{"id":3293,"date":"2026-06-22T06:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2026-06-22T06:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:33:03","slug":"lexingtons-ainsley-cuthbertson-leads-impressive-display-by-massachusetts-athletes-at-new-balance-nationals-outdoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3293","title":{"rendered":"Lexington\u2019s Ainsley Cuthbertson leads impressive display by Massachusetts athletes at New Balance Nationals Outdoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>For Lexington senior Ainsley Cuthbertson, a whirlwind 24 hours culminated in the \u201ccherry on top\u201d of her decorated high school career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3291\">Sonny Gray \u2018open for a conversation\u2019 with Red Sox about no-trade clause<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday morning, Cuthbertson competed in hammer throw at the under-20 US outdoor championships in Eugene, Ore., where she smashed her own state record (179 feet, 0 inches) in a sixth-place finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Then, after flying across the country and arriving at her Philadelphia hotel at 3 a.m. Saturday, she returned to action at New Balance Nationals Outdoor at 11:30 a.m. and won a high school national title, improving on her state record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuthbertson delivered her winning throw of 180 feet, 4 inches on her fifth attempt, to handily top runner-up Avery Brunner of Pittsford, N.Y. (177-5).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was one of three victories from Massachusetts athletes at the New Balance meet, which was held Thursday-Sunday at the University of Pennsylvania. <\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>The final Globe Top 20 polls of the 2026 spring season<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cIt just feels so satisfying to have all your work pay off,\u201d said Cuthbertson. \u201cMy goals for the season were to be a national champion and qualify and compete at U-20s. So I just [knew] I had to make it work some way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u25aa Catholic Memorial junior Amar Skeete claimed the triple jump title Saturday with a leap of 50-7\u00bc inches, edging Ashton Thomas of Webster, N.Y. (49-8\u00bd).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The win completed Skeete\u2019s undefeated season, though his top jump remained the state-record mark of 51-2 he produced at the MIAA Meet of Champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u25aa Massachusetts had a dominant showing Friday in the boys\u2019 shot put, with Cohasset junior Nicholas Askjaer (64-1) winning on his final toss and Oliver Ames junior Mitchell Callender (62-8\u00bd) taking second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3290\">Corey Heim outduels Tyler Reddick for first NASCAR Cup win at inaugural San Diego race<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>It was Askjaer\u2019s second strong showing of the weekend, after he finished fifth in the discus Thursday in a 9-foot personal best (196-6). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u25aa In an exciting girls\u2019 mile Saturday, Westford senior Abby Hennessy went in front at the halfway mark and dueled with Mallory Weller of Fort Wayne, Ind., on the final lap before finishing second. Both Weller (4 minutes, 31.78 seconds) and Hennessy (4:33.18) eclipsed the meet record (4:33.67).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The performance improved upon Hennessy\u2019s previous state-record time of 4:34.69, which she set in a third-place finish at last year\u2019s New Balance Nationals Outdoor. <\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Photo gallery: The Globe\u2019s best images from the spring high school sports state championships<\/div>\n<p><span>\u25aa After logging an unbeaten MIAA season in the 4oo hurdles, Abington junior Aiden Calcano Da Silva placed third in a personal-best 51.96 Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other top individual placements included Newburyport senior Michael Mohoric, who placed fourth Saturday in the boys\u2019 mile (4:04.55) after leading the early portion of the race, and Wayland senior Ryan McCormack, who was fifth in the decathlon (6,643 points) when it completed Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u25aa Two Massachusetts relay squads set state records. In the girls\u2019 distance medley Sunday, Westford seniors Hennessy and Emily Wedlake and sophomores Emily Deeks and Diya Shrestha placed second in 11:36.71 to shatter a 16-year-old mark (11:44.77).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday, Lexington junior Callie Glenn and sophomores Janie Conrad, Ella Tyson, and Amelia Whorton placed fourth in the girls\u2019 mile relay (20:20.53) to top a 17-year-old record (20:23.20). <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3288\">Cape Verde scores first World Cup goals, draws Uruguay for second straight shocking result<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic Memorial&#8217;s Amar Skeete, Westford&#8217;s Abby Hennessy, Cohasset&#8217;s Nicholas Askjaer, and Oliver Ames&#8217;s Mitchell Callender were among those who had weekends to remember at Penn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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