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BOSTON — Bon voyage, Mike O’Donnell. The Methuen junior shouldn’t have any trouble enjoying himself overseas this week after his fine eighth-place finish at the Division 1 All-State Meet yesterday. O’Donnell reached his goal of breaking 16 minutes, running the Franklin Park 5K course in a school-record 15:58.31, and tying Jared Reddy for the highest finish ever for a Methuen junior. Only Reddy’s third-place finish as a senior is a higher finish for a Ranger. “I really wanted to break 16 and finishing in the top 10 was like a cherry on top,” said O’Donnell. “I was hoping to have a good season, but I didn’t expect to finish this high.” O’Donnell’s race will be something to savor in the coming days. He left with his parents late yesterday to visit his sister, Meaghan, who is studying in Austria for a year as a student at Ithaca College. “This definitely motivates me for next year,” said O’Donnell. “I’ll do more summer training and see how much better I can run.” Yesterday was certainly good enough. He went out strong, was fourth at the mile mark and ran steady throughout, breaking the Methuen record at Franklin Park held be assistant coach Kevin Alliette, who ran 15:59 as a senior at the State Coaches Meet. Winning the race was junior Jonathan Green of St. John’s of Shrewsbury in 15:40.07. Pre-race favorite Nick Christansen of Peabody was fourth. Andover senior Ryan Cooney was near the front pack early but faded to 43rd in 16:48 as the second local finisher. Tim Allen finished 66th (17:03.04) to pace Central Catholic, which finished 17th in the 20-team field. Brookline won the team title with Lowell 37 points back in second place. In Division 2 All-State meet, Bishop Feehan edged Pembroke for the team championship but Pembroke senior Wes Gallagher captured top honors in 15:43, edging Wakefield senior by one second.

The Greater Lawrence boys cross country team (9-3) tied the school record for victories with a 16-47 victory over Lynn Tech. Finishing 1-2 for the Reggies, as they have much of the season, were Hansel Santo and Felix Marte.

Salem's Joe Settineri finished second in the freshman race at the Brown Invitational, running a 13:36 for 2.55 miles. In the championship race, Ben Dutton finished 28th in 16:15 for 5K. Dan Smith came in 99th.

A new week and a new record for North Andover senior Alex Sullivan. Last week, Sullivan set a school record on the Knights' 2.8-mile home course at Harold Parker while yesterday he established a new course mark of 14:22, shaving four seconds off the record held by North Reading's Harry Norton. Sullivan led the Knights (8-1) to routs of Amesbury and Georgetown.

Methuen junior Mike O'Donnell outkicked Lowell ace Pat Coppinger in the final 100 meters to place first for the third straight meet as Methuen split a tri-meet, defeating Lawrence 17-46 but falling to unbeaten Lowell 22-39.

Tony Anzivino took first overall in 16:17 on the 3.1-mike course as Pinkerton won a seven-team meet. Official team scores were not immediately available.

Alex Fitzgerald had a standout day for Windham in a four-team meet in Concord, carving 48 seconds off his previous career best time and placing as one of the Jaguars' top three finishers for the first time ever. Brandon Bielinski also had a personal best time while Kyle Carbonneau registered his best time of the season.

 Ben Dutton and Mitch Dutton took the top two spots for the Salem boys cross country team in a 16-45 victory over Timberlane. Ben had a fine 5K time of 16:14.

North Andover senior Alex Sullivan ran the fastest time ever recorded by a Knight on the home cross country course at Harold Parker State Park, turning in a 14:34 on the 2.85-mile course in a 15-48 win over Manchester Essex. Darryl Varney held the old record.

Pentucket junior Tom Labrecque took top honors for the first time in his career to lead the Sachems to a 19-42 victory over Lynnfield. Labrecque finished in 17:27 on the 2.95-mile course with his brother, Joe, coming in third.