Pittsfield Boys Excel in Sprints at County Invitational
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. -- The Pittsfield boys dominated the sprints on Wednesday at the Berkshire Invitational at Monument Mountain Regional High School.
Emmanuel Nda, Sam Higuera and Mark Amenlemah went 1-2-3 in the 100 meters with Nda leading the way with a time of 11.47 seconds.
In the 200, Nasim Purry (24.25) and Higuera finished first and second, respectively. And David Kankam (55.87) and Purry finished first and third, respectively, in the 400.
Not surprisingly, the Generals breezed to a 4.5-second margin of victory in the 4-by-100 relay.
Nda, Kankam, Purry and Higuera teamed up to finish in 44.60 seconds, well ahead of runner-up Taconic (50.17).
In the girls meet, Taconic’s Aliyah Bolling and Mount Greylock’s Madison Ross each were multiple winners.
Bolling took the 100 (13.39) and 200 (28.29). She also won the triple jump with a mark if 31 feet, 1 inch.
Ross won the 400 (1:04.23) and high jump, clearing a school record 5 feet, 4 inches.
The Mounties’ depth in the girls sprints allowed them to take the 4-by-100, where Ross was joined by Maddie Albert, Takiera Darrow and Hannah Locklear in clocking a time of 51.82.
Mount Greylock also took first and second in the 4-by-400 relay and first in the 1600 sprint medley relay.
In the field, Taconic’s Lily Lobovits won the shot put (38-2.75) and the javelin (89-0).
In the field for the boys, Ahmed won the long jump (19-10.5) and the triple jump (41-3).
GIRLS
100 Meters -- Aliyah Bolling, Tac, 13.39; 2. Maddie Albert, MG, 13.52; 3. Rosa Barnaba, MM, 14.01.
200 Meters -- Aliyah Bolling, Tac, 27.87; 2. Takiera Darrow, MG, 28.50; 3. Sophia Mele, MG, 28.66.
400 Meters -- Madison Ross, MG, 1:04.23; 2. Sophia Mele, MG, 1:05.57; Meredith McCandless, PHS, 1:08.57.
800 Meters -- Haley Crosier, W, 2:32.76; 2. Magdalena Sorrentino, L, 2:35.37; 3. Aidan Burns, L, 2:38.40.
1600 Meters -- Ava Bachman, L, 5:58.09; 2. Cami Diehl, PHS, 6:03.24; 3. Megan Francoeur, PHS, 6:11.82.
3200 Meters -- Grace Phair, MM, 11:43.77; 2. Victoria Gamberoni, W, 11:50.67; 3. Sarah Houle, W, 13:48.37.
100 Hurdles -- Hannah Locklear, MG, 17.31; 2. Brandi Gill, MG, 17.91; 3. Takiera Darrow, MG, 18.23.
400 Hurdles -- Maddie Albert, MG, 1:11.24; 2. Lilly Boudreau, HV, 1:18.19; 3. Rebecca Morris, W, 1:20.19.
4-by-100 Relay -- Mount Greylock (Albert, Darrow, Ross, Locklear), 51.82; 2. Pittsfield, 56.88; 3. Monument, 57.51.
4-by-800 Relay -- Mount Greylock (Locklear, Lawson, Schoorlemmer, Gill), 4:42.42; 2. MG “B,” 4:47.44; 3. Wahconah, 4:49.61.
1600 Sprint Relay -- Mount Greylock, 4:56.65; 2. Wahconah, 4:59.59; 3. Lenox, 5:09.51.
Distance Medley Relay -- Wahconah (Crosier, Gamberoni, G. Orlando, D. Orlando), 14:00.89; 2. Taconic, 17:45.62.
High Jump -- Madison Ross, MG, 5-4; 2. Hailey Pickard, W, 5-0; 3. Savannah Berkeley, Tac, 4-8.
Long Jump -- Hailey PIckard, W, 14-4; 1. Arianna Ward, HV, 14-4; 3. Maddie Albert, MG, 14-1.
Triple Jump -- Aliyah Bolling, Tac, 31-1; 2. Savannah Berkley, Tac, 30-8; 3. Sarah Aitken, PHS, 29-10.
Shot Put -- Lily Lobovits, Tac, 28-2.75; 2. Caroline Hadley, MG, 26-10.5; 3. Hailey Pickard, W, 26-1.5.
Discus -- Caroline Hadley, MG, 97-0; 2. Lily Lobovits, Tac, 92-3; 3. Samantha Watson, MM, 76-0.
Javelin -- Lily Lobovits, Tac, 89-0; 2. Meghan Doane, W, 83-4; 3. Grace Phair, MM, 78-10.
BOYS
100 Meters -- Emmanuel Nda, PHS, 11.47; 2. Sam Higuera, PHS, 11.84; 3. Mark Amenlemah, PHS, 12.19.
200 Meters -- Nasim Purry, PHS, 24.25; 2. Sam Higuera, PHS, 24.34; 3. Jack Catelotti, MG, 24.95.
400 Meters -- David Kankam, PHS, 55.87; 2. Jack Catelotti, MG, 56.89; 3. Nasim Purry, PHS, 57.75.
800 Meters -- Aidan Santos, MM, 2:04.80; 2. Josh Cheung, MG, 2:09.13; 3. Andre Collins, L, 2:09.45.
1600 Meters -- Josh Cheung, MG, 4:42.51; 2. Emmanuel Brown, PHS, 5:07.08; 3. Herkus Rudzinskas, L, 5:08.28.
3200 Meters -- Jesse Seid, MG, 10;15.31; 2. Jake Paris, Tac, 11:15.73; 3. Emmanuel Brown, PHS, 11:32.51.
110 Hurdles -- Spencer Villinski, L, 16.83; 2. Kevin D’Aniello, PHS, 16.84; 3. Tyler Olds, W, 17.27.
400 Hurdles -- Tyler Olds, W, 1:02.22; 2. Gabe Rich, PHS, 1:05.22; 3. Mike LaFreniere, Tac, 1:05.32.
4-by-100 Relay -- Pittsfield (Nda, Kankam, Purry, Higuera), 44.60; 2. Taconic, 50.17; 3. Mount Greylock, 51.86.
4-by-400 Relay -- Taconic (Ahmed, McGrath, Milando, Tayi), 3:49.06; 2. Wahconah, 3:50.72; 3. Lenox, 4:49.80.
1600 Sprint Relay -- Monument Mountain (Becker, K. Santos, G. Santos, Deris), 4:16.01; 2. Wahconah, 4:46.02.
Distance Medley Relay -- Mount Greylock (Sorrell, Fahlenkamp, Cheung, Seid), 11:49.79; 2. Taconic, 12:12.58; 3. Wahconah, 12:36.35.
High Jump -- Kieran Santos, MM, 5-10; 1. Josh Tayi, Tac, 5-10; 1. Mohammed Ahmed, Tac, 5-10.
Long Jump -- Mohammed Ahmed, Tac, 19-10.5 2. Shea McIlquham, W, 18-09.25; 3. Frank Boua, Tac, 18-06.75.
Triple Jump -- Mohammed Ahmed, Tac, 41-03; 2. Josh Tayi, Tac, 39-09; 3. Jack Pudlo, W, 39-02.50.
Shot Put -- Jacob Munch, L, 38-5.5; 2. Nolan Roberts, HV, 38-3; 3. Joe Delmolino, HV, 37-7.
Discus -- Joe Delmolino, HV, 112-5; 2. Nolan Roberts, HV, 108-0; 3. Jake Mucci, HV, 96-5.
Javelin -- Connor Hayford, PHS, 143-0; 2. Tristan Collins, L, 137-0; 3. Andre Collins, L, 132-8.