A dominant performance in the distance events propelled the Amherst boys to an impressive performance in the early session of PVIAC Indoor Track Meet No. 4 on Sunday at Smith College in Northampton.
Junior Kyle Yanko took first place in the 1-mile, crossing with a winning time of 4 minutes, 53 seconds, while classmate and teammate David Pinero-Jacome captured the 2-mile victory in 10:31 for the Hurricanes.
Amherst sophomore Logan Alfandari took first place in the shot put (44-5.25), and the ’Canes 4×400-relay team also crossed first.
Frontier’s Ben Cachiguango rounded out the local winners in the early session, as he captured the 55-meter hurdles (8.90).
Here’s a list of local finishers who placed inside the top five in each event:
55M
2. Cachiguango, Ben, Frontier, 7.00
3. Hanson, Taylor, Amherst, 7.03
300M
4. Cachiguango, Ben, Frontier, 40.89
1000M
3. Valderrama, Aidan, Frontier, 3:01.02
4. Platt, Owen, Amherst, 3:06.89
1-Mile
1. Yanko, Kyle, Amherst, 4:53.85
2. Quinn, Elijah, Holyoke, 4:54.36
4. Lisle, Nicolas, Amherst, 5:14.45
2-Mile
1. Pinero-Jacome, David, Amherst, 10:31.11
2. Hedlund, Evan, Frontier, 10:40.46
55M Hurdles
1 Cachiguango, Ben 10 Frontier 9.19 8.90 3
4×400 relay
1. Amherst, 3:41.09
High jump
3. Valderrama, Aidan, Frontier, 5-4
Long jump
5. Rivera Soto, Jaybriel, Holyoke, 17-1.25
Shot put
1. Alfandari, Logan, Amherst, 44-5.25
On the girls side, South Hadley senior Emma Sanford won two events (55-meter hurdles, high jump) to continue her torrid start to the season, while Tigers’ sophomore Abby Gelinas also nabbed first place in the 55 meters.
Amherst’s April Schilling was a winner for her side, crossing first in the 1-mile.
Here’s a list of local finishers who placed inside the top five in each event:
55M
1. Gelinas, Abigail, South Hadley, 7.69
4. Leone, Sophia,Frontier, 7.97
300M
2. Leone, Sophia, Frontier, 45.51
2. Gelinas, Abigail, South Hadley, 45.51
600M
3. McFarland, Claire, 1:52.70
4. Howard, Abigail, Frontier, 1:53.42
1000M
3. Malo, Sasha, Frontier, 3:50.36
1-Mile
1. Schilling, April, Amherst, 5:49.38
2. Gump, Leah, Frontier, 5:58.43
3. Scott, Izzy, South Hadley, 6:03.00
5. Kennedy, Claire, Amherst, 6:10.95
2-Mile
2. Gump, Leah, Frontier, 12:36.35
55M Hurdles
1. Sanford, Emma, South Hadley, 8.75
2. Crocker, Caroline, Frontier, 9.29
3. Davis, Hannah, Frontier, 9.73 3
5. Sobieski, Summer, Frontier, 10.48
High jump
1. Sanford, Emma, South Hadley, 5-2
2. Sobieski, Summer, Frontier, 4-8
3. Marion, Gwen, South Hadley, 4-4
Long jump
4. Crocker, Caroline, Frontier, 14-11.5
Shot put
4. Scott, Lexie, South Hadley, 28-5.5
Camilla Brewer won three events for Northampton in the late session, as the Blue Devils were dominant across the board in both the boys and girls meets on Sunday.
Brewer, a sophomore, was the winner of the long jump, high jump and 55-meter hurdles to set the table for Northampton. Seniors Anna Zamer (1-mile) and Norah Reade (600) each won events for ’Hamp, and the team’s 4×400 relay also took home first.
Here’s a list of local finishers who placed inside the top five in each event:
LONG JUMP
1. Brewer, Camilla, Northampton, 15-3.50
HIGH JUMP
1. Brewer, Camilla, Northampton, 4-10
2. Sullivan, Allie, Northampton, 4-10
4. Lewis, Eleanor, Northampton, 4-10
SHOT PUT
3. Busone, Allyson, Northampton, 25-4
2-MILE
2. Reade, Norah, Northampton, 11:53.05
3. Zamer, Lily, Northampton, 12:56.42
5. Shimpach, Charlotte, Northampton, 13:20.87
55M Hurdles
1. Brewer, Camilla, Northampton, 9.87
55M
5. Sullivan, Allie, Northampton, 7.99
1-MILE
1. Zamer, Anna, Northampton, 5:51.28
2. Geis-Benton, Tess, Northampton, 5:52.34
600M
1. Reade, Norah, Northampton, 1:50.95
5. Hensley, Lila, Northampton, 1:57.71
1000M
4. Zamer, Anna, Northampton, 3:32.71
4×400 relay
1. Northampton, 4:37.04
On the boys side, the Blue Devils received individual victories from Jack Kamins (600), Jude Mourad (2-mile) and Ryland Breen (300).
Here’s a list of local finishers who placed inside the top five in each event:
SHOT PUT
4. Sullivan, Jack, Northampton, 36-08.5
2-MILE
1. Mourad, Jude, Northampton, 11:17.08
2. Roth, Isaac, Northampton, 11:19.07
55M
2. Hodgson, Rowan, Northampton, 6.89
1-MILE
2. King-Pollet, Theodore, Northampton, 4:54.39
600M
1. Kamins, Jack, Northampton, 1:28.83
5. McManamy, Mesfin, Northampton, 1:35.69
300M
1. Breen, Ryland, Northampton, 38.01
5. Adams Causton, Juan Jose, Northampton, 39.05
1000M
2. King-Pollet, Theodore, Northampton, 2:59.09
Jack Williamson scored 22 points to lift the Williston Northampton School boys basketball team to an 68-61 overtime victory against Notre Dame Westhaven Postgrad during HoopHall Prep Classic action on Saturday in Springfield.
Elsewhere, Williston’s girls basketball team fell to Cushing, 51-41, despite 11 points apiece from Meghan Carey and Kristen Tremblay.
The girls hockey team upped its record to 13-0 with a 5-1 win over Frederick Gunn at Lossone. Violet Carroll and Zola Piekarski each scored twice and senior Emily Crovo also scored for the Wildcats.
The boys hockey team suffered a 3-2 loss to Berkshire despite goals from Riley Van Son and Felix-Antoine Bouchard.
The girls varsity squash team fell to Milbrook, 7-0.