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By GARRETT COTE

NORTH ANDOVER — It only took a handful of regular season dual meets for Amherst Regional track and field coach Chris Gould to realize just how special his ‘Canes girls team could be in 2025. After blowing out teams throughout the spring, including rival Northampton in early May, Gould tabbed this Amherst girls squad as the program’s “best team ever.”

By GARRETT COTE

Day 1 of the MIAA Division 6 Outdoor Track & Field Championships was pleasant to Hampshire County participants, as a couple of local athletes earned state titles in their respective events at Tufts University in Medford on Friday evening.

By GARRETT COTE

WILLIAMSTOWN — Conditions were less-than-ideal at the Western Massachusetts Div. 2 Track and Field Championship on Saturday at Mount Greylock Regional High School, but Hampshire County athletes persevered and shined through the heavy fog, clouds and occasional rain to turn in some terrific performances.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Two weeks removed from their dramatic victory at the Amherst Invitational, the Amherst Regional girls varsity ultimate team added another accomplishment to their terrific spring season on Sunday.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Throughout the entire spring season, the Amherst Regional track and field programs have had to hit the road for all of their dual meets. The track at the high school doesn’t meet the standards to host competition, as runners are forced to avoid small cracks and holes in the surface.

By GARRETT COTE and RYAN AMES

NORTHAMPTON — It has been quite the spring season for the Amherst Regional girls track and field team, and Wednesday added to the Hurricanes’ undefeated campaign. Both the Amherst girls and boys defeated Northampton behind terrific performances both on the track and in the field. The Amherst girls won by a score of 103-33.

Members of the Amherst Regional indoor track and field team earned the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to strong showings throughout the season, as a handful of ‘Canes competed in the New Balance Nationals in Boston over the weekend.

Several Amherst Regional indoor track and field athletes kicked off what is to be a busy weekend for the Hurricanes on Thursday and Friday afternoon at New Balance Nationals in Boston.

By GARRETT COTE

BOSTON — The Amherst Regional girls 4x400-meter relay team will go down in history as one of the best units western Massachusetts has ever seen.

The MIAA Division 5 Indoor Track & Field Championships took place Monday afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, after inclement weather postponed the initial meet that was scheduled for Sunday.

By GARRETT COTE

BOSTON — The Amherst girls were the No. 1 seed coming in, and they left no doubt in a dominant showing in the 4x200-meter relay at the MIAA Division 3 Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The seventh meet of the PVIAC indoor track season took place at Smith College on Sunday, and five Hampshire County schools were in action across the two meets.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The sixth meet of the PVIAC indoor track season took place at Smith College on Sunday, and six Hampshire County schools were in action across the two meets.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The fifth meet of the PVIAC indoor track season took place at Smith College on Sunday, and six Hampshire County schools were in action across the two meets.

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The second PVIAC indoor track meet of the season took place on Sunday at Smith College, with Amherst, Frontier, Northampton, South Hadley, Hampshire and Holyoke participating throughout the day.The Purple Knights and Raiders opened the...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — Oscar Schiff had been at the front of the pack for much of the boys 2-mile race during the early session of the first PVIAC indoor track meet of the season on Thursday afternoon, but Longmeadow’s Henry Sacco passed Schiff, a Hampshire...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

LEVERETT — Logan Alfandari was cleaning his attic in late February when he stumbled upon a DVD set he hadn’t seen in years.He popped the disc for “Avatar: The Last Airbender” into his brother’s PlayStation and started watching.Alfandari had just come...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Two-time Olympic medalist and Williston Northampton alum Gabby Thomas, along with UMass alum Heather MacLean, will open their U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials on Thursday with an eye on making the team for the Paris 2024 Olympics.The Trials began...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Amherst placed in the top 10 in five events at the 77th New England Interscholastic Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at the University of New Hampshire.State 400 meter champ Moriah Luetjen placed fourth in the event (55.94 seconds),...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Men's cross country and track and field coach emeritus and former head coach at the University of Massachusetts, Ken O’Brien, passed away Monday at the age of 82.O'Brien spent half a century in Amherst, coaching cross country and track and...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

WESTFIELD – Logan Alfandari sat by the shot put circle, crossed his legs and leaned his back on the fence. It was the middle of the shot put final at the MIAA Division 4 Outdoor Track & Field Championships, and Amherst’s mammoth thrower was taking a...