Stoughton High Girls' Track Falls by Half a Second at Canton

Half a second made the difference for the Canton High girls’ track team in their win over Stoughton Tuesday at Canton.

The Bulldogs earned a narrow 70-66 victory against the Black Knights, with Canton’s 4 x 100-meter relay team finishing in 55.3 seconds, 0.5 seconds ahead of Stoughton’s 55.8 second finish.

With the loss, the Stoughton team falls to 1-3.

Coach Bob Clarke said there many top performances, including Julia Quattrucci, who led the team with 11.25 points, winning the 800-meter run, the javelin and was part of the winning 4 x 400-meter relay team.

continued her strong spring season, easily winning the 400-meter dash in 58.8 seconds. Paul also finished second in the high jump (4’6”) and anchored the 4 x 400-meter relay team with a time of 59 seconds.

Deirdre Simms ran away with the 2-mile race, winning in 12:52.8. She was followed by her teammate Kerry O'Neils, who finished in 13:27.8, a personal record.

Other personal bests were set by Niamh Fennessy (2:50.4) and Carson McGrath (2:52.3) in the 800-meter and by Emelina Kozak (6:11) and Rebekah Medina (6:23) in the mile.

Clarke also gave credit to his athletes in the throwing events. Chrystal Holland finished second in the shot put and the discus. Holland had a throw of 64'8" in the discuss, followed by teammate Nobrina Seng (60'5"). Haley Ellertson finished second in the javelin (85'1").

The team travels to King Philip next Thursday.

Stats and Results courtesy of Coach Harvey Blonder.