There was a glimpse of the future Monday morning at Gloucester High for the annual Northeastern Conference freshman/sophomore indoor track meet.
It’s definitely a bright looking future for Peabody, which came in first place in both the boys and girls team standings. Great performances weren’t limited to the athletes from the Tanner City, though, not by a long shot.
Peabody’s girls impressed by scoring seven firsts and getting two athletes scoring points in six events to rack up 113 points, easily topping Gloucester’s 50, 41 from Beverly, 34 from Danvers and 32 from Marblehead.
Winners included Avani Ingham (300), Lauren Foley (600), Ella Braz (mile), Marianna Pinot-Gomes (shot put), Ayanna Cirame (high jump), the 4×200 relay (Ingham, Miller, Cirame, Martin) and the 4×400 relay (Foley, Murphy, Braz and McKinnon).
For Beverly’s girls, Jaydin Simpson came in second in the dash (7.71 seconds), Katarina Kwapiewski was second in the 300 (46.32), Mackenzie Pouliot grabbed third in the mile (5:56) while the 4×400 relay was second and the 4×200 came in third.
Ella Stefanek of Danvers took first overall in the hurdles (10.3), Falvia Locilento was fourth in the 300 (47.28) as well as third in the high jump and Madyson Dansih placed second in the 1000 (3:28).
As for Marblehead’s girls, Nina Badzak was fourth in the hurdles, Charlotte Hodgkinson placed fifth in the 300, Norah Walsh took second in the mile (5:51) with Ruby Assa not far behind in fourth. In relays, Marblehead took second in the 4×200 and fourth in the 4×400.
Masconomet’s girls were led by Nwva Froio in second in the hurdles with Callie Gelinas third. The Chieftains also placed fourth in the 4×200 and fifth in the 4×400.
For Swampscott, Annabelle Averett won the 1000 (3:24), Lucy Reilly was third in the 300.
The boys team standings were a quite bit closer as Peabody’s 62 points were just slightly ahead of Danvers’ 56 with Swampscott scoring 50, Marblehead earning 47.5 and Masconomet scoring 46.
Zaiden Nazaire threw 34-feet to win the meet in the shot put for the Tanners. In addition, Josh Roasario was second in the hurdles, Aider Trainor was second in the 1000 (2:59), Luke Murphy was second in the mile (5:50), Andrew Senfuma grabbed third in the high jump (5-6), the 4×400 placed second and the 4×200 placed third.
The boys from Danvers impressed in the sprints with Zach Fultz getting second in the dash (7.10) with Julian Capece in third and the 4×200 relay coming in second. Bennett Tenney also took first place in the hurdles (9.7) for the Falcons. Andrew Morse added a fourth in the mile (5:27), Capece was second in the high jump.
For Swampscott, Edgar Corona Gracia won the meet title in the dash (7.05), Lincoln Geaney was first in the mile (4:55) and the Big Blue also won the 4×200. Cole Kacuba was second in the 300 with Ty Bush in third.
Marblehead earned a first place with Clark Roszell winning the high jump by clearing 6-feet. Theo Benning placed third in the hurdles as well as Isaac Durand coming in third in the 1000 (3:01) and Voeuncenzo Vorn in third in the long jump. The Magician 4×400 also placed third.
For the Chieftains from Masconomet, Lincoln Sandler took first place in the 600 meters and, along with Tim Demers, Matt Parziale, and Levi McGowan grabbed first in the relay. Harry Lotspeich placed second in the shot put for Masconomet, with Evan Riley third in the 600, Tim Demers (1000) and Owen Dancause (high jump) both taking fourth place; Austin Doumas (shot put) and Parziale (mile) grabbing fifths; and Jacob Burton (shot) claiming sixth place.
Beverly’s boys saw Liam Garman come in fourth in the 600.