Both the Verona High School girls and boys track & field teams captured second place in their respective Colonial division competitions at the SEC Conference Championships yesterday.
The girls were led by Lauren Kobernick’s first-place finish in the 100m high hurdles in a time of 16.43 and Veronica Valera’s gold medal in the 3200m in a time of 13:10. For the boys, Conner Robinson captured first in the 400-meter dash in 53.22, Milo Attal was first in the 3200m in 11:33 and Cole Martin won pole vault with a vault of 12-06.
Watch Lauren Kobernick win her championship 100m high-hurdle race @ SEC Conference Championship in 16.43 seconds. Congrats Lauren!! pic.twitter.com/Z9q9KnabPX
— VHS Girls XC, Track & Field (@VHSGirlsXC_TF) May 23, 2021
Second-Place Finishers, Girls:
Amanda Caldera, high jump, 4’6.25”
Alana Holton, long jump, 15’9”
Veronica Valera, 1600m, 6:00
Isabella Freda, shot put, 31’7”
Abby Cleary, discus, 80’2”
Second Place Finishers, Boys:
Ian Zalewski, 1600m 4:49.62
Nikhil Parekh, 3200m, 11:34.81
Conner Robinson, Joseph Visone, Ian Zalewski, Andrew Hunt, 4×400 relay, 3:43.23
Alec Hamson, pole vault, 9-06
Ethan Fersch, shot put, 31-09.25
Third Place Finishers, Girls:
Isabella Freda, javelin, 76’10”
Isabella Freda, discus, 77’5”
Lauren Kobernick, 400m hurdles, 1:12.5
Karen Andre, high jump, 4’6”
Karen Andre, 100m high hurdles, 18.7
Sarah Knoetig, Lauren Kobernick, Emma Zalewski & Alana Holton, 4x400m relay, 4:30.5
Third Place Finishers, Boys:
Noah Hayden, 200m dash, 24.13
Ian Zalewski, 800m, 2:15.18
Conner Robinson, 400m hurdles, 1:00.96
Joseph Visone, high jump, 5-04
Andrew Hunt, 5-04
Evan Fersch, discus, 87-05
Fourth Place Finishers, Girls:
Emily Wynne, javelin, 72’11”
Aimee Griffin, discus, 75’11”
Abby Cleary, shot put, 28’0”
Alana Holton, 800m, 2:39.4
Amanda Caldera, long jump, 14’10”
Fourth Place Finishers, Boys:
Evan Bannon, 1600m, 5:04.20
Joseph Visone, 400m hurdles, 1:02.02
Alec Hamson, long jump, 17-07.00
Evan Fersch, javelin, 100-07
