~ RHS Patriots Sports Round-Up ~

By Dom Nicastro

Revere girls track finishes season perfectly again

Revere girls track got another major win at the Greater Boston League meet to finish off the season unbeaten. The Patriots took the win at Somerville, scoring 120 points total, beating their closest competitor Medford by 18 points.

“It was a great meet filled with a ton of league champions,” Revere coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “What a way to finish up another amazing season for these girls. They all ran, threw and jumped phenomenally, and I am so proud of what each of them accomplished.”

Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez will compete in the Division 1 State Meet on Friday in both the 400m hurdles and triple jump. Liv Yuong will compete in the high jump.

Just like in the indoor season, Yuong is once again a three-event GBL champ, scoring a total of 30 points for the team. She was champion in the below events:

• High jump (4-10)
• Long jump (15-11)
• 100m hurdles (18.07)

Gemma Stamatopoulos was GBL champion in the 800 with a time of 2:34.95. She also placed in her two other events below:

• Fourth place in the 400 hurdles (1:16.75)
• Fifth place in the high jump (4-4).

Cabrera Rodriguez was a GBL champion in the 400 hurdles with a state qualifying time of 1:13.42. She also placed in her two other events below:

• Fifth place in the triple jump (30-11)
• Fifth place in the 100 dash (13.60)

Other finishers: The 4×800 quartet of Rocio Gonzalez, Daniela Santana Baez, Hiba El Bzyouy and Olivia Rupp was the GBL champion in the 4×800. Senior captain Gonzales took home second place in the 2-mile (14:28.37) along with her leg in the 4×800 team. Third place finishes for the team took home six points each: Olivia Rupp in the mile with an outdoor PR of 6:07.32; Rania Hamdani in the 400 (1:06.48); Yara Belguendouz in the 100 hurdles (19.26); and the 4×400 quartet of Jaliyah Manigo, Marwa Riad, Rania Hamdani and Genevieve Zierten (4:46.56). Fourth-place finishes for the team took home four points each: Zierten in the mile (6:10.30) and Riad in the long jump (14-3). Fifth-place finishes for the team took home two points each: Jaliyah Manigo in the 400 (1:07.03); Daniela Santana Baez in the 2-mile (15:11.43); Nisrin Sekkat in the javelin (80-1), the 4x100m Relay quartet of Jaliyah Manigo, Giselle Salvador, Lesly Mendoza and Mayaah Ndi. Sixth-place finishes for the team took home on point each: Emma DeCrosta in the mile (6:44.62) and Belguendouz in the triple jump (27-2).

Revere boys shine at GBL meet

The Revere boys track team wasn’t so shabby at the GBL meet with multiple champs:

• 100 Meters: Oliver Escobar finished 4th with a time of 11.49 seconds; Jeremy X finished 8th with a time of 11.80 seconds.
• 200 Meters: Oliver Escobar finished fourth with a time of 23.52 seconds; Jeremy X finished eighth with a time of 24.41 seconds.
• 400 Meters: Medy Bellemsieh finished third with a time of 51.58 seconds; Amir Yamani finished fifth with a time of 54.19 seconds.
• 800 Meters: Joao Victor Cunha secured first place with a time of 2:05.04; Youness Chahid finished third with a time of 2:10.74; Edwin Alarcon finished fourth with a time of 2:11.97.
• 2 Miles: Youness Chahid finished third with a time of 10:40.82; Adam Assour finished 10th with a time of 11:41.10; Salah Said finished 16th with a time of 11:57.55.
• 110 Hurdles: Isaiah DeCrosta secured first place with a time of 15.26 seconds.
• 400 Hurdles: Isaiah DeCrosta secured first place with a time of 58.73 seconds; Amir Yamani finished fourth with a time of 1:02.08.
• 4×100 Relay: The team of Oliver Escobar, Joao Victor Cunha, Jeremy X and Medy Bellemsieh finished third with a time of 45.81 seconds.
• 4×400 Relay: The team of Isaiah DeCrosta, Marcos Carneiro, Amir Yamani and Joao Victor Cunha secured first place with a time of 3:42.40.
• 4×800 Relay: The team of Adam Ourazzouk, Mohammed Fares, Edwin Alarcon and Youness Chahid finished fourth with a time of 9:25.30.
• Shotput: Kevin Purcifull finished eighth with a throw of 39-01.50.
• Discus: Kevin Purcifull finished second with a throw of 139-04.00.
• Javelin: Javan Close finished 13th with a throw of 97-05.00.
• High jump: Javan Close finished fifth, clearing a height of 5-02.00.
• Triple jump: Edwin Alarcon finished fifth with a distance of 33-10.25.

Revere boys tennis competitive in loss to Lynn English

The Patriots had a very competitive match against Lynn English in a 4-1 loss. First singles: Nick Aguiar played a strong player and played well in a 6-1, 6-3 loss. Second singles: Raihan Ahmed played a strong match in a 6-2, 6-1 loss. Third singles: Nick Barry played a very strong match and won, 6-4, 6-3. First doubles: Vic Cisneros and Ethan Men played well together in a 6-2, 6-2 loss. Second doubles: Steven Espinal and Rayan Elmzabi played well in a 6-1, 6-2 loss.

“The team is improving every match and we are way better now than a month ago,” Revere coach Michael Flynn said.

Revere volleyball surges toward tourney

Revere improved to 12-7 with a 3-0 win over Lynn Classical. Ruben Rodriguez had 15 kills, and Larry Claudio added 23 assists.

Revere girls tennis falls to Malden

Malden topped Revere, 5-0. The Patriots fell to 4-6. First singles: Dayna Phan lost, 6-0, 6-1. Second singles: Jaimy Gomez lost, 6-0, 6-2. Third singles: Lesly Calderon Lopez lost, 6-0, 6-1. First doubles: Cesia Loza and Rachel Sanchez lost, 6-0, 6-0. Second doubles: Keila Loza and Ivana Nguyen lost, 6-2, 6-0.