Photos from Polar Bear Meet at Holy Ghost Prep provided courtesy of Greg Zesinger. Check back for a gallery of photos.
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In a cold, blustery Polar Bear meet at Holy Ghost Prep in Bensalem, the Lower Moreland and New Hope-Solebury track teams took to the track for their first competition of the season. Running indoor events outdoors, the New Hope girls were led by senior Emily Greenup's third place finish in the mile (6:02.5), along with cross country teammates Shannon Herbert and Nina Meixler finishing 5-6 in a fast 800m race. Senior Owen Nettles claimed a second place finish in the mile (4:44.1) for the boys, while classmate Benjamin House took 3rd in the 800m.
On the Lower Moreland side, sophomore Sophia Zalipsky took the top spot in the 400m and junior Jade McCool snagged bronze in the shot put, while senior Amy Zesinger (3rd, 60m hurdles and 4th, 200m) and freshman Amelia Ogawa (4th, mile) impressed in their indoor season debuts. In the marquee race of the day, senior Thomas Hellenbrand took 7th in the 3000m (9:46.8) in a stacked boys field that saw Archbishop Wood's Gary Martin run the nation's top time of 2021 (8:36.61)
Results - SOL Participants
Girls
Event |
Result |
Athlete |
Grade |
School |
Place |
60 Meter Dash |
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12.47 |
Lojen Abdallah |
10 |
LM |
7th |
200 Meter Dash |
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31.3 |
Amy Zesinger |
12 |
LM |
4th |
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34.07 |
Anna Zagorodny |
10 |
LM |
7th |
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35.95 |
Sophia Zalipsky |
10 |
LM |
10th |
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37.13 |
Melina Papanikolaou |
10 |
LM |
11th |
400 Meter Dash |
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01:18.3 |
Sophia Zalipsky |
10 |
LM |
1st |
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01:21.6 |
Hannah Vaidyan |
11 |
LM |
3rd |
800 Meter Run |
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02:43.7 |
Shannon Herbert |
12 |
NHS |
5th |
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02:47.0 |
Nina Meixler |
9 |
NHS |
6th |
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02:57.9 |
Siri Hellenbrand |
10 |
LM |
7th |
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03:14.7 |
Anna Mazik |
10 |
LM |
9th |
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03:14.8 |
Hannah Vaidyan |
11 |
LM |
10th |
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03:22.0 |
Nina Dudek |
9 |
LM |
11th |
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03:24.7 |
Ava Devlin |
10 |
LM |
12th |
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03:43.3 |
Elizabeth Allen |
9 |
LM |
14th |
One Mile Run |
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06:02.5 |
Emily Greenup |
12 |
NHS |
3rd |
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06:04.1 |
Amelia Ogawa |
9 |
LM |
4th |
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06:24.0 |
Siri Hellenbrand |
10 |
LM |
5th |
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07:09.7 |
Anna Mazik |
10 |
LM |
6th |
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07:18.5 |
Nina Dudek |
9 |
LM |
8th |
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07:25.9 |
Ava Devlin |
10 |
LM |
9th |
60 Meter Hurdles |
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12.09 |
Amy Zesinger |
12 |
LM |
3rd |
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12.73 |
Anna Zagorodny |
10 |
LM |
7th |
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14.06 |
Melina Papanikolaou |
10 |
LM |
8th |
Shot Put |
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22-10.25 |
Jade McCool |
11 |
LM |
3rd |
Boys
Event |
Result |
Athlete |
Grade |
School |
Place |
60 Meter Dash |
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8.14 |
Shejin Shaju |
12 |
LM |
7th |
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8.7 |
Riley Wilson |
9 |
NHS |
15th |
200 Meter Dash |
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26.02 |
Thomas Warren |
12 |
NHS |
9th |
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26.07 |
Shejin Shaju |
12 |
LM |
11th |
400 Meter Dash |
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01:08.2 |
Aiden Kasner |
10 |
LM |
12th |
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01:10.9 |
Ethan Jarosiewicz |
9 |
LM |
13th |
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01:13.1 |
Jon Papanikolaou |
9 |
LM |
14th |
800 Meter Run |
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02:10.5 |
Benjamin House |
12 |
NHS |
3rd |
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02:10.6 |
Cameron Kolinchak |
11 |
NHS |
4th |
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02:27.2 |
Jack Becker |
10 |
LM |
7th |
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02:30.7 |
Shane Playford |
10 |
LM |
8th |
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02:31.2 |
Lucca Defulgentis |
11 |
NHS |
9th |
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02:43.3 |
Barton Cooper |
10 |
LM |
12th |
One Mile Run |
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04:44.1 |
Owen Nettles |
12 |
NHS |
2nd |
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05:18.3 |
Jack Becker |
10 |
LM |
10th |
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05:18.4 |
Oscar Mailman |
12 |
NHS |
11th |
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05:39.1 |
Shane Playford |
10 |
LM |
15th |
3000 Meter Run |
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09:46.8 |
Thomas Hellenbrand |
12 |
LM |
7th |
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10:17.3 |
Jack Feehan |
11 |
NHS |
11th |
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11:45.6 |
Aadi Shah |
10 |
NHS |
13th |
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12:18.8 |
Major Richmond |
9 |
NHS |
17th |
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