Outdoor Track and Field

The Peddie outdoor track and field team opened the season competing in the NJISAA Prep A & B Outdoor Track Relays at The Lawrenceville School.

The boys 4×400-meter relay team of Dasyer Bullock, Luke Chon, Aldrin Bonilla and Luca Romanelli placed first (3:31.19).

Gaston Thibodeau placed third in the boys shotput relay (40-07.50)

The girls 4×400-meter relay team of Foluke Oladeji, Tessa Hughes, Lilyana Gordon and Erin Tam placed first (4:19.79).

The girls 4,000 DMR of Charis Chien, Victoria Vahi, Caitlin Williams and Riley Toomey placed first (13:37.88).

Full results can be viewed here: https://live.2lraceservices.com/meets/65243/events/individual/2376047

The Falcons next travel to The Pennington School for a tri-meet against The Pennington School and Blair Academy on Wednesday, April 8 at 4:30 p.m.

The Peddie outdoor track and field team competed in a tri-meet against Blair Academy and The Pennington School, at The Pennington School.

Falcons who won events:

Boys 400-meter run: Elie Meyer (52.71)
Boys 800-meter run: Luca Romanelli (2:00.41)
Boys 3,200-meter run: Theo Salapatas (10:50.84)
Boys 4×400-meter relay: Dasyer Bullock, Luke Chon, Blake Romanelli, Elie Meyer (3:44.70)
Boys shotput: Gaston Thibodeau (39-06.25)
Girls 100-meter dash: Safiyyah Malik (13.37)
Girls 200-meter dash: Foluke Oladeji (27.14)
Girls 400-meter dash: Lilyana Gordon (1:03.23)
Girls 800-meter run: Mary Bao (2:44.28)
Girls 1,600-meter run: Shanel Tamn (5:21.44)
Girls 3,200-meter run: Caitlin Williams (11:31.06)
Girls 4×100-meter relay: Erin Tam (50.25)
Girls long jump: Tessa Hughes (15-8.75)

Full results can be viewed here: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/652721/results/m/1/lj

The Falcons next compete in The Hill School Outdoor Track Relays on Saturday, April 11 at 1 p.m. at The Hill School.

The Peddie outdoor track and field team competed at The Hill School Outdoor Track Relays, at The Hill School.

Falcons who placed first:

Boys Sprint Medley Relay: Matthew Sisco, Elie Meyer, Luke Chon, Dasyer Bullock (3:40.28)
Girls Sprint Medley Relay: Lilyana Gordon, Foluke Oladeji, Erin Tam, Charis Chien (4:28.34)

The Falcons next host The Hill School, The Lawrenceville School and The Pennington School on Wednesday, April 15 at 4:30 p.m. at Bullet Lawson Track.

The Peddie outdoor track and field team competed against The Hill School, The Lawrenceville School and The Pennington School, at home. The 4×400-meter mixed relay team consisting of Luke Chon, Dasyer Bullock, Erin Tam and Tessa Hughes broke a school record with a 3:51.02. The girls 4×100-meter relay team consisting of Safiyyah Malik, Folukie Oladeji, Erin Tam and Tessa Hughes broke a school record with a 49.74. Foluke Oladeji broke a school record in the girls 100-meter dash with a 12.37, besting Deja Cunningham’s 12.3 hand-timed record. Tessa Hughes tied her own record (set in 2024) in the girls 100-meter hurdles with a 14.88.

The Falcons next compete in The Lawrenceville School Senior Day Invitational on Wednesday, April 22 at 4 p.m. at The Lawrenceville School.

The Peddie outdoor track and field team competed in The Lawrenceville School Senior Day Invitational, at The Lawrenceville School.

The Falcons next compete in the Penn Relays from Thursday, April 23 to Saturday, April 25 at University of Pennsylvania – Franklin Field. The Falcons will also compete in the George School Heptathlon and Decathlon on Saturday, April 25 at 10 a.m. at George School.

The girls 4×100 relay team of Safiyyah Malik, Foluke Oladeji, Erin Tam and Tessa Hughes of 4×100 relay team broke a school record at the Penn Relays, at The University of Pennsylvania – Franklin Field with a 49.67. The Falcons (Dasyer Bullock, Luke Chon, Luca Romanelli, Ardanley Then, Xzavier Torres) next compete in Day 2 of 3 of the Penn Relays on Friday, April 24 at The University of Pennsylvania – Franklin Field.

The Peddie boys outdoor track and field team competed in Day 2 of 3 of the Penn Relays at The University of Pennsylvania – Franklin Field. The 4×100 relay team of Xzavier Torres, Ardanley Then, Dasyer Bullock and Luke Chon recorded a 44.23.

The Falcons (Dasyer Bullock, Luke Chon, Luca Romanelli, Ardanley Then, Xzavier Torres) next compete in the third and final day of the Penn Relays on Saturday, April 25 at The University of Pennsylvania – Franklin Field.

In two days of competition, during her first heptathlon, Tessa Hughes ’26 established a school record in the heptathlon with a total score of 4,192 points, at the George School Heptathlon and Decathlon at George School on April 25. It’s the 17th school record for Hughes. The Falcons next travel to The Pennington School to compete against The Pennington School, Princeton Day School and The Hun School of Princeton on Wednesday, April 29 at 4:15 p.m.

The Peddie rowing team competed in the Garden State Scholastic Championships at Cooper River in Camden.

The 1V boys boat (Atharva Khamparia, Armaan Motiani, Chris Horsch, Francis McGovern and Frost Gill) comfortably qualified in the heats (top three advanced) for the final by placing third and only .34 seconds behind second. In one of the last races of the day, the 1V could not make up that small gap and missed medaling by .9 behind the same crew that edged them out in their heat.

The boys 2 (Mustafa Ekmecki, Doug Lopez, Aidan Lawler, Tevin Zhou and Jonathan Koo) and 3V (Griffin Truslow, Ryan Yan, Neal Patel, Eeshan Garikapati and Umay Sen) were both entered into the same event. The 2V looked comfortable and poised as they cruised to a 17 second win on the field.

The boys novice 8+ (Yurika Wu, Will Armaund, Henry Goodman, Ryan Yang, Wei Jie Ng, Joseph MacKenzie, Michael Chan, Charlie Zhan, Logan Scowen Arreloa) battled through some adversity with the 5 seat having only spent a few practices previously in a boat before racing twice today. While they made it through their heat,
they placed sixth in their final.

Results: 1V – fourth of 13 in the Boys HS Senior 4+ Event
2V – first of five in the Boys HS 2nd Varsity 4+ Event
3V – fifth of five in the Boys HS 2nd Varsity 4+ Event
Novice – sixth of nine in the Boys HS Novice 8+ Event

Full results can be viewed here: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2?job_id=10226&org_id=508

The Falcons next compete in and host the 2026 MAPL Championships on Saturday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. at Caspersen Rowing Center.

The Peddie outdoor track and field team competed in the 2025-2026 NJISAA Prep A Championships at Bullet Lawson Track. The Pingry School won the boys team championship and The Lawrenceville School won the girls team championship. The Peddie varsity girls placed second with 137.5 points. The Peddie varsity boys placed third with 79 points.

Falcons who won events:

Girls 1,600-meter run: Shanel Tan (5:17.26)
Girls 100-meter hurdles: Tessa Hughes (15.28)
Girls 4×400-meter relay: Tessa Hughes, Lilyana Gordon, Victoria Vahi, Charis Chien (4:13.18). Chien caught her opponent in the last stretch to win the relay.
Girls high jump: Tessa Hughes (5-00.00)
Boys 400-meter hurdles: Dasyer Bullock (56.62)
Boys 800-meter run: Luca Romanelli (1:59.00)

Other notables: Lilyana Gordon placed second in the girls 400-meter dash (1:01.38). Foluke Oladeji placed second in the girls 100-meter dash (12.74). Charis Chien placed second in the girls 800-meter run (2:25.13). Foluke Oladeji placed second in the girls 200-meter dash (27.13). Luke Chon placed second in the boys 400-meter dash (52.31). The boys 4×400-meter relay of Luke Chon, Elie Meyer, Dasyer Bullock and Luca Romanelli placed second (3:32:58). Elie Meyer was third in the boys 1,600-meter run (4:29.34). Dasyer Bullock was third in the boys long jump (20-09.25). Thomas White was third in the boys high jump (6-00.00).

Full results can be viewed here: https://live.2lraceservices.com/meets/71495?_gl=1*v8lfw*_ga*NDQwMzU2MjUzLjE3NzU4Mzk3NDk.*_ga_CV6QCFM8SJ*czE3Nzc2NTk0NjUkbzIkZzEkdDE3Nzc2NTk1NDAkajU4JGwwJGgw

The Falcons next host the Last Chance/JV Invitational on Tuesday, May 5 at 4:30 p.m. at Bullet Lawson Track.

The Peddie outdoor track and field team hosted and competed in the Last Chance/JV Invitational, at home, at Bullet Lawson Track. Mary Bao, Neil Bhuteja, Dasyer Bullock, Luke Chon, Andrii Golubchyk, Tessa Hughes, Josh Li, Jerry Liu, Alvin Lyuh, Safiyyah Malik, Elie Meyer, Shea McGlynn, Kira Pramanik, Luca Romanelli, Matt Sisco, Erin Tam, Shanel Tan, Elyssa Ting. Victor Tse, Victoria Vahi, Natalie Villalobos, Jerry Wang, Caitlin Williams and Sophie Winn were recognized for Senior Day.
Five school records were broken. Tessa Hughes broke her own school record in the girls 100-meter hurdles with a 14.72, her 17th school record.
More Falcons who won events:
Boys 110-meter hurdles: Dasyer Bullock (16.22)
Girls 1,500-meter run: Charis Chien (5:11.42)
Boys 400-meter dash: Luca Romanelli (50.99). Luke Chon was second (52.00) and Elie Meyer was third (52.85).
Combined 3,000-meter run: Caitlin Williams (10:59.30) (School Record)
Boys Swedish Relay: Luke Chon, Luca Romanelli, Elie Meyer, Dasyer Bullock (2:02.13) (School Recrd)
Girls Swedish Relay: Lilyana Gordon, Tessa Hughes, Foluke Oladeji, Erin Tam (2:25.55) (School Record)
Girls 800-meter run: Shanel Tan (2:23.52)
Mixed 4×400-meter relay: Luca Romanelli, Charis Chien, Lilyana Gordon, Elie Meyer (4:04.40)
Boys long jump: Dasyer Bullock (20-07.25)
Boys triple jump: Yoel Ajari (40-03.25)
Full results can be viewed here: http://live.2lraceservices.com/meets/72117

The Falcons next travel to Blair Academy to compete in the 2025-2026 MAPL Championships, on Saturday, May 9 at 12 p.m. to close out the season.