From the May 8 Edition of The Bridgeport News Shortened BMS home meet by Jeff Toquinto Editor of The Bridgeport News An April 30 middle school track and field meet at Wayne Jamison Field was shortened due to lightning. However, in the few events that were completed, Bridgeport Middle School dominated the field. Both the BMS boys and girls were well ahead of the competition when the meet was called. On the girls side, after six events, the Braves were leading with 84 points. That was well ahead of second place Lumberport Middle with 49 points in the five-team meet. The BMS girls won five of the six events that were completed. Kate Bishop won the 75 meter event with a time of 14.11 seconds, Kendall McCaugherty won the long jump with a mark of 14 feet, 1 inch, while Kasie Carbacio won the discus with a toss of 79 feet, 11 inches. Also winning was the 4x200 and 4x800 meter relay teams. The 4x200 team of Maria Sellas, Kendally McGaherty, Whitney Rhoades and Chelsea won with a time of 2 minutes, 3.24 seconds, while the 4x800 team of Megan Dent-Carmen, Cassie Schneider, Jennifer Allastnos and Rhoades won with a time of 11 minutes, 25.65 seconds. The boys managed to get in just five events. The Braves led the way with 63 points, which was safely ahead of Washington Irving’s 31 points in the five-team boys portion. Like the girls, the boys won all but one of the completed events. Josh Brown won the 100 meter dash in 12.93 seconds, Zach Wright took first in the 65 meter hurdles with a time of 11.27 seconds, while Nathan Schwenk won the pole vault by clearing 9 feet. The Braves 4x200 team also won. The group of Mitch Strader, Tanner Moore, Alec Taylor and Jeremy Shepard posted a time of 1 minute, 53.23 seconds. The Braves boys and girls were both second in a meet held Saturday at Glenville State College. However, results of that meet were not available at press time.