On Sunday afternoon, the MIAA North Sectional swim-and-dive meet was held at MIT. On the girls’ side, Andover was the top local team, finishing third behind Acton-Boxboro and Winchester. Individually, North Andover’s Noor Abdelal had a strong day by winning the 500-freestyle, and she was part of the first place 200-freestyle relay team and the second place 400-freestyle relay team. Haverhill’s Sophia Caruso won the 100-free and tied for first in the 50-free.
On the boys’ side, the Methuen/Tewksbury team took home first place with North Andover second. North Andover’s Jack Ventre had a huge day as he won the 100-butterfly and 100-backstroke, breaking meet records in both, while he also took home the 100-backstroke and was part of the winning 200-medley relay and 200-freestyle relay teams.
Girls Results
(Top 6 finishers)
Team results: 1. Acton-Boxboro 315; 2. Winchester 230; 3. Andover 217; 4. North Andover 200; 5. Haverhill 192.5; 15. Methuen 42; 17. Central Catholic 25.
200-medley relay: 6. Andover (Sophia Venetiou, Aneesa Hazarika, Amelia Barron and Olivia Landers) 1:57.49.
200-freestyle: 2. Amelia Barron (Andover) 1:58.30; 3. Noor Abdelal (North Andover) 1:59.21; 4. Olivia Landers (Andover) 2:00.84.
200-IM: 3. Emilia Hukkanen (Andover) 2:13.43.
50-free: T-1. Sophia Caruso (Haverhill) 24.10; 3. Natasha Secan (North Andover) 25.32.
1-meter diving: 3. Kaitlyn Aquino (Haverhill) 399.00; 4. Anya Buyea (North Andover) 377.20; Sophia Ferrera (M/T) 373.15.
100-butterfly: 3. Amelia Barron (Andover) 58.31; 4. Isla Amuan (North Andover) 1:01.50.
100-free: 1. Sophia Caruso (Haverhill) 53.33.
500-Free: 1. Noor Abdelal (North Andover) 5:10.96; 2. Emilia Hukkanen (Andover) 5:18.11; 3. Olivia Landers (Andover) 52.22; 6. Isabella Tanguay (Haverhill) 5:39.85.
200-free relay: 1. North Andover (Nathasha Secan, Noor Abdelal, Juliette Bene and Isla Amuan) 1:43.15; 5. Andover (Aneesa Hazarika, Sabine Barron, Gabriela McDonough and Emilia Hukkanen) 1:46.48; 6. Haverhill (Molly Jordan, Kathryn Papageorgiou, Isabella Tanguay and Sophia Caruso) 1:46.85.
100-backstroke: 3. Isla Amuan (North Andover) 1:00.44; 6. Molly Jordan (Haverhill) 1:01.98.
400-free relay: 2. North Andover (Isla Amuan, Natasha Secan, Juliette Bene and Noor Abdelal) 3:45.38; 4. Andover (Emilia Hukkanen, Gabriella McDonough, Olivia Landers and Amelia Barron) 3:46.75.
Boys Results
(Winners only)
Team results: 1. Methuen/Tewksbury 223; 2. North Andover 203.
200-medley relay: North Andover (Jack Ventre, Leo Ferrucci, Alex Vo and Henri Vera) 1:51.52.
200-free: Ethan Corthell (M/T) 1:57.56.
50-free: Leo Ferrucci (NA) 23.41.
1-meter diving: Juan Polanco (M/T) 322.05.
100-butterfly: Jack Ventre (North Andover) 53.46 (broke meet record previously held by Patrick Doyle of Methuen, who swam 54.82 in 2016).
200-free relay: North Andover (Jack Ventre, Henri Vera, Alex Vo and Leo Ferrucci) 1:39.58.
100-backstroke: Jack Ventre (North Andover) 53.40* (broke meet record previously held by Troy Eakman of Billerica, who swam 57.60 in 2016).
400-free relay: Methuen/Tewksbury (Isaac Gillespie, Elijah Putnam, Jack Anderson and Ethan Corthell), 4:06.06.