After an an emotional meet Thursday, the Newton North boys had their chances to win the State D1 Relays on Saturday, but came up five points short, settling for third behind St. Johns of Shrewsbury and Brockton. The Tigers' lone victory came in the long jump relay, in which Adam Bao, Ivan Kostadinvo, and Sam Arsenault combined for a distance of 19.17m (62-10.75) to set an all-class record, eclipsing by over 10 inches the mark set by Brockton in 2003.
The Newton North girls also won one event, finishing first in the 4x50yd shuttle hurdles with a time of 30.00. That's only 0.13 shy of their own Class A record set three years ago. The Tiger girls also got single points in the distance medley, long jump, and shot put.
In addition to the long jump, the Tiger boys scored via a second-place finish in the sprint medley (3:39.69, behind St. John's 3:37.57), third-place finishes in the 4x50 yd shuttle relay and high jump relays, and another second place in the final event, the 4x400 relay.
Entering the final event, Brockton led St. John's by 9 points and Newton North by 12. the Tigers thus had no chance to win, but certainly had a shot to overtake St. John's for second. In the final leg, the two teams battled, but St. John's anchor Sean Mitchell fought ahead on the backstretch and held on to win the meet for his team (3:28.95). North went under 3:30 for the first time this season, running 3:29.12.
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