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| Norton D3 State Championship Medalists |
The Lancers went into the meet with high hopes and met many of those expectations. To start, sophomore sensation Paul Wisnaskas started his State Meet experience off on Thursday alongside another sophomore teammate Heather Kurland on Thursday in the Pentathlon. Paul was able to pull out the victory by a mere NINE points over junior William Lord of North Reading as the event came down to the final event contested, the 1500! Paul had to beat William by at least 23 seconds and did so by 25! It was just enough to pull out the victory and become the D3 STATE CHAMPION! Teammate Heather Kurland also pulled out some early points for the Lancers scoring 5 points with her amazing 4th place finish (moving up from her seed in 7th)! Coincidentally, both Paul and Heather placed the highest for their age: both sophomores-both with the youngest athlete placing the highest overall! Congrats to you both! Paul will move onto ALL-STATES this coming Thursday in the Pentathlon.
Moving on to Sunday's meet, Paul once again started off VERY strong with a solid runner-up finish in the triple jump with a leap of 43' 9" losing to a senior from Southeastern. Immediately after his 2nd place finish in the triple jump, Paul took to the track in the 400 Hurdles and won the event outright, taking the lead at the 6th hurdle and never looking back. Paul won his second D3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP in the meet. Paul scored 28 total points for the Lancers! Paul will be also be moving onto the ALL-STATE Meet in the triple jump and 400 hurdles.
Also moving onto the ALL-STATE meet this coming weekend will be the boys 4 x 800 team of Austin Carroll, DJ Nihill, Sean Wynne, & Thomas Bingel who ran a season best time of 8:27.16 who placed 2nd overall to a very tough Burlington team. The 4x800 team scored 8 points for the Lancers!
The final competitor moving onto the ALL-STATE Meet is senior captain Corey Stalters who placed 5th in the javelin with a toss of 159' 11" and will move on with a wild card spot.
Other Placements for the Lancers included:
5th - Girls 4x800 (Bella Pietrasiewicz, Meg Cross, Shelly Belcher, & Lindsay Bingel) - 10:17.88
6th - 200 Meters - Kirsten Loring - 26.62* (*PR)
FULL NORTON RESULTS:
Pentathlon
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2:00 PM
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Thursday. May 23rd
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@North Andover
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Paul Wisnaskas
D3 STATE CHAMPION!
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Total: 3112
(Meet Record!)
Team Points: 10
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110 H: 16.05 (727)
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LJ: 6.03 (593) 19’9”
HJ: 1.82 (644) 5’11.5”
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SP:8.88 (419) 29’1.75”
1500: 4:32.37 (729)
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Heather Kurland
4th Overall!
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Total: 2278
Team Points: 5
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100 H: 18.38 (450)
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LJ: 4.93 (540) 16’ 2”
HJ: 1.41 (632) 4’7.5”
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SP: 7.52(368) 24’8.25”
800: 2:56.68 (397)
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Running Events
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11:00 AM - (2 Mile)
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Boys before Girls
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@Merrimack
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8 boys, 12 girls
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400 Hurdles
(~11:25 AM)
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Paul Wisnaskas -
56.74 (1/32)
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D3 STATE CHAMPION! 56.86
Team Points: 10
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Hannah Kubinski -
1:13.2 (26/32)
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16th-1:11.94* PR
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200 Dash Trials
(~11:45 AM)
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Kirsten Loring -
26.81 (7/32)
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5th-26.75* (qualified for finals)
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110 Hurdles Trials
(~12:25 PM)
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Corey Stalters -
15.54 (10/32)
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13th-15.89
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Julia Newell -
17.08 (17/32)
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13th-16.92
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800
(~12:45 PM)
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Bella Pietrasiewicz -
2:23.19 (9/32)
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9th-2:25.94
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200 Dash FINALS
(~1:10 PM)
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Kirsten Loring -
26.81 (7/32)
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6th-26.62*PR
Team Points: 3
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400
(~1:15 PM)
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Kylie Dion -
62.3 (21/32)
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22nd-66.88
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110 Hurdles Finals
100 Meter Finals
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(~1:20 PM)
(~1:30 PM)
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4x800 Girls Relay
(~1:40 PM)
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Bella Pietrasiewicz
(11/23) 5th - 10:17.
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Meg Cross
Team Points: 4
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Shelly Belcher
Lauren Anderson (backup)
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Lindsay Bingel -
10:30.97
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4x800 Boys Relay
(~1:55 PM)
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Austin Carroll
(6/22) 2nd - 8:27.16
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DJ Nihill
Team Points: 8
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Sean Wynne
Chris Liebherr (backup)
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Thomas Bingel -
8:30.75
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4x100 Girls Relay
(~2:10 PM)
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Eve Rodriguez
(8/24) 11th - 52.22
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Heather Kurland
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Kirsten Loring
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Julia Newell -
52.38
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Field Events
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10:00 AM
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Triple Jump B-G
Paul Wisnaskas -
44’ 2” (3/28)
2nd-43’9”
Team Points: 8
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Javelin B-G
Corey Stalters-
177’ 4” (3/29)
5th - 159’ 11”
Team Points: 4
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Long Jump G-B
Heather Kurland -
16’ 2” (21/24)
18th - 15’ 8.5”
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Discus B-G
Matt Pepin -
117’ 7” (20/24)
20th - 109’ 4”
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Javelin B-G
Brynn Leahy -
91’ 11”(16/24)
22nd - 81’ 8”
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| D3 State Championship Pentathlon Medalists - Norton's Paul Wisnaskas - CHAMPION! |
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| Heather Kurland Places 4th Overall at the D3 State Championship Pentathlon |
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| Heather Kurland with her medal after a long, hard, fought battle at the State Pentathlon! |
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| Pentathletes Lord (North Reading), Champion Wisnaskas (Norton), & Rittenburg (Melrose) |
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| Kurland and Wisnaskas donning their pentathlon medals! |
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| Paul launching a long jump at the pentathlon. |
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| Heather Kurland competing in the Open Long Jump at the D3 State Championship. |
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| Corey Stalters throwing javelin at States! |
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| Freshman Brynn Leahy with her Jav at States! |
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| Paul Wisnaskas and Coach Costa after his WIN in the 400 Hurdles! |
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| The girls 4x800 post race after grabbing 5th place overall with Bella Pietrasiewicz, Shelly Belcher, Lindsey Bingel, & Meg Cross! |
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| Bella Pietrasiewicz about to start the 4x800! |
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| The girls 4x800 with their HARDWARE! |
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| Boys Runner-Up 4x800 team of Austin Carroll, Thomas Bingel, Sean Wynne, & DJ Nihill qualify for ALL-STATES! |
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| Kirsten Loring on the 200 podium for D3 States! |
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| Both 4x800 Squads! |
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| ALL the Norton medalists back home after a long day! |
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| Kirsten Loring in competition! |
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| Kirsten Loring at the start of the 200! |
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| Senior Hannah Kubinski reflects on her season PR in the 400 Hurdles as well as a great senior season and high school track career! |
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| Girls 4x100 handoff between Eve Rodriguez & Heather Kurland! |
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| Corey Stalters with his D3 States Medal! |
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| The family getting a little respite from the sun! |
Norton track will next compete this Thursday, 5/30 and Saturday, 6/1 at the MIAA ALL-STATE Meet (the Superbowl of Track and Field)! Competitors for Norton will include:
Paul Wisnaskas - Pentathlon, 400 Hurdles, & Triple Jump
Austin Carroll - 4x800
DJ Nihill - 4x800
Sean Wynne - 4x800
Thomas Bingel - 4x800
Corey Stalters - Javelin
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