Division 4 Indoor Championships Highlights

 

Massachusetts (MIAA) Division 4 Championships

 

Coverage

  • Results
  • Race Videos - More will be added as they become available
  • Photos - Will be added as they become available

 

Team Highlights

Norwell has approximately just 20 girls on their indoor track team. But winning championships is about quality not quantity.  Two athletes from Chuck Martin’s squad had a massive impact on the team point totals and distinguished themselves as dominant competitors in the division.  Danielle Griffin won the 600m (meet record), 300m, and finished 5th in the long jump.  Nikki Dempsey won the long jump, the 55m, and helped her 4x200m relay team finish third.  Together, they were responsible for 50 of the team’s 52 total points. But they were not alone on the day.  Allie DeBenedictis contributed the remaining two points to the team total with her 7th place finish in the 55m hurdles, and several other Norwell girls finished just outside scoring contention. Ursuline Academy finished second in the team standings with 35 points and Weston was thrid with 31 points.

As usual, the Newburyport boys were impressive in the distance races; collecting 15 points in the 2 mile, 16 points in the mile, and 8 points in the 4x800m.  But they were not one dimensional in their attack.  The Clippers received much needed points from Steve Preston in the shot put (4th place), John O’Neil in the 55m hurdles (2nd place), and a 4x400m relay team that closed out the win with a third place finish.  Weston put a scare in the rest of the field when they collected 20 points in the long jump, but Newburyport stayed the course, scoring in 9 of the 13 contested events for 67 total points. Weston finished in second with 39.5 points and Whitinsville Christian  (32 points) grabbed third from Doublas by a point.

 

Event Highlights

Alexia Lipman of Bromfield held-off a slew of challengers in the 1000m to win the event in a MA#2 time of 2:57.67.  She now trails Marika Crowe of Lincoln-Sudbury for the top spot in the state by just .01.  Lexi Buonfiglio (Lynnfield), Jennifer Markham (Lunenburg), and Meghan Grela (Ursuline) all ran sub 3 minutes, while freshman Brooke Hansel finished 5th in 3:05.82 to give Lunenburg two athletes in the top ten.

A pair of freshman dominated both mile championships.  Olivia Lantz (Manchester Essex) held off Olivia Brackett (Weston) by less than a second to secure the title in 5:10.05.  On the boys’ side, Nick Carleo of Newburyport posted the fastest time of the year for his class (4:26.92) to edge Nickolas Kronauer of Bromfield (4:27.50) for the win.

Sabrina Silva continues the fantastic season that has included several revisions of the Mahar High School record books.  This time, she won the shot put by almost four feet with a toss of 36’8.5”.

Emily Cahill of Uxbridge is now tied for the top spot in Massachusetts with her winning clearance of 5’6” in the high jump.  Cahill also finished second in the 55m hurdles to Ally Saccone of Old Rochester who posted an 8.41 in the prelims and then returned to win the event in 8.50.

It was a blanked finish in the 55m with Kelvin Danquah (Holy Name) and Jake Foynes (Douglas) finishing with identical 6.71 times.  Danquah would get the win when the time was broken down to 6.708 to 6.710.  Adding to the drama, Conner McDermott (East Bridgewater) challenged for the win at 6.72, and Charley Petit (Norwell) was a very close fourth in 6.77.

Hamilton-Wenham was able to get the best of pre-race favorite Lunenburg in a very close battle for the girls 4x800m championship.  H-W cruised to a MA#4 time of 9:39.96 to secure the win and hold off Lunenburg who finished second in 9:40.00.  Narragansett was third in 9:42.41, but they retain the top spot in the state with their 9:35.40 clocking from the Division 4 State Relays. H-W's time just missed the meet record of 9:39.54 set back in 2001 by Bromfield.

Craig Shytle of Weston won the long jump by three inches over Tim Brutto of St. Peter Marian with a jump of 21’3.5”; but that was not the most amazing part.  Weston put three athletes in the top five with Spencer Shea finishing third (20’1.5) and James Yan in fifth (19’6.25),  providing the team with 20 important points.

 

Below are the performances entered for the meet that met the national silver standard.

 

Girls

1000 Meter Run 2:57.67 Alexia Lipman Bromfield School
1000 Meter Run 2:57.89 Lexi Buonfiglio Lynnfield High School
1000 Meter Run 2:59.06 Jennifer Markham Lunenburg High School
1000 Meter Run 2:59.99 Meghan Grela Ursuline Academy
1000 Meter Run 3:05.82 Brooke Hansel Lunenburg High School
1000 Meter Run 3:06.43 Kylie Chartier Narragansett Regional High School
Two Mile Run 11:14.59 Sarah Saccoach Archbishop Williams
Two Mile Run 11:20.92 Sarah Lagan Marian High School
Two Mile Run 11:29.30 Anna Capps Narragansett Regional High School
Two Mile Run 11:35.84 Elizabeth McDermo Austin Prep School
Two Mile Run 11:41.80 Staci Rezendes Holyoke Catholic High School
300 Meter Dash 41.60 Danielle Griffin Norwell High School
300 Meter Dash 42.01 Amy Piccolo Ursuline Academy
300 Meter Dash 42.38 Julia Kee Weston High School
300 Meter Dash 42.39 Talia Flores Watertown High School
4x200 Meter Relay 1:47.69   Watertown High School
4x200 Meter Relay 1:48.00   Old Rochester Regional High School
4x400 Meter Relay 4:07.95   Ursuline Academy
4x800 Meter Relay 9:39.96   Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
4x800 Meter Relay 9:40.00   Lunenburg High School
4x800 Meter Relay 9:42.41   Narragansett Regional High School
55 Meter Hurdles 8.41p Ally Saccone Old Rochester Regional High School
55 Meter Hurdles 8.50 Ally Saccone Old Rochester Regional High School
600 Meter Dash 1:34.99 Danielle Griffin Norwell High School
600 Meter Dash 1:35.92 Jane Clark Notre Dame Academy-Worcester
600 Meter Dash 1:36.79 Emily Senning Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
600 Meter Dash 1:38.12 Hannah Daly Ashland High School
600 Meter Dash 1:38.50 Krista Webb Narragansett Regional High School
600 Meter Dash 1:39.74 Maria Schwab Marian High School
600 Meter Dash 1:40.05 Abby Epplett Whitinsville Christian
600 Meter Dash 1:40.63 Natasha Olanyk Mohawk Trail Regional High School
600 Meter Dash 1:41.43 Faye Haley Bishop Fenwick High School
600 Meter Dash 1:42.03 Katelyn Soucey Nipmuc Regional High School
600 Meter Dash 1:42.40 Kelsi Mcdougle Hopedale High School
600 Meter Dash 1:42.52 Maddie Wolfe Ursuline Academy
High Jump 5-6 Emily Cahill Uxbridge High School
One Mile Run 5:10.05 Olivia Lantz Manchester Essex Reg. High School
One Mile Run 5:10.91 Olivia Brackett Weston High School
One Mile Run 5:12.95 Norah Griffin Ursuline Academy
One Mile Run 5:14.08 Renee Capps Narragansett Regional High School
One Mile Run 5:17.42 Charlotte Walmsley Weston High School
One Mile Run 5:19.39 Megan Ritchie Coyle & Cassidy High School

 

Boys

1000 Meter Run 2:38.28 Thomas Rodger Whitinsville Christian
1000 Meter Run 2:38.41 Mike Wyman Old Rochester Regional High School
Two Mile Run 9:43.78 Keith Conway Newburyport High School
Two Mile Run 9:46.52 Ross Mungeam Douglas High School
Two Mile Run 9:48.01 Matt Herzig Weston High School
300 Meter Dash 35.76 Jacob Foynes Douglas High School
300 Meter Dash 36.07 Dan Donohue Old Rochester Regional High School
300 Meter Dash 36.60 Aksel Thibodeau Whitinsville Christian
4x400 Meter Relay 3:31.98   Whitinsville Christian
600 Meter Dash 1:23.50 Marc George Marian High School
600 Meter Dash 1:24.72 Matthew Becker Nipmuc Regional High School
600 Meter Dash 1:25.37 Gabriel Solano Whitinsville Christian
600 Meter Dash 1:25.73 Andy Pierre Community Academy of Science and Health
600 Meter Dash 1:25.82 Patrick Griffin Bromfield School
600 Meter Dash 1:25.91 Geoffrey Pendergast Weston High School
One Mile Run 4:26.92 Nick Carleo Newburyport High School
One Mile Run 4:27.50 Nickolas Kronaeur Bromfield School
One Mile Run 4:29.00 Andrew Orlando Newburyport High School
One Mile Run 4:29.19 Mark Hegarty Cathedral High School-Springfield