Girls’ track team records second victory; boys lose tough one to Foxboro Warriors

By Mike Berger

The Canton High School girls’ track team had a good week, beating Foxboro 88-48 and losing to North Attleboro by only eight points, 72-64.

The boys’ team dropped its dual meet against Foxboro 80-56.

In the State Freshman-Sophomore Meet held last weekend, Vicky Tondre was awarded the Most Outstanding Field Athlete. Tondre placed first in the 200 meters with a time of 26.9 seconds. She also won the triple jump at 33 feet, four inches and was a member of the winning 4×100 relay team, which also included Mellyn Costello, Briana Duserick and Becca Pulcini.

“The girls did a great job battling both Foxboro and the elements,” head coach Conor Sheehan said. “[They] didn’t let the rain slow them down and really brought it to a very good Foxboro team. Against North Attleboro, the girls preformed very well against a team that is a perennial powerhouse in the Hockomock League. They never backed down from this team, and I couldn’t be prouder.”

Foxboro results

First place: Colleen Healy, 400-meter hurdles, 69.9 seconds, and 100-meter hurdles, 17.3 seconds; Anna Amico, 100-meter dash, 13 seconds; Radiya Buchanan, 400-meter dash, 65.9 seconds; Sara Teague, 800 meters, 2:39.9; Tondre, 200-meter dash, 26.6 seconds; Amarachi Njoku, shot put, 34 feet, four inches; Chidimma Nwankwo, discus, 111 feet; Amico, javelin, 82 feet, 11 inches; Buchanan, triple jump, 33 feet, three inches, and high jump, height NA.

Second place: Kate D’Orazio, 400 meters, 70.4 seconds; Teague, mile, 5.58.7; Jenny Sidney, 400 meters, 66.9 seconds; Zarina Brune, 800 meters, 2:41; and Lauren Winter, two mile, 14:10.

Third place: Shirley Han, 400, 67.3 seconds, and 200 meters, 29 seconds; Kristina Stoupis, 14:55 and Stephanie Gowing, discus, distance NA.

Sheehan said Stoupis and Winter showed considerable improvement in the two-mile.

North Attleboro results

First place: Tondre, 200 meters, 26.9 seconds; Nwankwo, discus, 113 feet, three inches; Njoku, shot put, 36 feet, ten inches; Buchanan, triple and high jumps, 35 feet, three inches, and five feet, respectively.

Second place: Healy 400 meters, 70.4 seconds, and 100-meter hurdles, 17.4 seconds; Amico, 100 meters, 13 seconds; Buchanan, 400 meters, 66.4 seconds; Lila Singer Berk, two mile, 13:35.5; Nwankwo, shot put, 35 feet, six inches; Njoku, discus, 89 feet; Tondre, long jump, 13 feet, 11 inches, and triple jump, 32 feet, five inches.

Third place: Winter, mile, 6:36; Costello, 100-meter hurdles, 17.6 seconds; Teague, 800 meters, 2:41; and Gowing, javelin, 82 feet and a half inch.

Sheehan said Buchanan had a huge improvement in the triple jump. The girls’ team record is now 2-3.

Boys’ team

The boys’ outdoor track team fell to Foxboro 80-56, bringing its record to 1-3.

Canton’s only first place finishers were Matt Sidney in the high jump (five feet, eight inches), Dan Alexander in the shot put, 39 feet, three inches; Matt Kelly in the mile (4:47), and the 4×100 and 4×400-meter relay teams. Kelly’s performance in the mile was particularly impressive as he beat his Foxboro competitors by four seconds in his best race of the season.

The Bulldogs’ leading scorer was Jon Vaughn, who placed in multiple events.

Canton had a host of second-place finishes, including Vaughn in the 100-meter sprint, 11.2 seconds, and 110 high hurdles, 16 seconds; Chris Boughter, 400 meters, 55.8 seconds; Chris Huber, 800 meters, 2:06.3; Jordan Guyton, 200, 23.1 seconds; Christian Bates, two-mile, 10:28.5; Julian Malbranche, javelin, 111 feet, 10 inches; Jared Hobbs, long jump, 18 feet, nine inches.

Third places were earned by: Bates, 300 meters, 61.4 seconds; Marquis Rodriguez, 100-meter sprint, 11.7 seconds; Obi Nwankwo, 400 meters, 56.9 seconds; Marty Fauche, 200 meters, 24.2 seconds; Alexander, javelin, 104 feet; Vaughn, long jump, 18 feet, seven inches; and Hobbs, triple jump, 38 feet, two inches.

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