A group of Gorham athletes participated in the 50th Annual Dartmouth Relays event during the weekend of January 11-13. Andrew Farr, Kate Tugman, Iris Kitchen, Evelyn Kitchen, Avery Germond, Sydney Connolly, Alyvia Caruso, Emma Green, Stefanie Meacham and Lydia Valentine all attended the event.

Alyvia Caruso (GHS ’22) set a new school record in the Jr. Division Long Jump with a jump of 17ft 1.25 in placing her 12th in the country.

Emma Green (GHS ’22) set a new school record in the Jr. Division High Jump with a height of 5 ft 0 in placing her 11th in the country.

Evelyn Kitchen (GHS ’19) set a new school record in the Sr. Division High Jump with a height of 5ft 6 in. Kitchen also finished 6th in the Long Jump.

Kate Tugman (GHS ’20) finished 3rd in the one mile. She is ranked 12th for all juniors in the country.

The Sprint Medley Relay team of Sydney Connolly (GHS ’22), Alyvia Caruso (GHS ’22), Avery Germond (GHS ’19) and Kate Tugman (GHS ’20) set a new school record with a time of 4:27.18.

Stefanie Meacham (GHS ’20) placed third and Lydia Valentine (GHS ’21) placed fifth in the women’s one mile race walk. Meacham’s performance places her first in the US for her age group.

Andrew Farr (GHS ’22) advanced through the trials and semi-finals at Dartmouth to run in the finals of the 55 meter dash. In that race, he lowered his personal record to 6.63 seconds placing 3rd. He was the first American finisher as the two sprinters ahead of him were from a prep school in Canada. Farr also placed 5th in the 300 meter run making him the 2nd best freshman in the country in the 300 meter run, 5th best freshman in the 55 meter dash and 12th in the 400 meter run. He has already qualified to compete in the 60 meter dash and 400 meter run at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City in mid-March.