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Track & Field: April 2-6 Recap

Meets: April 2 – Cougar Relays at  Quince Orchard, April 6 at Richard Montgomery

Score 1: Boys – 5th, Girls – 16th (Relays)

Score 2: Boys – 50, Richard Montgomery 81, Girls- 61, Richard Montgomery 58

Highlight: At the Cougar Relays, in the girls 4X200 meter relay, WJ placed twelfth with a final time of 1:53.3. At the Richard Montgomery meet, the 4X800 relay was WJ’s first recorded race on WJ’s brand new track, and was sub-8:00.

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MVP: Senior runner Alex Willett

Coach’s Insight: “The Quince Orchard weather was brutal, freezing cold. We did have some good overall performances.  We ran the fastest time of the year in the boys four by eight 100 meter relay.” -Assistant Coach Tom Rogers

Player’s Insight: “We stood outside and the weather was awful. It was hailing and raining. We didn’t run what we would normally, but overall we did well.” -Senior Donitto Smith

Next Meet: Woodward Relays at Georgetown Prep on April 9 and the Viking Invitational at Whitman April 16

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Josh Benjamin, Staff Writer
Josh Benjamin is a sophomore at Walter Johnson High School. Besides doing hours and hours of homework and studying for tests after school, Josh enjoys playing guitar and piano. He hopes to start another instrument soon.  He also loves going on Facebook for hours on end.  He also wants to start a new sport this spring season. For the school newspaper, The Pitch, Josh has written for the online site and the print newspaper as well. He has written about upcoming HBO shows as well as having done interviews with students at WJ.  In addition, he has written about the Redskins on the online site. His hopes are to first, get into college, second, work hard in college and third, get a great job. His dreams for the future are (hopefully) to do something in the music industry, from helping record music, to learning how songs are produced.
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