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ANDOVER — Looking down at the gold medal that had been draped around his neck moments earlier, it still seemed a bit surreal to Andover’s Pat Farnham.

“I never though I’d be running this fast,” said Farnham. “I never thought I’d be running track at all in high school. It feels so awesome. I just love this.”

Victories from John DeAngelo and Dan Belanger helped Whittier finish third in the Commonwealth Conference meet held at Greater Lowell. DeAngelo tossed the discus 111-10 and Belanger ran the 110 high hurdles in a winning time of 16.9 seconds. Also, the Wildcats' 4x100 relay team of Paul Buccos, Jordan Gustav, Belanger and Scott Bonneau was triumphant (46.25).

Sensational Malcolm Mason-Rodriguez won the long jump (23-7 1/4) and triple jump (47-3 3/4) and scored 29 points to lead Phillips to its second straight New England Prep Division 1 title. James Casselberry won the discus.

Capezzuto sweeps dashes North Reading’s Nick Capezzuto, who normally runs the 200 and 800 meters, pulled off a double in the dashes, winning the 100 in 11.44 and the 200 in 22.71. “I ran a (personal best) in the (100) preliminaries in 11.36, so this was my second best electronic time,” said Capezzuto, who will attend Stonehill next year. “I honestly thought it was going to be cold. I wasn’t expecting the heat or the sun at all. I was just expecting to run fast, not necessarily win. I just wanted to knock off a good time.” Considering it was one of the few times Capezzuto had attempted the distance, it was a more than acceptable time. “I ran the 100 I think three other times before this,” said Capezzuto, who did not run the 800 yesterday. “It started with me moving to the 800 and 200 but since the 200 comes right after the 800, they moved me to the 100 and 800. That’s how I discovered I could run the 100. “I didn’t run (the 800) because I don’t want to have two days of hard running in (a six-day stretch). I’m going to run it Friday. But I love the 800. It’s a good pain. You have to train and you have to want that pain.” Triton won the boys division with 109 points followed by Newburyport with 102 and North Andover with 68. The only other area champion was North Andover’s Eric Riedel, who won the triple jump with a 43-5. “It’s the first time we’ve had good weather all season,” Riedel, a junior, said. “I just came off a hamstring injury and didn’t come back until Tuesday (against Masconomet). It still hurts me, but it wasn’t affecting me that much.”

Andrew Ferguson was the day's lone individual double winner, taking top honors in the shot put and discus as part of Pinkerton's convincing 86-50 victory over Salem.

North Andover fell to Masconomet so the 9-1 Knights shared the league title with Triton. John Manteiga won the long jump and took seconds in the triple jump and 100. Peter Shaheen jumped a personal best  5-10 to qualify for the league meet.

For the second meet in a row, sophomore John Braga won the long jump, high jump, 110 hurdles and 400 hurdles as North Reading closed its dual meet season with its second straight victory, 88-48 over Lynnfield.

Jason Cox ran a personal best 4:46.3 in the mile, qualifying for the state meet in Pentucket's dual meet finale against Triton. The Vikings moved to 8-1 with a 97-48 victory over the Sachems (6-4).

ANDOVER — A year ago, Andover’s Sydney Eberth was relegated to the sidelines as a spectator.

“She was sick with (mononucleosis) and missed last spring,” said Golden Warriors coach Peter Comeau. “She didn’t have a junior season. It was tough.”

The Pinkerton boys and girls teams swept the 15-team Merrimack Invitational. The Smith twins were immense with Emmitt Smith winning the 100, taking second in the 200 and helping the Astros take third in the 4x100. Abbey Smith may have been even more impressive with a second in the 100, a second in the high hurdles and a leg on the winning 4x100. Teammate Margaret Barrie also piled up big points in the sprints.

North Reading's John Braga exploded for wins in the long jump (20-1), high jump (5-8), 110 hurdles (16.7) and 400 hurdles as the Hornets beat Hamilton-Wenham 99-46 but lost to Triton 95 1/3-49 2/3.

With the 4x400 relay deciding the meet, Cam Kelly's 52.8 anchor leg gave him and Methuen a 74-69 victory over Chelmsford.  The Rangers shot put team of Dan Cormier, Derek Feole and Tyler Bolduc completed a perfect 2010-2011, scoring all of the available points in the event during the winter and spring seasons.

Cam Walsh broke Jamison Whiting's 16-year-old Central Catholic record with his 14-1 pole vault in 75.5-64.5 Central Catholic win over Andover.

Walsh's vault puts him fifth all time in the area.  Whiting's previous record was 14-0.

Tom Marcotte (shot put and discus) and Alex Mayhew (100 and 200) were Haverhill's double winners in a 100-45 meet loss to Lowell.