Tina Su, A&E Editor
Tina Su, Class of 2024, is a third year reporter and A+E editor for WSPN. She is a captain for the Wayland swim team and runs the Best Buddies club. Outside of school, she swims for her club team, Crimson Aquatics and enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with her friends and family.
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![Troy Hoyt finishes the Boston Marathon, running for the Hoyt Foundation. T. Hoyt is the son of Hoyt Foundation CEO Russ Hoyt.
“[Running a marathon] might seem like a big thing, when it’s presented to you at first, but if you break it up and just keep telling yourself, “Yes, you can,” you can start chipping away at it. And before you know it, you’ll be running the whole 26 miles, and you won’t even think twice about it.” T. Hoyt said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/C36E8761-1CBB-452E-9DF2-543EF7B1095E_1_105_c.jpeg)
![Seniors Garrett Batt, Tom White, Emmanuel Nzaramba and Jack Calverley work together in preparation for the Spring Fling. “We decided to host this because March is kind of a slow month [in which] there’s not really that much happening, so I just thought it would be fun to put pep back into everyone so people could look forward to something this month,” senior Delcie Peter said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-20-at-10.28.14-PM-1200x832.png)
![Wayland High School history teacher Erin Lehmann and business teacher Fred Lehmann have a unique love story filled with ups and downs. “When we first met, we didn't like each other,” E. Lehmann said. “I was already dating someone and my friend knew it, but she thought I could do better. When I met F. Lehmann that first night, I just remember [that] I wasn't looking for anything and we just didn't really hit it off.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1222-1200x800.jpeg)
![Wayland High School Theater Ensemble (WHSTE) will perform their annual fall play, “SpongeBob Musical,” on Nov. 16, Nov. 17 and Nov. 18. "It’s going to be an incredibly entertaining musical," WHSTE director Aidan O'Hara said. "It was on Broadway five or six years ago and it's unique [because] each song is written by a different music performer. There's [songs] by Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Panic at the Disco!, the Plain White T's, Lady Antebellum– all of these pop stars contributed a song and it took shape as a Broadway show that is fun for adults and kids. It has all of the different kinds of humor."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/wtRaTVmlGYBYOLazYKZToWyqXQZIVWI9LPr2j3ll.png)
![Liberty’s Pizza owners Sam (middle) and Shery (right) Maksimous are pictured behind their shop’s front desk with a customer. On Oct. 3, the auto body shop in the Cochituate Plaza caught on fire, causing significant smoke damage to Liberty’s. “We lost our lives,” owner Shery Maksimous said. “The business is like our home [since] we’re not from here. My husband and I have fought to get a good life for us and our four kids. When [the fire] started, it [hurt us because] our whole family’s [sacrifices] were in the store. My kids grew up there.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ngEzkegHrHXZzApUnQheggPYcrOqbuqZsBrMHArm.jpg)
![On Sept. 22, 2023, Wayland Hockey Association hosted their annual golf tournament to fundraise for the Wayland hockey program. "Local businesses, foundations and hockey families [sponsor the event,]" WHA President Rob Desmond said. "[Former hockey players participating] really speaks to the strength of the community."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bfIVV90iast6VjNcG4rlTsOwenPOALLRKByMqrLs-1200x800.jpg)
![Right off of Route 20 sits Wayland Mini Market, a shop with over 20 years of history. The market opened before any other convenience store in the area. “I love my business because [even though] you need to put in a lot of time, I [get to interact] with my customers,” Wayland Mini Market owner Ahmed Mousa said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-25-at-9.20.29-AM-900x600.png)
![“I’ve learned that good people act the same in all environments,” Yo Boca Taco owner KC Ueberroth said. “They’re good with their friends, they’re good with their business, they behave the same always. I think the one thing that [Yo Boca Taco] does well is behave well. We have a really good vision and pillars.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-21-at-12.35.26-PM-e1669052680984-900x601.png)
