Everett indoor track squads wrap up the regular season against Revere, Medford

Tide boys finish third in the GBL after beating the Mustangs, while the girls get tripped up twice

By Joe McConnell

The Everett High School indoor track teams took on Greater Boston League (GBL) rivals Revere and Medford in another tri-meet to complete the regular season on Jan. 30. “It was a good meet,” said coach Jehu Cimea. “It wasn’t the outcome that we were hoping for in the Revere meet, but overall, it was a strong performance.”

Cimea was specifically referring to the boys loss to the Patriots, 55-31, on the heels of them beating the Mustangs, 47-39. As a team, the Tide boys completed the season with a 5-2 record, which was good for third place in the GBL.

The girls, on the other hand, lost both ends of this tri-meet – 75-18 to Revere and 62-23 to Medford – to end the season with a 1-6 record. Both teams were scheduled to participate in the annual GBL Meet on Feb. 5 (after press deadline).

Against Medford, senior captain Jeremy Whitlow (5:21.77, personal best) ran away from the competition to secure first place in the mile. Senior Ian Herrera (9.69, personal best) accounted for a second-place finish in the 55-meter-high hurdles. Senior captain Kervens Joseph (7.05), junior Sandesh Pun (7.16) and senior Saymon Silva (7.20) completed the clean sweep in the 55-meter dash. Senior captain Lucas Nunez (1:33.81) came in second in the 600. Junior Carlos Pagan Landeo (3:05.66) was third in the 1,000. Joseph (38.40) and sophomore Jonathan Hernandez (40.44, personal best) topped the ticket in the 300. Nunez (11:25.57) finished second in the two mile. Joseph (20-0, personal best) won the long jump to complete his hat trick of victories on this day against the Mustangs, while Hernandez (16-11.5, personal best) ended up third. Seniors Gaetano Foster (42-2.5), Christopher Roberts (35-9.75, personal best) and sophomore Bhavikpreet Singh (32-9.5) took the top three places in the shotput to end this meet against Medford in style.

Winning efforts

Junior captain Graziella Foster (27-2, shotput) and sophomore Shashi Pokhrel (16.49.29, two mile) were credited with first-place finishes against Medford. Foster also came out on top against Revere. Senior captain Shinead Riley (8.0) experienced the same winning results against the Patriots in the 55-meter dash.