St. Stephen’s Secures Boys’ SPC Track & Field Title

St. Stephen's Varsity Boys' Track and Field Team captured the Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) Championship on April 29 at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas. The SPC Track and Field win was a first in the school’s history.
 
The two-day meet came down to the final relay between St. Stephen’s and St. John’s School of Houston. St. Stephen’s Spartans held a 20-point lead over St. John's and only needed to place to earn the overall team honor. After the first three legs of the 4X400M relay, it was clear that St. John’s would do their part by winning the relay and securing the 20 points they needed to share a first place finish, but St. Stephen’s junior Cameron Conyers chased down the two teams ahead of him to secure a sixth place relay finish and the overall team title. Immediately following the relay race, St. Stephen’s boys’ and girls’ track and field teams celebrated together at the finish line.
 
The Spartans’ SPC Championship team broke a few records during the title chase. Conyers broke school records in the 200M (21.47) and the 400M (48.76), as well as part of the 4X100M (42.84) relay team along with sophomore Zach Taylor, junior Jamal January and senior Robert Allen. January also scored valuable points for the team with personal records in the 110H (15.23) and the 300H (39.98), and he finished fifth overall in the triple jump.
 
The distance events were equally impressive for the Spartans during the meet. Sophomore Crayton Carrozza won the 3200M (9:34.28) event, and sophomore Travis Dowd secured a second place finish in the event, dropping his own personal record by 14 seconds. Carrozza finished second in the 1600M (4:28.21), followed closely behind by senior Andrew Abikhaled, who took third (4:31.65). Dowd also scored valuable points in the 1600M with a seventh place finish. The 4X800M relay team of senior Ben Schneider, senior John Sansbury, Abikahled and Carrozza also broke a school record with an impressive first place finish in the event with a time of 8.05:51. Sansbury followed the relay with a first place finish in the open 800M (1:57.68), followed by Abikhaled in third place (1:59.27).

Kudos to all the spring sports athletes for representing the school so well in their various events, as well as to tje coaches, athletic trainers and families that supported our Spartans throughout the three-day tournament.
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