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Capezzuto sweeps dashes North Reading’s Nick Capezzuto, who normally runs the 200 and 800 meters, pulled off a double in the dashes, winning the 100 in 11.44 and the 200 in 22.71. “I ran a (personal best) in the (100) preliminaries in 11.36, so this was my second best electronic time,” said Capezzuto, who will attend Stonehill next year. “I honestly thought it was going to be cold. I wasn’t expecting the heat or the sun at all. I was just expecting to run fast, not necessarily win. I just wanted to knock off a good time.” Considering it was one of the few times Capezzuto had attempted the distance, it was a more than acceptable time. “I ran the 100 I think three other times before this,” said Capezzuto, who did not run the 800 yesterday. “It started with me moving to the 800 and 200 but since the 200 comes right after the 800, they moved me to the 100 and 800. That’s how I discovered I could run the 100. “I didn’t run (the 800) because I don’t want to have two days of hard running in (a six-day stretch). I’m going to run it Friday. But I love the 800. It’s a good pain. You have to train and you have to want that pain.” Triton won the boys division with 109 points followed by Newburyport with 102 and North Andover with 68. The only other area champion was North Andover’s Eric Riedel, who won the triple jump with a 43-5. “It’s the first time we’ve had good weather all season,” Riedel, a junior, said. “I just came off a hamstring injury and didn’t come back until Tuesday (against Masconomet). It still hurts me, but it wasn’t affecting me that much.”

North Andover fell to Masconomet so the 9-1 Knights shared the league title with Triton. John Manteiga won the long jump and took seconds in the triple jump and 100. Peter Shaheen jumped a personal best  5-10 to qualify for the league meet.

ANDOVER — A year ago, Andover’s Sydney Eberth was relegated to the sidelines as a spectator.

“She was sick with (mononucleosis) and missed last spring,” said Golden Warriors coach Peter Comeau. “She didn’t have a junior season. It was tough.”

With its perfect record on the line, North Andover boys track looked to one of its captains.

Jim Quinlan won the 800 meters with a time of 2:06.5 and just 10 minutes later anchored the 4x400 relay team that clinched the meet over a tough Wilmington squad, 77-67.

Behind personal-best victories James Winslow (44-3, shot put) Nick Kingswood (60.7, 400 hurdles), North Andover improved to 6-0 with wins over Pentucket and North Reading.

Versatile Greg MacArthur won the mile and ran on the winning 4x200 team to lead North Andover at the Sheldon Classic. Jim Quinlan (800, 4x200) was another double winner. Pentucket was led by be Dan Greene, who won the 200 in a personal best 22.7, and C.J. Lataille, who won the long jump and placed in three events.

Nick Kingswood (100 and 400 hurdles), Greg MacArthur (javelin and 2-mile), Max Almono (triple jump and 200) and John Manteiga (long jump and 100) were all double winners in North Andover's easy track victory over Lynnfield.

John Manteiga 21-1 3/4;

second in the triple (38-5)

third in the 100  meters (11.7)

North Andover needed to go one-two in the 200 and win the 400 relay to rally past Triton in boys track yesterday and the Knights did just that, prevailing 73-72. Eric Riedel won the 200 in 24.1 with long jump winner John Manteiga in second and the foursome of Kyle Quinn, David Rose, 400 winner Max Almano and Brendan Varney closed it out in the relay.Tim Coppa was first in the mile and runner-up to Alex Sullivan in the 2-mile.