BOSTON – Caroline Crocker took a step up the MIAA Division 5 Indoor Track & Field Championship podium by honing in on the details.

The Frontier Regional senior finished second in the girls 55-meter hurdles Thursday at the Reggie Lewis Center, crossing the line in 8.78 seconds.

“I had to work a lot on my speed and my form. Starting off, sure I was natural at it, but you need to get down to the tiny details,” Crocker said.

Crocker ran beside champion Emma Sanford of South Hadley (8.58) and leaned past the rest of the field at the line to secure silver.

“It was really fun. I love hurdles. It’s really great to race against people who are very good,” Crocker said.

The top-three finish qualified her for the all-state meet Feb. 25 back in Boston for the second year in a row. Crocker was third last year. The top three finishers in each event qualify for the meet of champions plus the top nine marks remaining across all five divisions.

Crocker also placed 14th in the long jump, clearing 15 feet, three inches.

Frontier’s girls 4x200-meter relay of Sophia Leone, Nicole Plasse, Anna Petrin and Crocker placed 13th (1:55.54).

Other locals

Mohawk Trail sophomore Chay Mojallali flew over 5-10 in the high jump to place fifth.

Frontier’s Evan Hedlund finished ninth in the boys 2-mile (10:24.13). Hedlund also contributed to Frontier’s 12th-place finish in the boys 4x800 relay (9:23.36) along with Aidan Valderrama, Amory Maxey and Oliver Brown.

Greenfield’s Jackson Caron was 20th in the boys 1,000 (2:53.61) and 22nd in the mile (4:53.95) while Deion Brewington earned 30th in the 55 (7.0) and 21st in shot put (39-09.25).

Frontier’s Ben Cachiguango took 13th in the boys 55 hurdles (8.75) while William Reading placed 32nd in the 600 (1:37.93). 

For the Redhawk girls, Hannah Davis earned 18th in the 55 hurdles (9.85), Sophia Leone came in 27th in the 300 (45.37), Claire McFarland took 26th (1:52.99) while Abi Howard came in 30th (1:55.30) in the 600, Howard came in 21st in the mile (5:55.66), Sasha Malo earned 26th in the 2 mile (14:33.90) and Lilly Novak came in 16th in shot put (28-4). 

The Frontier girls 4x200  team took 13th (1:55.54) and its boys 4x800 team came in 12th (9:23.36). 

Kyle Grabowski can be reached at kgrabowski@ gazettenet.com. Follow him on Twitter @kylegrbwsk.]]>