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The official twitter of The Wheatley School Girls & Boys Track and Field Team!

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🚨Milestone Moment🚨 J. Mendes (2:34), E. Keys (2:32), C. O’Brien (2:29) & J. Schriefer (2:21) WIN the 4x800 @ Nassau County Sectionals in a SCHOOL RECORD 9:57.06! Having to tackle 18 mph winds, this is the 1st ever Wheatley sub 10-min 4x8! Roll W!! @WheatleySports @MileSplitNY

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Here is a glimpse of our varsity boys! Absolutely crushed this XC course with their high levels of effort! Outstanding times for!

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Fifteen minutes until our first race of the day here in Virginia! Updates to come! Go Wildcats! @WheatleySports

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Shannon begins the day for our Wildcats with a strong effort in an incredible SHOWCASE race field! Sub-20 at yet another course! Way to set the tone for our three remaining races!

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@WheatleySports Shannon Flachner takes 14th in the varsity girls A race! @WheatleySports

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Updates from the Suffern XC Invitational @ Bear Mountain State Park!

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Megan Talty kicks off the day w/ a 13th place finish in the girls freshmen race! Going through the mile in 22nd place, Megan picked up 9 spots over the last 0.8 miles of the course! @WheatleySports

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@WheatleySports Anthony Baldasano wins his race here at Bear Mountain! He covered the 3 mile course in 17:18. Anthony was followed by teammates Aadi Patel and Noor Maher! @WheatleySports

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Fresh off an All-State performance last weekend, good luck to Shannon Flachner at the NYS Federation XC Championship! One of only four female athletes to qualify from Sec. 8, we are proud of your accomplishments during your sophomore campaign!

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History made as our girls move to 7-0 on the season. Sophomore Shannon Flachner becomes the 5th girl in school history to break the 20-minute 5k barrier at Bethpage State Park! @WheatleySports

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Final score from today’s senior day:

Wheatley - 100
West Hempstead - 64
Carle Place - 48
East Rockaway - 20

Our girls finished the regular season with a 11-3 record. Great job to all!

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Update #9

*Dates back to Monday*

Angelo Martello leads our weight throw contingent at counties! With a 6’ personal best, Angelo’s 37’ 5.25” places him 3rd!

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2023 Nassau County C Championship update thread!

Shannon Flachner kicks off competition for Wheatley with a 3rd place finish in the 3000m. After being spiked early in this tactical race Shannon ran a PR 11:29.92 to earn her All-County honors!

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Update #8

School record holder Skye Blau secures 4th place in the pole vault with a leap of 7’ 0”!

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Update #7

In what was the race of the evening, the quartet of JT Exharos, Thomas Li, Chris O’Connor & Lucian Pezzillo ran 3:47.61 to earn the title of county 4x400m CHAMPIONS!

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Update #6

Our girls 4x800m relays smashes their season best time running 10:34.66 en route to a 2nd place finish & current Section 8 #5!

Nayiri Barton ~ 2:49
Caitlin O’Keefe ~ 2:32
Shannon Flachner ~ 2:39
Sadie Keys ~ 2:34

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Update #5

9th grader Sadie Keys is the Nassau County Class C runner up in the 1500m! Sadie ran her the last 300m in 59 seconds to 🥈place! Her time of 5:14.61 is a PR by over 7 seconds!

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Update #4

Hard work and perseverance pays off!

Senior JT Exharos takes 4th place in the boys 55m hurdles in a time of 8.94!

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Update #3

Battling illness, Lucian Pezzillo showed the same grit we’ve seen throughout his athletic career at Wheatley! Lucian battled hard to place 3rd in the 600m with a time of 1:30.83 earning All-County honors.

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Update #2

2020 - A 9th grade Caitlin O’Keefe was 7th in the 1000m.

2023 - 12th grade Caitlin takes 3rd place, securing All-County honors with a PR 3:13.74!

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Plenty of personal best performances tonight at the Section VIII Frosh/Sooh Meet including three of our @WheatleySports freshmen taking home some hardware! 🏅

Kiran Gabbur - 1st Place - 55m Hurdles

Shannon Flachner - 1st Place - 1500m

Elson Zheng - 4th Place - Long Jump