Wachusetts Amy Collins and Colin Bennie will lead their respective teams this weekend at the newly combined Western / Central State Championships at Fitchburg State University.
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DUE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, THE MIAA AND TRACK AND FIELD MEET DIRECTORS HAVE MOVED ALL SATURDAY DIVISIONAL MEETS TO MONDAY. .
Central and Western Massachusetts will run a combined format for the first time. The Division 1 meet will be run today at Fitchburg State University.
Last year, the Wachusett Regional boys’ track and field team won its second Central Mass. Division 1 championship in three years. The Mountaineers continued their dominance over CMass on Monday, but were met by some unfamiliar competition. In a new combined Central/Western Mass. format, Wachusett (79 points) finished well ahead of third-place St. John’s (53), but fell short of Amherst-Pelham Regional (92) which captured the team title. Chicopee Comp (46) was fourth, followed by Algonquin Regional (41-1/2) and Doherty (33).