KINGSTON – It was far from a normal track season this spring.

Foul weather forced many meets and invitationals to get cancelled or modified to have fewer events, so it was fitting that the Division II and D-III championship meet was postponed from its originally scheduled Saturday date to Sunday. The new format that had the D-II and D-III meets run concurrently at the same site, combined with unseasonably wet and cold weather, meant for a much earlier start time and unfavorable competition conditions that impacted all teams.

But a prepared Coe-Brown Northwood Academy squad handled it better than most. Senior Camerson Lee won both the boys’ 110-meter hurdles (15.11 seconds) and 300-meter hurdles (39.82), junior Isabelle Grenier won both the girls’ shot put (32 feet, 7.75 inches) and discus (108-3) and all six Bear relays scored points as both Coe-Brown took second place at the D-II track and field championship, matching last year’s result, at Sanborn Regional High School.

The Coe-Brown girls (89 points) finished second to Oyster River (141) for the second year in a row, while the CBNA boys (68 points) locked up the runner-up plaque in the final event of the day. Milford (85) took home the boys’ team title in a tightly-contested top five that included Coe-Brown, Merrimack Valley (67), ConVal (65) and John Stark (54).

Other local championships on the boys’ side were won by John Stark seniors Rio Calle in the long jump (22-0.75) and Joel Douzanis in the shot put (46-11.25), John Stark junior Grant Spooner in the discus (143-9), MV senior Nic Oglesby in the triple jump (42-5.5) and MV junior Davian Loiselle in the javelin (153-9).

Coe-Brown freshman Lilah Fitzpatrick won the 100-meter dash (12.62) and Bow junior Julia Hou won the pole vault (10-0) for the other two local girls’ individual titles.

“It’s been a super energetic team, which is really exciting,” said Coe-Brown’s Lucas Fisher, who serves as co-head coach along with Peter Larson. “For the girls’ side, we knew we were going in with Lilah (Fitzpatrick), Jazzlyn (Curry) and a lot of the young freshmen and sophomores. Our boys’ team was in an absolute dogfight. There were a lot of surprises, which was great. There were so many factors.”

Both teams had contributions from several athletes who did well in the adverse conditions.

In addition to sweeping the relays, Lee also ran legs on the fourth-place 4x100-meter relay with junior Ethan Newick, senior Bryce Sartin (fifth triple jump, sixth 300 hurdles, sixth long jump) and freshman Jackson Doran (fifth long jump). Lee also earned fifth place in the 4x400 with senior Luc Kerouac and juniors Blake Spina and Anthony Szatko.

Fisher highlighted Kerouac as an example of someone who overcame challenges throughout the day. The top seed in the 800, Kerouac led the entire race but was overtaken by two Milford runners in the final 20 meters of the race to fall to third.

“I was really proud of the guys for buying in. There was some adversity going in where they fell behind, but they never got out of it,” Fisher said. “Luc Kerouac was huge. He didn’t get (the win) in the 800 but was able to turn around and run the 4x400 (the final race of the day), which allowed us to leapfrog over Merrimack Valley for second.”

Sophomore Brogan Grzybowski (third 110 hurdles, fifth 300 hurdles), seniors Luc Kerouac (third 800) and Alex Conner (third pole vault), junior Harrison O’Neal (fourth pole vault), freshman Patrick Youngs (fourth 3,200) and the second-place 4x800 of seniors Kerouac, Dylan Plowman, Quinn Froburg and Gavin Dyjak also scored for the Coe-Brown boys.

“I knew it was going to be a close day,” Lee said. “We were looking at the standings, and it was close between second and fifth. I was able to perform in my events, and so did the rest of the team.

“We’ve had a lot of guys come in who are sprinters. Our distance crew has shrunk from what it’s been in past years, but I’m happy we’re a well-rounded team.”

Fitzpatrick had a big day, finishing second in the 200 along with her 100 victory. Sophomores Bristol Shirland (second 100 hurdles, sixth 300 hurdles), Riley Hawkes (fifth 100), Curry (sixth 200) and Brooke Main (fifth pole vault, sixth long jump) and freshman Kayzlee Ruru (sixth discus) were all underclassmen scorers for the CBNA girls.

“It’s been really good this season. I didn’t expect it, but all the freshmen came in, they did their job better than anyone thought that they could,” Grenier said. “We all love each other so much, we’re such a good team. There’s not many words I can say. I’m so proud of everyone; we worked our hardest this whole season to get to this point.”

Seniors Elizabeth Shannon (second pole vault) and Delaney Manning (sixth 100), and junior Brooke Bachhuber (fourth pole vault) were the veteran scorers.

Shirland, Manning, Hawkes and Fitzpatrick comprised the second-place 4x100. Curry, junior Meredith Kerivan, freshmen Elizabeth Joy and Fitzpatrick were the fourth-place 4x800, and freshman Eloise Hill, sophomore Anabelle Lovett, senior Samantha Perron and Kerivan came in fourth in the 4x800.

It took all of those pieces to come together and they all dealt with the challenges that this season presented.

“That was a huge thing with how awful the weather was this year: It prepared us for this moment,” Fisher said. “The delays, the cancellations with invitationals, the kids were super flexible. The communication (with coaches) to buy in and ask questions. This team was one of the most prepared teams we’ve ever had with adversity. They did a fantastic job with that. They just had it.”

Reynolds (second 300 hurdles, fourth 110 hurdles) had a slight lead over Lee before he was overtaken in the closing meters of the 300 hurdles.

Nicolas Oglesby (second high jump, third long jump), Logan Vong (second triple jump), Owen Turner (third high jump), Aiden Paquette (fifth discus), the fourth-place 4x800 (Jonathan Degges, Rutger Gilliland, Loiselle and Ben Geoffrey) and sixth-place 4x100 (Vong, Turner, Christopher Bode and Riley Moore Jahn) also scored for the Pride, who were in play for the team title until two events remained.

John Stark scored all of its points in the field events, with Owen Dion (second shot put, third discus), Calle (second javelin, sixth triple jump) and Spooner (sixth shot put) also scoring.

Zachery Heichlinger (fourth javelin) and Brandon Lurvey (fifth javelin) scored for Pembroke (14th).

Gavin Buxton finished fifth in a stacked 100-meter final, one of six sprinters to break 11 seconds in that heat, and also anchored the fifth-place 4x100 with Kody McCranie, Chase Flagg and Miles Miller to score for Bow (15th).

The Merrimack Valley girls (sixth, 34 points) were led by its runner-up 4x800 (Isabelle Navoy, Lily Moser, Sydney Spack, Madison Geddes), fifth-place 4x400 (Reagan Jefferson, Spack, Geddes, Moser), Gianna Panza (third shot put), Hannah Barrington (third triple jump, fifth long jump), Anabella Dunlop (third discus, fifth shot put) and Moser (fifth 300 hurdles).

Half of the Bow girls’ points came from the pole vault thanks to Hou’s victory and Mackenzie Szczepanik’s third-place finish. Camden Wilson (second high jump) and Hannah Pawlowski (fourth 800, fourth javelin) also scored for the Falcons (seventh, 32 points).

Jasmine Blake (second javelin), Gracelyn Humphreys (fourth discus) and Teagan Nyhan (sixth triple jump) led Pembroke (tied 11th), and Jenna Sinclar (fifth javelin, sixth shot put) scored for John Stark (tied 15th).