Still feeling the effects of the flu, Chloe Alfieri wasn't in the best condition physically to prosper at Saturday's Coaches Invitational Small School meet.
Mentally? That's a different story.
Ignoring her sickness and the competition, the senior from the Bromfield School captured two events insides the Reggie Lewis Center. She won the 55-meter dash in 7.31 seconds and had her most impressive performance by winning the 300m with a new meet record of 39.18, No. 2 on the all-time list.
Running in lane 6, Alfieri knew she had to get out fast in the 300m.
'To be honest, I was doing warm-ups this morning, a few jogs, and it hurt obviously," said the Bromfield standout, who was named the Female Athlete of the Meet. "I just knew at the start of the race I had to ignore about being sick and just go."
Milton's Elise O'Leary clocked a season best of 1:36.52 to win the 600m. Finishing second was Norton's Julia Palin with a time of 1:37.69. Leah Rudolph of Gloucester was third at 1:39.29.
O'Leary led from the start.
"I just wanted to go out there and go as fast as I could the first lap, and see if I could hold that," she said. "I went through the 400m in (62, 63 seconds), and I figured I was a little slow on that. The girl from Norton (Palin), she really pushed me."
In the boys' 600m, Murdock's Richard Swanson held off Northampton's Ethan Cooper to win with a time of 1:24.58. Copper also cracked 1:25 with a time of 1:24.95. Weston's Peter Diebold finished third in 1:25.41.
"Going into it, I thought a couple of kids were going to beat me," Murdock said. "I just had to dog it through and end it."
Northampton's Benjamin Gordon-Sniffen captured the 1,000m in a down-to-the-wire affair. Gordon-Sniffen ran with a lead pack that included Amherst-Pelham's Aiden Foucault-Etheridge and Dover-Sherborn's Erik Linden for most of the six-lap race. Foucault-Etheridge did most of the pace-setting and was leading going down the final straightaway. Gordon-Sniffen didn't catch his rival until there was just 20 meters remaining.
Gordon-Sniffen finished with a state No. 2 and nearly three-second PR of 2:32.61. Etheridge-Foucault crossed the line in 2:32.69. Linden was third in 2:33.56.
Burlington's Julia Hovasse earned individual honors in the girls' 1K. She led from gun-to-wire, breaking the tape in 3:05.44. Jocelyn Rondeau of South Hadley was second in 3:06.25. Amherst-Pelham's Julia Hopley placed third in 3:07.75.
Oakmont's John Caouette was a double-winner and was named Male Track Athlete of the Meet. He took both sprint events, winning the 55m dash in 6.49 and the 300m in 35.04.
Amherst-Pelham's Jack Yanko held back in the early stages of the mile run and blasted to the front with a little more than a 100-meter left to win with a time of 4:22.74. Rishabh Prakash of Burlington was second (4:24.38) and Wakefield's Matt Greatorex placed third (4:26.6).
Less than a second separated the top three finishers in the girls' mile with Nauset's Madaket Nobilli taking individual honors in 5:11.01. Watertown's Emily Koufos (second, 5:11.6) and Littleton's Kaitlyn Roffman (third, 5:11.76).
Littleton's Sarah Roffman had a nearly 20-second personal best in the 3,000m where she was timed in a state best of 10:46.51 (US #3). Sophia Jacobs-Townsley of Amherst-Pelham was second at 11:08.56.
Hopedale's Brandon Hall dominated the two mile, winning by nearly a half a lap with a PB of 9:26.87. Ayer-Shirley's Ethan Matthews was second, crossing the line in 9:40.21.
Girls Highlights
- 1000m -
- Julia Hovasse - Burlington High School 3:05.44
- Jocelyn Rondeau - South Hadley High School 3:06.25
- Julia Hopley - Amherst-Pelham Regional High School 3:07.75
- Eliza O'donnell - Milton High School 3:08.03
- 2Mile -
- Sarah Roffman - Littleton High School 10:46.51
- Sophia Jacobs-townsley - Amherst-Pelham Regional High School 11:08.56
- Meghan Davis - Mohawk Trail Regional High School 11:13.40
- Ashley Walker - Westwood High School 11:16.00
- Eve Feuerbach - Manchester Essex Reg. High School 11:24.14
- Abigail Tenreiro - Seekonk High School 11:28.36
- Sydney Adams - Groton Dunstable Regional High School 11:30.65
- Stephanie Casaletto - Austin Prep School 11:31.65
- Isabella Pietrasiewicz - Norton High School 11:37.05
- Emma Francis - Dedham High School 11:38.44
- Emily Willson - Groton Dunstable Regional High School 11:41.49
- 300m -
- Chloe Alfieri - Bromfield School 39.18
- Ava Vasile - Medway High School 40.41
- Lauren Sablone - Austin Prep School 41.08
- Alyssa Madden - Oakmont Regional High School 41.18
- Alexcia Luna - Wilmington High School 41.99
- Makayla Paige - Tewksbury Memorial High School 42.11
- Jayda Dillon - Milton High School 42.41
- Amber Lattuca - Bishop Stang High School 42.73
- Chelsea Lynch - Amesbury High School 43.04
- Katie Malewicz - Millis High School 43.06
- Anna Roman - Norwell High School 43.06
- Emma Harder - Northampton High School 43.09
- Elena Pellegrini - Ashland High School 43.16
- 4x200m -
- Pentucket Regional Senior High School 1:48.04
- Amesbury High School 1:48.19
- 4x800m -
- Tewksbury Memorial High School 9:37.39
- Littleton High School 9:40.47
- 55H -
- Ava Vasile - Medway High School 8.49
- 55m -
- Chloe Alfieri - Bromfield School 7.31
- Chloe Alfieri - Bromfield School 7.35 p
- Skylar Snay - Amesbury High School 7.37
- 600m -
- Elise O'leary - Milton High School 1:36.52
- Julia Palin - Norton High School 1:37.69
- Leah Rudolph - Gloucester High School 1:39.29
- Isabela Shepard - Amherst-Pelham Regional High School 1:40.20
- Emma Garrity - Wilmington High School 1:40.56
- Grace Desmond - Westborough High School 1:40.72
- Josie Cousineau - Milton High School 1:42.28
- Lilly Digman - Murdock High School 1:42.54
- Emma Hartzel - Littleton High School 1:42.92
- HJ -
- Samantha Scheonberg - Bromfield School 5-05.00
- Mile -
- Madaket Nobili - Nauset Regional High School 5:11.01
- Emily Koufos - Watertown High School 5:11.60
- Kaitlyn Roffman - Littleton High School 5:11.76
- Sarah Conant - Westwood High School 5:13.84
- Bethany Steiner - Millis High School 5:14.92
- S -
- Cameron Garabian - Seekonk High School 40-08.50
- Tiana Blazie - Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School 39-07.00
- 1000m -
- Benjamin Gordon Sniffen - Northampton High School 2:32.61
- Aiden Foucault Etheridge - Amherst-Pelham Regional High School 2:32.69
- Erik Linden - Dover Sherborn Regional High School 2:33.56
- Trevor Fields - Ayer-Shirley High School 2:35.31
- John Keaney - Dedham High School 2:35.53
- Christopher Spellman - Pembroke High School 2:39.35
- Joey Forest - Tewksbury Memorial High School 2:39.37
- 2Mile -
- Brandon Hall - Hopedale High School 9:26.87
- Ethan Matthews - Ayer-Shirley High School 9:40.21
- Zach Conant - Westwood High School 9:41.13
- Alex Simoneau - Bishop Feehan High School 9:46.36
- 300m -
- John Caouette - Oakmont Regional High School 35.04
- Christia Puselli - Pembroke High School 36.27
- Michael Pavao - Burlington High School 36.36
- Michael Blake - Hudson High School 36.48
- Cole Lavalle - Northampton High School 36.54
- Christi Hodgson - Northampton High School 36.62
- Jean-paul Carbonneau - Adv. Math and Science Academy 36.64
- 4x400m -
- Northampton High School 3:29.36
- Pembroke High School 3:30.11
- 4x800m -
- 55m -
- 600m -
- Richard Swanson - Murdock High School 1:24.58
- Ethan Cooper - Northampton High School 1:24.95
- Peter Diebold - Weston High School 1:25.41
- Alec Goldenberg - Douglas High School 1:25.60
- Mason Barrieau - Athol High School 1:25.76
- Liam Rittenburg - Melrose High School 1:26.10
- Mile -
- Jack Yanko - Amherst-Pelham Regional High School 4:22.74
- Rishabh Prakash - Burlington High School 4:24.39
- Matt Greatorex - Wakefield Memorial High School 4:26.60
- Ethan Matthews - Ayer-Shirley High School 4:29.57
- S -
- Aiden Felty - Innovation Academy Charter School 55-07.25