It simply doesn't get any better than this.
With a crucial fourth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay, the final event of the night, Concord-Carlisle clinched the girls' team title at the MIAA Division 3 Championships on Wednesday. The Patriots scored 64.5 points, just a half a point ahead of runner-up Hopkinton. In the boys' competition, pre-meet favorite Catholic Memorial easily defeated second-place Concord-Carlisle, 67-46.
The meet, held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, featured several outstanding performances on both the boys' and girls' side.
Bishop Feehan's Anne Leahy was a double-winner, capturing the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.36 seconds and the 300m at 41.0.
Three of the girls' races on the track were determined in the final few meters. Hopkinton's Caitlyn Halloran edged Sharon's Ariadne Tolay in the 600m with a time of 1:36.79 to Tolay's 1:36.89. In the 1,000m, Hopkinton's Isabelle Giordano was a narrow victor over Concord-Carlisle's Sarah Reicheld, breaking the tape in 2:58.36. Reichheld was timed in 2:58.87. Plymouth North went 1-2 in the mile with sophomore Elizabeth Marshall taking the prize in 5:17.78 and teammate Kate Fisher snagging second in 5:18.99.
Competing in the unseeded heat, Concord-Carlise nearly broke the meet mark in the 4x200m. finishing with a first-place time of 1:45.51, just .42 from the record. In the high jump, Zoe Dainton of Hingham broke a 30-year-old meet record by matching her best with a height of 5-8.
In the boys' meet, Catholic Memorial set a MR in the 4x400m, combining for a time of 3:27.50. Fitchburg came a few strides from doing the same in the 4x200m. winning the event with a time of 1:32.19, just .48 from the meet record.
As expected, the 600m proved to be a thriller as John Lara of Catholic Memorial held off Aiden Foucault-Etheridge of Amherst Pelham with his winning time of 1:22.43. Foucault-Etheridge finished at 1:22.46.
Dartmouth's Colin McCabe earned gold in the shot put with a heave of 56-11.25.
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Elite performances from this session
Girls Highlights
- 1,000 Meter Run - Isabelle Giordano (Hopkinton High School) 2:58.36; Sarah Reichheld (Concord Carlisle High School) 2:58.87; Erin Giugno (Marlborough High School) 3:01.33; Dana Lowney (Oliver Ames High School) 3:05.17; Soleil Tseng (Belmont High School) 3:05.56; Nicole Norve (Whitman Hanson Regional High School) 3:07.22;
- Two Mile Run - Sophia Jacobs-to (Amherst-Pelham Regional High School) 11:16.85; Gabrielle Lawrence (Shepherd Hill Regional High School) 11:41.00; Kaylee Hill (Hingham High School) 11:44.50; Emma Whitehead (Shepherd Hill Regional High School) 11:45.00;
- 300 Meter Dash - Anne Leahy (Bishop Feehan High School) 41.00; Caitlin Haley (Plymouth North High School) 41.14; Valerie Reiling (Concord Carlisle High School) 42.43; Lottie Franck (Concord Carlisle High School) 42.62; Danielle Kelly (Belmont High School) 42.63; Emily Mastroianni (Hopkinton High School) 42.69; Claudia Koontz (Concord Carlisle High School) 42.70; Jada Johnson (Sharon High School) 43.01;
- 4x200 Meter Relay - Concord Carlisle High School 1:45.51; Winchester High School 1:46.50; Plymouth North High School 1:46.87; Sharon High School 1:47.86; North Attleboro High School 1:47.89; Hingham High School 1:47.95;
- 4x400 Meter Relay - Hopkinton High School 4:06.81; Winchester High School 4:07.86;
- 4x800 Meter Relay - Hopkinton High School 9:45.24; Concord Carlisle High School 9:49.41; Walpole High School 9:54.81; Plymouth North High School 9:59.77;
- 55 Meter Dash - Anne Leahy (Bishop Feehan High School) 7.36;
- 600 Meter Run - Caitlyn Halloran (Hopkinton High School) 1:36.79; Ariadne Tolay (Sharon High School) 1:36.89; Emma Sullivan (Shepherd Hill Regional High School) 1:38.75; Grace Desmond (Westborough High School) 1:38.93; Mia Carazza (Winchester High School) 1:39.18; Hannah Neilon (Fitchburg High School) 1:42.36;
- High Jump - Zoe Dainton (Hingham High School) 5-8; Sierra Rudolph (Gloucester High School) 5-6; Isabel Bruno (Winchester High School) 5-6; Meaghan Kelley (Tantasqua Regional Vocational High School) 5-4;
- One Mile Run - Elizabeth Marshall (Plymouth North High School) 5:17.80; Katie Fisher (Plymouth North High School) 5:18.99;
- Shot Put - Mikaylah Schwartz (Dracut High School) 39-3.5;
Boys Highlights
- 1,000 Meter Run - Nathaniel Battista (Concord Carlisle High School) 2:36.78; Joseph Madden (Milford High School) 2:38.29; Dean Vogel (West Springfield High School) 2:38.51;
- Two Mile Run - Nick Mcnamee (Plymouth North High School) 9:36.78; Jack Yanko (Amherst-Pelham Regional High School) 9:48.04; Gabriel Medina (West Springfield High School) 9:48.56;
- 300 Meter Dash - Angel Figueroa (Fitchburg High School) 36.05; Christian Denny (Catholic Memorial High School) 36.18;
- 4x200 Meter Relay - Fitchburg High School 1:32.67; Plymouth North High School 1:34.04;
- 4x400 Meter Relay - Catholic Memorial High School 3:27.50; Amherst-Pelham Regional High School 3:32.19;
- 4x800 Meter Relay - Amherst-Pelham Regional High School 8:07.90;
- 55 Meter Dash - Ore Ojo (Catholic Memorial High School) 6.54; Kevin Mensah (Shepherd Hill Regional High School) 6.62; Kevin Mensah (Shepherd Hill Regional High School) 6.55;
- 600 Meter Run - John Lara (Catholic Memorial High School) 1:22.43; Aiden Foucault Etheridge (Amherst-Pelham Regional High School) 1:22.46; Patrick Forrest (Norwood High School) 1:23.33; Calvin Perkins (Belmont High School) 1:24.59; Jack Kennefick (Walpole High School) 1:24.61; Christoper Cicciu (Milford High School) 1:25.23; Ben Paine (Dartmouth High School) 1:25.27; Yossef Naim (Marlborough High School) 1:25.43; Jonathan Hill (Concord Carlisle High School) 1:26.36; Samo Oomen-lochtefeld (Hingham High School) 1:26.60;
- One Mile Run - Connor Schoen (Westborough High School) 4:26.29;
- Shot Put - Colin Mccabe (Dartmouth High School) 56-11.25;