NORTH SHORE (Podcast) Danvers High School and Peabody High are six miles apart. That’s probably a light run for Danvers’ Bobbi Serino, and Peabody’s Alex Jackson could probably throw a shot from one to the other. The Moynihan Lumber North Shore Student-Athlete award is a monthly honor given to one male and one female for their excellence in the classroom and athletic competition. April recipients
are Danvers field hockey and track star Serino, and Jackson, a track and football standout at Peabody. Details on Jackson
Bobbi Serino – Danvers High Sr. – Track & Field Hockey – with Bill Newell
Story by Daily Item Sports Editor Joey Barrett
Not only does Serino, a senior, know what she’s doing in the fall– Union College (New York) to
play field hockey, run track, and study biology– but she’s looked beyond that, too. “Being a senior this year, everything we do, we’re asked, ‘Where do you see yourself in 10 years?’” she said. “My go-to answer is working in a Boston hospital, while training for the Boston Marathon.”
Well, she’s on the right track. Serino captains the field hockey team, as well as the winter and
spring track programs. She was All-Northeastern Conference in field hockey (career: 34 goals,
12 assists) and won the mile (PR 5:32.21) in the Conference Championship this past winter.
But those numbers didn’t come overnight.
“Six days a week, I would say, we have organized practice, but I’m all over the place,” said
Serino, whose grandfather, Christie, coached hockey for more than 30 years, including seven as
head coach of Merrimack College, and is a Saugus High Hall-of-Famer. “Over the summer,
when we’re not exactly on a routine schedule, I’ll find myself either running on my own or down
at the field practicing.”
According to Serino, it’s “100 percent” in all three sports. When asked which she enjoys the
most, she answered, “Honestly, it’s whatever season I’m in.”
“It’s funny. I get that question all the time,” she said. “The team sport will always be more fun,
but the personal satisfaction you get from track is something you can’t find anywhere else.”
Among a village in her support system, she shouted out field hockey coach Kristen McCarthy
and track coach Jeffrey Bartlett. “I’ve been really lucky,” said Serino, whose night-before-competition meal is always pasta. Serino maintains a 100.275 GPA out of a 100-point scale while taking eight AP courses throughout high school.
She is also a member of National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, a DECA Officer, and class treasurer. “I think it’s really important to stay well-rounded, so if I’m going to put so much effort into my athletics, I can do it for my academics as well,” she said. “At the end of the day, school and sports are what I’m most passionate about, so that’s where I focus all of my effort.” For Serino, whose favorite sports memory is when the field hockey team made the Final 4 in
2022 after she scored the game-winning goal, she can’t wait for what’s next. “I’m just really excited to be playing against such competitive opponents, especially in track to see how I can improve myself,” she said.
