The LINK nky Team of the Week for April 13-19 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Boone County boys track and field team.
A bonus for the Boone County boys track and field team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the spring sports season. Bellevue’s football team won TOS for the fall, Highlands swim and dive team winning TOS for the winter. The Ryle boys volleyball team was the first TOW winner in the spring sports season as the weekly nominations and winners will run through the end of May. A vote will follow for TOS when the spring sports season is wrapped up to determine the winner. Then we’ll turn to Team of the Year voting in the middle of June. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice and they will then be considered for Team of the Year (TOY).
For the team that is awarded TOY, online and print articles will again be published, a large commemorative plaque will be presented and the school will receive an additional $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year. The call for nominations, voting and winning announcement for each will follow the same format as the TOTW.
BOONE COUNTY BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
The Rebels tied for first at the Boone County Invitational meet on April 19 with Ryle, both teams scoring 114 points in the meet at Boone County High School.
Standouts for the Rebels in the meet included Mohammed Ngam in the sprints with a first place finish in the 200 meters (22.73) and second in the 100-meter dash (11.31). Caleb Flerlage won the 800 meters (2:10.56) while Ibrahim Ngam was the standout in the hurdles, second in both the 110-meter hurdles (15.72) and the 300-meter hurdles (42.65). The relay teams were strong as well, the 4×800 (9:07.35) and 4×400 (3:50.24) finishing second while the 4×100 (45.31) and 4×200 (1:33.93) finished third.
In the field events, Joel Mazala finished first in the long jump (19-01), second in the high jump (5-06), and third in the triple jump (37-7.5). Nicholas Hundley won the adaptive boys shot put (54-0).
Congratulations to our other nominees as well: Ryle boys lacrosse, Beechwood baseball, Simon Kenton softball and Villa Madonna softball.
Check for the LINK nky Team of the Week nominees for April 20-26 on the website in the sports section in the early part of next week!