Currently, both the boys’ and girls’ track teams are 7-2.
On March 27, the track team held a home meet against Beaver Falls and Rochester. The girls’ team was victorious against both teams, scoring 110-34 against Beaver Falls and 109-26 against Rochester. The boys’ team lost to Beaver Falls, 55-68, and won against Rochester, 72-47. Because other schools in Freedom’s section beat Beaver Falls, the boys’ team will still be able to advance to WPIAL team semi-finals.
On April 1, the track team had a home quad-meet against New Brighton, Summit Academy, and the Ellis School. Because Summit Academy only has males on their team, they only scored against the boys’ track team, and the Ellis School, an all girls school, only competed against the girls’ track team.
Both the boys’ and girls’ teams were victorious against all of these schools. The scores for the girls’ teams were: 87-62 against New Brighton and 103-42 against the Ellis School. For the boys’ team, the scores were: 80-70 against New Brighton and 87-50 against Summit Academy.
The Warrior Classic Invitational held at Central Valley on April 5 was not a day that involved the most favorable temperatures.
“The weather was miserable. The cold weather made most athletes not even want to participate,” Senior Sydney Kaercher said. “Warming up didn’t even really help because by the time an event started, all body parts were already numb again.”
Another section meet was held on April 8 against O.L.S.H., Wilkinsburg and Winchester Thurston. The boys’ team defeated all of their opponents, but unfortunately the girls’ team lost to O.L.S.H. 65-85, removing the possibility for them making it to team semi-finals.
On April 12, the Beaver County Championships were held at Riverside High School. Many Freedom athletes were able to place at this invitational.
With the weather at the Beaver County Championships being in the mid 70s, many athletes were able to perform better.
“Now that the weather is warming up, everyone is happy and times are starting to drop,” Kaercher said. “It’s finally track weather!”
Kaercher was an example of times dropping, placing 5th in the open 400 meter run with a time of 1:04.
The last section meet for the track team took place on April 15 against Beaver. Because the girls’ team was already knocked out of making it to team semi-finals, many of the athletes on the girls’ team were able to focus more on their individual events. However, the boys’ team did not have the luxury of being able to relax at this meet.
“Everyone needed to chip in for us to win,” Junior Travis Hryckowian said.
Because the boy’s team has been section champs in past years, there was a lot of pressure to win against Beaver.
“This meet determines us winning sections,” Junior Lane Mankevich said. “We need to keep it going.”
Unfortunately, the boys’ team was not able to win against Beaver with a score of 89-61.
On April 23, the MAC Championships were held at Mars High School. By the time of submission, the results from this meet were not able to be determined.
The next track meet is on April 26 for 9th and 10th graders at Blackhawk.