Great job today, we had three new state qualifiers - including one new double qualifier - as well as many other PR's in the Tri-Valley League championship.
New State Qualifiers
Evan Vasilauskas, 55m Dash (6.94)
Evan Vasilauskas, 55m hurdles (8.50)
Nikki Kerrigan, 300 (43.27)
Kiara Hanlon, 1000 (3:22.15)
Girls Mile - Chelsea Dubin earned one of the top-6 ribbons with a 5:44.95, a new PR, while Maggie Naughton took 10th with a 6-second PR of 5:48.25!
Boys Mile - Jack Boyd PR'd with a great sixth place finish in 4:44.03 (1.5 second PR). Tanner Datz just missed his big goal of 4:59, but took 10th overall in a 4-second PR of 5:00.99!
Girls 600 - Sydney Snow finished a close third in 1:42.25, while fellow freshman Eve Bagley nearly made states with a massive 5 second PR in 1:48.57!
Boys 600 - Ryan Leonard earned another ribbon for the team, finishing fifth in 1:28.72, just a few tenths off his PR. Ryan Moser won the unseeded heat easily in 1:29.30, a PR and seventh overall!
Girls Freshman Mile: Katie DesRochers PR'd by nearly 20 seconds, running a 6:09 to take second. Right behind her in third was Abby Meltzer in 6:13!
Boys Freshman Mile: Kevin Montain's 10 second PR of 5:17 was good for fourth overall!
Girls High Jump - Madison Ward PR'd yet again, breaking her own freshman school record with a jump of 5'0 - on her first attempt, no less! She took fourth, just missing second on tiebreakers. Devin Cuevas was seventh on tiebreakers at 4'6.
Boys High Jump - Nick Bernard tied for 13th at 5'2.
Girls Shot Put - Hannah Brady just missed her PR by 3 inches, throwing 25'10 for 13th. Caitlin Turner took 19th at 23'2.
Boys Shot Put - Max Chisholm was 16th in 33'11.
Girls 55m hurdles - Juliana Van Pelt made the finals and took 8th overall, running 10.26. Diana Waterman finished ninth overall in 10.38.
Boys 55m hurdles - Logan Cotto had our highest finish of the day, taking second in 8.53 seconds. Evan Vasilauskas was fourth in 8.65, but qualified for states with an 8.50 in the preliminary round.
Girls 55m dash - Nikki Kerrigan just missed the finals in 8.00 (9th), while freshmen Casey Rothschild was 13th in 8.17, and Lily Stering was 20th in 8.55.
Boys 55m dash - Evan finished sixth in 7.01, though his trials time of 6.94 qualifies him for states! Unfortunately, there was virtually no rest between the trials and finals. Matt McIsaac was 16th in 7.43, tying his PR, while Isaac Fadden was 18th in 7.58.
Girls 300 - To put this in proper context, Nikki Kerrigan's home PR was 46.5, indicating she probably could break 45. Instead, she hammered a 43.27, easily qualiying for states and just missing second place by 0.10 seconds (behind a girl who's made All-States in the 400 multiple seasons!). Shauna Rockett ran a 46.21 to take ninth overall, winning her heat.
Boys 300 - Jake O'Connell broke the 40-second barrier, finishing 9th in 39.62, several spots above his projected seed! Nate Bubello ran 40.72 to take 15th.
Girls 1000 - Katie Salley held off a furious charge by a Westwood girl to take fourth place in 3:16.22, two full seconds faster than her PR at Coaches' Invite! Right behind her was new state qualifier Kiara Hanlon, who took 9th in 3:22.15!
Boys 1000 - Matt Simonelli PR'd by 7 seconds in 2:51.99, taking 8th place!
Girls 2 Mile - Madison Ward just missed the top-6, taking seventh in 12:41, while Jess Strzempko took 12th in 13:44!
Boys 2 Mile - Mike Glazebrook also finished seventh, running a 10:48.50, while brother Ed Glazebrook ran 11:17.40 to take eighth.
Girls 4x400 - The girls PR'd with a 4:22.18, in order Shauna Rockett (64.1), Chelsea Dubin (66.6), Sydney Snow (64.6), and Virginia Hanstad (66.4)!
Boys 4x400 - Despite not having usual anchor Logan Cotto, the boys stepped up with a 3:42.81 for fourth place, just 0.50 away from second! The splits were Ryan Leonard (54.3), Cole Osten (56.2), Jake O'Connell (56.1), and Ryan Moser (56.0)!
Girls 4x200 - The girls finished second in 1:58.81 beating Westwood by 0.01 - congrats to Devin Cuevas, Lily Stering, Ally Rosati, and Casey Rothschild!
Boys 4x200 - The boys also finished second in 1:41.89, great job by Isaac Fadden, Matt McIsaac, Ben Clapper, and Nate Bubello!
