A pair of local athletes snatched MIAA Division 6 Outdoor Track & Field Championship titles on Friday at Tufts University in Medford. 

The opening day of the championship meet saw five field and eight track events take place, with Mahar’s Mitchell Krasco and Frontier’s Ben Cachiguango walking away with first place medals. 

Krasco won the boys triple jump at the Western Mass. Div. 2 championship a week ago and entered Friday as the No. 2 seed in the event. That didn’t matter to the senior, as he hit his best mark of the season with a leap of 47 feet, 6½ inches to take first overall on the day. The jump came on his fifth of six attempts. 

It was the top leap in the entire state this season, and beat Leicester’s Jeremiah Kinsumba by over a foot (46-5¼). Krasco has a chance to earn more medals during the second day of the meet at Tufts on Sunday, as he is the No. 5 seed in the 110-meter hurdles. 

Cachiguango came into the day the favorite to win the 400-meter hurdles and he didn’t disappoint. The senior — who won the event at the Western Mass. Div. 2 meet as well — completed the race in a time of 55.73 seconds, beating out Lunenburg’s Michael Laine by nearly a full second (56.70) to take first place on the day. 

Like Krasco, Cachiguango isn’t done yet as he is the top seed in the 110 hurdles on Sunday, an event he also won at Western Mass. 

A number of local athletes earned top five finishes on Friday. 

Mohawk Trail’s Morgan Raffa took home a Western Mass. title in girls discus last week and on Friday, earned a second place state finish with a toss of 100-8. 

Greenfield’s Mason Youmell earned a third place finish in the boys pole vault (12-0) to go along with a fifth place finish in the 400 hurdles (56.98). Also for the Green Wave, Nina St. Clair came in fourth in the girls triple jump (34-6) and added a 16th place finish in the 200 (27.72). 

For Frontier, Evan Hedlund took third in the boys 2 mile (9:40.18) and Lilly Novak placed fourth in girls discus (98-7). 

Athol’s Nicholas Leblanc, coming off a Western Mass. title in boys discus last week, performed well at states on Friday in the event, taking fifth with a toss of 155-6. 

Turners Falls’ Tristan Bliss had a strong day in girls discus, placing fifth with a throw of 95-6. 

Here are the remainder of athletes who participated on Friday: 

For Franklin Tech, Sam Bodenstein placed 29th in the boys 200 (25.01). 

For Frontier, Maddie Antes placed 15th in the girls 400 hurdles (1:12.55), Addie Moorey took 13th in the girls 800 (2:32.87), Phoebe Radner came in 19th in the girls 800 (2:36.61), Sylvie DiBartolomeo took ninth in the girls 2 mile (11:49.60), John Reloj placed 19th in boys discus (124-10), Abbi Grover took 10th in girls discus (87-7) and in boys pole vault, Adrien Pazmandy took sixth (11-6), Gus Radner came in eighth (10-6) and Henry Pleasant took 21st (9-0). 

For Greenfield, Kyra Tamsin placed 18th in the girls 400 hurdles (1:13.28) and Jon Breor took 20th in boys discus (120-0). 

For Mahar, Matheiu Soucy came in 16th in the boys 200 (23.55) and Coltin Fausett placed 16th in boys pole vault (10-0). 

For Mohawk Trail, Tanner Biagini came in 22nd in the boys 200 (23.99), Heidi Helenek took 24th in the girls 400 hurdles (1:15.89), Anya Read placed 14th in the girls 800 (2:33.78), Peter Healy took 25th in the boys 2 mile (10:33.66) and Tristan Feinstein placed 11th in the boys pole vault (10-0). 

For Pioneer, Emmanuelle Flagollet took 11th in the girls 400 hurdles (1:11.66) and Ryan Spofford placed 32nd in the boys 800 (2:09.50).