Page 14 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2025 Revere boys, girls track makes noise at state level By Dom Nicastro R evere wasted no time making its track presence felt at the Division 1 state championship last week at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Senior captain Liv Yuong broke her own school record in the indoor long jump with a massive jump of 16-8. This shattered her old record of 15-11 by nine inches and was good for a seventh-place fi nish overall. She scored two points for Revere. “It’s also important to note that Liv had suffered a fall in her hurdle fi nals right before this event began and was jumping with a wrist she could not move,” Revere coach Racquel MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “This also stopped her from taking her three additional jumps in the finals which I am confident would’ve led to a higher place and a longer school record. Talk about resilience.” Yuong also had an eighthplace fi nish in the 55-meter hurdles with a massive PR of 9.10. This was.14 seconds faster than the previous PR she set the week before and scored another one point for the team score. “Liv was responsible for all three of our team points at this meet,” MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “Heading into the Pentathlon on Feb. 25, these two new PRs should help increase Liv’s overall score and put her one step closer to another school record.” Junior middle distance standout Gemma Stamatopoulos just missed out on scoring in the 600-meter with a ninth-place fi nish. She ran a 1:42.31, which was only about.2 seconds off her overall PR and school record. “This was defi nitely a tight race and had some pushing and shoving which Gemma hasn’t seen yet this year,” MacDonald-Ciambelli said. “She has the fitness to go under 1:40; I’m sure of it. Gemma will also compete in the Pentathlon where she hopes to take down the 800-meter indoor school record.” Stamatopoulos also ran the 1,000-meter the week before the state championship meet at the MSTCA Qualifier Meet, where she placed fourth overall with a massive PR of 3:10.49. This is only one second off the 1,000-meter school record, which MacDonald-Ciambelli is confi dent she will break before she graduates. Junior distance standout Olivia Rupp placed 17th overall in the mile run with a massive PR of 5:35.60. This is seven seconds faster than her previous PR of 5:42. “It’s also important to note that Olivia’s PR at the start of this season was 5:55,” her coach said. “In the last two months, she has brought her mile time down by 20 seconds. This is such a testament to her work ethic and overall talent.” Basma Sahibi was the Patriots’ fi nal athlete who qualifi ed for Division 1 states. She placed 31st overall with a time of 10.23. At a “last chance to qualify” state meet, the Revere boys got a national qualifi er for the New Balance Nationals in the Sprint Medley Relay from Edwin Alacron, Jeremy X, Oliver Escobar and Youness Chahid. At the Division 1 state meet the following week, in the 300, Jeremy X placed 22nd out of 42 competitors in a time of 36.85. In the 600, Edwin Alarcon placed 21st out of 28 in a time of 1:27.99. In the 1,000, Youness Chahid took 18th out of 46 in a time of 2:41.51. Bryan Maia took 18th out of 26 in the shotput with a throw of 44-0.25. Revere record-setting trackster Liv Yuong. The Revere High School boys track team qualifi ed for the New Balance Nationals in the Sprint Medley Relay (SMR). The team is, left to right, Edwin Alacron, Jeremy X, Oliver Escobar and Youness Chahid.
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