There’s no doubt anymore: For the 2025-26 indoor track regular season, the CAL Kinney went through Newburyport.
The Clippers are once again sitting at the top.
An accomplishment that both teams were able to achieve down at the New Balance Track on Tuesday night. Needing victories to cement their Kinney Division crowns with undefeated regular seasons, the Newburyport boys raced past Essex Tech, 66-34, while the Clipper girls emphatically took down the Hawks, 73-27.
It marks the first time ever that both Newburyport teams went a perfect 4-0 to win the CAL Kinney in the same year.
“We had a great night,” said Newburyport coach Brian Moore. “The teams have been focused on this since the first day of practice, and it really is a testament to the culture the coaches and athletes have created. They didn’t want to win this for themselves, they wanted to win it for each other.
“One of the best things about track is that the boys, girls, JV and varsity all function as one team, one community. And what they accomplished they did for everyone in it.”
As you can tell by the final scores, Newburyport left little doubt.
The girls won all but three events, and in the process put together a trio of performances that were the best our area had seen so far this year. Those came from Lydia Boddy winning the 2-Mile (12:01.65), Ella Peddie racing to first in the 1000 (3:19.35) and Penelope Fuentes taking the 600 (1:45.77).
The Clippers then won both relays, thanks to the 4×400 team of Margaux Dupuis, Maeve Morino, Emily Homer and Lucy Donahue (4:43.46), and the 4×200 unit of Ava Ranney, Regan Clyatt, Homer and Sayde Gayton (2:02.20). Not to be overlooked, the Clippers received other wins from Phoebe Li Eyink in the long jump (15-8), Dupuis in the hurdles (9.19), Audrey Roebuck in the dash (7.87) and Morgan Boddy in the Mile (5:48.31).
Moving over to the boys, it was the usual suspects getting the job done.
And those would be Kyle Lisauskas and Michael Mohoric, who each were double-event winners for Newburyport. Lisauskas once again cleared 6-foot-4 in the high jump while also winning the hurdles (8.06), and Mohoric raced to first in both the 1000 (2:33.72) and the Mile (4:39.64). Also winning events for the Clippers was Anthony Marks in the shot put (35-5.75), Nordeen Fadil in the 2-Mile (10:13.39) and the 4×400 relay team of Will Downs, Baylor Yim, Judah Pilz and John Murray (3:46.90).
Now having conquered the Kinney, Newburyport will try to validate its spot atop the league at the CAL Open in two weeks.
AMESBURY: Baker title not going anywhere for boys
The Amesbury boys indoor track program needs both hands to count how many league titles it’s won in a row.
Plain and simple: The CAL Baker has belonged to the Redhawks this decade.
That’s because on Tuesday night down in the city, Amesbury easily took down Hamilton-Wenham, 70-26, to complete its fifth straight undefeated 4-0 regular season, and to claim its seventh straight Baker championship. Then to make the night even better, the Redhawks girls were also able to beat the Generals, 70-28, to finish up a 2-2 record this winter.
But for the boys, their 20th straight dual-meet victory was a memorable one.
Amesbury won 10 of the 12 events, and cleaned up both relays thanks to the 4×200 team of Sam Fortier, Andrew Parsons, Anthony Peixoto and Muhammadu Jalloh (1:44.31), and the 4×400 unit of Maxx Rodrigues, Anthony Aguilar-Lopes, Noah Blouin and Peixoto (3:47.48). Then individually, the Redhawks had a pair of double-event winners, with Connor Scialdone taking the high jump (5-6) and the hurdles (8.31), and Joe Puleo crossing first in the dash (6.94) and the 300 (37.82).
Rounding out the meet, the Redhawks got other wins from Blouin in the long jump (19-5), Marcus Colon in the shot put (49-8.50), Josiah Fugate in the 2-Mile (10:10.88) and Rodrigues in the 600 (1:30.46).
“The boys had a very good meet to finish up the dual meet season undefeated, and now they are look forward to the postseason,” said Amesbury coach Ernie Bissaillon.
Then for the Amesbury girls, it was a huge night for Hope Shanahan.
The junior was a rare triple-event winner, taking first in the long jump (14-5.25), the dash (7.96) and the 300 (45.98). The Redhawks would also get wins from Katherine Bigos in the high jump (5-0), Eva Hunt in the shot put (28-6.50), Haley Jezowski in the 2-Mile (13:10.43), Alexis Desmond in the hurdles (10.32), Gemma Peacock in the Mile (6:35.57) and the 4×200 relay team of Kaia Bartosik, Della Hildt, Lauren Talbot and Emme Houlihan (2:00.30).
PENTUCKET: Choma, boys take down North Reading
The Pentucket boys will be heading into the upcoming postseason meets on a high note.
To finish up the dual-meet season on Tuesday night, the Panthers were able to race past North Reading, 65-35, to finish up a 3-1 regular season campaign. The boys won 10 of the 12 events in total, which included both relays teams of Rowan Weinberg, Max Coppola, Grayson Shikes and Zack Hannula on the 4×400 (3:43.12), and Liam Foley, Aiden Napolitano, Aidan Reade and Gabe Macleod on the 4×200 (1:34.39).
Individually, the team’s most notably highlights were Macleod being a double-event winner in the dash (6.79) and the 300 (36.07), and Holden Choma clearing 6-foot-4 to win the high jump. The Panthers then received other wins from Owen McDonald in the 2-Mile (11:22.80), Greyson Vance in the hurdles (8.29), Alexander Denley in the 1000 (2:53.06), Hunnula in the 600 (1:25.46) and Shikes in the Mile (4:57.41).
Meanwhile, the Pentucket girls fell to powerhouse North Reading, 62-34.
The Panthers got three event victories on the day, coming from Tessa Neumann in the 1000 (3:45.60), Naya Carvalho in the 300 (45.19) and Sophia Basque in the shot put (27-9.50).
“Tessa Neumann, Naya Carvalho and Sophia Basque have been real consistent all season and have been working really hard,” said Pentucket coach J.C. Honer. “What a great finish to the regular dual meet season, and now on to championship time.”