The Peabody girls and boys track teams swept the table as Northeastern Conference North champions this spring and the awards kept on coming with NEC track All-Stars being announced this week.
The Tanners racked up a total of eight spots on both the boys and girls All-Conference teams and had another six members that were named North All-Stars. Peabody coach Fernando Braz was named both boys and girls Coach of the Year.
For the boys, Peabody’s Daniel Canela (100m), Shaun Conrad (400m), Joel Lisoma (400m hurdles), Brandon Glass (shot put), Peter Gardikas (discus) and Shea Lynch (javelin) all earned All-Conference spots in their events.
The Peabody relay teams of Canela, Eli Batista, Gabriel Delacruz and Colin Ridley (4×100) and Tyler Surman, Michael Perez, Logan Tracia and Conrad (4×400) also earned All-Conference spots.
Marblehead also earned a good chunk of boys All-Conference honorees with Loeden Rodrigues (two mile) and Ciro Martin Sotos (800m) earning spots along with the 4×800 relay team of Martin Sotos, Ryan Thompson, Rodrigues and Peter Clifford.
Saugus’ Jarod DeSousa was named South MVP after a great season in the high jump. Swampscott’s Joey Do (triple jump) also earned a spot on the All-Conference Team.
The rest of the boys All-Conference Team included the Beverly duo of Jaichaun Stanton-Jones — who also was named NEC MVP (200m) — and Brady Trask (long jump) and the Masconomet pair of Sebastian Gilligan (one mile) and Stephen Nalesnik (110m).
NEC boys All-Stars were Trevor Strauss (Peabody), Ben McKiernan (Peabody), Domenic Scalese (Peabody), Sasha Kessel (Masconomet), Simon Berents (Masconomet), Devon Testa (Marblehead), Cam Heafitz (Marblehead), Grant Eastin (Beverly), Liam Ouellette (Beverly), Adian McMaster (Swampscott), Luke Llewellyn (Danvers), Wiliam Sheehan (Danvers), Ryan McHale (Danvers), Dillon Riley (Winthrop), Christopher Cappuccio (Winthrop), Luke Walkama (Gloucester), Andrew Coelho (Gloucester), Elijah Tapia Gately (Saugus) and Joseph Wong (Salem).
For the girls, Peabody’s Arlene Davila (discus) was named NEC North MVP for the season. Savanna Vargas (100m), Jolene Murphy (200m), Sadai Headley-Mawasi (400m), Sarah DiVasta (one mile), and Aaliyah Alleyne (javelin) also led the pack with All-Conference honors.
The relay teams of Vargas, Headley-Mawasi, Ava D’Ambrosio and Murphy (4×100) and DiVasta, Cailyn Buckley, Kyra Buckley and Samantha Simmons (4×800) also made the All-Conference Team.
Marblehead’s Devin Whalen earned All-Conference honors in the 100m hurdles.
The rest of the girls All-Conference Team included South MVP Haley Murph (Danvers, 400m hurdles), Mia Kasperowicz (Beverly, two mile), Caelie Patrick (Gloucester, 800m), Mackenzie Gilligan (Beverly, high jump), Sarah Aylwin (Masconomet, long jump), Charlotte Losee (Masconomet, triple jump) and the Gloucester 4×400 relay team of Rumi Thomas, Mackay Brooks, Patrick and Darcy Muller.
Girls NEC All-Stars included Gina Mariniello (Peabody), Yosemery Batista (Peabody), Lindsey Wilson (Peabody), Olivia Guerriero (Masconomet), Greta Mowers (Masconomet), Cate Trautman (Marblehead), Claire Tips (Marblehead), Kylie McCarthy (Beverly), Olivia King (Swampscott), Katie Walfield (Danvers), Emma Eagan (Danvers), Ella Young (Gloucester), Sarah Baker (Gloucester), Madison Lawler (Gloucester), Beatriz Holzbach (Winthrop), Nora McCarey (Winthrop), Serena Cacciola (Saugus) and Sierra Clawson (Salem).
