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Newport relay team sets school record at 51st Dartmouth Relays

HANOVER — The Newport boys indoor track team had a record-setting weekend at the 51st Dartmouth Relays at the Leverone Fieldhouse Jan. 10-12.

The boys 4×200 meter relay team of Mason Martell, Jagger Lovely, Ryder Lovely and Darshawn Chesser placed fifth out of 25 teams with a school record time of 1:36.24. The Tigers were the smallest school in the event.

Newport finished behind Pinkerton Academy, Bishop Hendricken from Rhode Island, Windham and Guilderland from New York. Charlestown, Mass., rounded out the top six finishing behind the Tigers.

Martell also broke his own school record in the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 7.84. He finished in seventh place.

Jagger Lovely was 21st in the 55-meter dash in a time of 6.94, while Ryder Lovely was 42nd in 7.13 and Chesser 45th in 7.15.

Ryder Lovely also placed ninth in the 400-meter run in 54.99, while Jagger Lovely was 12th in the 300-meter run in 38.06.

The Dartmouth Relays are one of the most competitive and prestigious Indoor track and field events with high school teams from the New England states as well as Quebec and New York.

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