THE PIONEER high jumpers were the best in the league as they swept the event at CALs earning each an All-Star award. Pictured from left to right is Ethan Francis, Eli Mendese and Dillon Reilly. (Courtesy Photo)
By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI
LYNNFIELD — Three individuals and one relay team for the Lynnfield High boys’ indoor track and field team made the Cape Ann League All-Star roster this season. It is the first All-Star appearance for everybody this year.
The All-Stars are decided by who comes in the top three in each event in the league meet at the end of the regular season.
Eli Mendese led the way for the Pioneers as the junior came in first in the high jump and third in the long jump. Mendese broke the school record that evening with a long jump of 20’6”.
Senior, Ethan Francis, made the All-Star team in the high jump as well coming in second to Mendese.
Dillon Reilly, a junior who led the state champion Pioneer soccer team in goals, came in third in the high jump to make the All-Star team as Lynnfield swept that event.
The 4×200 relay team of Joe Cucciniello, Reilly, Jesse Dorman and Charlie Morgan also made it. Cucciniello is a senior while Dorman and Morgan are both juniors.
They came in third place with a time of 1:36.77
“I am super proud of my boys team for their performances at CALs,” stated Lynnfield head coach Christine Smith. “I was beyond proud of all of our CAL performances as most of them were personal records. We placed 6th overall for the league which has a total of 10 schools.”
In the regular season, Lynnfield finished in 2nd place behind Amesbury in the Cape Ann League Baker Division going 3-1.
The Pioneers were 0-4 last year when they were in the CAL Kinney Division.