ANDOVER — Methuen’s Lauren Quarm and Greater Lawrence’s Gustavo Varela each scored a pair of victories to lead a stellar local field at the Andover Boosters Invitational on Saturday.
Quarm won the girls 100-meter dash and 200-meter, while Varela took the boys 100 dash and anchored the winning 4×100 relay, all while battling the rain and cold.
In all, five local boys and 11 local girls individuals and relays took home titles. Central’s Avery Strickler won the girls 400 and was second in the long jump, while fellow Raider Arianna DiPietro was first in the 100-meter hurdles and was third in the long jump. Also from Central, Carlos Quintana won the boys high jump and was third in the 200.
For lots, lots more on the Andover Boosters Invitational, read Monday’s Eagle-Tribune.
Andover Boosters Boys
Top-6 area placers:
2-mile: 2. Landon Zoss (Andover) 9:37.29, 6. Owen Desmond (North Andover) 10:04.47; 110 hurdles: 3. Tripp Dowd (NA) 15.67; 100: 1. Gustavo Varela (Greater Lawrence) 11.24, 2. Ajani Muzasadila (NA) 11.27, 3. Honouray Bangura (NA) 11.37, 5. Anthony Jimenez (GL) 11.61, 6. Jordan Baez (CC) 11.61; 800: 6. Micaiah King (CC) 2:01.66; 400: 3. Mason Crowley (CC) 51.22, 6. Ryan Moriarty (And) 51.98; 400 hurdles: 1. Aidan McGarry (NA) 57.99, 4. Austin Salois (And) 1:00.05; Mile: 6. Zain Shah (And) 4:28.73; 200: 2. Josh Quijada (NA) 22.94, 3. Carlos Quintana (CC) 23.28 6. Baez (CC) 23.52; 4×100: 1. Greater Lawrence (Jizziah Herring, Thomas Gbukpa, Anthony Jimenez, Gustavo Varela) 43.88, 2. North Andover 44.61, 4. Lawrence 46.01; 4×800: 2. Andover 8:23.34, 6. Methuen 9:05.22; 4×400: 4. Haverhill 3:39.32, 5. Andover 3:40.09
High jump: 1. Carlos Quintana (CC) 6-2, 5. Marvens Charles (Methuen) 5-10; Long jump: 2. Rodrigo Siqueira (And) 21-3, 3. Adrian Morales Cruz (GL) 21-2.25, 4. Cody Arseneault (CC) 20-6; Shot put: 3. Adam Webster (NA) 48-10, 4. Allan Cuevas (Lawrence) 46-5, 6. Henry Farrell (Hav) 45-2; Javelin: None; Triple jump: 1. Morales Cruz (GL) 40-8.75, 4. Zach Medjamia (And) 39-9, 6. Franklin Feliz (Lawrence) 39-0.75; Discus: 3. Isaiah Cruz (Lawrence) 138-7
Andover Boosters Girls
Top-6 area placers:
2-mile: 1. Elisa Castro (North Andover) 12:04.30, 4. Calista King (Central Catholic) 2:18.51, 5. Olive LaRosa (North Andover) 12:19.85, 6. Madison Howard (Haverhill) 12:28.48; 100 hurdles: 1. Arianna DiPietro (CC) 14.80, 5. Mia Kmiec (NA) 17.02, 3. Whitney Smith (NA) 17.32; 100: 1. Lauren Quarm (Methuen) 12.42, 2. Leah Sun (Andover) 12.72, 5. Avery Lescord (Hav) 12.83; 800: 1. Kyla Breslin (CC) 2:16.88, 3. Rose Kiley (And) 2:20.67, 4. Leighton Hickey (CC) 2:25.69; 400: 1. Avery Strickler (CC) 58.01; 2. Madison Croft (Hav) 1:00.93, 3. Samantha Schwartz (CC) 1:01.83, 4. Abigail Bilodeau (CC) 1:02.55; 400 hurdles: 3. Molly Ruggiero (CC) 1:09.73, 4. Lescord (Hav) 1:09.73; Mile: 4. Breslin (CC) 5:32.02, 6. Molly Foye (CC) 5:47.29; 200: 1. Quarm (Methuen) 25.52, 3. DiPietro (CC) 26.55, 5. Alanna Fleming (And) 26.84, 6. Danika Fofanah (CC) 27.49; 4×100: 1. Andover (Leah Sun, Dani Almeida, Alanna Fleming, Clare Pawlus) 50.43, 4. Methuen 52.02, 5. Haverhill 52.03, 6. Greater Lawrence 52.18; 4×800: 1. North Andover (Jess Melville, Juliana Yankowsky, Cameron Kvaternik, Julia Kroon) 10:07.88, 2. Andover 10:37.30; 4×400: 2. Haverhill 4:25.46, 3. Andover 4:26.46
Javelin: 1. Mary McSweeney (NA) 92-8; Discus: 3. Maggie Lane (CC) 92-2, 4. Paige Welsh (And) 92-2, 5. Ella Raine (CC) 89-3; Triple jump: 1. Cayla Ngunu (Hav) 36-8.75, 5. Mia Kmiec (NA) 33-7, 6. Jayden Dacey (Hav) 33-0.75; Shot put: 2. Welsh (And) 34-11, 5. Jordyn Martis (Lawrence) 32-7, 6. Ahmarri Nnama (GL) 32-6.5; High jump: 1. Millie Tuohy (And) 5-2, 2. Juliana Yankowsky (NA) 5-0, 3. Madeline Halupowski (Hav) 5-0, 5. Haleigh Cyr (GL) 4-10, Casey Kneeland (And) 4-10; Long jump: 2. Strickler (CC) 17-9.25, 3. DiPietro (CC) 17-8.75, 4. Callan Goncalves (Hav) 17-6.75, 6. Danika Fofanah (CC) 17-3.5