Saturday, May 30, 2009

MA State meet div 1 at Andover





Beautiful day and great win for Newton South girls. About 5 new school records. The boys also had a lot of great performances especially in the relays.

Click here for full results
Click here for pictures by Chris Murphy
Click here for photos by George
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman

Friday, May 29, 2009

Sports Awards night Monday in the field house

Sports awards night is Monday, June 1st @ 7:00 in the field house. We will not be meeting as a team after.
Our team session will be on Sunday, June 7th @ 2:00 at the Ryan-Davis house. Snacks and refreshments will be provided, but additions to these are welcome. Also a few card tables would be helpful.
17 Manchester Road

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

MA State meet div 1 performance list

The seeds for the division 1 state meet this Saturday are posted at:
http://miaa.ezstream.net/index.cfm?ChnID=314&SubID=-1&chncd=314,-1&itemid=5657&parid=-1&Org=MIAA&CFID=8541050&CFTOKEN=92000154
Seeds for the other east, central and west divisions are posted at:
http://miaa.ezstream.net/

It looks like the schedule starts with the girls 2 mile at 9:30 am.

If you take the seeds and score the meet:
girls:
Newton South 118
Newton North 54
Andover 53
Weymouth 34
Lincoln-Sudbury 33
boys:
Boston College High 69
New Bedford 49
Andover 45
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Newton South 30

These are fun to look at but there are always big surprises.
Would someone like to write a review and send it to me for posting?
See ya there.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Last Chance to qualify meet in Hingham, 23 May 09

The last chance to qualify meet in Hingham had a handful of NS runners trying to make the state grade. There were a number of very close misses.
Click here for results

Monday, May 18, 2009

DCL Championship meets 20 & 21 May

The DCL varsity championship is this Wed. 20 May, at Westford Academy.
Field events start at 3 pm and running events at 3:30 pm.

Field Events:
Shot Put - boys then girls
Discus - girls then boys
Javelin - boys then girls
High Jump - girls then boys
Long Jump - boys then girls
Triple Jump - girls then boys
Pole Vault - together

Running events:
Girls then boys**:
100 trials
Mile
400 Hurdles
200 trials
800
110/100 Hurdles
400
100 finals
100/110 Hurdles finals
200 finals
Two Mile
4x100
4x800
4x400
Also this note:
"Girls then boys in all running events except high hurdles final. Slow to fast."
whatever that means.

Th DCL JV championship is Thursday 21 May, at 3:30 at Lincoln Sudbury High School.

Teams:
Newton South
Lincoln-Sudbury
Acton-Boxborough
Westford Academy
Waltham
Boston Latin
Arlington
Bedford
Concord-Carlisle
Weston
Wayland
Tyngsboro

Sunday, May 17, 2009

NS v AB v Way v Walth v Tyng v BL photos

New link to Dave's pictures
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
This is from the multi dual meet on Wednesday 13 May.
Photos by George will be posted later

Div 1 state relays - 16 May 2009


Newton South girls won the div 1 state relays in Andover. Newton South boys took 2nd. I was there in the morning and took a few photos to be posted later. Hopefully others will send links to photos.
Click here for photos by Chris Murphy
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for results
Results are also in the Boston Sunday Globe.
Click here for Boston Globe story
Story by John Huth:
It was a nice, warm sunny day. A frontal system was approaching from the west, but as often happens in such cases, the wind was out of the east, feeding the approaching convection cells with energy in the form of hot, humid air.

High level summary - NS girls take first, NS boys take second in the overall point scoring.

For the girls - the teams with the most depth were Lincoln-Sudbury, Andover and Newton North. For the boys, BC High took first - with unbelievable depth. Their shuttle hurdle relay was like poetry in motion.

So, it takes something of a relay afficiando to truly appreciate the relay meets. The main thing is that there's an added need on the part of a runner to hold up his/her end of the bargain for their teammates. Each leg on a relay becomes a race unto itself, and, depending on what's happened before-hand, a runner has to deal with the cards they're dealt, whether it's holding off a fast charging anchor from another team, or catching a runner who has a significant lead.

The coaches loaded up some of the relays we don't ordinarily see in most competitions - the 4x1600m relay and the Distance Medley (1200m - 400m - 800m - 1600m) with two squads each for the boys and girls. Plus, the field events represented relays with 3 athletes contributing to an aggregate score, where the best individual marks are added together.
First up was the girls 4x1600m relay. This is a lead-up to the Nike Outdoor Nationals, where we'll get a rematch with the powerful Ballston-Burnt Hills team from New York State. Last spring, at the Nike Outdoor Nationals, Ballston-Burnt Hills won the 4xmile in a time of 20:14.2. This is an average of about 5:03.5 per runner. Newton South took second in 20:52.48.

You may recall that in the Nike Indoor Nationals, the girls 4xmile (a mile is 1609 meters) took first, in a time around 20:25.9, but Ballston-Burnt Hills ran at the NSIC at the Armory, winning in 20:23.06 and not against Newton South at the Nike Indoor Nationals at Reggie Lewis. So, it looks like we could definitely challenge Ballston-Burnt Hills this year - but it won't be easy.

The 4x1600m relay is a tune up for this match-up. We had Kelsey to Kathy O'Keefe to Melanie Fineman to Bridget. Kathy ran a spectacular 4:58 leg. Both Kathy and Mel opened up their first 400 in 69 seconds, obviously going for it. The overall time was 20:28.14, which smashes their old record of 21 minutes and small change. Now, for comparison, you have to add on maybe 7-8 seconds to get an equivalent 4xmile time, so it's hopeful, and with strong competition, they have a shot at it. Also, remember that it's early in the season, and Steven's still giving them challenging workouts. The peak will be for this matchup against Ballston Burnt Hills.

Oh yeah, did I mention that the girls won the 4x1600m relay? I guess I forgot.


The boys also had a strong squad going into the 4x1600, with Xhulio, Ben Finch, Igal Bubar and Sasha Long running. Xhulio opened up with a great 4:28, running in tough traffic. The guys put together a 18:21, which was good for second, behind Xavarian.

The sprint squad in the 4x100m is Katie Sandson to Jenny Epstein to Andrea Braver to Ezra Banks. They have amazingly good handoffs, and Ezra (Pebbles) ruan a fast charging anchor to nearly catch Andover. They took third overall in an exciting race.

We had two Distance Medley's entered - the "A" squad was Kathy O'Keefe to Andrea Braver to Juliet Ryan-Davis to Bridget. The "B" squad was Kelsey Karys to Madeline Frieze to Melanie Fineman to Madeliene Reed. You know you have depth when the B team has three All-Americans on the squad. Lincoln-Sudbury also loaded up their DMR with two squads. NS took 1-4 and LS took 2-6.

In the shot-put relay, the girls took 2nd. We got some big points from the girls pole vault, who took first, and the girls javelin, with Nalis, Kayla Jackson and frosh Andrea Murphy. Their best throws were 26m, 30.85m and 33.57m for a total of 90.42 meters. The closest challenger was Brookline, who was about 1 meter back in the total score. Although they won, the girls were unhappy with their performances, which kinda blew me away. I guess they were expecting to all equal their PR's in the same day, which rarely happens in relays. Anyway, there's room for improvement. Another neat thing was that Kelsey rallied a lot of the runners to come out and cheer on the javelineers - I think this was the one team that actually had teammates coming out to cheer. Otherwise, it was a quiet competition out in left field (literally - part of the baseball complex).

There were lots of other great performances on the girls side - two Sprint Medley relays and a shuttle hurdle relay, and a 4x200m relay.

On the guys side, you already heard about the 4x1600m above. We also had two DMR squads running. Both Will Cha and a returning John Beck had great 800m legs of 2:00.2 and 2:01.9 respectively. The A squad of Xhulio to Kerry to Will to Sasha took 3rd overall.
The boys took first in the long-jump relay, and second in the pole vault relay, with the bar getting up to 15'.
The last race of the day was the 4x400meter relay, and the team of Ben Olins to John M to Ben Seifers to Steven Murphy ran an exciting race, with Andover and Saint John's Prep in the mix. The guys were fearless. Ben's opening split was in the 50's, and the overall time of 3:27.82 is their best yet, and the fourth fastest of all the relays this weekend. If you're at meets in the future, make a point to stick around for the 4x400m relay, which is competed at the very end.

So, next up is the DCL Championship on Wednesday, then the D1 Championship on Saturday. It's all fast and furious end-of-season meets now. These can all be "end of season" experiences where kids may be competing for the last time. Seniors may cross the finish line, walk off the track and move onward to the next step in their lives, or maybe have one more meet to look forward to. Be sure to make some of these meets, if you can!

Go Lions!

John H.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

NS v AB v Way v Wal v Tyng w/ BL in the mix 13 May 09

A beautiful day at the races. Windy but beautiful.
I'll have photos of the incomplete official results up in a few minutes but the rest not till the weekend.
Click here for incomplete official results
This was a meet and a makeup meet combined.
Photo of some of the DCL coaches
From NS, AB, Way, Wal, Tyng, BL - 13 May 2009 at Wayland

Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for News tribune story
Photos from 1st 2 meets will be posted sometime.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

38th Hartford Public Invitational


2k Steeplechase - Varsity - Finals
1 Bridget Dahlberg 7:07.57a 12
2 Madeleine Reed 7:09.02a 11
3 Kelsey Karys 7:09.19a 12

3k Steeplechase - Varsity - Finals
4 Alex Long 10:09.42a 12
Click here for full results
Anybody take pictures?
Click here for photos by J. Reed

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Andover Boosters meet

I could only be around for part of the meet and missed the great girls 2 mile where Kathy O'Keefe came in 2nd in 10:58. It was won by Kirsten Kasper in 10:48. This means that 3 Newton South girls ran under 11 minutes this season. Also, missed the boys 4x400 which finished 3rd in 3:29; Ben-John-Ben-Stephan. The girls mile saw Melanie go out in 71 with a giant lead but still held on to win in 5:17. Erika was 10th in the 800 in 2:36. In the boys mile the same thing happened with Pat Taft from Whitman-Hanson going out in 2:07 for the half and almost crawled in the last lap holding off a charging pack by 1.5 seconds. A few more steps and he would have been 5th. NS took 2,3,5 with Xulio, Ben and Igal, 4:35,35,36. I didn't get to see it but Nalis won the shot in 41-9 and took 3rd in the jav with 116-5. Ross took 2nd in the PV, his timing being a little off but winning the long jump into the wind in 21-8.25. Yong won the HH in 14:53. Cameron and Marcus took 5&9 in 10:05 and 10:15 in the 2M. Gus took 8th in the high jump in 5-8. Jelani took 5th in the discus in 126-6. David Melley was 5th in the frosh-soph mile in 4:41. Katie was 5th in the 100 in 12.83. Andrea was 4th in the 400m in 61.5. The girls 4x100 was 2nd in 50.61. Ezra was 3rd in the TJ in 35-1. Emily 4th discus in 98-2. Oh, also, Wil was incorrectly DQ'd in the 800m because he had a band-aid over his ear lobe. He had removed his ear stud for the race. I need more time to mention quite a few other performances. Who'd like to write these stories?
The boys were the team winners and girls would have been if Bridget, Kelsey and Madeleine hadn't gone to run and go 1,2,3 in the 2000 meter steeplechase in Hartford CT.
Click here for results
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for photos by George
From Andover Boosters meet

From Andover Boosters meet

From Andover Boosters meet

From Andover Boosters meet

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Weston Twilight Meet 2 May 2009

From Weston Twilight meet

Nalis won shot and Jav

Newton South had an overwhelming presence at this meet.
Click here for results
Click here for photos by George
Still waiting for results as of Sunday 1pm.
Photo below: Jumper missing at 5' - 7"
Sun on the trees in background.
From Weston Twilight meet

Friday, May 1, 2009

Weston Twilight meet tomorrow

The Weston Twilight meet is tomorrow, Saturday at the Weston HS track.
Click here for seeds
This meet attracts a lot of the top talent from Massachusetts. Newton South has many top seeds.
I can't get there till late so if anyone else would like to take pictures, I'll post a link to them.

Order of Events:
4:00 PM Pole Vault - Girls and Boys Together
Girls open at 8' 0", boys open at 10' 0"
4:30 PM Field Events
Boys’ Long Jump (girls to follow approx. 6:30 PM)
Girls’ High Jump (boys to follow approx. 6:30 PM)
Girls’ Triple Jump (boys to follow approx. 6:30 PM)
Boys’ Shot Put (girls to follow approx. 6:30 PM)
Girls’ Discus (boys to follow approx. 6:30 PM)
Boys’ Javelin (girls to follow approx. 6:30 PM)
4:30 PM Running Events:
Girls will run first unless otherwise noted on this schedule
Unseeded 2 Mile (heats as necessary)
Unseeded 1 Mile (heats as necessary)
6:00 PM 􀃆 100 Meter Hurdle Trials (girls)
110 Meter Hurdle Trials (boys)
200 Meter Trials
100 Meter Trials
6:45 PM 􀃆 1 Mile Run (seeded heat only)
400 Meter Run
800 Meter Run
7:30 PM 􀃆 110 Meter Hurdle Final (boys)
100 Meter Hurdle Final (girls)
200 Meter Final
100 Meter Final
300 Meter Hurdle Final
2 Mile Run (seeded heat only)
8:30 PM 􀃆 4 X 800 Meter Relay
4 X 100 Meter Relay
4 X 400 Meter Relay
NOTE: The 4 events with times given (100 hurdle trials, 1 mile, 110 Hurdle Final, and 4 x 800 relay) will not begin before the listed times.

NSHS v Concord-Carlisle v Bedford 29 April 2009

Photos to come this weekend
NS wins all matchups.