The Northampton girls 4x800-meter relay team placed second Tuesday at a 4x800 relay meet held at Smith College.

Adrienne Pascucci, Mariel Lutz, Joni Sullivan and Alex Dibrindisi finished in 10 minutes, 21.8 seconds, six seconds behind Longmeadow.

Hamp's time qualified it for the state Division 3 meet.

The Amherst team of Mel Devoney, Sara Vannah, Anna Kaplan and Audrey Gould placed third in 10:26.6, which lowered their qualifying time for the state Division 2 meet.

South Hadley was sixth in 10:51.4.

On the boys side, South Hadley was fifth in 9:00.6. Northampton did not finish due to an injury. Amherst was disqualified. Both teams stayed with Holyoke during the race. The Purple Knights won in 8:27.1, a new Pioneer Division record.