 | | | Girls sprint final at Moraga Rotary Field Day. Photo provided | | | | | | Rheem Elementary athletes won the 29th annual Field Day recently held at the Joaquin Moraga Middle School field, amassing a total of 109 points. Camino Pablo won second place with 59 points, followed by Los Perales with 32 points and Saklan School with 22 points. Rheem had the most participants with 37 athletes. The teacher whose students got the most points was Ms. Brown of Camino Pablo, with 41 points.
The high point boy was Jack Sero, a third grader in Mrs. Culleton's class at Rheem, with 18 points, and the high point girl was Mira Emhoff, a fourth grader in Ms. Brown's class at Camino Pablo, with 14 points. A first place earned 5 points, a second place earned 3 points, and a third place got 1 point.
The Field Day continues the Moraga Rotary tradition of hosting a mini-track and field meet for third, fourth, and fifth graders in Moraga schools, which was suspended during 2020-2023 due to the Covid pandemic. Only 83 students participated this year, down from 345 athletes in 2018.
Moraga Rotary Field Day Chairman Tony Schoemehl gave a big thank you to the many athletes and students from St. Mary's College who helped conduct and judge the events, and to the teachers who encouraged their students to participate. The events consisted of sprints, sack races, long jump, frisbee throw, and basketball throw. It also includes relays when more runners participate. Schoemehl anticipates many more athletes will join in the 2025 event. |
Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA