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Athletes display competitive spirit at indoor meet

Groton Area’s Laila Roberts, right, leads Aberdeen Roncalli’s Morgan Fiedler, left, as they sprint for the finish line in the 4x160 relay Thursday at the Cavalier Relays in the Barnett Center. Photo by John Davis taken 4/14/2022
While Thursday's indoor track and field meet was not even on the radar a few days ago, athletes showed up primed and ready to compete. Aberdeen Roncalli put together a last-minute meet at the Barnett Center for area teams which had meets canceled this past week, and athletes put it all on the line during the Cavalier Relays to win events and set personal records. One of those was Groton freshman Laila Roberts. Running the anchor leg on the 640-meter relay, Roberts found herself standing next to Roncalli standout Morgan Fiedler as the third runners were heading in with the baton. Roberts described her emotions as teammate Aspen Johnson handed her the baton just before Fiedler took the pass from her teammate to start the final leg. "It's scary," Roberts said of the prospect of racing against Fiedler. "I’m glad that Aspen got in front of it otherwise I don’t think I would have been able to catch her." As it was, Roberts had the difficult task of staying in front of Fied

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