Track and Field

NORWICH – Norwich’s boys made it a perfect 6-for-6 at the annual REK Invitational Friday night. The host team broke five meet records, and breezed to the team title scoring 161 points. B-G/Afton, competing in the NHS-hosted invite for the first time, was a distant second with 129.

“The weather wasn’t perfect, but we’ve had worse this season,” said Norwich boys’ coach, Paul Sims. “Every year, my kids get pumped up for this meet. It’s a big deal to a lot of the kids.”

The Tornado boys kept a stranglehold on the title behind top male performer Matt Murray, who set new meet records in winning the 400-meter dash (51.4) and 800-meter middle distance race (2:05). Murray added a leg in the record-breaking 3,200-meter relay (8:42.5) and was one-fourth of the victorious 1,600-meter relay (3:36.2).

Norwich senior Jon Foulds swiped titles in the 110- and 400-meter hurdles. He won the former in a record 15.5 seconds, and added a time of 1:00.3. Patrick Taylor continued his excellent season in the jumping events. Taylor, an NHS junior, garnered wins in the long jump (19-7) and triple jump (39-5). Taylor was also part of a record-breaking relay. He teamed up with Cameron Turner, Nate Ashton, and Morgan Crawford to nail down the 400-meter relay in 45.2 seconds.