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Summer 2012 Volume 30 Number 9
INSIDE Page 1 Latin Students Score Big on the 2012 National Latin Exam Page 3 Book Pick Up Will Start at the Admission Office Page 3 Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center
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Athletics News Girls Track & Field has Successful State Meet
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The Lovett Girls Track & Field team had an amazing
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State Meet. The team finished 12th in AA and secured
Monday, October 1, 2012
an important 52.50 points towards the Director’s Cup.
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Senior Hannah Hempel got things started by placing
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seventh in the Triple Jump with a 36’ 3” effort. Her performance was the second longest Triple Jump for
Monday, October 22, 2012
a Girl in Lovett Track & Field history. Senior Desireé
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Fraley, who also competed in the Triple Jump, set a new
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personal best of 33’ 11 1/2”—the fifth best jump in school history, but she did not make the finals. Hannah Hempel, eager to end her incredible track
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career on top, was the 2012 AA State Runner-Up in the
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High Jump with a jump of 5’2”. She is the school record holder in the High Jump and is the first female in Lovett Track & Field history to qualify for State in three field events.
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On the track, Freshman Khadejah Jackson placed fifth in the State in the 400-meter Dash and set a new school record in the 300-meter Hurdles with a time of 45.83, securing fourth place in the State Finals.
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Grant Haley and Drew Brown represented Lovett at the Boys Track & Field State Championship in Jefferson. Grant competed in the Long Jump and qualified for the finals. He finished 9th in the State with a jump of 20’ 6 3/4”. Drew Brown competed in the Triple Jump and set a new personal best of 44’ 1 1/2”. His mark secured a third place finish in the State Meet and ranks second best in school history. The school record, set in 1973, was 44’ 3” and the previous second best mark was 44’ 1”, set in 1984. Drew’s third place finish in the State Meet earned Lovett 15 points towards the Director’s Cup and continued the decades long streak of Lovett placing in the Boys State Championship Track Meet.
Two Seniors Sign Baseball Commitments Lovett celebrated the college commitments of two Lion baseball players, Robert Currie (left), with parents Bob and Laura Currie, to the Naval Academy, and Jack Geraghty (right), with mother Beth Geraghty, to UNC.
Lacrosse 2012 All-State Lovett’s Baseball and Boys Soccer Teams Reach Semifinals
1st team: Cory Palmer (attack)
Congratulations on great seasons!
2nd team: Tyler Cunningham (midfield) and Ben Flood (goalie) 3rd team: Thomas Padgett (defense) All-America: Cory Palmer Coaches of Year: Alex Heaton, Jack Parrish, Duncan Miller, and Jim Buczek