School Roundup: Peabody track excels at State Coaches Invitational

It was an extremely successful day for Peabody track on Saturday at the State Coaches Invitational Meet. John Lawrence had the best day of all. He was the only male first-place finisher to come out of the North Shore, winning the 2-mile (9:46.31).Peabody’s boys squad had four other athletes finish in the top 10 of their events: Nour Shahin, third, shot put (47-2 3/4); Dulu Gaye, fifth, 55 hurdles (8.3); Nick Berlangieri, fifth, high jump (5-11); and Ryan Conrad, 10th, 1,000 (2:42.79).The Tanners boys team had five other athletes compete: Sean Ouellette, 31st, mile (4:47.42); Chris Lawrence, 49th, mile (4:52.61), Derek Gomes, 27th, 300 (38.27); Nick Hiou, 46th, 300 (38.74); and Kevin Bettencourt, 12th, shot put (43-4 1/4).The Tanners girls team had nine athletes competing: Meghan Connors, 29th, 2-mile (12:26.39), Brittney Creamer, 17th, mile (5:33.92); Taysia Barnes, 77th, 300 (46.05); Rhode Moise, 87th, 300 (46.41); Kristen Kolodziej, 71st, 600 (1:50.1); Angela Ellison, 12th, 1,000 (3:13.01); Jenna Pickard, 39, 1,000 (3:21.28); Pinky Ratanajit, sixth, 55 (7.67); and Kristina Richards, 14th, high jump (4-9).Mike Sahagian of Marblehead placed second in the 55 with a time of 6.71. Tyler Smith also competed in the mile (4:49.87).Manny Velez, Revere, also placed second in an event: shot put (47-10).St. John’s had five competitors: Alex Moscone, 53rd, 300 (38.99); Matt Cullen, 75th, 600 (1:33.44); Nick Marinakis, 11th, 55 (6.83) (just missed finals); Chris Grant, 20th, high jump (5-9); and Andrew Valeri, 37th, shot put (39-2).Salem’s Niko Takis-Welch finished sixth in the 600 (1:26.94). The North Shore had four other boys competitors: Tom Mahoney, Beverly, who placed seventh in the high jump (5-11; Brad Olson, 29th, mile (4:46.17); Jason Guarente, Saugus, 1,000 (2:47.84); and Charles Asquith, Winthrop, long jump (18-0 3/4).Elly O’Leary, Fenwick, was the only female athlete to place first on the day: 1,000 (3:05.35). The Crusader girls had four other athletes compete: Bianca Gallo, 300 (45.14); Marial Quezada, 300 (45.81); Ashley Banks, 1,000 (3:20.29); and Jennifer Tremblay, 14th, shot put (29-1 1/4). Banks qualified for states in the 1,000. On Sunday, at the Elite Invitational, Lexi Culkeen of Fenwick won the shot put (36-11 3/4).Katie VonZweck, Beverly, placed third in the high jump (5-1). Beverly had two other athletes compete: Katie Crowley, 2-mile (12:46.23); and Breanna Bailey, 1,000 (3:40.45).Alexandra Henry was English’s lone competitor; she finished with a time of 3:42.36 in the 1,000.Saugus’ girls team had four competitors: Alyssa Williamson, ninth place, high jump (4-11); Janelle Bean, 600 (1:44.68); Erin Donahue, 1,000 (3:21.85); and Lauren Atkins, long jump (14-0).Eight other female athletes competed from the North Shore: Christina Montefusco, Danvers, 2-mile (12:28.3); Rachel Orlowski, Danvers, shot put (26-4); Kristen Surman, Danvers, shot put (25-10); Colby Hough, Revere, mile (5:50.64); Tayla Hough, Revere, 1,000 (3:40.5); Mary Keroack, Marblehead, 300 (44.26); Sarah Bitterman, Marblehead, 600 (1:50.7); and Julie Dowson, Winthrop, 600 (1:46.58).WRESTLINGLynnfield’s wrestling team took a giant step forward in Saturday’s CAL/NEC meet, placing third out of 12 teams. The Pioneers scored 138 points, jumping up from last year’s seventh-place performance.”I’ve been pleased with progress of the last year,” Lynnfield coach Craig Stone said.The Pioneers had four second-place finishers: Ryan Visconti (130), Tino Acierno (140), Chris Klove (171) and Jake Donaldson (285). Mike Doherty (103) and Brad Cataldo (189) took home third place, while C.J. Venuto (125) placed fourth.Lynnfield is 18-7 this year.GIRLS HOCKEYSt. Mary’s 5, Woburn 2At Woburn, Abby Gauthier scored a pair of goals and added an assist for the Spartans (15-0). Courtney White added a goal and an assist. Courtney Winters and Erin McAndrews scored the other two goals. St. Mary’s outshot Woburn 33-9.Billerica 8, Peabody 0At Billerica, Megan Canavan made an emergency a