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 Andover edged Central Catholic, 44-42, with a one-second win in the last relay of the afternoon. Freshman Lily Puccia ran away from the pack as the closer on the team.

"The placed was rocking," said head coach Peter Comeau. "I haven't heard the field house that loud in a long time. Central led the relay the entire way and Lily pulled away at the end."

In only her third career meet, Methuen freshman Eladia Cespedes won and improved her personal best by four inches in the high jump, but the Rangers dropped a tight contest to Tewksbury, 45-41.

Sanborn senior Lexie Bailiere won the 1,000 in 3:18.70 as the Indians finished fourth in a 12-team meet at UNH.

As part of a 49-37 track victory over Lynnfield, Pentucket freshmen Paige Wesolowski (600) and Brianna Repke (1000) posted times that qualified them for the CAL meet. Despite only four victories, the Sachems placed 17 point scorers out of 22 spots for the team win.

Timberlane finished second in a nine-team meet with Taylor Ordway leading the way. She placed first in the 55 dash, the 600 and was on the winning 4x160 relay.

In a rugged field of 18 schools, Taylor Ordway placed in a pair of events to earn Timberlane a third-place finish in competition at Dartmouth. Ordway was runner-up in the 300 with a time of 43.83 seconds after finishing third in the dash (7.71).

A deep Pinkerton girls track squad racked up a ton of points to beat seven competitors last night at UNH. Abbey Smith finished second in the hurdles and third in the dash to lead the Astro effort.

Second-place finishes from Lexie Basiliere (1,500) and Kerri Phillips (600) led Sanborn to fourth place in yesterday's morning track meet at UNH. Emily Richard joined Phillips in the top four in the 600.

A pair of third-place finishes highlighted area accomplishments in the girls Large School Winter Festival at Reggie Lewis Center.

Andover's Terra Organisciak ran a strong 7.64 in the dash, falling to winner Sima Suon of Lowell by 8/100's of a second. Methuen sophomore Marwah Haq carried her cross country success indoors with a third in the 1,000.