Pair of champions from MetroWest crowned at MIAA Indoor Track & Field Meet of Champions

The best of the best in the state arrived at Reggie Lewis Center Saturday for the MIAA Indoor Track Meet of Champions. There were some, of course, who shined brightest. A pair from the Daily News area can call themselves All-State champions.

Framingham senior Sam Burgess continued to stake his claim among the greatest distance runners in state history, defending his state title in the 2-mile. He followed his Division 1 meet-record time at last Friday’s Division 1 meet (9:06.34) with an even more impressive time in winning the Meet of Champions (8:59.27). The Harvard-bound Burgess edged out St. John’s Prep senior Nathan Lopez (school record 9:01.32) and Westford Academy junior Paul Bergeron (9:04.08). Wellesley junior Eli Merritt placed 11^th in the race (9:29.03).

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As was the case in the Division 2 meet last weekend, Hopkinton High senior Sean Golembiewski was well ahead of the field in taking the 55-meter hurdles title. The University of Pennsylvania-bound Golembiewski bested his seeding time of 7.61 with a 7.60 in the final, edging out Lexington’s Jayden Bai by 0.19/second (7.79). Westborough senior Alan Nguyen took fourth in the race (7.88) in addition to second in the long jump (22-06.50). In the long jump, Wellesley senior Tyler Yen placed fifth (21-07.25) while Natick junior Dylan Weddle was 23^rd (19-07.25).

Golembiewski also ran anchor for the Hillers’ all-senior 4x400 relay team (3:26.69) that took second place to Newton North (3:24.62). Luke Boothroyd, Paul Litscher and Ruben Noroian ran the first three legs of the relay. The all-senior Franklin team of Luke Sidwell, Joshua Dunlap, Jake Vaccarezza and Trey Lovell took 13^th in 3:33.97.

Hopkinton’s Boothroyd, meanwhile, missed out on an all-state championship in the 600 meters by a fraction of a second, with his sprint of 1:23.38 placing just behind Andover senior Neil Chowdhury (1:23.06).

Also a runner-up in close fashion was Wellesley junior Christopher Brooks, who placed second in the 55 meters with a blazing time of 6.46, barely behind Pembroke senior Andrew Gleason (6.45).

Franklin junior Sarah Dumas continued her rewriting of the school’s record books, placing second in the 55-meter hurdles in a new FHS mark of 8.43. Concord-Carlisle junior Obi Akubude won in 8.31. Also for the Panthers, junior Lily DeForge once again broke her own school record in the shot put, tossing it 38 feet, 0.75 inches for a sixth-place finish. Both will compete at next weekend’s New England Championship.

Also in the girls’ shot put, Natick senior Cricket Lemon was ninth (35-00), with Hopkinton junior Loryn Canty taking 12^th (34-08) and Natick sophomore Angela Leavey placing 13^th (34-08).

In the girls 55 meters, Framingham junior Abby Desmarais (7.13) was oh-so-narrowly defeated by first-place winner and Pembroke junior Sarah Claflin (7.12) and Concord-Carlisle sophomore Julienne Warner (7.12) for a third-place finish. Wellesley senior Abigail Lothian took fourth (7.20).

Here are all the rest of the local finishers from Saturday’s meet:

BOYS

300: 15. Drew Waldron, Sr., Natick (35.93); 18. Ryan Harding, Sr., Wellesley (36.04); 25. Michael Long, Sr., Ashland (36.56).

1,000: 7. Matt Rooney, Jr., Dover-Sherborn (2:35.52); 15. Ben Feldman, Sr., Natick (2:42.37)

Mile: 10. Nicholas Bianchi, Jr., Natick (4:23.55); 20. Maxwell Hoffman, Jr., Wellesley (4:34.93)

4x200 relay: 18. Franklin: Joshua Dunlap, Sr.; Quinten Hardt, Jr.; Theo Yetman, Jr.; Bryce Dragsbaek, Jr. (1:34.55); 25. Wellesley: 1) Christopher Brooks, Jr.;  Ryan Harding, Sr.; Connor O'Neil, Sr.; Tyler Yen, Sr. (1:35.23)

4x800 relay: 14. Natick: Nicholas Bianchi, Jr.; Andy Marotta, Jr.; Ben Feldman, Sr.; Jacob Tobin, Jr. (8:26.90)

High jump: 19. Tyler Yen, Sr., Wellesley (5-10)

Shot put: 7. Michael Zuo, Sr., AMSA (48-02.25); 8. Matthew Darin, Sr., Dover-Sherborn (47-10)

GIRLS

600 meters: 8. Sasha Lamakina, Fr., Framingham (1:38.83); 17. Kayla Bohlin, Fr., Wellesley (1:41.69)

1,000 meters: 5. Carmen Luisi, Jr., Holliston (3:00.35); 7. Delaney Dyer, Soph., Wellesley (3:02.32)

Mile: 6. Charlotte Tuxbury, Soph., Wellesley (5:08.29); 7. Maggie Kuchman, Soph., Holliston (5:09.24)

2 Mile: 8. Elyse Srodawa, Soph., Hopkinton (11:16.08); 20. Sydney Kalil, Sr., Milford (11:45.49); 23. Brigid Purcell, Jr., Algonquin (11:50.87); 24. Autumn Tumbleton, Sr., Hopkinton (11:52.85)

4x200 relay: 19. Nipmuc: Gianna Yordanopoulos, Sr.; Elizabeth Lange, Jr.; Lillia Young, Jr.; Abigail Mullins, Fr. (1:50.44)

4x400 relay: 3. Framingham: Joanna Ball, Sr.; Ella Terranova, Jr.; Sasha Lamakina, Fr.; Abby Desmarais, Jr. (4:05.81); 12. Nipmuc: Anya Montano, Fr; Jessica Casey, Fr.; Kyah Montano, Soph.; Emma Watts, Fr. (4:10.02); 19. Holliston: Ella Bosselman, Sr.; Kaitlyn Quealy, Soph.; Annabelle Lynch, Soph.; Carmen Luisi, Jr. (4:19.84)

4x800 relay: 8. Holliston: Ella Bosselman, Sr.; Casey Wig, Sr.; Annabelle Lynch, Soph.; Maggie Kuchman, Soph. (9:52.89); 22. Franklin: Meghan Griffith, Soph.;  Allison Powderly, Jr.; Olivia Costa, Jr.; Sophia Cuneo, Jr. (10:11.49); 26. Nipmuc: Emma Nadolski, Sr.; Caydence Carr, Soph.; Avery Orff, Soph.; Gretchen Uthoff, Soph. (10:45.14)

High jump: 8. Alyssa Peasley, Sr., Natick (5-02); 13. Abigail Griffith, Jr., Franklin (5-02); 20. Ellyna Hansen, Sr., Algonquin (5-00)

Long jump: 13. Gabrielle Pierre, Soph., Lincoln-Sudbury (16-08.75)

Tim Whelan Jr. is the sports coordinator for the MetroWest and Milford Daily News and Wicked Local. Follow him on Twitter @thattimwhelan.

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