Wednesday, February 18, 2009

The state meet divisional performance lists are posted

The State meet divisional performance lists are at:
Click here for state meet divisional performance lists

For division 1 girls and boys previews, see Jon Waldron's blog.
Click here for Jon's previews

The Div 1 state meet at Reggie Lewis Track starts at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday 21 Feb.
The Newton South girls team is a close favorite but anything can happen. From the top seeds, 61 points.
Banks 55m; 8
O'Keefe 1000m, 6
Dahlberg 1M, 10
Fineman 1M, 4
Karys 2M, 10
Mbianda SP, 10
4x200m, 6
4x800m, 6
4x400m, 1

The boys team should also score quite a few points. They are seeded at 19 points.
Cho HH 8
Long 1000m; 2
Wakimoto 1M; 1
McDonald LJ; 8

On the girls side the 1000m run could be the most exciting. Any times under 3:00 are outstanding. In this race there are 9 runners under 3:01! From Newton South, Kathy O'Keefe 2:58:07; from Newton North, Carolyn Ranti 2:58:16 and Margo Gillis 2:59.50. They are the 3rd, 4th and 5th seeds.

For those not up on the scoring, in each event, 1st place 10 points, then 8,6,4,2,1.

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