County Athletes Earn Crowns on First Day of D6 State Meet

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- The first day of the Division 6 State Track and Field Championships saw Berkshire County take home four individual titles from Merrimack College.

 

Mount Greylock’s Maggie Nichols and Quinn McDermott each won a championship.

 

Nichols took the 200 meters with a victory by one one-hundredth of a second in the final.

 

McDermontt won the 800 metrs by just .16 seconds.

 

Monument Mountain’s Amelia Desilets won the 2-mile run in 11:14.65, one of many personal records for county athletes on Day 1 of a meet that concludes on Saturday.

 

In the field, Hoosac Valley’s Taylor Garabedian took first with a throw of 108 feet, 1 inch in the discus. County rivals Lily Catelotti and Talia Kapiloff also medaled, placing second and seventh, respectively.

 

Heading into Saturday’s second and final day of competition, Mount Greylock’s girls are in first place with 39 points to Hamilton-Wenham’s 27. Eight of 19 girls events were decided on Thursday.

 

The top boys team from the county after Day 1 is Wahconah, in seventh place with 11 points. Mount Greylock is right behind, tied for eighth with 10 points. Amesbury leads the boys competition with 43 points.

 

Wahconah’s boys on Thursday were led by Payton Shippee, with a second-place finish in the discus, and Liam Furlong, who placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles.

 

Girls

200 meters: Maggie Nichols, MG, 25.40; 2. Kendall Gilmore, Uxbridge, 25.41; 3. Jayda Adora Bleus, Randolph, 25.70.

800 meters: Avery Murphy, Murdock, 2:19.00; 2. Mila Nikiforow, Millbury, 2:22.05; 3. Annabella Lamororeaux, Sutton, 2:24.10; 7. Erin Keating, MG, 2:27.75.

2 miles: Amelia Desilets, MM, 11:14.65; 2. Cameron Davis, Oxford, 11:18.57; 3. Asa Labell, Hamilton-Wenham, 11:35.66; 7. Alice Culver, Lenox, 12:08.85.

400 meter hurdles: 1. Isabel Bresnahan, Ayer-Shirley, 1:05.85; 2. Alana Novello, Ipswich, 1:06.89; 3. Bayleigh Shanahan, Amesbury, 1:06.90; 4. Katherin Goss, MG, 1:07.03; 5. Lily McDermott, MG, 1:08.43.

Discus: 1. Taylor Garabedian, HV, 108-1; 2. Lily Catelotti, MG, 105-8; 3. Liberty Gazzille, Joseph Case, 103-4; 6. Talia Kapiloff, MG, 97-3.

Pole vault: 1. Grace Beckett, Bromfield, 10-6; 2. Kameya Perron, Ipswich, 10-6; 3. Kinsley Kline, Parker Charter, 10-0.

Triple jump: 1. Georgia Wilson, Hamilton-Wenham, 36-7; 2. Katherine Goss, MG, 36-2.5; 3. Emma King, Lunenburg, 35-4.5.

 

Boys

200 meters: 1. Cameron Caso, Uxbridge, 22.02; 2. Alique Brown, Monomoy, 22.18; 3. Michael Sanchez, Amesbury, 22.29.

800 meters: 1. Quinn McDermott, MG, 1:56.63; 2. Bona Bradshaw, Littleton, 1:56.87; 3. Nick Brisson, Hampshire, 1:59.33.

2 miles: 1. Bona Bradshaw, Littleton, 9:40.65; 2. Shane Stanghellini, Sturgis Charter West, 9:45.00; 3. Henry Jacobsen, Parker Charter, 9:48.69.

400 meter hurdles: 1. Max Sanchez, Amesbury, 57.71; 2. Colin Squier, Douglas, 58.39; 3. Dylan Moreno, Sturgis Charter West, 58.47; 6. Liam Furlong, Wahconah, 59.65.

Discus: 1. Aiden Donovan, Amesbury, 170-10; 2. Payton Shippee, Wahconah, 169-04; 3. Jullian Rosenburg, Uxbridge, 151-2.

Triple jump: 1. Christopher Gaboriault, Joseph Case, 45-1.5; 2. Thalys Silva, Atlantis Charter, 44-5.75; 3. Daren Nash, Randolph, 44-4.5; 6. Oliver Berkowitz, MM, 43-7.5.