DCL dual meet; NSHS v Boston Latin

The second DCL dual meet was today at the very nice Boston University indoor track. Newton South ran against Boston Latin.
Click here for full results
Click here for photos by George
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for photos by John Keklak (LS)

Dual County League - 12/20/2010

Meet#2 Boston University Dual Meet Scores - Through Event 31 

Women 

Lincoln-Sudbury 48.00 Acton-Boxborough  47.00

Wayland High School 54.00 Arlington  37.00

Concord-Carlisle 81.00 Bedford 10.00

Newton South 73.00 Boston Latin 17.00

Notre Dame Academy 68.00 Weston 27.00

Westford 46.00 Waltham 43.00

Men 

Acton-Boxborough 61.00 Lincoln-Sudbury 34.00

Wayland High School 53.00 Arlington 41.00

Concord-Carlisle 78.00 Bedford 17.00

Newton South 79.00 Boston Latin 14.00

Westford 63.00 Waltham 31.00

The results show Kathy O'Keefe running 2:55 in the 1000. That is a wow!! - a time faster than many varsity boys and a common all state winning time. Kathy ran this alone with no competitors close. I didn't expect that. In the 2 mile, Kathy and Andrea Keklak, (LS) allstate XC champ for the past few years started out. No one else seemed to dare go out in front of those two even though they were going slow. Steve M. yelled at Kathy "do not lead!" Kathy slowed even more so on the next lap it looked like the whole pack was walking. Kathy smiled in a bewildered way, arms up, almost saying, how?" Kathy didn't need to run fast to win. Andrea K. from LS wanted to win with as slow a time as possible so she could race hard in the next race, the 4 x 400 relay, because LS and Acton-Boxborough had a very close meet. Finally, the pace picked up to about a 6 min/mile. At about the mile mark or a little later, Andrea got impatient and went out smooth and fast to a very big negative split but still look rested at the end. She shortly after ran a 58 sec. 400 meter split in the relay with LS nipping AB by one point 48-47. Kathy picked up the pace also looking very comfortable but not "racing".

From NSHS v Boston Latin, Indoor track DCL league

NS was not running against LS but the photo looked good. All the large schools run the relay together but get scored just against the team they face in the dual meet.

From NSHS v Boston Latin, Indoor track DCL league

From NSHS v Boston Latin, Indoor track DCL league

From NSHS v Boston Latin, Indoor track DCL league

Coach's report; DCL dual meet NS v AB

Thursday, 9 Dec.,Newton South started the indoor DCL season with a head to head with Acton-Boxboro (AB).
A tough match for the redeveloping NS team but made enough head way to make the challenge a worthwhile experience for both teams. Senior, Co-Captain, Alex Karys got a 1st and 2nd in the Shot Put and High Jump respectively. Senior, Co-Captain David Melly took a first place in the 1 Mile, as well as new senior Patrick Kuffour ran away with the 55 meter dash with a first place clocking in 6.82. Final score AB-60 NS-35

DCL meet #2 will be held on Tuesday Dec.21 at the Boston University Track Complex, start time 4:30

Coach Norton
Head Coach
NSTrack- Boys
B/G Sprint & Field Events

MSTCA Winter Festival at Reggie

Click here for results

The Newton South Boys sprint squad took a test run Saturday at the MSTCA Winter Festival. Solid performances were had by both the returning and new south athletes.
Junior, Yousef Elkorchi was 3rd place in High Jump with 5'-10", and ran a 4th place personal best 37:38 in the 300M.
Sophomore, Jung Park also had a personal best 8.27 in the 55M hurdles where he finished 7th overall.
Marini Lopci, also a sophomore, produced a 7.03 in the 55M dash.

Freshman Tyrone Thornton ran 7.04 in the 55M dash and long jumped 17'-3". 

Senior, Grant Henderson runs a 7.10 also in the 55M race.
Patrick Kuffour, a senior, had an busy day with a 3rd Place finish in the 55M dash in 6.81 and long jumped 19'4", and anchored the 4x200 relay along with teammates Tyrone Thornton, Marini Lopci, Grant Henderson, and Marini Lopci.

The throwers flexed their muscles today. Senior, Brandon Caldwell and freshman
Stephen Okren Shot Put 36'5" and 32'3" respectively.

The sprint squad will join in with the rest of the Newton South Lions this Tuesday for their 2nd DCL meet of the season against Boston Latin at the Boston University Track Complex.

Coach Norton
Head Track Coach
Newton South - Boys
B/G Sprints & Field Events

Baaack to Reggie!!

Imagine you have a favorite TV series that you watched faithfully for a number of years and then took a hiatus, and returned. The characters change and the drama evolves. That’s the case for me and NS track and field. When I last tuned in, the team had won the outdoor DCL championships on both the boys and girls side. The boys swept all 3 relays (4x1, 4x4 and 4x8), and the girls won the All-State Championships.

I did catch some highlights in subsequent years, like the record breaking 4x8’s, which were about as dramatic as it gets. I remember clearly the New Englands where Melanie, Kathy, Juliet and Bridget smashed the old record – and Sasha’s anchor at the outdoor All-States. But the drama of the meet-to-meet efforts were missing.

Reggie is really something, and I’d forgotten what a three-ring circus it is during the indoor season. Jostling goes on in the relays, some runners look like they’re just jogging in the 2 mile, but get a round of applause anyway when they cross the finish line.

As for Newton South, Kathy O’Keefe and David Melly were freshmen for that high-tide season several years ago. Kathy’s worked incredibly hard over the years and had a smashing opener – rocketing through a mile all alone in 5:12. In a close battle with AB in the 4x4, she got the baton from behind and scorched a 60-flat to catch and pass the AB anchor. David was in the pack at the start of the mile and broke out with around 600m to go, and winning handily in 4:41.

The dual matchup for this meet was against AB, who are really hot this season, with a strong mix of athletes at all distances and in field events.

One of the big highlights of the meet was the performances turned in by Rebecca Robinson from Arlington – a junior – taking the 55m dash in 7.34, the 300 in 39.8 and the long jump in 16-8. Her race in the 300 was a real head-turner – “where’d that come from?”

We visited my son James in England over Thanksgiving break, and his sister Charlotte told him that Ray Park was aiming to take down his 100m dash record, expecting some kind of irritated reaction. James had the final word, saying that he hoped Ray would take it. It looks like Ray may have some competition. Freshman – yes, freshman Tyrone Kuffour slipped in the blocks at the start of 55m dash, but ran a 6.82. Considering that this was a time that James only hit toward the end of the indoor season as a junior, I am predicting some amazing things from Tyrone. He also split a 25 in the JV 4x2 at the end.

The incoming freshman class is a big bright side for the team, with a lot of athletes, ready to rock and roll. We saw some of the stronger efforts from a number of freshmen. What makes this even more impressive is that date of the meet – Dec. 9^th –the earliest start of the season I’ve ever seen. With some workouts under their belts, we’ll see some great stuff. The hurdlers have barely had time to practice.

Speaking of practicing, the 600m guys should practice making the bus on time. When the gun went off there was no blue and orange on the line. They did make it for the 4x4 at the end, and ran a respectable 3:38 – with the first three legs splitting around 53. I’m sure I’ll learn their names, since the 400-600 was my specialty in college and I’m an obsessive relay let splitter.

Other highlights included a duel between A-B’s Savanna Craib and N-S’s Nicole Kestenberg in the high jump at 5’. Connor O’Brien is coming back from two sprained ankles He was up against the 3 amazing AB runners in the 1000 (Curt Owen, Carl Forgo and Brenden Lemier) hanging tough. I’m expecting a strong 4x8 out of AB this year. Junior Youssef El Korchi took 2^nd in the 300 in 38.4, and 2^nd in the high jump in 5-10.

I’m sure I missed a lot as I don’t recognize a lot of faces and names, but I’ll learn these as the season progresses. One tradition I’d forgotten, but was soon reacquainted with was the cheering during the 4x4’s. All of Newton South lines up in a phalanx at the end of the back straightaway. You feel the energy of a Janis Joplin concert as the yelling cranks up as the runner approaches the turn. Nothing like it.

DCL indoor meet #1 at Reggie Lewis

The first indoor dual meet was held at Reggie Lewis track in Boston today. Newton South ran against Acton-Boxborough.
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for photos by John Keklak (LS)
Hopefully I'll get a hold of results soon.
Couldn't be there for photos, hopefully next meet. Anyone else take photos?
Unofficial team scores of large school meets:
boys:
AB 59 NS 36
LS 77 Waltham 16
Westford 76 Boston Latin 19
girls:
AB 67 NS 28
LS 55 Waltham 40
Westford 59 BL 32

INDOOR TRACK IS HERE

Indoor track has started and the 1st dual meet is this Thursday at Reggie Lewis track starting 4:30 pm.
In the past the meet started with the JV mile.
Click here for Reggie Lewis website
Plan on rush hour traffic.

The DCL league match ups are:
Newton South v Acton-Boxborough
Lincoln-Sudbury v Waltham
Boston Latin v Westford Academy
Wayland v Bedford
Weston v Arlington
Concord-Carlisle v Notre Dame (girls)
Concord-Carlisle v Cambridge Ringe & Latin (boys)

All these meets run concurrently in the DCL time slot at Reggie Lewis. (4:30 - 7:30)

The NS teams are very young. The girls team in particular has a very high number of freshman.

NXN Nike XC Nationals

The Nike XC National Championship meet was held yesterday in Portland, Oregon.
Click here for meet results, photos, videos, interviews, history
You can watch videos of the complete races from 3 vehicles on this specially designed course.
The winning girls team, Manlius XC club from the Fayetteville-Manlius High School in Manlius, NY, a suburb of Syracuse with a population of about 32,000, won this national championship for the 5th time in a row with a team score of 27! Their team will have 6 of 7 runners returning for next year including the top four! The school has 1640 students in grades 9-12, so is a little smaller than Newton South. How is this possible to be so overwhelmingly superior nationally? I'm at a loss of words. I apologize for not having blogged info about the live webcast. Watch the race, watch the interview with F-M HS coach. Read Jon Waldron's comments at:
 http://nnhsxc.blogspot.com/2010/12/five-in-row-for-fayetteville-manlius.html

This should be the link to the whole girls race video:
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&year=2010&pg=1&event_id=13&video_id=34726&folder_id=2422&offset=20#video
The whole boys race video:
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&year=2010&pg=1&event_id=13&video_id=34721&folder_id=2422&offset=9#video

More photos from State div championship at Franklin Park 13 Nov.

More photos from the State divisional championships
at Franklin Park, 13 Nov. 2010 are posted.
Not all races were covered.

Click here for photo album 1 by George

newly posted:

Click here for photo album 2 by George
Click here for photo album 3 by George

From MA HS divisional cross country championships #2

Newton South at NXN Northeast Regionals

Runners from Newton South (but not representing the school) attended the NXN Northeast Regionals at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, NY. The course is a challenging 5K.

Kathy O'Keefe ran in the championship race and the girls also had an open team.
In the girls championship race Kathy finished 22nd in 19:27.9. Splits: 9:41, 9:47
David Melly ran in the boys championship race and the boys also had an open team.
In the championship race David finished 17th in 16:33.5. Splits: 8:09, 8:25

In the girls open race, Newton Centre Athletics was 9th team:
9. 201 Newton Centre Athletics (22:18.3; 111:31.1)
====================================
1 24 Anna Laurence JR 21:32.6
2 31 Anna Rhatigan FR 21:52.5
3 36 Hannah Friedman JR 22:05.3
4 54 Zuzana Skvarkova SO 22:58.7
5 56 Leda Olia FR 23:02.0

In the boys open race, Norton Team Endurance was 12th team:
12. 343 Norton Team Endurance (18:45.0 93:44.8)
=============================================
1 49 Allen Shiu FR 18:26.6
2 65 David Wortham JR 18:41.7
3 73 Sam Haas FR 18:48.4
4 75 Collin Pham FR 18:51.1
5 81 Joe Trask SO 18:57.0
6 (174) Aaron Edelstein FR 21:35.9
7 (179) Tal Golan SO 22:12.

Click here for full results

(Hopefully this link remains active).

Click here for photos by John Keklak of LS

Thanks, John!

Click here for photos and video from official website
The top teams and individuals get to go to the Nike Nationals on Oregon. The Pembroke MA boys team qualified this year. 

photo by John Keklak

Some of the Lincoln-Sudbury and Newton South runners

Newton South XC and Track & Field alumni party

The Newton South XC and Track & Field alumni party will be held again this Wednesday from 6 - 9 pm at the Finch's house. Email Steven for details or GeorgeTToad at gmail.
It is a potluck. Informal as always. Steven will bring his baked pasta and ribs dishes.

Since we're having 18 people over the next day it'd be great to have help cleaning up afterwards.

(This is for NS running alums, not the present team).

From Newton South Running Times

All States XC Championships in Gardner

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Click here for photos by John Keklak (LS)

The all state meet is not quite all state. The state is split into large schools (div 1) and small schools (div 2).

The NS girls team finished 7th in the division 1 race.
place, bib#, runner, school, time, team score place

5 #328 Kathy O'Keefe SR Newton South 17:01.7 *4
63 #324 Emily Caggiano SO Newton South 18:35.0 *40
88 #330 Anna Rhatigan FR Newton South 18:54.7 *56
93 #333 Sarina Weiss FR Newton South 18:58.9 *60

99 #327 Anna Laurence JR Newton South 19:06.8 *64
146 #326 Hannah Friedman JR Newton South 19:54.0 *100
175 #331 Zuzana Skvarkova SO Newton South 21:03.7 *128

NS boys team did not qualify for the all states but had one individual qualifier, David Melly.
16 #757 David Melly SR Newton South 14:45.9

Does anyone have photos to share?

photo by John Keklak

All State Cross Country Championships in Gardner MA

The MA all state championships are in Gardner MA tomorrow.
The race is at the Gardner Municipal Golf Course.
The start is near Green St. near Eaton St.
Mount Wachusett Community College is across the street from the golf course.
Starting Times:
Boys’ Division I – 11:00 a.m.

Boys’ Division II – 11:30 a.m.
Girls’ Division I – 12:00 p.m. 

Girls’ Division II – 12:30 p.m.
Click here for full info

David Melly is the lone representative for the boys running at 11 am.

The seven person girls team led by Kathy O'Keefe runs at 12 noon.

NS Alum report

Clif, how about you filling in this report?
The NCAA regional meets were held last week. The finals are tomorrow.

Div. MA State meet results

Click here for full results
Click here for photo album 1 by George
Click here for photo album 2 by George
Click here for photo album 3 by George
I'll be uploading 2 more albums, check back
A beautiful day and Newton South had its 7 person teams representation. The NS girls team took 3rd place out of 18 in the div. 1 race qualifying them for the all state meet next week in Gardner. Kathy O'keefe took 2nd in the race running 18:41 getting outkicked by sophomore Catarina Rocha of Peabody. The NS boys team took 14th out of 24 with senior David Melly taking second in the race in 16:05. David is an individual qualifier for the championship next week.

From MA HS divisional cross country championships #1

Divisional State Meet is this Saturday 13 Nov. 2010

The championships start this Saturday with the divisional state meet. Each team can enter 10 boys and 10 girls but at the meet the coach must choose the top 7 to compete. There is no JV race, no freshman race.
The Eastern divisional championships are at Franklin Park and are divided into 6 divisions. NS is division 1. The divisions are by school size. NS is one of the smaller D1 schools.

The full schedule for the eastern meet at Franklin Park:
9:00 a.m. Boys’ Division 4
9:25 a.m. Boys’ Division 5
9:50 a.m. Boys’ Division 6
10:15 a.m. Girls’ Division 4
10:40 a.m. Girls’ Division 5
11:05 a.m. Girls’ Division 6
11:30 a.m. Boys’ Division 1
11:55 a.m. Boys’ Division 2
12:20 p.m. Boys’ Division 3
12:45 p.m. Girls’ Division 1 
1:10 p.m. Girls’ Division 2
1:35 p.m. Girls’ Division 3

For the All State meet: In the east the top 4 teams from each division qualify and top 10 individual runners not on a qualifying team from each division. There is also a wildcard team.

All State meet is Saturday 20 Nov. in Gardner.

It is run in 2 divisions. 

Div 1 combines East D1, D2, D3, central D1, west D1
Div 2 combines East D4, D5, D6, central D2, west D2

Here is the full info PDF:

http://www.mstca.org/Fall_Season/Entries/cross-country-track10-format.pdf

Get there early. You might have to walk as much as a mile to the start. A lot of people come to this meet. 

See you there!

More photos added for Mass Coaches Meet

More photos for MA State Coaches Assoc. Meet
see:
http://newtonrunningtimes.blogspot.com/2010/11/ma-state-track-coaches-assoc-xc-invite_06.html

USAT&F New England OPEN XC Championships

The post college crew ran today in Franklin Park. There were three races; men masters 8K, women open and masters 6K, men open 10K. It was about 40 degrees and windy.
Click here for full results
Click here for photos by George
I noticed a college or two taking part.
The men open came through the 5K in about 15:10 and the winner pulled away strongly to win in 30:06. Today would not be called a fast day by runners I spoke with.

From New England Open Cross Country Championship

MA State Track Coaches Assoc. XC Invite Sat. 6 Nov. Results

Click here for full results

Click here for photos by John Keklak of LS
Click here for photos by David Stricker
anybody else with photos?

NSHS div 1: (some NS runners moved up)
place, bib#, name, class, school, time

freshman girls 3K, 140 finishers
1 915 Wood, Ali FR Chelmsford 11:23.39
43 2450 Glasgow, Margalit FR Newton South 13:40.05
56 2463 Woo, Lindsey FR Newton South 14:04.13

59 2453 Ly, Kimberly FR Newton South 14:05.38 

60 2446 Cotter, Laura FR Newton South 14:05.73 

69 2459 Shneorson, Noa FR Newton South 14:24.25
102 2455 Powtak, Lauren FR Newton South 15:37.95

sophomore girls 5K, 176 finishers
1 17 Davis, Christine SO Acton-Boxbor 19:09.74 

4 2444 Caggiano, Emily SO Newton South 20:01.43 

9 2458 Rhatigan, Anna FR Newton South 20:26.30 

10 2462 Weiss, Sarina FR Newton South 20:27.35
24 2454 Olia, Leda FR Newton South 21:28.76 

32 2461 Wang, Sara FR Newton South 21:54.07 

39 2460 Skvarkova, Zuzana SO Newton South 22:08.81 

48 2447 Eisenberg, Naomi FR Newton South 22:36.26
66 2456 Ramadurai, Saranya FR Newton South 23:21.98
78 2442 Alper, Maya SO Newton South 23:50.91

junior/senior girls 5K, 245 finishers
1 1910 Keklak, Andrea SR Lincoln-Sudb 18:19.39
87 2457 Ren, Clarissa SR Newton South 22:40.35
129 2448 Forrow, Avery SR Newton South 23:42.52
137 2451 Kropp, Samantha SR Newton South 23:53.28

freshman boys 3K, 251 finishers
1 3607 Doherty, Andrew FR Taunton 9:58.65
14 2465 Costello, Michael FR Newton South 10:50.28
58 2468 Edelstein, Aaron FR Newton South 11:24.22
68 2467 Dembling, Andrew FR Newton South 11:36.58
86 2476 Miller, Ben FR Newton South 11:46.41
130 2470 Golan, Tal FR Newton South 12:12.78

sophomore boys 5K, 256 finishers
1 2370 Tavares, Paolo SO New Bedford 16:23.55
15 2480 Shiu, Allen FR Newton South 17:33.99 

24 2469 Eisenberg, Ben SO Newton South 17:46.59 

25 2471 Haas, Sam FR Newton South 17:47.05 

27 2483 Trask, Joe SO Newton South 17:52.90 

36 2482 Stricker, Keegan SO Newton South 18:02.87 

39 2479 Pham, Collin FR Newton South 18:05.84 

58 2481 Shuler, Dylan FR Newton South 18:33.96 

65 2472 Hickey, Joe SO Newton South 18:43.43
133 2473 Karys, Jason SO Newton South 19:48.85
161 2474 McNally, Matt SO Newton South 20:26.88
190 2487 Zhang, Eric SO Newton South 21:18.56

junior/senior boys 5K, 399 finishers
1 155 Voorhees, Simon SR Andover 15:55.58
34 2486 Wortham, David JR Newton South 17:17.96
150 2477 Moisescu, Victor JR Newton South 18:33.72
156 2478 Pasquale, Daniel SR Newton South 18:43.33
175 2466 Cutright, Daniel JR Newton South 18:58.26
260 2485 Weaver, Nate SR Newton South 19:57.18

photos by David Stricker

MA State Track Coaches Assoc. XC Invite Sat. 6 Nov.

from Coach Norton:

Mass. State Track Coaches Association's Cross Country Invitational Meet will be held tomorrow, Saturday Nov. 6 at the Wrentham Development Center, Wrentham, Ma.
Our Division has a start time of 12:15pm.

That's right! 120 kids on the starting line, amongst them the mighty Lions of Newton South.
This is a 3 loop course through a large grass field with several changes in elevation.
The course is well marked with many spectator locations, as they are led by a man on an ATV.
The NSXC Lions will follow the ATV for a little bit before they realize that the ATV is not food, as these Lions will be hungry...Hungry to race!
They will run with a ferocious stride as if to attack their prey.
And they will put a bite in every competitor that tries to match their running pace.
They will roar with determined desire in the middle of their race, and will not stop until they reach the finish line, where all paws will be up to salute good sportsmanship.
There is where they will find a good juicy burger to devour from the friendly concession stand!
(bring money)

As noted, this invitational is contested by student grade level, which gives the athlete the opportunity to compete at their perspective level, so that they can evaluate their performance amongst their peers. Some individuals will be competing at an upper grade level based upon their season running experience.

12:15 - 10th Grade Boys (5K Race)
Ben Eisenberg, Joe Trask, Joe Hickey, Keegan Stricker, Jason Karys, Matt McNally, Eric Zhang, Allen Shiu, Sam Haas, Collin Pham, Dylan Shuler

1:10 - 9th Grade Boys (3K Race) Michael Costello, Aaron Edelstein, Tal Golan, Andrew Dembling, Ben Miller

1:45 - 10th Grade Boys (5K Race) Nate Weaver, Dan Pasquale, Dan Cutright, David Wortham, Victor Moisescu

See you there,
Coach Norton

Some directions below

directions: rt 495 traveling south Exit 15 RT 1A…Toward Wrentham/Norfolk…end of ramp turn left.. go.2miles road will turn right onto South St. rt1A…go 2.0 miles to red light and turn left onto rt 140 Franklin St…travel .4 miles road will fork stay right onto Shears ST…
go.3 miles turn right onto Emerald st….
you will see someone to direct you into the parking areas…

directions rt. 495 traveling north.. Exit 15 Rt. 1A Toward Wrentham/Norfolk…. end of ramp turn right…go .2miles road will turn right onto South St. rt. 1A….go 2 miles to red light and turn left onto rt. 140 Franklin St. ….travel .4 miles road will fork stay right onto Shears St….to .3 miles turn right onto Emerald st. …
you will see someone to direct you into the parking areas….
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actually you don't need to go all around to rt 495. google map to Emerald St., Wrentham.

NSHS frosh team at Coaches Invite in Wrentham 5 Nov. 2005

I won't be going so whoever goes, please take a team picture or 2.

DCL League XC meet

The rain, fog and lightning never came. Most everyone seemed in good spirits. The skies cleared for awards. The venue was good. Maybe, we don't need Franklin Park for the league meet in the future.

Click here for full results
Click here for photos by John Wortham
Click here for photos by David Stricker
Click here for photos by John Keklak (LS)
Click here for photos by George
Click here for photos by Ned Pendergast (Weston)
Click here for photos by Sue Chari
Click here for more race coverage at DCLblog

From DCL XC championships 27 Oct. 2010

photo by John Wortham

From DCL XC championships 27 Oct. 2010

From DCL XC championships 27 Oct. 2010

From DCL XC championships 27 Oct. 2010

From DCL XC championships 27 Oct. 2010

From DCL XC championships 27 Oct. 2010

DCL League meet this Wed. at LS at 2 p.m.

The DCL league meet is this Wednesday at Lincoln-Sudbury High School at 2 p.m.
LSHS: 390 Lincoln Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776
see story about 2005 DCLs at:
http://dclrunning.blogspot.com/2010/10/dcl-league-xc-meet.html

Note from coach Norton:

Remembering episodes from an old TV show Kung Fu, "Patience Grasshopper your time will come". For the past 8 weeks, the Boys of the Newton South XC team participated in weekly practices that were mentally and physically challenging for them. They developed new strengths and conditioning as they performed in meets while still exhausted from previous workouts. They learn to push a little more when they mentally feel that they've got nothing left. With every practice day and in the meets they competed in, gave them a new level of threshold that they were unaware of. "I want to be my best!", "I feel stronger now, and I know I can run with the 'A' group!", "I believe I can take 30 seconds off my time!".

In this sport of Cross Country running it takes a little patience to see great progress. This season our young developing team have been patient long enough, and they are now mentally and physically ready to reach new peaks in their performance as individuals and as a viable team player on the NSXC team. 

"When you can take this stone out of my hand...then you will be ready".
They've taken that stupid stone from my hand and thrown it across the pond and I can't find it!!!
These little grasshoppers...I mean XC runners, are ready!

Coach Norton

DCL Championships today 2:00 at Lincoln-Sudbury H.S.. (Some directions listed below)

2:00 JV Boys
2:30 Varsity Girls
2:55 9th Grade Boys
3:15 9th Grade Girls
3:35 Varsity Boys
4:00 JV Girls
4:40 Awards

Coach Norton

LINCOLN-SUDBURY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
390 Lincoln Road, Sudbury, MA 01776, (978) 443-9961 or (781) 259-9527
128 North to Route 20 West.
Route 20 West to Route 27. Go 3 miles to Sudbury Center.
Take right onto Concord Road. There will be a white church on the right.
If you miss it, take a right at the light on to Concord Road.
Follow Concord Road for about a mile and bear right onto Lincoln Road. The
school will be on your left.
OR
Route 9 West to Rt. 27 (Cochituate/Concord)
Rt. 27 for about 8 miles to Sudbury Center.
Turn right onto Concord Road.
Follow Concord Road for about l mile and bear right onto Lincoln Road

NS alum report 23-24 October

Perhaps, an alum report will be filled in here. Check back.

Boston Mayor's Cup at Franklin Park 24 Oct. 2010
Women 5K
63. 19:30 6:16 Madeleine Reed F Boston College

NYSCTC Championships Men 8K, 23 Oct. 2010
Saratoga Spa State Park
26 Wakimoto, Yuji University of Rochester 5:21 26:34 

NSHS vs Acton-Boxborough vs Arlington Results

From Steven:

Below are the resutls of the Arlington, AB and NS meet on 20 Oct. 2010.

The course record is extremely fast as late in the season in 2008 I let Bridget Dahlberg and Kelsey Kary push each other to work to set a course record that could hold up for a while.

In the early 2000's Emily Johnson NS (5:01 mile / 2 Mile All State champ. 8th at Nationals, 10:48 2mile PR, 18:11 PR and All State runner up in XC) had set the standard to 15:48 and back then I did not invision that the record would fall anytime soon as that was so fast.

So Kathy running a solo effort in 15:46 is a pretty speical race. But the entire race was fast. The Acton - Boxboro and Arlington girls provided us and each other with great competition and girls from all of the teams raced to great times. Ten girls under 18 minutes and16 under 19:00 is a very good day on this course.

Last year in our last home meet of the season Anna Laurence ran 17:15 in a break through race. She set a PR on this course of 25 seconds and that shows a lot of improvement. The great thing is that she had company the entire way with teammate Anna Rhatigan making a huge breakthrough. Emily was not far behind and ran the time that Anna L ran last which is also a big improvement. Hannah Friedman closed our 1 - 5 gap down to 2:00 and Sarina Weiss was not far back. When you consider how fast Kathy is running that puts us in pretty good shape for the championship meets.

Sarina Weiss, Leda Olia, Zuzana Skvarkova and Clarissa Ren all also ran PR races.

This is one of the very rare races in which all 9 of our varsity girls set PRs on the same day.

Our JV girls team finished the season undefeated. Scoring 15-49 vs Arlington and 15 - 50 against AB. We also had 6 - 9th grade girls under 20:00 for this course (actually under 19:48) to make this the deepest 9th grade class in our history and also the largest with 14 - 9th grade girls.

I have told the kids that because of their dedication, passion and their great racing all season that I consider our JV team to be our 2nd varsity team. This is a great bunch of girls and all of them truly give a lot to the sport and to our team.

Varsity Record: 7-2 JV Record 9 - 0

This team has come a very long ways in such a short time and we look forward to the championship meets. Kathy is the only senior in our top 9 so the future holds a lot of promise for this young team.

Newton South hosts Acton-Boxboro and Arlington
Acton - Boxboro 21 Arlington 37
Newton South 17 Arlington 43
Newton South 24 Acton-Boxboro 34

Cold Springs Park 2.7 + 40 meters Mostly fast packed trails
Weather: No wind 60 Ideal
Course Record: Bridget Dahlberg NS and Kelsey Karys NS 15:41 2008

1. Kathy O' Keefe NS 15:46
2. Zambarano AB 16:46
3. Anna Laurence NS 16:50
4. Flynn AB 16:52
5. Anna Rhatigan NS 16:52
6. Campo AB 16:54
7. Emily Caggiano NS 17:16
8. Sarah Cassidy ARL 17:43
9. Shayna Linov ARL 17:45
10. Hannah Friedman NS 17:46
11. Sarina Weiss NS 18:07
12. Claire Doyle ARL 18:07
13. Benson AB 18:23
14. Leda Olia NS 18:33
15. Zuzana Skvarkova NS 18:46
16. Purdom AB 18:56
17. Clarissa Ren NS 19:07
18. Mullen AB 19:31
19. Katie Paglierani ARL 19:38
20. Litterio AB 19:46
21. Lili Zigo ARL 19:50
22. Duquet AB 20:03
23. Caroline Donovan ARL 20:03
24. Megan Hourican ARL 20:19
25. Charolette Wells ARL 20:20
26. Mara Steinetz ARL 20:21
27. Arielle Rosenthal ARL 20:21
28. Kothapalli AB 20:21
29. Josie Jacob Dolan
30. Barth AB 20:36

JV
1. Sara Wang NS 19:15
2. Saranya Ramadurai NS 19:20
3. Emily Chen NS 19:47
4. Kathy Zhou NS 19:48
5. Maraglit Glasgow NS 20:49
6. Lindsey Woo NS 20:50
7. Lea Collin ARL 21:15
8. Grace McKay ARL 21:25
9. Kim Ly NS 21:25
10. Laura Cotter NS 21:28
11. Noa Snneorson NS 21:36
12. #11 AB 22:06
13. Wang AB 22:14
14. Christina Tapiero ARL 22:25
15. Dietly AB 23:13
16. Pruett AB 23:13
17. Cooper - Hauser AB 23:17
18. Reilly AB 23:28
19. 1071 25:07
20. Selam Ahmed ARL 25:18
21. Emily Shvarts ARL 28:43
22. Kim Shaner ARL 30:28

From Ted:
Date: 10/20/2010
Newton South XC Race Report
Course: Newton Cold Spring Park (2.75 Mile)
Weather: Sunny Dry 49
Team: Varsity Boys
Schools: Newton South v. Acton-Boxborough v Arlington
Team Scores:
AB 20 - NS 41
NS 23 - Arl 34
AB 19 - Arl 42

Place Name School Time
1 D. Melly NS 13:33
2 Z. Sullivan AB 13:53
3 C. Owen AB 14:24
4 Q. Stipp ARL 14:24
5 S. Gyota AB 14:30
6 T. Cox AB 14:34
7 W. Deflorio ARL 14:43
8 F. Foley AB 14:47
9 D. Wortham NS 14:57
10 A. Durkee AB 14:57
11 C. Forgo AB 14:59
12 Z. Ballard AB 15:00
13 B. Lemire AB 15:00
14 B. Eisenberg NS 15:16
15 J. Trask NS 15:18
16 S. Haas NS 15:35
17 W. Sullivan ARL 15:35
18 M. Zache ARL 15:37
19 K. Stricker NS 15:39
20 D. Shuler NS 15:40
21 S. Arlington 15:41
22 C. Pham NS 15:46
23 S. Gupta AB 15:47
24 J. Dunn ARL 15:49
25 K. Loria AB 15:53
26 M. Berg ARL 15:59
27 M. O'Rourke ARL 16:14
28 Unknown ARL 16:26
29 Y. El Korchi NS 16:34
30 L. Linov ARL 16:36
31 S. Chakmakjian ARL 17:00
32 C. Potochnik NS 18:21

Date: 10/20/2010

Newton South XC Race Report

Course: Newton Cold Spring Park (2.75 Mile)

Weather: Sunny Dry 49

Team: Junior Varsity Boys

Schools: Newton South v. Acton-Boxborough v Arlington

Team Scores: 

AB 26 - NS 33

NS 15 - Arl 50

AB 15 - Arl 50

1 V. Moisescu Newton South 15:28

2 C. Wiggins AB 15:38

3 A. Verbitsky Newton South 15:41

4 M. Vicik AB 15:58

5 M. Szewczyk AB 15:59

6 D. Pasquale Newton South 16:07

7 D. Kiernicki AB 16:09

8 N. Usoff AB 16:26

9 K. Tiah AB 16:30

10 J. Utt AB 16:31

11 B. Vitale AB 16:33

12 J. Karys Newton South 16:37

13 D. Cutright Newton South 16:44

14 A. Elliot AB 16:48

15 A. Edelstein Newton South 16:51

16 M. Costello Newton South 16:59

17 R. Lowe AB 17:00

18 N. Rowles AB 17:08

19 B. Danzig AB 17:09

20 A. Currul Arlington 17:17

21 N. Weaver Newton South 17:24

22 B. Miller Newton South 17:36

23 M. Pieroni Arlington 17:36

24 M. Harris AB 17:38

25 T. Yu AB 17:47

26 M. Guzzardi AB 17:47

27 S. Murphy AB 17:48

28 T. Golin Newton South 17:55

29 K. Schoenthaler Arlington 17:57

30 Unknown Newton South 17:58

31 N. Forsyth AB 17:59

32 M. Forsyth AB 17:59

33 N. Smith AB 18:05

34 C. Funk Newton South 18:08

35 J. Cohen Newton South 18:10

36 D. Hon AB 18:15

37 R. Davis Newton South 18:26

38 G. Gately AB 18:29

39 K. Ward AB 18:29

40 K. Immerman AB 18:44

41 Unknown Arilington 18:45

42 C. Teitleman Newton South 18:46

43 C. Wu Newton South 18:46

44 Unknown Arlington 19:02

45 D. Cloud Newton South 19:06

46 J. Mills AB 19:08

47 Unknown

48 Unknown

49 Unknown

50 B. Tai Newton South 23:47

51 Unknown

52 Unknown

53 Unknown

54 Unknown

NSHS vs Acton-Boxboro vs Arlington

It was cool and cloudy to start but the sky cleared at sunset.
The varsity girls won both matchups and the varsity boys beat Arlington and lost to Acton-Boxborough. I don't have any results yet.
Click here for photos by John Wortham
Click here for photos by George
Click here for photos by David Stricker
- boys varsity and JV results soon

From NS v AB v Arl XC at Cold Spring Park

From NS v AB v Arl XC at Cold Spring Park

From NS v AB v Arl XC at Cold Spring Park

NSHS vs Acton-Boxboro vs Arlington, 4 p.m. Cold Spring Park, Newton

from Coach Norton:

The stage is set.

The 2.8 mile cross country course is marked, free of downed trees, and water pond floods.
The grass in the fields are cut at a low and even height, painted arrows along the trails and small mini flags near each turn with clearly visible parallel lines to mark the finish. The local Newton dogs are on their leashes and are paw-ready to give a cheering howl to their Newton South XC Boys as they compete against Acton-Boxboro and Arlington at 4:00pm in Cold Spring Park Newton.

Course:
Start on the edge of the soccer field. Take 1 loop around the field and then they proceed through the woods and across the dog park ( 1 Mile), then come out of the woods at the soccer fields and will proceed back into the woods for a 2nd loop and will approach the Mile 2 near the entrance of the dog park. As they run across the dog park a second time (bearing not to slip on any dog poop), they will be approaching the finish when they exit the woods and sprint about 50 yards to the finish line which will be in the middle of the soccer fields.

You are expected to see a great XC race today on this legendary NS home XC course.
The course is pretty flat and fast, but narrow areas where good cross country racing strategies will become useful. Today we are also hoping for new course records to be challenged by our top Boy and Girl Senior competitors Kathy O'Keefe and David Melly as well as great performances from both Boys and Girls Varsity and JV teams.

Beat the Clock---Win the meet!

Hope to see you there,
Coach Norton

Cold Spring park is off Beacon Street about 1/3 mile west of Walnut Street.

NSHS alumni results 16-17 Oct. 2010

A little delayed but some results of last week.

State of Maine XC Championships

women 5K
Bowdoin College - Brunswick, ME - 10/16/2010
89 Chari, Sara FR Bates 23:28.45
men 8K
44 Schneider, Marcus SO Bowdoin 28:02.35

Brown Univ Rothenberg CC Invitational Fri Oct 15, 2010 E Greenwich, RI
women 5K
31 Melanie Fineman FR 18:44.4 6:02 Brown Univ
44 Madeleine Reed FR 19:04.7 6:09 Boston College

SCIAC Cross Country 2010 Multi-Dual Meet 8K
October 17, 2010 La Mirada Park, La Mirada, CA
64 Cameron Fen SO Caltech 30:00.12

Inter-Regional Rumble at Oberlin College 16 Oct.; men sub varsity 8K
10 Ben Finch SO Carnegie Mellon 27:30.7 5:31/M

Hood College Invitational - 10/16/2010 Utica Park 8K
29 Olia, Kian So Catholic 30:00.07

Penn State Nationals women 6K State College PA Oct. 16, 2010
65 Kelsey Karys, So 22:14 6:00 Cornell

Sixth Annual Emmanuel Saints Invitational at Franklin Park, October 15, 2010
4th James Vance 26:37

44'TH Annual U Albany XC Invitational Oct 15, 2010
U at Albany,NY women's gold race - 5000 meters
8 Juliet Ryan-Davis SO Middlebury College 19:39.9 6:20

2010 Conn Col XC Invitational, Waterford, CT 

MEN'S 8k RACE Harkness Memorial State Park Oct 16, 2010
71 Matt Weaver Jr MIT 27:16 5:30
103 William Cha So Trinity 27:48 5:36
115 Cliff Bargar Jr Tufts 27:58 5:38

2010 Yellowjacket XC Invitational - 10/16/2010 Genesee Valley Park - Rochester, NY
50 Yuji Wakimoto FR Rochester 5:30 27:19