Varsity Track and Field

Senior and Co-Captain Ghiair Chisley took the track this past Saturday set to compete in the CCC Conference Meet.  Ghiair was focused and ready to try to help his team win.  Although his team did not win the overall title Ghiair had several personal accomplishments.  Ghair had previously set a new school record in the 400m at the Raven Relays earlier this season with a time of 51.7 seconds. Well Ghiair topped that at the CCC Championships and broke his own record while setting a new school record once again with a time of 50.94. Not only did Ghiair set a new school record in the 400m he also set a new school record in the 100m with a time of 11.21 seconds. Chisley's 4x400m relay team set a new school record as well with him bringing it home as the anchor on that team. For all of his efforts at the CCC Championships the other coaches voted Ghiair MOST OUTSTANDING ATHLETE!

CONGRATULATIONS GHIAIR! WE ARE PROUD OF YOU & CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU WILL DO AT STATES! 💙💛🤍

Our Varsity Track and Field team competed in the CCC Championships on Saturday, May 6th.  It was a great day for Track & Field, especially if you are a Warrior.  The Warriors had several athletes post a PR and set a record but none more notable than Senior & Co-Captain Ghiair Chisley!  Ghiair Chisley had a most extraordinary day. Ghiair placed first in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and anchored the winning 4 x 400m Relay, securing a third-place finish for the Boys Team in the first Capital City Conference Championships. Ghiair PR’d in every event and set three new school records in the 100m, 400m, and 4 x 400m Relay. Ghiair was voted unanimously by the head coaches of the five CCC teams: Most Outstanding Athlete. We are so proud of you, Ghiair!

The following athletes posted PRs and NEW SCHOOL RECORDS in their events:

•            100m: Ghiair Chisley (11.21, 1st place, NEW SCHOOL RECORD); Lizzie Latchford (13.8)

•            200m: Ghiair Chisley (22.83, 1st place), Connor Crenshaw (25.8); Isabel Driggers (30.11), Jordyn Driggers (30.48)

•            400m: Ghiair Chisley (50.94, 1st place, NEW SCHOOL RECORD), Dhru Govindji (54.69), Carson Riddick (54.95), William Fox (55.3), Kaishun Sato-Choi (56.21); Lizzie Latchford (65.09)

•            800m: Luke Viera (2:30.31)

•            1600m: Charlie Slawinski (4:55.65)

•            3200m: Charlie Slawinski (10:35.43, 3rd place, NEW SCHOOL RECORD)

•            100m Hurdles: Laura Martin (17.85, 2nd place)

•            300m Hurdles: Laura Martin (50.95, 1st place, NEW SCHOOL RECORD)

•            Shot Put: Fabian Fallas Retaña (34’8.75”), Sam Fox (30’1.5”), Ben Romero (27’8.25”)

•            Discus: Jackson Rouser (113’8”), Tomas Retaña (83’10") ; Kennedy Holmes (58’1”)

•            Long Jump : Elias Bostic (13’5”)

•            Triple Jump: Hudson Welsh (37’3”)

•            4 x 400m Relay: William Fox, Carson Riddick, Dhru Govindji, Ghiair Chisley (3:37.56, 1st place NEW SCHOOL RECORD)

A final note: 8th grader Charlie Slawinski showed extraordinary talent and grit in two courageous performances. Charlie set a PR in the 1600m and a NEW SCHOOL RECORD in the 3200 in his 3rd place finish. Congratulations, Charlie!  

THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT & WARRIOR CLUB WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO THE ENTIRE VARSITY TRACK & FIELD TEAM, COACH GROSH & HER STAFF!!! 

On Wednesday, April 26th, our Varsity Track & Field went on the road to compete in the Cary Academy Meet.  Our Warriors have been performing well and continue to make strides with each competition they enter.  The Warriors had quite a few Top 5 Performers on the day. 

MEN

Senior Ghiair Chisley took 1st place in the Men's 100m & 400m with times of 11.81 and 51.50 respectively.  The 4x200m Relay which consisted of Fletcher Steele, Navin Deol, Zichen Hu, and Connor Crenshaw placed 2nd.  Dhru Govindji placed 3rd in the Men's 200m. Charlie Slawinski placed 3rd in the 1600m.  Carson Riddick came in 3rd in the 400m.  The Men's 4x100m Relay made up of Fabian Retana, Alex Pettifer, Fletcher Steele, and Connor Crenshaw came up with a 3rd place finish. Fabian Retana placed 3rd in the Shot Putt (34-02.25) and 5th in the Discus (87-08).  Hudson Welsh took 1st place in the Triple Jump (36-10.50) and 3rd in the High Jump (5-00.00).  Jackson Rouser placed 2nd in the Long Jump (19-06.00). 

WOMEN

Senior Laura Martin took 2nd place in the Women's 100m Hurdles (18.19), 300m Hurdles (51.94), and the Women's Long Jump (14-03.00).  Lizzie Latchford took 2nd place in the Women's 400m and 3rd place in the 200m.  Mary Elizabeth Martin took 3rd place in the Women's 400m.  Rebecca Driggers place 3rd in the Shot Putt (23-3.00) and Discus (62-03).  Isabel Driggers took 5th place in the Women's 100m.

Congratulations to the entire Varsity Track & Field Team!  We are proud of you all!! 

Our Varsity Track and Field Team laced up for the Raven Relays on Friday, April 21st.  The Warriors were ready for battle and showed the rest of the field what they could do.

Girls team: St. David’s girls posted eight PRs, including five by senior co-captain Laura Martin, whose three-day marathon must have seemed more like that exactly. Laura’s cumulative score of 2044 points earned her a second-place medal and school record for the five-event test, the outcome of a first-place finish in the 800m (PR), second in the 100m Hurdles (PR) and the Shot Put (PR), third in the Long Jump, and fourth in the High Jump. As the first St. David’s female athlete to throw the javelin in competition, Laura also earned another school record with her fourth-place finish in the Javelin. Other notable performances include PRs for Lizzie Latchford, Isabel Driggers, and Miyah Wright in the 200m.

Boys team: The headline for the boys team reads, “400m School Record Smashed.” The 400m school record (Raine McMillan, 53.12) had stood for thirteen years. On Saturday, however, that mark was not only broken by senior co-captain Ghiair Chisley; it was obliterated! Ghiair’s 51.7 set a new school record by 1.42 seconds finishing in fourth place in a collegiate-level field of athletes. Fellow senior co-captain, Jackson Rouser, posted SRs in the Discus and Long Jump while senior co-captain, William Fox, ran to his own PR in the 400m. The seniors, however, were not the only ones St. David’s fans were noticing. In the Rising Stars events designed specifically for athletes in 7^th – 10^th grades, our own rising stars placed eighth overall out of twenty teams! They posted five PRs among them including Connor Crenshaw, Zichen Hu, and McCauley Steele in the 200m sprint. Two other young men in the middle distance and distance events might better be called “shooting stars”: 8^th-grader Carson Riddick showed extraordinary potential in both the 800m and the 400m, where he ran to an astounding PR of 2:11.88 for a fourth-place finish and a strong 56.23 for a third-place finish and a medal. Meanwhile, Charlie Slawinski came within 6.02 seconds of the 3200m school record with his courageous run of 10:43.24 for a second-place finish and a medal.

Our Varsity Track and Field Team traveled to Durham Academy on Thursday, March 23rd to compete against the host school as well as several other formidable opponents.  Our Warriors had a strong showing on the Men's and Women's side as evident by the 37 PRs for the men and 9 PRs for the women.  

In the Discus, St. David’s men posted seven PR throws behind Jackson Rouser’s 3^rd place finish (83’5”) including newcomer Aaron Bailey’s 78’6”, good enough for 6th place overall, followed by Fabián Fallas Retaña (69' 1.5), Tomas Retaña (67' 8), Navin Deol (60' 5), Jack Fletcher (57' 5), Brady Smith (48' 9), and Ben Romero (46' 9.5).

Hudson Welsh cleared his season record (5’4”) in the High Jump for 2nd and posted a PR (36’0”) for 3rd in the Triple.

Both St. David’s women posted PRs in the Shot Put for 3^rd and 4^th places: Rebecca Driggers (22’2”) and Kennedy Holmes (20’11.5”). Laura Martin leaped to a PR in the Long Jump (14’10”) for a 2^nd place finish.

On the track, some standout performances include:

3rd, 4th, and 5th places in the 100m with PRs by Lizzie Latchford (14.27) and Rebecca Driggers (14.36) followed by sister, Isabel Driggers.

In the 400m, St. David’s men took six of the top ten places, each posting a PR:  3^rd Ghiair Chisley (53.36), 5^th Carson Riddick (55.79), 6^th Kaishun Sato-Choi (57.70), 7^th William Fox (57.82), 9^th Victor Luebke (59.20), and 10^th Kenneth Suárez (1:02.02).

The most notable performances on the track belong to two 8^th graders: Charlie Slawinski and Carson Riddick. Charlie’s 3^rd place PR in the 1600m (4:59.97) puts him 5^th in the North Carolina among 8^th graders and his 3^rd place PR in the 3200m (10:56.96) puts him 2^nd in North Carolina among 8^th graders. Carson Riddick’s 55.79 in the 400m, running with a painful blister, currently places him 1^st in North Carolina among 8^th graders. Congratulations to these young men!