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Eric Lacrois ran a speedy 34.9 to win the 300 and Michael O'Donnell (1,000) and Lucas Parsons (2-mile) remained unbeaten in their specialties but Methuen fell to Billerica, 46-40.

Eric Lacrois ran a speedy 34.9 to win the 300 and Michael O'Donnell (1,000) and Lucas Parsons (2-mile) remained unbeaten in their specialties but Methuen fell to Billerica, 46-40.

Michael Frasco pulled off a grueling double dip, winning the 2-mile (10:48) and mile (4:51) as Phillips scored 144 to blast the competition at a quad meet.

In the non-league start of what should be a good MVC track rivalry, Andover held off a feisty North Andover squad, 51-35. Pat O'Sullivan won the 600 and pitched in on the Warriors' victorious relay team. Ross Hardy ran a solid 39.1 to win the 300 for North Andover.

Windham freshman Sam Crichton won the long-jump during yesterday's multi-meet at UNH.  Crichton leaped 14-3 to earn the top spot in the event.  Junior Emma Boyd finished second in the 1,500 in a time of 5:47.

Alex Dehullu won the 50 hurdles (6.7) and high jump (6-0) as Central Catholic edged archrival Andover 54-32. Tyler Yeastedt added a 45-9 1/4 in the shot put for the Raiders.

Tewksbury sprung some surprises on Methuen, like sweeping the hurdles and winning in the shot put, but the Rangers had some answers of their own to win, 47-39. Right off the bat, Josh Baez finished first in the dash, and a sweep of the 600 gave Methuen the lead to stay. Stephen Lilja won the event in 1:23.1, followed by teammates Keith Erickson and Tom Kubiszewski.

Pinkerton's Emmitt Smith was second in both the 55 dash and 300 and won the long jump as the Astros won a 12-team meet at UNH. Tony Anzivino cruised to first in the 1,500 and sophomore Jason Rodgers was first in the 55 hurdles.

On the strength of personal-bests from Stephen O'Grady in the shot put and Jacob Johns in the 2-mile, North Andover swept a tri-meet from North Reading and Ipswich. Mike Bitto had a solid day for North Reading, running a leg in the winning 4x400 relay while placing second in the high jump (personal best 5-4) and the hurdles.

Gunnar Erickson was first in the 55 hurdles, on the winning 4x160 relay team and came in fourth in the 300 as Timberlane placed fourth in a nine-team meet at UNH.