School roundup: Marblehead gymnasts fall short in search for first win

The Marblehead gymnastics team had a strong bid for their first win on Tuesday but fell short at home against Peabody, 135.3-133.4.Marblehead coach Laura LeBlanc was happy with her team’s performance.”We had a really strong team effort today,” LeBlanc said.The Magicians’ Cassie Noonan placed third in beam (8.5), second in bars (8.6), and third in vault (8.7). Alexis Lemieux had two seconds in vault (8.8) and floor (8.5). Emily Katz also placed third in beam (8.5). Marblehead is now 0-4.Fenwick 131.9, Malden 107.5At Bakers Gym, Fenwick had three double winners in Eileen Delory, Kimmie Shinnick and Meg Delory. Eileen Delory placed first in all around (33.8) and beam (8.6). Shinnick placed first in floor (8.6) and tied for first in vault (8.4). Meg Delory placed first in bars (8.6) and tied for first in vault (8.4). Fenwick is 3-1.SwimmingMarblehead 104, English 61At Lynch Van Otterloo YMCA, the Magicians (5-1) had five individual winners. Katherine Kelloway, 200 IM (2:22.06); Tom Cason, 50 free (27.74); Sara Daher, 100 fly (1:05.52); Katherine Foley, 100 free (59.71); Toireasa Rafferty-Millett, 500 free (5:40.90); Megan Alexander, Kohlman Harshbarger, Harrison Roots, Billy Wyman, 200 medley relay (159.11); Ryan Hoey, Austin Harshbarger, Wyman, Cason, 200 free relay (1:45.77). For English, Langston Toxey took first in the 200 free (2:01.03). Eddie Holland took first in diving (175 points) and second in the 100 free (1:02.86). Martin Merrit had personal bests in the 200 free and 100 back.Danvers 67, Peabody 41At Danvers, the Falcons had two double winners in Graham Beck and Ethan Collins. Beck took first in the 50 free and 500 free. Collins took first in the 100 free and 100 back. Maura Wilson took first in the 100 breast. Julianne Hopkins took first in the 200 IM. For Peabody, Julie Shay took first in the 200 free. Danvers is 4-1.BOYS TRACKSt. John’s 64, CM 31At the Reggie Lewis Center, St. John’s had six different individual winners: Sean Enos, shot put (49-5); Pat Driscoll, 55 meter hurdles (8.5); Chris Crosby, 300 meters (36.92); Mike Galasso, 600 meters (1:26.52); John Flanagan, 1,000 meters (2:41.47); and Chris Oesterlin, mile (4:32.97). St. John’s is 3-0.Fenwick 37, Marian 30At the Reggie Lewis Center, Fenwick had a double winner in Connor McCormack. McCormack placed first in the high hurdles (9.78) and long jump (a personal-best 16-11 1/2). Andrew Young placed first in the mile (4:46), and Joe O’Brien placed second (5:09). Tom Banks placed first in the 600 (1:31). Zach Nardone placed first in the shot put (44-0). Fenwick is 3-1.GIRLS TRACKFenwick 50, Marian 18At the Reggie Lewis Center, Fenwick had two double winners in Brittany Dolan and Elly O’Leary. Dolan placed first in the high hurdles (9.98) and 50 dash (8.07). O’Leary placed first in the 1,000 (3:12) and high jump (4-3). Marial Quezada placed first in the 300 (46.09) and Meredith Ross placed first in the shot put (30-3). Fenwick is 4-0.