The Lady Titans continued their historic season by breaking three school records Friday night at the All-State Championships. Five ladies will be advancing to New Englands and Nike Indoor Nationals.

Earning a total of 16 points, the Titans scored in the top six overall at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.

 “I thought the girls competed very well this weekend. They have been there before and are not overwhelmed by the big stage,” head coach Greg Zopatti said.

Senior Berkeley Hall scored 12 points for the Titans when she placed in both the long jump and hurdles. Jumping two inches short of her personal record, Hall placed second in the long with a leap of 18-07.75. Seeded sixth, Hall picked up fourth place by running her fastest race in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.41 seconds.

 “She not only showed off her amazing talent on Friday, but showed her tough and gritty character when she had to dig down deep for those performances,” Zopatti said. “That was the most impressed I’ve ever been with her in her career.”

 “I was happy to have done so well in the long jump and hurdles,” Hall said. “Even though I beat my personal record in the hurdles, I hope that I’ll do even better this Friday at New Englands and the week after that at Nationals.”

Hall ran the lead leg of the 4x200 with junior Michelle Coate, senior Teresa Fatemi and junior Becky Stoyle, which placed fourth and set a new school record of 1:46.11. The 4x200 team will be competing at New England Championships and Nationals.

“We went into the race expecting to place and knowing that we could,” Stoyle said. “We gave it our all and performed our best. We are very happy being named fourth best in the state. It is a huge accomplishment for us.”

Fatemi, Stoyle and Coate doubled up relays, placing 13th in the 4x400 with anchor Mary Scanlan, a junior.

Another school record was broken by Scanlan in the 600 meters, who will run the race again at New Englands. With a time of 1:36.91, she took eighth place.

“At the beginning of the race I was in the very back of the pack, so I tried not to focus on the speed I was running, but more on positioning myself in first,” Scanlan said.

With several Titans on the upward trend, Zopatti expects some excellent performances at New Englands and Nationals.

“These are the first girls we’ve ever had qualify for Indoor New Englands, and they are very excited,” Zopatti said. “These girls have a real shot to make some noise at both meets, and there is a chance they will put Pembroke track and field on the national map.” 

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