MG, 131-9; 2. Aiden Alibozek, PHS, 116-0; 3. Jason Moynihan, Wah, 114-4.