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The Haverhill girls track team pulled off a big opening win, 48-38 over powerhouse Lowell. Kristy Robertson doubled in the high jump and 600, Sam Wise was first in the 1,000 and on the pivotal winning relay and Kerrin Thomas was also on the relay and had a key second-place finish in the 600.

BOSTON — Andover’s Maggie Mullins had a goal to run the 2-mile in under 10:50 at All-States yesterday.

There was only one problem: Her nerves got the better of her.

Mullins was the top seed in the event, with a personal best time (10:51.04) that is just shy of North Andover great Kirsten Kasper’s three-year-old area record of 10:48.68.

Andover’s Maggie Mullins won the 2-mile race in 10:59.56 at the Division 1 state meet and likely will be the No. 1 seed at All-States on Sunday. “She has set her legacy as being the fastest distance runner to come through Andover and she has state championships to back it now,” Andover coach Peter Comeau said. “I am so proud of her.” Andover girls placed seventh as a team with 28 points.  Newton North won with 66 points. Mullins holds the Andover girls track and field program record for the indoor 2-mile, indoor mile and outdoor mile. Comeau is positive Mullins will break the outdoor 2-mile record this spring. “She will get it without a doubt,” Comeau said. Mullins didn’t run as well as she did last week when she won the 2-mile at the MVC meet by recording nearly a nine-second personal best of  10:51.04 and falling just shy of former North Andover great Kirsten Kasper’s three-year-old area record of 10:48.68. However, Mullins has a shot to break Kasper’s record Sunday. “She was a tad nervous,” Comeau said of Mullins. “I talked to her after her race and she said she was a little nervous and she thought she could have gone faster.” Comeau is looking for her to break 10:50 at All-States. Andover’s Terra Organisciak, Micaela Soucy, Sydney Gillis and Alex Puccia placed second in the 4x200 (1:46.65). Comeau was disappointed with seventh place after his team finished second last year.  “I am only happen when we win but I was very pleased with the performance of the kids,” he said. “I see there is a lot of potential with the young kids. ... You can’t win every year.”

Pentucket's Ali Attenasio had a personal-best 9.31 in the 55 hurdles to place seventh in the Division 3 state meet at the Reggie Lewis Center. The Sachem girls also received the Joan Doherty State team sportsmanship Award

Phillips Andover's Diana Tchadi, Shannon Adams, Kinsey Yost and Rebecca Wagman won the 4x400 in 4:25.74 to clinch a 57-47 win over Phillips Exeter. Wagman also won the 50 and 600.

BOSTON — Somebody please buy Maggie Mullins a “Life is Good” T-shirt. On Feb. 2, the Andover senior signed a letter of intent to run track at Boston College. And then last night she ran her personal best of 10:51.04 to win the 2-mile and help the Andover girls win the MVC indoor championship meet.   That was nearly a nine-second personal best and fell just shy of former North Andover great Kirsten Kasper’s three-year-old area record of 10:48.68. The runner-up in the 2-mile finished more than a minute behind Mullins, who smashed the meet record of 11:09.58 that she set last year. Andover beat out runner-up Central Catholic, 89-74, and Lowell came in third (70). “(Mullin’s) time was awesome,” Andover coach Peter Comeau said. “We’ll see how good she is next week (at Division 1 States), when she’s up against everybody. Then we can decide where her fate will be as a distance runner.”    “Last year in the spring I kind of burned out,” said Mullins, a former soccer player who ran cross country for the first time as a junior. “I had a really bad spring season. I wasn’t injured but I wasn’t feeling really good.” Her burn out didn’t linger as she repeated as Eagle-Tribune MVP in cross country in the fall. Comeau added, “I’m happy for her and the season she’s having right now because last year was a tough year for her.” Comeau said BC gave Mullins a half-scholarship. “If she starts making these times, the money will go up,” he said.   Lowell won the boys championship with 104 points. The Red Raiders were followed by Chelmsford (53), Central (43).

ROXBURY — North Andover, which went unbeaten in the regular season, rallied to win the Cape Ann League Meet by placing second in the final event, the 4x400 relay.

Trailing Hamilton-Wenham by 4.5 points, Eleni Coufos, Carrie Manteiga, Danielle Coskren and Mikayla Guthrie combined for a 4:23.78 clocking and vaulted the Knights to the championship.

With Timberlane riding state title efforts from the long-distance duo of Hannah Kimball and Katerine Estep and Pinkerton riding loads of point-scoring contributors, the two school tied for third place in the Division 1 state championships at Dartmouth College.

Windham freshman Kristen Tilley led local finishers in yesterday's Division 2 state championship meet at Dartmouth, placing fourth in the 600 with a school-record 1:42.69. Teammate Kate Farrell came in fifth in the 3,000 in 11:11.82, also a school record by over a second for the senior.

Rebecca Wagman took home victories in the dash and the 600 to lead Phillips' to a convincing track victory over The Governor's Academy.