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The 17th Annual Clipper Relays took place at beautiful Maudsley State Park in Newburyport. This has always been a great way to kick the season off as some of the states best teams and individuals were in attendance. The race consists of a six mile relay race made of teams of three runners. It's a perfect way to open the season as many coaches get to enjoy this non traditional meet, as they get a glimpse at how much progress their athletes made over the long hot
Tewksbury High school captured Top honors for the girls meet. The team of Rachel Sessa, Emily Sessa, and Lauren Polimeno ran 35:53. The Sessa sisters are former soccer players that are making the transition on to a very strong cross country team. The Tewksbury girls finished a strong 3rd place in last years All State Finals. The Redman return six of the Top 7 runners from the 2015 team.
Last years winner Beverly High School finished 2nd place with a time of 35:53.
Top 25 Girls Results 1 TEWKSBURY 180 35:53 5:59 2 BEVERLY 147 36:05 6:01 3 PEABODY 330 36:59 6:10 4 EXETER 99 38:04 6:21 5 LEXINGTON 256 38:25 6:25 6 NEWBURYPORT 17 38:30 6:25 7 ANDOVER 410 38:44 6:28 8 weston 226 38:45 6:28 9 CHELMSFORD 360 39:00 6:30 10 AMESBURY 301 39:04 6:31 11 LOWELL 457 39:07 6:32 12 TEWKSBURY 181 39:12 6:32 13 reading 204 39:13 6:33 14 HAVERHILL 484 39:20 6:34 15 LEXINGTON 257 39:23 6:34 16 NO ANDOVER 127 39:25 6:35 17 TYNGSBORO 66 39:27 6:35 18 WAYLAND 274 39:32 6:36 19 ANDOVER 411 39:42 6:37 20 PENTUCKET 382 39:55 6:40 21 MARBLEHEAD 435 40:12 6:42 22 TEWKSBURY 183 40:32 6:46 23 DRACUT 355 40:32 6:46 24 LEXINGTON 258 40:35 6:46 25 TIMBERLANE 35 40:42 6:47
Marcelo Rocha of Peabody crushed the first leg with an approximate time of 9:25.
Top 25 Boys Teams 1 WELLESLEY 288 29:31 4:56 2 LOWELL 462 29:36 4:56 3 LOWELL 461 29:54 4:59 4 NEWBURYPORT 1 30:07 5:02 5 PEABODY 342 30:24 5:04 6 LEXINGTON 266 30:26 5:05 7 LOWELL 463 31:11 5:12 8 NORWELL 975 31:18 5:13 9 ST JOHN PREP 115 31:34 5:16 10 NO ANDOVER 134 31:37 5:16 11 LEXINGTON 267 31:40 5:17 12 ANDOVER 418 31:40 5:17 13 reading 211 31:56 5:20 14 MARBLEHEAD 443 31:58 5:20 15 AMESBURY 308 31:59 5:20 16 CHELMSFORD 370 32:04 5:21 17 LOWELL 464 32:15 5:23 18 WELLESLEY 290 32:27 5:25 19 bc high 191 32:29 5:25 20 WELLESLEY 291 32:30 5:25 21 LEXINGTON 268 32:31 5:26 22 PENTUCKET 393 32:32 5:26 23 PEABODY 341 32:32 5:26 24 weston 231 32:33 5:26 25 LOWELL 465 32:56 5:30