| BRAXTON COUNTY INVITATIONAL MAY 16 EDITION OF THE by Jeff Toquinto Editor of The Bridgeport News Inclement weather forced the postponement of the Harrison County Middle School Track and Field Championship that was set for Monday at Wayne Jamison Field. The meet was moved to yesterday at Read next week's edition of The Bridgeport News for complete details on the meet. The weather didn't play a part in last week's action. In the Braxton County Invitational (the Mid-State Classic), BMS saw both its boys and girls team finish second. The girls were seven points behind while the boys finished 10.5 behind of Buckhannon. The girls ran without leading scorer Lauren Gilbert. However, the club was still strong. "Many girls ran their personal bests," said coach Rob Riley. "You couldn't ask for anything else." Amanda Fischer was first in the 400, the 800 and a member of the winning 4x800-meter relay team. Marie Conley was first in the 200-meter hurdles, while Elizabeth Saliga was first in the long jump and a member of the winning 4x200-meter team. Along with Fischer in the 4x800, Jenna Fogg, Kara Miller and Kayla Maloney took part. Saliga was joined in the 4x200 by Jackie Kapp, Lara Gallagher and Victoria Gorby. The boys also found second place hard to swallow. Riley said the meet did not have a pole vault competition, which is something the Braves general place several athletes in. “For some reason, the pole vault,” said Riley. Matt Wilson and A.J. Paletta took the only individual first place finishes. Paletta took the 100-meter dash. The 4x200-meter team of Paletta, Wilson, Nicholas Sellas and Travis Belasco and the 4x400 team of Guy Nicholson, Andrew Cunningham, Kyle Lanham and Jon Fischer also won. |