Girls (3-0)
The Lady Lancers carried over their undefeated season into the New Year with a dominate performance against D-S. Led by season-best performances out of Julia Newell (1st; 55m - 8.0), Katie Bradley (1st; Mile - 5:31), Isabella Pietrasiewicz (2nd; Mile - 5:32), Lilly Holloway (2nd; 55m H - 9.8) and Carly Murphy (3rd; 300m - 46.7) among others, the Lady Lancers out-paced Dover-Sherborn from the beginning and opted to rest their 4x400 relay after a hectic week of indoor training. Notably, Pietrasiewicz now joins Bradley as both having nailed the auto-qualifying standard for States in the Mile.
Among other scoring highlights, Hannah Kubinski (3rd; Mile - 6:25) joined Bradley and Pietrasiewicz in sweeping the Girls Mile while Hannah Delea (1st; 2 Mile - 13:20.6) and Sarah Kubinski (2nd; 2 Mile - 14:46.7) led a two-girl sweep of the 2 Mile. Both Michaela Whiteside (1st; SP - 27'-6") and Erica Ransom (2nd; SP - 25'-5.25") out-threw D-S while Ali Whitman (1st; 1,000m - 3:34.4), Mary Diestel (1st; HJ - 4'-8" and 3rd; 55m H - 10.2), and Kylie Dion (1st; 300m - 45.8) also grabbed first-place finishes on the day. Rounding out the varsity scoring was Eve Rodriguez (3rd; 55m - 8.3), Ashley Schepis (2nd; 600m - 1:57.5) and Hope LeClaire (3rd; 600m - 2:12.1).
The morning ended for the girls with an inter-squad 4x200 meter relay showdown with the A Team of Murphy, Kirsten Loring, Newell and Dion (1:57.5) getting the edge on the freshmen-sophomore squad of Brennah Hickey, Schepis, Breah McKenney, and Rodriguez (2:06.7) who will represent Norton tomorrow at the Reggie Lewis Center in the Auerbach Freshmen-Sophomore Invitational.
Boys (2-1)
A back and fourth meet throughout the morning led to a fantastic finish on the Wheaton College track. In getting there, Norton recorded top finishes from Sam McGrath (1st; 300m - 39.5), Ian Pereira (1st; 600m - 1:30.0) and Austin Carroll (1st; 1,000m - 2:47.0). In a personal best time, Corey Stalters (1st; 55m H - 9.0) led teammate Jacob Peers (2nd; 55m H - 9.6) in the hurdles while senior captain Pat Bingel claimed two victories on the day (1st; 2 Mile - 10:54.5 and 1st; HJ - 5'-0"). Other top finishers on the day included Peter Rivard (2nd; 55m - 6.9), Ethan Tetrault (3rd; Mile - 5:15), Aidan Lerner (3rd; 600m - 1:35.1), Jack O'Brien (3rd; 300m - 40.3), and Ben Pescod (3rd; 1,000m - 3:01.7). Despite facing stiff competition in every event, Dover-Sherborn continued to stick around and match Norton for points.
Heading into the 4x400 meter relay, D-S topped the Lancers 40-41 making the race the decisive end to the meet: win and win the morning session. The NHS 4x400 meter relay, comprised of Pereira, Rivard, Lerner and McGrath, took to the track to claim the day for the Lancers. Senior captain Pereira's blazing 52.42 split put the Lancers right in front of D-S. Both Rivard (57.57) and Lerner (58.43) held D-S at bay, relinquishing a little of the lead but not enough for there to be a clear claim on the meet. In the anchor leg, McGrath faced a quick resurgence the from Erik Linden of D-S. A nearly even race at the bell lap, McGrath fought him off with a ferocious kick down the final bend, giving the edge to Norton (3:44.9); just 0.3 seconds ahead of Dover-Sherborn. Thus, clinching the meet for the Lancers, 45-41.
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| McGrath making the final effort down the straightaway against D-S's Linden |
The Lancers make a quick return to the track tomorrow morning as underclassmen compete in the Auerbach Freshmen-Sophomore Meet at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Bus leaves NHS at 7:30 am. Rest up Lancers!
-Coach Al
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