By Shane Ball
The 2025 NHIAA Meet of Champions was held at Oyster River High School on Sunday, June 8 with over 40 teams from three divisions joining in Durham for the sizable showdown.
Joey Marcotte has been a consistent high performer in the Boys 300 Meter Hurdles for the Alvirne Broncos this season. Marcotte placed fourth with a 39.69-second run time. Gavin Lombara of Monadnock Regional High School took first with 38.06 seconds.
Marcotte, alongside Sam Oquist, Jaden Taylor, and Shane Plumley, placed eighth in the Boys 4×100 Meter Relay with a 43.65-second run. They were up against a back-to-back year record-breaking run by the Pinkerton Academy team.
Pinkerton Astros Travis Cavallo and Jamison Isaac set the state record last year with a 42.39-second relay. Cavallo and Isaac, now joined by Winston George and Elijah Roberts, broke their previous record with a new time of 41.92 seconds. Alvirne’s Plumley and Taylor also placed 10th in the Boys 4×400 Meter Relay with Ameer Salman and Brent Dunning.
Alvirne freshman Taelyn Downey kick-started the Girls 4×800 Meter Relay for the Broncos alongside seniors Victoria Oliveira, Sophia Berube, and Ava Martin for sixth place with a 10-minute 8.43-second run time. Exeter took first place for the 4×800 Meter Relay and set a new State Record with a time of nine minutes 8.57 seconds. This beat Bishop Guertin’s 9-minute 15.02-second record-setting run in 2011.
Three fouls may have hindered Shawn Boudreau’s final Discus Throw results, but each of the three that counted went for over 160 feet. Boudreau’s 164-foot 4-inch throw placed him in third behind Mascoma Valley Regional High School’s Barnaby Diehn (166’2”) and Fall Mountain Regional High School’s Tyson Patch (168-06). Alvirne Bronco Charles Barrett also placed 10th in this event with a 127-foot 8-inch throw.
Boudreau placed ninth in Boys Shot Put with a 44-foot 10.75-inch throw behind Darius Smith’s 55-foot 8.25-inch throw for first
This officially brings the 2025 Outdoor Track and Field season to a close. Many competitors from all over the state gave it their all in their final showing, with several state records being broken.
The Alvirne Broncos put on a solid season, setting some school records of their own. Alvirne Bronco Shawn Boudreau will head to Franklin Field, Philadelphia, on June 19 to compete in the Discus Throw in the New Balance Nationals Outdoor 2025 after surpassing the automatic qualifying 170-foot distance earlier this season.