They did it somewhat in a different way, however each the Wakefield boys and Holliston women dominated the D4 State Track Championships Sunday on the Reggie Lewis Center.
Wakefield scored 64 factors, forward of Pembroke with 41 factors, and Holliston with 31.
For the Holliston women, they scored 69 factors, with Pembroke (48) and Newburyport (34) trailing.
The Warriors solely completed first in occasion, their final one, the 4×400 meter relay, however obtained it accomplished with depth.
“I was telling the coaches, it would be nice to win an event,” Wakefield coach Ruben Reinoso. “It just goes to show you how deep we are. Out of 13 events, we were able to score in 11 of them. That’s what we were looking for. Whenever we were able to put our kids in, we were able to score.”
That 4×400 staff of Brody Wyatt, Joseph Patt, Isaac Melo, and Ethan Mezikofsky offered the exclamation level in 3:32.18, pulling away on the finish. The Warriors additionally scored 11 factors within the 1000 meters. There, Mezikofsky completed third in 2:40.29, and Oliver Polster was fourth in 2:40.52.
The Holliston women had an amazing displaying, as they have been terrific within the center to longer distance races and relays. Carmen Luisi gained each the mile (5:02.68) and 1000 (2:58.24), and the Panthers positioned 1-2-3 within the 1000, with Maggie Kuchman (2:58.97) and Annabelle Lynch (2:59.83) posting good outcomes, as effectively.
“Leading up to this point, we did really well at the D4 state relays,” Holliston coach Jenn Moreau mentioned. “Coming into this, we knew we had a lot of work to do. … I think it’s a combination of things. When we practice, we’re on. This is a true team. We knew we had the potential to do this today, and they can rise to the occasion.”
Kuchman additionally completed second within the 2-mile (11:19.15), and the Panthers positioned second within the 4×200 and 4×800.
“It’s my senior year, so it’s everything I have left, basically,” Luisi mentioned after the mile. “There’s the rest of the indoor season, the outdoor season, and I’ve been training. This was definitely a race I was looking forward to. I was able to come in and run a PR, so I was happy about that.”
In the boys 600, Bishop Stang’s Michael Veegh was laid out on the coach’s desk after profitable in 1:21.53, a private greatest.
“I don’t think I could have been any better today,” he mentioned. “I was locked in. I embraced the pain. Got through it.”
Boys double-winner Logan Walsh of Ludlow took the mile in 4:20.73 and 1000 in 2:35.22.
“I was kind of hoping for a sub-4:20, but I can’t complain with that,” Walsh mentioned after the mile. “It was still a good race.”
Pembroke swept the girls and boys 55 meter sprint. Joseph D’Angelo gained in 6.52 seconds, and Sarah Claflin gained in 7.12.
Hanover’s Natalie Metschler gained the 55 hurdles in 8.83. Old Rochester’s Wesner Archelus took the boys hurdles in 7.77.
“I feel like I’ve been building up to that,” Metschler mentioned. “I’ve been changing stuff up with my blocks, changing coming out of the blocks to start, and I feel that really helped me. I’ve been training a lot. I knew I had it in me. It hasn’t happened all season, so now was the right time.”
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