Like many athletes, Riverside Brookfield High School junior Rebecca Dosek faced having multiple favorite sports in the same competition seasons. After playing softball the past two springs, Dosek is trying track and field for the first time.
“I’ve always wanted to try track but it overlapped with soccer,” Dosek said. “For my freshman and sophomore years, I decided to just stick with soccer because I had been playing it for so long. With only two more years left of high school, I figured I would give track a try this year because I would regret not trying it out.”
So far, Dosek has been among many highlights for the Bulldogs. On Saturday, she was part of two third-place relays at the annual home Bulldog Relays. The RBHS boys finished fourth (62 points) and the girls were 10th (22.5 points) in the invite that combines results from varsity, junior varsity and frosh-soph competition, including several additional relays.
Senior Matthew Torrens had the lone event victory, taking the boys pole vault with a height of 3.73 meters/12 feet-2¾ inches.
Nazareth Academy junior Daniel Lewis of Brookfield won the boys 3,200-meter run (9:52.95) by nearly 44 seconds.
Riverside/Brookfield’s Quinn Hendricks anchors the 4×400 meter relay during the Riverside/Brookfield Track Invite held Saturday April 12, 2025. (Erica Benson) 
Riverside/Brookfield’s Kira Addie Vaia hands the baton off to Jorie Eggers while running the 4×400 meter relay during the Riverside/Brookfield Track Invite held Saturday April 12, 2025. (Erica Benson) 
Riverside/Brookfield’s Brady Norman runs the 1600 meter during the Riverside/Brookfield Track Invite held Saturday April 12, 2025. (Erica Benson) 
Riverside/Brookfield’s Brady Norman runs the 1600 meter during the Riverside/Brookfield Track Invite held Saturday April 12, 2025. (Erica Benson) 
Riverside/Brookfield’s Gianna Gelb runs the 1600 meter during the Riverside/Brookfield Track Invite held Saturday April 12, 2025. (Erica Benson) 
Riverside/Brookfield’s Elizabeth Moran runs the 1600 meter during the Riverside/Brookfield Track Invite held Saturday April 12, 2025. (Erica Benson) 
Riverside/Brookfield’s Emmitt Olsen runs the 1600 meter relay during the Riverside/Brookfield Track Invite held Saturday April 12, 2025. (Erica Benson) 
Riverside/Brookfield’s Omar Guzman runs the 1600 meter relay during the Riverside/Brookfield Track Invite held Saturday April 12, 2025. (Erica Benson)
Dosek, seniors Jorie Eggers and Gianna Gelb and junior Addie Vaia combined to take third in both the girls 4 x 800 relay (10:20.36) and varsity 4 x 400 relay (4:21.40).
“I was just really proud of the relay teams. We all did really well and I enjoyed cheering them on,” said Dosek, who ran first in both relays. “As for why I tend to lead the relays, it’s just what we as a team have found to work best.”
“My race highlight was our 4 x 800,” Eggers said. “From what we ran at one of our meets prior, we shaved our time down by almost 30 seconds. I think we were all happy with how the race went.”
Dosek is no stranger to running. She’s been all-conference in cross country and part of the regular varsity lineup. She got an early confidence boost track-wise with her fourth-place 2:37.28 in the 800 at the indoor Upstate Eight Conference Meet March 22.
“I was running with a lot of really fast girls and I surprised myself when I did well enough to earn a medal,” Dosek said. “For me, cross country and track races feel nothing alike. Cross country is all about long-distance endurance and in track meets I’m usually running mid-distance. In cross country, I know I have a long race ahead of me (generally 3 miles). In track, the distance is much shorter and I don’t have to conserve nearly as much energy.”
Eggers added that she was disappointed with her third-place 51.10 in the 300 low hurdles but noted this was her first time racing this season.
At most invites, the 4 x 400 relay is three events after the 300 hurdles. There was more recovery time Saturday with the addition of the 1,600 medley relays.
“Even though my legs can get a little tired [competing the 300 hurdles and 4 x 400], the adrenaline kicks in and I forget all about it,” Eggers said. “It doesn’t feel like a tough transition at all since they are similar distances and it feels much easier not having to jump over hurdles.”
The junior varsity 4 x 400 of Adriana Svora, Sadie De La Varga, Julia Daniels and Courtney Frank was sixth (5:02.30). Aileen Rivera tied for seventh in high jump (1.32m/4-4).
In the boys races, seniors Brady Norman (1,600 in 4:27.16) and Asa Kahle (11.83m/38-9¾ in triple jump) both finished third. Norman already is in range of the 4:21.89 Class 3A state-qualifying standard.
Kahle, Henry Walker, Quinn Hendricks and Clayton Dosek combined for fourth in the 4 x 800 and (8:46.16) and varsity 4 x 400 (3:33.63). Wayne Torrens, Matthew’s twin brother, (6.08m/19-11½ in long jump) and the varsity 4 x 800 of and the varsity 1,600 sprint medley relay of Ryan Kendall, Omar Guzman, Samuel Lee and Emmitt Olson (2:22.82) also finished fourth.
Calvin Martin and De’Marcus Robateau finished 5-6 in high jump and Joseph Alberts was fifth in shot put (11.91m/39-1). The varsity 4 x 100 of Mateo Santini, Matthew Torrens, Levi Huffman and Wayne Torrens was sixth (47.88). Taking seventh were Cooper Sahlas (5.50m/18-0½ in. long jump) and Wayne Torrens (100 in 12.02).
The frosh-soph 800 sprint medley relay of Ronin Pasimio, Omar Guzman, Ben Weisman and Bryson Reum (1:47.63) and 1,600 sprint medley relay of Weisman, Kaimeon Jackson, Huffman and Aiden O’Brien (4:05.43) both were third. The frosh-soph 4 x 400 of Huffman, O’Brien, Wilson Leister and Reum was fourth (3:57.77).