PELHAM, N.H. Sleeping on a lead can be tough just ask the Newport High School boys track and field team.The Tigers took a 14-point lead at the NHIAA Division III state championship meet on Wednesday in Gilford before inclement weather halted the.
High Schools: D-III track championship delayed by weather with just 2 events left
Kearsarge s Berhan Kidane competes at the 2021 Division III boys track & field championships on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at Gilford High School. Kearsarge trailed Newport by four points when the meet was suspended after 16 of 18 events due to thunderstorms. The final two events, triple jump and high jump, will be completed on Saturday. Kidane is one of three competitors left in the high jump and is also still competing in the triple jump, as is Newport’s Marius Edwards. Kidane did finish third in the long jump. BEN CONANT Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
High Schools: Track championships on tap for this week with new format due to COVID
Hawk’s freshman Grace Hall runs in the 100-meter dash April 28. Jeff Sullivan / SullivanEventPhotography.com
Concord’s Morgane Orcutt (3), Katherine Kennedy (5) and Katie Watt (6) take off from the starting line in the girls’ 3,200 meters during a mini elite meet at Portsmouth High School on May 1. Courtesy of NewHampshireTrackandField.com
Coe-Brown’s Anders Larson takes flight in the triple jump during a mini elite meet at Portsmouth High School on May 1. Larson is ranked No. 2 in the triple and long jump, and No. 3 in the high jump, heading into the Division II championships. Courtesy of NewHampshireTrackandField.com
Coe-Brown boys, Kearsarge track teams look to repeat in 2021
Coe-Brown’s Parker Eaton competes in the pole vault at the D-I track and field championships at UNH on May 25, 2019. Eaton – now a senior – finished third in the event and the Bears won its first boys’ track and field team title in program history. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff
Published: 4/19/2021 12:33:38 PM
Two years ago the Division II Coe-Brown boys won their first track and field team title in program history, while the Kearsarge boys’ and girls’ teams swept D-III.
There’s more uncertainty than ever heading into this track season with two classes new to varsity track, no indoor season this past winter to go off of, no major invitationals to compare several teams at a time, plus COVID-19 protocols that impact all of the events to varying degrees. But it wouldn’t be shocking to see Coe-Brown and Kearsarge back at the top again.