LYNNFIELD milers Kate Mitchell (front inside lane) and Marie Norwood (third from right inside lane) keep pace with the pack in the varsity CAL Championship meet Saturday. Mitchell (5:15) finished third and Norwood (5:35) took fifth overall. (John Friberg Photo)

LYNNFIELD milers Kate Mitchell (front inside lane) and Marie Norwood (third from right inside lane) keep pace with the pack in the varsity CAL Championship meet Saturday. Mitchell (5:15) finished third and Norwood (5:35) took fifth overall. (John Friberg Photo)

By MAUREEN DOHERTY

WEST NEWBURY — Several runners had a strong showing at the varsity Cape Ann League Championship meet hosted by Pentucket Regional on Saturday.

Senior captain Tia Patterson captured second overall in the 2-mile race with a time of 11:42.

In the mile race, the Pioneers were represented by two runners. Freshman Kate Mitchell took third overall with a time of 5:15 while junior Marie Norwood earned fifth overall with a time of 5:35. Norwood’s time represented an eight-second improvement over her previous personal best, noted coach Liane Cook.

Patterson, Mitchell and Norwood each earned CAL All-Star status for placing in the top six.

In addition, teammate Emily Scollard finished seventh overall in the 400-meter hurdles. Her time of 71 seconds was a personal best for Scollard this season, Cook said.

Also earning a personal record was Kaitlin Flannery, who finished the 200-meter race with a time of 30.7 seconds.

State meet May 31

The Pioneers will be represented by five runners at the Div. 4 State Championship meet on Sunday, May 31 at Norwell High School.

Both Emily Scollard and Juliana Passatempo will compete in the 400-meter hurdles while Kate Mitchell and Marie Norwood qualified to compete in the mile and Tia Patterson qualified for the 2-mile. The 4x400m relay team also qualified.

JV CAL Meet results

The team’s younger members had a strong showing at the Junior Varsity Cape Ann League meet on May 20.

Juliana Passatempo won the 400-meter hurdles in 76 seconds and then competed for the first time in the 800-meter race where she picked up second place in 2:48.

“Elaina Patermo also placed well. She ran 82 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles and came in second,” Cook said.

Eleven other Pioneers also accomplished personal records at the JV meet. They are: Maxine Boyle (11-5) and Marissa Cimmino (12-8) in the long jump; Rachel Strout (67-0), Caroline Connolly (61-2) and Christina Crampe (55-7) in the discus; Natasha Desir (21.7) in the 100m hurdles; Kelsie Hauser (6:17) and Leena Aurora (6:19) in the mile; Ashley Bass (5-6) in the pole vault; and Grace Doucette (3:18) and Natalie Albanese (3:23) in the 800.