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Success in Defeat: Lady Colonels Make History Again!
posted 25 April 2008
The Lady Colonels made history
once again last night at the Maryland School for the Deaf. Team
Captain Melissa Sinar led the way by winning the 1600 and 3200
Meters. She broke her previous 3200 meter record by over a minute
posting a time of 14:32. These events earned Melissa 16 points
making her the All Time Meet High Scorer in MMA history-Boy or Girl.
Team mate Erin Helbling finished the 1600 Meters in 3rd Place
earning the team a total of 20 points. This breaks the previous
Girls Team Point Record by of 15.5 by 4.5 points. Despite the record
number of points, the Ladies finished 5th overall.
The Boys Team scored several personal bests. The team was led in
scoring by Captain Nate Harvey who finished 3rd in the 1600 Meters
and earned 4 points. Harvey’s win later in the 3200 Meters earned 8
points for a personal total of 12. Team mate Farrel Keough broke his
own JV Shot put record with a throw of 30’9”. Keough also finished
5th in the 800 Meter Run bringing in 1 point and Breon Makonnen
finished 5th in the 100 Meter Dash for 1 point. The boys finished in
5th Place despite some strong individual places.
The Team Scores are as follows:
Girls:
1st Model School 118
2nd Faith Christian 103
3rd Grace Brethren 47
4th Maryland School for the Deaf 46
5th MMA 20
Boys:
1st Model School 113
2nd Maryland School for the Deaf 91
3rd Faith Christian 78
4th Grace Brethren 16
5th MMA 14
- Coach Strong |
Founders' Day Room Dedication
posted 24 April 2008
 MMA
dedicated a new classroom on Founders’ Day, April 19th, in the JROTC
Wing on the campus. The classroom was recently renovated in honor of
two servicemen with the 10th Mountain Division from Ft. Drum, New
York.
Sergeant David “Harry” Hierholzer and First Lieutenant Forrest Ewens
were
both killed in action in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan in
2006. LT Ewens’ family resides in the state of Washington and SGT
Hierholzer’s family resides in Tennessee.
Colonel Zinser, former Battalion Commander in the 10th Mountain
Division, held the solemn ceremony with family and soldiers by his
side. Christine Hierholzer, mother of SGT Hierholzer, attended
the dedication along SPC Daniel Bowen and PFC James Dovel who were
members of the same unit as 1LT Ewens and SGT Hierholzer.
The donor’s family, who will remain anonymous, has a
son that served with LT Ewens and SGT Hierholzer. |
Mid-Semester Awards and a Perfect Score on SAT Math
posted 24 April 2008
 Recently
MMA held their quarterly Academic Awards Ceremony where they
recognize outstanding academic achievement within The Corps of
Cadets. Many cadets received academic recognition, but the
Gold Awardees are as follows: Cadet Avni, Cadet Audrey Fowler,
Cadet Janhunen, Cadet HJ Lee, Cadet Timothy Mays, Cadet McNamara,
Cadet McCulloch, Cadet Sinar, Cadet Woo, Cadet Vasic, and Cadet
Zhong.
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addition to receiving a Gold Eagle Award, Cadet Zhong was recognized
for scoring a perfect 800 on the Math portion of the SAT.
Congratulations to all the awardees, keep up the good work and
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Track Team
Welcomes New Athletes and New Records
posted 3 April 2008
Track Report 2008
The Track Season opened April 1st at the Eastern Mennonite
Invitational. Both the Boys and Girls Teams performed well. The
Boys tied for 3rd Place overall and the Girls Team placed 3rd as
well.
This was an historic night for the Girls Track Team because it
was the first Girls Track Team win in MMA History! Even though
there were only two girls participating! Maribeth Collins placed
2nd in the Discus and 3rd in the Shot Put and Erin Helbling
placed 4th in the 1600 Meters.
The Boys were led in scoring by Farrell Keough with 8 points and
a new MMA JV Shot Put Record of 30 Feet 8 Inches. The Middle
School 1600 and 800 Meter Records were also broken by Logan
Reed. Cadet Reed finished the 1600 Meters in 5:51 and placed 3rd
overall in the race against mostly older, more experienced
runners. He placed 8th in the 800 Meters in 2:55 for his second
record of the night.
The team scoring is as follows:
Boys: 1st Blue Ridge 92, 2nd Eastern Mennonite 90, 3rd (tie) MMA
24,
3rd (tie) Roanoke Valley, 4th Grace Christian 1
Season Record: 1-1-2
Girls: 1st Grace Christian 66, 2nd Eastern Mennonite 15, 3rd MMA
6,
4th Roanoke Valley 0
Season Record: 1-2
-Coach Strong
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