Track Success

By: Ella Fowler, Kelsey Bruzek, Tyler Elzholz, and Jaiden Basinger

May 7, 2021

Last Wednesday, April 28, Brooklyn High School’s track and field team competed at the Valley Forge Tri-Meet against the Valley Forge Patriots and the Fairview Warriors. 

Starting off for the girls, sophomore Jenna Young took first place in the High Jump and 200-meter-yard-dash, along with a second place finish in the 300-meter-hurdles. Junior Ashley Chong placed fourth in the 100-meter-yard-dash and placed in Long Jump, as well. Sophomore Laura Nguyen placed fourth in the 100-meter-hurdles. Finally, freshmen Alice Pham and Addison Kiser held their own for the girls’ throwing team. Pham took third in the Discus, and Kiser took fourth in the Shot Put. 

Great job, girls!

Regarding the boys, senior Stephen Chhan and Chavon Holton led the way. Chhan rose to the top in both the Shot Put and Discus. For running events, Holton went up against teammate Alex Chiclana in both the 110 and 300-meter-hurdles. Holton topped Chiclana by a small margin in both events to take home first place. Chiclana came in second place in both events. Additionally, Donovon Walker placed first in the Long Jump and third in the High Jump. Santana Simmons finished in fourth place in the 100 and 200-meter-yard-dash. Finally for individual events, senior Justin Pokorny took third place in the 200-meter-yard-dash, and Massiah Baker also took third place in the 400-meter-yard-dash. 

For team events, the boys 4×100 group (Baker, Sammons, Holton, and Pokorny) took home first place, and the 4×200 team (Baker, Walker, Chiclana, and Pokorny) finished in first place, as well.

Congratulations, boys! 

A special shout out to Jenna Young as she has broken the BHS 100-meter Hurdles record with a run of 16.66. Head Coach Jason Hubbell gave Stephen Chhan a shout-out, as well. Chhan has the longest Discus throw that Coach Hubbell has seen with a distance of 117’10”. 

Way to make Hurricane Nation proud!

The next meet is on Tuesday, May 11 as the team travels to compete in the Cuyahoga Heights Invitational. 

Good luck to the boys and to the girls. Keep up the good work. 

Go Canes!