GREENFIELD — The Athol varsity girls track and field team lost to Greenfield High School, 86-50, Tuesday. Within the loss, however, were several Athol athletes who qualified for the Western Massachusetts Division 2 championship meet.
Taylor Cleveland qualified in the shot put with a first-place throw of 24 feet, 8½ inches. Mercedez Young qualified in the javelin with a throw of 70-3, good enough for third place. Grace Dufour qualified in the long jump with a second-lace jump of 14-3. Athol’s 4×400-meter relay team of Shelby Mailloux, Emily England, Crista Jillson and Grace Dufour qualified as well.
Other finishes against Greenfield include:
England in the 100 (14.4 seconds, second) and 200 (30.8, first), Liberty Smith in the mile (7:04, third), Jillson in the 400 (69.4, first) and triple jump (28-9.5, second), Mailloux in the 400 hurdles (83.5, first), Dufour in the 800 (2:47.7, first), Sarah Jaillet in the 200 (32.6, third), Young in the 2-mile (15:40, third), Payton Parker in the long jump (13-2, third) and triple jump (27-6, third) and Catherine Martin in the discus (56-7, third) and shot put (23-11, third).