At the beginning of a busy weekend for the Blue Devil track and field programs, the boys and girls swept Chicopee Friday night with the boys winning 51-44 and the girls capturing a 85-10 victory.  The girls had 18 personal bests, 13 Western Mass qualifiers, 3 D3 qualifiers and 4 top-10 additions.  The boys posted 19 personal bests, 12 Western Mass qualifiers, 2 D3 qualifiers and 4 top-10 additions. 

On Saturday at the Coaches Invitational, freshmen Alex Dibrindisi easily won her heat of the 600 to place 18th - but was only .7 out of third place in the entire meet.  Classmate Winnie Brown punched her ticket to the D3 meet in February in the same event, running a personal best as well as both athletes improved on their performances in the All-Time Top-10.
At the MSTCA Elite Meet Sunday in Boston, Alex Sullivan placed 7th in the 1000m in a season-best time of 2:34.69.  Sam Coates-Finke also competed for the boys, running the 2 mile in 10:03.45. 

Northampton results from all three days are below along with Bob Gardner's pictures from Friday and Jim Sharp's pictures from Friday and Saturday.

Bob Gardner's pictures
Jim Sharp's pictures Friday  Saturday

All-Time Top-10
Girls
High Jump - Adrienne Pascucci 2nd; Mariel Lutz 8th
600m - Alex Dibrindisi 5th; Winnie Brown 7th
55m HH - Leah Tompkins 7th
Shot Put - Shannon Keefe 9th

Boys
600m - Alex Sullivan 2nd
300m - Josh Hirschman 3rd
4x200 - Jackson, Neverson, Shulman-Reed, Rayton 6th
1000m - Neal Axelrod-Adams 9th

The annual PVIAC 4x800 Meet was held Tuesday night at Smith College.  The girls 4x800 team of Adrienne Pascucci, Mariel Lutz, Joni Sullivan and Alex Dibrindisi qualified for the D3 meet with a time of 10:21.8 to place second.  The boys top squad had an unfortunate injury during the relay and was unable to complete the race.  Complete Northampton results and splits for all relay teams are below as is complete race results.

At the MSTCA State Division 3 Relays the Northampton Girls 3xHigh Jump team of Adrienne Pascucci, Leah Tompkins and Mariel Lutz won the state title with a combined height of 14'6". The team set the school record and Pascucci was the only jumper at the meet to clear 5'1". The boys 3xShot Put squad of Andrew Sadowski, Alex Subocz and Nate Ogulewicz also set a new school record, throwing 116'5 1/4" to place 7th.  Complete Northampton results and All-Time Top-10 additions are listed below.

All-Time Top-10
Girls
3xHigh Jump - Lutz, Pascucci, Tompkins - School Record
3xLong Jump - Flynn, Loomis, Pascucci - School Record
3xShot Put - Greco, Harrington, Keefe - 2nd
Shot Put - Shannon Keefe - 9th

Boys
3xLong Jump - Jackson, Neverson, Ramsden - School Record
3xShot Put - Ogulewicz, Sadowski, Subocz - School Record

The Northampton Girls improved to 7-0 with twin 63-22 wins over Agawam and Amherst.  The boys topped Agawam 80-15, but were narrowly defeated by Amherst 48-47.  The top performance of the meet was Senior Alex Sullivan shattering the PVIAC league record in the 1000m, running 2:36.53.  The old record was set by Holyoke's Chris Rigali in 2002 of 2:38.3.  The 4x400 team of Marcus Neverson, Josh Hirschman, Ben Shulman-Reed, and Avi Sheldon just missed the league record, running 3:37.48.  Sheldon also won the 600, running 1:27.27. Event winners for the girls were Mariel Lutz (2 Mile), Adrienne Pascucci (LJ), Mia Toffoli (1000m), and Leah Tompkins (HJ).  Lutz set a new freshman record in the 2 Mile, breaking the old record by 40 seconds as she ran 11:54.40.  The girls had 17 Western Mass and 8 MIAA D3 Qualifiers while the boys posted 13 Western Mass and 4 MIAA D3 Qualifiers. Northampton team results,Bob Gardner's pictures, and the All-Time Top-10 additions are listed below.

Bob Gardner's Pictures

All-Time Top-10 Additions
Girls
2 Mile - Mariel Lutz - 4th
1 Mile - Eliana Zimmerman - 9th
Shot Put - Madison Hutchins - 10th

Boys
4x400m - Neverson, Hirschman, Shulman-Reed, Sheldon - 3rd
600m - Avi Sheldon - 4th

Tonight will be the PVIAC's first Coaches vs. Cancer fundraising event for the American Cancer Society.  As a league we have already raised over $4000 on t-shirt sales alone!  Be sure to get your pledges before the meet.  Coach Kraft will email out how many seasons bests and Western Mass qualifiers we had over the weekend so you can collect your pledge money.  All pledges must be turned in to Coach Kraft no later than Thursday.  The Coaches vs. Cancer logo that will be on everyone's t-shirts designed by Junior Joni Sullivan.

In a rare mid-week meet on Tuesday night at the new Smith College facility, the girls edged Longmeadow in their toughest test of the season 49-46 and also defeated West Side.  The boys topped West Side but lost a close battle with Longmeadow 51-44.  The girls had 18 Western Mass Qualifiers and 8 Division 3 Qualifiers led by co-captain Adrienne Pascucci's new school record in the 55m HH (9.22) and fellow captain Leah Tompkins' 5'2" high jump which is now second all-time.  The boys posted 13 Western Mass Qualifiers and had 2 D3 Qualifiers as co-captain Alex Sullivan ran the third-fastest 600 in school history (1:25.82).

Complete Northampton results, All-Time Top-10 Additions and pictures from Jim Sharp and Bob Gardner are linked below.

Jim Sharp's Pictures
Bob Gardner's Pictures

All-Time Top-10 Additions
Girls
55m HH - Adrienne Pascucci - School Record
High Jump - Leah Tompkins - 2nd
300m - Alex Dibrindisi 5th; Pascucci 6th
Shot Put - Meghan Harrington 7th
Long Jump - Sophie Sharp 8th
600m - Winnie Brown - 9th

Boys
600m - Alex Sullivan 3rd; Avi Sheldon 6th

Coach Kraft sent an important email on the upcoming week to the team this afternoon.  Please read the entire email as there is a lot of very important information in it.  If you did not receive it, please email Coach Kraft.

Facing some impressive competition from across the East Coast, the Northampton indoor track and field teams competed in the Dartmouth Relays Friday and Saturday.  The Blue Devils posted five additions to the All-Time Top-10 Lists (see below) and six MIAA Division 3 qualifying performances.  On Friday night, Mariel Lutz shattered the Freshman Mile Record as she qualified for the state meet running 5:37.13.  Andrew Sadowski posted a huge personal best in the shot put, throwing 41'11.75" to qualify for the state meet and post the seventh-farthest throw in school history.  

Saturday saw Mia Toffoli place the highest of any of the Blue Devils as she finished 6th in the 600m.  Also in the 600m, Alex Dibrindisi ran the fifth-fastest time in school history to qualify for the state meet.  Sophie Sharp became only the ninth girl in school history to break eight seconds in the 55m.  For the boys, Avi Sheldon was the only athlete to get on the top-ten as he ran a personal-best in the 600m.  Alex Sullivan was the top finisher on the boys side (8th place) in the 1000m, running 4.5 laps with only one shoe.

Complete Northampton results from both days are linked below.

Jim Sharp's Pictures

All-Time Top-10 Additions
Girls
Mile - Mariel Lutz - 4th (Freshman Record)
600m - Alex Dibrindisi - 5th
55m - Sophie Sharp - 9th

Boys
600m - Avi Sheldon - 6th
Shot Put - Andrew Sadowski - 7th