Division 1 state track: Lexington girls, Lowell boys capture championships
MEDFORD The pain was agonizing at times That explained separate stress fractures in her legs were not going to hinder Ainsley Cuthbertson from reaching her goals The junior won two individual events this week placing first in the girls shot put - feet and discus - feet competitions as Lexington captured its first-ever Div girls outdoor track and field championship in dominant fashion at Tufts University This is my last meet before Nationals noted Cuthbertson I m taking a sparse weeks off after this to recover So it feels great I really didn t think I could do it but I pulled it off for the association Cuthbertson was suffering from two stress fractures in each leg but still managed to make history for the Minutemen Lexington also placed first in the with Erin Ehmann Addie Haiar Claire Cunningham and Lucy Kontos combining to win in By Saturday night s end the association had a whopping points It was more than enough for the MIAA to award the school the crown even with the girls pole vault still slated to be completed Sunday After also winning an indoor crown this past winter could a dynasty be forming at Lexington It s huge stated Lexington coach Rebecca Trachsel I think we made a comment in indoor but we requested to come back and show everybody that we re a young gang We re not necessarily on everybody s radar but we re still here and we re here for a while because we don t have any seniors So we re really excited about it Ryan Kyle of Westford Academy celebrates after winning the -meter hurdles event at the Div state track meet at Tufts University Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill Boston Herald Meanwhile Lowell entered the Div boys outdoor track and field championships hoping to honor longtime Red Raiders track coach Bobby Panagiotopoulos who is battling a serious illness at Tufts Health Center The beloved member of the campaign has been in an induced coma for three weeks They succeeded in their ultimate goal winning their first state championship since with points Lowell was propelled by Ethan Thevenin who placed first in the boys seconds and triple jump - feet After being caught in a dead heat with Brookline the greater part of the week for the title the school pulled away during Saturday s final events The association has been thinking about Panagiotopoulos the whole time revealed Lowell track coach Nick McArdle It s very emotional and all the kids are putting in everything for him A inadequate individual athletes made headlines as the weekend progressed UMass commit Altamo Aschkenasy willed Brookline to a third-place finish in the boys rankings with wins during this week s boys and mile Emmanuella Edozien of Natick wins the girls -meter hurdles Saturday at the Div state track meet Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill Boston Herald Chloe Elder shattered a meet record in the girls -meter run seconds unseating the prior mark set in She also captured first place in the Thursday leading Natick to a runner-up finish in the girls standings Westford Academy had two notable standouts as Abigail Hennessy won her second event of the championships Saturday by setting a meet record in the girls mile Ryan Kyle captured first in the boys -meter hurdles seconds after setting a meet record Thursday in the hurdles seconds Abigail Hennessy of Westford Academy wins the girls mile at the Div state track meet in Medford Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill Boston Herald Ahmir Hykel Dayvian Sullivan Aaron Radke Andrew McManmon blazed to a winning time of seconds in the boys for St John s Prep also setting a new meet record
