He might only be a sophomore, but Concord’s Thomas Saysaw is already making an impression on New Hampshire high school track and field.
One week after winning the Division I triple jump title, Saysaw broke the state record with a leap of 48 feet, 10.5 inches at Saturday’s NHIAA Meet of Champions at Oyster River High School in Durham.
Saysaw’s first jump was good enough to lock up the title. His opening attempt went 46-8.25, over a foot better than the 45-3 he recorded to win the D-I title and a foot and a half farther than the runner-up, Canaan Memorial’s George Butler (45-2.5).
Saysaw uncorked the record-breaker on his second jump, shattering the previous record of 48-3 set by Concord Christian’s Shane Wang in 2022.
Other area athletes won titles and booked spots at New Englands via top-six finishes, but Saysaw’s triple jump performance was one of five that set state records.
While Saysaw was setting a record for the Crimson Tide, another Concord record fell. Timberlane senior Charlotte Beaudoin ran the 400 meters in 55.14 seconds, breaking the previous record set by Concord’s Grace Devanny in 2019 (55.42).
After sweeping the distance races at the D-III championship last weekend, Hopkinton junior Maddy Lane focused all her attention on the 3,200 at MOCs and showed that she is in a league of her own, winning in 10 minutes, 24 seconds, a 34-second margin over runner-up Megan Faris of Hanover.
Merrimack Valley junior Owen Turner won the boys’ high jump, clearing 6-6, winning the tiebreaker over Nashua North’s Gavin Suchecki because he required fewer attempts to clear the winning height.
Coe-Brown junior Bristol Shirland posted the fastest time in both the prelims and finals of the girls’ 100-meter hurdles, besting a competitive field with a time of 14.96 seconds to claim the MOC crown, just 0.03 seconds faster than Hollis-Brookline’s Grace Dow.
Shirland also ran the leadoff leg for the Bears’ runner-up 4×100 relay with Jazzlyn Curry, Riley Hawkes and Lilah Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick also qualified for New Englands individually thanks to a third-place finish in the 100 and fifth-place finish in the 200. Teammates Brooke Bachhuber (fourth pole vault) and Isabelle Grenier (sixth discus) also qualified.
Hopkinton junior Maddy Lane races to another title at the NHIAA Division III track and field championship on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at Pelham High School. Lane won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters, and set division records in the 1,600 and 3,200 to lead the Hawks to their third straight title. Credit: JAY SMITH / NHTF 
Coe-Brown junior Bristol Shirland races in the final of the 55-meter hurdles at the NHIAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championship at Plymouth State University on Feb. 8. Credit: Jay Smith / NHXCTF 
Coe-Brown’s Lilah Fitzpatrick (5), Riley Hawkes (4) and Jazzlyn Curry (3) race in the 100-meter dash final at the NHIAA Division II track and field championship on Saturday, May 30 at Londonderry High School. Credit: JAY SMITH / NHTF
Coe-Brown’s third-place 4×800 of Annabelle Lovett, Riley Trested, Enahlinda Curry and Eloise Hill advanced as well.
Hopkinton’s Maisie Emerson (third 3,200), Aisling Madden (sixth 400) and the sixth-place 4×800 team (Sofia Upton, Elli Gregory, Gemma Guadagno, Hannah Clarner) also punched their tickets for New Englands.
Bow’s Julia Hou (second pole vault), Camden Wilson (tied fourth high jump) and Madison Pfister (sixth high jump); Merrimack Valley freshman Genny Blanchette (second discus); and Belmont’s Ava Lacasse (fourth 200, fifth 100) were the other local athletes on the girls’ side in the top six.
Concord had the most New England qualifiers out of the area’s boys’ teams with Travis Dunbar (second shot put, fourth discus), Robby Marcelin (fifth triple jump) and Josiah Conley (fifth 1,600) advancing.
Coe-Brown’s Samuel Youngs (fourth 3,200) and Patrick Youngs (sixth 1,600) and the sixth-place 4×400 team of Mateo Ferguson, Blake Spina, Jackson Doran and Anthony Szatko advanced for the D-II champion Bears.
Hopkinton’s Hunter Eckner-Naylor (second javelin) and Kristoff Cauley (fourth high jump, fifth javelin) qualified for the Hawks. Bow’s Gavin Buxton finished with the silver in both the 100 and 200.
John Stark’s Grant Spooner (third discus) and Owen Dion (fourth shot put), Pembroke’s Brandon Lurvey (fourth 300 hurdles) and Zachery Heichlinger (sixth javelin), Belmont’s Brady Filteau (third shot put) and Winnisquam’s Dayton Brigante (fifth pole vault) all qualified for New Englands.
New Englands will be held this Saturday at Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine.