BOSTON — The NRHS girls’ indoor track and field team won its first meet of the season with a decisive victory over Essex Tech 60-40 on Jan. 14 at The Track at New Balance.
The Hornets were able to win eight of 12 events contested en route to their victory with victories coming from captain Giuliana Ligor (55 Meters, 300 Meters, and Long Jump) and Callie MacLellan (55 Meter Hurdles and Shot Put), as well as Riley MacDonald (Two Mile), Quinlan Kelly (1000 Meters) and Giuliana Auciello (High Jump).
Ligor’s time of 7.38 seconds in the 55 Meters is the second fastest time in school history just .11 off of a 17-year-old record set in 2008. The time also ranks her first in the Cape Ann League and first in the state for Division 5 athletes.
Also contributing points to the victory were second place finishes from Hayden MacLellan (55 Meter Hurdles), Quinlan Kelly (One Mile) with a huge 20-plus second personal record of 5:46.93, Maria Karafilidis (Shot Put), Katie Zimmerman (Long Jump) and Callie MacLellan (High Jump). Additional third place points were added by Katie Zimmerman (55 Meter Hurdles), Adelyn Kelly (One Mile), Abigail Meier (600 Meters), Kathryn Attwood (1000 Meters) and Madelyn Favuzza (High Jump).
North Reading finished up their regular season with a 55-45 victory over Pentucket on Tuesday.
Leading the team to victory was Ligor who was a triple winner in the 55 Meter (7.30), 300 Meters (41.16) and Long Jump (16’ 5.5”).
Fellow senior captain Callie MacLellan added a 1st place in the High Jump (5’ 0”) and 2nd place in the Shot Put (25’ 4”).
The Hornets swept the distance events with victories from Adelyn Kelly (One Mile = 6:17.76), Quinlan Kelly (1000 Meters = 3:20.33) and Riley MacDonald (Two Mile = 13:01.70).
Katie Attwood took 2nd in the One Mile while Adelyn Kelly came back in the Two Mile for 2nd place as well.
Additional scorers at the meet included Giuliana Auciello (55M Hurdles = 2nd) and (High Jump = 3rd), Katie Zimmerman (55M Hurdles = 3rd), and Julia Petrosino (600 Meters = 3rd).
Going into the 4×400 Meter Relay the Hornets needed a victory to win the meet and that’s exactly what happened as the team of Quinlan Kelly, Avery Keller, Julia Petrosino and Abigail Meier went 4:39.59 for the victory.
The Hornets finished 2-2 for the regular season, with a bye week next week and the Cape Ann League Championship Meet two weeks away on Feb. 4 and the State Championship to follow on Saturday, Feb. 16.