The Twins

I'm old and I forget stuff.  I have been shamefully woeful in tracking the freshman indoor track season of the greatest dynamic duo ever produced by Evangelical Christian School in Fort Myers.  Of course I speak of the Oliveira twins, Moriah and Sierra.  The 400 and 800 meter specialists respectfully signed with the University of Miami.  The U is a pretty stout track and field power.  While not at the level of Florida and Florida State. Miami produces great track and field athletes.

I am opiniated about what I think these two sensational runners could accomplish.  I felt that both needed to move up in distance, Moriah to the 800 and Sierra to the 1500.  I think they did a heck of a job of proving my opinion wrong.

Miami had a shortened indoor schedule but the twins were front and center in their meager schedule leading up the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships were they shined.  We'll start with Sierra were she dropped a major PR bomb in the 800 running 2:07.81 to qualify into the finals.  Meanwhile Moriah was doing her thing in the 400 prelims running 54.52 to qualify for Saturday's finals when both girls would run.  And boy did they.

Moriah was up at the track three weeks ago in Clemson smashing her PR running 54.08 to place second in the ACC.  A great accomplishment for a freshman in a conference full of super sprinters.  Sierra followed a short time later in the 800 where 2:08.36 to score points with a respectable 8th place finish.

The fireworks came at the end of the meet when the twins led the Hurricanes to the ACC title in the 4x400 meter relay.  Both girls ran splits in the 53's and Moriah earlier in the season split a sub 53 in a relay.  The Hurricanes finished second in the race for the team title thanks to the 19 points scored by the twins.

The Oliveira Twins have made an amazing transformation from a small school track and field program into a NCAA Division I powerhouse without skipping a beat.  I suspect they are future All Americans in the making.