WESTFIELD — The MIAA Division 3 Track & Field Championships wrapped up Sunday at Westfield State University, where the Walpole boys and Billerica Memorial girls came out on top to win team titles after strong performances across the board.
For Walpole, the victory marked the team’s second-consecutive state championship, but this year’s journey was notably different.
With a smaller roster and a long drive from home, the Timberwolves leaned on a handful of clutch performances to edge out Longmeadow, 75–69, in a tightly contested meet.
“This is back-to-back, so it means a lot,” Walpole coach Corey Coogan said. “Much different makeup than last year’s team. Last year’s team, we brought like, 30 to 40 to this meeting. This year’s team, we had about 15 guys competing, and it means a heck of a lot. We had graduation kind of interfere with some of our athletes. They chose to forego their graduation to come out to this meet and compete all the way out in Westfield, two hours from Walpole, so far away from home. Obviously, this makes it all worth it.”
Senior sprinter Austin Feener led the way, winning the 100-meter dash in a personal-best 10.84 seconds and anchoring the 4×100 relay to a second-place finish.
“Just unfortunate that it had to happen, but makes it a little more special,” Feener said, honing his cap and gown, on skipping graduation to attend the meet. “I feel really good about my performance. I was really happy to be under 10 nine for the first time, and to anchor the four by one to second place. Anytime I can help the team out in that way, it’s a great day.”
Thrower Matthew St. Cyr also delivered a huge boost for Walpole with a javelin toss of 197 feet, 2 inches to secure the event win and vital team points.
On the girls’ side, Billerica Memorial dominated from start to finish, piling up 92 points behind a wave of strong performances across the board.
Senior captain Nyrah Joseph turned in a defining day, capturing three individual event titles—the 100-meter hurdles, triple jump, and pentathlon—to account for 30 points on her own.
“It feels pretty good because I know that our sprinters team doesn’t get a lot of points, but when we do, it’s pretty big,” Joseph said. “Our distance was a big part of where we got points. So being able to give us more points, it’s absolutely a good feeling.”
Westborough (44) and Reading Memorial (42) rounded out the girls’ top three.
Click here to view the team results and top three finishes from each boys and girls event on Day 2.
The Longmeadow boys track & field team earned the runners-up trophy at the 2025 MIAA Division 3 Track & Field Championships at Westfield State University.Meadow Barrow
Longmeadow boys surges to second place
Longmeadow put together a complete team performance to finish second overall with 69 points after entering the day ranked in the No. 4 spot.
Senior Sean Hamel delivered one of the biggest individual performances of the day, leaping to first in the long jump with a mark of 22-00.25, despite entering the event seeded 14th. He also placed third in the triple jump.
“I just gave everything I had,” Hamel said. “I was seeded 14th in the long jump. I came first. I was seeded fourth in the triple jump, I came third. I just left it all on the track. And my teammates, I’m so proud of everyone, we tried our hardest, but at the end of the day, every little thing’s gotta go right and it just didn’t happen today. But we had a great performance.”
On the track, Longmeadow added key points in the 4×800 and 4×100 relays, finishing third in both. Coach John Pantuosco praised the team’s grit after narrowly missing out on a team title.
“I feel a little disappointed for my kids, because they’re not as happy as they would like to be,” Pantuosco said. “We just didn’t have enough to win it this time, my best runner hurt himself last week, and now we’re not making any excuses, but Lucas Doblin would have made a little bit more of a difference. But I’m very, very proud of these guys, they just exceeded more than they thought they were gonna exceed, really.”
Chicopee Comp girls breaks through with javelin title and relay depth
Chicopee Comp made its mark in a tightly packed top 10, finishing ninth overall with 32.5 points—one of the best showings from a Western Mass. team.
The highlight came in the javelin, where Mo Donoghue threw 117-09, breaking her personal record, to win the title. It was a clutch performance that set the tone for the team early in the field events.
Donoghue added to her gold-medal javelin performance with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault (8-00.00) and fourth in the shot put (33-05.00). Trinity McCarthy also chipped in with a strong fourth-place showing in the triple jump (35-08.50). The Colts wrapped up their day with a solid fourth-place finish in the 4×100 relay, clocking a time of 50.53 seconds.
Milton and Reading Memorial boys battle in tight top five finish
Though Milton entered the day as the No. 1 team with a one-point lead over Westborough in the team standings (41-40), the final results saw them finish in fourth with 47 points—just ahead of Reading Memorial (45).
Both teams made noise in the mid-distance and sprint events. Milton’s 4×400 relay closed strong in third place (3:25.07), while Reading’s Ryan Pulpi brought home a huge win in the 400 meters with a time of 48.46.
Oliver Ames girls shines in sprints and jumps behind Kozaka
Oliver Ames had an impressive day on the girls side, finishing eighth overall (38 points) behind a pair of standout efforts from Lavender Kozaka. She took first in the long jump at 18-09.25 and finished third in the 100 meters with a time of 12.32, showing her elite ability in both field and sprint events.
The Tigers also sprinted to a first-place finish in the 4×100 relay, clocking in at 48.95 seconds.
