Upper Darby- Methacton Boys Track Team had a great showing for the opening of their spring season at the Upper Darby Relays on Saturday. The warriors garnered several medals on the day being led by the first place finish by the 4 x 800 relay team of Aiden O’Leary, Nick DeFilippis, Josh Brycki, and Mike Clark. Freshman Matt Varghese also took home gold in his debut for the warriors in the JV 1600 meter race qualifying him for the PAC Championships with a time of 4:46.52

The team of Zac Gribosh, Lucas Carr, Joe McKeon, and John Keenan took silver in the 4 x 100 relay along with Pat Maloney and Nick Falcone scoring a silver in the Discus relay with a combined throws of 248’ 4”. Maloney’s effort on the day qualified him for the District 1 championships.

The Shot Put team of Karan Singh and Tonee’ Ellis finished the day with the bronze medal with a combined throws of 79’.1”. Singh’s effort qualified him for the PAC championships.  

Scoring valuable team points for the Warriors with fourth place finishes were Max Jones and Matt Weisenberger in the Triple Jump and the Distance Medley relay team of Matt Varghese, Josh Newman, Sean Ritchie, and Justin Leggin. Fifth Place finishes by Chris Huber and Alex Yablonski in the 300 Hurdles, Chase Reber and Leland Merskey in the Javelin and a sixth place finish by Lucas Car in the High Jump.

Topping off the day for the Warriors was a new Freshman School record being set in the Sprint Medley Relay for the team of Mike Torcini, Nick Hanson, Nick Olivieri, and Kevin McCullogh with a time of 3:58.36

 The Warriors finished Second overall on the day out of the 37 teams in attendance with a total of 55 points. Next week the Boys will travel to the Haverford Invitational on Saturday.