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GIRLS TRACK KEEP ON WINNING 
The Burlington High School girls track and field team remain undefeated at 4 and, after delivering a dominant performance against the Stoneham Spartans, earning a 101 – 34 victory. Burlington picked up multiple first place finishes along with several personal and season best marks in the win. 

100 Meters:
3rd place Sabrina Collins 13.31 (Personal Best)
5th place Samantha Cicolini 13.69 (Personal Best)
7th place Ainsley Tuncel 13.95 (Personal Best)

200 Meters:
1st place Briana Thomas 27.58 (Personal Best)
2nd place Olivia DiRienzo 27.89 (Personal Best)
3rd place Brooke Baglio 28.20 (Personal Best)

400 Meters:
4th place Elise DiVacri 1:06.28 (Personal Best)
9th place Elisa Dancus 1:10.64 (Personal Best)

800 Meters:
6th place Lucy Clement 2:44.82
8th place Kate Conte 2:53.46 (Personal Best)
10th place Ella Nechtem 2:58.06 (Personal Best)
11th place Leah Coyne 2:59.18 (Personal Best)

1 Mile:
3rd place Ava Eldridge 5:46.05 (Season Best)
4th place Grace Conte 5:48.51 (Personal Best)
9th place Natalia Pelayo 6:15.30 (Personal Best)

2 Mile:
5th place Kritika Agarwala 14:16.24 (Personal Best)

100 Meter Hurdles:
1st place Leila Gilligan 16.50 (Personal Best)
2nd place Lyla Kuhn 18.05 (Personal Best)
12th place Diya Joby 21.73 (Personal Best)
13th place Hailey Coffey 23.23 (Personal Best)

400 Meter Hurdles:
3rd place Kate Conte 1:21.04 (Personal Best)

4×100 Relay:
1st place Burlington A 52.78
(Briana Thomas, Samantha Cicolini, Kaya Cummings, Lucy Clement)

4×400 Relay:
1st place Burlington A 4:21.48
(Leila Gilligan, Brooke Baglio, Olivia DiRienzo, Lyla Kuhn)

Shot Put:
1st place Cassidy Hanlon 33’
2nd place Avery Callahan 32’10’’
5th place Hazel Yiu 28’ 7”
18th place Vanessa Todorova 16’ 9”(Personal Best)

Discus:
4th place Cassidy Hanlon 78’ 06”
6th place Hazel Yiu 66’ 10”
12th place Vanessa Todorova 45’ 09” (Personal Best)

Javelin:
3rd place Cassidy Hanlon 90’ 06”
5th place Holly Nevola 76’ 11” (Season Best)
6th place Hailey Coffey 74’ 10” (Personal Best)
9th place Ellie Matarazzo 61’ 10” (Personal Best)
15th place Lucy Clement 51’ 10” (Personal Best)
19th place Sofia Hiraldo 48’ 01” (Personal Best)

High Jump:
2nd place Caris Im 4’ 4” (Personal Best)

Lady Devils Track senior Lyla Kuhn

Long Jump:
1st place Lyla Kuhn 16’ 07” (Personal Best)
4th place Brooke Baglio 14’ 10”
6th place Diya Joby 14’ 01” (Personal Best)
13th place Alexa DiVacri 13’ 03”
14th place Maria Namugera 13’ 3”
21st place Ella Lisano 11’ 11”

Triple Jump:
1st place Olivia DiRienzo 34’ 04”(Season Best)
2nd place Briana Thomas 32’ 11”
3rd place Sabrina Collins 31’ 11” (Personal Best)
4th place Vivianna Pelayo 31’ 11”
10th place Ellie Matarazzo 28’ 07” (Personal Best)

The team will next compete against the Melrose Red Hawks on Wednesday.

BOYS TRACK CONTINUE TO SHINE
The Burlington boys track and field team also remain undefeated at 4 and 0 after a dominant 104 – 32 win over the Stoneham Spartans. The Red Devils had multiple first place finishes along with several personal and season best performances across the meet.

100 Meters:
1st place Steven Dalalelis 11.60 (Personal Best)
4th place Shane Sheehan 11.69 (Personal Best)
5th place Tyler Rabideau 11.93 (Personal Best)
7th place Jabez Jen 12.04 (Season Best)

200 Meters:
2nd place Steven Dalalelis 23.65 (Personal Best)
3rd place Ryan Brooks 24.07
8th place Leonardo Castro 24.96

400 Meters:
7th place Ryan Burke 56.16 (Season Best)
8th place Scott Rigolini 56.69
9th place Arun Nagappan 56.78 (Personal Best)

800 Meters:
2nd place Roy Kanyike 2:07.83
12th place William Cline 2:20.94 (Personal Best)
13th place Cody Serra 2:23.05 (Personal Best)
14th place Owen Hayes 2:23.09 (Personal Best)

1 Mile:
1st place Evans Katayomba 4:48.00 (Personal Best)
3rd place James Roy 5:00.54 (Personal Best)
4th place Dimitri Seremetis 5:00.79 (Personal Best)
12th place Andrew Worsham 5:26.53 (Personal Best)

2 Mile:
1st place Logan DaGraca 10:42.14 (Personal Best)
3rd place Liam Poland 10:51.42
4th place Moses Govathoti 11:17.24 (Personal Best)
8th place Pranav Vadali 12:24.31

110 Meter Hurdles:
2nd place Leon Sekandi 15.47 (Personal Best)
4th place Matthew Conte 15.98 (Personal Best)
10th place Micah Bageine 17.46 (Personal Best)
12th place Ryan Latchford 18.56 (Personal Best)

400 Meter Hurdles:
3rd place Matthew Conte 1:00.38
5th place Ryan Latchford 1:02.86
8th place Liam Rayne 1:06.53

4×100 Relay:
2nd place Burlington A 45.86

4×400 Relay:
1st place Burlington A 3:41.68

Shot Put:
2nd place Perkins Augustin 47’ 2”
3rd place Ethan Tedesco 41” (Personal Best)
4th place Anthony Galarneau 40” 08”
6th place Hunter Ciulla 39’ 03” (Personal Best)
9th place Jack Tucci 38’ 04”
12th place Roneet Arisipathi 35’ 10”

Discus:
2nd place Ethan Tedesco 140’ 08”
3rd place Perkins Augustin 132’ 01”
4th place Jack Tucci 132’ (Personal Best)
10th place Damon Walker 95’ 07”
12th place Hunter Ciulla 94’ 08”
15th place Roneet Arisipathi 89’ 04”

Javelin:
1st place Ryan Brooks 168’ 02” (Season Best)
5th place Joshua Hollenbeck 128’ 04” (Personal Best)
6th place Anthony Galarneau 127’ 09” (Personal Best)
7th place Ryan McElroy 127’ 03” (Season Best)
8th place Shay Woodbury 127’ 01”
9th place Michael Boldezar 126’ 05”

Red Devil Track junior Leon Sekandi

High Jump:
1st place Leon Sekandi 6’ 05” (Personal Best)
4th place Micah Bageine 5’ 04”

Pole Vault:
7th place Shay Woodbury 7’ 06”
9th place Nathan Alba 7’
9th place Benjamin Filosa 7’ (Personal Best)
11th place Tyler Rabideau 7’ (Personal Best)

Long Jump:
1st place Shane Sheehan 21’ 1” (Season Best)
4th place Ryan Brooks 20’ 02”
10th place Josh Titus 17’ 10” (Personal Best)
12th place Nathan Alba 16’ 11” (Personal Best)
14th place Josh Worsham 16’ 07”

Triple Jump:
4th place Matthew Conte 38’ 11.25”
5th place Shane Sheehan 38’ 10.25”
6th place Brian Teguia 38’ 10.00”
8th place Leon Sekandi 38’ 00.75”
11th place Austin Lau 36’ 01.25” (Personal Best)
14th place Emanick Carrasquillo 34’ 09.25”
Exhibition Joseph Gerrior 31’ 08.25” (Personal Best)

The team will next compete against the Melrose Red Hawks on Wednesday.

TRACK STARS COMPETE AT MSTCA FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE INVITATIONAL, REGIS & WESTON TWILIGHT INVITATIONAL

Multiple athletes from both Boys and girls track teams competed at both the MSTCA Jim Hoar Freshman Sophomore Invitational, and the Regis & Weston Twilight Invitational on May 9. Freshman James Roy competed at the MSTCA invite in the 2Mile with a 15th place finish and a personal best. You can check out the rest of the results here. 

The invites continued with the Regis Twilight on the same day at Regis College. Junior Ava Eldridge came in 7th place with a personal best time of 8:06. You can check out the rest of the girls results here. 

Senior Ryan Brooks came in 3rd place in the Javelin at 149′ and 11″ at the Weston Twilight invitational. You can check out the rest of the results for the boys here. 

BOYS BASEBALL BLOWOUT WINS
Burlington baseball had two fantastic games last week, which gave them a boost in the power rankings. Last Tuesday, the Devils hosted the Woburn Tanners in a Battle of Winn Street where they claimed victory this time after a 11-1 victory. They stayed home for a match against the Watertown Red Raiders last Thursday and ended that game with a final score of 12-2 after six innings. 

The Devils are 6 and 8, and will have a busy week with three games on the docket: at Winchester (12 and 2) on Monday, home against the Melrose Red Hawks (6 and 8) on Wednesday, and home against the Wilmington Wildcats (1 and 11) on Friday. 

GIRLS LACROSSE WIN CLOSE MATCH TO STONEHAM
Burlington girls lacrosse picked up a much needed 9-8 victory over Stoneham Spartans on the road last Monday night. Then they lost at home 17-5 to the Belmont Marauders last Wednesday night. 

The Devils have three games remaining in the regular season with a 6 and 9 record. Burlington will be on the road at the Woburn Tanners (7 and 6) on Tuesday, and home against Winchester Red & Black (9 and 6) on Thursday.

BOYS LACROSSE SPLIT CLOSE MATCHES
Burlington boys lacrosse battled it out in two matches last week. The Devils earned a 12-4 blowout home win over Stoneham last Monday, before losing 12-7 on the road in Belmont last Wednesday. 

Now with a 8 and 5 record, they will be at home game against Woburn (4 and 9) on Tuesday, and at Winchester (14 and o) who are currently on Thursday. 

GIRLS SOFTBALL DEFEAT WATERTOWN
Burlington softball lost in a 12-0 shutout on the road to the Woburn Tanners last Tuesday, then defeated Watertown 17-3 on the road last Thursday.

Now at 3 and 10, the Devils will host Winchester (8 and 6) on Monday, before traveling for two road games in Melrose (2 and 12) on Wednesday, and Wilmington (11 and 3) on Friday. 

GIRLS TENNIS SPLITS FOUR MATCHES
The Burlington girls tennis team had two matches last week with mixed results. 

Burlington opened with a 3-2 win over the Woburn Tanners on the road last Tuesday. Singles players Therese Kozinski, Cecelia Fraczek, and Eesha Soni won their matches. 

They were defeated at home 4-1 by the Watertown Red Raiders last Thursday with Fraczek winning in the singles match. 

Burlington is 3 and 7 and will have three home matches this week: Winchester (14 and 0) on Monday, Melrose (7 and 4) on Wednesday, and Wilmington (6 and 6) on Thursday. 

BOYS TENNIS SECURE THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK
The Burlington boys tennis team has found their groove winning three matches in a row. They were on the road last Monday at the Wakefield Warriors, winning 4-1. Match winners were Ridhaan Ayyagari, Arnav Jhumat, Nathan Melanson in singles and Mattheus Torres & Pranav Geo in the doubles. 

Last Wednesday, they defeated the Woburn Tanners in a 5-0 shutout at home. Ayyagari, Jhumat and Vladislav Belenkii won in the singles matches. Nathan Melanson & Austin Li and Pranav Geo & Carter Briscoe won in the doubles. 

They got another win on the road at Watertown last Thursday, 3-2. Singles winners were Ayyagari, Jhumat and double winners Melanson & Torres. 

Now the 7 and 7 Devils will be on the road this week for three matches at Winchester (11 and 2) on Monday, at Melrose (8 and 7) on Wednesday, and at Wilmington (6 and 6) on Friday. 

UNIFIED BASKETBALL LOSE CLOSE MATCH ON THE ROAD
The Burlington Unified Basketball team is 1 and 2 after a 54-50 loss to the Lexington Minutemen on the road last Tuesday. They will remain on the road this week for a matchup with the Wilmington Wildcats (1 and 1) on Tuesday.