Indoor track and field season concludes at MACs

Hood students who obtained a specific goal headed to Lehigh University to compete in the indoor track and field MAC Championship meet.
Students competed in a variety of events from weight throwing and shot put to 60 meter dashes and 5k runs. 14 of the 15 athletes qualified for the meet.
Attendee Colin Shields said, “The MAC Championship gave me a new appreciation for track and field. I was amazed by how far some events were like the 3200 meter run, which is 16 laps around the 200-meter track. I witnessed an event called the weight for the first time, which I had never seen or heard of before. It was basically like a heavy ball attached to a string that athletes would throw almost in the same motion they’d throw the discus. It was overall a lot of fun watching the best athletes from all MAC schools compete in the championship.”
Senior Jeremiah Ratliff finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.92 seconds and 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 12.72 meters.
Zack Corssey, a sophomore, finished ninth in the mile and 11th in the 800-meter dash.
The men’s 4×400 finished in 10th place by senior Rafel Zamora, junior R.J. Tucker, Corssey, and Ratliff. Overall, the men placed 12th at the meet.
The women competed a tight game. Junior Jackie Mangona tied for sixth in the pentathlon. Her highest score for the competition was in the 60-meter hurdles.
Freshman Danielle Pitts finished 10th in the shot put by throwing it 9.96 meters.
Junior Andrea Christmas and senior Jill Heymann both competed in the triple jump. Heymann got 18th place with a jump of 9.81 meters, and Christmas 22nd at 9.22 meters.
For senior Aleyna Fitz, her first and last season of indoor track and field concluded with a personal best in the weight.
“The MAC Championship Track and Field meet was a great experience. This was my first year participating in the meet and it was great to share the experience with my teammates and coaches. My favorite part of the meet was throwing a new personal record in the weight. It was a nice way to end the indoor season,” Fitz said.
This concluded the indoor season. The spring track and field season will continue on March 25 at Goucher University.