Rhinebeck track and field competed at the Race at the Oval Office invitational hosted by FDR this past Saturday, 5/3. Over twenty teams were present despite the threat of challenging weather conditions in the afternoon. 

The morning portion of the meet kicked off with Freshman/Sophomore events only. Augy Lamm was the sole medalist of the morning, placing 8^th in the 1600m run with a large PR of 5:05.94. 

Rhinebeck was busy in the afternoon session of the meet when varsity events officially began. Fiona Murray opened the afternoon with a 5th place overall finish in the 100m hurdles, running a time of 17.93. Competition was soon interrupted by severe thunderstorms with teams being required to shelter on their buses. After an hour and a half delay, competition resumed with Parker Ruger placing 3rd overall in the 400m dash with a PR of 50.84. Jason Gisby-Hanks also lowered his PR in the 800m run, placing 5^th overall in a time of 2:02.68.

Closing the meet were the relays with the girls 4×100 (Sadie Shalam, Murray, Sophia Santoro, Maddy Santoro) medaling with an 8^th place finish in 56.19. The boys 4×400 (Quin Gideon, Gisby-Hanks, Brady Fischer, Ruger) ran to a 4^th place finish in 3:34.30, losing out only to larger schools of Pine Bush, FDR, and Valley Central. 

Full results, including finishers who were not highlighted above for medaling, can be found at the following link: https://fat.live/meets/46860.