Track Roundup: Fenwick runs away with Tri-County title

The Bishop Fenwick girls? track team ran away with the Tri-County League Division 2 championship at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston on Wednesday, while the Crusaders? boys? squad placed third. St. John?s Prep finished third in Division 1 competition, and St. Mary?s finished the day in sixth.The Fenwick girls came into the day undefeated, and the squad continued its impressive season with multiple first-place finishes. Lindsay Donahue finished first in the 300 meters with a time of 44.79 seconds, while Sydney Packard took the 600 meters with (1:42.84). Sabrina Silvagni finished first in the long jump at 14 feet 10 inches. Merry Harrington took the high jump (5-0), and Marison Camelo won the shotput with a throw of 32 feet 1 inch.The Fenwick boys took first in the 4×400 relay in Division 2 competition with a time of 3:44.6. Mitch Rivers, Shawn Carlson, Pat Walsh and John Blanchard made up the first-place team.In Division 1 boys action, St John?s Prep had several first-place finishes. Tom Chiappini won the shotput (49-9) and the quartet of Evan McMullin, Josh Raposa, Nate Sweeney and Joe Luongo took the 4×400 relay (3:33). Luongo also took first place in the 300 meters (35.25), breaking the school record by .02 seconds. He also broke the Massachusetts all-time record in the 600 meters last Saturday in the New Balance nationals in New York with a time of 1:18.84.?Joe does everything right to be in the situation to run fast,” St. John?s coach Ray Carey said. “He?s improved in so many small areas from last season.”For St. Mary?s, it was an up-and-down day that ultimately led both the girls and boys to finish sixth in Division 2. For coach Heather Straz, her squad has much to look forward to.?We have a very young team,” Straz said. “Days like today show that our athletes are getting better, and we should be very good the next couple of years if they keep improving.”The Spartans got two second-place finishes, with Tia Foglietta in the girls? 1000 meters (3:13.6) and Tony Mwangi in the boys? mile (5:01.9). Foglietta, Mwangi, Sam Saunders and Cody Murtagh combined to finish third in the coed 4X800-meter relay with a time of 10:35.Foglietta and Toni Vinciarelli will compete in the state tournament.?They’re running at states, and will hopefully lead our team going forward,” Straz said.Revere sweeps Winthrop It was a clean sweep for the Revere Patriots, as both the boys and girls defeated the Winthrop Vikings in track. The boys won 66-20, while the girls won 47-38.Revere girls? coach Antonio LaBruna knew his squad?s matchup against Winthrop was always going to be tight, with the winner of the day likely to be decided by a matter of seconds.?Going into the meet, everything was going to be close,” LaBruna said. “Our team and theirs have had very similar scores before, and we thought a lot of the events would be bang-bang. Today they went in our favor.”Revere got many first-place finishes. Angelisa Nguyen won the 50-meter dash (6.5), while Jessica Cambraia won the 300 meters and Hannah Fitzpatrick took the two mile. Rachel Shanbar took first in the shotput (28-2).Winners for Winthrop included Carly O?Keefe in the 50-yard hurdles, Holly Benson in the 600-meters, and Heidy Benson in the 1000-meter.The Patriots took first and second in the mile. Suellen Guerreiro had her best time of the season to take first, finishing at 6:19, with teammate Jackie Dion just behind (6:31).?Going into the mile, we knew it would be close,” LaBruna said. “We knew that our runners and theirs were only separated by about three seconds in our last meet. (Guerreiro and Dion) were clutch for us.”In the boys? meet, Winthrop managed three wins with Christopher Beaudray in the 600 meters, William Holden in the two-mile race, and in the 4×440 relay. Beyond that, Revere was dominant. Winners for the Patriots included Nelson Cevallos (high jump), Mirza Liskovica (shotput), Lionel Forbes (50-yard hurdles), Daniel Murphy (50-yard dash), Anthony Berry (300 meters), Richie D