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Joseph Kruy won both the dash and the hurdles as part of Phillips' easy tri-meet victory over The Governor's Academy and Tabor Academy.

Emmitt Smith traveled to University of Southern Maine with his Pinkerton and took home a pair of victories in qualifying standard competition. Smith won in the 55 meter dash (6.70 seconds) and the long jump (20-9 1/2).

Windham's Patrick Fitzgerald placed second in the 55 meter hurdles (8.1 seconds) and fourth in the long jump (19-8 1/4) to led area Division 2 athletes at their qualifying session at UNH.

Salem's Jerickson Fedrick continued an impressive indoor track season, blazing to another victory in the 55 meter dash in 6.4 seconds. Fedrick was the lone local individual victor in the early session of qualifying runs at UNH.

Setting a new junior class school record and coming within 0.2 of a second of the overall standard, Methuen's Mike O'Donnell blazed to victory in the 1,000 meter run at the Coaches Elite Meet in Boston.

Brendan Varney ran a personal-best 1:28.99 to win the 600 and pace North Andover to a 51-35 win over Masconomet, earning the 9-1 Knights the Cape Ann League title. Not to be lost in the euphoria of Varney's win was an exciting second-place finish from Kyle Quinn, who made a furious dash at the end.

One challenge down, one more to go.

With a depth-driven 45-41 victory over previously unbeaten Newburyport, North Andover locked up at least a share of the Cape Ann League boys track title. The Knights can win it outright if they beat a one-loss Masconomet squad in their last league meet Saturday.

North Reading's boys track team pieced together a good win, beating Lynnfield, 54-32 behind Michael Bitto, who won the hurdles in 7.6 and finished second in the high jump at 5-2.

In Methuen's 56-30 boys track win over Dracut, Steve Lilja whipped Dracut rival Ryan Schwartz in the 600, winning in a season-best time of 1:21.9, while Eric Lacroix trounced Nick Renaud in the 300, winning in 34.9. 

Windham's Patrick Fitzgerald won the 55 hurldes (8.3) and placed third in the long jump (19-06) at a multi-team league track meet.