Shine at MSTCA Winter Festival Meet
BOSTON — Since there is no crossover dual meet against a Middlesex League Liberty division team this winter, Wakefield Memorial High boys’ indoor track head coach Ruben Reinoso elected to bring his team to the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association’s Winter Festival Meet for the small schools in the M.L. Freedom division on Sunday morning at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.
The meet gave the Warriors an opportunity to compete in another meet this season and the Wakefield runners and field event personnel turned in some good performances.
In the shot put, Dylan Brady, a senior, had a throw of 36-6 which was good for 26th place overall.
Senior Pat Casaletto and junior Jian Glen Gallardo competed in the long jump and had distances of 18-0 and 17-3. Casaletto was 15th overall and Gallardo finished in 24th place.
Wakefield had seven runners in the mile. That included junior Rich Custodio (26th place, 4:54.19), junior Chris Skeldon (46th, 5:07.15), junior Tyler Whipple (47th, 5:09.02), junior Jeremy Keegan (70th, 5:24.47), freshman Tommy Lucey (84th, 5:36.20), junior Kyle McLaughlin (90th, 5:39.64) and sophomore Shahnawaz Anwar (98th, 5:44.81).
The Warriors were also well represented in the 300 meter dash. Senior Cam Yasi (38.57 seconds), senior Joe Hurton (38.94 seconds), junior Joe Boudreau (40.80 seconds) and sophomore Carmen Sorrentino (43.36 seconds) were the four Warrior sprinters in the event. They finished in 13th, 18th, 48th and 97th overall, respectively.
In the 600 meter run, senior Tyler Strauss came in 32nd place at 1:37.17 and junior Adam D’Ambrosio finished in 67th place at 1:44.28.
Alex Guerriero, a junior, competed in the 1000 meter run and clocked in at 3:00.23 for 26th overall.
In the two mile, sophomores Jack Stevens and Jackson Kehoe came in 12th and 19th overall as they ran times of 10:51.63 and 11:12.21.
The 4×800 relay team was second in the meet with a time of 8:43.87. The four runners included sophomore Adam Roberto, junior Alec Rodgers, Custodio and senior Ian Ritchie.
Wakefield had three entries in the 55 meter dash. Eric Chi, a junior, posted a time of 7.06 and made the finals where he finished 15th overall. Gallardo ran a time of 7.22 seconds and Dan Sallade, a sophomore, clocked in at 7.53 seconds in the dash preliminaries.
Wakefield’s next dual meet is on Tuesday, Dec. 30 when it runs against Stoneham in the second block of Middlesex League Dual meets which will be held at 9 a.m. at the Lewis Center.
