Boston City League track: Boston Latin girls, O’Bryant boys capture titles

BOSTON Boston Latin Academy girls track and field head coach Brian Leussler can see it in the numbers Over student-athletes came out for the association this spring and it s performances like Tuesday that will continue to drive those numbers The Dragons notched points at the Boston City League outdoor championships at Madison Park to edge runner-up O Bryant points to clinch their fifth straight BCL girls title For the last decade we have been on a really strong run And then the more success we have the more it just contributes to more kids coming out Leussler commented Headlined by Emma Wadsworth who claimed three individual victories and was tabbed the girls Most of Outstanding Athlete of the Meet the Dragons took first place in seven other events to run away with the banner Wadsworth ruled the long jump - triple jump - and high jump - and is a product of Latin Academy s stretch of dominance Ryan Collins of Latin Academy wins the boys mile at the Boston City League track championships Tuesday Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill Boston Herald I ve loved my time on this crew Wadsworth noted They re consistently so kind to each other and they constantly assistance each other And it s been like this since I joined freshman year Also posting first-place finishes for Latin Academy were Ava Gomes in the -meter dash Leanna Lynch in the -meter dash and the -meter dash Anjuli Szydlo in the two mile Maemae Chiang in the -meter hurdles Demya McClure in the shot put - and the discus - We had a lot of great performances Leussler explained We had a lot of seniors who really stepped up On the boys side O Bryant netted points to clinch its second consecutive championship In a tightly contested race to the finish line the victors were ultimately able to stymie Tech Boston Academy points for first place O Bryant detected success in the distance events as Brandon Spies took first in the two mile and Adam Kramer placed second in the mile It feels great explained O Bryant distance coach Michael Ward We have people contributing in all the areas so we re really proud of just being really strong across the board Ward explained Liam Feliz was one of the a large number of athletes who impressed placing first in the -meter hurdles in Feliz opted to switch from baseball to track last spring as a junior Ava Giselle Gomes right of Latin noses out Lailah Nevaeh Harris lft of Boston United in the girls -meter dash Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill Boston Herald I feel like every unit is going to say they re a family but I feel like we have a great heritage here Feliz commented We have a lot of fun and we joke a lot but when it comes down to it we re really out to work O Bryant took gold in the relay as Feliz also owned the high jump - Uchendu Onyeagoro rounded out the winners in the triple jump - Rick Barros of Dearborn also shined on Tuesday and was named the male Most of Outstanding Athlete of the Meet He won the -meter dash and the -meter dash while also having a hand in the first-place relay foursome