| Team | Final |
|---|---|
| at North Andover | 98 |
| Pentucket | 41 |
| North Reading | 37 |
| Georgetown | 0 |
Saturday, May, 21
By Jeff Hamrick
Staff writer
NORTH ANDOVER — While it was the Cape Ann League meet, North Andover’s
Amanda Foote had her sights set on someone from the Merrimack Valley
League yesterday afternoon.
Entering the day already with the area’s second fastest all-time mark
in the 400 hurdles, the Scarlet Knight senior was running out of time
to eclipse Haverhill’s Rebecca Stabile area record.
“I knew Rebecca had the 63.59 mark, so I was looking to get below
that,” said Foote, who began running the race in her junior season and
had run a 64.06 earlier in the season when she won a tight dual with
Stabile.
With Ipswich’s Samantha Brown clipping at her heels the whole race, Foote blazed to a 63.51, 0.24 faster than Brown.
“This is the second time I’ve beaten her,” said Foote. “(In a dual
meet) I beat her by a long shot, but I knew that she was going to come
back and really shine this meet.
“I could tell she was right next to me the whole time ... I thought I
had her going over the last hurdle, but I felt her coming up. I knew I
ran the whole race, and I wasn’t going to lose it in the last 20 yards.”
The 400-meter hurdles were adopted in the state in 2009. The previous distance was 300 meters.
Foote also helped North Andover win the team title with a 58-second
final leg that secured second place in the 4X400 relay, giving the
Scarlet Knights 98 points, four more than runner-up Ipswich-Georgetown,
which got a huge effort from triple-placer Holly Sullivan of
Georgetown.
North Andover needed a third place or better in the final event for a second consecutive team title.
“I thought we’d have a chance to win it,” North Andover coach Rick
DelleChiaie said. “It’s a very good group of seniors. We should make
some noise in the divisionals.”
North Andover also got victories from Krista Perryman, who narrowly
missed a double by finishing second in the 100 by .18 seconds, but her
12.61 and 26.05 times were both area bests and both in the top 15
all-time in the region.
Other Knight winners were Kristen DiTroia (9-0 in pole vault) and Samantha Barron (105-0).
“I needed to have a good block start,” said Perryman. “Losing the 100 made me push myself.”
Other area girls champs were Pentucket’s Becca Morse, who ran 11:35.16
to win the 2-mile, and North Reading’s Brittany Angiolillo, who went
35-6 3/4 feet in the triple jump and also finished third in the long
jump.
“I was thinking I had to try to ignore the (first hot day in weeks),”
said a worn out Morse, who is a junior. “Sometimes your best day is on
a 90-degree day, and sometimes it’s on a 60-degree day. I was feeling
the heat. I was hoping to win and get a personal best (11:16.3), but
that didn’t happen, so I’ll get it at the (Eastern Mass.) divisionals.”
Cape Ann League Open (Girls)
Team results: North Andover 98, Ipswich-Georgetown 94, Hamilton-Wenham
88, Lynnfield 56, Triton 44, Masconomet 43, Pentucket 41, North Reading
37, Amesbury 23, Wilmington 18, Newburyport 16
Winners, area placers:
Pole vault: 1. Kristen DiTroia (NA) 9-0, 3. Kristy Conway (NR) 9-0, 5.
(tie) Victoria Castiglione (Pent), Anne Lafond (NA), 8-0; Shot put: 1.
Lauren Knopp (HW) 32-6, 3. Katie McManus (NA) 31-10 1/2, 4. Sarah
Pearsall (Pent), 31-3, 5. Sarah Murray (NR) 30-11 1/4, 6. Emily Murray
(NR) 30-10; Discus: 1. Hanna O’Flynn (I-G) 102-0, 3. Sarah Pearsall
(Pent) 94-0, 4. Carrie Broz (Pent), 88-4; Javelin: 1. Samantha Barron
(NA) 105-0, 6. Broz (Pent) 95-5; Long jump: 1. Holly Sullivan (I-G)
17-7 3/4, 2. Dana McManus (NA) 17-1, 4. Brittany Angiolillo (NR) 16-6
1/4; Triple jump: 1. Angiolillo (NR) 35-6 3/4, 3. Sullivan (I-G) 34-9;
Cape Ann League Open (Girls)
Team results: North Andover 98, Ipswich-Georgetown 94, Hamilton-Wenham
88, Lynnfield 56, Triton 44, Masconomet 43, Pentucket 41, North Reading
37, Amesbury 23, Wilmington 18, Newburyport 16
Winners, area placers:
Pole vault: 1. Kristen DiTroia (NA) 9-0, 3. Kristy Conway (NR) 9-0, 5.
(tie) Victoria Castiglione (Pent), Anne Lafond (NA), 8-0; Shot put: 1.
Lauren Knopp (HW) 32-6, 3. Katie McManus (NA) 31-10 1/2, 4. Sarah
Pearsall (Pent), 31-3, 5. Sarah Murray (NR) 30-11 1/4, 6. Emily Murray
(NR) 30-10; Discus: 1. Hanna O’Flynn (I-G) 102-0, 3. Sarah Pearsall
(Pent) 94-0, 4. Carrie Broz (Pent), 88-4; Javelin: 1. Samantha Barron
(NA) 105-0, 6. Broz (Pent) 95-5; Long jump: 1. Holly Sullivan (I-G)
17-7 3/4, 2. Dana McManus (NA) 17-1, 4. Brittany Angiolillo (NR) 16-6
1/4; Triple jump: 1. Angiolillo (NR) 35-6 3/4, 3. Sullivan (I-G) 34-9;
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.”
Cape Ann League Open (Boys)
Team scores: Triton 109, Newburyport 102, North Andover 68, Masconomet 44.5, Amesbury 44, North Reading 38.5, Ipswich-Georgetown 36, Hamilton-Wenham 34, Wilmington 34, Pentucket 26, Lynnfield 22
Winners/area placers:
Pole vault: 1. Kendrick Poulin (HW) 12-6, 5tie. Cam Hastings (NR) 11-0; Shot put: 1. Steve Knox (Lynn) 47-8; Discus: 1. Knox (Lynn) 141-8 1/4, 6. Jon Murray (NR) 107-4 3/4; Javelin: 1. Ryan Clay (Tri) 179-4; Long jump: 1. Nate Downs (Wilm) 22-1, 2. John Manteiga (NA) 21-0 1/2, 6. Axel Lougbo (NA) 20-7; Triple jump: 1. Eric Riedel (NA) 43-5, 4. Manteiga (NA) 41-5, 5. Max Almano (NA) 40-0 1/2; 5. Mike Watson (I-G) 39-11; High jump: 1. Jake Stelline (Tri) 6-2, 4. Ahamdi Ogwuru (NA) 6-0, 5. Peter Shaheen (NA) 5-10, 6. John Hufziger (NA) 5-10
110 hurdles: 1. John O’Neil (N’port) 15.04, John Braga (NR) 16.30; 100 meters: 1. Nick Capezzuto (NR) 11.44; 5. Watson (I-G) 11.70, 6. Sam Fuller (Pent) 11.72; Mile: 1. Ben Hiromura (Masco) 4:32.74, 2. Tim Coppa (NA) 4:37.55; 400: 1. Nick Healey (N’port) 50.29, 4. Brendan Varney (NA) 52.55, 5. Almano (NA) 53.35; 400 hurdles: 1. O’Neil (N’port) 57.03, 2. Nick D’Amore (Pent) 57.71, 4. Braga (NR), 60.21, 5. Nick Kingswood (NA) 60.43, 6. Varney (NA) 60.52; 800: 1. Conor Lyons (HW) 1:58.46, 6. Greg MacArthur (NA) 2:05.80; 200: 1. Capezzuto (NR), 22.71, 2. Dan Greene (Pent) 23.10; 2-mile: 1. Kieran Kinnare (I-G) 9:53.56, 2. Mark Rollfs (NR) 9:58.25
4x100 relay: 1. Triton, 44.51, 2. Pentucket 44.57, 3. North Andover 46.51, 6. North Reading 47.75; 4x400 relay: 1. Newburyport 3:31.84, 4. North Andover 3:41.04, 6. Pentucket 3:46.91; 4x800 relay: 1. Hamilton-Wenham 8:16.68, 2. North Andover 8:22.51, 6. North Reading 9:05.56
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