Sports

Raiders Run and Throw With the Best at the Div. 4 Track Championships

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Watertown’s top track and field athletes came up big on Memorial Day Weekend as they took on the top high school track athletes around Eastern Massachusetts on Sunday. 

The Raiders sent several athletes to the MIAA Div. 4 EMass Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Norwell High School, and showed they are among the best for schools of their size. After his indoor season was hampered by injury, sophomore sprinter Mange Camara has had a successful outdoor campaign. He came into Sunday’s meet with the second best time in the 200 meters and proved he belonged there. In the preliminaries he ran a 22.91, putting him third fastest in the finals, where he ran a 23.00 and finished second.

Girls Track

Watertown Sophomore Wins Mile at Middlesex Meet in Record Fashion

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Watertown High School sophomore Emily Koufos won the mile run at the Middlesex League Meet at Regis College on Tuesday, and set a new school record at the same time. 

Koufos first set the new mile record at the MSTCA Freshman/Sophomore Meet earlier this month with a time of 5:21.2. On Tuesday she bettered her time to 5:19.29. This was not the first time Koufos ran a record time. This winter she set the school record in the 1000 meters. The Raiders will compete at the Div.