NORTH ANDOVER — The races have to be run, and the results measured and tabulated. But you will find, most years, that the North Andover and Wellesley track and field programs will have their way.

In Sunday’s D2 state championships at Merrimack College, the North Andover boys and Wellesley girls did exactly what they did a year ago, and that is win team titles.

Same as it ever was.

The North Andover boys scored 111 points, mostly due to its excellent depth, and outraced Wellesley, which finished with 90.

The Wellesley girls scored 101 points, as Algonquin was second with 82. North Andover was a tick behind at 80.5.

“It never does get old, because every single year is different,” Wellesley coach John Griffith said. “Each year has different challenges. With our team, as girls graduate, other ones want to step in, and they don’t want to be the ones that falter with the tradition that we have going for them.”

Wellesley miler Charlotte Tuxbury won that event over Dana Lehr of Belmont, as Tuxbury clocked in at 4:54.56.

“This program has been so excellent for so long for so many years, even before my class got here,” Tuxbury said. “They’ve been basically winning championships since forever. It’s such an honor to compete for this team. It’s just, win the events that I run in to get points so that we can win the title.”

For North Andover, it was an interesting path to a title. The Scarlet Knights won the pentathlon, the meet’s first event, then Soham Nath, Mark Muiruri, Trevor Hunter, and David Muir won the 4×400, the last event, in 3:26.44.

In between it was a lot of depth, not winning but scoring, and it added up to a championship.

“It was great,” Muir said. “In indoor, we also kind of won it on a ‘dunk.’ We had to come first. We came first, won it. Then, here, the goal was come first, win it. It’s our home turf, basically. It’s my senior year, too, so it’s a goal to go out with a bang. And, yeah, we won it, and it felt great.”

North Andover coach Steve Nugent was pleased, and has a lot of respect for the rivalry that has developed with Wellesley.

“Yes and no (that the programs keep an eye on each other throughout the year),” Nugent said. “A lot of respect. Let’s start there. We share the same school colors (black and red). Lot of respect for what the coaches at Wellesley are doing, for sure.”

Annie Comella of Wellesley won the 100 meters in 12.23 seconds.

“Obviously it’s a culmination of work you put in throughout the season,” Comella said. “Also, mentally getting ready for this race can be super-challenging. But you have to fight through full speed the whole way. Definitely not easy, but super-rewarding when you cross the finish line.”

Alex D’Amadio of King Philip won the 400 in 57.55, despite a lack of experience in the event.

“I knew it was going to be hot,” D’Amadio said. “I didn’t really know how going into it, and this is only my third time running it. I knew there was going to be great competition, so I was ready to run with the best people in Division 2.”

On the boys side, Gio Joseph of Marshfield also did not know the 400 very well, but he still won it in 48.52.

“I, honestly, I tell all my friends this,” Joseph said. “Coach likes to say, you have to time certain spots of the race, but I just sprinted all, I just sprinted the whole thing. I finished the last 100 strong.”

The boys mile race was close, but Eli Merritt of Wellesley in 4:18.30 slipped past Wesley Kaukas-Quinn of Winchester (4:18.69).

“I passed him with (about) 500 meters to go,” Merritt said. “As soon as I passed him, I was like, ‘(Shoot), that might be a little early.’ But when he didn’t catch me back on the back stretch, that’s when I knew I’d probably be able to hold him off.”

The closest race of the day had to be the boys 100, when Christopher Brooks of Wellesley outran Daniel Killian of Winchester, 10.72 to 10.73.

Nicholas Cramer of Woburn won the 110 hurdles in 14.78. Leo Sheriff of Beverly was second in 14.86.

“Honestly, I didn’t think I won until the very end,” Cramer said. “My block start wasn’t what I wanted it to be. Leo had a really good race, but I think my transition over the last hurdle was pretty strong. So I think that’s where I got him.