North Attleborough swept the boys’ and girls’ team championships at the 50th James Kalperis MSTCA Division 3 indoor track relays Sunday, winning eight combined events at Reggie Lewis Center on Sunday.
“To have them both come out winners,” said boys’ coach Scott Holster, “it’s just a testament to the coaching staff around us, and the kids’ hard work.”
The girls beat second-place Hopkinton, 49-46, while the boys edged out Pembroke, 49-48. The boys’ long jump squad tied a meet record with a total distance of 18.31 meters.
“That was huge for us,” said Holster. “We were just holding our breath to see what Pembroke did.”
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The trio of Marion Bresko, Matt Tarantino, and Omar Jasseh each jumped around 20 feet to secure the record, which had stood unchallenged since 2002.
“We’ve always been talking about breaking meet records,” said Bresko, a senior. “It’s a dream come true.”
The Hingham girls practice high jump in the school cafeteria, but that didn’t stop them from raising the bar with a meet-record of 4.74 meters. Dartmouth-bound senior Zoe Dainton led the way, and sisters Lila and Peyton Belsher rounded out the record-setting trio.
Another meet record was set by the Hopkinton girls 4x50 yard hurdle team (29.82 seconds), but the day belonged to North Attleborough. The girls won the 4x50 relay (24.86), the 4x200 meter relay (1:46.38), the long jump (14.41 meters), and the shot put (29.14 meters) while the boys won the 1600 sprint medley (3:42.48), the 4x50 hurdle (27.21), the high jump (5.41 meters), and the long jump (18.31 meters).
“Everybody really wants to do well,” said girls head coach Anne-Marie McGrail. “I think we care about each other, encourage each other, and work hard together.”
“We just worked really hard this whole year,” said Jasseh, a junior. “I think that paid off.”
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Tom Petrini can be reached at tom.petrini@globe.com.