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The weather may have been cold and miserable, but for the North Andover boys and girls track teams, Sunday were nothing short of perfection, hosting the MSTCA Division 2 Relays.

You can debate almost anything in sports. But don’t dare claim that any other community in Massachusetts produces high hurdlers like Lawrence does.

 NORTH ANDOVER — It was a hectic 15 minutes for Dominic Tritto, who was nursing a sore hamstring and competing in two events at the Division 1 North track meet at the same time Saturday morning.

One of three competitors left in the high jump, the Central Catholic senior was called to the long jump area 30 yards away for his first attempt in his flight. Three minutes after that leap left him in sixth, Tritto was preparing a try at his personal best with a 6-4 high-jump attempt.

ANDOVER —  It took nine years for the North Andover boys to win their first MVC Open Championship in spring track.

Central Catholic blizted Lowell. Hurdles whiz Katharine Duren continues to dominate the long jump (18-5) while the Raiders featured double winners Adrianna Niles, Cailyn Scharneck, Kate Ciesieski and Veralie Perrier.

North Andover raced past Central Catholic 88-57.

Katharine Duran once again dominated by winning the long jump (17-7), 100 hurdles (14.4) and 200 (25.2) while her sister Janessa Duren took the 400 hurdles (70.7) as Central Catholic beat their hometown Haverhill 80-65. Molly Owen led the Hillies, winning the discus (83-1) and javelin (107-5).

The Duren sisters, Kat and Janessa, combined for five indivual wins as Central track blitzed Methuen. Kat ran a blistering 13.5 hand-timed in the 100 hurdles. Methuen's Elise Anderson (800) won her first varsity race.