Ross Leads Mount Greylock Girls to Pair of Dual Meet Wins

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Running as fast as you can on a slick surface can be tricky.

 

Now try doing it while recovering from an injury that kept you on the sidelines much of the fall and winter.

 

That was the situation facing Mount Greylock's Madison Ross on Friday at Williams College, and she rose to the challenge, winning three events to help the Mounties pick up a pair of wins in a three-way dual meet against Monument Mountain and Wahconah.

 

"It was OK," Ross said. :I was just very nervous because I'm coming back from an injury, and I was stressing about it. I was scared I was going to slip. But overall, I did pretty well, and I'm proud of myself."

 

On the track, Ross won the 100 meters in 12.90 seconds, finishing six-tenths of a second ahead of the field.

 

In the 200, she was .4 seconds faster than teammate Maddie Albert, finishing in 27.5.

 

In the field, Ross won the high jump, clearing 4 feet, 8 inches, and the long jump, going 15-4, nearly two feet ahead of the field.

 

Not a bad early spring performance for an athlete who was hampered by injury throughout the soccer and basketball seasons.

 

"It's almost 100 percent healed," she said. :It still bothers me, especially when I do high jump. But whenever it starts to hurt, I just have to take it easy and stretch, and hopefully it will feel better."

 

Her points helped Mount Greylock post a 99-42 win over Monument Mountain and a 106-35 win over Wahconah. Monument's girls defeated Wahconah, 80-61.

 

Mount Greylock's boys also went 2-0 in the twilight meet.

 

The Mounties bettered Monument Mountain, 116.5-24.5 and Wahconah, 83-58. Wahconah's boys picked up a 95-46 win over Monument Mountain.

 

Mount Greylock's Josh Cheung was a double-winner, taking first in the mile (4:47.3) and the 3,200 (10:29.1).

 

Monument Mountain's William Riviere won the high jump, clearing 5-8.

 

Wahconah got a pair of wins from Matt Lighten, who posted a 10.8 in the 100 and a 22.3 in the 200. Lighten also made up a deficit in the final leg of the 4-by-100 relay to give his team a narrow victory over Mount Greylock, 46.1 to 46.4.

 

Afterward, Lighten indicated the uneasonable cold was at least as much of a factor as the steady rain.

 

"It's really hard to stay warm," he said. "I came into the day wearing sweat pants, wearing a hat, wearing gloves -- just trying to stay warm and trying to stretch whenever I can."

 

Wahconah's girls got a win and a second place finish from Victoria Gamberoni, who took first in the two-mile run (12:06.0) and second in the mile (5:30.0). Monument Mountain's girls won the day's final girls event on the track, the 4-by-400 relay, in 4:37.3.

 

Photos of this event to come.

 

Top Three Finishers

GIRLS

4-by-800 relay: 1. Mount Greylock 10:40.5; 2. Wahconah 11:10.6; 3. Monument Mountain 11:3.8.

100 hurdles: 1. Hannah Locklear, MG, 17.5; 2. Elizabeth Dupras, MG, 18.1; 3. Brandiu Gill, MG, 18.1.

100 meters: 1. Madison Ross, MG, 12.9; 2. Sadie Anderson, W, 13.5; 3. Ellie Clark, W, 13.8.

1600: 1. Jacqueline Wells, MG, 5:29.0; 2. Victoria Gamberoni, Wahconah, 5:30.0; 3. Grace Phair, MM, 5:34.6.

4-by-100 relay: 1. Mount Greylock, 54.9; 2. Wahconah 54.9; 3. Monument Mountain, 56.4.

400 meters: 1. Meri Powell, MM, 1:01.1; 2. Maddie Albert, MG, 1:03.6; 3. Isabelle Viner, W, 1:05.0.

400 hurdles: 1. Elise Dilisio, MM, 1:14.9; 2. Elizabeth Dupras, MG; 1:14.9; 3. Ella Dudley, MG, 1:15.3.

800 meters: 1. Lilliana Wells, MG, 2:27.9; 2. Hazel Scullin, MG, 2:32.2; 3. Jasmin Johansdottir, MM, 2:32.2.

200 meters: 1. Madison Ross, MG, 27.5; 2. Maddie Albert, MG, 27.9; 3. Meri Powell, MM, 28.2.

3200 meters: 1. Victoria Gamberoni, W, 12:06.0; 2. Josephine Smith, MG, 12:08.1; 3. Jacqueline Wells, MG, 12:10.2.

4-by-400 relay: 1. Monument Mountain 4:37.3; 2. Wahconah 4:44.6; 3. Mount Greylock 4:46.1.

Shot put: 1. Maddie Albert, MG, 26-9.75; 2. Caroline Hadley, MG, 26-5.75; 3. Ali Hiller, MM, 24-11.75.

Discus: 1. Caroline Hadley, MG, 81-9; 2. Elizabeth Abrams, MM, 78-9; 3. Helen Pajeski, MM, 65-9.

Javelin: 1. Aubrey Blanchard, MM, 83-3; 2. A.J. Wilmot, W, 78-9; 3. Tarryn Gaherty, MG, 77-0.

High jump: 1. Madison Ross, MG, 4-8; 2. Jacqueline Wells, MG, 4-8; T-3. Madeline Mason, MM, and Gracie O'Brien, MM, 4-6.

Long jump: 1. Madison Ross, MG, 15-4; 2. Hailey Pickard, W, 13-6; 3. Calista Nelson, MM, 13-5.5

Triple jump: 1. Lucy Doren, MM, 29-7.5; 2. Brandi Gill, MG, 28-1.75; 3. Julian Lawson, MG, 27-5.

 

BOYS

4-by-800 relay: 1. Mount Greylock, 9:02.7; 2. Wahconah, 9:30.7; 3. Mount Greylock (B), 9:36.9.

110 hurdles: 1. Tyler Olds, W, 17.9; 2. Sam Edge, MG, 18.0; 3. Josh Duncan, MG, 18.8.

100 meters: 1. Matt Lighten, W, 10.8; 2. Sam Dils, MG, 11.6; 3. Tristan Alston, MM, 11.7.

1600: 1. Josh Cheung, MG, 4:47.3; 2. Sam Culver, MG, 4:51.0; 3. P.J. Pharmer, W, 5:00.4.

4-by-100 relay: 1. Wahconah, 46.1; 2. Mount Greylock, 46.4; 3. Mount Greylock (B), 50.0.

400 meters: 1. Theo Sandstrom, MG, 53.9; 2. Ric Donati, MG, 55.2; T-3. Jacob Fink, MG, and Owen Crowell, MG, 56.7.

400 hurdles: 1. Tyler Olds, W, 1:05.2; 2. Sam Edge, MG, 1:09.9; 3. Josh Duncan, MG, 1:10.5.

800 meters: 1. Owen Brandriss, MG, 2:08.1; 2. Sam Culver, MG, 2:09.9; 3. Easton Eberwein, W, 2:14.3.

200 meters: 1. Matt Lighten, W, 22.3; 2. Tristan Alston, MM, 24.7; 3. Jake Scalise, W, 24.8.

3200 meters: 1. Josh Cheung, MG, 10:29.1; 2. Jesse Seid, MG, 10:30.8; 3. Kevin Robertson, MM, 11:42.0.

4-by-400 relay: 1. Mount Greylock, 3:46.1; 2. Monument Mountain, 3:52.1; 3. Wahconah, 3:59.1.

Shot put: 1. Ethan Scott, W, 36-8.5; 2. Ric Donati, MG, 33-2; 3. Brandon Goss, MG, 33-1.25.

Discus: 1. Owen Brandriss, MG, 103-6; 2. Mac Sullivan, W, 87-10; 3. Brandon Goss, MG, 84-8.

Javelin: 1. Ian Graham, W, 119-2; 2. Shea McIlquham, W, 117-1; 3. Fred Sears, W, 109-11.

High jump: 1. William Riviere, MM, 5-8; 2. Jacob Adams, MG, 5-2; 3. Jason Betti, MG, 5-2.

Long jump: 1. Sam Dils, MG, 18-2; 2. Isaiah Locklear, MG, 17-9.25; 3. Shea McIlquham, W, 17-7.5.

Triple jump: 1. Jack Pudlo, W, 38-8.5; 2. Shea McIlquham, W, 37-7.5; 3. Isaiah Locklear, MG, 37-4.25.