Both the Peabody and St. Mary’s track and field teams competed this weekend – the Spartans at the MSTCA Coaches Invitational in Norton, and Tanners at the Andover Boosters Invite.
Spartan after Spartan impressed in the Coaches Invitational, Peabody’s boys and girls teams finished undefeated in the Northeastern Conference (Dunn), moving forward as champions of the dual meet season.
Peabody won five of six throwing events, and the other was a second place finish. Oh, and a few school and meet records weren’t bad, either.
Alex Jackson broke one of them, winning discus with a remarkable score of 162’3. Jackson also placed first in shot put with a 55-06.
Alessandra Forgione won javelin with a meet and school record of 137-3, and Aliyah Callahan won shot put with a school record of 41-5. Callahan also won discus with a throw of 116’6.
Domenic Scalese placed second in javelin with a throw 152-11 to round out Peabody’s throwing success.
Evan Bedard caught eyes in the triple jump, impressing with a 44-02.50. Lindsey Wilson and
Brianna Ewansiha did well in the high jump.
As for the running events, Justin Franco, Jayce Dooley, Eli Batista, and Colin Ridley finished second in the 4×100 relay (43:59), while Savanna Vargas, Marissa Simmons, Tamara Kemihisha, and Yosmery Batista placed second for the girls (50.45).
Vargas also finished third in the 100m with a time of 12.49, while Franco ran it in 11:36 to snag third for the boys. A 4:28.1 later from Logan Tracia in the mile, and what a meet it was for the Tanners behind coach Fernando Braz.
Senior Dylan Moroney started St. Mary’s meet with a bang, smashing his own school record by 7.5 inches with a long jump of 21-5.5. He scored sixth at the meet and is ranked number 25 in the state for long jump.
“I am absolutely in awe of Dylan’s improvement. We’ve had a bit of a rocky senior season foul-wise, but Dylan hasn’t lost focus at practice,” St. Mary’s coach Tristan Smith said. “His commitment and tenacity speak for themselves in this massive personal best, and he deserved to be out there competing with the best of the best today.”
Senior Jesse Moriello nearly matched his personal record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.18, good for 15th, and junior Kyle Kwiatek ran the mile in 4:43.6 for his best time of the season.
Eighth grader Kelsey Kwiatek, who qualified in two events, elected to go for the mile. She ran a personal best 5:45.72, giving her third place in the ninth grade division.
“Kyle and Kelsey really battled the elements today,” Smith said. “Kyle’s season best and Kelsey’s personal best speak for themselves as to their progression, but I think they both have more in the tank and I look forward to them showing that in the last few weeks of the season.”
Ryan Corrigan, who has already qualified for New Balance Nationals as an eighth grader, qualified for the freshman division of the 100m. He ran a 12.25 to snag 13th place.
Senior Anthony D’Itria finished top-five in the triple jump with a 42-10.25, and the boys 4×100 team of Corrigan, D’Itria, Moroney, and Jaiden Madden capped things off with a 47.02.
