ConVal athletes shine at Sanborn Invitational 

ConVal’s boys and girls track and field teams participated in the Sanborn Invitational in Kingston, NH on Saturday, April 22. The girls finished in a tie for 10^th place of 21 teams competing, with 20 points. The boys finished 18^th of 22 teams competing, with 7 points. 

Junior Tasha MacNeil factored into all 20 of the girls team’s points. She placed 2^nd in the javelin with a throw of 106 feet, scoring 8 points, and also finished 2^nd in the 100-meter dash in a time of 13.29, for another 8 points. MacNeil, along with senior Sophie Hatmaker, junior Aida Davis and sophomore Eliza Bull, finished the 4x100-meter relay in 55.88 seconds, good for 4^th place and 4 points. 

For the boys, sophomore Kendrick Edwards scored 4 points for his 4^th-place finish in the long jump, with a distance of 19’2.5”. Sophomore William Simard placed 5^th in the 1600-meter run in 4:42.9, which earned 2 points. And the 4x100-meter relay team of Edwards, juniors Anthony Cadwallader and Jack Harris, and sophomore Elliot Featherstone earned 1 point for their 6^th place finish in 47.13 seconds.