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The 2024 MIAA Girls Outdoor Track & Field Championships were held May 23-26.
Track & Cross Country
MIAA Girls Outdoor Track & Field Championships: Wellesley, North Reading repeat; Franklin, Mansfield, Nashoba, Mount Greylock winners
Two teams repeated as champions from 2023, while a third returned to the top of the podium after a year's hiatus. There were double-winners and strong performances across the board as six schools were crowned at the end of the 2024 MIAA Girls Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Here is a quick look at the action:
Division 1
Behind a huge weekend from senior Sarah Dumas, Franklin HS finished with 74 points overall and finished a dozen points clear of co-runners-up Lowell HS and Westford Academy (62 points apiece) at Westfield State University. It was the first divisional state championship in program history for Franklin.
Dumas captured both the 100-meter hurdles (14.29 seconds) and 400-meter hurdles (1:03.16), and also was the winner in the pentathlon (3,346 points) to spark the Panthers. Other winners for Franklin included Lily Deforge in the discus (133 feet, 9 inches), Elizabeth Hopkins in the javelin (137-2)
Division 2
Wellesley HS made it a three-peat, following up its championships from 2022 and 2023 with another solid team performance at Merrimack College in North Andover. The Raiders finished with 101 points, with Algonquin Regional HS (82) and North Andover HS (80.5) next in line.
Annie Comella and Charlotte Tuxbury set the tone for the Raiders with double wins. Comella swept the 100 meters (12.23) and 200 meters (24.88), while Tuxbury dominated the distance events by taking first in the mile (4:54.56) and 2-mile (11:08.08). Kayla Bohlin added a victory in the 800 meters (2:15.25), and the Raiders also won the 4x400 relay (4:02.4) and 4x800 relay (9:30.49). Comella added a second place in the long jump (18-5).
Division 3
Mansfield HS returned to the first-place position on the platform after also taking home the team title in 2022. This time around at Bridgewater State University, the Hornets compiled 96 points to outdistance runner-up Reading Memorial HS (69), with Oliver Ames HS (59) and Billerica Memorial HS (58) also in the chase.
The Hornets scored both individual victories in the field events, as Chloe Guthrie won the long jump (17-4) and Caitlin Garrahy took first place in the shot put (36-7 1/2).
Division 4
Nashoba Regional HS won a tight battle at Westfield State University for the overall team championship, finishing with 68 1/2 points). The Wolves needed several big efforts to hold off runner-up Holliston HS (60), with Pembroke HS (59) right behind.
No effort was bigger than that of senior Caroline Collins, who rolled to victory in both the mile (5:01.64) and 2-mile (10:51.97), and also ran a leg on the winning 4x400 relay for the Wolves.
Division 5
North Reading HS repeated its victory from 2023, grabbing the gold with a solid total of 94 points. Weston HS was the runner-up with 67 points, with Whitinsville Christian School close behind in third (66).
It was a pair of double-winners who proved key to the victory for the Hornets. Hayden MacLellan took home first place in the 100-meter hurdles (15.49) and pole vault (9-6), while Giuliana Ligor swept the 400 meters (55.79) and the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.15).
Division 6
Mount Greylock Regional was the clear winner at Merrimack College, as the Mounties finished with a team total of 97 points that was well ahead of runner-up Hamilton-Wenham Regional HS (57). Lunenburg HS (50) was in third place.
Senior Maggie Nichols had a strong all-around meet for Mount Greylock, sweeping the 100 meters (12.7) and 200 meters (25.4). Nichols also played a key role on the winning 4x100 relay for the Mounties (50.23).
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