Track Roundup: Prep’s Luongo continues his record-setting season

St. John?s Joe Luongo keeps smashing records left and right this season. Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center in Roxbury, the senior dominated all comers in the 600-meters, winning by over a second in a meet record time of 1:19.36.
?He just wants to keep getting better,” St. John?s coach Ray Carey said.
That event win helped the Eagles finish 15thas a team but it was Peabody who was the top placing area squad as the Tanners finished eighth overall with 16 points.
Super sophomore Marcelo Rocha battled right to the end but Mansfield?s Dan Romano had a better finishing kick in the mile as he won in 9:25.41 to Rocha?s 9:27.33.
The Tanners other point scoring finish came in the 4-x-800 relay where the quartet of Ben Manoogian, Connor Wolff, Jason Karakaedos and Mike Ricci were second in 8:03.98.
Anthony Christo and Marcus Vieira finished 17thand 18thin the shot put for the Tanners.
Gloucester?s Everest Crawford was fourth in the 1,000 meters (2:33.58) with teammate Noah Hillier placing fifth in the shot put (51-0).
Danvers? John Thomas placed fourth in the 55-meter dash (6.58).
In the girls? competition, Marblehead?s Carlyn McGrath placed fourth in the 55-meter hurdles (8.67) to lead area runners.Beverly?s Julia Curtin finished sixth (2:58.2) in the 1,000 before joining Abby Walsh, Julianna Wesley and Lexi Sutyak to take seventh in the 4-x-800 relay (9:38.60).