Members from the Sachem East girls track and field team competed at the Penn Relays Thursday one of the biggest meets in the country.
The 4x400-meter relay team of junior Melanie Notarstefano (60.8s), senior Ashley Ayers (62.3s), freshman Nicole Silvestre (62.2), and sophomore Laurie Semetsis (61.5s) broke East's school record with a time of 4:06.85.
The 4x100-meter relay team of freshman Ebonie Lewis, sophomore Ashley Mercado, sophomore Essence Sterling, and senior Alyssa Genduso also broke a school record in a time of 50.84.
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Ayers in the 4x400 and Genudso in the 4x100 as the were "leaders and captains,” according to the coaching staff, for their relay squad.
Rachel Paul ran a very strong race in the High School Girls’ Mile Run Championship with a time of 4:57.66 finishing in eighth place. She came back from missing a day of school on Tuesday with a 101-degree fever and a sinus infection and was mentally and physically strong enough to battle back and run a fantastic race.
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