The Marblehead High girls spring track team remained undefeated at 3-0 after sweeping both host Danvers (85-40) and Swampscott (70-51) during a Northeastern Conference tri-meet on April 8. The boys, on the other hand, split the meet, losing to Danvers (72-64), while beating the Big Blue (89-38).
“It has actually been a good start to the season for both squads, especially considering we are running in horrible weather conditions,” said coach Nolan Raimo.
Girls high jump
Greta Sachs and Paige Tredwell (4-6) tied for first. “By the time this event started, it was freezing cold. It was just a matter of securing points for the team and staying healthy, not jumping their best,” said Raimo.
Boys high jump
Clark Roszell (5-8) led the jump squad with a solid third place finish. He was followed by teammates Seamus Crowley (5-6, fifth) and Colin Burke (5-2, sixth).
Girls long jump
Elise Burchfield soared to victory with a jump of 16-9.5. Tredwell (15-8) secured second place. Lilah Greten (13-3), making her long jump varsity debut, finished sixth overall.
Boys long jump
Burke (17-9) led the way with a third-place finish, followed by Ryan Corrigan (17-4) and Nate Selby (17-2).
Girls triple jump
Ava Machado (29-3.5) captured first place. Campbell Crane (28-0, fourth) followed close behind in terms of distance.
Boys triple jump
Graham Firestone (35-8) led the way for his teammates with a fifth-place finish. Claudio Gusmao Gonzalez (32-4.25) came in seventh.
Girls shot put
Hailey Gilmore (21-8) accounted for a fifth-place finish, followed by Hannah O’Brien (21-6, sixth) and Loren Liu (21-1.5, seventh).
Boys shot put
Phineas Jakious and Tucker Crane both threw 32-7 to tie for the sixth spot. Logan McRae Hughes (30-3) came in ninth. Connor Noonan (23-5) rounded out the Marblehead group, placing 12th.
Girls discus
O’Brien (79-2) won the event, with Lillian Reddy (78-2) coming in second. Liu (62-3) and Cora Gerson (41-11) also turned in solid performances.
Boys discus
Firestone (98-6) came in first, followed by Crane (94-0, second) and McRae-Hughes (92-7, third).
Girls javelin
Lillian Reddy (68-10) finished fourth, followed by teammates Mia Mabry (59-10), Julia Betz (51-11) and Addison Rotigliano (39-4).
Boys javelin
Firestone (134-11) captured his second victory of the day. Jakious (132-0) secured second place.
Felix Regnault (64-9), who joined the javelin squad the previous week, is picking it up fast, and he will continue to improve, according to Raimo.
Girls 400-meter hurdles
Juliet Burchfield (79.5) finished second. Norah Walsh (81.1) took third.
Boys 400-meter hurdles
Colin Hart (63.5) led the way for Marblehead with a second-place finish. Nate Jendrysik (67.5) was close behind in third.
Girls 100-meter hurdles
Elise Burchfield (17-6) broke the tape first, just ahead of Tredwell (17.9), who ended up second. Faith Apostolopoulos (21.3) was seventh.
Boys 100-meter hurdles
Elian Colon (17.1) placed second, followed by Noah Jackson (20.1, third) and Brady Leveroni (20.7, sixth).
Girls 100
Machado (12.7) remains undefeated in the 100. Lucy Flynn (13.5, fourth) and Charlie Roszell, (13.6, fifth) also competed well for the Magicians.
Boys 100
Corrigan (11.0) posted his best 100 this season to come in second overall. Jacob Bobowski (11.5) was third. Nathan Selby (12.0) placed sixth.
Girls 200
Flynn (27.5) remains undefeated in the 200. Roszell (29.1) followed in third, 29.1. Lilah Greten (30.6) was fifth.
Boys 200
Bobowski (23.3) captured first. Slater Johnson (24.7) finished fourth. Luis Alvarez (26.9) came in 10th.
Girls 400
Gabrielle Hendy (66 seconds) led the charge with a second-place finish. Olivia Vanden Heuvel
(70.1, sixth), Sophie Bacon (1:14.4, seventh) and Sophia Patterson (1:14.5, eighth) also enjoyed top finishes.
Boys 400
William Cerrutti (56.8) stepped way down from the mile to run an impressive time to finish second overall. “If the race was another 20 meters, he would’ve won it,” said Raimo.
Eben Weed (58.4) followed in fourth, while Jack Franklin (59.1) placed seventh.
Girls 800
Norah Walsh (2:42.9) continued her stellar season with another first-place finish. Marion Grace Ladouceur (2:50.9) took fifth. Ivana Nguyen (3:06.6) was ninth.
Boys 800
Nate Assa doubled up in both the two-mile and 800 in this tri-meet, and won them both.
Girls mile
Sarah Munroe (5:45.4) edged out the competition to come in first. Emily Sullivan (6:15.2) placed fourth. Maren Potter 6:42.9) was sixth, Georgine Nohelty (6:48) seventh, Evelina Beletsky (7:02.5) eighth and Madalyn Gelb (8:25.1) ninth.
Boys mile
In an extraordinary showing of sportsmanship, Will Conklin, the top Danvers distance runner, ran stride for stride with Zach Pike (4:56) to help pace his Marblehead counterpart to a sub five-minute mile. Pike finished second, but overall, it was a huge personal accomplishment for him to just break that time barrier. “There’s a long running camaraderie between Marblehead and Danvers distance runners, and it was special for Conklin and Pike to work together to set a new personal best for him,” said Raimo.
Girls two-mile
Ruby Assa (12:56.5) ran a gutsy race to finish third. “The two mile is a tough race, but it gets even tougher when the field is only made up of three runners. But Ruby had a plan and stuck with it,” said Raimo.
Boys two-mile
The Marblehead pack of Nate Assa (10:22.1, first), Cerrutti (10:22.4, second) and Henrik Adams (10:22.8, third) swept the event. Jonah Potach also turned in a solid effort to take seventh in
10:44.4.
Girls 4×100
Lilah Greten, Ava Machado, Lidia Jasmine Tiedra and Liv Carlson (54.1) cruised to a first-place finish.
Boys 4×100
This Marblehead quartet of Seamus Crowley, Luis Alvarez, Drew Goldman and Ethan Horgan (50 seconds) finished second. “They rallied together to topple Danvers, while narrowly losing to Swampscott in a photo finish,” said Raimo. “They have made tremendous progress since the start of the season.”
