HINGHAM — Rithikh Prakash knew he couldn’t sit behind Gloucester’s Finn O’Hara and wait till the ultimate 100 meters of the mile in a last-ditch effort to outkick Friday’s 800 winner on the conclusion of the Div. 4 Track Championships at sweltering Notre Dame Sunday.
Prakash, who took the 2-mile on Friday, made an aggressive transfer earlier and it led the best way to the gold medal. He burst into the lead with 600 left and pulled away by a small margin for the win in an outside private better of 4 minutes, 20.57 seconds. O’Hara, who raced to a giant private better of 1:56.56 within the 800, completed robust in 4:21.42. Prakash’s teammate Eric Sekyaya was a robust third along with his 4:24.04.
“My coach wanted me to gauge the first two laps,” mentioned Burlington’s Prakash. “Finn is a great runner and I know he has good finishing speed so that’s why I took off from 600 out.”
Prakash, who has a 2-mile better of 9:14, will transfer as much as his specialty at subsequent weekend’s Meet of Champions and is hoping to run near 9 minutes. The competitors will probably be as deep because it has been in years.
“It should be a super-fast race,” he mentioned.
Prakash’s pair of wins fueled the Devils to the staff title with 100.33 factors. That rating put them nicely forward of Tewksbury (81 factors) and Pembroke (67 factors).
The PA announcer referred to as Tewksbury’s Alex Arbogast the “King of the Sprints” after the senior simply defended his 100 title 10.74. Newburyport’s Ean Hynes received the 110 hurdles in 14.77 and Damian Bebber of Nauset clocked 49.35 for a win within the 400. Foxboro’s Harrison Keen took the javelin with a throw of 154-5 and Jonathan Magliozzi of Wilmington seize the lengthy bounce with a 21-9 effort.
After a giant third-place end in opposition to a deep subject within the 200 in Day 1 of motion, the place she broke the college report, Jayni Santos of Tewksbury completely dominated the 400 in 57.85 in simply her second time working the gap this season. Ludlow’s Carlie Schwartz was second in 59.14 and Hope Hanafin of Burlington took third in 59.54. Santos was additionally a part of the 4×100 squad that took the gold medal in 49.45.
“They threw me in (the 400) because I was good at the 300 indoors,” mentioned the UMass-Amherst-bound Santos. “It’s more of a mental thing running the 400. My starts aren’t the best. I watch how the other girls do it and try to copy them.”
Pembroke nice Sara Claflin outdueled Burlington’s Grace Hanafin to seize the 100 in 12.04, defending her 2022 title. Hanafin was a robust second in 12.23 and Syriah McCruse of Canton clinched the bronze medal in 12.61. Claflin and Hanafin additionally completed 1-2 within the 200 on Day 1.
“I had a pretty good start,” she mentioned. “I stayed strong and just executed. It was a pretty big deal for me.”
Newburyport put the topping on its’ staff title with a 4:05.83 win within the 4×400. Devin Stroope had a giant fourth-place end in 59.90 within the 400 and added a bronze medal with a 104-6 heave within the javelin. Abby Kelly and Hailey LaRosa, the 2-mile winner on Day 1, picked up factors within the mile, ending fourth and seventh, respectively.
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