By Louise Carpenter

Gabrielle Etienne with her 2nd place medal in the Shot Put along with Coach Carl Stauffer.

The Somerville High School Girls Track Team lost an exciting meet to Malden High School on Wednesday, January 6 at the SHS Fieldhouse, with a final close score of 44-42.

Winning events for SHS was Melissa Sanon, who won the 50-yard hurdles in a fast time of 7.7 seconds. Sanon also won the high jump with a leap of 4’10”.

Alice Egar won a thrilling mile race in a time of 6:20 and Gabrielle Etienne continued her dominance in the shot put with a winning throw of 36’5″.

Second places were earned by Jackie Eloi in the hurdles and high jump, Youdine Felix in the dash, Lourdes Jean-Louis in the 300, Fiona Borondy-Jenkins in the 600 and Isabella Ferrari in the 1000.

Third place finishers were Maureen McNabb in the two mile, Jehan Tavares-Mathurin in the dash, Katia Mathews in the 300 and Leighann Nguyen in the 600.

The Somerville High Girls record is now 2-1. The next meet is Thursday, January 14 against Greater Lawrence Tech at 3:30 in the SHS Fieldhouse.

The SHS Girls traveled to Dartmouth College on Saturday, January 9 to compete at the Dartmouth Relays that hosts competitors from all over New England and Canada.

Gabrielle Etienne showed why she is one of the best shot putters in New England with her second place finish. Her throw of 38′ 10 1/4″ is her best of the year. Etienne is having a super season and is close to her all-time personal best of 40′ 0″. Etienne is one of very few Massachusetts girls who have thrown over 37′ this season.

Also competing at the Dartmouth meet was Melissa Sanon in the high jump and hurdles, Jackie Eloi in the hurdles and dash and Youdine Felix and Lourdes Jean-Louis who both ran the dash and the 300. Fiona Borondy-Jenkins competed in the 600m and Isabella Ferrari ran her best time ever in the 1000m.