Ainsley Cuthbertson took her shot and put Lexington atop the Division 1 girls' track championship for the first time
Natick (65 points) and Westford (57 points) sit in second and third place with 18 of 19 girls' events accounted for — pole vault was pushed to Sunday due to the slippery conditions.
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'It's pretty new to me to be able to score points for the team at big meets like this,' said Cuthbertson, who had never previously won an event at states. 'Before my last throw, I heard [all my teammates] cheering, and I was like, 'I just have to do it for them.' So it feels amazing.'
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Freshman standout Amelia Whorton placed second in the 800 meter (2:10.16) and third in the mile (4:58.64), and junior Aubrey Deardorf was second in both the 100-meter (12.84) and long jump (19-04.5) for the Minutemen.
'We sort of made a statement in indoor, but we wanted to come back in outdoor and show everybody that while we're a young team, and we're not necessarily everybody's target, we're still here,' said coach Rebecca Trachsel. 'And we're here for a while because we don't have any seniors.'
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Weymouth's Ainsley Weber wins the javelin with a throw of 131 feet, 7 inches.
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On the boys' side, Lowell captured the team title with 87 points, narrowly edging Lexington (76) and Brookline (73).
The Red Raiders were paced by junior Ethan Thevenin, who surged to victories in the triple jump (46-07.00) and 400 (49.50) before sealing the team victory with a clutch fifth-place effort in the long jump (21-10.25), the meet's final event.
'Ethan just did so much for us today, can't say enough good things about what he did winning those two events and then closing it out for us,' said Lowell coach Nick McArdle. 'It was a grind, but everyone just stepped up. A full team effort.'
Brookline's Altamo Aschkenasy led from start to finish to capture the 1-mile at the Division 1 meet.
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The Raiders also got boosts from senior Khai Yin, who finished third in both the 110 hurdles (14.49) and 400 hurdles (55.10), and senior Emanuel Trinidad, who was second in discus (158-05) and third in shot put (52-07.50).
After missing the bulk of the cross-country and indoor track season due to a lingering illness, Westford star junior Abigail Hennessy made a triumphant return to the Division 1 stage.
In one of the meet's most dominant individual efforts, Hennessy claimed the girls' mile by 15 seconds (4:43.72) on Saturday, shattering the meet record by seven seconds. She also claimed the 800 (2:07.18) by three seconds.
At the D1 state championship meet, Westford junior Abigail Hennessy destroys the competition in the girls' mile, winning in 4:43.72.
She won the race by 15 seconds, and set a 7-second meet record. That's her second victory of the meet.
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Though Hennessy began separating within the opening lap and never faced much competition, she used the meet record as fuel.
'During the third lap, I just had to keep repeating myself, 'I can do this. I can do this,' ' Hennessy said. 'Especially with the wind in your face that last final stretch, I had to think about the meet record to make sure I'd finish strong.'
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Westford Academy's Abigail Hennessy outran her closest competitors to break the meet record in the girls' mile.
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Natick's Emmanuella Edozien (right) gets a hug from a teammate after winning the 100-meter hurdles.
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Shrewsbury's Darius Gibbons gives it his all to win the shot put with a throw of 55 feet, 10.25 inches.
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Natick's Chloe Elder had plenty of breathing room as she crossed the finish line to win the 400.
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Ryan Kyle of Westford Academy leaps for joy after seeing the results of his win in the 110-meter hurdles, which came two days after he set a state record in the 400 hurdles.
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