Ross, Greylock Relay, Taconic's Tayi Win Titles at Sectional
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Madison Ross took home a gold medal and two second-place finishes, and her Mount Greylock teammates won the mile relay to close the meet as the Mounties placed second at the Central/Western Massachusetts Division 2 Championships at Westfield State University.
Ross won the long jump in 18 feet, 4-½ inches and placed second in the triple jump and high jump.
“My mark was great, so that was really good,” Ross said of her long jump performance. “And I was really excited. I was just nervous, though, going back and forth. I had to go from high jump to long jump to high jump.
“But it worked out, and I got a PR.”
In the long jump, she beat the field by 3 inches. In the triple jump, she finished 1-¼ inches behind Oakmont’s Alyssa Madden, who won with a mark of 37-3-¾.
In the high jump, Ross cleared 5-2. Winner Lindsay Marjanski cleared 5-4 to lead the Tigers to a first-place finish.
“I was ready,” Ross said. “When I got up I was excited, and I just couldn’t wait to get here and compete.”
Berkshire County’s only other individual champion also came in the jumps, where Taconic’s Josh Tayi won the high jump, clearing 6-0.
In the team competitions, South Hadley’s girls finished with 86 points. Mount Greylock amassed 73 points to finish second in the 44-team field.
The boys title went to Murdock of Winchendon with 56 points. The top Western Mass finisher was Putnam Voc (29 points) in fifth place; the top Berkshire County finisher, Wahconah, finished with 25 points highlighted Saturday by a third-place finish in the 4-by-400.
The quartet of Easton Eberwein, Jack Pudlo, Tyler Olds and PJ Pharmer closed the meet with a time of 3 minutes, 35.91 seconds to finish third in an event won by Murdock in 3:32.82.
In the girls’ 4-by-400, Mount Greylock’s Jacqueline Wells, Maggie Nichols (a seventh-grader), Elizabeth Dupras and Sophia Mele finished in 4:10.25, taking nearly five seconds off their seed time and edging runner-up Advanced Math and Science Academy (4:11.73).
In addition to Ross’ performance in the jumps, Mount Greylock got strong individual performances from Caroline Hadley and Maddie Albert. Hadley was the runner-up in the discus with a throw of 110 flat.
Albert placed second in the 800 meters (2:20.23) and third in the 400 hurdles (1:07.12).
Mele, in addition to running in the winning 4-by-400 quartet, placed fourth in the 400 (1:01.40) and ran a leg on the Mounties’ sixth-place 4-by-100 relay.
Taconic’s girls earned a top 20 finish in the team competition and were the second-best Berkshire County school, placing 16th.
Aliyah Bolling finished fourth in the 100 meters (12.89) and third in the 200 (26.69), and Lily Lobovits was fourth in the shot put (33-9-½) for Taconic.
Wahconah’s boys, who got their meet off to a big start in the pentathlon on Thursday, got a fourth-place showing on Saturday from Olds in the 400 hurdles (58.84).
Other Berkshire County highlights came in the throws, where the Hoosac Valley tandem of Dominic Acquista and Nolan Roberts finished third and sixth, respectively, in the shot put, and Laura Thomas, the lone Drury athlete to qualify for the sectional, placed third in the javelin with a throw of 106-1.
Winners and Berkshire County finishers at Saturday’s Central/Western Massachusetts Division 2 Track and Field Championships at Westfield State University:
Girls
100 meters: 1. Maureen Grady, Douglas,, 12.50; 5. Aliyah Bolling, Tac, 12.89.
100 meter prelims: 22. Ellie Clark, Wah, 13.49.
200 meters: 1. Savannah Pineda, Gardner, 25.34; 3. Aliyah Bolling, Tac, 26.26; 6. Takiera Darrow, MG, 26.88
400 meters: 1. Lilly Digman, Murdock, 58.68; 4. Sophia Mele, MG, 1:01.40; 8. Mary Elliot, Len, 1:03.08; 18. Juliann Lawson, MG, 1:06.80.
800 meters: 1. Tessa McClain, Bromfield, 2:19.58; 2. Maddie Albert, MG, 2:20.23; 5. Jacqueline Wells, MG, 2;24.48; 13. Haley Crosier, Wah, 2:33.93; 16. Aidan Burns, Len, 2:34.97.
Mile: 1. Sarah Roffman, Littleton, 5:02.05; 8. Ellen Huth, Len, 5:26.27; 13. Marion Huth, Len, 5:45.83; 17. Kate Swann, MG, 5:51.94; 23. Audrey Touloukian, Len, 6:04.88.
3200: 1. Emily Boutin, Pope Francis, 11:03.38; 6. Grace Elliot, Len, 11:45.54; 7. Grace Phair, MM, 11:51.09; 12. Victoria Gamberoni, Wah, 12:03.64; 14. Ava Bachman, Len, 12:30.16; 16. Grace Malone, MG, 12:43.53; 22. Miriam Bakija, MG, 12:56.30.
100 Hurdles: 1. Alexandra Gonet, Pope Francis, 15.38.
100 Hurdle prelims: 11. Hannah Locklear, MG, 14. Solia Schmid, Len, 17.09; 18. Elizabeth Dupras, MG, 17.50; 23. Brandi Bill, MG, 18.35.
400 Hurdles: 1. Alexandra Gonet, Pope Francis, 1:05.31; 3. Maddie Albert, MG, 1:07.12; 4. Lilly Boudreau, HV, 1:08.73; 10. Shaleigh Levesque, HV, 1:11.18; 13. Elizabeth Dupras, MG, 1:12.03; 16. Solia Schmid, Len, 1:13.55; 19. Elsie Dilisio, MM, 1:15.92; 21. Alyssa Garabedian, HV, 1:16.11; 23. Madeline Mason, MM, 1:17.45; 24. Rebecca Morris, Wah, 1:18.63; 26. Kelly Anderson, Wah, 1:19.52.
4-by-100 Relay: 1. Oakmont, 50.54; 6. Mount Greylock (Gill, Mele, Locklear, Darrow), 52.93; 12. Wahconah (Anderson, Garceau, Walton, Shippee), 54.03.
4-by-400 Relay: 1. Mount Greylock (Wells, Nichols, Dupras, Mele), 4:10.25; 6. Hoosac Valley (Barthe, Winn, Boudreau, Garabedian), 4:30.71; 11. Lenox (Burns, E. Huth, Sorrentino, Schmid), 4:45.80.
4-by-800 Relay: 1. Littleton, 9:47.49; 6. Lenox (Sorrentino, G. Elliot, E. Huth, M. Elliot), 10:47.96; 10. Mount Greylock (Caplinger, McDermott, Malone, Dudley), 10:52.71.
High Jump: 1. Lindsey Marjanski, South Hadley, 5-4; 2. Madison Ross, MG, 5-2.
Pole Vault: 1. Sienna Moore, Mahar, 10-0.
Long Jump: 1. Madison Ross, MG, 18-4.5; 15. Ellie Clark, Wah, 15-10.5.
Triple Jump: 1. Alyssa Madden, Oakmont, 37-3.75; 2. Madison Ross, MG, 37-2.5; 16. Jane Skavlem, MG, 30-11.25.
Shot Put: 1. Savanna Sudyka, South Hadley, 38-9; 4. Lily Lobovits, Tac, 33-95.; 20. Marina Cairns, HV, 26-9.5; 22. Caroline Hadley, MG, 26-4.5; 23. Lily Edge, MG, 25-2.75; 24. Emma Gilooly, MG, 23-11.75.
Discus: 1. Skylar Gorczynski, Sutton, 113-4; 2. Caroline Hadley, MG, 110-0; 12. Lily Lobovits, Tac, 85-0; 19. Lily Fredsall, MM, 68-3.
Javelin: 1. Alana Johnson, Blackstone Valley, 110-4; 3. Laura Thomas, Drury, 106-11; 14. Shaleigh Levesque, HV, 89-5.
Boys
100 Meters: 1. Jonas Clarke, South Hadley, 11.01.
100 Meter prelims: 16. Ian Graham, Wah, 11.78.
200 Meters: 1. James Robinson, Ayer Shirley, 22.19.
200 Meter prelims: 20. Theo Sandstrom, MG, 24.82.
400 Meters: 1. Richard Swanson, Murdock, 50.79; 7. Theo Sandstrom, MG, 52.81; 15. Chris Adams, Tac, 54.28; 16. PJ Pharmer, Wah, 54.34; 18. Jack Catelotti, MG, 55.30; 24. Aidan Santos, MM, 59.71.
800 Meters: 1. Zachary Bail, Belchertown, 2:00.39; 3. Aidan Santos, MM, 2:02.90; 8. Andre Collins, Len, 2:05.90; 10. Easton Eberwein, Wah, 2:08.19; 16. Ely Carroll, Len, 2:12.70; 18. Zachary Hubbard, HV, 2:14.03.
Mile: 1. Joseph Thumann, Whitinsville, 4:25.67; 7. Josh Cheung, MG, 4:44.56; 13. Herkus Rudzinskas, Len, 4:56.04; 22. Justin Levesque, HV, 5:13.65.
3200: 1. Colin Black, Hopedale, 9:46.98; 4. Jesse Seid, MG, 9:56; 17. Carlton Brooks, Wah, 10:37.82; 19. Colin Young, Len, 10:40.16; 22. Jake Paris, Tac, 10:41.97.
110 Hurdles: 1. Adam Digman, Murdock, 15.25.
110 Hurdle prelims: 18. Shea McIlquham, Wah, 17.87.
400 Hurdles: 1. Mason Barrieau, Athol, 57.77; 4. Tyler Olds, Wah, 58.84; 11. Kyle MacDonald, Tac, 1:02.13; 17. Jakin Miller, MG, 1:05.89.
4-by-100 Relay: 1. Ayer Shirley, 45.06; 8. Monument Mountain (Becker, Gerow, Flynn, Santos), 46.44.
4-by-400 Relay: 1. Murdock, 3:32.82; 3. Wahcoah (Eberwein, Pudlo, Olds, Pharmer), 3:35.91; 5. Mount Geylock (Catelotti, Sorrell, Cheung, Sandstrom), 3:39.30; 8. Monument Mountain (Broderick, Pollard, Flynn, Santos), 3:43.65.
4-by-800 Relay: 1. Sutton, 8:16.72; 11. Taconic (Rabasco, Paris, LaFreniere, Adams), 9:05.75; 14. Lenox (Carroll, Touloukian, Rudzinskas, Collins), 9;23.41.
High Jump: 1. Josh Tayi, Tac, 6-0; 8. Kieran Santos, MM, 5-8; 10. Shane Steinman, Len, 5-8.
Pole Vault: 1. Seth Talbot, 12-6.
Long Jump: 1. Naishaun Jernaigan, Putnam, 21-9.75; 8. Travis Dozier, HV, 19-9.5; 11. Mohammed Ahmed, Tac, 19-4.75; 18. Shea McIlquham, Wah, 19-0.75; 21. Kieran Santos, MM, 18-6.
Triple Jump: 1. Naishaun Jernaigan, Putnam, 45-9.25; 2. Mohammed Ahmed, Tac, 43-8; 10. Jack Pudlo, Wah, 40-3.
Shot Put: 1. Joseph Rivers, Lunenburg, 55-1.75; 3. Dominic Acquista, HV, 44-7; 6. Nolan Roberts, HV, 42-8.5; 13. Brendan Goss, MG, 38-6; 16. Nick Sayers, Tac, 37-11.25; 22. Jake Mucci, HV, 34-1.75.
Discus: 1. Gino Gabrielli, Quabbin, 139-9; 4. Joe Delmolino, HV, 129-5; 15. Ryan Goss, MG, 105-2.
Javelin: 1. Zachary Stein-Drago, Blackstone Valley, 161-9; 4. Tristan Collins, Len, 154-1; 11. Andre Collins, Len, 133-0.
Girls Team Scores
1. South Hadley, 86 points; 2. Mount Greylock, 73; 16. Taconic, 15; 24. Hoosac Valley, 8; 24. Lenox, 8; 27. Wahconah, 6; 27. Drury, 6; 40. Monument Mountain, 2.
Boys Team Scores
1. Murdock 56; 7. Wahconah, 25; 16. Taconic, 18; 19. Hoosac Valley, 15; 21. Mount Greylock, 13; 31. Monument Mountain, 8.5; 37. Lenox, 6.