LYNN — Both the boys and girls Classical indoor track teams were able to get victories against English Monday night at Tech.
The girls defeated English by a score of 69-17 while the boys were able to get their first win of the season, 52-34.
“It was nice for us in our second meet to get our first win of the season,” Rams coach Brian Vaughan said. “That’s always good especially after a loss. I’m happy for these kids, happy for the seniors and excited for what’s next.”
The boys beat English in seven of the 10 events. Kevin Paniagua (37 feet 61/4) led the way for the Rams in the shot put, Maurice Sequeira (8.4 seconds) won the 50-yard hurdle, Wando Perez (6.1) won the 50-yard dash, Oladeji Jolaoso (41.3) won the 300 and Kevin Biv (1:46.3) won the 600. In the 1000 Junior Mejia (3:04.4) edged out a win over English’s Michael Falasca (3:08.3).
English’s Liam McHale (5:33) won the mile and Adnan Jalal (12:35.6) won the 2-mile.
“The distance group did very well, it’s just the sprints that we have some problems with,” English coach John Walsh said. “We have a small team and a small turnout of kids this year. A lot of kids that haven’t done any sports at all so we are in the process of getting them up to point.”
The Classical girls got their second win and had first place finishes in eight events. Maysie Jean-Louis (8.5 seconds) won the 50-yard hurdles, Gwyneth Martinez (6.9) won the 50-yard dash, Orelys Pedro (50.8) won the 300, Sophie Alcindor (2:12) won the 600, Olivia Waterman (3:43) won the 1000, Rachel Brennan (6:17.9) won the mile and Miriam Bamaca (14:30.7) won the 2-mile.
“This is our second meet of the season,” Classical girls coach Steve Martin said. “Our first one was with Saugus and we got a solid win there. Overall we did very well today. My upper classmen ran great and I have tons of freshmen and sophomores, which bodes well.
“The first two weeks you kind of figure out where all the girls can go,” Martin added. “You kind of get the idea of where everyone can settle in. We’ll see how it goes. I have multiple girls that can do multiple events. It’s a work in progress but the girls are great.”
Despite the loss English, had standout performances from Kahlee Smith-Whelton (31 feet 1/2) who won the shot put and Jackie Ramirez (3:46) who finished second in the 1,000.
“We had some good performances tonight,” English girls coach Brenda Martin said. “This group is made up of a lot of seniors this year. Jackie did a good in the 1,000 and Kahlee has already made states in the shot put. They did a great job.”
Both English boys and girls will take on Saugus next week while the Rams have meets against Swampscott and Salem.
“I’m hoping we can actually beat Saugus,” Brenda Martin said. “They have a similar sized team as us and we have some good girls. I think we will match up and be able to compete well against them.
“We’re happy to keep it going but it is going to get a lot tougher now,” Steve Martin said of Classical’s upcoming schedule. “We got some heavy hitters coming up next. Swampscott will be tough. I’ve been coaching six years here and I’ve only beat them once. They are always solid but we have a shot.”
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SWIMMING
Peabody 97, Classical 84
Peabody opened the season with a win on the road Monday night. Theo Roan earned a win in diving with a score of 161.7, while the team of Lauren MacPhail, Roman Buk, Kirsten Currie and William Connolly won the 200-yard medley relay.
In the individual events, Currie locked up a state qualification in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:18.13 and also earned a sectional qualifying time in the 100 butterfly (1:05.99). Other winners for Peabody were Connolly in the 50 freestyle, Jared Alphen in the 200 freestyle and Anthony Minichillo in the 100 freestyle. The team of Connolly, Minichillo, Alphen and Alexander Chau took first place in the 200 freestyle relay.
Peabody (1-0) swims against Medford Thursday.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
St. Mary’s 61, Austin Prep 40
With the help of nine three-pointers in the first half, the Spartans jumped out to a huge lead and never looked back in a Catholic Central League win.
Olivia Matela led the way with 14 points, while Pamela Gonzalez had 11 points. Nicolette D’Itria (9 points), Yirsy Queliz (8 points) and Ashley Sullivan (7 points) also added to the scoring for St. Mary’s.
The Spartans (2-0) visit Archbishop Williams Friday.
