Health & Fitness
Warriors Track and Field Make Big Advances in Only a Few Years | Tassinari Advances to All States
Wakefield Track and Field is well represented at the Division 3 State meet.
In the spring of 2009 the Wakefield Track and Field team started a new era with Coach Reinoso taking over the boys program with his new coaching staff. Back then Wakefield took a hurdler, three throwers, and a relay team to the Division 3 State Championships.
Since then, the program has grown tremendously, as the freshman from that year are now wrapping up stellar careers in their senior season. So much so that this past weekend the Warriors were represented in multiple events. Wakefield had someone in the 200, 400, 800, three boys in the mile, 2 mile, three relays, and two throwers for a total of 15 athletes.
Names like Tassinari, Miksis, Bridges, Bucchieri, Haddad, Pacitto, Cardoza, and Robertson have been regulars in the local paper, and they will be missed by the program. Robertson has been out with a heel injury, while the rest of them have been regular scorers in the league this season.
Find out what's happening in Wakefieldfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Middlesex League All Star honors went to sophomores Anthony Lawlor and Aaron Lucci, and seniors James Bridges, Marc Bucchieri, Jonathan Miksis, and Joe Pacitto. Brett Tassinari was named Middlesex small school MVP.
Also, a special thanks goes to the Wakefield Track and Field Boosters for all the support they have given the program over the past few years.
Find out what's happening in Wakefieldfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Brett Tassinari will represent Wakefield at the All State meet at Fitchburg State on Saturday starting at 3 p.m. Tassinari had a fantastic race to qualify in the 400 meters with a scorching time of 50.16. Coming down the final stretch, he was in distant third when he passed the top seed and closed in on the leader, just missing out by 0.01 seconds. One more step and the title would have been his. He will get another shot at cracking the 50 second barrier this weekend after graduation.
The 4 x 400 meter relay of Jackson Gallagher, Pat Scheeler, Jon Miksis, and Tassinari had a good day placing 6th and scoring points for the Warrors. See the results for the rest of the boys below.
- Anthony Lawson 200 meters 23.52, 9th place
- Brett Tassinari 400 meters 50.16, 2nd
- Jonathan Miksis 800 meters 2:01 10th place
- Joe Paccitto Discus 118' 16th place
- Marc Bucchieri mile 4:40.71 16th place
- James Bridges mile 4:45.42 21 place
- Jared Geller mile 4:50 24th place
- Aaron Lucci 2mile 9:55.15 9th place
- Ken Chow, Shane Nelson, Jahad McNeill, Anthony Lawson 4x100 45.96 12th place
- Jonathan Miksis, Pat Scheeler, Jackson Gallagher, Brett Tassinari 4x400 3:36 6th place
- James Bridges, Chris Haddad, Marc Bucchieri, Aaron Lucci 4x800 8:32 9th place
- Jesse Cardoza shot put 41.09 20th place
