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NHS Track athletes qualify for Nationals

Second Team from NHS to qualify

Norton tracksters continued showing some great performances. This weekend the girls Sprint Medley team (Julia Newell, Kirsten Loring, Kylie Dion and Isabella Pietraciewicz) placed 6th in the State behind 4 large Div. 1 schools and qualified to run in NYC in March at the New Balance Nationals meet. This is the second team that has qualified.

The hurdle relay team of Corey Stalters, James Partridge, Peter Rivard and Paul Wisnaskas qualified last month and will be headed to NYC also.

At the State meet in Boston Sunday Austin Carroll placed 4th in the mile and Corey Stalters placed 6th in the 55 hurdles. The sprint Medley team of Carroll, Stalters, Wisnaskas and CJ Leibherr placed 5th behind 4 Div. 1 schools.

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Also participating were Michaela Whiteside shot put ( placed 9th), Eve Rodriguez 300m (40th), Sean Wynne mile (placing 30th) and another sprint medley relay team who placed 13th Rodriguez, Megan Cross, Lindey Bingel and Heather Kurland.

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