Alena Maes-Polan had herself a day for the Frontier girls track team on Friday in a meet against Athol.
Maes-Polan set a personal record in the pole vault with a leap of nine feet, nine inches. The senior also took first in the 400 hurdles with a time of 77.4 seconds, helping the Redhawks come away with a 143-2 win over a shorthanded Bear team in South Deerfield.
Caroline Crocker won the long jump (15-3.5), 100 hurdles (15.8) and the 200 (28.8), Abi Howard won the high jump (5-0) and the 800 (2:43.4) and Brooke Davis took the triple jump (30-3) and 100 (14.5) for Frontier. Other Redhawk winners were Cadi Wells-Robinson in the shot put (29-10), Lily Novak in the discus (78-10), Sadie Ross in the javelin (90-11), Leah Gump in the mile (6:11.3), Josie Fosnot in the 400 (65.5) and Bianca Peura in the 2 mile (14:01).
The Redhawks won the 4×100 and 4×400 relays.
Sydney Gauvin took third in both the shot put (24-10) and discus (66-6) for Athol.
Frontier 118, Athol 19 — Jack Vecellio bested another of his own marks on Friday afternoon, breaking his school’s record yet again in the pole vault. Vecellio cleared 16 feet, bettering the previous record of 15-6 that he set on April 1 of this year.
“It’s nice to know that I kind of have a little higher marks secured every time, but yeah, there’s different marks I’m going for like state records and local (records),” Vecellio said.
Ideally, the senior wants to clear 17-6 by the end of the outdoor season. That would break the state record, currently 17-1 held by Erick Duffey and set back in the summer of 2017.
“It was the first nicer day, so we’re working back on the runway going from different (and) further back on the runway,” Vecellio said on Friday. “So once I can work my way back, I think that’ll be the biggest thing to help me improve.”
Other Redhawk winners on Friday were Ian Burt in the long jump (16-11.5) and triple jump (37-4.5), Erich Brown in the high jump (5-10), 110 hurdles (20.6) and 800 (2:18.1), Alex Schreiber in the discus (100-0), javelin (90-1) and 400 hurdles (74.8), Ben Cachiguango in the 100 (12.3), Luke Howard in the mile (5:13.3), Ian Balk in the 400 (58.2), Dwight Balk in the 200 (25.5) and Dan Widmer in the 2 mile (11:02.7).
Frontier won the 4×100 and 4×400 relays.
Joe Grant had the lone victory of the day for Athol, winning the shot put with a toss of 33-11.
Turners 5, Athol 4 — Levin Prondecki smashed a pair of singles and brought in a pair of RBIs while Jackson Cogswell had a trio of hits as the Thunder came up with an independent win in Athol on Friday.
Alex Quezada and Lincoln Coleman each tallied a pair of hits while Derek Wissmann it safely for Turners (5-2). Quezada went the distance on the mound, striking out five.
Dilan Fountain had a double and a single, Caleb Cox smashed a double and Connor Mahony hit safely for Athol (0-7). Quentin Polana tallied six strikeouts in the loss.
Franklin Tech 5, Frontier 3 — Lilly Ross knocked an RBI double while Kylee Gamache had a hit and two RBIs as the Eagles came away with a 5-3 independent win over the Redhawks in Turners on Friday.
Hannah Gilbert and Keira Stevens each had an RBI single for Franklin Tech (6-1). Lauren Ross got the win in the circle, striking out six.
Delaney Fifield cracked a single and a double for Frontier (2-7). Ashley Taylor had an RBI triple, Gabrielle Adams had an RBI single and Makayla Santos hit safely. Chloe Cutting struck out three in the loss.
Mt. Greylock 7, Turners 6 — The Thunder rallied in the seventh by scoring four runs, but were unable to get the tying run across the plate as they fell to the Mounties in Franklin County League West action in Williamstown on Friday.
Madi Liimatainen smashed a home run and added a single for Turners (4-3, 1-2) while striking out 16 in the circle. Emily Young tallied a double while Paige Sulda and Jenna Petrowicz hit safely in the loss.
Agawam 3, Athol 1 — The Bears took the third set but suffered a 25-10, 25-22, 24-26, 25-12 loss to the Brownies on Friday in Athol.
Frontier 4, Springfield International 1 — The Redhawks won two singles matches and both doubles matches to earn a win over the Bulldogs in South Deerfield on Friday.
Sydney Scanlon picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win in No. 2 singles and Sam Baker earned a 6-0, 6-0 triumph in No. 3 singles. Chloe Felton and Hashini Ratnatunge came up with a 6-0, 6-0 win in No. 1 doubles while Emily Plasse and Grace O’Leary won 6-0, 6-0 in No. 2 singles for Frontier.
The best match of the day came in No. 1 singles, with Emma Clancy falling to Springfield International’s Ryayanna Shobrick 6-2, 7-6 (2) in a back-and-forth affair.
Turners 4, Hampden Charter 1 — The Thunder came away with a trio of wins and a forfeit to earn a 4-1 win over the Wolves in Turners on Friday.
Haley Randall earned a 7-5, 6-0 win in No. 2 singles while Turners picked up a forfeit win in No. 3 singles. Maria LaBelle and Mady Lilly earned a 6-0, 6-0 win in No. 1 doubles and Jill Reynolds and Holly Hicks came up with a 6-2, 6-0 win in No. 2 doubles for the Thunder.
Steph Peterson fell in No. 1 doubles for Turners.
Springfield International 4, Turners 1 — Mike Boyle picked up the lone win of the day for the Thunder in No. 1 singles, coming away with a 6-2, 6-0 win.
Alex Sabin fell in No. 2 singles while Jake Reich and John Carmichael lost in No. 1 doubles for Turners. The Thunder forfeited No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles.