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The DCL score shows us winning 61-34, but there was a mistake in the 2 Mile and the Waltham girls did not get credit for those points. The adjusted real score is
Newton South 59 Waltham 40
The meet was much closer than the score indicates. Both teams were short handed.
We were missing a lot in the distance events and our top 300 girl. Missing from our line up was Lucrecia Aguilar (illness, although I let her run the 4 x 200), Rebecca Grusby (illness), Matia Whiting (illness) and Charlotte Huth (slight quad strain).
I noticed that Waltham was missing 2 long jumpers a high jumper which is strong events for them and maybe more.
We had our best meet of the season by far. I had told our team that we were missing a lot of help in terms of having a positive meet outcome and that we needed to have kids step up. The outcome of meets is important to kids if they can contribute and our kids contributed in a way that was inspirational. I did not see the full results until I could sit down at dinner to take the time to look them over and I was wowed with how well our kids stepped up. The look on our kids faces today was of focus and they delivered a great meet to be a part of. I am very pleased for our kids and very proud of their efforts.
Lizzie Walkes had a huge week. On Monday she ran her first race over 200 meters winning the 300 in the DCL open meet at BU in a stellar time of 42.7. That is a great debut. Today against Waltham she finished 2nd to Jenny Sexton in a very good 7.69 in the 55 Dash. That is a good week for anybody. But because we were short handed in the 4 x 400 missing two legs we asked her to run her first 400 leg. She took the lead early and posted a 61 split in her first 400 and handed off in the lead among all DCL relays.
55
2. Lizzie Walkes 7.69
4. Yuriko Fukumura 8.00 PR
5. Esther Cho 8.19 PR
Anna Alsop had a PR of over 3 feet to lead the sweep in the shot put and qualify for states. Sabrina Stacks also set a PR took take second and Jina An took 3rd and provided a 2nd place finish in the high jump.
1. Anna Alsop 31'7" SQ PR
2. Sabrina Stacks 29'10" PR
3. Jina An 27'10"
4. Lina Dammann 22'09" PR
Clare Martin had a great race winning the 1000 meters with Lizzie Fineman placing 2nd against Waltham.
After a slow first 400 Clare took the lead and made the race. 3:09.46 for a frosh is a stellar time.
1. Clare Martin 3:09.46 PR SQ
2. Lizzie Fineman 3:26.22
4. Yasmine Hashemi 3:40.29
Esther Cho also had a huge day for us. She broke 10 in the hurdles for the first time placing 2nd in 9.83 and just a few minutes later set a PR in the 55 in 8.19. Anna Mason set a PR to take 3rd in the hurdles. Ruja Kambli and Sena An also set bests in the hurdles.
55 Hurdles
2. Esther Cho 9.83 PR
3. Anna Mason 10.23 PR
4. Ruja Kambli 10.79 PR
Sena An 11.13 PR
Rachel Boisclair got her first DCL win in the 600. Katie summers was 2nd and Liza Hochberg took 3rd.
1. Rachel Boisclair 1:49.11
2. Katie Summers 1:49.24 PR
3. Liza Hochberg 1:50.97
Allison Arruda ran a stellar freshman time in the 300 (45.79) to lead all three girls to big season bests.
2. Allison Arruda 45.79 PR
3. Caroline Delheim 47.07 PR
4. Ashley Nhek 47.43 Season best
Alekhya Chaparala and Anna Rhatigan went 1- 2 in the mile.
1. Alekhya Chaparala 5:50.11
2. Anna Rhatigan 5:54.18
Caraline Pham ran a great race to take 2nd in the Two Mile. The results were not correct due to a lap counting error by the official.
Caraline took 2nd in a PR, but was told by the officials to run a lap short. Caraline ran a DCL qualifying time and took 2nd place.
4. Ava Shaevel 14:12.55
We have a tradition of letting our best distance kids run the 4 x 100 in the spring and the 4 x 200 indoors and for four years straight they have met the state qualifying standard in the short relay. The team of Ashley Nhek, Lucrecia Aguilar, Alekhya Chaparala and Liza Hochberg qaulified for states in a time of 1:56.55. The standard is 1:57.24.
2. Newton South Nhek, Aguilar, Chaparala, Hochberg 1:56.55
Our 4 x 400 ran our fastest time of the season with a very different line up. Lizzie Walkes gave us a huge boost as our lead off. Sonya Nair ran a great 2nd leg as did Katie Summers as our 3rd leg. Caroline Delheim ran a nice anchor.
Three of our legs were sophomores running their first 4 x 400 of the season replacing kids like Alekhya, Lizzie Fineman and Lucrceica Aguilar. The fact that this group ran faster is promising.
1. Newton South Walkes, Nair, Summers, Delheim 4:21.29
Jina An had a nice meet as she placed 2nd in the high jump and 3rd in the shot put.
High Jump
2. Jina An 4'5"
4. Allison Arruda 4'1"
Yuriko Fukumura took 2nd in the long jump
2. Yuriko Fukumura 13'2.5"
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