Saturday, January 13, 2018

Sprints and PRs Steal the Show as Lancers Split Westwood and Millis

With a few athletes cutting back on events to compete in relays at the East Coast Invitational on Friday, the Lancers still put the TVL on notice with a remarkable performance against Westwood and Millis on Thursday night. When the dust settled, the Lady Lancers suffered their first loss on the season, beating Westwood 41.5-40.5 but falling to Millis 42-43. The guys also faced a split decision, beating Millis 48-29 while losing to Westwood 28-53.

Girls (4-1)

Led by numerous personal bests in the shorter distances on the track, the Lady Lancers put their speed on display. A full-out win by Lilly Holloway (1st; 55m Hurdles - 9.6) and runner-up in Mary Diestel (2nd; 55m Hurdles - 9.8) led a sweep of season-best performances in the hurdles against Westwood in addition to Krystal Macdonald (t-3rd vs. WW; 55m Hurdles - 10.9). A sweep of WW continued in the 55m dash with season best performances across the board, led by Carly Murphy (1st vs. WW, 2nd vs. MHS; 55m - 7.9), Eve Rodriguez (2nd vs. WW, 3rd vs. MHS; 55m - 8.1) and Kylie Dion (3rd vs. WW; 55m - 8.1). Murphy then returned to the track later to grab points in the 300m (2nd vs. MHS, 3rd vs. WW; 300m - 46.3) pacing teammate Kirsten Loring (3rd vs. MHS; 300m - 48.4) in the process.

Diestel mid-hurdle in claiming a runner-up finish


In the field, the duo of Holloway-Diestel both jumped 4'-6" in the high jump, sharing first-place points against Westwood and third-place points against Millis. In the shot, Michaela Whiteside (1st vs. MHS, 2nd vs. WW; SP - 27'-10") continues her strong freshman campaign while teammate Erica Ransom (2nd vs. MHS, 3rd vs. WW; SP - 26'-9") threw a personal best by a nearly a foot and a quarter to reach the podium against both squads.

Racing down in the mid-distance races, Isabella Pietrasiewicz (1st vs. MHS, 2nd vs. WW; 600m - 1:45.4) edged teammate Katie Bradley (2nd vs. MHS, 3rd vs. WW; 600m - 1:45.6) while Hannah Delea (2nd vs. WW, 3rd vs. MHS; Mile - 6:03.1) was the Lancer's lone scorer in the mile. However, after just missing a point in the shot put, Ali Whitman (2nd; 1,000m - 3:36.6) placed runner-up in both meets, just out-leaning teammate Hannah Kubinski (3rd; 1,000m - 3:37.7) by just over a second.

Whitman leading H. Kubinski during the Girls 1,000m


Non-Scoring Results

Shot Put
Whitman - 23'-0.25"
Landry - 22'-5"
S. Kubinski - 18'-10.25" (PR)

55m Hurdles
Dolack - 12.2

55m Dash
Sousa-Shumosic - 8.1
O'Brien - 8.4
Mckenney - 8.4
Macdonald - 8.5
Hickey - 8.5
Jill Perkins - 8.7
Shea - 8.8
Nardone - 8.9
Dolack - 9.4
Julia Perkins - 9.9 (PR)

Mile
LeClaire - 7:06.7

600m
Schepis - 1:53.08

300m
Hickey - 49.4
Shea - 49.7
Nardone - 52.3

1,000m
S. Kubinski - 3:54.8

4x400 relay: 4:42
Rodriguez (74)
Mckenney (70)
Dion (65)
Schepis (72)

Boys (3-2)

The Men of Norton picked up where the sprinters left off, continuing a stupendous sprinting performance. Starting off right from the gun, the hurdlers claimed a sweep of Millis with freshman Paul Wisnaskas (1st vs. MHS, 2nd vs. WW; 55m Hurdles - 8.7) surprising many with a team-leading 8.7 in what was his first career hurdles race. Corey Stalters (2nd vs. MHS, 3rd vs. WW; 55m Hurdles - 8.9) followed closely behind in another personal best time as Jacob Peers (3rd vs. MHS; 55m Hurdles - 9.3) completed the sweet against Millis in a season's best race. Not to be outdone, all dashers on the day also claimed PRs. Leading the way in the 55m was junior captain Peter Rivard (1st vs. WW, 2nd vs. MHS; 55m - 6.9) and Zach Lerner (3rd vs. WW; 55m - 7.2) grabbing a podium spot with Sam McGrath (1st; 300m - 39.4) running a season's best time and captain Aidan Lerner (2nd vs. MHS, 3rd vs. WW; 300m - 40.1) manning the longer sprints to score.

P. Wisnaskas clearing the final hurdle in his first ever hurdles race

Mid to long distance also saw plenty of scoring from the Lancers. Wisnaskas continued his dominance with a comfortable win in the 600m (1st; 600m - 1:33.5) as captain Ian Pereira (2nd vs MHS, 3rd vs. WW; 600m - 1:41.9) ran a controlled race in preparation for the East Coast relays. Freshman Sean Wynne (3rd vs. MHS; 600m - 1:42.2) also raced down to a quick time while nabbing a varsity point. With nearly all the distance runners running the 1,000m, Norton swept Millis as Austin Carroll (1st; 1,000m - 2:47.8) paced DJ Nihill (2nd vs. MHS, 3rd vs. WW; 1,000m - 2:53.3) and Pat Bingel (3rd vs. MHS; 1,000m - 2:54.0) to season best's times. Rounding out the distance scorers was James Wilson (3rd vs. MHS; 2 Mile - 12:11.1) earning his first varsity point of the season.

A. Carroll fighting through the 1,000m


Completing scoring in the field was the Lancer throwers. Jack Weaver  (2nd vs. MHS; SP - 31'-3") continues to lead the throw bros while thrower-runner Nick Denham (3rd vs. MHS; SP - 30'-9.5") PR'ed once again. Pat Bingel (1st vs. MHS, 3rd vs WW; HJ - 5'-0") completed all the scoring for the Lancers on this Thursday night.

Non-scoring Results

Shot Put
R. Carroll - 28'-1" (PR)
Dennehy - 28'-0.5" (PR)
Castelluzzi - 25'-2.25" (PR)
Kurland - 24'-10.5" (PR)
Barrick - 23'-11.75" (PR)

55m Hurdles
Bingel - 10.0
Bamford - 11.7

55m Dash
Diestel - 7.5 (PR)
Lebel - 7.6 (PR)
Adams - 7.8 (PR)
Kent - 7.9 (PR)
Bamford - 8.0 (PR)
Deady - 8.2 (PR)
Berthao - 8.5 (PR)
Shea - 8.7 (PR)

Mile
Smith - 5:23.3 (PR)
Janineh - 5:24.4
A. Wisnaskas - 5:50.8 (PR)
M. Anderson - 6:05.2
T. Anderson - 6:29.8 (PR)

600m
McNeil - 1:50.6 (PR)

300m
O'Brien - 40.6
Z. Lerner - 41.5
Kubinski - 42.0
Diestel - 43.0
Owens - 46.9

1,000m
Tetrault - 2:58.7 (PR)
Pescod - 3:02.8
Morabito - 3:03.3

4x400 relay: 4:08.4
Kubinski
McNeil
Pescod
Wynne


The Lancers will be bringing a few relays up to Providence, RI to compete in the East Coast Invitational over the weekend. On Monday, the rest of the team will hit the track again at Wheaton for a tri-meet between Holliston and Medway as the TVL season begins to wrap-up.

-Coach Al



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