Sports Round-up: Ellis-Watson, Wilson Shine at Leagues and States

There’s fast and then there’s Springside’s Taylor Ellis-Watson, who turned in four brilliant performances at Wednesday’s Pennsylvania Independent School Athletic Association Championship Meet at The Hill School.

Ellis-Watson broke meet records in the 100-meter dash, the 200, the 400 and helped break a meet record in the 4x400 relay.

Her efforts helped the Lions impressively finish second overall with 88 points, just two points shy of Episcopal Academy’s 90 total points. Notre Dame finished in third place with 84 points.

Ellis-Watson earned national silver standard honors with her first place time of 12.10 in the 100 dash. She also won gold medals in the 200 and 400 with times of 24.14 and 54.76. Her 400 time also broke Springside’s record.

The Lions’ 4x400 relay (Toni Hall, Natalie Bates, Jamie McGinn, Ellis-Watson) clocked in at 4:03.31 to earn top honors and break the meet record.

On the track, Bates won a silver medal in the 300 hurdles with a new school record time of 46.02. In the field, her leap of 5-feet broke a school record and earned her a bronze. She placed fourth in the javelin with a throw of 85-4.

Ashlee Hale had a big day in the field too. She won gold in the shot put with a throw of 30-8. She also finished second overall in the javelin with a school record mark of 101-2 and third in the discus with a school record mark of 79-4.

In addition to her efforts in the 4x400 relay, McGinn also won a bronze medal in the triple jump with a combined leap of 32-6.

Ellis-Watson named MVP at Inter-Ac Championships

Ellis-Watson brought her ‘A’ game to last Saturday’s Inter-Ac Championship Track and Field Meet, hosted by Penn Charter, as she broke two individual meet records, one individual school record and helped break a school record in the 4x400 relay.

So with all that said, it was no surprise that Ellis-Watson was named the MVP of the girls’ meet. She received the same honor as a freshman.

Overall, the Lions finished in a tie for third place with 77 points. Notre Dame took top honors with 109 points.

Ellis-Watson clocked in at 12.50 seconds to take first in the 100-meter dash. Her first place times of 24.53 in the 200 and 54.91 in the 400 were both meet records. Her 400 time was also a new school record.

In the 4x400 relay, Springside’s foursome of Hall, Bates, McGinn and Ellis-Watson earned gold with a new school record time of 4:02.71. Ellis-Watson anchored the relay with a red hot split time of 53.7.

Bates also had a big day. Her time of 46.80 in the 300 hurdles and her mark of 16-feet, 3 ¼ inches both set new school standards and were both good enough for third place finishes. She placed fifth in the high jump with a leap of 4-10.

In the shot put competition, Hale’s mark of 33-0 landed her a gold medal and a place in Springside’s record books. Caitlin Sirianna finished sixth overall with a throw of 24-9.

McGinn won a bronze medal in the triple jump with a mark of 32-9. 

Jamie Costarino broke Springside’s school record in the 3,200 race with a time of 11:53.17, which was good enough for fourth place. She took sixth in the 1,600 with a time of 5:26.45.

Springside’s 4x100 relay earned sixth place with a time of 59.38.

Wilson’s big week

Chestnut Hill Academy’s Dustin Wilson had a monster week with huge efforts at the Inter-Ac League Championship Meet at the PA Independent Schools Championship Meet.

At leagues, Wilson took first in the 800 (1:58.14), the 1,600 (4:22.08) and the 3,200 (9:33.80). Then at states, he won the 3,200 race with a PAISAA time of 9:02.85.

It was a big week for many of the Blue Devils, who medaled at both leagues and states. Michael Fuery took second in the 1,600 and 3,200 at leagues before winning the 1,600 at states with a time of 4:26.45 and placing fourth overall in the 800.

John Sager finished fifth in the 800 at both leagues and states.

Ian Miller took third and fifth in the 300 and 110 hurdles at leagues and came back to earn bronze medals in both events at states. He won a bronze in the long jump at leagues to.

Colin Kelly earned a silver medal in the shot put at states, same as he did at leagues. Chris Howard placed fourth in the shot put at states.

The Blue Devils’ 4x100 relay (Cedric Maddon, Dan Trulear, Jami Poole, Rodrigo Rodriguez) earned fifth place at states with a time of 45.93.

Tigers Report

Germantown Friends boys’ and girls’ track and field teams both came home with plenty of hardware from Wednesday’s Independent School Championship Meet.

Among the many noteworthy finishes in the girls’ meet, Eleanor Thompson had the best finish as she vaulted her way to a silver medal with a leap of 8-00.00 in the pole vault.

Carey Celata won a bronze in the 800 with a time of 2:19.24. She also took third in the javelin with a throw of 91-10. Brooke Palus won a fifth place medal in the 800.

In the boys’ meet, Nick Dye (3,200), Charlie McClelland (300 hurdles), Jordan May (200) and Ibrahim Kamara (100) all picked up fourth place medals for their efforts.