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 Daryl Varney set a meet record   4:22.1 - meet recordByung Cha won the 100 meters for the second straight year - 10.9 and anchored our 4x100 to a win "We almost didn't run him today because he was a little beat up.  We were 50-50 and he wanted to run today and be part of the team effort and he convinced us and the results stand for themselves."

North Andover's boys track team put the finishing touches on its second straight perfect season, running away from rival Masconomet, 93-52. Lethal leaper Andrew Bernardin paced the victory, taking the long jump and the triple. Mike Reading cleared 13-6 for the pole vault win, and Allan Marcus soared 20-10 in the long jump. The Cape Ann League regular season champs look to defend their CAL Championship Meet title on Saturday.

Zac Borrelli helped lead the Central Catholic boys track and field team to a first place finish at the Massachusetts Division 2 Relays in Woburn. Central scored 82 points. Borrelli threw a personal best and school record 161 feet, 3 inches in the discus as the discus relay team set a school and meet record with a combined throw of 429-0. 

ANDOVER — The order of the Andover 4x100 runners on the results sheet was inaccurate. Francis Nova made sure to make the correction. “No, McConnell ran fourth,’’ emphasized the Lawrence High senior. Who can blame him for wanting to get it right? After all, it’s not often somebody beats Andover great Christopher McConnell, the three-time indoor All-State 55 meter champion. McConnell got him in the 100 meters (10.97-11.00) but Nova’s brilliant anchor leg against McConnell gave the Lancers a thrilling 4x100 win (43.13-43.38). Nova was the MVP and Andover won the boys team title and the combined scoring crown at the 50th Collins-McIntyre Andover Boosters Invitational. It was quite a day for the Westfield State football/track recruit, who also soared 22-8 3/4 to capture the long jump, an event he’s only done four times in his life. Of the relay showdown, Nova said, “At the handoff, we were neck and neck. I love to run with him. It brings out the best in me. He drives me to push myself. I just want to win.’’ This won’t be the last time the relay teams meet. Andover still has the area’s season best time (42.97) while Cuesta and Nova led the Blue and White to the area record with a 42.73 last spring. Nova said winning is always nice, but the best part is sharing it with his teammates. It’s quite a foursome, including area all-time leader Francesco Cuesta, who won the 200 (22.29), 200 runner-up Jean Zorilla (22.81) and Cristian Reyes. Nova the novice looked like an old pro in the long jump, breaking Eric Diaz’s 6-year-old school record (22-6) and moving to 13th in the area’s all-time rankings. Mighty impressive for somebody who only did the event because the Lancers were shorthanded in the event early in the season. “I was surprised,’’ he said of the record-setter. “I didn’t know I could do it. My coach (former Andover star Mike Marcinonis) said just run and jump. I was just proud.’’ He had a 21-7 on his first jump, a 20-8 on the second then the record leap. Nova, who won the All-State 300 title in the winter, still wants to beat McConnell in the 100. “He’s beat me quite a few times,’’ he said with a laugh. “I was gaining little by little in the 100. Damn, I’m ticked he beat me.’’

Andrew Bernardin tied the North Andover school record in the high jump with a 6-0 to help North Andover defeat North Reading on Wendseday. Current North Andover assistant coach Dana Burbank set the Scarlet Knights' mark in 2003. 

Led by a pair of victories from Jay Marchand (400 hurdles and long jump), North Andover remained undefeated by easily defeating Lynnfield, 101-44.

Mike Reading recorded a 13-0 in the pole vault, shattering the old school record of 12-7 and helping North Andover to a first-place finish at the Henry Sheldon Classic at Triton on Wednesday. Darryl Varney won the 800 and anchored the 4x400 and Byung Cha took the 100 and anchored the 4x100.

Darryl Varney took first place in the mile and the two-mile to help lead North Andover to a 84-61 victory over Hamilton-Wendham.  

Mike Reading tallied a 12-7 in the pole vault, setting a new school record as North Andover downed Newburyport 84-61. The previous mark was 12-6.