On Friday, the first day of the Division VI state track and field championships took place at Tufts University.
17 events total took place at the Ellis Oval with participants from all across the state bringing home medals.
Here are some of the notable performances from the first day.
Nathan Askjaer dominates the pentathlon for Cohasset
On Friday afternoon, Nathan Askjaer was nearly perfect. The Cohasset senior won four different pentathlon events to take the overall crown with a whopping 3,073 points. The only time he fell short was on the 110 hurdles, finishing in fifth.
Coming in second overall and nearly every individual event was Chris Resnick. The Hull junior was second in everything besides the shot put which he finished third in, tallying 2,739.
Finishing third in the pentathlon was Donte Jordan Allen Robinson. The junior won the 110 hurdles, came in second in shot put, and third in the high jump, long jump, and 1500 meters. In total, he tallied 2,701 on the day.
Monument’s Everett Pacheco crushes the 2-mile, sets PR
Everett Pacheco not only claimed first place in the 2-mile race, he also beat the second place runner by nearly 10 seconds. In the event, the Monument Mountain junior set a personal record of 9:29.35
Coming in second was Hamilton-Wenham senior Ben Rich with a time of 9:38.03.
Right behind Rich was Evan Hedlund. The sophomore from Frontier also set a personal best time of 9:40.18 to finish third in the race.
Cohasset’s Will McLoughlin wins photo finish at the 200
Just 5 milliseconds separated Will McLoughlin and Rick Barros Friday afternoon. Both seniors pushed themselves to the brink, but it was Cohasset’s McLoughlin that came home with the 200 meter victory.
McLoughlin finished with a personal record of 22.05, just behind him was Dearborn’s Barros with a time of 22.10.
Coming in third was Tyler Lamonde who also hit a personal best with a 22.46 mark.
Mahar’s Mitchell Krasco out jumps the competition
Setting a personal best distance, Mahar Regional senior Mitchell Krasco landed over one foot further than the next closest competitor at Friday’s triple jump.
Finishing with a mark of 47-06.50, Krasco beat out Leicester junior Jeremiah Kinsumba who landed in second with 46-05.25.
Grabbing third for Atlantis Charter, Thalys Silva jumped 44-05.00, a season best for him.
Lunenburg girls capture pentathlon
The Lunenburg girls had themselves a day in the Pentathlon on Friday. Junior Karynna Long took home first with 2,546, while fellow junior Lyla Dellasanta finished in second with 2,303.
The Knights accounted for three of the fifth first place finishes, and three of the second place finishes.
Coming in third in the pentathlon was Maynard’s Izzy Burke. the senior won in the 100 hurdles, and long jump to finish with 2,257.
Mila Nikiforow narrowly captures the 800 for Millbury
Mila Nikiforow left it all on the track in her 800 meter bout. The Millbury junior not only set a personal record, but also finished first with a time of 2:18.18.
Her personal best mark was narrowly enough as Annabella Lamoreaux finished in second place with 2:18.77. The Sutton junior also set a personal record in the event.
Grabbing third was Lunenburg’s Olivia Coronella, also finishing with the best mark of her career. The sophomore completed after 2:19.32.
In total, 15 of the top 20 runners and 9 of the top 10 set personal records in the event on Friday.
Bromfield dominates the girls 2-mile
Nobody could touch Bromfield’s best on Friday afternoon. Both senior Evelyn Wool and junior Rosie Bradley set personal records as the Trojans dominated the 2-mile race
Wool grabbed first in the event with a time of 11:02.04. Bradley came in second at 11:11.81.
Coming in third, 13 seconds behind Bradley, was Monument Mountain junior Amelia Deslilets, with a time of 11:24.92.
Bella Chen clears the field for Littleton at discus
Nobody threw the 2.2 pound rock better than Littleton’s Bella Chen on Friday.
The sophomore set a personal best distance, tossing the discus 102-11 to finish in first in the event.
Coming in second at Tufts was Mohawk Trail sophomore Morgan Raffa. Raffa did not set a personal record but did clear 100 feet on Friday, landing at 100-08.
In third place was another sophomore. Parker Charter’s Chrys Olsen medaled with her personal best distance of 98-11.
