Lady Lancers Don't Look Back against Bellingham while Boys Just Miss a Close Contest

Weather looming in the week still allowed for some strong performances at Wheaton as the Lady Lancers take several sweeps in events to win against Bellingham 73-12 while the men lost a close match in the final event of the day, falling to the Blackhawks 42-44.


Boys (0-2)

Missing several athletes to illness, the Lancers kept the meet in sight from the first gun. Junior Paul Wisnaskas (8.19) returned back to form in winning the 55m hurdles and improving his state-qualifying mark while teammate James Partridge (9.57) joined the ride on another season's best to claim third place. The next points would come in the mile with another sandwich led by Sean Wynne (4:57.3) in a season's best to grab the W while Thomas Anderson (5:53.2) ran the race of his life to a new personal best and a third place finish. Points continued to fall in from the mid-distance as Derek Bamford (1:39.9) and Casey Dion (1:56.3) finished 1-3 in the 600m run to force Bellingham to leave their foot on the gas if they wanted to escape Wheaton with a win.

Unfortunately blanked in the shot put and the 55m dash, points had to be found on the oval. Senior captain Ethan Tetrault (2:58.2) made sure of it in grabbing a convincing win in the 1,000m. In the 300m, Danny Tran (41.30) followed suit just missing first place by the lean.

Tetrault beings to pull-away in the 1,000m

Doubling back from the mile, Wynne (11:51.4) led the way for freshman teammate Aidan Masse (11:56.7) to grab a 1-2 finish in the two mile that pulled the Lancers within less than five of the Blackhawks. With the 4x400m looming and the high jump wrapping up, it was certain that it would come down to the last two events. Tran led the relay off with a strong start but fumbled the handoff to Tetrault. However, Tetrault recovered to Derek Bamford within reach of Bellingham and all was left for anchor Wisnaskas to close the door to grab the win in the 4x400 in 3:56.4. The 4x400 win moved the Lancers up one. However, with two jumpers left for Bellingham in the high jump, a clearance at the next height that Wisnaskas had to skip to run the 4x400 moved them in 1-3 leaving Wisnaskas (5'-10") second place and a two point gap with the Blackhawks and no events to spare. Nevertheless, Wisnaskas's back-and-fourth effort was not in vein as his clearance at 5'-10" earned him another state-qualifying mark.

Wisnaskas returning to form!

Other Non-scoring Results

Shot Put
Jameson MacNaught - 36'-0.75"
Ryan Carroll - 35'-10"
Ryan Morabito - 21'-6.5"
Aidan Goodreau - 21'-2"
John Bamford - 19'-8"
Luis Lopez - 15'-2"

55m Hurdles
Jack Buchan - 9.68

55m Dash
Cameron Bratt - 7.3h
Duncan Owens - 7.4h
Jack Buchan - 7.71
Mikey Ng - 7.75
James Partridge - 7.6h
Luke Ferreira - 7.6h
Nick Lebel - 7.91
Sean Deady - 7.8h
Dillon Gariepy - 8.3h
Jake Antosca - 8.4h
Austin Petitpas - 8.4h
Adam Doyle - 8.6h
Tyler Lebel - 12.0h

Mile
Tyler Bruno - 5:59.4
Tyler Nardone - 6:11.2

1,000m
Charlie Mills - 3:06.2
Owen Moon - 3:33.3

300m
Cameron Bratt - 43.11
Sean Deady - 44.05
Luke Ferreira - 46.4h
Mikey Ng - 48.6h
Dillon Gariepy - 47.1h
Austin Petitpas - 49.4h
Jake Antosca - 49.9h



Girls (2-0)

A complete different story for the Lady Lancers as points were scored in every event as Norton cruised to their second 2-0 start in as many years. Leading off with a near sweep of both short sprint events were led by season best times by Heather Kurland (9.57) and Ali Murphy (7.84) in the 55m hurdles and 55m dash respectively. Kurland was followed closely by teammates Shaylee Owens (10.35) and Maddie Dolack (10.39) for second and third while senior captain Eve Rodriguez (7.89) followed Murphy for second in the short dash. Rodriguez (4'-4") would then turn to the infield to hit a season's best in the high jump while claiming third place in the process.

The sweeping did continue in the next three events, however. Starting in the mile, Destiny McGrath (6:07.8) ran an indoor best to pace the pack of Lancers to the 1-2-3 finish, which were claimed by Shea Podbelski (6:09.1) and Lauren Anderson (6:11.3). Senior Kylie Dion (1:54.0) continued her winning ways in the 600m and led newcomers Kiera Dooley (2:08.7) and Ava Scagnoli (2:17.9) to three and one varsity points respectively on the evening. The third distance sweep came in the 1,000m as Isabella Pietrasiewicz (3:06.7) ran a strong season opening 1,000m to grab a convincing win and convincing state-qualifying time. Not too far behind her, and near a personal best, was Megan Cross (3:21.5) for second and senior captain Ashley Schepis (3:33.7) for third.

Pietrasiewicz & Cross distance themselves from the 1,000m pack

 While in the shot put, two veterans sharpened up their throws in a sandwich finish. Michaela Whiteside (29'-7.5") formed up to grab a first place finish while teammate Erica Ransom (27'-10.5") shook off the late night to grab a third place point as well. The near perfect finish in the circle emphasized the dominance on the oval as another 1-2-3 finish occurred in the 300m. A season's best by Heather Kurland (44.71) took charge with Rodriguez (46.53) and Lindsey Bingel (46.54) in close tow behind her to move up the TVL boards.

Owens rounds the turn in the 300m

The Lancers wrapped up the meet similarly with how they started the meet. With no Bellingham runners in the two mile, Norton secured a two girl sweep with Skye Goba (13:14.3) opening up her TVL action with a win as Ellison Leo (14:12.4) earner her first varsity points in second place. Seeking to finish the meet out with a bang, the 4x400m team of Murphy, Bingel, Dion and Pietrasiewicz kept it close with Dover-Sherborn through two legs but pulled away in the last two to win the race outright in a TVL-leading 4:23.4, just short of a state-qualifying mark.


Other Non-scoring Results

Shot Put
Heather Kurland - 21'-10"
Angelina Sliney - 17'-7.5"

High Jump
Caitlin Whiteside - 4'-2"
Casey Ball - 4'-2"
Ava Scagnoli - 3'-10"

55m Hurdles
Krystal Macdonald - 11.29
Sam Carreiro - 12.02

55m Dash
Lily Newell - 8.0h
Ashten Dennett - 8.40
Emmalee Schepis - 8.3h
Camryn Doyle - 8.3h
Rachel Calhoun - 8.4h
Caitlin Whiteside - 8.4h
Julianne Lebel - 8.5h
Sandra Fairbairn - 8.5h
Kaitlin Russell - 8.6h
Isabella Vittorini - 8.6h
Krystal Macdonald - 8.6h
Maddie Dolack - 8.7h
Cate Childs - 8.8h
Casey Ball - 8.9h
Erin Lennon - 9.0h
Keely Cahoon - 9.0h
Haley Peach - 9.2h
Callie Dennett - 9.2h
Courtney Kass - 9.2h
Hannah Homer - 9.6h
Sam Carreiro - 9.7h

Mile
Brooke Dennett - 6:14.6
Ashley Johnson - 6:20.7
Sienna Pietrasiewicz - 6:32.0

1,000m
Sydney Shea - 3:55.1
Carly Goodwin - 3:56.4
Lauren LaFrancois - 3:59.9
Jordan Robbins - 4:12.5
Hope LeClaire - 4:17.3
Michaela Heayden - 4:18.1

300m
Shaylee Owens - 48.6h
Lily Newell - 49.5h
Kaitlin Russell - 50.2h
Ashten Dennett - 50.5h
Rachel Calhoun - 50.6h
Emmalee Schepis - 50.6h
Camryn Doyle - 51.2h
Sandra Fairbairn - 52.0h
Keely Cahoon - 53.2h
Jocelyn Nardone - 53.9h
Haley Peach - 54.2h
Cate Childs - 54.9h
Erin Lennon - 55.0h
Callie Dennett - 55.3h
Isabella Vittorini - 55.8h
Julianne Lebel - ?
Courtney Kass - 57.1h


Up Next: A group of Lancers will head up to Reggie on Sunday to compete in the optional MSTCA Speed Classic! The bus will leave NHS at 8:00 am while competition will start at 10:00 am with the long jump as the running events start at 11:00 am.