The Spartans finished four-tenths of a second behind Hollis/Brookline in the 4×200-meter relay to finish third in the event and wound up one point short of first-place Lebanon (53-52) at the Class IMS girls track championship at Dartmouth College Sunday.

Bow came in third with 33 points while Hopkinton (31) was fourth and Coe-Brown (24 1/2) came in fifth. Souhegan (12) finished 10th and Hollis/Brookline (11) was 13th.

Going into the final four events, Lebanon was in first with 32 points, four ahead of Bow and six ahead of Milford. But second-place finishes by Courtney Hawkins in the 1,500 (4:57.34) and Briana Corron in the long jump (16-6 3/4) gave Milford 42 points and a lead of nine over Lebanon.

After Lebanon won the 4×400 relay, Milford’s lead was just three points. The Raiders also won the 4×200, and the 10 points pushed them in front; the third-place finish by the Spartans netted them six points, while second would have been eight.

Milford’s Cassie Sebas, Courtney Hawkins, Dina Pitsas and Peggy Lai took first in the 4×800 relay (9:50.36), besting the class record, which was set by Souhegan in 2007, by more than five seconds.

Corron also finished third in the 55-meter dash (7.48) and teamed with Sebas, Jillian Holmes and Jessica Krafft for third in the 4×200 (1:52.54).

Cecelia Muller and Amanda Clark tied for fourth in the high jump (4-10) while Lai took fourth in the 3,000 (11:04.27). The Milford relay team of Pitsas, Sebas, Muller and Hannah Ladeau also finished fourth in 4×400 (4:22.57) .

Isabella Stuopis came in third in the shot put (34-9 1/2) for Souhegan, while Hillary Wilson took fourth in the 1,000 (3:15.4).

Julia Bury finished fifth in the shot put (32-3 1/2) for Hollis/Brookline while Megan Kagenski, Devin MacDonald, Ashlee Daoust and Lyndsay Vasquez finished second in the 4×200 relay (1:52.14).

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The title came down to the final two events – the 4×400 relay and the 4×200 relay. Heading into those events, Portsmouth was first with 43 points, with Souhegan and Monadnock tied for second at 42 and Lebanon fourth with 41.

Lebanon took fourth in the 4×400, while Portsmouth was fifth and Souhegan sixth, and the Sabers and Raiders finished first and second, respectively, in the 4×200 to tie for the title.

Portsmouth wound up third with 45 points while Coe-Brown and Monadnock tied for fourth with 42. Milford was sixth with 29 points and Hollis/Brookline came in 14th with seven points.

Peret won the high jump (6-0), the 55-meter dash (6.59) and the 300 (36.75) to score 30 points on his own for the Sabers. The senior also teamed with Chris Chininis, Dennis Elverson and Parker Hall to win the 4×200 relay in 1:34.91, setting a class record.

Chininis also took third in the 55 (6.88) and fourth in the long jump (20-4 3/4) while Grant Raymond, Bert DeForest, Jacob Kittredge and Aaron Prescott finished sixth in the 4×400 (3:44.36). DeForest, Kittredge and Prescott also teamed with Matthew Chareth to take fifth in the 4×800 relay (8:55.85).

Connor Crowley, Conor Dannis, Connor Jackson and Nick Muller took second in the 4×800 relay (8:22.34) to lead Milford. Parker Lyttle also finished second in high jump (5-10) while Tom St. Cyr finished third in the 55 hurdles (7.97) and sixth in the long jump (19-6 1/4).

Milford also got points from Max Goudreau, who came in fourth in the 55 (6.89), and Crowley, who finished fourth in the 600 (1:26.6).

Hollis/Brookline’s Sean Quinn took third in the 3,000 (9:09.64) and finished sixth in the 1,500 (4:18.75).

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The Spartans enter Sunday’s championship meet at Dartmouth College with all three relay teams ranked in the top five, including a No. 1 ranking in the 4×800 and a No. 2 ranking in the 4×160. Milford has 10 individuals qualified for at least one event, led by Briana Corron in the 55-meter dash (ranked No. 2) and the long jump (No. 3).

Three locals will go head-to-head in the shot put, with Hollis/Brookline’s Julia Bury, Souhegan’s Isabella Stuopis and Milford’s Katy Keller ranked three, four and five, respectively, in the event.

The following have qualified for Sunday’s meet:

Milford

• Briana Corron, 55-meter dash (T2nd) and long jump (3rd).
• Peggy Lai, 3,000-meter run (6th) and 1,500 (10th).
• Courtney Hawkins, 1,500-meter run (5th) and 1,000 (8th).
• Amanda Clark, high jump (T1st).
• Cecelia Muller, high jump (T5th).
• Katy Keller, shot put (5th).
• Cassie Sebas, 55 (T11th).
• Cassandra Wright, 3,000 (13th).
• Dina Pitsas, 300 (12th)
• KaJay Rooke, 55 hurdles (T22nd).
• Milford also has teams in the 4×400 (5th), 4×160 (2nd) and 4×800 (1st).

Souhegan

• Isabella Stuopis, shot put (4th).
• Kelsey Knight, 55 hurdles (T9th).
• Hillary Wilson, 1,000 (11th).
• Csilla Va’mos, 3,000 (12th).
• Jade Humphreys, 300 (12th).
• Angela Blume, 600 (14th).
• Souhegan also has teams in the 4×400 (16th), 4×160 (9th) and 4×800 (7th).

Hollis/Brookline

• Julia Bury, shot put (3rd).
• Felicia Lombardi, 3,000 (11th) and 1,500 (12th).
• Lyndsay Vasquez, long jump (T14th) and 300 (19th).
• Devin MacDonald, 55 hurdles (T22nd).
• H/B also had teams in the 4×400 (13th), 4×160 (T3rd) and 4×800 (10th).

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This year, it’s the Spartans boys team that has a chance to bring home a title.

Milford has eight individuals qualified in 10 different events, along with a team in all three relays, all of which are ranked in the top 10. The Spartans strength appears to be in the distance events, where they have three runners qualified in the 600-meter run, one in the 1,000, two in the 1,500 and two in the 3,000. Milford is also ranked No. 1 in the 4×800 relay.

The Spartans also have runners ranked high in other events – Max Goudreau is ranked second in the 55, Parker Lyttle is ranked third in the high jump and Tom St. Cyr is ranked fourth in both the long jump and the 55 hurdles.

Souhegan’s strength is in the sprints and jumps, with Michael Peret leading the way for the Sabers. Peret is ranked No. 1 in the 55, the 300 and the high jump and runs a leg of the Sabers’ top-ranked 4×160 relay team.

Joining Peret is Chris Chininis, who is ranked in the long jump, the 55 and the 300, and Dennis Elverson, who qualified in the 300.

Sean Quinn of Hollis/Brookline is qualified in four individual events while the Cavaliers have a team qualified in all three relays.

The following have qualified for Sunday’s Class IMS championship meet at Dartmouth College:

Milford

• Max Goudreau, 55-meter dash (2nd), 300 (17th) and long jump (11th).
• Tom St. Cyr, long jump (4th) and 55 hurdles (4th).
• Parker Lyttle, high jump (3rd).
• Nick Muller, 1,000-meter run (10th), 1,500 (10th) and 600 (13th).
• Connor Jackson, 3,000-meter run (10th) and 1,500 (15th).
• Connor Crowley, 600 (3rd).
• Corey Hahnl, 3,000 (9th).
• Conor Dannis, 600 (13th).
• Milford also has teams in the 4×400 (7th), 4×160 (10th) and 4×800 (1st).

Souhegan

• Michael Peret, 55-meter dash (1st), 300 (1st) and high jump (1st).
• Chris Chininis, 55-meter dash (8th), 300 (15th) and long jump (6th).
• Dennis Elverson, 300 (19th).
• Souhegan also has teams in the 4×400 (9th), 4×160 (1st) and 4×800 (9th).

Hollis/Brookline

• Sean Quinn, 3,000-meter run (5th), 1,500 (8th), 600 (10th) and 1,000 (12th).
• H/B also has teams in the 4×400 (20th), 4×160 (24th) and 4×800 (12th).

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