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Team Info
Track - Boys' Varsity
Overview
Overview
There is a long and rich tradition of track and field at Taft. Throughout its lengthy history, the belief that one can accomplish more individually within a close team atmosphere has always been at the track program’s core. The team roster typically numbers 35 – 40 boys who compete in 17 different running, jumping, and throwing events against the top prep school track teams in New England. The coaching staff brings decades of experience to their work with the teams and, as such, the program is able to accommodate a wide variety of athletes — from the beginner having no experience to the cross-over athlete from soccer, football, basketball, and ice hockey to the aspiring college track athlete. Each season, individual as well as team goals are made. A genuine sense of hard work, personal accomplishment and dedication to others are always central to these.
Since 1999, the boys team has trained and competed together on the Weaver Track, a state-of-the-art all-weather track and field facility. Formal workouts begin the last week of February, and training emphasizes team balance and the individual development of each team member. A full team schedule consisting mostly of dual and tri-meets begins the second week of April and lasts into the middle of May. Competition at the Founders League Championship meet, the Founders League Junior Varsity Invitational and the Division I New England Prep School Championship meet are the culminating events that mark the end of each track season.
Schedule
Schedule
Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Advantage | Type | Details | Result | Score | Status |
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Hopkins School
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Avon Old Farms School | Away | View Recap | Win | 64-51 | ||
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Avon Old Farms School
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Avon Old Farms School | Away | View Recap | Loss | 64-87 | ||
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Choate Rosemary Hall
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Avon Old Farms | Away | View Recap | Win | 64-52 | ||
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Deerfield Academy
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Deerfield Academy | Away | View Recap | Loss | 23-107 | ||
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Phillips Academy at Andover
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Deerfield Academy | Away | View Recap | Loss | 23-44 | ||
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Kingswood Oxford School
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Home | View Recap | Loss | 40-47 | |||
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Brunswick School
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Home | View Recap | Loss | 40-57 | |||
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Trinity-Pawling School
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Home | View Recap | Win | 40-30 | |||
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Loomis Chaffee School
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Loomis Chaffee School | Away | Details about Track - Boys' Varsity | Loss | 29-116 | ||
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Kingswood Oxford School
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Brunswick School
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Berkshire School
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Hotchkiss School
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Founders League Tournament
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JV Founders League
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New Englands
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All Day
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Deerfield Academy | Details about Track - Boys' Varsity |
Roster
Roster
# | Name | Position | Class | Hometown |
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Martina Adogli | 2027 | Bronx, NY | ||
David Aluya | 2024 | Lebanon, TN | ||
Eli Arroyo | 2026 | Waterbury, CT | ||
Miki Ashaye | 2024 | Eagle, ID | ||
Kojo Asmah | 2024 | Metuchen, NJ | ||
Brody Bowser | 2024 | Southbury, CT | ||
Tate Celebi | 2025 | Roxbury, CT | ||
Dylan Chery | 2026 | Blainville, QC | ||
Antonio Cisneros | 2026 | Rio Grande do Sul | ||
Ozzy Diallo | 2025 | Yonkers, NY | ||
Jack Dodd | 2026 | Madison, CT | ||
Enoch Duodu | 2024 | Old Akrade | ||
Sally Higgins | 2025 | Yarmouth, ME | ||
David Kalombo | 2027 | Boston, MA | ||
Lane Kierstead | 2025 | Needham, MA | ||
Ebenezer Lamptey | 2025 | Old Akrade | ||
Edvin Leskinen | 2026 | Espoo | ||
Carson Lowry | 2026 | Ashburn, VA | ||
Liam Marku | 2027 | Bronx, NY | ||
Logan Marku | 2024 | Bronx, NY | ||
Malachi Miller | 2026 | Teaneck, NJ | ||
Sully Millington | 2024 | Milford, CT | ||
Jason Ntemgwa | 2026 | Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC | ||
Jude Okeleke | 2026 | Surulere | ||
Peyton O'Neal | 2026 | Cheshire, CT | ||
Jonah Oquendo | 2026 | Manchester, CT | ||
Christopher Pangaro | 2027 | Cheshire, CT | ||
James Penkett | 2025 | Oakville, ON | ||
Leo Pineda | 2025 | Elmhurst, NY | ||
Gavin Poon | 2026 | Hong Kong | ||
E.J. Rochester | 2025 | Southbury, CT | ||
Sami Sheshi | 2026 | Bantam, CT | ||
Thomas Shin | 2027 | Seoul | ||
Jonathan So | 2027 | |||
Trevor Stellmach | 2024 | Waterbury, CT | ||
George Sullivan | 2025 | Princeton, NJ | ||
Brendan Toon | 2024 | Woodbury, CT | ||
Edward Tse | 2025 | New York, NY | ||
Austin Tucker | 2025 | Spring Valley, NY | ||
Keson Wang | 2027 | Newport Coast, CA | ||
Marco Watson | 2027 | San Antonio, TX | ||
Michael Werblow | 2026 | St Marys City, MD | ||
Michael Xu | 2025 | Shanghai | ||
Patrick Yan | 2027 | Great Neck, NY |
Coaches
Coaches
About Head Coach Justin Hudak
Justin had the good fortune to begin studying Latin in high school before earning both a BA and an MA in classics from Yale. He is currently a PhD candidate (ABD) in classics at UC Berkeley. Over the course of the past decade, Justin has had the privilege and pleasure of teaching Latin to middle- and high-school students on Nantucket, to undergraduate and graduate students at Berkeley, and now to students at Taft. During the 2023–24 academic year, he looks forward to teaching Latin and English, coaching cross country and track, and serving as both a dorm head and a class dean.
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Head Coach