Northampton flexed its middle-distance muscle in the relays at the New Balance Nationals in Greensborough, North Carolina over the weekend.
The Blue Devils, competingas “Hamp Track Club” were 13th in the boys 4×400 relay. Patrick Quinlan, Nik Smith, Ethan Cooper and Cole Lavalle finished in 3 minutes, 19.29 seconds in the Championship classification.
Northampton took 14th in the Championship division of the boys 4×200-meter relay. Christian Hodgson, Nik Smith, Cole Lavalle and Patrick Quinlan clocked in at 1:28.58 to set the school record.
Lavlle, Quinlan, Smith and Benjamin Gordon-Sniffen also took 15th in the championship 1,600 medley relay in 3:29.57. That broke a school record by three seconds.
Amherst’s Zack Ellis finished fifth in the Emerging Elite javelin. He threw 166 feet, six inches.
Sophia Jacobs-Townsley finished 10th in the Emerging Elite two-mile, crossing the line in 11:15.00 for the Hurricanes.
Meikkel Murray triple jumped 44-0.75 to place 17th in the Emerging Elite category for Amherst.
Northampton’s boys 800-meter sprint medley relay team of Josiah Tudryn, Tucker Quinlan, Christian Hodgson and EthanCooper was 20th in the Emerging Elite category in 1:36.35.
Smith finished 24th in the championship 200 for Northampton in 21.88 seconds.
Amherst’s boys 1,600 sprint medley relay team of Becket White, Murray, Andre Shepard and Aiden Foucault-Etheridge was 32nd in the Championship division in 3:37.5.