Track: Spartans shine at CCL meets

St. Mary’s boys and girls track teams earned a spot in school history with their best-ever performances in the Catholic Central League meets at Bowditch Field in Framingham.The girls finished third with 78 points while the boys placed fourth with 62 points. The boys already own the program’s best-ever Catholic Central Large dual meet record at 7-2.”We will have 12 athletes going to States on Saturday, the most we’ve had in at least 20 years,” said coach Heather Wood.Multi-placers Brianna Anderson and Zuzu Haefner paced the Spartan girls. Anderson won the long jump (15-7) and ran second in the 100 (12.9) while Haefner had seconds in the long jump (15-7) and high jump (5-0) and a fourth in the 400 hurdles (72.9).Carol DiMaiti won the 100 in 12.7 and Chandler Capozzi won the 400 in 63.5 to qualify for States. Toni Vinciarelli earned a State berth with a fourth in the 200 (27.6) as did Michaela St. Cyr with a sixth in the 800 (2:36.1.). St. Cyr added a sixth in the javelin (77-11) as did Carmel Lozzi in the high jump (4-6) and Rachel Hanlon in the triple jump (29-4).The 4×100 relay team of DiMaiti, St. Cyr, Vinciarelli and Anderson placed second in 52.8 while the 4×400 squad of Siobhan O’Neill, Rachel Hanlon, Sarah Ryan and Maggie Carey placed fourth in 4:55.For the boys, Drew DiMaiti won the 400 hurdles (58.5) and claimed fifth in the mile (4:46.4) and Ralph Bertrand grabbed second in the 200 (23.0) and fifth in the long jump (18-6).Cory Donahue placed second in the 100 (11.5), Marvin Bony was third in the 200 (23.4), Kevin Romulus (100, 11.6), Jameson Wadman (javelin, 141-4) and Mike Cronin (high jump, 5-2) had fourths, Guychard Samson was fifth in the shot put (39-2 1/2) and Mike Ksander ran sixth in the two-mile (11:41.8).The 4×100 relay team of Romulus, Bony, Donahue and Bertrand blistered to a 45.4 win while the 4×800 unit of Ksander, Liam Foley, Jack Carroll and Connor Foley finished fifth in 11:16.NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MEETSat Manning FieldBoysPeabody steamrolled the field with 165 points – 98 better than runner-up Swampscott. The Tanners would’ve won the meet easily on the strength of their nine first-place finishes but added six seconds for good measure.Double winner Zachary Grube (110 hurdles, 15.13; high jump, 6-2) led the way. Other individual winners were Chris Cennami (100, 11.49), Austin Brewster (200, 22.97), Nick Christensen (mile, 4:24.65) and Jason Hiou (800, 2:01.57). The Tanners swept the relays as the 4×100 (43.71), 4×400 (3:31.04) and 4×800 (8:20.28) quartets all prevailed.Second-place Swampscott (67 points) got wins from Peter Hale (two-mile, 9:46.70) and Matthew Nardiello (400 hurdles, 57.65). Third-place Marblehead (65 points) was paced by Nolan Raimo (1st, long jump, 21-5; 2nd, 110 hurdles, 15.71) and Danny Plunkett (1st, discus, 144-6). Salem placed fourth with 61 points, paced by double-placer Jon Crimble with a second in the 200 (23.22) and third in the triple jump (39-10). Christian Guzman placed second in the 100 in 11.58.Revere finished a solid fifth bolstered by second-place finishes from its 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams. Seventh-place Danvers got a win from Joseph Manson in the shot put (48-2 1/2) while Olisa Obiefuna accounted for 16 of Saugus’ 18 total points with a win in the triple jump (46-4) and third in the 200 (23.29). English finished 10th with 14 points from Jevon Brown-Simpson in the shot put (3rd, 42-4 3/4), the 4×800 relay team (4th, 8:49.93), Chris Birotte in the mile (5th, 4:41.71) and Alex Bonitto in the discus (5th, 121-02). Classical’s 10 points came on the strength of Steve Sam’s second in the discus (135-11) and sixth-place showings from the 4×100 relay team (47.9) and Jordan Brown in the high jump (5-10).GirlsPeabody cruised to victory with 108 points, comfortably ahead of second-place Swampscott (76) and third-place Beverly (74). The Tanners placed in all but two events, racking up four firsts and four seconds along the way.Double winner Heather MacLean led the way in the