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BOSTON — Andover finished tied for third at the Division 1 State Meet.

Pat Farnham placed second in the 300  and ran on the runner-up 4x200 team. Simon Voorhees grabbed a third in the mile and teamed with Ryan Cooney Mike Maldari and Will Ossoff to bring home top honors in the 4x800.

Talented and tough Patrick Wolber posted a brilliant triple, winning the 600, 1,000 and mile, and Joseph Kruy and Jack Ward went 1-2 in the shot put but Exeter won the final relay to nip Phillips Andover 52.5-49.5.

Salem's two varsity running backs Jerickson Fedrick and Max Jacques battled it out in the 55 meter dash with Fedrick winning in 6.39 seconds and Jacques coming in second (6.62). The two helped Pinkerton boys track take third place at the Division 1 state meet. 

Phillips pounded Governor's behind double winners Patrick Wolber, Joseph Kruy and Michael Garai.

Methuen High's Cam Kelley, Mike Capomaccio, Eric Lacroix and Stephen Lilja finished in fifth place in the 1,600 sprint medley at the McIntyre Relays with a time of 3:40.79 to set a new school record in the event. 

Simon Voorhees was the standard bearer for area tracksters, bringing home the victory in the mile at the State Coaches Invitational meet at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Voorhees, who also ran the opening leg in Andover's 4x800 relay that placed third, turned in a strong time of 4:21.94 to prevail.

Londonderry's Zachary Joy came away with the lone Division 1 individual victory in Open Qualifying Meet competition at USM, but Pinkerton's Emmitt Smith certainly left his mark.

Carrying over their speed from the football field, Salem's Jerickson Fedrick (6.3 seconds) and Max Jacques (6.5) finished 1-3 in the 55 meter dash at the Open Qualifying Meet at UNH.

Newburyport remained unbeaten by nipping North Andover, 46-40. The Clippers (9-0) sewed it up before the relay. The Knights also raced Manchester Essex, and won big, 75-11. Greg MacArthur and Jim Quinlan went 1-2 in the 1,000 (2:48.4, 2:48.6) vs. both teams to lead the Knights.

“Any time you beat Central in anything in Andover, it’s a big deal,” said Andover track coach Peter Comeau. So yesterday was a big deal times two. Andover won a pair of track showdowns at the Richard Collins Field House by identical 48-38 scores. Both meets came down to the mile relay, the final event. Both likely decided the MVC Large titles. Andover still has a meet left with Lowell. The unbeaten Andover girls will be heavily favored but the winner-take-all boys’ meet could be tight. Yesterday’s meets were tight and the boys’ clash had a dramatic ending. Speedster Pat Farnham had a tough time of it in the 300, settling for second place, and in the relay he was again beat to the break line. And this time there was a collision. “Pat flipped,” explained Comeau. “He rolled over and jumped back up. He was 15 yards behind him then but beat him to the exchange! He’s my nephew, but I wanted to kill him. I had the same expression on my face I did when I was watching the Patriots in the playoffs! After the meet, all the coaches made a point to say most kids would have quit.” But the legendary Farnhams don’t quit. Ryan Cooney ran a terrific third leg and Simon Voorhees cruised home to win 3:41.1 to 3:41.9 to hold off the upset-minded Raiders, who dropped to 3-2-1 overall. Andover (5-0, 3-0 MVC Large) has a talent-laden relay crew with Farnham teaming with Brian Knapp (600), Cooney (1,000) and Voorhees (2-mile), who each won an individual event. The Central girls came in on a high note having won the Division 2 state relays over the weekend. The Raiders were hoping to upset an Andover quartet which ran a 4:05.65 to place second at the Dartmouth Relays. But Andover’s Eve Bishop, who was second in the 300 at Dartmouth, was just too tough in the anchor leg and the Blue and Gold won in 4:14.5, about two seconds ahead of the Raiders. “Eve is amazing,” said Comeau. “Their anchor ran incredibly,” said Central coach Katie Sullivan. The Raiders (6-1, 3-1 MVC Large) got out to a commanding 20-7 early lead but Andover (5-0, 3-0) roared back. One key was Meghan McPhee’s six-second personal best of 3:14.4 to win the 1,000. Eagle-Tribune cross country MVP Maggie Mullins won the mile in 5:15.9. She had to bring her A game as Central’s Lanie Jowett ran an indoor school record 5:16.9. Another Raider highlight was Leanne Kent and Julianna Piemonte going 1-2 in the 50-yard dash.