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We're off and running after the second week of the middle school outdoor track and field season, where some of the state's brightest young stars have taken center stage. Let's take a look at a few top performances at the EAA Meet 1 in Tyngsborough.
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Sprint Events - Top Performers
Bradlee Thevenin, Lowell Community Charter Public - won the 400m dash at the EAA Meet 1, setting a MA MS #1 in the event, 55.22, second win of the year and 5 seconds faster than last time he raced the event. Also won the 800m and long jump.
Darius Woah, Lowell Community Charter Public - Scored two big wins in the 100m and 200m dashes, running 12.91 and 27.45 - the first one being a personal best
Harper Quinn, Justus C. Richardson - Won the 100m hurdles at the EAA Meet 1, running 19.29, a state-leading time for middle school girls, first win of the year.
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Field Events - Top Performers
John Marthinsen, Xaverian Brothers - won the shot put (40-2), discus (97-6), and javelin (114-9) at the CC JV Meet #3, first wins of the year in all three events and leads the state in all three events
Genevieve Fitzgerald, Innovation Academy - MA MS #1 in the javelin, win in the event, first of the season, also won the shot put, throwing 82-9
Distance Events - Top Performers
Liam Wilson, Innovation Academy - 5:50 one-mile, won the meet, 2nd in the 800m, coming up milliseconds short of a win, set a new personal best in the event
Arianna Vargas, Innovation Academy - One of the lone 7th graders to win an event, ran a 69s 400m dash, also won the 800m a few weeks back at her first meet, and finished 2nd in the mile