January 29, 2020

Kids’ Lit Quiz Results

Moran’s Kids’ Lit Quiz Teams competed last night. There were 31 teams in last night’s heat and the top three teams advanced to the US Finals.

We had two teams finish in the top 10. It was tough competition. The team that took first place was from Virginia and only missed 11 out of 100 questions all night. They are the team that won the world finals in Singapore last year.

Tied for fifth place – Team 3 (Jack Angelastro, Jack Cerrato, Alex Miller, Richard Yeung)
Jack Angelastro also won a $5 question (questions that are asked in between rounds while they are scoring them).
They won the top score of a category and each got a book. They were the only team all night (out of 31) to get the maximum points of 20 for their doubles
category.

Tied for sixth place (1/2 point behind team 3) – Team 1 (Gabriella Cozzi, Irelynn Marshall, Cole McDonnell, Katie Russell)
They won for top score of a category and each got a book.

13th place – Team 2 (Emily Carlone, Willow Pickerign, Kaitlin O’Malley, Lily Valerio)

14th place – Team 4 (Esme Gontarz-Durfee, Carter Lagasse, James Russell, Robert Yawson)

September 25, 2019

Cross Country Results

On Monday, the Girls’ and Boys’ Cross-Country Teams competed against cross-town rival Dag Hammarskjold at Dag. Here are the results of the meet.

Boys’ Cross-Country Results
The Boys’ Cross-Country team suffered their first loss of the season losing to Dag by the score of 37-21 despite having the top runner in the race.

Runners finishing in the top 10 in the race for Moran were:
1st – Andy You
6th – Devin Welch
8th – Owen Hotaling
10th – Bryan Medina

Girls’ Cross-Country Results
The Lady Mustangs of Moran started their season off with a victory trampling over cross-town rival Dag beating them by the score of 20-41. Sixth grader Jenna Wresien had another dominating performance taking first and finishing 1 minute 3 seconds ahead of the second place finisher.

Runners finishing in the top 10 in the race for Moran were:
1st – Jenna Wresien
2nd – Angelika Kotula
4th – Katie Lombino
6th – Janalie Gilhuly
7th – Ava Raffone
8th – Nalysa Nhatavong
9th – Zoey Carim

Congratulations to the girls’ cross-country team on such a strong showing! GO MUSTANGS!!

May 29, 2019

Track & Field State Championship

On Saturday, select members of the the Moran Track & Field team competed in the 12th annual Middle School Track & Field State Championships. There were 23 members of the girls and boys teams that represented Moran. Placing in the top 8 places in their events and receiving medals were:

Maya Wresien placing 4th in the State

The girls 4×100 meter relay team (6th place) consisting of:
Joy Peterkin, Natalie Jones, Jayden Smith, and Grace Keenan

The girls 4×400 meter relay team (6th place) consisting of:
Angelika Kotula, Katie Lombino, Grace Furtado, and Maya Wresien

The boys 4×800 meter relay team (6th placet) consisting of:
Ronan Liu, Kieran Liu, Aaron Mansfield, and Shaine Salvador

Congratulations on your achievements.