County Individuals Meet Sees Big Performances

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – One all-time county record fell, another was tied and the top athletes of the 2026 track and field season were recognized on Saturday at Mount Greylock.

 

The Mounties’ 4-by-100 relay quartet of Luca Mellow-Bartels, Max Easton, Kofi Roberts and Mason Canata set a new standard in the event with a time of 43.37 seconds – .12 seconds faster than the time set by a Pittsfield High quartet in 2019.

 

In the field, Wahconah’s Cooper Calvert continued his assault on the record books in the high jump by clearing 6 feet, 8.5 inches – more than 10 inches higher than the field and tied with Monument Mountain’s Arty Gennari, who set that mark in 2005.

 

Calvert will have at least two more chances to beat Gennari in competition: at next week’s Western Massachusetts Championships at Hampshire Regional and the Division 6 State Championships on May 30 at Westfield State.

 

Rewriting the county record book has been a theme this season.

 

Three athletes hit the track at Saturday’s Berkshire County Individuals with county records in their back pockets: Mount Greylock’s Teresa Moresi, who reset her county mark in winning the pole vault (9-6) and Monument Mountain’s Everett Pacheco and Siddy Culbreth.

 

Pacheco, who holds the Berkshire marks in the mile and 2-mile runs, won the 800 meters and the mile on Saturday. Culbreth, currently the top-ranked 10th-grade triple jumper in the nation, is the county standard-bearer in that event and the long jump and won both at the BCI.

 

The best individual performance at the Individuals was, not surprisingly, turned in by Mount Greylock’s Rowan Apotsos, who was named the league’s MVP by the county’s coaches.

 

Apotsos won the 200 meters, 400 meters and triple jump.

 

The sophomore was an all-Berkshire County performer last year and helped the Mounties win their second straight D6 State title. She said she has pushed herself to get to the point where she was a clear choice as the area’s best performer.

 

“It’s always the goal to PR [set a personal record] in all my events, and, if I did that, I had a good chance of this,” Apotsos said. “It was definitely a goal.”

 

As Rowan did with the Mount Greylock girls, William Apotsos led the Mounties’ boys to another undefeated dual meet season and earned league MVP on the boys side in the process.

 

It was a bittersweet moment when he joined his fellow all-County honorees late in Saturday’s meet. Will bruised his ankle during his run in the 110-meter hurdles, an event where he holds the county’s best time this spring.

 

“My ankle hurts because I did smash it against the hurdles, but, other than that, I’m feeling pretty proud,” he said. “I’ve tried to work as hard as I can during the regular season, and I’m glad to see it paid off.”

 

Apotsos said his ankle suffered “just a bruise,” leaving open the possibility of post-season runs over the next couple of weeks.

 

Either way, he plans to continue competing after high school. He is headed to the University of Michigan, where he wants to compete for the club track and field team.

 

His Mount Greylock teammates picked up their share of first place finishes on Saturday.

 

In addition to the record-setting 4-by-100 relay, Mount Greylock’s boys won the meet-ending 4-by-400 in dramatic fashion, edging Wahconah by one one-hundredth of a second.

 

Three boys were double-winners on Saturday: Culbreth, Pacheco and Pittsfield’s Emmanuel Anwomeah, who swept the 100 and the 200.

 

In the girls meet, in addition to Rowan Apotsos’ triple, her teammate Coralea Lash-St. John doubled in the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles.

 

More photos from this meet to come.

 

Overall MVP, Rowan Apotsos, Mount Greylock

Track MVP, Amelia Desilets, Monument Mountain/Coralea Lash-St. John, Mount Greylock

Field MVP, Teresa Moresi, Mount Greylock

Mount Greylock: Rowan Apotsos, Coralea Lash-St. John, Brenna Lopez, Sydney Raymond, Ani KoaMaya, Cornelia Swabey, Maeve Madrigal, Teresa Moresi, Madelyn Gaudreau, Josephine Bay, Lilian Bertolino, Nora Lopez

Lenox: Mackenzie Valenzuela, Elyssa Scrimmo, Gianna Love, Nora Schoeny

Pittsfield: Devin Wendling, Sophia Schnackenberg

Monument Mountain: Amelia Desilets, Caroline Becker

Taconic: Kiannah Josephs

Hoosac Valley: Libby Kurley

 

Overall MVP, William Apotsos, Mount Greylock

Track MVP, Cohen Zahn, Pittsfield/Romeo Yankey, Taconic

Field MVP, Cooper Calvert, Wahconah/Siddy Culbreth, Monument Mountain

Mount Greylock: William Apotsos, Nathan Gill, Ward Bianchi, Kofi Roberts, Mason Canata, Jin Namkoong, Thomas Warren

Pittsfield: Cohen Zahn, Samseedy Touray, Emmanuel Anwomeah, Aiden Aliboze, Aldy Badolo

Monument Mountain: Everett Pacheco, Siddy Culbreth, Berdy Chermay, Oliver Curtis

Lenox: Ben Harwood, Dawson Reber

Taconic: Romeo Yankey

Wahconah: Cooper Calvert

 

100 meters: 1. Libby Kurley, HV, 13.48; 2. Teresa Moresi, MG, 13.86; 3. Elsa Palmer, MG, 13.97.

200 meters: 1. Rowan Apotsos, MG, 27.05; 2. Maeve Madrigal, MG, 27.82; 3. Hadley Light, Lnx, 27.96.

400 meters: 1. Rowan Apotsos, MG, 1:00.42; 2. Maeve Madrigal, MG, 1:06.12; 3. Abby Moulton, HV, 1:06.42.

800 meters: 1. Elyssa Scrimo, Lnx, 2:24.62; 2. Amelia Desilets, MM, 2:26.25; 3. Riley Dickinson, MG, 2:26.79.

1600 meters: 1. Nora Schoeny, Lnx, 5:38.16; 2. Ani KoaMaya, MG, 5:49.33; 3. Giselle Cormier, PHS, 5:55.95.

3200 meters: 1. Cornelia Swabey, MG, 12:02.88; 2. Josephine Bay, MG, 12:27.81; 3. Adriana Carasone, MG, 12:56.61.

100 hurdles: 1. Coralea Lash-St. John, MG, 16.78; 2. Sydney Raymond, MG, 17.50; 3. Fiona Ward, Lnx, 7.66.

400 hurdles: 1. Coralea Lash-St. John, MG, 1:06.94; 2. Madelyn Gaudreau, MG, 1:11.01; 3. Abbey Wong, PHS, 1:11.81.

4-by-100 relay: 1. Mount Greylock (Powell, Palmer, Madrigal, Moresi) 52.60; 2. Pittsfield, 54.46; 3. Lenox, 55.79.

4-by-400 relay: 1. Monument Mountain (Becker, Desilets, Cooney, Camarra) 4:32.04; 2. Pittsfield, 4:40.41; 3. Hoosac Valley, 4:53.64.

4-by-800 relay: 1. Pittsfield (Cormier, Dalton, Hiltpold, Potash) 11:53.00; 2. Lenox, 12:26.39.

High jump: 1. Sophia Schnackenberg, PHS, 5-0; 2. Arabella Calautti, MM, 4-10; 3. Madison Powell, MG, 4-10.

Long jump: 1. Teresa Moresi, MG, MG, 14-10.75; 2. Devin Wendling, PHS, 14-6.5; 3. Sage Whitney, Wah, 14-5.25.

Triple jump: 1. Rowan Apotsos, MG, 33-8; 2. Sydney Raymond, MG, 33-2.75; 3. Caroline Becker, MM, 32-6.5.

Pole vault: 1. Teresa Moresi, MG, 9-6; 2. Sydney Raymond, MG, 8-6.

Shot put: 1. Naelyn Robinson, MG, 31-1.5; 2. Kiera Kristensen, MG, 28-9; 3. Mackenzie Valenzuela, Lnx, 28-5.

Discus: 1. Lilian Bertolino, MG, 96-4; 2. Caroline Callahan, MG, 77-7; 3. Kiera Kristensen, MG, 72-8.

Javelin: 1.  Mackenzie Valenzuela, Lnx, 116-4; 2. Isabelle Baker, Wah, 78-11; 3. Kiannah Josephs, Tac, 77-2.

 

100 meters: 1. Emmanuel Anwomeah, PHS, 11.33; 2. Romeo Yankey, Tac, 11.40; 3. Mason Canata, MG, 11.41.

200 meters: 1. Emmanuel Anwomeah, PHS, 22.59; 2. Mason Canata, MG, 22.97; 3. Oliver Curtis, MM, 23.05.

400 meters: 1. Nick Martinez, Tac, 52.46; 2. Seth Aitken, PHS, 52.74; 3. Lake Kittler, Wah, 53.16.

800 meters: 1. Everett Pacheco, MM, 2:04.46; 2. Cohen Zahn, PHS, 2:04.55; 3. Sean Collins, MM, 2:08.60.

1600 meters: 1. Everett Pacheco, MM, 4:24.38; 2. Benjamin Harwood, Lnx, 4:31.42; 3. Finnegan Voisin, MG, 4:38.78.

3200 meters: 1. Ivan Healey, Lnx, 10;23.02; 2. Benjamin Vella, ME, 10:48.75; 3. Autumn HIga, MM, 10:50.73.

110 hurdles: 1. Jeremiah Asare, PHS, 16.27; 2. Nathan Gill, MG, 16.54; 3. Jayvian Bennett, Tac, 16.96.

400 hurdles: 1. Berdy Cheramy, MM, 59.31; 2. Nathan Gill, MG, 59.68; 3. Jim Namkoong, MG, 1:01.05.

4-by-100 relay: 1. Mount Greylock (Mellow-Bartels, Easton, Roberts, Canata) 43.37; 2. Monument Mountain, 43.62; 3. Pittsfield, 46.15.

4-by-400 relay: 1. Mount Greylock (Gill, Namkoong, Roberts, Easton) 3:39.55; 2. Wahconah, 3:39.56; 3. Pittsfield, 3:44.70.

4-by-800 relay: 1. Lenox (Healey, Harwood, Hassmer, McCormack) 8:46.73; 2. Taconic, 9:03.19; 3. Mount Everett, 9:23.77.

High jump: 1. Cooper Calvert, Wah, 6-8.5; 2. Jaylen Hamilton, Tac, 5-10; 2. Kobby Asare, PHS, 5-10.

Long jump: 1. Siddy Culbreth, MM, 22-1.25; 2. Cooper Calvert, Wah, 20-8.5; 3. Joshua Tandoh, PHS, 18-2.25.

Triple jump: 1. Siddy Culbreth, MM, 47-0; 2. Cooper Calvert, Wah, 44-3; 3. Kobby Asare, PHS, 42-2.

Pole vault: 1. Nathan Gill, MG, 12-0; 2. Manny Dupras, MG, 10-0; 3. Ben Kapiloff, MG, 10-0.

Shot put: 1. Ward Bianchi, MG, 41-4.5; 2. Aldy Badolo, PHS, 40-5.25; 3. Aiden Alibozek, PHS, 40-0.

Discus: 1. Thomas Warren, MG, 140-5; 2. Aiden Alibozek, PHS, 123-8; 3. Lukas Burrow, MG, 105-6.

Javelin: 1. Jade Pelletier, MM, 153-3; 2. Ward Bianchi, MG, 149-6; 3. Colton Jennings, Wah, 145-0.