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Personal bests were achieved and school records were broken by Souhegan athletes at the annual Merrimack Invites on Thursday, May 9. Top 10 boys' scores among the 14 participating schools, mostly Division One,  were Nashua North 111, Pinkerton 84, Souhegan 66, Concord 65, Memorial 52, Exeter 37, Pelham 31, Alvirne 20, Coe-Brown 17, Merrimack 14. 

Ben DeForest was the sole individual double-winner for the Sabers with a clocking of 14.89 in the 110 meter high hurdles and a leap of 6' in the high jump. In one of the most anticipated races of the evening Tanner Kent blazed his way to a new school record in the 800 meters with a 1:56.16. Nate Kittredge also bettered the old school record with his third place time of 1:57.84. Eli Moskowitz created a new school record in the 1600 meters with his third place time of 4:31.76. Not to be outdone, Ryan Hinrichs joined the record-breakers with his fourth place time of 9:57.91 in the 3200 meters. The 4 by 400 relay team of Jake Kittredge, Nate Kittredge, Jason Bender, and Tanner Kent completed the exciting meet with a first place time of 3:27.81.

The Souhegan girls' team was also successful. Top girls' team scores were Coe-Brown 154, Exeter 87, Concord 46, Salem 44, Merrimack 34.5, Pinkerton 31, Souhegan 30.5, Nashua North 20, Alvirne 14, and Nashua South 11 

Mikayla Hickey was second in the 100 meters with a time of 13.09. Sarah Hurd ran a personal best in the 400 meters (61.95)- also second place. More personal bests were achieved in the 800 meters with Hannah Couver's 2:23.21 (4) and Amy Lambert's 2:23.54 (5). Also scoring points were Pia Marciano in the 1600 meters (5:41.17) and Brooke Tanguay, fifth in the high jump (4' 6"). The 4 by 100 relay time of Brooke, Mikayla, Shannon Disco, and Hannah Culver also ran a season best time of 54.10 (4th).

TENNIS WRITE UP 

 Tough, tight loss yesterday.  Nate, Jason and Anthony all had a tough day at the office losing 2-8, 4-8 and 3-8 respectively.  Capt Pat did his standard come from behind, drive his opponent insane 8-4 win.  Big Alex spotted his opponent the first 3 games before legging out another 8-4 win.  Parker was the only singles match not requiring his coaches to be self restrained cruising to an 8-3 victory.  Thanks Parker.

Ah, back to doubles.  Pat and Nate played a see-saw thriller coming up short 5-8.  Brendan and Big Alex’s doubles was over in a blink with an 8-1 thumping.  And then there was one.  Jason and Anthony dropped an 8-9 (5-7) winner take all marathon.  They had a nice lead, lost it, came back, came from behind in the tiebreak and then just came up ever so short.  Tough one.