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Boys’ Track

Coaches and Captains

Head Coach – Steve Darling

Coach Darling is entering his 12th year as a Throws Coach focussing on Shot-Put & Discus for Both the Boys and Girls Teams and this year he is stepping in as Head Coach for the Boys Program. Coach Darling is also Milton’s Head Strength and Conditioning Coach & an Assistant Athletic Trainer (2002 – present). Over the past 12 years he has helped elevate both MATF programs, with the Boys team placing in the top 3 at the ISL Championships 5 out of the last 9 seasons, including back to back undefeated seasons (2015, 2016). He has also helped the Girls Program finish in the top 3 at the ISL Championships 4 out of the last 7 seasons. During his coaching tenure both Shot-Put and Discus records for both teams have been broken. Coach Darling lives on campus with his wife Kelly and his two children, Jack ‘21 and Henry ‘23. He is also a member of the Hathaway House Dorm Faculty Team on East Campus.

Sprints, Horizontal Jumps, and Relays Coach – Chris Lewis ‘15

Chris Lewis enters his fifth year with the track and field program and first year as the head coach of the girls’ track team. He coaches the boys’ and girls’ sprints and horizontal jumps as well as the relay events. Chris works as an assistant director of admission in the Upper School and is also the assistant coach of the boys’ varsity soccer team. Coach Lewis graduated from Milton in 2015 where he was a stand-out athlete; During his senior year, he captained the boys’ soccer team to an undefeated regular season and was named the Boston Globe ISL Defensive Player of the Year. He was also a captain of the track and field team and played a key role in helping the team to an undefeated season, capturing the team’s first ISL Championship in over 30 years. Coach Lewis went to enjoy a highly successful four-year career at Amherst College where he helped the soccer team earn its first and only National Championship in the fall of 2015. Chris is a faculty advisor for Onyx (Milton’s Black Culture Club) and CSA (Caribbean Student Association) and he is a dorm parent in Hathaway House on East Campus with his wife Molly Gilmore ‘12.

Assistant Coach – Shamone Allien

Shamone is entering her 4th year as an Assistant Coach (Head Sprints Coach – Girls Team; B&G High Jump). She is also the Head Coach of Milton’s Girls JV Soccer Program. Shamone was a standout Track and Field Athlete for the Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track Field Programs at Central Connecticut State ‘13. Shamone lives off campus in Brockton.

Assistant Coach – Holt Sihvonen

Holt is entering his 4th year as a Throws Coach focussing on B&G Javelin. Before coming to Milton, Holt was a standout track and field athlete at Bentley University. At Bentley he was an All-American Javelin Thrower where his current school record of 214’ 10” which still stands. He still competes as a member of the Boston Athletic Association.

Assistant Coach – Shakeen Steward

Shakeen is in his first year as an Assistant Coach helping with Boys Sprints and Jumps. Shakeen was a stand out athlete and a member of the Track and Field Program at Umass Dartmouth where competing in the 400 and 200. He is currently the Dean of Students at the Brooke Charter School in Roslindale and currently resides in the Boston area.

Captains
Chris Amodeo ’24
Omar Hamoda ’24
Gabriel Guerrero ’24

Boys' Track Record Board
Event Name Time Year
100m Silva, M.
Tang, B.
10.94c
10.94c
2017
2019
200m Klinkhoff, J. 22.24c 2002
400m Klinkhoff, J. 49.04c 2002
800m Beaudoin, A. 1:56.59 FAT 2011
1500m Bosworth, B. 4:05.91 FAT 2013
3000m Bosworth, B. 8:56.54c 2013
110m High
Hurdles
Chung, S. 15.24s 1985
300m IM
Hurdles
Onyeagoro, I. 41.04c 1985
4x100m Relay D. Cozier, M. Silva,
J. Branch, E. Ofulue
43.15FAT 2016
4x400m Relay P. Ehret, S. Irving,
P. Mateo, G. Lewis
3:26.40 2018
       
Event Name Mark Year
Shot Put Gilmore, B. 53’5.25″ 2015
Discus Gilmore, B. 151′ 1.00″ 2015
Javelin Brown, J. 189′ 11.00″ 2015
Long Jump Lewis, C. 21′ 9.50″ 2013
Triple Jump Cummings, W. 45′ 2.00″ 2001
High Jump Bestgen, R. 6′ 4.00″ 1981
  Laforce, R.   2005
Pole Vault Pawlak, S. 13′ 8.00″ 2011

Note:
FAT = fully automated timing
c = converted from hand time by rounding up to nearest tenth and adding 0.24

Top Five All-Time Records
 Running   Name Time Year
100m SR Silva, M. 10.94c 2017
  SR Tang, B. 10.94c 2019
  3 Cozier, D. 11.04c 2015
    Branch, J. 11.04c 2017
  4 Ryan, R. 11.23 FAT 2004
         
200m SR Klinkhoff, J. 22.24c 2002
  2 Lewis, G. 22.54c 2019
    Heard, A. 22.54c 1993
  3 Evans, C. 22.74c 1990
    Rhodes L. 22.74c  1986
         
400m SR Klinkhoff, J. 49.04c 2002
  2 St. Germain, W. 49.59FAT 2022
  3 Simmons, C. 49.85FAT 2022
  4 Child, J. 50.24c 1983
  5 Irving, S. 50.39FAT 2019
         
800m SR Beaudoin, A. 1:56.59 FAT 2011
  2 Bosworth, B. 1:57.34c 2013
  3 Haley, B. 1:57.74c 1986
  4 Child, J. 1:58.94c 1983
  5 Sugrue, E. 1:59.84c 1984
         
1500m SR Bosworth, B. 4:05.91 FAT 2013
  2 Child, J. 4:07.54c 1983
  3 Russell, H. 4:08.38 FAT 2010
  4 Miller 4:09.54c 1984
  5 Kaye, A. 4:10.94c 1986
         
3000m SR Bosworth, B. 8:56.54c 2013
  2 Young, R. 9:04.44c 1987
  3 Russell, H. 9:05.70 FAT 2011
  4 Bell, S. 9:14.24c 1982
  5 James, C. 9:15.07 FAT 2014
         
110m High
Hurdles
SR Chung, S. 15.24c 1985
  2 Lingos-Webb, J. 15.29 FAT 2004
  3 Cahners, J. 15.44c 1992
  4 Lewis, C. 15.74c 2015
  5 Fogelquist, T. 15.84c 1988
    Onyeagoro, I.   1985
    Conant, B.   1980
300 IM
Hurdles
SR Onyeagoro, I. 41.04c 1985
  2 Bead, V. 41.14c 1989
  3 Mountain, K. 41.23 FAT 2007
  4 Barrette, N. 41.34c 2013
  5 Cahners, J. 41.29c 1992

 

 Relays   Names Time Year
4x100m
Relay
SR D. Cozier, M. Silva,
J. Branch, E. Ofulue
43.15FAT 2016
  2 D. Cozier, M. Silva,
C. Lewis, C. Desir
43.79 FAT 2015
  3 D. Cozier, J. Branch,
A. Frongillo, E. Ofulue
43.91FAT 2016
  4 J. Branch, D. Williams,
K. Mullings, T. Casilli
44.02FAT 2018
  5 A. Heard, M. Kirschner,
P. Turcotte, C. Evans
44.14c 1991
         
4x400m
Relay
SR P. Ehret, S. Irving,
P. Mateo, G. Lewis
3:26.40 2018
  2 R. O’Flaherty, A. Chan,
C. Amodeo, C. Simmons
3:26.77 2022
  3 R. Dunn, Cope,
S. Whalen, J. Child
3:28.44c 1983
  4 C. Evans, E. Ngwenya,
J. Cahners, A. Heard
3:28.74c 1991
  5 A. Heard, V. Bead,
C. Evans, D. Jackson
3:30.88c 1990

 

 Field   Name Distance/Height Year
Shot Put SR Gilmore, B. 53’5.25″ 2015
  2 Holcum, T. 51’5.00″ 1960
  3 Tarisai, N. 49′ 7.00″ 2003
  4 Swirbalus, J. 47′ 9.00″ 1984
  5 Sweeney, J. 47′ 3.00″ 1989
         
Discus SR Gilmore, B. 151’1.00″ 2015
  2 Hutchinson, W. 140′ 10.00″ 1988
  3 Douglas 135′ 10.00″ 1984
  4 Rubin, P. 133′ 9.00″ 1988
  5 Sweeney, J. 132′ 5.00″ 1989
         
Javelin SR Brown, J. 189’11.00″ 2015
  2 Sheptyck, S. 189′ 6.00″ 1971
  3 Gilmore, B. 186’11.00″ 2013
  4 Chayet, E.T. 176’10.00″ 1984
  5 Carter, C. 169’10.00″ 1984
         
Long Jump SR Lewis, C. 21’9.50 2013
  2 Heard, A. 21’8.00″ 1993
  3 Dugger, L. 21’6.50″ 2000
  4 Bead, V. 21’6.00″ 1989
  5 Cozier, D. 21’4.00″ 2015
         
Triple Jump SR Cummings, W. 45′ 2.00″ 2001
  2 Carter, C. 45′ 1.75″ 1984
  3 Parkman, R. 44′ 7.00″ 1980
  4 Lewis, C. 43’9.50″ 2015
  5 Nickens, R. 42′ 11.75″ 1987
         
High Jump SR Bestgen, R. 6’4.00″ 1981
    Laforce, R.   2005
  3 Fogelquist, T. 6′ 3.00″ 1987
  4 Cummings, W. 6′ 2.00″ 2002
    Iyahen, O.   1992
    Lucas, M.   1990
    Wilde, P.   1986
    Onyeagoro, I.   1985
    Nash   1978
    Clark   1977
         
Pole Vault SR Pawlak, S. 13’8.00″ 2011
  2 Lingos- Webb, J. 13’7.00″ 2005
  3 Lee, K 13’6.00″ 2014
    Cummings, W. 13’6.00″ 2002
  5 Perkins 13′ 5.75″ 1967

Note:
FAT = fully automated timing
c = converted from hand time by rounding up to nearest tenth and adding 0.24

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