The Spartan track and field program finished a phenomenal year with tremendous growth across all events! There were many highlights in the Section Meet, including the following medalists:

🥇Girls 4×800: Clare Ryan Bradley, Sophie Kannapiran,
Maren Overgaard, Paloma Good
🥇100m Hurdles AND 300m Hurdles: Elizabeth Tuttle
🥇Long Jump: Clare Ryan Bradley
🥇400m Dash: Oliver Thompson
🥈800m Dash: Paloma Good
🥈Boys 4×400: Langston Thompson, Oliver Thompson,
Roman Hozalski, & Nico Martin
4th Triple Jump: Julia Taylor
4th 300m Hurdles: Hazel McCarthy
4th 800m Dash: Maren Overgaard
7th 800m Dash: Sophie Kannapiran
9th Girls 4×400: Sophie Kannapiran, Hazel McCarthy,
Sonia Karbanda, Maren Overgaard

The top two finishers in each event advance to the Single A State Meet. An impressive number of 9 athletes competed at State on June 6th & 7th, including: 

• Girls 4×800 Relay: Sophie Kannapiran ’28, Clare Ryan Bradley ’26, Paloma Good ’27 & Maren Overgaard ’26
• Boys 4×400 Relay: Roman Hozalski ’27, Langston Thompson ’27, Nico Martin ’27 & Oliver Thompson ’25
• 100m and 300m hurdles: Elizabeth Tuttle ’26
• 400m: Oliver Thompson ’25
• 800m: Paloma Good ’27
• Long Jump: Clare Ryan Bradley ’26

State Champions
Oliver Thompson: 400m
Elizabeth Tuttle: 300m hurdles AND State Runner-Up, 100 hurdles

All-Conference: Clare Ryan Bradley ‘26, Oliver Thompson ‘25 and Elizabeth Tuttle ‘26

All-Conference Honorable Mention: Paloma Good ‘27, Roman Hozalski ‘27, Bridget Keel ‘24, Nico Martin ’27, Hazel McCarthy ‘26, Julia Taylor ‘25 and Langston Thompson ‘27

SPA had a strong showing in the IMAC Conference Meet! Congratulations to the Girls 4×800 team of Taylor Barkwell ’25, Paloma Good ’27, Carys Hardy ’24, Maren Overgaard ’26 for capturing first place at the IMAC Relays in a time of 10:25.29 10. Overall the girls finished in fourth place and the boys captured fifth | Click here for all meet results.

At the section track and field championship meet, multiple Spartans ran their best times of the year and freshman Elizabeth Tuttle ‘26 qualified for the State meet after finishing in first place in the long jump (setting a school record of 17’7”) and second in the 100 (15:31) & 300 (47:74) meter hurdles. Additional top five finishes at sections included Julia Taylor ‘25 who placed fourth in the long jump (16’3.25″), Oliver Thompson ‘25 who placed third in the 400-meter dash (51:90), and Tuttle who finished third in the triple jump (35’2″). 

At State, Tuttle landed a spot on the podium finishing third in the long jump (17’2”) and qualified for the finals in the 100-meter dash after finishing in seventh place in the opening heat. In the State final, Elizabeth placed sixth overall.

All-Conference: Oliver Thompson ‘25 and Elizabeth Tuttle ‘26

All-Conference Honorable Mention: Ray Guo ‘23, Bridget Keel ‘24, Clare Ryan Bradley ‘26, Bennett Sauer ‘26, Theo Su ‘25, Julia Taylor ‘25, Langston Thompson ‘26 and Belle Weng ‘25