THE 4X400 relay, from left, Olivia Goguen, Aislin McCormack, Lauren Mattia and Shealyn Moore, came up clutch for Lynnfield in the final event, winning in 4:38.2 to earn a tie against Amesbury on May 1.  (Courtesy Photo)

 

 

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Published May 8, 2024

By STEPHEN MARTELLUCCI

AMESBURY — In their first road meet of the season on May 1, the Lynnfield High girls’ track and field team tied Amesbury 72-72.

With the tie, the Pioneers record went to 0-2-1.

Down by five points going into the final event, the 4×400 relay, the Pioneers won with a time of 4:38.2 to pull out the tie with those five points.

“We’ve never beaten them in my eight years here and that relay was very exciting,” said Pioneers head coach Christine Smith. “That was the team’s best time by nearly 20 seconds.”

Smith pointed out the comeback by the final runner, Olivia Goguen. The other three runners were Aislin McCormack , Lauren Mattia and Shealyn Moore.

The Pioneers had nine individual winners against the Red Hawks. Those winners were Chase Carangelo in the high jump (4-8), Emilie Bell in the shot-put (28-2) and discus (90-9), Moore in the pole vault (7-6), Abby Lopez in the javelin (84 feet), Alison Maddocks in the triple jump (31-1), Gabby Bottaro in the mile (6:00), Emma Greenleaf in the 100-meter hurdles (17.20) and Viola Wertz in the two mile (12:57).

Lynnfield had seven individuals place second: Greenleaf in the long jump (13-7), Kate Shrewsbury in the high jump (4-6), Elliana Moretti in the shot-put (26-5), Maeve Donovan in the pole vault (6-0), Ava Freni in the 100-meters (13.60), Mattia in the 800-meters (2:47.8) and McCormack in the 400-meters (69.4).

Goguen had the team’s lone third-place finish with a time of 77.8 second in the 400-hurdles.

On April 24, the Pioneers lost at home to Hamilton-Wenham, 75-65, at Lynnfield Middle School.

Just like against Amesbury, the event came down to the 4×400 relay as the Pioneers needed to win to tie, however, the Generals were able to win that race and win the meet by 10 points.

Bell broke the 44-year old school record in the discus that day with a distance of 103’8” feet.