Tennis

The 7th Region Tournament was held this week, and we are sending a school-record three players on to the State Tournament next week!  Gray Thurstone '14 and Jamie Anderson '15 were seeded 3rd and 4th, respectively, and enjoyed first-round byes, second-round victories, and quarterfinal wins.  They lost to the #1 and #2 seeds in the semifinal round in tough matches, but as top-four finishers in the Regional, move on to State.

Eva Borders '18 was seeded #1 in the Regional and did not drop a single game.  She was completely dominant, winning all three matches 6-0, 6-0.  What more is there to say about our 8th grader? 

The other St. Francis tennis players also did themselves proud in Regional competition.  Lily Tierney played singles and lost but took one set to tiebreakers.  Emma Boland '17 and Talia Blue '17 lost in doubles competition in the first round but put up a tough fight.  Shelly Lancaster '18 and Esme Tyler '16 won their first match 6-3, 6-0 and then lost in the next round.  Graham Cote '14/Cole Von Feldt '14 and Andrew Thurstone '17/Matthew Siciliano '17 won their first-round matchups before falling in the second round.  Congratulations to all these competitors and good luck to Eva, Gray, and Jamie next week!

Track and Field

The team turned in a fantastic performance in last Monday's meet.  The boys' 4x100 team of Chris Kessler '15, exchange student Simon Spengler, Emerson Mudd '16, and Ethan McCrocklin '18 finished 3rd with a season-best time of 49.97.   Others scoring included:

100 M - Simon Spengler - 4th place, 12.66

100 M - Emerson Mudd - 5th place, 12.98

200 M - Simon Spengler - 5th place, 25.28

400 M - Ethan McCrocklin - 6th place, 56.77

800 M - Everett Davis '17 - 8th place, 2:41.55 (SEASON BEST)

Shot Put - Jewel Bailey '17 - 8th place, 18-05.50 (SEASON BEST)

Discus - Jewel Bailey '17 - 5th place, 53-05 (SEASON BEST)

The boys scored a total of 25 points to finish 5th out of 7 teams.  The girls, represented solely by Jewel Bailey, finished 6th out of 7 schools!

The team was slated to compete in the Class A Region 3 meet today, but it has been postponed until tomorrow at 2:00 EDT due to weather.  Good luck to our track and field athletes!