| Team | Final |
|---|---|
| at Andover | 0 |
| Haverhill | 0 |
| Lawrence | 0 |
| Methuen | 9 |
It was a big day for Pentucket at the Eastern Mass. cross country meets at Wrentham Saturday.
The Pentucket boys finished fourth in the Division 5 meet, qualifying for next week’s All-State Meet at Gardner for the second straight year and the Pentucket girls also came in fourth.
“We’ve gone back as far as we can and we don’t know if the (Pentucket) boys and girls have ever made it in the same year,” said Pentucket boys coach Darrel Cox. “I don’t think either one of us were expecting it because we’re so young.”
That’s particularly true of the Sachem boys, who were led by junior Nick Murphy, who finished eighth despite not having one of his best races. Three freshmen were next, led by Sam Stys in 20th and David Gangemi and Peter Lopata in 33rd and 34th. Sophomores Anthony Accardi and Will Coppola were next.
For the Sachem girls, junior Siobhan O’Keefe led the way, in 15th, with senior Vivian Burke in 28th.
RAIDERS’ GIRLS QUALIFY
Senior Kierstin Lock came in 17th to lead Central Catholic’s girls to fourth in Division 2 and a ticket to the All-State meet. Junior Grace McDowell was next, in 24th and Kathryn Montgomery was 32nd.
In Division 2 boys, Dan Kenney had his best race of the season, taking 10th overall, to lead North Andover to seventh. Central, led by Evan Fagan in eighth, was 11th.
ANDOVER: NEAR MISS
The Andover girls finished fifth in the Eastern Mass. Division 1 meet and just missed getting a wild card to the All-State meet when the sixth-place team, Peabody, was awarded the slot because of a lower accumulated time.
On the bright side for the Warriors, sophomore Sarah Cain and junior Grace O’Hara qualified for All-State as individuals with their 15th and 20th-place finishes.
Haverhill senior Jenna Solimine led the local runners by placing 11th in 19:53.54 on the 5K Wrentham course.
On the boys side, Andover’s Devin Connell just missed qualifying for All-State despite leading all locals in the Division 1 boys meet with his 25th-place finish. Methuen was the highest Division 1 local team, finishing ninth. Sam Cook was the first Ranger to finish.
Eastern Mass. Championships
at Wrentham (3.1 miles)
Top Division 1 team scores (24 teams): Lowell 50, Peabody 103, Lexington 126, 9. Methuen, 15. Andover 335, 20. Haverhill 576 ..... Lawrence didn't run
Winner and top area finishers: 1. Marcelo Rocha (Peabody) 15:27.07, 2. Tristan Shelgren (SJP) 15:38.97, 25. Devin Connell (And) 16:52.73, 32. Sam Cook 17:02.66, 53. Keith May (Hav) 17:22.20, 54. Vikram Daesety (And) 17:22.98, 55. Xavier Metivier (Meth) 17:23.59, 60. Andy Chaves (And) 17:25.04, 66. Fernando Damota (Meth) 17:30.64, 68. Eric Salvo (Meth) 17:33.32, 76. Alan Cook (Meth) 17:40.40
Top Division 2 team scores (22 teams): Wellesley 24, Marshfield 79, Needham 116, 7. North Andover 210, 11. Central Catholic 293
Winner and top area finishers: 1. Benjamin Matejka (Wellesley) 16:00.89, 8. Evan Fagan (Central) 16:25.70, 10. Dan Kenney (NA) 16:29.85, 14. Patrick Kitchen (NA) 16:35.02, 17. Cam Leonard (Central) 16:39.17, , 44. Maxwell Litster (NA) 17:36.91, 69. Ryan Drew (NA) 18:06.11, 73. Nick Long (NA) 18:12.88, 76. Zach Anderson (Central) 18:15.52
Top Division 3 team scores (25 teams): Concord-Carlisle 85, Arlington 106, 25. Gr. Lawrence 624
Winner and top area finishers: 1. Ryan Oosting (Arlington) 15:37.16, 54. Francis Mejeia (GLa.) 17:58.99
Top Division 4 team scores (23 teams): 1. Wakefield 90, 15, Whittier 480
Winner and top area finisher: 1. Matt Greatorex Wake 16:19.23 ; 65. Lee MacLean Whitt 18:14.75
Top Division 5 team scores (28 teams): Newburyport 95, Hamilton-Wenham 100, Norwell 105, 4. Pentucket 136, 18. North Reading 451
Winner and top area finishers: 1. Jack Carleo (Nport) 16:05.81, 8. Nick Murphy (Pent) 16:52.85, 20. Sam Stys (Pent) 17:31.41, 21. Tom Helms (NR) 17:33.70, 33. David Gangemi (Pent) 17:50.25, 34. Peter Lopata (Pent) 17:50.76, , 41. Anthony Accardi (Pent) 17:57.51, 44. Will Coppola (Pent) 18:05.20, 45. Andrew Shedd (NR) 18:06.43, 48. Josh Walsh (Pent) 18:11.31
Top Division 6 team scores (25 teams): Amesbury 60, Coyle & Cassidy 88, 9. Georgetown 296, 22. PMA 555
Winner and top area finishers: 1. Patrick McCue (Amesbury) 16:21.02, , 29. Charlie Mullen (Gtown0 18:27.70, 31. Sean Toomey (PMA) 18:28.92, 58. Robbie Blythe (Gtown) 19:07.28
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