Division III-IV

Lebanon boys hold off Portsmouth, Souhegan to win D2 track title

PELHAM - The Lebanon High School boys track team ended Souhegan's reign in Division II, winning Saturday's championship meet for the first time since 2010.

Joe Marchilena

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Josh Fontaine and Lebanon won the Division II boys track championship on Saturday.
Josh Fontaine and Lebanon won the Division II boys track championship on Saturday.

PELHAM - The Lebanon High School boys track team ended Souhegan's reign in Division II, winning Saturday's championship meet for the first time since 2010.

The Raiders finished 88 points and managed to hold off Portsmouth (84) and Souhegan (82) thanks to a solid performance in the field events, led by senior John Cioffredi.

Cioffredi took first in both the high jump and the triple jump, and finished second in both the long jump and the shot put while Will Merchant placed second in the pole vault fifth in the javelin and the triple jump. Lebanon also got second places from Martin Gradijan in the 800-meter run and Josh Fontaine in the 3,200.

The title is the first for Lebanon since winning its seventh consecutive Class I title in 2010.

Souhegan's Ben DeForest, who win the 110 and 300 hurdles, and Coe-Brown's Jeremy Brassard, who won the 1,600 and 3,200, also had a big day at the meet.

Here’s a look at the athletes who scored points in the Division II meet, plus the top six teams.

100-meter dash

  1. Malcolm Gocha, Plymouth, 11.24
  2. Jan Bartos, Oyster River, 11.26
  3. Cory Barrett, ConVal, 11.44
  4. Brandon Dreyfuss, Windham, 11.59
  5. Akeem Bailey, Stevens, 11.73
  6. Brian Caputo, Kennett, 11.74

200-meter dash

  1. Cory Barrett, ConVal, 22.93
  2. Jan Bartos, Oyster River, 23.05
  3. Nevin Kapuscinski, Lebanon, 23.19
  4. Dylan Tarbox, Kingswood, 23.29
  5. Saikou Bah, Trinity, 23.43
  6. Akeem Bailey, Stevens, 23.45

400-meter dash

  1. Brendan Polichronopoulos, Merrimack Valley, 50.89
  2. Malcolm Gocha, Plymouth, 51.54
  3. Nicholas Boire, Trinity, 51.63
  4. Brady Camplin, Souhegan, 51.8
  5. Andrew Scarlotto, Portsmouth, 52.22
  6. Christian Ehlers, Sanborn, 52.58

800-meter run

  1. Benjamin Chaimberg, Hanover, 2:00.38
  2. Martin Gradijan, Lebanon, 2:00.62
  3. Ben Platt, Souhegan, 2:01.3
  4. Beckley Stearns, Portsmouth, 2:02.65
  5. Ryan Lynch, Souhegan, 2:04.36
  6. Brandon Bielinski, Windham, 2:04.42

1,600-meter run

  1. Jeremy Brassard, Coe-Brown, 4:19.23
  2. Eli Moskowitz, Souhegan, 4:23.23
  3. Beckley Stearns, Portsmouth, 4:28.78
  4. Jackson Brannen, Goffstown, 4:29.23
  5. Bryce Blanchard, Pelham, 4:32.79
  6. Zak Kinsman, Lebanon, 4:40.75

3,200-meter run

  1. Jeremy Brassard, Coe-Brown, 9:43.83
  2. Josh Fontaine, Lebanon, 9:48.22
  3. Patrick O'Brien, Oyster River, 9:51.06
  4. Neil Mistretta, Oyster River, 9:55.89
  5. Patrick Lynch, Souhegan, 10:03.05
  6. Lucas Fisher, Coe-Brown, 10:03.85

100-meter hurdles

  1. Ben DeForest, Souhegan, 14-64
  2. Craig Telfer, Lebanon, 14.99
  3. Sutton Bradbury/Koster, Pelham, 15.38
  4. Ian Michaud, Milford, 15.97
  5. Eddie Carroll, Portsmouth, 16.25
  6. Evan Porter, Hollis Brookline, 16.28

300-meter hurdles

  1. Ben DeForest, Souhegan, 40.73
  2. Joey Auger, Portsmouth, 41.31
  3. Dylan Tarbox, Kingswood, 41.47
  4. Craig Telfer, Lebanon, 42.08
  5. Jimmy Spalding, Milford, 42.11
  6. Cameron Behn, Souhegan, 42.94

4×100-meter relay

  1. Windham, 44.75
  2. Portsmouth 45.0
  3. Pelham, 45.13
  4. Milford, 45.26
  5. Kingswood, 45.44
  6. Kennett, 45.47

4×400-meter relay

  1. Souhegan, 3:29.68
  2. Portsmouth, 3:30.94
  3. Milford, 3:34.13
  4. Coe-Brown, 3:35.46
  5. Pelham, 3:35.64
  6. Merrimack Valley, 3:36.02

4×800-meter relay

  1. Souhegan, 8:06.28
  2. Sanborn, 8:10.01
  3. Portsmouth, 8:12.56
  4. Coe-Brown, 8:16.79
  5. Merrimack Valley, 8:18.5
  6. Kennett, 8:30. 43

High jump

  1. John Cioffredi, Lebanon, 6-6
  2. Ben DeForest, Souhegan, 6-4
  3. Eddie Carroll, Portsmouth, 6-0
  4. Daniel Caterino, John Stark, 5-10
  5. Nicholas Roberts, Kennett, 5-10
  6. Isaac Nowland, Coe-Brown, 5-10

Pole vault

  1. Trevor Brown, Souhegan, 12-5
  2. Will Merchant, Lebanon, 12-3
  3. Jimmy Spaulding, Milford, 11-9
  4. Tim Tamulonis, Milford, 10-3
  5. Joe Penney, Pelham, 10-3
  6. Joe Nogueira, Souhegan, 9-9
Coe-Brown's Isaac Nowland won the long jump.
Coe-Brown's Isaac Nowland won the long jump.

Long jump

  1. Isaac Nowland, Coe-Brown, 21-11
  2. John Cioffredi, Lebanon, 21-1
  3. Jared Hannon, Pelham, 20-3
  4. Will Merchant, Lebanon, 19-11
  5. Joseph Grinde, St. Thomas, 19-4.5
  6. Charlie Lehoux, Portsmouth, 19-4

Triple jump

  1. John Cioffredi, Lebanon, 42-11
  2. Ivan Niyomugabo, Merrimack Valley, 42-3
  3. Charlie Lehoux, Portsmouth, 41-5
  4. Aaron Ladeau, Milford, 41-1.25
  5. Will Merchant, Lebanon, 41-0
  6. Matthew King, Lebanon, 40-3.25

Shot put

  1. Nick Ritzo, Portsmouth, 53-11.5
  2. John Cioffredi, Lebanon, 48-7.5
  3. Evan Jones, Portsmouth, 44-8
  4. Kyle Murray, ConVal, 44-7.5
  5. Ian Landry, Trinity, 42-6.5
  6. John Lemay, Kingswood, 42-0

Discus

  1. Kai Kleyensteuber, Stevens, 132-8
  2. Zachary Mason, Kingswood, 131-4
  3. Corey Crawford, Kennett, 128-9
  4. Nick Ritzo, Portsmouth, 128-4
  5. Austin Clough, Sanborn, 125-7
  6. Chris Stocken, Hanover, 124-7

Javelin

  1. Shaun Howard, Sanborn, 183-01
  2. Connor Gosselin, Milford, 160-3
  3. Cooper Valinski, Portsmouth, 159-7
  4. Kai Kleyensteuber, Stevens, 159-5
  5. Will Merchant, Lebanon, 159-1
  6. Nick Ritzo, Portsmouth, 147-10
The Lebanon boys track team.
The Lebanon boys track team.

Team

  1. Lebanon, 88
  2. Portsmouth, 84
  3. Souhegan, 82
  4. Coe-Brown, 40
  5. Milford, 38
  6. Oyster River, 26

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