THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 21, 2020 Page 11 Malden boys’ indoor track sets new school record in 200 relay at North Sectionals By Steve Freker A Malden High foursome is now the fastest of all-time in Golden Tornadoes track history with their performance in the 4 x 200 relay event at the MIAA Division 1 North Sectional Boys Indoor Track Championships held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Malden sophomore Mackenley Anasthal, senior Ishmael Sylus and junior Justin Zou, with freshman Johnny Emmanuel running the last leg, burned up the track at 1:34.95 for a new school record last week. On the girls’ side, junior Makayla Preston finished eighth in the North Sectionals in the shot put at 34 feet, 3 1/2 inches. She followed that up with an identical mark of 34 feet, 3 1/2 inches, tied for 18th-place at the MIAA Division 1 Girls State Championship Meet. Malden High junior Makayla Preston (above at left) finished eighth in the MIAA North Sectionals in the shot put event and then went on to compete in the MIAA Division 1 State Championship Meet. (Photo Courtesy of Malden HS Athletics) Malden High boys’ basketball drops last two regular season games Malden High boys’ basketball said “goodbye” to its four seniors and bid adieu to the 2019-2020 season with a 54-51 loss to nonleaguer Woburn at home on Tuesday night. The season ended at 6-14 overall for the Golden Tornadoes. Head coach Don Nally’s squad had just four seniors this season, co-captains David Mervilus and Khaydar Al-Hamdani along with Berhan Daniel and Adam Chen. A Senior Night ceremony was held before the game. RECORD | SEE PAGE 13 Record-setting MHS swimmer Akombi finishes with flourish at States By Steve Freker S he’s taken the Malden High swim program... and the school record book, by storm this season and it was no different in her final performance of the year. Golden Tornadoes sophomore Chloe Akombi broke her own school record in the 100-yard backstroke event and finished eighth overall in the MIAA Division 1 State Girls Swimming Championships held at Boston University Competition Pool on Saturday. Akombi swam at 59.72 seconds in the event, breaking her own school record for the fourth time this winter season. Akombi swam to what had been another school record, a personal best of 1:01.13, when she finished fourth in the 100 backstroke, a week earlier in the North Sectionals at MIT. Her time in the State Finals on Saturday was the first time she, or anyone else in Malden High School’s athletic history, has ever broken the one-minute mark in the event. Akombi had a banner day overall at the State Finals, finishing in the Top 10 in two events, eighth overall in the 100 backstroke and even higher, sixthplace, in the 200-yard individual medley (IM), with a time of 2:13.70. Megan Kramer (Bridgewater-Raynham) won the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.16. “Chloe [Akombi] had a fantastic season and was a truly important part of our team,” said Malden High first-year head coach Jessica Bisson. “She’s only a sophomore and has a great future ahead of her as well.” Lombardi finishes 14th in 100 backstroke in State Boys Finals Malden junior David Lombardi was the Golden Tornadoes’ highest finisher at the MIAA Division 1 State Boys Swimming Championships. Lombardi finished 14th in the 100-yard backstroke event with a time of 56.11 seconds. He also competed in the 50-yard freestyle event, swimming it in 23.10 seconds. The winning time was 21.19 seconds by Tommy Russell of Westfield High. Malden senior Haoxi Wang swam 51.38 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle. The Golden Tornadoes four-man 200-yard medley relay team finished 25th with a time of 1:49.32, featuring Lombardi, freshman Nathan Nguyen and sophomores Tony Giech and Vinicius Mendes. Malden High ’s Chlo e Akombi (above, 3rd from right) finished sixth in the 200-yard individual medley event at the MIAA Division 1 State Girls Swimming Championships at Boston University on Saturday. She is shown above among the eight place finishers. (Photo Courtesy of Malden High Athletics) The Malden High boys’ 200-yard medley relay team competed in the MIAA Division 1 State Finals. Pictured, from left, are freshman Nathan Nguyen, sophomore Tony Giech, junior David Lombardi and sophomore Vinicius Mendes. (Photo Courtesy of Malden High Athletics)
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