Take 13th at State Relays
Published May 2, 2019
PEMBROKE — The Hornets boys’ track team evened their record at 2-2 with an 85-60 win over Pentucket and 84-61 win over Ipswich last Wednesday afternoon. The Hornets had a strong effort across the board as personal and season bests were plentiful regardless of the event.
“This was a very good day for us,” said head coach Ryan Spinney. “Everyone had strong efforts and many had all time bests. This sets a very strong tone for the rest of the season.”
The Hornets were led by overall event winners Cam Chinchillo in the Triple Jump (40’ 0”) Joey DiSanto in the Shot Put (42’ 0.5”), Billy Lord in the Long Jump (20’ 1) and 110 Meter Hurdles (15.66), David Tingley in the 200 Meter (24.19) and the 4 x 100 Meter Relay team of Jack Donohue, Grayson Budny, David Tingley and Billy Lord (45.09).
The Hornets also had very strong performances including Jack Murphy’s 1:01.66 in the 400 Meter Hurdles, which is now 7th all-time in NR school history, and his 800 Meter Run time of 2:06.33 which placed 2nd overall in the race. Andrew DeBenedetto scored a total of 14 points by running both the 1 Mile and 2 Mile events (4:58.49 and 10:59.49). Justin Capezzuto and Brendan Witts ran strong 200 meter races (24.97 and 25.02 respectively). Zach Rinaldi had a gutsy 400 Meter Dash in 55.71 for 2nd overall in the race. The triple jump squad of Chinchillo, Ben Tayas, John Jennings and Justin Wildman all had season or personal bests in the event. Last but not least, the pole vault group of Joey McCarthy, Jack Murphy and Alex Carpenter swept Ipswich in the event as they vaulted 9’6” 9’0” and 9’0” respectively.
Take 13th at Division 3 Relays
The Hornets traveled to Pembroke on Saturday to compete in the MSTCA Division 3 state relays where they had a decent showing of 13 points, which was good enough for 13th overall in the event. Tewksbury was the winner with a total of 66 points collectively.
“Relays is such a fun event for all of athletes as it is a meet totally based on team depth in all areas of our sport,” said Spinney. “We have a lot to be proud of despite what one might notice from the scoring total. Personal records and some character building were part of the experience today and in my opinion, that is more important than the total points we scored.”
Pole vault relay wins state title
Ten of the Hornet points came from the victorious pole vault relay team of Joey McCarthy, Jack Murphy and Alex Carpenter who had a collective total of 27’0” to win the event by a full foot over 2nd place Tewksbury. McCarthy led the way with a 9’6” vault, Murphy with 9’0” and Carpenter 8’6”.
“Joey has been a force at the pole vault this season for us,” stated Spinney. “Not only is he consistent with this vaults, he is the leader of the group. He helps others improve with his suggestions and critiques. Our whole group is definitely improving overall in a large part to his love of the event.”
The Shuttle Hurdle relay team of Billy Lord, Cam Chinchillo, Garrett Butler and Jack Murphy took 5th overall with a time of 1:09.05, which gave the Hornets 2 points. The last of the point scoring relays was the Shot Put relay of Joey DiSanto, James Garniss and Will Carpenter, which took 6th overall with a total distance of 113’ 5.5” and gave the Hornets 1 point.
Other relays who performed very well included the 4 x 100 meter relay of Jack Donohue, Grayson Budny, David Tingley and Billy Lord ran the CAL season top time of 44.95 and placed 8th overall. The High Jump Relay of Chinchillo, Lord and Murphy had a total height of 16’ 4”, which is now the school record for the event. The 4 x 200 meter relay of Donohue, Budny, Tingley,and Brendan Witts took 8th in a time of 1:36.79, which was almost a full two seconds better than their seed time.
The Hornets will be moving on with their CAL season schedule as they took on Amesbury and Hamilton-Wenham on Wednesday at Hamilton-Wenham after press time.