The Marblehead High girls spring track team (4-1) lost its first meet of the year to Masco, 74-62 on April 30. The boys (2-3) were also upended by the Chieftains, 103-33. “Masco was quite impressive,” coach Nolan Raimo said succinctly after the double loss.
Girls high jump
Paige Tredwell (5-0) won the high jump on just one single attempt. “Paige passed on 4-10 after two misses to put pressure on the Masco high jumper, who did not clear that height, and she then proceeded to leap five-feet on her last attempt,” said Raimo.
Elise Burchfield (4-10) finished second. “This was her fourth event of the day, and fatigue was starting to set in,” said Raimo.
Boys high jump
Clark Roszell (5-8) tied his personal best to come in second. “Clark has been incredibly consistent with his 5-8 clearances, and even though he’s changing his form in practice for the better, he’s still clearing 5-8, which is a great sign,” said Raimo.
Seamus Crowley (5-6) returned from injury to place third. Noah Smerka and Colin Burke (5-2) tied for fifth.
Girls long jump
Elise Burchfield (16-2) bested the entire field. Tredwell (13-7.5) ended up sixth. Faith Apostolopoulos (12-6.5) was right behind her in seventh place. Arianna Leahy (12-3) came in eighth. Both Apostolopoulos and Leahy are newcomers to the event.
Boys long jump
Elian Colon (17-5) placed third in his first varsity jump of the season. “Elian has been finding success in many events, while also coming through with quality times and distances,” said Raimo.
Noah Jackson (16-7) returned to the long jump for the first time this spring after jumping indoors, and was able to finish sixth. Marco Bonalume (15-2), an exchange student from Italy, has made an immediate impact as a jumper, and it’s all because of his dedication and discipline, according to Raimo. In his varsity debut against Masco, he accounted for a seventh-place finish. Nate Selby (14-7.25) came in eighth.
Girls triple jump
Campbell Crane (29-4.5) secured a vital point in this close meet to account for a third-place finish.
Boys triple jump
Claudio Gusmao Gonzalez (32-7) secured a fifth-place finish.
Girls shot put
Lillian Reddy (31-10) came out on top after nearing her personal best that she set during the indoor season.
Hannah O’Brien (24-3) captured third. Naomi Goodwin (23-9.5), competing in only her second meet of the season, continued to make progress, according to Raimo. Hailey Gilmore (21-4.5) was eighth.
Boys shot put
Logan McRae-Hughes (33-3) finished fifth. Tucker Crane (32-8) was a close sixth, followed by Isaiah Byron-Smarra (30-9, personal best by over five-feet) seventh and Connor Noonan (26-9) eighth.
Girls discus
Reddy threw an impressive 79-8 to finish second. O’Brien (73-9) followed with a fourth-place finish. Loren Liu (57-1.5) was seventh, and Gilmore (54-8.5) eighth.
Boys discus
Graham Firestone (124-1.5, personal best) was credited with a first-place finish. “Graham is now third on our all-time list for discus throwers, or 20-feet behind his coach Danny Plunkett,” said Raimo.
McRae-Hughes (110-10.5) was third, Crane (90-7.5) seventh and Noonan (63-10) eighth.
Girls javelin
Mia Mabry (64-5, personal best) led the way for Marblehead with a fourth-place finish. Julia Betz (53-7) finished sixth, Jesslyn Roemer (44-9) was seventh and Addison Rotigliano (43-5, personal best) eighth.
Boys javelin
Phineas Jakious (123-6) came in fourth, and was followed by Firestone (114-11), who finished sixth.
Girls 400-meter hurdles
Juliet Burchfield (77.0. personal best) earned an important second place finish to keep the meet close.
Boys 400-meter hurdles
Colin Hart (65.3) continues to lead this hurdle squad after finishing third in this meet. Brady Leveroni (70.2) turned in an impressive debut to finish fifth.
Girls 100-meter hurdles
Elise Burchfield (16.4, personal best) came in second. Tredwell (16.8), battling a foot injury, still managed to finish third. Leahy (19.2) was sixth.
Boys 100-meter hurdles
Nate Jendrysik (16.5, personal best) finished strong once again in second place. Colon (16.7) was close behind in third place. Jackson (17.7) came in fourth.
Girls 100-meters
Lucy Flynn (12.4) won the dash with a new personal best time. Roszell (13.4) was fifth.
Boys 100-meters
Jake Bobowski (11.1) squared up with the fastest sprinter in the NEC, Arbri Halilaj of Masco, and stayed with him all the way to the finish line, ending up a close second. Ryan Corrigan (11.4, personal best) returned from vacation on a mission, completing the race among the lead runners in fourth place. Selby (11.5, season best time) finished a close fifth.
Girls 200-meters
Flynn (26.0), a sophomore, unofficially tied for the fastest stopwatch time in program history – the official record (26.24, electronic time) still belongs to Mary Keroak (2008) and Cate Trautman (2023).
Sophia Patterson (29.4) stepped down from the 400, and came through with a fourth-place finish. Lidia Jasmine Tiedra (29.8) was fifth.
Boys 200-meters
Slater Johnson (24.2) finished fourth, and Colon (25.1) was fifth.
Girls 400-meters
Gabby Hendy (65.0) held on for dear life to capture second. Norah Walsh finished fourth in the JV race. Liv Carlson (67.7) was sixth, and Sophie Bacon (74.9) ninth.
Boys 400-meters
Johnson (54.3, personal best), like in the 200, also finished fourth. Eben Weed (55.0) was right behind him in fifth place. Jack Franklin (57.7) came in sixth.
Girls 800-meters
Sarah Munroe (2:30) completes the exhaustive double of also running the mile to finish second in the half-mile. Marion Grace Ladouceur (2:46.7) accounted for a fifth-place finish.
Boys 800-meters
Will Cerrutti (2:01.7) broke the tape first, beating his Masco counterpart in a photo finish. Henrik Adams (2:05) was third. Will Cruikshank (2:14) chipped in with a fifth-place finish.
Girls mile
Munroe came back to win the mile in 5:52 after competing in the aforementioned 800. “Sarah has started to emerge as one of the top distance runners in the conference,” said Raimo.
Ruby Assa (6:02.4) came through with a third-place finish. Anna Cruikshank (7:20.1) was sixth, and Madalyn Gelb (8:22.1) seventh.
Boys mile
Nate Assa (4:48.6) remains undefeated in the conference. Filip Grubor (5:13.7) finished fifth, and Peter Sullivan (5:30.8) was sixth. David Alpert (5:48) and Sawyer Harrison (5:51.1) rounded out the local runners, while coming in seventh and eighth place, respectively.
Girls 4×100
Lilah Greten, Roszell, Jasmine Tiedra and Elise Burchfield won this relay in 53.3.
Boys 4×100
Ari Gold, Julien Poitevin, Drew Goldman and Luis Alvarez (46.3) finished second to the Chieftains.
Girls 4×400
Hendy, Juliet Burchfield, Walsh and Carlson finished second in 4:31.6.
Boys 4×400
Jendrysik, Johnson, Adams and Regnault competed against a formidable Masco foursome, and were still able to put together an impressive time of 3:49.3 to finish a close second.
