| Team | Final |
|---|---|
| Pelham | 0 |
| Sanborn | 0 |
| Windham | 0 |
It took a record-breaking time to keep Steven Hammar from victory.
The Pelham runner placed second in the 1,500 meter run at the Division 2 state championships at Dartmouth, bested by Bow's Jonathan Vinnenberg in a time of 4:06.50 that was almost five seconds faster than the two-year-old record he broke. Hammar ran a personal-best 4:15.54 as runner-up.
Vinnenberg had an outstanding meet as he also shattered the divisional record in winning the 1,000 (2:32.40).
Windham's Derek Gray provided the area's other highlight, finishing a strong third in the dash with a 6.66 that was 0.17 of a second behind the record-setting effort of Oyster River's Ethan Druskat.
"It was by far his best time and a school record," said head coach Ryan O'Connor of Gray's performance. "He cut close to 3/10 of a second off his best."
Druskat, who also won the 300, broke the divisional dash record twice as he shaved 0.01 of a second off the old mark with a 6.56 in the prelims before blazing a 6.49 to win the title.
Windham's top-ranked 4x200 relay team of Gray, CJay DiPrima, Kenny Padin and Brandon Dreyfuss set a school record with a 1:38.48, but one tough baton exchange hurt and dropped them back to a third-place finish.
In the 4x400, Sanborn's quartet of John Brown, Tyler Peterson, Josh Childs and Colin Cooper set a new school record with a 3:51.75.
Division 2 state championship
at Dartmouth College, Hanover
Team scores: 1. Souhegan 87; 2. Oyster River 60; 3. Merrimack Valley 30; 11. Windham 12; 15, tie. Pelham 8
Champions and top area finishers:
55 meter dash: 1. Ethan Druskat (Oyster River) 6.49 (new division record), 3. Derek Gray (Windham) 6.66; 300: 1. Druskat (Oyster River) 36.36; 600: 1. Bert DeForest (Souhegan) 1:25.30, 7. Mike Sheahan (Windham) 1:29.67; 1,000: 1. Jonathan Vinnenberg (Bow) 2:32.40 (new division record); 1,500: 1. Vinnenberg (Bow) 4:06.50 (new division record), 2. Steven Hammar (Pelham) 4:15.54; 3,000: 1. Colton Ham (Merr. Valley) 9:07.30; 55 hurdles: 1. Ben DeForest (Souhegan) 8.17, 7. Sutton Bradbury-Koster (Pelham) 8.67; 4x200: 1. Souhegan 1:35.84, 3. Windham (Derek Gray, CJay DiPrima, Kenny Padin, Brandon Dreyfuss) 1:36.48; 4x400: 1. Souhegan 3:39.65; 4x800: 1. Souhegan 8:22.51; HJ: 1. John Cioffredi (Lebanon) 6-2; LJ: 1. Derrek St. Onge (Goffstown) 21-7, 9. Tyler Peterson (Sanborn) 19-0 1/4, 10. Patrick Fitzgerald (Windham) 18-10; SP: 1. Joseph Thibeault (Bedford) 48-5 3/4
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