SOUTH BURLINGTON — Mount Abraham Union High School seniors Jackson Counter and Lydia Pitts claimed individual championships to highlight local athletes’ efforts at the Division II championship track and field meet on Saturday at South Burlington High School.
Counter won both the boys’ shot put and javelin, while Pitts won the girls’ long jump and also placed second in the 100-meter hurdles and third in the triple jump. Pitts’ title was the 18th of her remarkable indoor and outdoor Mount Abe career.
Their senior teammate Emma Radler took second in the girls’ pole vault and did not defend her 2017 title, losing on a most-misses tiebreaker to the winner. Classmate Derek Jackson placed in both the boys’ discus and javelin.
Middlebury picked up four second-place finishes. Senior Caroline Kimble took second at 800 meters and also ran on the girls’ four-by-800- and four-by-400-meter relay teams that also placed second, along with senior Helen Anderson, junior Ailey Bosworth and sophomore Isabel Olson.
The Tiger boys’ 4×100 team of senior Tristan Durante, sophomore Anthony Garner, junior Ben Balparda and freshman CJ Bryant also finished second, and the Tigers’ other three relay teams also placed. Tiger senior sprinter Chloe Kane was third in the girls’ 100 and fifth in the 200, and senior Bastiaan Phair ran on the fourth-place 4×400 team and placed fourth in both the 400 and high jump.
Also of note senior Sam Hodges ran on the fourth-place 4×400 and 4×800 relay teams before hustling down to Hinesburg to play for the Tiger boys’ lacrosse team in its quarterfinal match vs. Champlain Valley.
Rice cruised to the girls’ title with 151 points. The Tiger girls were fifth with 39 points, with the Eagles just behind in sixth in the 14-team field. The U-32 boys rolled to a win with 142 points. The MUHS boys were 7th with 31 points, edging Mount Abe in 8th with 30.
GIRLS RESULTS
•  100: 1. Sonia John, 13.12, Rice; 3. Kane, 13.36, MUHS.
•  200: 1. S. John, 26.42, Rice; 5. Kane, 28.26, MUHS.
•  400: 1. S. John, 58.29, Rice; 7. Olson, 64.25, MUHS; 8. Anderson, 64.42, MUHS; 10. Bosworth, 66.30, MUHS.
•  800: 1. Dina John, 2:23.84, Rice; 2. Kimble, 2:27.01, MUHS; 4. Olson, 2:28.19, MUHS.
•  1,500: 1. Emily Bloom, 4:55.45, Rice; 10. Katherine Koehler, 5:29.68, MUHS.
•  3,000: 1. Konstanze Wendeln, 10:20.19, Rice; 5. Camille Malhotra, 11:44.56, MUHS; 9. Koehler, 12:16.73, MUHS.
•  100 hurdles: 1. Ileana Sirois, 15.26, Hartford; 2. Pitts, 15.35, Mt. Abe.
•  300 hurdles: 1. Isabelle Sullivan, 49.62, Lamoille; 7. Meredith Kimble, 52.06, MUHS.
•  4×100: 1. Burr & Burton, 52.12; 6. MUHS, 54.97 (Kane, Ginny Patz, Journey LaRose, Emily Pottinger).
•  4×400: 1. Rice, 4:09.84; 2. MUHS, 4:18.76 (Anderson, Bosworth, Olson, Kimble).
•  4×800: 1. Rice, 9:59.94; 2. MUHS, 10:05.86 (Anderson, Bosworth, Olson, Kimble).
•  Shot Put: 1. Molly McCreedy, 45-11.25, U-32; 7. Emma Carter, 29-03, Mt. Abe.
•  Pole Vault: 1. Abigail Benoit, 8-0, Spaulding; 2. Radler, 8-0, Mt. Abe; 4. Lucy Guy, 7-00, Mt. Abe; 7. Abby Perlee, 6-06, Mt. Abe.
•  Long Jump: 1. Pitts, 17-03, Mt. Abe.
•  Triple Jump: 1. Kennedy Mullen, 35-07.75, Hartford; 3. Pitts, 34-10.50, Mt. Abe.
BOYS’ RESULTS
The winners and top local boys’ finishers’ results on Saturday were:
•  100 meters: 1. Trent Holmes, 11.65, Missisquoi; 8. Garner, 11.92, MUHS.
•  200: 1. Abayomi Lowe, 23.18, Hartford; 10. Ross Carr, 25.42. Mt. Abe.
•  400: 1. Lowe, 50.45, Hartford; 4. Phair, 54.73, MUHS; 6. Joseph Findlay, 54.77, MUHS; 9. Carr, 55.69, Mt. Abe.
•  1,500: 1. Andrew Crompton, 4:13.85, U-32; 14. Julian Schmitt, 4:42.23, MUHS.
•  110m Hurdles: 1. Dane Liebermann, 17.37, U-32; 8. Hunter Heffernan, 18.6, MUHS.
•  300m Hurdles: 1. Ian Maier, 40.68, Burr & Burton; 5. Heffernan, 46.27, MUHS.
•  4×100 Relay: 1. Milton, 45.76; 2. MUHS, 45.98 (Durante, Garner, Balparda, Bryant).
•  4×400: Milton, 3:44.55; 4. MUHS, 3:49.23 (Bryant, Findlay, Hodges, Phair).
•  4×800: 1. U-32, 8:45.72; 4. MUHS, 9:04.52 (Findlay, Phair, William Carpenter, Hodges).
•  Shot Put: 1. Counter, 46-03, Mt. Abe; 5. Jackson, 38-01.25, Mt. Abe.
•  Discus: 1. William Frank, 137-04, Burr & Burton; 3. Jackson, 109-09, Mt. Abe.
•  Javelin: 1. Counter, 167-09, Mt. Abe; 9. John Bent, 115-05, Mt. Abe.
•  High Jump: 1. Dane Liebermann, 6-2, U-32; 4. Phair, 5-08, MUHS.
•  Pole Vault: 1. Joe Wray, 11-6, Lyndon Institute; 4. Gabriel Cason, 10-0, MUHS; 5. Oliver Roy, 10-0, Mt. Abe; 9. Ian Fenster, 9-0, MUHS.