On one of the most beautiful days of the year — at what is typically a chilly and windy East Hampton High School track — the Bonac boys track and field team showed how ready they are for spring, beating the 2025 small school indoor champions and 2024 Suffolk County champs, Eastport-South Manor, 69-64.
East Hampton’s head coach, Sean Knight, called the April 16 meet a complete team victory and a statement performance. “We beat one of the best teams in the county,” Coach Knight said. “East Hampton track is coming back. We’ve got a fantastic team. I’m loving it.”
Hudson Goulart, a junior, was awarded athlete of the meet for delivering in all of his events. Goulart jumped 5 feet, 6 inches in the high jump, ran the 400 meters in 52.7, the 200 meters in 23.5, and dominated as the anchor of the 4-by-100-meter relay, clinching the meet for the Bonackers, who needed to win both of the relays to finish on top.
“Hudson had some amazing events. He just shocked us today. He was incredible,” Knight said. “We had a great run-off in the 400 for the Penn Relays and we had some shockers. Our freshman, Emmett [Schumann], dropped a 52. And then Hudson dropped a 52. Jasper [Samuelson] dropped a 52.”
Samuelson, a standout sophomore, had the best time in the 400-meter race, running it in 52.4. The first-place finish will send him to the Penn Relays in Philadelphia this weekend along with Goulart, Schumann (who ran a 52.8), and Liam Knight, a senior, who ran a 51.7 earlier in the season. Sean Perez, a senior, will serve as an alternate.
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It truly was — as Coach Knight said — a complete team victory. Marcus Oransky, a junior, ran the 110-meter high hurdles in 18.1, the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 61.7, and placed second in the pole vault, clearing 8 feet.
Leo Mogavero, an eighth grader, hustled from last to second in the 1,600 meters, running a 5:48, which earned the team three essential points. Watts Comley-Bolick, a sophomore, flew across the finish line to win the 1,600 meters in 4:52.9, just a few seconds shy of a personal record.
Xavier Johnson, just back from injury, took second in the 100 meters, finishing in 11.9.
In the 200 meters, Nelvin Suchite (24.0) and Schumann (24.2) took second and third, respectively.
Adrian Bello, a sophomore, and a newcomer to the team, ran the 100 meters in a fiery 11.8 and led Bonac in the triple jump with 36 feet, 8.25 inches. He also landed a 20-foot, 7-inch jump, but fouled by 2 inches. Talk of his potential floated across the track.
“We definitely have a young team with some inexperience and there’s a lot of talent in there,” Knight said. “Adrian Bello is going to be an absolutely amazing jumper. We just have to work on a bunch of finishes. When they get those finishes they’re going to jump even farther.”
