The annual MIAA state divisional championship meets were conducted Friday and Saturday at various locations.
Lynnfield’s girls and boys track teams competed in the Division 5 meet at Bridgewater State University’s Swenson Athletic Complex. The boys finished eighth with 29 points. Weston won with 89.5 points. The girls finished 30th with three points. North Reading won with 94 points.
The boys 4×100 relay team of Joey Cucciniello, Jesse Dorman, Dilllon Reilly and Zahir Mitchell set yet another school record (44.25), breaking their previous record of 44.45.
“It was a great day for them and the entire Lynnfield track program,” head coach Bill Wallace said.
Mitchell was the top individual performer for the boys’ team, scoring 12 points.
“That’s an incredible accomplishment for a sophomore,” Wallace said.
Mitchell finished fourth in the long jump (21’3″), seventh in the 100m (11.46) and anchored the 4x100m relay team that finished fourth.
Eli Mendese scored eight points with a second-place finish in the high jump with a personal best 6-02. He also finished 10th in the long jump (20-00.75) and 12th in the triple jump (40-00).
In the girls’ meet, Shaelyn Moore and Emilie Bell were the top Pioneers. Moore finished sixth in the pole vault (7-06), while Bell set a PR and was ninth in the discus (113-06).
Below are some other top finishes:
BOYS
Triple jump
4th Nick Kelter – 43-04
9th Joey Cucciniello – 41–04.50
23rd Ethan Francis- 36-05.5
Long jump
18th Joey Cucciniello – 18-10.50
Pole vault
5th Ryan DeBenedictis – PR 10-06
11th Matthew Squadrito – PR 9-06
Javelin
16th Quinn Hardisty – 134-03
Discus
20th Jared Bernabei – 118-02
Mile
22nd Srivanth Trudi – 10:52.17
200m
24th Jesse Dorman – 24.02
GIRLS
100 hurdles
13th Emma Greenleaf – 17.97
4×800 relay
13th Lauren Mattia, Viola Wertz, Gabriella Bottaro, Abby Lopez – 11:10.01
Javelin
16th Abby Lopez – 88-07
4×400 relay
18th Olivia Goguen, Emma Greenleaf, Lauren Mattia, Sophie Kennison – 4:36.39
High jump
23rd Kate Shrewsbury – 4-08
Triple jump
23rd Alison Maddocks – 29-11
400 hurdles
25th Emma Greenleaf – 1:14.39
