GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Mattituck’s Sarah Goerler, center, competing in the 100 meters in the Hampton Invitational on Saturday at Hampton Bays High School.
HAMPTON INVITATIONAL
Track and field athletes love two things: personal records and medals.
The Mattituck girls team walked away from the Hampton Invitational on Saturday at Hampton Bays High School with several of the former, and an envelope full of the latter.
Personal records — or “prs” in the vernacular of track people — are validation of the hours of training athletes put in, an affirmation that they are heading in the right direction.
“I’m very happy because we’ve been training hard and getting our times down,” said eighth-grader Melanie Pfennig, who clocked personal-best times in two events. “That’s all that matters.”
Pfennig finished fifth in the 1,500 meters in 5 minutes 9 seconds and sixth in the 800 in 2:30. “Today I actually felt that I had a lot of energy,” she said.