Full Circle’s Gabrielle Etienne had good cause to celebrate after her outstanding performance at the New England Track Finals.

By Rebecca Danvers

Gabrielle Etienne, a junior at Full Circle and member of Somerville’s Varsity Girls’ Track Team, heaved a personal best of 40’0″ at the New England Track Finals on Friday, February 27 to earn a 6th-place finish in the shot put event. She topped her previous personal record by more than 2 feet.

Etienne’s previous best of 37’8″ came in a 4th-place finish at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) State Finals held at the Reggie Lewis Center on Saturday, February 21.

Her personal best throw at the State meet took her from 7th place to 4th place, and qualified her for the New England Finals the following week.