Lady Patriots track team still perfect on the season

By Dom Nicastro

The Revere High School girls track team improved to 4-0 in dominating fashion, beating Malden, 77-17, and Lynn Classical, 78-3, in a Greater Boston League tri-meet last week. Speaking of dominating, the Patriots have not lost a dual meet in indoor or outdoor track since 2023. In the meet versus Malden, the Patriots had a total of 10 first-place finishes, seven second-place finishes and six third-place finishes. Against Lynn Classical, the Patriots had 10 first-place finishes, seven second-place finishes and seven third-place finishes.

“This means a Revere girl took first place in every single event, except the relay which we chose not to run at the end of the meet,” Revere coach Racquel Ciambelli-MacDonald said. “Absolutely phenomenal. The girls are really starting to hit their peaks as we head into the halfway point of the season and close to championship season.”

A few personal records and highlights from the GBL tri-meet:

• Senior captain Liv Yuong was the top scorer with three first-place finishes (55-meter hurdles, high jump and long jump), scoring 15 points total in each meet.
• Junior Olivia Rupp continued her league dominance in the mile with a 5:52.17 finish for first place in both meets.
• Junior Gemma Stamatopoulos also continued her league dominance in the 600-meter with a 1:48.77 finish and a second-place height of 4-10 in the high jump. Both she and Yuong were cut off in the high jump at 4-10 due to a mechanical error. “I’m confident they would’ve both continued to jump well into the meet,” Ciambelli-MacDonald said.
• Two newcomers to the 600-meter, Zizi Kalliavas and Amina Larzhal, also had a great finish, both running below 2:03 for the sweep in both meets.
• Senior captain Francoise Kodjo took first in the shotput with a new PR of 27-9.
• Other first-place finishes included senior captain Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez in the 55-meter dash, Rania Hamdani in the 300-meter and Gigi Zierten in the 1,000-meter.

During this past weekend, Revere also had several girls participate in the MSTCA Northeast Invitational:

• Yuong hit season PRs in all three of her events: 9.78 in the 55-meter hurdles (30th overall), 15-10.50 in the long jump (10th overall) and only a half-inch off her own school record, 15-11. In the high jump, she took third overall, clearing 5-0. “It was a huge day for Liv overall,” Ciambelli-MacDonald said. “Her ability to perform in multiple events at these meets really shows her overall endurance as well. We expect big things from her come championships season.”
• Stamatopoulos and Rupp took on a new event for both of them: the 1,000. “They both absolutely shined and ran excellent times,” their coach said. Stamatopoulos took 39th overall with a time of 3:23.77, and Olivia took 45th overall with a time of 3:25.79. “As training partners, I knew that this 1,000-meter race was exactly what they needed to better their times in the mile and the 600,” Ciambelli-MacDonald said. “Olivia was able to focus on a shorter race and better prepare for the third quarter of the mile. Gemma’s heat was very clumped, and she had to spare a lot of energy in order to avoid a box-in. I’m confident her time in a more spread-out race would have been closer to 3:20.”
• Junior Hamdani ran a huge lifetime PR in the 300-meter and broke 47 seconds. Her time of 46.27 was good for 57th overall in a field of over 300 girls. “This puts her right at the top of the GBL in this event which is so exciting,” Ciambelli-MacDonald said. “Sophomore Zizi Kalliavas also ran a PR in the 300-meter with a time of 50.03.”
• Junior Aida Louaddi also threw for a PR in the shotput with a toss of 23-05. All four Revere throwers (Caleigh Joyce, Francoise Kodjo and Jocelyn Lazo) cracked the top 100.

“Overall, we had some stellar performances at this massive meet,” Ciambelli-MacDonald said. “Can’t wait to see what the rest of the season brings.”

Revere takes on Lynn English and Chelsea on Thursday, Jan. 16 [before press deadline].