Freedom High School’s indoor track season came to an end on Feb. 4, launching the team right into the postseason. All athletes who qualified for districts competed at the Potomac District Championship meet at Rock Ridge High School. The sunny weather was ideal, a relief to athletes after the past two meets were canceled due to poor weather conditions.
Both the Freedom boys and girls team placed second overall at the meet. The top performers were (grades?) Ryan Borden, Samantha Tiong, Long Nguyen and Emily Kuni. With the completion of districts, the athletes who have qualified for the regional meet are furiously training in preparation for their competitions on Feb. 13-14 at Prince George’s Sports and Learning Center in Landover, Maryland.
Athletes Advancing to Regionals:
Girls:
- Marissa Bell: Shotput
- Jessica Borden: 4x800m, 1000m
- Madison Boyer: 4x800m, 4x400m
- Shannon Carroll-Terry: Triple Jump
- Marisa Cornell: 55m Hurdles, 4x200m
- Bailey Elliott: 4x800m, 3200m
- Aislinn Garcia: 4x400m
- Madison Garcia: 3200m, 4x800m
- Emily Kuni: 500m, 4x200m, 4x400m, Long jump, Triple jump
- Maya Porter: 4x800m, 1600m, 3200m
- Julia Riley: Shotput
- Samantha Tiong: 55m, 55m hurdles, High Jump, Long jump, Triple jump
- Sheridan Traish: 4x200m, 4x400m
- Karen Xu: Triple Jump
Boys:
- Jackson Allen: Triple Jump
- Kevin Aviles: 4x800m, 1000m
- Ryan Borden: 1000m, 3200m, 4x800m
- Nick Chang: 4x400m
- Garrett Dunn-Ford: Shotput
- James Field: 4x200m
- Oscar Gorman: Shotput
- Noah Gorman: 4x400m
- Sumedh Julapalli: 4x800m, 1600m, 1000m
- Subodh Julapalli: 4x800m, 1000m
- Edward Laclare: Shotput
- Sam Masters: Shotput
- Long Nguyen: Triple Jump, Long Jump, 55m Hurdles
- Matt Nguyen: 55m Hurdles
- Tejarsh Singh: 4x200m
- Clark Smith: 3200m
- Gabriel Turner: 4x200m, 300m, 4x400m, Long Jump, Triple Jump
- Samuel Veliveli: 4x200m