Capecod.com Athletes of the Week: Nichols and D-Y’s Girls’ Track & Field

Monomoy’s David Nichols – Capecod.com Athlete of the Week
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Only a junior and with his Monomoy Sharks still very much alive in the MIAA Division 4 SouthSectional baseball tournament (Monomoy faces Upper Cape Tech today at Doran Park at 5:30 pm), right-hander David Nichols put himself squarely on the Cape Cod high school baseball map with a superlative preliminary round performance last week against Millis. His 17 strikeouts were indicative of just how much raw talent he’s kept largely a secret in his 6’5” lanky frame and his fastball ranks among the very best we’ve seen all season. Watch for more to come from this young man. He is, as they say in baseball parlance, “legit.”

Last Saturday, the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School girls 4×800 team did not rest on their previous laurels and repeated brilliance by taking it easy on themselves in the admittedly loaded field of athletes at the Division 3 Track & Field State Championship held at Durfee High School in Fall River.

Instead, the quartet of Sydney McCann, Carly Coughlin, Martene Jamiel and Renee Levesque turned in the fastest 4x800m run by a D-Y Dolphin squad since 2006 at 10:12.12. McCann ran her leg in 2:27.95, followed by Coughlin at 2:30.71, Jamiel at 2:35.79 and then Levesque at 2:37.28. For the Dolphins’ cumulative effort, longtime head coach Jim Hoar’s girls were awarded their third straight MIAA Division 3 Track & Field Sportsmanship Award as an added bonus. McCann also ran a personal best in the 2-mile at 11:50.48.

To top things off, sophomore shot put champ Chloe Eressy, who set and shattered her own school records this year four times, took fifth place Saturday at the MIAA All-State Championship at Fitchburg State College with her throw of 37’7″ and she will now advance to the New England High School Track &

The Dennis-Yarmouth girls’ track and field team was awarded its 3rd straight MIAA Sportsmanship Award last week after a 10th place finish at the state championships in Fall River.
Photo courtesy of Jim Hoar

Field Championships in Maine for a chance at a regional title. All combined, the continued efforts of Dolphin girls track athletes made them an unequivocal selection for Athlete of the Week.

— Sean Walsh is the sports editor for www.capecod.com. If you’d like to nominate an Athlete of the Week, please  email [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @coachwalshccbm.