Pietrasiewicz and the Boys 4x400 Lead A Podium Day at the Auerbach Frosh-Soph Invite!

Following yesterday's meet, the young Lancers led tired legs into Boston to take on the best freshmen and sophomores in the state and they did not disappoint. With several podium finishes and massive PRs, the Lancers once again pulled off a tremendous performance in representing Norton High School.

Girls

With several top seeds heading into the day on the girls' side, the Lady Lancers took to the track to prove their worth. Leading the day was freshman Isabella Pietrasiewicz in the two mile run. Looking to improve on her state-qualifier, Bella seized the top pack immediately and bided her time running through the first mile in 5:53. She continued to lap the field countless times and sprinted home to a strong second place finish behind Groton-Dunstable's Sydney Adams. Pietrasiewicz's 11:49.42 not only betters her state-qualifier but was also less than two seconds off of teammate Katie Bradley's school record set in 2014-15.

Pietrasiezwicz receives her runner-up medal on the podium

Freshman Michaela Whiteside also put on a stellar performance in the shot put circle. Coming as a top contender, Whiteside did not disappoint and performed well finishing as the second top freshman in the field. Although she did not PR, her 27'-0.25" was far enough to propel her onto the podium, finishing in seventh place overall.

White awaits her 7th place medal as the second top freshman in the shot put

Although not all the Lancers reached the podium, the day was still met with other strong performances. Kylie Dion cracked the top 20 in the 300 meter dash, finishing in 15th overall in 45.95 while joining Carly Murphy, Breah McKenney, and Ashley Schepis in the 4x200 meter relay which finished in 16th overall in 2:00.05.

Sophomore Erica Ransom mid-put in the shot put

Boys

Not to be outdone by their female counterparts, the Men of Norton had their own top performances to captivate the crowd of supporters. Led by Paul Wisnaskas, the Lancer Sprinters had one helluva day. In the 600 meter run, Wisnaskas opened in a 27.2 and fought through a sub-60 400 to close just enough to run under 1:30. Wiz's team-leading 1:29.92 placed him third overall in the event. To cap off the day, Wiz joined Jack O'Brien, Zach Lerner, and Andrew Kabinski for a phenomenal 4x400 meter performance. Having just raced the varsity squad a day ealier, the frosh-soph 4x400 were hard-fought right out of the gate, with Wiz anchoring in a 57.12 to clinch the runner-cup finish in the relay with an official time of 3:45.23.

Fighting for room on the podium: The Men of Norton

The Lancer distance runners also fared their own at Reggie considering they were racing on tired legs from having ran at Wheaton the morning of the day before. Regardless, they put on strong efforts that truly demonstrates their fitness as this point in the season Ethan Tetrault fought back in the mile to claim a top-30 finish in a 5:14.44 while Ben Pescod ran a strategic back-and-fourth 3:04.86 in the 1,000 meter run. However, the notable story of the day was Sean Wynne's performance. Initially seeded at 3:17, Wynne blew the doors off of his heat and solo-efforted a near sub-3:00 performance, posting a dominant PR. Wynne's 3:00.18 was good enough for 15th overall and first amongst freshmen.

The full results of the Auerbach Small School Freshmen-Sophomore Invitational can be found through this link. The Lancers return to action on Thursday at Wheaton College after school, taking on Millis and Westwood in TVL action.

-Coach Al