The Pinkerton Academy boys’ indoor track and field team powered its way past the competition again on the way to its fifth consecutive Division I state championship at Dartmouth College on Sunday. And the Lady Astros were no slouches either, finishing fourth out of 14 teams in their title meet.
The Astro guys collected a stunning 108 points to dominate the 16-team meet, with Nashua North finishing a distant second with 46 points.
The Lady Astros tallied a total of 46 points to finish behind only the D-I champs from Bedford High (90), the runner-up Bishop Guertin crew from Nashua (53), and Londonderry (50).
BOYS
The now five-time state champs won a total of three events, thanks to the performances of Jadyn Ruimwijk in the 300-meter dash (36.36 seconds), Nick Sevilla in the 3,000-meter run (8 minutes, 47.80 seconds), and the 4×200 relay quartet of Nico Buccieri, Evan Rodgers, Ruimwijk, and Kaycee Scheibert (1:33.92).
But those were far from being the only point-scoring events for the champs, who snared a whole bunch of top-six finishes.
“The team had points come from many different events in what was an all-around team effort,” said coach Ian French. “It was an incredible team effort that, as a coach, you hope to see every year. Some of the runners will now look ahead to New Englands in a few weeks, where they get a chance to run against the best of the Northeast.”
The Astros got second places from Scheibert in the 55-meter dash (6.71), Sam Lanternier in the 600-meter run (1:25.64), Tom Hanlon in the 1,000 (2:36.09), Jeff Reddy in the 1,500 (4:05.46), Ben Curry in the high jump (6 feet), and the 4×400 quartet (3:36.14).
A third place was also snagged by Reddy in the 3,000 (9:04.13).
GIRLS
The Lady Astros got impressive efforts from standout Britney Johnson, who took a second on her own in the 1,000 (3:04), helped the 4×800 relay team to a second along with teammates Annie Sullivan, Ariel Vaillancourt, and Veronica Sullivan (9:53.10), and tallied a third on her own in the 1,500 (4:57.67).
Morgan Sansing contributed a second in the 3,000 (10:41.83), and other third places came from Jordan Vaillancourt in the 1,000 (3:05.40) and Maison D’Amelio in the 3,000 (10:42.81).
