Page 18 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2025 Same old story, but a good one: Revere girls track starts strong in the GBL By Dom Nicastro T he defending Greater Boston League champion Revere girls track team started off the season with a 2-0 record in the GBL after defeating Everett and Medford on Dec. 19 in the season opener. The team beat Everett, 83-10, and topped Medford, 66-27. Some of the highlights: • Top scorers for the meet with 14 points each were senior captain Liv Yuong and junior Gemma Stamatopoulos. Yuong took fi rst in the long jump and 55-meter hurdles. Stamatopoulos took first in the 600-meter and twomile. Each tied for fi rst place (four points each) in the high jump with a jump of 4-8. • Oliva Rupp scored 10 individual points for the team vs. Everett and eight individual points for the team vs. Medford with a firstplace PR in the mile. She came back to get fi rst vs. Everett and second vs. Medford in the 1,000-meter and also was the third leg of the fi rst-place 4x4 team in both meets. • Senior captain Francoise Kodjo took fi rst in the shotput vs. both Everett and Medford. TEAM LEADERS: Lady Patriot Captains, shown from left to right: Hiba El Bzyouy, Liv Yuong, Francoise Kodjo, Coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli, Manal Hazimeh, Ava Cassinello and Daniela Santana Baez at Revere High School on Tuesday afternoon. Not pictured: Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez. • Senior captain Ashley Cabrera Rodriguez took fi rst in the 55-meter dash vs. Everett. Cabrera Rodriguez also took second in the long jump behind Yuong in both meets. • Junior Rania Hamdani took fi rst vs. Everett and second vs. Medford in the 300-meter. She also was anchor leg of the winning 4x4-meter relay team. • Junior Basma Sahibi had a huge PR in the 55-meter hurdles and took second in both meets in that event. • Sophomore Gigi Zierten doubled in the mile and 1,000-meter alongside Rupp and placed second in both vs. Everett (six points) and third in both vs. Medford (two points). This past weekend, Revere also had a couple girls compete at some invitationals. MSTCA Holiday Challenge at the New Balance Track (Dec. 28) • Stamatopoulos ran a lifetime PR in the 600 with a 1:45.01, which was good for 15th place overall. She also tied her PR in the high jump with a jump of 4-10, good enough for 10th place overall. “She looked great in the 600-meter, but it was a packed race, and she got boxed in on the second lap,” Revere coach Racquel Ciambelli-MacDonald said. “I’m confi dent she would’ve been closer to 1:44 if that hadn’t happened.” • Rupp ran a 5:58.16 in the mile, good for 17th overall. “It’s great to see her staying consistently below that sixminute mark this whole season,” Ciambelli-MacDonald said. “She has a lot of time before her next race so we will make sure to get in some hard workouts to get closer to 5:40.” • Cabrera Rodriguez also ran the 55-meter and ran an 8.25. MSTCA Distance Classic at the Reggie Lewis Center (Dec. 27) • Gigi Zierten — mile (6.16.24) season PR • Valeria Sepulveda — 1,000m (3:46.22) lifetime PR • Caleigh Joyce — shotput (23-11.75) lifetime PR • Aidah Louaddi — shotput (22-08.00) Zierten and Joyce will be competing at the Frosh/Soph championship next weekend. Lawn and Yard Care SNOW PLOWING *REASONABLE RATES * PROMPT SERVICE * PARKING LOTS USA 781-521-9927 Call Driveways from $35
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