FITCHBURG – Seven was the lucky number for two Hampshire County outdoor track and field athletes as South Hadley’s Maggie Crawford and Amherst’s Logan Alfandari each earned medalist honors on Day 1 of the MIAA Meet of Champions at Fitchburg State University on Thursday.

Crawford came in seventh in the girls 400-meter hurdles while Alfandari placed seventh in the boys discus competition. The top eight finishers in each event earned medals.

Despite Crawford and Alfandari both earning the same place in their respective events, each had differing takeaways of their performances.

“It feels pretty good,” Crawford said. “It’s a good way to end my season and I feel like all my goals have been accomplished.”

Crawford crossed the finish line in 1 minute, 4.74 seconds and proved her seventh-place seed with the exact same finish in the race.

“Got out fast and as long as you stay fast and drive through the last 200, I go in with that mentality and hope to place,” Crawford said.

Alfandari, on the other hand, felt he could’ve done better in discus and was visibly frustrated during the final competition.

“I’m not sure what it is, whether it’s mental or physical,” Alfandari said. “With it being so close to the end of the season and with stress of applying for college, college athletics knocking on the door with my mind in other places, [but] I’m physically ready.”

Alfandari’s best toss measured out to 158 feet, 3 inches, about 10 feet shorter than his entry distance. However, Alfandari admitted Thursday’s competition was fierce. Peabody’s Alex Jackson won with a heave of 187 feet, 6 inches, a new Meet of Champions record.

“It was a really competitive meet this year,” Alfandari said. “The meet record got broken. All the marks this year [were] so much farther than what they were last year. I don’t know if I would’ve made the finals last year. Frustrating, but everybody who placed here definitely deserved it, they work really hard.”

Alfandari will have a chance at redemption during Day 2 on Saturday as the ‘Canes senior has a top-10 entry seed in shot put and he expects another “dogfight.” Crawford, a senior, closed out her career on the track on Thursday.

Among area non-medalists, Amherst concluded with five as Elizabeth Sawicki (girls 400 hurdles), Nico Lisle (boys 800), Skylar Fox (girls 800), Moniha Krouch (boys discus) and Claire Fortin (girls triple jump) all competed for the Hurricanes.

Sawicki secured 18th place in 1:07.08, Lisle got 11th in 1:56.41, Fox finished in 17th 2:18.79, Krouch collected 13th with a throw of 152 feet, nine inches and Fortin finished in 12th with a jump of 35 feet, 3 inches.

Northampton’s Ella Hoogendyk was the Blue Devils’ lone competitor and the junior grabbed 17th in the girls triple jump with a leap of 34 feet, six inches.

Holyoke’s Ryan Kennedy competed in the boys 400 hurdles and crossed in 59.07 seconds for 26th place.

Frontier brought two athletes to Fitchburg in Ben Cachiguango and Lilly Novak. Cachiguango earned 19th in the boys 400 hurdles in 58.02 seconds while Novak nabbed 16th in the girls discus with a throw of 98 feet, seven inches.

Saturday’s field events will begin at 2:30 p.m., then running events will start at 4 p.m.