The Livingston High School boys’ track and field team challenged 38 other teams from Essex County and placed second in the Essex County Relays in their home stadium on Friday, May 5. On the way, the boys performed many of their personal bests of the season and broke three school records.First up on the track was the 4x1,600 meter run. Leading off for the LHS squad was junior Shane Lyons, followed by senior captain Kyle Viteri. Each ran a solid leg before passing to senior Ryan Wu. Tenth grader Ricky Romero, with the fastest split of the team, brought the baton home in a total time of 20:22.78 and a thirdplace finish earning the first points of the night.Matt Ho, Ray Oji, and Raalu Madubuku next prepared themselves for the 400 meter intermediate hurdles race. Each boy would run his individual race with their times then tallied and then compared to the other three-men squads. Oji placed second overall with a time of 57.71. Not far behind was Ho at 58.64. Madubuku, who recovered from a fall over one of the last hurdles, finished off the squad at 64.44. Their efforts produced two first place finish overall and earned big points for the team.Next on the track was the 4x100 meter relay. The squad was made up of Ethan Wang, Chase Wade, Chase Kaufman, and Luke Petryna. The boys, who had already broken the school record once this season, challenged the nationally ranked team from Seton Hall to a close race and placed second overall with a time of 42.42, re-breaking their own school record.The 4x800 meter race was next. Danny Wang was given the task of leading off the Lancers. Ming Ma was next to receive the baton running a personal best time for the season before handing off to Shane Lyons. The team was anchored home by Romero, running his second race of the evening. The LHS team finished just out of the medal hunt in 7th place with a time of 8:39.44.The track was next prepared for the exciting 110 meter shuttle hurdle race, during which squads of four raced back and forth on the track. The Lancers were set to race in the fastest heat. Running first was Ho, followed by sophomores Madubuko and Nick Siao, then anchor runner Ray Oji. Ho set the squad up nicely with Madubuko and Siao racing their best in a ...
