Ayer Shirley girls pick up where they left off, Abington boys twinning at Division 6 track championships
After accumulating 33 points to take an early lead Thursday on Day 1 of the MIAA Division 6 outdoor track and field championships at Westfield State, the girls of Ayer Shirley kept up the pace in Saturday’s conclusion, taking home the state title with 71 points.
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The girls scored 40.5 points last year for a fourth-place finish, then watched as their male teammates lifted the trophy. This year, a motivated Panthers squad outpaced last year’s girls’ champion, Mt. Greylock, which finished as runner-up with 55.5.
Roxane McKenzie and Lorelai Levy totalled five first-place finishes, all in personal-best times for Ayer Shirley.
McKenzie won the 100 (12.41 seconds) and 200 meters (25.8), and Levy championed the 100 (15.2) and 400 hurdles (1:04.86). Both helped the 4×100 relay team to a first-place finish in 49.94 seconds.
On the boys’ side, Abington emerged from the pack, taking the title with 76 points over second-place Clinton (52).
Brotherly love was on display for the Green Wave as the Calcano Da Silva twins ran neck-and-neck in the 400. Nathan Calcano Da Silva broke brother Aiden’s school record in the event with a time of 48.54 seconds, a new personal best by 1.6 seconds. Aiden finished just behind in 49.2 seconds, and added a win in the 400 meter hurdles (53.79).
Lucas de Oliveira cleared 6 feet, 4 inches to win the high jump for the Green Wave, which took the last event of the day, the 4×400 meter relay, in 3:28.21 to clinch victory.
Clinton junior Sean Blaze won the 100 (10.80) and the long jump (23 feet, 0.5 inches) as the day’s other dual champion.
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