Nortons Boys & Girls Teams go 3-0-1 Versus Tough Holliston and Medfield Squads; In Very Exciting Fashion, 3 of the Meets Come Down to the Relay; Both Teams Stay Undefeated on the Season (Boys 4-0, Girls 3-0-1)!

Second meet of the season wins by both teams!

Boys beat Holliston 54 to 32 and Medfield 47 to 39.

Joey Annand and Austin Carroll go 1-2 in the mile! 

Lots of improvement by most runners and the freshmen and sophomores are showing their strength. Distance runners Austin Carroll, Joey Annand, DJ Nihill , Jordan Lach and Freshman Ethan Tetrault were the top finishers.  Chris Tatarczuk and Ryan Lafrancois improved their 1000m by over 10 seconds from last week.

Austin Carroll leads and wins the 2 mile versus Hollison, runner-up to Medfield.

Sprinter Dan Salvo had great races in the 55 and 300m and Alec Weeman and Chris Junkins were close behind.

Dan Salvo continues racking up varsity points in both the 55 and 300! 

Hurdlers Brodey Tinkham and Corey Stalters had good showings in the 55 hurdles and
Ian Pereira, Aiden Lerner and Ben Pescod ran great 600 m races.

Eddie Mercado won the high jump at 5'8" and the shotputters got a first from Sam Marcotte, while Andrew Raneri, new to the scene, captured a third place.

Sam Marcotte gets his second varsity win of the season this week!

The meet against a very tough Medfield  team came down to the relay for the win and the 4x400 team of Ian Pereira, Eddie Mercado Jr. , Brodey Tinkham and Nick Reynolds was able to pull off a victory to clinch the win in 3:45.

Nick Reynolds hands off to Eddie Mercado. 

Eddie Mercado takes the lead during his leg!

Eddie hands off to Brodey Tinkham. 

Brodey hands off to Ian Pereira, who secures the victory for the Lancers.  

The girls team beat Medfield 45 to 41 and tied with Holliston 43 to 43!

Katie Bradley wins the mile & 2 mile to help the Lancers get it to the relay!

Sarah Driscoll had a great day winning the high jump with a PR of 4'10" and finishing 2nd in hurdles. Katie Bradley was a double winner in the mile and 2 mile with strong running from Shelly Belcher and Hannah Kubinki. Julia Palin claimed first in the 600, Kambrynn Bowman first in the 1000, and Bella Berardi won the 300.   Most runners bettered their times from last week.

The start of the 1000 meters.  Kambrynn Bowman took home the win in this one. 

The shotputters  got a point from freshman Erica Ransom.

Like on the boys side, it came down to the 4 x 400, only BOTH girl's meets were on the line and the team of Berardi, Palin, Bowman, & Belcher pushed hard in this barnburner to help get the win to beat Medfield and tie Holliston!

Bowman takes the baton from Palin. 

Shelly Belcher runs the anchor leg into victory for the  relay and the meet! 

Great meet Lancers!!!

Placements on the day:

GIRLS:
Driscoll: 1, 2 Hurdles / 2nd, 3rd high jump
Delea: 2nd,3rd Hurdles / 3rd 1000
Newell: 3 hurdles / 3rd dash
Belcher: 2, 3rd mile/ 4x400 relay
H. Kabinski: 3rd mile
Palin: 1st 600 / 4x400 relay
Whitman: 3rd 600
Berardi: 1st, 2nd 300 /4x400 relay
Bowman: 1st 1000 / 4x400 relay
Bradley: 1st mile / 2 mile
Anderson: 3rd 2 mile
Ransom: 3rd shot put

BOYS:
Tinkham: 2nd hurdles, 4x400 relay
Stalters: 3rd hurdles
Junkins: 3rd 55
Salvo: 1,2nd 55 / 1, 2nd 300
Carroll: 2nd mile / 1st 2 mile
Annand: 1st mile / 1st 1000
Perreira: 1st 600 / 4x400 relay
Lerner: 3rd 600
Tetrault: 3rd 1000
Lach: 3rd 2 mile
Marcotte: 1st shot put
Raneri: 3rd shot put
Mercado: 1st, 2nd High Jump / 4x400 relay
Reynolds: 4x400 relay

Last week the Coaches started something new:

Lancer Track buttons will be given out to the male and female athlete that the coaches would like to recognize.Workouts through the week, attitude, improvements, and performance on meet days all play into this.

Week one buttons given to:
Thrower of the week:  Erica Ransom and Sam Marcotte
Hurdler of the week  Hannah Delea and Colin Beyna
Sprinter of the week:  Brooklynne Williams and  Dan Salvo
Jumper: Mary Diestel and Eddie Mercado Jr.
Runner of the week: Julia Palin and Joey Annand
Enthusiast of the week: Kambrynn Bowman and Chris Junkins

Sunday the Lancers travel to Boston for the WINTER FESTIVAL MEET at the Reggie Lewis Center starting at 10:00 AM!  It will be long but exciting, especially for "Newbies".