Hoosac Boys, Drury Girls Win Duals

CHESHIRE, Mass. -- The best race of the day saw a one-second margin of victory in the boys 800 meters.

 

The better team competition was on the girls side, where the last event on the track and the last field event to finish gave the Drury girls a 76-65 win over rival Hoosac Valley.

 

For the boys, it was all Hoosac, which racked up a 115-25 win. The Hoosac boys took first place in all but two events.

 

But no win was more dramatic than the 800, where Hoosac's Trevor Ciempa took a lead going into the final turn and held off a hard charge by Drury's Connor Meehan to win with a time of 1 minute, 59 seconds.

 

"Honestly, I didn't know I had it until right near the end -- literally right at the end," Ciempa said.

 

Ciempa said that it was a battle of wills, and he was not lacking for desire, especially on his home turf.

 

"Running on your home track, it's just this feeling inside I get that says, 'It's my track and I need to beat him,' " he said. "That's what it came down to."

 

The girls meet came down to the last couple of events.

 

In the 4-by-400 relay, Drury won with a time of 4:50. And as most of the crowd started to head for home, the girls high jump wound down, finally ending when Drury's Celene Koperek cleared 4 feet, 6 inches to take first place.

 

Those 10 points (five per win), plus the one point Drury's Jill Tietgens earned for finishing third in the high jump, provided the Blue Devils with their 11-point margin of victory.

 

Koperek also picked up individual wins in the mile (5:49) and the 400 (1:05).

 

Hoosac Valley's Kayla Garabedian swept the hurdles, winning the 100 in 17.30 and the 400 in 1:16. She also placed second in the triple jump with a mark of 28-5.

 

In the boys meet, Trevor Ciempa, Matt Provost and Dante Sandifer were double winners for the Hurricanes.

 

Provost won the 110 hurdles (18.0) and the javelin (119-5). Sandifer won the long jump (20-3.5) and the triple jump. In addition to his dramatic win in the 800, Ceimpa cleared 6-0 to win the high jump.

 

More photos from this meet to come.

 

BOYS RESULTS

4-by-800 relay: 1. Hoosac 9:36; 2. Drury 9:41.

110 hurdles: 1. Matt Provost (H), 18.00; 2. Nate Jette (H), 18.30; 3. Quinn O'Connor (D), 21.40.

100 meters: 1. Ty Mach (H), 11.30; 2. Anthony Corbisero (D), 13.10; 3. Frank Cooper (D), 13.10.

Mile: 1. Jared Haley (H), 4:49; 2. Derek Ziter (H), 5:42.

4-by-100: 1. Hoosac; 2. Drury.

400 meters: 1. Coby Tarjick (H); 2. Hunter Pratt (H); 3. Daniel Alvarez (D).

400 hurdles: 1. Luke Grant (D), 1:06; 2. Matt Provost (H), 1:06; 3. Dante Richards (H), 1:09.

800 meters: 1. Trevor Ciempa (H), 1:59; 2. Connor Meehan (D), 2:00; Hunter Harpin (D), 2:22.

3200 meters: 1. Travis Ciempa (H), 10:06; 2. Jonah Miles (D), 13:19; 3. Brian Christian (D), 14:51.

4-by-400: 1. Hoosac 3:58; 2. Drury 4:12.

Javelin: 1. Matt Provost (H), 119-5; 2. Jared Haley (H), 111-6; 3. Hunter Pratt (H), 93-7.

Discus: 1. Peter Barrow (H), 117-11; 2. Matt Provost (H), 116-11; 3. Jake Proudhomme (H), 106-4.5.

Shot put: 1. Matt Scanlon (D), 116-11; 2. Zach Wright (H), 39-4; 3. Peter Barrow (H), 38-8.

Long jump: 1. Dante Sanifer (H), 20-3.5; 2. Nate Jette (H), 18-7.5; 3. Dante R. (H), 14-9.

Triple jump: 1. Dante Sandifer (H); 2. David Haley (H); 3. Avery Hall (H).

High jump: 1. Trevor Ciempa (H), 6-0; 2. Coby Tarjick (H), 5-4; 3. Jordon Smith (H), 5-2.

 

GIRLS RESULTS

4-by-800 relay: 1. Hoosac 11:12; 2. Drury 11:51.

100 hurdles: 1. Kayla Garabeian (H), 17.30; 2. Hayley Shark (D), 18.00; 3. Emilie Krazanik (H), 20.20.

100 meters: 1. Maddie Vigna (H), 13.40; 2. Sarah Lamarre (D), 14.20; 3. Jess Halverson (H), 14.50.

Mile: 1. Celene Koperek (D), 5:49; 2. Brooke Degennaro (D), 5:57; 3. Mya Corkins (H), 6:22.

4-by-100: 1. Drury.

400 meters: 1. Celene Koperek (D), 1:05; 2. Sierra Jamros (H), 1:08; 3. Kelsey Bulson (H), 1:23.

400 hurdles: 1. Kayla Garabedian (H), 1:16; 2. Miranda Wissman (D), 1:18; 3. Kelsey Bulson (H), 1:23.

800 meters: 1. Brooke Degennaro (D), 2:35; 2. Carah Cote (H), 2:51; 3. Lyndsey Hubbard (H), 2:55.

200 meters: 1. Maddie Vigna (H), 28.80; 2. Kendra Gallagher (D); 3. Jill Tietgens (D).

3200 meters: 1. Jamie Barthe (H), 12:05; 2. Allison Racela (H), 14:14; 3. Liv Carlson (D), 14:19.

4-by-400 relay: 1. Drury 4:50; 2. Hoosac.

Javelin: 1. L. Thomas (D), 89-11; 2. K. Therrien (D), 81-10; 3. A. Goyette (H), 80-0.

Discus: 1. M. Carins (H), 57-8.5; 2. N. Griffin (H), 56-4.5; 3. S. Jamros (H), 50-2.5

Shot put: 1. O. Carlson (D), 25-8.5; 2. B. Billetz (D), 24-7.5; S. Sweeney (D), 24-1.

Long jump: 1. Kelly Therrien (D), 13-5.5; 2. Kayla G (H), 12-8.5; 3. Celene Koperek (D), 12-6.

Triple jump: 1. Brooke Degennaro (D), 29-2; 2. Kayla G. (H), 28-5; 3. Hanna K. (H), 28-5.

High jump: 1. Celene Koperek (D), 4-6; 2. Maddy Vigna (H), 4-4; 3. Jill Tietgens (D), 4-2.