The Pembroke Academy
track and field teams competed in
Pelham on May 6 and Coe-Brown
Academy in Northwood on May
10, finishing in the middle of the
pack at each meet.
The boys were second behind
Milford at the meet hosted by Pelham
High, while the girls finished
third among four teams.
Ryan Gilligan’s first-place discus
throw of 112 feet, 9.5 inches
led the boys.
Allison Brehm raced to first
in the 100-meter dash, posting a
time of 12.5 seconds. Also, the 4
x 400-meter relay team of Brehm,
Kacie Paradie, Colleen Moore
and Maeghan Lizotte finished in
4 minutes, 33.7 seconds to take
first place.
At the sixth annual Black
Bear Invitational, hosted by Coe-
Brown, the girls finished 11th
among 18 teams, and the boys
took 13th.
Brehm was tops in the 100,
and the junior also took first in
the 200-meter dash. Paradie took
sixth in both the high jump and
long jump.
For the boys, Ben Gibbs tossed
the javelin 149-1, good for first
place. Dan Kinney was fifth in the
100, Dan Kroll took fifth in the shot
put with a throw of 40-7.75, and
Gilligan was fifth in discus. The
4 x 400 relay team of Matt DeAngelis,
Jay LaRochelle, Ben Decato
and Kroll took sixth place.