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At the Frank Mooney Invitational at Wrentham, it was a good day for the Methuen boys and the Haverhill girls.

For Methuen, Freddy Coleman won the sophomore race with a terrific time of 16:22.87 while teammate Xavier Metivier was runner-up in the senior race with a time of 16:36.58.

LOWELL — Junior Jack Bicksler ran a terrific all-around race to place second overall to pace North Andover's boys to second as a team at the Merrimack Conference meet Saturday.

Xavier Metivier had a senior day to remember, finishing Methuen's 2.77-mile track in a course-record 15:08 to lead his Rangers to a tri-meet win over Haverhill and Tewksbury. Teammate Freddy Coleman was not too far behind, finishing second in 15:16.

Jack Bicksler finished seventh overall, running 13:22.5 for 2.5 miles to lead North Andover to an impressive second-place finish in the varsity B race at the Manhattan Invitational. Jett Stad was 18th for the Knights in the 29-team field.

Runner-up Lenny Veguilla was in fine form in return from hamstring injury and Colby Winn shined as North Andover swept Haverhill and Dracut.

James Pothier was the first runner to cross the finish line at the 2.9-mile Winnekinni course in 15:51 to lead the Central Catholic boys track team to a 28-29 win over Billerica. The Raiders also beat Haverhill in the tri-meet (17-40), as Matt Giannasca came in third overall in 15:58.

Haverhill junior Collin Daugherty ran the race of his life to finish first in a tri-meet with Andover and Lawrence. Andover displayed a good pack to win both of its meets.

With two sophomores iin the trio, Methuen's top relay team finished an impressive ninth at the Clipper Relays Saturday. Senior Xavier Metivier led the way with a 9:56 for two miles while sophs Freddy Coleman and Jason Dibble ran 10:10 and 10:52. Both times were nearly a minute better than last year and Dibble ran slightly more than two miles as the anchor leg.