Thursday, December 14, 2017

Girls Team Sweeps as Boys Splits in Winter Track Opener against Ashland and Medfield

My apologies for the late recap of our first meet but it was one to process and let sink in!

The Norton Indoor Track & Field team opened up their season at Wheaton College on Monday night competing in two separately-scored duel meets against Ashland High School and Medfield High School. It was quite a sight to see Coach Taylor in the unfamiliar green and yellow as an MSTCA official! However, the team still put on a fantastic performance to open the season heading in the right direction.

Girls (2-0)

The early season did not catch the girls off-guard as they took off running (pun intended) with a blowout win against Ashland (58-28) and a nail-biter against Medfield (48-38). Mary Diestel led the Lady Lancers with two wins in the 55 meter hurdles (10.09) and the high jump (4-8) while the distance girls took over the field in several races. Julia Palin took the lead after 400 m to win the 600 meters by nearly seven seconds (1:45.7) and Katie Bradley delivered a monsterous final 400 m kick to claim the W in the mile by over ten seconds in an automatic state-qualifying time of 5:31.6. Freshman phenom Bella Pietrasiewicz continued her young stellar NHS career after a 35th place finish at the MIAA All-State Cross Country meet this past November. Bella ran a solo 12:01.1 two-mile to win the girls' section of the co-ed Two Mile, qualifying for states in the process. Diestel, Palin, Bradley joined Hannah Kubinski (3rd in the Mile vs. Medfield/2nd in the Mile vs. Ashland in 6:05.2) to win the 4x400 meter relay with another automatic state-qualifying time of 4:24.5!

Other wins came from Hannah Delea (1st in the 1,000 meters vs. Ashland/2nd in the 1,000 meters vs. Medfield in 3:32.5) as well as another outright win in the shot put by freshman thrower Michaela Whiteside with a throw of 26 feet and 5 inches! In addition, Lilly Holloway placed 2nd in the 55 meter hurdles (10.17) and 3rd in the high jump (4-0). Sprints continued to dominate on the girls side as well with a state-qualifying time earned by Kylie Dion in the 300 meters (43.37), good enough for a 3rd place finish, while Julia Newell (55 meter dash; 8.12) and Erica Ransom (shot put; 26 feet 6.75 inches) also earned outright 3rd place finishes against Ashland and Medfield. Ali Whitman (2nd vs. Ashland/3rd vs. Medfield in the 1,000 meters, Sarah Kubinski (3rd in Two Mile vs. Ashland), and Hope LeClaire (3rd vs. Ashland in the 600 meters) finished out the scoring points for the Lady Lancers.

Non-scoring Results:

Shot Put

Carly Landry: 22' 5"
Ali Whitman: 21' 1.5"
Sarah Kubinski: 15' 3.75"

Hurdles

Brennah Hickey: 11.32
Maddie Dolack: 13.43
Julia Perkins: 14.84
Krystal Macdonald: 11.66
Jocelyn Nardone: 12.16

55 meter dash

Breah McKenney: 8.70
Kylie Dion: 8.3
Eve Rodriguez: 8.4
Ashley Schepis: 8.8
Krystal Macdonald: 8.5
Brennah Hickey: 8.34
Jocelyn Nardone: 8.9
Jillian Perkins: 8.9
Maddie Dolack: 9.5
Sydney Shea: 8.8
Michaela Whiteside: 8.9
Zoe Yazwinski: 9.8

Mile

Carly Murphy: 6:10

300 meters

Kirsten Loring: 47.11
Ashley Schepis: 50.55
Eve Rodriguez: 51.68
Sydney Shea: 51.04
Carly Murphy: 48.09


Boys (1-1)

The boys team headed into the season with a large team as the roster boasts 42 student-athletes and they used their size to their advantage in defeating Ashland handily 67-17 while ultimately dropping a closer decision to Medfield, 31-55. The Lancer Men were carried through their first meet by senior captain Ian Pereira who ran a 6.96 photo-finish in the 55 meter dash, picking up first-place points against Ashland and third-place points to Medfield. He followed that up with the first boys' automatic state qualifier on the year, running 37.37 to win the 300 meters outright. Pereira's 55 meter dash photo finish wasn't the only close race of the day, as Aiden Lerner nipped out teammate Paul Wisnaskas to win the 600 meters outright. The pair both ran matching 1:30.9s with the edge going to Lerner. The two then partnered with Peter Rivard (3rd in the 55 meter dash vs. Ashland; 7.31) and and Dj Nihil (1st vs. Ashland/2nd vs. Medfield in the Mile; 5:03.5) to win the 4x400 meter relay in 3:50.3.

The Lancers continued to pickup wins all over the track and field. Corey Stalters placed first in the 55 meter hurdles against Ashland (9.81) while Jack Weaver (1st vs. Ashland in the shot put; 32' 11.5") and Pat Bingel (1st vs. Ashland in high jump [5-2] and 1,000 [2:55.6] and 2nd in 1,000 vs. Medfield) each earned individual wins against Ashland. Austin Carroll continued where he left off during cross country and won the Two Mile in 10:52, running the race solo from the gun.

Other point scorers included Derek Bamford (2nd vs. Ashland in 55 meter hurdles; 11.22), Nick Denham (3rd vs. Ashland in the shot put; 27' 6.75") and Nich Janineh (3rd vs. Ashland in the 1000; 3:09). Ethan Tetrault (2nd vs. Ashland in the Mile; 5:13) and Brendan Morabito (3rd vs. Ashland in the Mile; 5:19) helped Nihill sweep the mile against Ashland while Sam McGrath (2nd vs. Ashland in 55 meters; 7.20; 2nd/3rd vs. Ashland/Medfield in 300 meters; 39.91) and Rivard did the same to help sweep the dash for the boys against Ashland as well.

Non-scoring Results

High Jump

Corey Stalters: 4' 10"

Shot

Chris Dennehy: 27' 1.5"
Ryan Carroll: 24' 1.5"
Tom Brogran: 23' 4.5"
Andrew Barrick: 22' 6"
Matt Kurland: 21' 7.5"

55 meter hurdles

Derek Bamford: 11.22

55 meter dash

Andrew Kubinski: 7.6
Shaun Murphy: 7.7
Zach Adams: 8.1
Nick Lebel: 8.0
Declan Diestel: 7.6
Sean Deady: 8.4
Nick Castelluzzi: 8.3
Justin Kent: 8.3
Joe Weber: 7.7
Zack Lerner: 7.3
Derek Bamford: 8.2

Mile

Alex Wisnaskas: 5:54.9
Matt Anderson: 6:16.3
Sean Wynne: 5:24.2

600 meters

Jack O'Brien: 1:37.9
Ben Pescod: 1:39.4

300 meters

Andrew Kubinski: 42.29
Declan Diestel: 43.51

1000 meters

Sean Smith: 3:15.1
Duncan Owens: 3:23.3
Nick Denham: 3:31.6
Nate McNeil: 3:26.1
James Wilson: 3:21.3

4x400 meter relay B

Jack O'Brien, Ben Pescod, Zack Lerner, Joe Weber: 4:02.0


The Norton Lancers return to action at the MSTCA's Winter Festival at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston this Saturday. Bus will leave Norton High School at 7:30 am. Any athletes wanting to ride home with their parents must have a letter to the coaches by the end of tomorrow's practice!











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