Boys Sprints and Hurdles
55m
With both the MA and CT state champs passing on New England's, MA runner-up Alex Arbogast became one of the top favorites in the 55m. In the finals there was no doubt as Arbogast blasted away from prelims leader and VT champ Gregory Seraus to get the win. Colin Brown got the bronze in the CT state championship and he also picked up 3rd at New England's.
1 Alex Arbogast 11 Tewksbury Memorial 6.46 2 Gregory Seraus 12 Champlain Valley Union 6.53 3 Colin Brown 11 Cheshire High School 6.54 4 Nolan Freeman 12 New Milford HS 6.57 5 Jared Gibbons 11 La Salle Academy 6.57 6 Tristan Burke 12 East Hartford HS 6.58 7 Edmund Lok 11 Bishop Hendricken HS 6.68 8 Kamalie Pemberton 12 Bishop Hendricken HS 6.69
300m
ME champ and top seed Andrew Farr never got to see Gianluca Bianchi because the CT state's 3rd-place finisher was seeded 8th and in the next-to-last section 5. Bianchi got the outside lane 6 in his section and he sling-shotted to the front at the break to get the win at 35.36. Farr held off all challengers fairly comfortably in the final seeded section, but his 35.40 was a bit behind Bianchi's mark. MA runner-up Brett Earle got the bronze while finishing 2nd in the seeded section.
1 Gianluca Bianchi 11 Greenwich High School 35.36 2 Andrew Farr 12 Gorham High School 35.40 3 Brett Earle 12 Quabbin Regional HS 35.58 4 Abdirazak Abukar 12 Lewiston High School 35.77 5 Colin Brown 11 Cheshire High School 35.80 6 Jonathan York 10 Hall High School 35.86 7 Paul Burkett 12 Sheehan High School 36.10 8 Gabriel Merrow 11 Nashoba Regional HS 36.17 9 Michael Johnson 11 Lewis Mills HS 36.21 10 Frazier Dougherty 12 Yarmouth High School 36.21 11 Nick Difazio 12 Cranston West HS 36.32 12 Aiden Fletcher 12 Lincoln High School 36.43
600m
MA guys Bradley Diaz and Hatim Boukhtam were the top seeds at the starting line and they spent three laps going head-to-head for the title in the 600m. State champ Diaz commanded the inner lane throughout, and though he didn't get the PR, he did get the win. Boukhtam did get more than a half second PR while picking up the silver. RI guys fought for the bronze, and Pedro Mayol beat out Lachlan Bishop as they both got big PRs.
1 Bradley Diaz 12 Wakefield Memorial HS 1:21.17 2 Hatim Boukhtam 12 North Quincy HS 1:21.33 3 Pedro Mayol 11 St. Raphael Academy 1:22.79 4 Lachlan Bishop 12 La Salle Academy 1:22.89 5 Jackson Coelho 12 Belmont High School 1:22.92 6 Tobias Ruffo 12 Hall High School 1:22.99 7 Will Dalles 12 Coginchaug Regional HS 1:23.78 8 Neil Chowdhury 11 Andover High School 1:23.83 9 Gabriel Sisk 10 Hall High School 1:23.84 10 Leo'Angel Lopez 12 Naugatuck High School 1:23.94 11 Jeremy Rivera 12 A.I. Prince Tech 1:24.06 12 Elijah Saddlemire 11 Smithfield High School 1:24.17
55m Hurdles
Jordany Volquez came in with by far the best mark, and he kept the heat on through finals as he ran away with the 55H title at 7.31 for yes, a giant PR. ME champ Jayden Flaker also got a giant PR at 7.42 for 2nd. MA champ Easton Tan picked up the bronze.
1 Jordany Volquez 12 Lawrence High School 7.31 2 Jayden Flaker 12 Scarborough HS 7.42 3 Easton Tan 12 Winchester HS 7.45 4 Michael Johnson 11 Lewis Mills HS 7.55 5 Nolen Beauregard 12 Walpole High School 7.65 6 Tristan O'Riorden 12 Nashoba Regional HS 7.76 7 Jared Salem 12 Hingham High School 7.97 8 Josh Wilkie 12 Ellington High School 7.98