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Pentucket freshman Ali Attenasio vaulted 9-0, crushing her personal best of 7-6, to take first at the Division 3 pole vault competition. Fellow Sachem Vicky Castiglione (8-6) was fourth.

JoJo Plante earned first place in both the discus (89-4 1/2) and the javelin (90-0) to power Whittier to fourth place as a team in the Commonwealth Conference meet. Cassie Ellard (long jump, 15-0) and Destiny Alicea (triple jump, 29-3 1/2) also took home individual victories for the Wildcats.

Chioma Ngwudo won the discus and shot put to lead Phillips to a convincing win at the New England Prep Division 1 Championships. Jamie Shenk ( javelin) and Orie Idah (triple jump) and the 4x100 and 4x400 relays also brought home the gold.

NORTH ANDOVER — While it was the Cape Ann League meet, North Andover’s Amanda Foote had her sights set on someone from the Merrimack Valley League yesterday afternoon. Entering the day already with the area’s second fastest all-time mark in the 400 hurdles, the Scarlet Knight senior was running out of time to eclipse Haverhill’s Rebecca Stabile area record. “I knew Rebecca had the 63.59 mark, so I was looking to get below that,” said Foote, who began running the race in her junior season and had run a 64.06 earlier in the season when she won a tight dual with Stabile. With Ipswich’s Samantha Brown clipping at her heels the whole race, Foote blazed to a 63.51, 0.24 faster than Brown. “This is the second time I’ve beaten her,” said Foote. “(In a dual meet) I beat her by a long shot, but I knew that she was going to come back and really shine this meet. “I could tell she was right next to me the whole time ... I thought I had her going over the last hurdle, but I felt her coming up. I knew I ran the whole race, and I wasn’t going to lose it in the last 20 yards.” The 400-meter hurdles were adopted in the state in 2009. The previous distance was 300 meters. Foote also helped North Andover win the team title with a 58-second final leg that secured second place in the 4X400 relay, giving the Scarlet Knights 98 points, four more than runner-up Ipswich-Georgetown, which got a huge effort from triple-placer Holly Sullivan of Georgetown. North Andover needed a third place or better in the final event for a second consecutive team title. “I thought we’d have a chance to win it,” North Andover coach Rick DelleChiaie said. “It’s a very good group of seniors. We should make some noise in the divisionals.” North Andover also got victories from Krista Perryman, who narrowly missed a double by finishing second in the 100 by .18 seconds, but her 12.61 and 26.05 times were both area bests and both in the top 15 all-time in the region. Other Knight winners were Kristen DiTroia (9-0 in pole vault) and Samantha Barron (105-0). “I needed to have a good block start,” said Perryman. “Losing the 100 made me push myself.” Other area girls champs were Pentucket’s Becca Morse, who ran 11:35.16 to win the 2-mile, and North Reading’s Brittany Angiolillo, who went 35-6 3/4 feet in the triple jump and also finished third in the long jump. “I was thinking I had to try to ignore the (first hot day in weeks),” said a worn out Morse, who is a junior. “Sometimes your best day is on a 90-degree day, and sometimes it’s on a 60-degree day. I was feeling the heat. I was hoping to win and get a personal best (11:16.3), but that didn’t happen, so I’ll get it at the (Eastern Mass.) divisionals.”

Sierra Obi had a discus throw of 104-10, the area's fifth best of the season, as part of Timberlane's 91-60 defeat of Exeter. Taylor Ordway and Kristen Swanson had two individual wins each for the Owls.

Melissa Higgins was a force in Salem's 79-53 track victory over Pinkerton, winning the long jump, triple jump and both hurdles.

With a convincing victory over Masconomet, North Andover locked up its first CAL Large girls track championship in five seasons. Krista Perryman tied a personal best in winning the 200 and turned in her best time of the season to win the 100. Amanda Foote also registered a personal best in the 400 hurdles in the win.

Brittany Angilillo shined on a rainy day in North Reading's 71-65 victory over Lynnfield, winning the long jump and triple jump, anchoring the successful 4x100 relay, and running a personal best 13.1 to finish second in the 100.

Lexi Kitsakos was a force in Pentucket's regular season-ending victory over rival Triton, winning the high jump, 400 hurdles and 200.

ANDOVER — A year ago, Andover’s Sydney Eberth was relegated to the sidelines as a spectator.

“She was sick with (mononucleosis) and missed last spring,” said Golden Warriors coach Peter Comeau. “She didn’t have a junior season. It was tough.”