Bright spots for Glen Cove

The Glen Cove Lady Big Red suited up for this spring season having exactly half of their team consist of freshmen, inexperienced to the program and just trying to come in and contribute when needed.

Throughout the course of the season, Glen Cove leaned on different individuals to nab a win when needed. That translated into the Section VIII Class AA County Championships on May 23, where a few different girls were looked to, eventually coming together to finish in the top 7 of the 20 teams in the meet.

The Lady Big Red’s first source of scoring came from sophomore E’Shone Cofield in the girls 100 meter dash finals. Cofield, who was honored last year as an all-county runner in just her very first year in the program, finished third and snagged a solid 6 points for her squad in one of the first events of the day.

A few events later, the 100 meter hurdles preliminaries were ready to begin. Another 2016 All-County track athlete for Glen Cove, junior Tatiana Guevara finished in first to qualify for the finals and in search for more points for her team. In those very finals, Guevara found herself painfully close to reclaiming first place. Ultimately, she came up just ever so slightly short against Patsy Iannico from Hewlett, the eventual county champions.

Iannico, a key piece to the Hewlett team that day, finished at 16.30 seconds. Guevara, a star in her own right, crossed the finish line at 16.32 seconds, just narrowly swinging her front leg across the finish line as Iannico’s back leg had just broken the plane.

Cofield returned to place third in the 200 meter dash prelims, earning her spot in the finals for the category. A short amount of time later, Cofield was crossing the finish line fourth en route to handing her team four more points in their quest for a higher spot on the scoreboard.

Guevara and Cofield, two juggernauts for this track squad all spring long, joined forces along with the help of freshman Alyjah Clarke and junior Adreana Lomini to place second in the 4x100 relays and secure 8 more points for the Lady Big Red on the scoreboard.

Having two returning All-County runners from last year work day in and day out on becoming better athletes and building camaraderie with others around them make for good team morale and teamwork. This was obviously shown with the success Glen Cove had in this relay, finishing just seconds shy of first.

The upperclassmen had their representative at the meet as well, with senior Julie Micko placing fourth in the discus throw to close out the Lady Big Red’s scoring for the day.

Finishing 7th out of 20 teams invited to the Class 2A county championships is definitely an impressive feat, however, coach Christian Dottin and his girls are looking to continually improve and work towards becoming better during the offseason. With the young core of talent that this track and field program harnesses, the future definitely could be a bright one for Glen Cove.