Wednesday, May 21, 2008

DCL League meet preview 21 May 2008

by John Huth:

Hi, All -

The meet starts at 3 PM today - directions:

Two variations on directions -

Take Comm/Ave Rt. 30 west to Rt. 27. Follow 27 north, Rt. 126 merges from the left. When you get to the small town center, cross Rt. 20, and continue to follow 27, angling to the right. At the next major intersection (about 2.5 miles) - Concord Rd - this is just before the traffic light. Follow Concord Rd, approximately a mile, and take a right onto Lincoln Road. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS is on the left. The main parking lot is on the far side of the school - it's a bit of a walk to get to the track.

Alternatively, take Rt. 20 to the intersection with Rt. 27 and follow the same directions above. Rt. 20 can get busy during rush hour, so if you're driving out around 4 PM, you might want to consider Rt. 30 instead.

I don't have the order of events in front of me. I know that the 100m, 200m, 110m hurdles and 100m hurdles will have prelims and finals. Placing to the finals will be based on time. The track events will be fully automatic timed (yippee!).
Things to watch - we'll see who is back from injuries - which could help NS tremendously. Although Westford is missing a lot of seniors, they still have a strong team. Expect LS to continue to battle on - the boy and girls will have to be on top of their game for this one. People to watch on other DCL teams:

Alex Linden from LS in the 800
Jon Gault from Bedford in the 2 mile - one of those rematches that keeps coming up with Andrew (and now Cameron)
Andrea Keklak from LS - may be doubled again in the mile/2 mile. If we have Bridget and Kelsey in the mile/2 mile, this will be interesting. Remember Andrea K. has a very fast kick.
Elyse Ogletree and Katrina Kroll from Wayland are huge javelin throwers - Nalis may be able to slip in there.
A rematch of Yong Cho and Bryant Wang in the hurdles.
Karen Nallem from Westford will be strong in the 200/400
AB has some strong sprinters in the 100/200 - Stanley Ye and DJ Brock. Their 4x100m relay team took first in the D1 races on Saturday.
Bedford and LS both have strong 100m guys.
LS has senior Emily Mepham, who they might also double, although less likely.
NS will be running strong teams in all 6 relays - boys, girls in the 4x1, 4x4 and 4x8 - we're hoping to get points there. LS will be strong in the 4x100, and will probably load up their 4x800 for the girls, AB will be strong in the guys 4x1, and likely also in the 4x8 - so our teams will definitely feel the heat.

Remember that the top 6 places score - 10-8-6-4-2-1 are the points awarded for 1st, 2nd....etc.

See ya there,

Go Lions! (John Huth)

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