Chelsea boys win medal at D-3 Relays
The Chelsea High boys indoor track and field team brought home a fourth-place medal in the shot-put at this past weekend’s MSTCA Division 3 State Relay Meet held at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Roxbury.
The combined throws of the trio of Ariel Chacon-Aracena, Adonis Alvarez-Umana, and Kevin Romero-Molina totaled 36.64 meters. Individually, Chacon-Aracena’s toss of 45’-3.75” placed him fifth among the entire field. Alvarez-Umana’s throw of 39’-8.75” ranked him 13th-best in the field and Romero-Molina’s toss of 35’-2” clinched the fourth-place medal that gave the Red Devils five points in the overall team standings.
Two other CHS relay teams also turned in strong performances at the meet. The girls’ 200 meter relay quartet of Ashly Damas Ruiz, Emelin Rosales, Lilly Serrano, and Thania Simon finished in 26th place with a time of 2:00.30.
For the boys, the 200 meter relay team of Joao Cassim, Sherwin Kim, Xavier Guzman, and Juan Portillo came across the line in 27th place with a clocking of 1:40.98.
Simin shines for CHS girls in tri-meet
Chelsea High sophomore Thania Simon turned in another dominating performance for the Lady Red Devil indoor track and field team in last Thursday’s tri-meet with Greater Boston League (GBL) rivals Revere and Lynn English.
Thania captured first place against both opponents in the 55 meter dash with a sprint of 7.51 seconds and the long jump with a leap of 16’-7”. In addition, both of those efforts were the top performances of the night among the GBL schools, all of whom were competing that evening, with Thania’s long jump about a foot-and-one-half further than her closest competitor.
Kiara Ramirez-Villata turned in an outstanding effort in the shot-put, defeating all of her Lady Patriot and Lady Bulldog opponents with a throw of 31’-3.5”, a performance that was the best in the GBL that night by more than two feet.
The Lady Red Devils handily defeated their Lynn English counterparts, 57-28, and although they came up short to Revere, 57-37, that was the closest score of any meet this season for the undefeated Lady Patriots.
A number of Chelsea girls took first place vs. their English rivals: Lily Serrano won the 300 meter dash with a time of 48.57; Hazel Hatleberg won the 600 with a clocking of 2:01.93; Katherine Benitez captured the 1000 in a time of 4:05.15; Angely Mejia-Martinez took the mile in 7:48.69 (Angely also finished second in the shot-put); and Perez Aly won the two-mle with a time of 16:29.13.
In addition, the CHS 4 x 400 quartet of Ashly Damas Ruiz, Emelin Rosales, Hatleberg, and Cesia Flores came across in 5:14.41, which was 11 seconds faster than their Lady Bulldog counterparts.
Scoring three points for the Chelsea side of the scoresheet with second-place efforts vs. English were: Lauren Nadow in the 55 hurdles; Maria Sola-Hernandez in the mile; and Emelin Rosales in the 300.
In the portion of the meet with Revere, the CHS point-scorers, in addition to the winning efforts of Simon and Ramirez-Villata, were: Serrano with a third in the 55 dash and a second in the 300 dash; Hatleberg with a second in the 600; Benitez with a second in the 1000; Mejia-Martinez with a third in the mile and a third in the shot; Nadow with a third in the hurdles; and Aly with a second in the two-mile.
CHS boys track tops Lynn English
The Chelsea High boys indoor track and field team split its recent tri-meet with Greater Boston League rivals Lynn English and Revere, defeating English 53-29, but falling to the first place Revere squad.
Two Red Devils turned in superbly-notable performances. Ariel Chacon-Aracena won the shot-put vs. both English and Revere with a toss of 46’-5”. Even more impressive, Ariel’s toss was two feet further than the next-closest competitor among the GBL schools, all of whom were competing that night. In addition, Ariel took first place vs. English and second vs. Revere in the high jump with a leap of 5’-0”.
Teammate Xavier Guzman also turned in an outstanding effort in his specialty, the 600 dash, defeating not only all of his Bulldog and Patriot opponents with a time of 1:34.13, but also every other GBL 600 runner on the night.
Kyle Leong enjoyed an excellent night, defeating all of his English and Revere rivals in the two-mile run with a clocking of 12:18.03.
Additional Red Devils who recorded first-place finishes vs. English were: Joao Cassim in the 300 meter dash with a sprint of 40.58; Ivan Irias in the mile in a clocking of 5:26.93; and Sherwin Kim in the 55 hurdles with a time of 9.17.
Scoring three points for their second-place finishes vs. English were: Kim in the 300 dash; Bryan Amaya-Yanes in the 1000; and Adoni Alvarez-Umana in the shot.
Adding single points to the CHS tally vs. English with third-place performances were: Kevin Romero-Molina in the shot; Joao Cassim in the 55 dash; Dariel Medina in the 600;
and Carlos Perez-Acosta in the 1000.
In addition, the 4 x 400 relay quartet of Cassim, Juan Portillo, Irias, and Amaya-Yanes defeated their Bulldog counterparts by 8.51 seconds with a clocking of 4:04.44.
In the Revere portion of the meet, the Red Devils came up short by a score of 62-32. Second-place finishers vs. the Patriots were Joao Cassim in the 300 dash, Amaya-Yanes in the 1000, Irias in the mile, and Kim in the hurdles. Adding third-place points vs. Revere were Perez-Acosta in the 1000 and Alvarez-Umana in the shot.
CHS boys hoop to host Everett; play at Revere Tues.
The Chelsea High boys basketball team will host Greater Boston League (GBL) rival Everett this evening (Thursday) at the CHS gym. The opening tip with their Crimson Tide rivals from the other side of the Parkway is set for 6:00.
The Red Devils, who stand at 3-5 on the season after dropping a hard-fought battle last Friday to perennial GBL power Lynn English, 67-61, will travel to the Brooke Academy School on Saturday for a 2:30 encounter.
Coach Cesar Castro and his crew then will trek northward up Broadway to Revere on Tuesday evening for Round II of the Battle of Broadway. The opening tip with the Patriots is set for 7:00. The ancient rivalry between the hoop programs — which originally dates back to the 1920s — was reinvigorated about 15 years ago when the schools renewed relations (after an absence of about 20 years) while Chelsea was a member of the Commonwealth Conference. With both schools now back in the GBL, their twice-yearly encounters, known to all as the “Battle of Broadway,” have become even more intense.
Revere prevailed in the first meeting two weeks ago in front of a big crowd at Chelsea High by a score of 74-51 that was not indicative of the closeness of the game. Revere held a tight 52-45 lead after three quarters before pulling away in the final eight minutes. Coach Castro and his Red Devil crew will be seeking to even-up the series for 2025 when they tip off at Revere’s Merullo Fieldhouse.