State track and field: Ayer-Shirley boys claim D6 title
Players and coaches from the Ayer-Shirley boys' track and field team pose with the championship banner after taking the team title with a stellar performance this week at Tufts University.
Boys' track and field
Division 6 State Championship: Senior Cole New won the 800 (meet record 1:55.38) and was second in the 400 (49.63) and Thomas Bergin won the javelin (155-8) to help the Panthers claim the team title with 71 points at Tufts University.
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Ayer-Shirley's Jullian Kikuba was second in the 800 (1:59.25), Jake Leone was fifth in the mile (4:33.53) and seventh in the 2 mile (9:49.57). Kikuba and New also teamed with Aidan Reed and Jacob Teo to finish third in the 1,600 relay (3:29.82), while Kikuba, Reed and Leone combined with Jack Holden to finish second in the 3,200 relay (8:25.82).
Lunenburg's Michael Laine was second in the 400 hurdles (56.70), Ray Beardmore was second in the shot put (56-11.50) and fourth in the discus (157-11) and Cam Begley was fifth in the 400 (49.88) as the Blue Knights took fourth with 37 points. Laine and Begley teamed with Lucas Pentedemos and Matthew Agnese to win the 1,600 relay (3:26.87).
Clinton sophomore Sean Blaze was third in the 100 (11.55) and Blaze (fourth, 22.58) and junior teammate Gavin Naughton (6th, 22.97) shined in the 200 to help the Gaels take eighth with 24 points. The Gaels' foursome of Alexender DoValle, Hugo Lima, Luke Tuttle and Drew Lemanski also finished fourth in the 400 relay (44.94.
Bromfield's Vasilis Psathas won the high jump (6-4), while Ben McWaters was fourth in the 2 mile (9:43.16) and also anchored the 3,200 relay team along with Harrison Binnick, Christian Johannesen and Liam Kemeza that took fourth (8:31.36) to help the Trojans take 12th with 22 points.
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Uxbridge's Julian Rosenburg won the discus (168-0) and the foursome of Gabriel Gomes, Aidan Nolan, Jake Richardson and Wilson Obiocha was second in the 400 relay (43.99) to place the Spartans in 14th.
Leicester's Jeremiah Kinsumba was second in the triple jump (46-5.25) and Cooper White was third in the 110 hurdles (15.68) to propel the Wolverines into a tie for 18th with Hopedale. The Blue Raiders were led by Ari Levine, who won the shot put (60-2.25) and was third in the discus (152-2).
Parker Charter's Danny Garrison was third in the 800 (1:59.28) and Nathaniel Henshaw was fourth in the mile (4:33.35), while Millbury's Jayden Delaleu was third in the high jump (6-4).
Division 4 Championship: Grafton's Calvary Jamoko was third in the long jump (23-0) and the triple jump (44-11) and Jackson DiFore was fourth in the high jump (6-2) as the Gators took 13th (23 points) at Merrimack College.
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Groton-Dunstable's Greyson Duane won the mile (4:21.55), Alexander Crouse was fifth in the javelin (157-5) and Andrew Kosiba placed seventh in the 800 (1:58.11) as the Crusaders took 19th.
Girls' track and field
Division 6 Championship: Lunenburg's Karyanna Long won the pentathlon (2,546 points, edging teammate Lyla Dellasanta (2,303 points), while Carli Stanford was second in the 400 (59.19) and third in the 200 (26.26), Sophia Viveiros was third in the 400 (60.88) and Olivia Coronella was third in the 800 (2:19.32) to help the Blue Knights finish third with 58 points at Tufts University. Viveiros, Coronella, Stanford and Anita White also won the 1,600 relay (4:04.63).
Uxbridge's Kendall Gilmore won the 400 (57.78) and was second in the 200 (25.68) and third in the long jump (17-4) to help the Spartans take seventh with 27 points.
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Ayer-Shirley's Ada Perwak was second in the pentathlon (473 points), Chandra Eli-Johnson took fourth in the 200 (26.58), Lorelai Levy was fifth in the 400 hurdles (67.54) and Elizabeth Cruz was fifth in the 400 (61.48) to place the Panthers in fourth with 40.5 points. Ayer-Shirley's J'Aliyah Mayes, Lauren Gaudetm Sastra Cherduville and Eli-Johnson took third in the 400 relay (52.25).
Bromfield's Evelyn Wool (5:08.80) won the 2 mile (11:02.04) and was second in the mile and Rosie Bradley was second in the 2 mile (11:11.81) and Sienna Schulz was fourth in the high jump (5-0) as the Trojans placed fifth with 34 points.
Littleton's Erin Regan won the mile (5:07.53), Bella Chen won the discus (102-11) and Madelyn Painter was third in the pole vault (9-6) to help the Tigers take sixth with 31.35 points.
Millbury's Mila Nikiforow won the 800 (2:18.18).
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Sutton's Annabelle Lamoreaux was second in the 800 (2:18.77) and third in the mile (5:11.91) and Vivien Bregman was fourth in the 400 (61.48). Sutton's Kayleen Boratyn, Vivian Bregman, Courtney Clemens and Annabella Lamoreaux was fourth in the 1,600 relay (4:13.12) as the Suzies finished 12th with 24 points.
Parker's Kinsley Kline won the pole vault (11-0) and Chrys Olsen was third in the shot put (32-11) and third in the discus (98-11) to lead the Panthers, while Tyngsborough's Savannah Jansson won the high jump (5-4) and Addison Collins was third in the 100 hurdles (16.49) and Hopedale's Mabel Carreiro, Ella Stokes, Meg Allen and Emily Oliver were third in the 3,200 relay (10:39.55).
Blackstone-Millville's Camille Wetherell was fourth in the long jump (16-9), Clinton's Abigail Kyser was third in the triple jump (35-5.24) and fifth in the long jump (6-9) and Douglas's Olivia DeFalco was fourth in the javelin (107-8).
Division 4 Championship: Auburn's Isabel Zukowski was second in the discus (116-4) and fourth in the shot put (34-6.50) to lead the locals at Merrimack College.
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Groton-Dunstable's Meghan McEleney was third in the mile (5:09.98) and fifth in the 800 (2:18.42) to help the Crusaders take 22nd.
Nashoba's Hannah Benoit was third in the high jump (5-0) and Valerie Michel took fifth in the 100 hurdles (15.73) and seventh in the 400 hurdles (1:08.92) to move the Wolves to 23rd.
Grafton's Isabelle Sullivan was fifth in the pole vault (8-0).
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