By Shane Ball
The Alvirne Broncos Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field teams traveled to neighboring Londonderry for the 2025 R.E.A.L. Londonderry Invitational on Saturday, May 24, with 14 teams coming together for a jam-packed day of events.
This was the final meet of the regular season before the teams will be competing at the NHIAA Division I Championship.
The Broncos had a number of athletes competing under damp conditions.
Shane Plumley placed third for Alvirne in the Boys 400-Meter Dash, just a step behind first with a time of 50.99 seconds. Jayden Hastings of Goffstown took first in this event by a fraction of a second with a 50.52-second run.
Alvirne’s Brent Dunning placed 11th out of 23 in the Boys 800 Meter Run. Dunning had a 2-minute 2-second run. Evan Spence of Salem took first place as one of five runners with a sub-two-minute run. Spence beat out Bedford’s Ethan Pulsifer by one second after a neck-and-neck race.
Seniors Anna Simpson and Sophia Berube placed second and third in the Girls 3,200-Meter Run. Simpson ran for 12 minutes and 2 seconds. Berube ran 12 minutes 27 seconds.
They trailed only to an impressive 11-minute 45-second run by Concord sophomore Mahalie Burdette, the only sub-12-minute run of the event.
Joey Marcotte placed second for Alvirne in the Boys 300-Meter Hurdles with a final time of 40.24 seconds. Pelham’s Colby Crear took the win in this event with a time of 38.93 seconds.
Shawn Boudreau placed second in Boys Shot Put with a 50-foot 2.75-inch heave. Boudreau was behind Nashua North’s Darius Smith, who put up a 52-foot 5.5-inch throw.
It was Boudreau and Smith topping the Discus leaderboard, but Boudreau bested Smith and the rest of the competition by a significant margin. Boudreau’s final discus throw of the day traveled 167 feet 6 inches, 15 feet ahead of Smith.
The Broncos’ next meet will be on Friday at the Division I State Meet.