BOSTON – The stakes got very high heading into the 4×400 meter relay.

Concord-Carlisle held a 2.5 point lead over Hopkinton in the team standings and a strong finish in the third heat of the event put the pressure on the Hillers ‘A’ team to get the job done.

Iago Ferreira and his teammates felt the pressure but remained focused.

“We wanted this since freshman year,” Ferraira said. “Putting them in another heat put as at a disadvantage because normally you just have to beat those behind you but instead we had them on our heads.”

The Hillers finished second in the event and earned the crucial three points needed to emerge as the Division 2 state meet champions by the slimmest of margins.

Chelmsford’s Jack Meyers throws the shot put during a Div. 2 track meet. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)

“We were running the numbers and realized that we had to win by three points,” Hiller coach Mike Donahue said. “Everything had to go right, we got a half point in the high jump and that ended up being the difference.”

Hopkinton’s 69.5 points beat Concord-Carlisle’s 69 points and Catholic Memorial rounded out the top three with 50.

On the girls’ side, Westford Academy led throughout most of the day and secured the victory with a sixth-place finish in the 4×400.

“It feels really awesome, this is our first time winning since I’ve been at the school and in Division 2,” Ghosts head coach Ashley Smith said. “There’s sometimes a misconception that it’s less competition in Division 2, but this was one of the most competitive events I have ever seen.”

The Ghosts scored 65 points to win while Billerica finished second with 56 points and Wellesley rounded out the top three with 49. Among the standouts for the Ghosts was distance runner Abigail Hennessy, who won the 1,000 run, two mile run and was apart of a 4×800 meter relay team that finished second.

“We knew it was possible and that we had to plan it just right,” Smith said. “A lot of pieces fell into place.”

Hopkinton’s Braden Lu soars in the long jump during a Div. 2 track meet Wednesday. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)

One of the standouts of the day was Malden freshman Khadijah Diagne, who was coming off a first-place finish at the Colgate Women’s Games the prior week. She relayed that momentum into a first-place finish in the 300 dash. Her final time of 0:38.25 was three seconds ahead of the second-place finisher and set a meet record.

“Coming in, I was like no matter what happens, I’m going to get a (personal record),” Diagne said. “I was just going to push through.”

Her time beat Arlington’s Rebecca Robinson’s record from 2012 and helped the Lancers finish ninth in the field. The freshman also finished second in the 55 dash and is looking forward to what comes next in her high school career.

Billerica’s Shane Leslie runs the boys one mile race in a winning effort during a Div. 2 track meet Wednesday. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)

“It’s been great,” Diagne said. “I like the atmosphere of competing. There’s nobody to blame but yourself if you don’t perform well and I feel like that pushes me to do better.”