Track: Prep impresses at Rhode Island invitational

St. John’s Prep traveled down to Providence to compete in the Rhode Island Classic Invitational. The Eagles had a pretty good showing, placing in four different relays.”It is nice to have some good competition so early in the season,” St. John’s coach Ray Carey said. “I think we made some major improvements today.”The high jump relay team, which consisted of Jack Durkin, James Byman and Mike Hayes, had the strongest performance of the day. They came in second with a cumulative jump of 17-1. John Flanagan, Ben Halpin, Jon Touchette and Chris Oesterlin placed fourth in the 4×800 (8:29.6). The Eagles also had two fifth-place finishes: Sean Enos, Kevin Connor, Angelo Laskaris, shot put (126-2); and Mike Galasso, Nick Pesaturo, Brandon West and Chris Crosby, 4×400 (3:36.7).Swampscott 54, English 32At Swampscott, the Big Blue and Bulldogs both had five first-place finishes. Swampscott dominated second-place finishes, taking all but one. English’s first-place finishers were: Richard Kimber, 55 hurdles (8.1); Zach Adie, 55 (7.2); Camy Ducasse, 300 (39.2); Jesse Birotte, 1,000 (2:54); and 4×400 (3:48.9). Swampscott’s five first-place finishers were: Matt Nardiello, high jump (5-4); Dave Wilson, shot put (39-3); Kyle Taylor, 600 (1:37.9); Jake Conaty, mile (5:02.2); and Trevor Whelan, 2-mile (12:43).Salem 59, Saugus 27At Swampscott, Ben Dibble had a pair of first-place finishes for the Witches: high jump (5-8) and 55 hurdles (8.3). Salem had seven more first-place finishes: Nathan Staples, 55 (8.3); Chris Bozarjian, 300 (41.3); Mike Collins, 600 (1:37.5); Max Thelen, 1,000 (3:17.6); Kinnon Church, mile (5:25.5); Stephen Trainor, 2-mile (11:04.3); and 4×400 (4:01.4). Ryan Chisholm earned the Sachems’ lone first-place finish in the shot put (32-4 1/2).GIRLS TRACKSwampscott 55, English 30At Swampscott, Lindsay Walsh earned two first-place finishes: high jump (4-8) and 1,000 (3:09.5). The Big Blue had four more first-place finishes: Stasia Beaulieu, shot put (27-5); Emma Walsh, 600 (1:49.7); Amelia Antrim, mile (5:56); and Jillian Hebert, 2-mile (13:44). The Bulldogs had four first-place finishes: Maria Arzu, 55 hurdles (10.9); Leah Hall, 55 (7.9); Bianca Fowler, 300 (45.0); and 4×400 (4:37.7).Saugus 46, Salem 40At Swampscott, Lauren Atkins earned a pair of first-place finishes for the Sachems: high jump (4-8) and 300 (48.1). Saugus had five more first-place finishes: Ashley Firth, 55 (8.3); Ashley Aldred, 600 (1:48.1); Raquel Manley, mile (6:15.1); Nicole Lynch, 2-mile (14:05.9); and 4×400 (4:44.1). The Witches had three first-place finishes: Tatyana James, shot put (27-10); Devyn Ryan, 55 hurdles (10.7); and Erin Burke, 1,000 (3:35.9).