By Ryan O’connor
The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships at Dartmouth College in Hanover on Sunday, Feb. 3, included several locals sprinting, leaping and throwing against some of the best athletes in the state.
In Class L, Salem finished ninth among boys teams and 13th among the girls.
In Class I, Pelham came in 18th in the boys event, and the girls were 22nd.
Salem
Michael Marshall won the boys 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.85 seconds, and teammates Nick Cavallo and Alex Miller placed sixth and seventh with times of 8.41 and 8.43, respectively.
Marshall also tied for second in the high jump at 6 feet, 2 inches, and finished fifth in the long jump with a distance of 20 feet, 4 inches.
Alex Miller finished sixth in the boys 55-meter dash at 6.83 seconds,
Robyn Ciriello placed fifth in the girls shot put with a throw of 32 feet, .25 inches; Melissa Higgins came in seventh in the girls 300-meter dash at 43.38 seconds; Megan McLaughlin, with a time of 1:43.93, took ninth in the 600-meter run; and Breanne Parhiala, at a distance of 15-07.25, was eighth in the long jump.
The girls 4x800 relay team placed fourth at 10:10.96, and in the 4x400, the girls finished fifth at 4:17.24.
The boys 4x200 relay team finished sixth at 1:37.29.
Pelham
Andrew Ridlon placed fourth in the boys 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:24.96, and Todd Paquin was eighth in the long jump with a distance of 19-01.25.
Bruce Vieira came in 10th in the boys 100-meter dash with a time of 38.87 seconds, and David Periera was 11th in the 600-meter run at 1:32.56.
Paquin, Periera, Vieira and Mike Bogochow came in sixth in the boys 4x200 relay at 1:42.51.
Jordyn Oriole finished ninth in the girls 600-meter run, at 1:48.64, and Shannon Oriole was ninth in the 1,000-meter run at 3:21.49.
Kelsi Lynde came in ninth in the 55-meter hurdles preliminary at 9.80 seconds, missing the finals by one-tenth of a second, and Stephanie Martins was 15th in the 1,500-meter run.
The girls 4x800-meter relay team of Shannon Oriole, Jordyn Oriole, Rachel Notini and Martins finished sixth at 10:29.42.