A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT HAS LEXINGTON IN THE LEAD AFTER DAY 1 OF DIVISIONALS
Meet Information
MIAA Division 1 Championship Day 1
May 29, 2026
Alumni Field - Westfield, MA
RESULTS
WESTFIELD, MA - On Friday, The Minutemen packed their bags and traveled two hours out to Alumni Field on the campus of Westfield State University for day 1 of the MIAA Division 1 Championship. The highest prize in high school track & field in the Bay State, Lexington's athletes have been working towards this weekend for the last 365 days. For the Lex girls, this meet is an opportunity to continue their reign of dominance over the sport in Massachusetts, as they won the last 4 MIAA Division 1 titles across cross country, indoor, and outdoor track & field. Meanwhile, the LHS boys, particularly the class of 2026, hope to finish this year how they did four years ago when the seniors were freshman, as champions. After four hours of competition, they are in prime position to achieve the team goal, as the boys, who are projected to battled St. John's Prep to the wire, are tied for first with 38 points. While the Lex girls are once again running away with the meet. Their 59 points has them 28.50 points clear of second place Wachusett.
LHS's Bomb Squad buoyed The Minutemen's title run in 2023, as a trio of all-time athletes delivered 32 points in the shot and disc. Entering this weekend, Lexington was projected to score just two points in those events. Knowing their team needed a lift at the start of the meet, freshman Daniel Sun, and senior Franz Schroeder delivered a pair of performances that will live in LHS track & field lore for years to come. Seniors Wahid Ibrahim (141'5") and Christian Brown (139'8") put the pressure on the field, as they both threw huge PRs in the unseeded flight, which meant the 12 throwers in the seeded flight were not going to have an easy path to one of the nine spots in the finals. In that seeded flight, Schroeder wasted no time showing his team that he came to Westfield to play. His first attempt flew over 6-feet farther than his lifetime best, and landed at 153'0". Daniel Sun must have drew some inspiration from his teammate, as when he walked into the circle for his next throw, the only freshman in the field unloaded the metal disc 143'7". That mark was 3-feet past his PR, and qualified him eighth for the finals along with Schroeder.
The finals of the discus was simply electric from start to finish. Schroeder entered those finals in fourth place with a pair of Prep throwers on either side of him. Which meant that he would have to watch William Seaha throw right before him, and then Mickey Kuleszka would have the opportunity to throw after Schroeder was done in each round. With the pressure firmly on his shoulders, Schroeder stepped into the circle in the fourth round, and cranked the discus 159'2" into the sector to the roar of the Lexington contingent. That throw moved him passed Kuleszka, and into third place. However, the Prep junior responded one round later with a throw of 159'8", which sent Schroeder back to fourth place. In the final round, with Schroeder waiting on deck, Seaha delivered a huge blow to Lexington's hopes as he exploded for a 162'1" mark. That performance vaulted him up into bronze medal position, and left the LHS senior back in fifth place behind both Prep throwers. No sooner did the official call out the mark, did Schroeder strut into the cage with one final chance to respond to the Prep onslaught. Lexington's veteran clearly understood the emotion of the moment, as for the first time this year, he called on his team to start the slow-clap as he wound up for his last throw. With The Minutemen mustered as one behind him, Schroeder whipped around the concreate circle, unleashing the discus far out into the sector. When it landed everyone knew it was his best of the day, but the tension that mounted while the officials marked and measured the throw was palpable. "One hundred sixty-six feet and seven inches" was called out, and the Lexington team erupted, chasing their teammate out into the sector to celebrate what he just accomplished. After Schroeder's bomb, Kuleszka was unable to respond with his last throw, and that was it. Schroeder's 166'7" throw earned him the bronze medal, and broke John Chiesa's (LHS '74) 52-year old LHS record in the event, but more importantly secured six points, to go along with Daniel Sun's one point from placing eighth, and was the catalyst for The Minutemen to pick up points all over the meet.
Over on the oval, a star was born for Lexington in the 200m. Seeded sixth entering the day, sophomore Bennett Siino delivered a PR of 22.02 seconds to qualify fourth for the finals of the event. In those finals, Siino took it to another level. He burst out of the blocks, and ran a tremendous turn that had him up with the leaders. Down the homestretch, the LHS sophomore held his form, and his nerve, as he blazed across the line in 21.78 seconds. That performance earned him the silver medal, and made him the first Lexington sprinter to dip under the elusive 22-second barrier since Darius Walker in 2007. While Siino lighting up the track, senior Cleavon Manor Jr was over on the triple jump runway. "The Frog Man" was seeded seventh coming in, but on second round jump he delivered a PR of 45'5.50" that had him in second place as he went into finals. Despite a field that had three jumpers who could boast PRs of over 46-feet, The Frog Man was not to be denied. His fourth round jump of 45'6" held up throughout the finals to earn The Minutemen another eight points, as he won the silver medal. Back on the track, juniors Patrick Noonan and Trevor Stevens were locked in a battle for points with a talented field of some of the Bay State's finest harriers. Noonan was seeded third entering the race, however, in the second mile he began to falter. However, as Lexington did all day, his teammate picked him up. Stevens surged in the penultimate lap, and delivered a PR of over 10 seconds that saw him earn four place with a time of 9:22.96. Those five points were key for The Minutemen, as they continued to beat expectations on the afternoon. The final event of the day was the conclusion of the boys pentathlon, the 1500m. After grinding through the 110m hurdles, long jump, shot put, and high jump, senior captain Simon Tandeih was in position to deliver big points for his team. While Tandeih had not been at his best on Friday, sophomore Nick Perroud had done the near unthinkable, as he PRed in the first four events of the pent, which gave him an outside shot of scoring points for his team. After nearly four painful laps, Tandeih (3581 points) had to settle for a disappointing second place finish behind St. John's Prep senior Tyson Stroope. However, once again, The Minutemen found a way to come through when their teammates faltered. Sure enough, Perroud's 5:13.25 in the 1500m gave him just enough points to move up into seventh place - seven points ahead of Prep's Alex Turrisi - and gave Lexington 10 points in pentathlon to cap off a tremendous day 1.
For the Lex girls, the story begins with their All-Americans. Senior captain Aubrey Deardorf has a way of performing her best in the biggest moments. She proved that yet again on Friday as she served as the team's tone setter in the triple jump. Seeded second, over a foot behind Newton North's Blake MacNeal, Deardorf put the pressure on in the prelims. Her final attempt of those prelims saw her fly out to a personal best mark of 38'4.25", which landed her in first place entering the finals. Her first attempt of those finals was even better. LHS's senior charged down the runway, and bounded her way 38'7.75" into the sand. That performance put the event out of reach, as MacNeal was unable to get within a foot of Deardorf, which meant, along with sophomore Sabina Green's (35'11") eighth place, the Lex girls walked away from the triple jump with 11 points. After things wrapped on the runway, Lexington's other All-American, senior captain Ainsley Cuthbertson, went to work in the discus. Before her top competitors even got a chance to throw, Cuthbertson put a mark out 130'1", which proved to be out of everyone's reach on Friday. While it was well short of her lifetime best, it was enough to put the pressure on the field. When her fourth round throw landed at 133'7" it was all but over, as the LHS senior cruised to victory. Meanwhile, sophomore Evelyn Radcliffe delivered a stand throw of 107'6" on her first attempt. Again, a mark that was well short of her PR, but on Friday it was all she needed to earn the bronze medal, as the Lex girls walked away from the event with 16 more points. Over on the oval, superstar sophomore Amelia Whorton competed in her signature event, the 800m. The heavy favorite entering the race performed the way champions do in Westfield. The field took its best shot at the LHS sophomore, but in the end Whorton was simply too much to handle, as she charged to a time of 2:09.29 to win gold, and pick up 10 more points for her team.
While the stars did their job for the Lex girls, it truly was a team effort that has LHS in the driver's seat to repeat as champions. No where was this more evident than in the 2 mile, as Lexington's unmatched depth was on full display. Sophomore Janie Conrad led the way for the Lex girls as she earned bronze with a time of 10:49.42. She was followed by fellow classmate Ella Tyson (11:01.56) who placed fifth, junior Callie Glenn (11:11.52) who placed sixth, and junior Alycia Charest who ran a PR of 11:14.20 to place seventh. The girls delivered 16 points for their team, in a sensational show of strength by the distance squad. Earlier in the day, sophomore Sarojini Nath once again turned heads from the unseeded section of the 400m hurdles. At this meet last year, she burst onto the scene running a two-second PR in the event to place fifth after being seeded 12th. Friday, she was at it again. Seeded 12th, she won the unseeded section with another big PR of 1:06.80. That time held up to place fourth overall, and gave her team five more points. In the final event of the day, sophomore Casey Wilkas made sure to give the Lex girls one more thing to celebrate before they loaded up the busses for the ride back to Lexington. A hockey player for the rest of the year, "Rocket" took on the task of training for the pentathlon this spring, along with her signature event, the javelin. A season's worth of development in the 100m hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot put, and 800m brought her to Westfield with a chance to score points in the multi. Wilkas was off to a great start with a PR of over a second in the hurdles. However, she struggled in the high jump and shot put. Despite a PR in the long jump, she was still in 10th place entering the 800m, and the chance of her placing in the top-8 were all but out of reach. One of the top 800m runners in the field, the LHS sophomore was running fourth as the race came around the final turn. When they hit the homestretch, Rocket took off. She blew past her competitors, and flew through the finish line first to the delight of her teammates waiting for her there. When the final results came in, Rocket's 2:32.67, a PR, sent her up the leaderboard, and landed her in seventh place overall with 2428 points.
Other Highlights for the Boys
Boys Team Scores After Day 1 (Top 5)
1. Lexington - 38
2. Lowell - 38
3. St. John's Prep - 29
4. Xaverian - 28
5. Central Catholic - 25
Other Highlights for the Girls
Girls Team Scores After Day 1 (Top 5)
1. Lexington - 59
2. Wachusett - 30.50
3. Newton North - 27
3. Needham - 20
5. Andover - 19
Up Next
With Day 1 in the books, The Minutemen still have plenty of work ahead of them. Day 2 begins this Sunday, May 31st at 2:30pm. Follow the action at Westfield State live HERE.
MIAA Division 1 Championship Day 1
May 29, 2026
Alumni Field - Westfield, MA
RESULTS
WESTFIELD, MA - On Friday, The Minutemen packed their bags and traveled two hours out to Alumni Field on the campus of Westfield State University for day 1 of the MIAA Division 1 Championship. The highest prize in high school track & field in the Bay State, Lexington's athletes have been working towards this weekend for the last 365 days. For the Lex girls, this meet is an opportunity to continue their reign of dominance over the sport in Massachusetts, as they won the last 4 MIAA Division 1 titles across cross country, indoor, and outdoor track & field. Meanwhile, the LHS boys, particularly the class of 2026, hope to finish this year how they did four years ago when the seniors were freshman, as champions. After four hours of competition, they are in prime position to achieve the team goal, as the boys, who are projected to battled St. John's Prep to the wire, are tied for first with 38 points. While the Lex girls are once again running away with the meet. Their 59 points has them 28.50 points clear of second place Wachusett.
LHS's Bomb Squad buoyed The Minutemen's title run in 2023, as a trio of all-time athletes delivered 32 points in the shot and disc. Entering this weekend, Lexington was projected to score just two points in those events. Knowing their team needed a lift at the start of the meet, freshman Daniel Sun, and senior Franz Schroeder delivered a pair of performances that will live in LHS track & field lore for years to come. Seniors Wahid Ibrahim (141'5") and Christian Brown (139'8") put the pressure on the field, as they both threw huge PRs in the unseeded flight, which meant the 12 throwers in the seeded flight were not going to have an easy path to one of the nine spots in the finals. In that seeded flight, Schroeder wasted no time showing his team that he came to Westfield to play. His first attempt flew over 6-feet farther than his lifetime best, and landed at 153'0". Daniel Sun must have drew some inspiration from his teammate, as when he walked into the circle for his next throw, the only freshman in the field unloaded the metal disc 143'7". That mark was 3-feet past his PR, and qualified him eighth for the finals along with Schroeder.
The finals of the discus was simply electric from start to finish. Schroeder entered those finals in fourth place with a pair of Prep throwers on either side of him. Which meant that he would have to watch William Seaha throw right before him, and then Mickey Kuleszka would have the opportunity to throw after Schroeder was done in each round. With the pressure firmly on his shoulders, Schroeder stepped into the circle in the fourth round, and cranked the discus 159'2" into the sector to the roar of the Lexington contingent. That throw moved him passed Kuleszka, and into third place. However, the Prep junior responded one round later with a throw of 159'8", which sent Schroeder back to fourth place. In the final round, with Schroeder waiting on deck, Seaha delivered a huge blow to Lexington's hopes as he exploded for a 162'1" mark. That performance vaulted him up into bronze medal position, and left the LHS senior back in fifth place behind both Prep throwers. No sooner did the official call out the mark, did Schroeder strut into the cage with one final chance to respond to the Prep onslaught. Lexington's veteran clearly understood the emotion of the moment, as for the first time this year, he called on his team to start the slow-clap as he wound up for his last throw. With The Minutemen mustered as one behind him, Schroeder whipped around the concreate circle, unleashing the discus far out into the sector. When it landed everyone knew it was his best of the day, but the tension that mounted while the officials marked and measured the throw was palpable. "One hundred sixty-six feet and seven inches" was called out, and the Lexington team erupted, chasing their teammate out into the sector to celebrate what he just accomplished. After Schroeder's bomb, Kuleszka was unable to respond with his last throw, and that was it. Schroeder's 166'7" throw earned him the bronze medal, and broke John Chiesa's (LHS '74) 52-year old LHS record in the event, but more importantly secured six points, to go along with Daniel Sun's one point from placing eighth, and was the catalyst for The Minutemen to pick up points all over the meet.
Over on the oval, a star was born for Lexington in the 200m. Seeded sixth entering the day, sophomore Bennett Siino delivered a PR of 22.02 seconds to qualify fourth for the finals of the event. In those finals, Siino took it to another level. He burst out of the blocks, and ran a tremendous turn that had him up with the leaders. Down the homestretch, the LHS sophomore held his form, and his nerve, as he blazed across the line in 21.78 seconds. That performance earned him the silver medal, and made him the first Lexington sprinter to dip under the elusive 22-second barrier since Darius Walker in 2007. While Siino lighting up the track, senior Cleavon Manor Jr was over on the triple jump runway. "The Frog Man" was seeded seventh coming in, but on second round jump he delivered a PR of 45'5.50" that had him in second place as he went into finals. Despite a field that had three jumpers who could boast PRs of over 46-feet, The Frog Man was not to be denied. His fourth round jump of 45'6" held up throughout the finals to earn The Minutemen another eight points, as he won the silver medal. Back on the track, juniors Patrick Noonan and Trevor Stevens were locked in a battle for points with a talented field of some of the Bay State's finest harriers. Noonan was seeded third entering the race, however, in the second mile he began to falter. However, as Lexington did all day, his teammate picked him up. Stevens surged in the penultimate lap, and delivered a PR of over 10 seconds that saw him earn four place with a time of 9:22.96. Those five points were key for The Minutemen, as they continued to beat expectations on the afternoon. The final event of the day was the conclusion of the boys pentathlon, the 1500m. After grinding through the 110m hurdles, long jump, shot put, and high jump, senior captain Simon Tandeih was in position to deliver big points for his team. While Tandeih had not been at his best on Friday, sophomore Nick Perroud had done the near unthinkable, as he PRed in the first four events of the pent, which gave him an outside shot of scoring points for his team. After nearly four painful laps, Tandeih (3581 points) had to settle for a disappointing second place finish behind St. John's Prep senior Tyson Stroope. However, once again, The Minutemen found a way to come through when their teammates faltered. Sure enough, Perroud's 5:13.25 in the 1500m gave him just enough points to move up into seventh place - seven points ahead of Prep's Alex Turrisi - and gave Lexington 10 points in pentathlon to cap off a tremendous day 1.
For the Lex girls, the story begins with their All-Americans. Senior captain Aubrey Deardorf has a way of performing her best in the biggest moments. She proved that yet again on Friday as she served as the team's tone setter in the triple jump. Seeded second, over a foot behind Newton North's Blake MacNeal, Deardorf put the pressure on in the prelims. Her final attempt of those prelims saw her fly out to a personal best mark of 38'4.25", which landed her in first place entering the finals. Her first attempt of those finals was even better. LHS's senior charged down the runway, and bounded her way 38'7.75" into the sand. That performance put the event out of reach, as MacNeal was unable to get within a foot of Deardorf, which meant, along with sophomore Sabina Green's (35'11") eighth place, the Lex girls walked away from the triple jump with 11 points. After things wrapped on the runway, Lexington's other All-American, senior captain Ainsley Cuthbertson, went to work in the discus. Before her top competitors even got a chance to throw, Cuthbertson put a mark out 130'1", which proved to be out of everyone's reach on Friday. While it was well short of her lifetime best, it was enough to put the pressure on the field. When her fourth round throw landed at 133'7" it was all but over, as the LHS senior cruised to victory. Meanwhile, sophomore Evelyn Radcliffe delivered a stand throw of 107'6" on her first attempt. Again, a mark that was well short of her PR, but on Friday it was all she needed to earn the bronze medal, as the Lex girls walked away from the event with 16 more points. Over on the oval, superstar sophomore Amelia Whorton competed in her signature event, the 800m. The heavy favorite entering the race performed the way champions do in Westfield. The field took its best shot at the LHS sophomore, but in the end Whorton was simply too much to handle, as she charged to a time of 2:09.29 to win gold, and pick up 10 more points for her team.
While the stars did their job for the Lex girls, it truly was a team effort that has LHS in the driver's seat to repeat as champions. No where was this more evident than in the 2 mile, as Lexington's unmatched depth was on full display. Sophomore Janie Conrad led the way for the Lex girls as she earned bronze with a time of 10:49.42. She was followed by fellow classmate Ella Tyson (11:01.56) who placed fifth, junior Callie Glenn (11:11.52) who placed sixth, and junior Alycia Charest who ran a PR of 11:14.20 to place seventh. The girls delivered 16 points for their team, in a sensational show of strength by the distance squad. Earlier in the day, sophomore Sarojini Nath once again turned heads from the unseeded section of the 400m hurdles. At this meet last year, she burst onto the scene running a two-second PR in the event to place fifth after being seeded 12th. Friday, she was at it again. Seeded 12th, she won the unseeded section with another big PR of 1:06.80. That time held up to place fourth overall, and gave her team five more points. In the final event of the day, sophomore Casey Wilkas made sure to give the Lex girls one more thing to celebrate before they loaded up the busses for the ride back to Lexington. A hockey player for the rest of the year, "Rocket" took on the task of training for the pentathlon this spring, along with her signature event, the javelin. A season's worth of development in the 100m hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot put, and 800m brought her to Westfield with a chance to score points in the multi. Wilkas was off to a great start with a PR of over a second in the hurdles. However, she struggled in the high jump and shot put. Despite a PR in the long jump, she was still in 10th place entering the 800m, and the chance of her placing in the top-8 were all but out of reach. One of the top 800m runners in the field, the LHS sophomore was running fourth as the race came around the final turn. When they hit the homestretch, Rocket took off. She blew past her competitors, and flew through the finish line first to the delight of her teammates waiting for her there. When the final results came in, Rocket's 2:32.67, a PR, sent her up the leaderboard, and landed her in seventh place overall with 2428 points.
Other Highlights for the Boys
- Senior captain Amari Mow (43'6.50") finished 10th in the triple jump.
- Noonan (9:41.25) finished 12th in the 2 mile; senior captain Liam Singh (9:47.13) was 18th; sophomore Rhys Behling (9:51.85) finished 22nd.
- Junior Cayden Chambers finished 18th in the 200m with a time of 22.57 seconds.
- The 800m saw sophomore Matteo Sanchez de Rojas (1:59.88) and junior Arjun Raha (2:06.10) finish 26th and 34th respectively.
- In the 400m hurdles, sophomore Yash Sankholkar was 27th with a time of 1:04.58.
Boys Team Scores After Day 1 (Top 5)
1. Lexington - 38
2. Lowell - 38
3. St. John's Prep - 29
4. Xaverian - 28
5. Central Catholic - 25
Other Highlights for the Girls
- Freshman Emma Kosnik ran a huge personal best of 11:27.53 to finish ninth in the 2 mile.
- Along with Cuthbertson and Radcliffe, sophomore Hazel Pryce Lewis (96'6"), junior Allie Galloway (96'4"), and freshman Naomi Hardy (94'7") finished 10th, 11th, and 13th respectively.
- Senior captain Monjola Finnih landed 10th in the pentathlon with 2372 points.
- Nath (7'6") was 13th in the pole vault.
- Freshman Abbey Kohut (34'0.50") was 14th in the triple jump.
- In the 800m, sophomores Natalie Bielat (2:21.88) and Addie Haiar (2:25.03) finished 15th and 18th respectively.
- Green (26.52) finished 17th in the 200m.
Girls Team Scores After Day 1 (Top 5)
1. Lexington - 59
2. Wachusett - 30.50
3. Newton North - 27
3. Needham - 20
5. Andover - 19
Up Next
With Day 1 in the books, The Minutemen still have plenty of work ahead of them. Day 2 begins this Sunday, May 31st at 2:30pm. Follow the action at Westfield State live HERE.