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Salem's two varsity running backs Jerickson Fedrick and Max Jacques battled it out in the 55 meter dash with Fedrick winning in 6.39 seconds and Jacques coming in second (6.62). The two helped Pinkerton boys track take third place at the Division 1 state meet. 

Londonderry's Zachary Joy came away with the lone Division 1 individual victory in Open Qualifying Meet competition at USM, but Pinkerton's Emmitt Smith certainly left his mark.

Salem's Max Jacques won the 55 meter dash (6.4) and long jump (21-01) at the New Hampshire qualifying standards meet at UNH.

HANOVER, N.H. — The Andover girls came up big at the Dartmouth Relays with Maggie Mullins and Eve Bishop leading the way. Mullins, The Eagle-Tribune MVP in cross country, sped to a winning time of 11:03.87. That places her seventh on the area’s all-time list. Bishop was second in the 300, teamed with Mullins, Sydney Eberth and Jaclyn Torres to win the sprint medley and ran on the runner-up 4x400 team with Eberth and Torres and Rae Bronenkant. Both Andover squads placed fourth in the team standings. Andover’s Will Ossoff, Ryan Beaumont, Ryan Cooney and Simon Voorhees combined to win the 4x800 in 8:10.14. It was a huge day for Voorhees, who placed in three events. Pat Farnham sped to a second in the 300 (36.52) and teamed with Adam Carrington, Brian Knapp and Voorhees for a second in the sprint medley. Methuen’s Cam Kelley was a double-placer including a second in the 1,000 (2:36.29). Two years ago it was the 300 this year it was the 400. Salem’s Melissa Higgins added to her medal collection with an impressive performance at the Dartmouth Relays. The Blue Devil senior broke the tape in 59.30 to win by over a second. The area’s all-time leader in the 300 hurdles, Higgins is accustomed to running fast in the spring and the winter. She ran a 57.86 400 last winter. Timberlane’s James Dionne tied for third in the high jump and Londonderry’s Clint Perry grabbed a sixth in the 600. The Timberlane team of Kristen Swanson (200), Emily Swanson (200), Taylor Ordway (400), and Hannah Kimball (800) took a fourth in the 1,600-meter sprint medley in 4:26.14.

Dartmouth Relays Boys team scoring: 1. St. Anthony (N.Y.) 66, 4.tie Andover 27, 21.tie Methuen 10, 41.tie Timberlane 5, 52.tie Londonderry 1 Area results:  4x800: 1. Andover (Will Ossoff, Ryan Beaumont, Ryan Cooney, Simon Voorhees) 8:10.14; 1,600 sprint medley: 2. Andover (Pat Farnham, Adam Carrington, Brian Knapp, Voorhees) 3:36.49, 5. Methuen (Mike Capomaccio, Eric Lacroix, Stephen Lilja, Kelley) 3:41.71; Mile: 6. Voorhees (Andover) 4:25.79; 300: 2. Farnham (Andover) 36.52; HJ: 3.tie Matt Dionne (Timberlane) 6-0; 400: 6. Clint Perry (Londonderry) 53.48; 1,000: 2. Cam Kelley (Methuen)  2:36.29 Girls team scoring: 1. Newton North 71, 4. Andover 39, 16.tie Salem 10, 33.tie Timberlane 4 Area scorers: 300: 2. Eve Bishop (And) 41.11; 400: 1. Melissa Higgins (Sal) 59.30; 2-mile: 1. Maggie Mullins (And) 11:03.87; 1,600 sprint medley: 1. Andover (Bishop, Sydney Eberth, Jaclyn Torres, Mullins) 4:17.35; 4x400: 2. Andover (Eberth, Bishop, Torres, Rae Bronenkant) 4:05.65, 4. Timberlane (Kristen Swanson, Emily Swanson, Taylor Ordway, Hannah Kimball) 4:26.14; HJ: 5. Jess Salley (And) 5-2; TJ: 6. Emily Belluche (And) 35-4

Emmitt Smith was a scoring machine for Pinkerton's track team in a fourth place finish at UNH. Smith accounted for 15 of the Astros' 35 points with a victory in the dash (6.6), a second in the long jump (19-1 1/2) and a third in the 300 (39.2). Timberlane placed sixth led by Matt Dionne's commanding win in the high jump (6-2, winning by four inches).