| Team | Final |
|---|---|
| Salem | 0 |
| Timberlane | 0 |
| Pinkerton | 3 |
MANCHESTER — Led by sophomore Luke Brennan, Pinkerton's boys had its best overall race of the season to place third in the Division 1 state meet at Derryfield Park Saturday.
Concord won the meet for the second year in a row with 67 points while Pinkerton stood at 91, just eight points behind runner-up Keene.
Brennan finished fourth with a superb 16:06.6 on Derryfield's challengung 5K course while teammates Nolan Preble and Stephen Connelly came in 14th and 15th respectively.
Salem junior Jackson Mazejka had his best race of the season to take 10th in 16:32.3.
Khalil, Windham stand out
In Division 2, there were two big stories — Windham and Sanborn freshman Jared Khalil.
Windham put it all together to finish fourth overall to qualify for next week's Meet of Champions while Khalil ran a superb 16:15.2 to finish fourth.
Khalil defeated friendly Windham rival Rohan Rai, who was fifth in 16:21.2. Also for the Jaguars, Trey Gonzalez was 29th and Michael Killian was 35th.
NHIAA Division 1 Championship
at Derryfield Park (3.1 miles)
Top team scores (18 teams): Concord 67, Keene 83, Pinkerton 91, Winnacunnet 107, Londonderry 119, 13. Salem 342, 16. Timberlane 414
Winner and top area finishers: 1. Jake Velasquez (Keene) 15:32.4, 4. Luke Brennan (Pink) 16:06.6, 9. Ryan Young (Lon), 10. Jackson Mazejka (Sal) 16:32.3, 12. Matt Griffin (Lon) 16:33.9, 14. Nolan Preble (Pink) 16:37.5, 15. Stephen Connelly (Pink) 16:40.6, 24. Zach Plaza (Pink) 16:58.2, 34. Nathan Steiger (Pink) 17:18.9, 35. Dylan Hotter (Lon) 17:21.1, 38. Kerry Daley (Lon) 17:32.2, 41. Ethan Charles (Pink) 17:39.4, 42. Massi Bosli (Sal) 17:44.1
NHIAA Division 2 Championship
at Derryfield Park (3.1 miles)
Top team scores (21 teams): Coe-Brown 21, Oyster River 63, Havover 130, Windham 150, Bow 173, Con-Val 174, Souhegan 198, Sanborn 217, 15. Pelham 410
Winner and top area finishers: 1. Luke Tkaczyk (Coe-Brown) 16:06.4, 4. Jared Khalil (Sanborn) 16:15.2, 4. Rohan Rai (Wind) 16:21.2, 29. Trey Gonzalez (Wind) 17:27.2, 35. Michael Killian (Wind) 17:47.0, 36. Owen Stiocker (Sanborn) 17:49.7, 37. Josh Nottebart (Pelham) 17:50.5, 40. Cole Flenniken (Wind) 17:53.7, 41. Logan Carter (Wind) 17:57.2
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