The annual MIAA state divisional championship meets were conducted Friday and Saturday at various locations. Peabody High competed at the Divsion 2 meet at Merrimack College.
The Tanners’ boys team racked up 52 points and finished fifth. North Andover ran away with the team title with 111 points. Peabody’s Alex Jackson worked his magic and picked up another gold medal in the shot put with a heave of 57-11. He also finished second in the discus (176-04). Evan Bedard and Brian Stevens also had top-three finishes. Bedard set a personal best and finished third in the triple jump (44-10.5) and third in the long jump (21-11.25), while Stevens set a personal best and finished third in the 400 hurdles (56.92).
Alessandra Forgione was the top performer in the girls’ meet. She finished second in the javelin (122-10) and fourth in the discus with a PR 117-11.
Below are some other top finishes from Peabody:
BOYS
Triple jump
5 Riley Michaud – PR 43-06.25
Javelin
7 Aneudy Medrano – 152-09
110 hurdles
7 Peyton Smith – 15.91
4×400 relay
4 Dorlyn Morel, Stevens, Declan Smith, Omar Mishal – 3:28.90
4×100 relay
6 Eli Batista, Bedard, Kobe Avery, Henry Sawyer – 43.85
800m
9 Declan Smith – 2:02.49
Discus
9 Areno Saint-Victor – 135-05
Long jump
10 Avery – PR 21-00.00
12 Aniel Espinal – 20-08
Shot put
11 Saint-Victor – 45-02.5
12 Jackson O’Brien – PR 44-06.75
High jump
11 Hannington Senfuma – 5-10
400m
11 Morel – PR 51.51
18 Stevens – 52.56
400 hurdles
20 Mishal – 1:00.70
GIRLS
Triple jump
8 Makayla Kokonezis – 34-04
9 Stella Ketchimen – PR 34-03
4×400 relay
9 Yosermy Batista,Ava Champigny, Stella D’Ambrosio, Maya Sutton – 4:11.88
High jump
11 Makayla Kokonezis – 4-10
16 Maya Sutton – 15-07.5
Shot put
12 Nicole Ofurie – 31-01.5
16 Raphaela Fernades – 29-00.50
17 Madison Holleran – 28-11
400m
13 D’Ambrosio – PR 1:02.18
2-mile
14 Leah Buckley -12:18.40
18 Ava Buckley – 12:23.53
110 hurdles
15 Kayley Bunn – PR 17.13
800m
17 Jane Haight – PR 2:31.35
400 hurdles
18 Sutton – 1:14.46
