Newton South Running Times

DCL JV League meet

2012-01-26T17:34:00.000-05:00

DCL JV league meet at NS today

2012-01-25T09:38:00.002-05:00

Wed. 25 Jan. 2012
The DCL JV league meet is at Newton South today.
The scheduled time is unclear being either 4 or 5 pm.

DCL open meet today at Reggie Lewis Track

2012-01-20T13:28:00.001-05:00

The schedules show that just the girls are going. Don't know why.
DCL meet today at Reggie Lewis Track in Boston. The DCL has the track between 4:30 and 7:30. I'd guess that field events start right away and running events at 5 but then again....
Reggie Lewis Center

1350 Tremont Street, Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120-3447

DCL dual meet at BU

2012-01-12T16:45:00.004-05:00

NS ran against Waltham at BU on Wednesday 11 Jan.
Click here for full results

Report from Steven:
Newton South Girls vs Waltham

Our team wishes to thank the coaches and athletes of Waltham for showing true class and sportsmanship in our dual meet after having a competitive disadvantage by missing three event through no fault of their own.

The final score was Newton South 64 and Waltham 25, but it would have been closer if Waltham could have run the full events. On paper going into the meet Waltham would have scored 11 points and Newton South 16 in the three events missed. Instead Newton South was awarded all of those points.

With this win Newton South now has 19 seasons in a row without a losing record.

We are 2-1 in the large school division and this is the first year that we only count our record as such. We have Acton-Boxborough remaining.

Each meet during the season we have improved and this was our best meet to date.

As a team we had 34 season bests. That is the 2nd meet in a row that we have had over 30 season bests and that is a very good sign. At the start of the season I noted that we were a very young team with event areas of inexperience in which we returned no varsity athletes.

Now I would say that we have gained valuable experience and we are a much more balanced team to the point of being one of the best teams in the DCL ahead of schedule. We have only 8 juniors and seniors filling varsity positions compared to 22 - 9th and 10th graders competing on varsity and we are about to bring a few more young athletes up from the JV ranks. Our senior leaders have really embraced teaching the new kids the system and in turn the new kids are thriving and giving varsity efforts. This making coaching this team an absolute blast.

Jonee Harrison and Jina An got us off to a great start going 1,2 in the shot put with Jonee setting her PR of 29’8 and Jina nearing hers.

In the 600 - 9th graders Sonya Nair and Julia Lee went 1-2 with 10th grader Sophia Cen completing the sweep and all three ran very solid varsity times. Sonya Nair also ran a PR 65 split on the 4 x 400.

Alekhya Chaparala had another great day tying her PR in the high jump, setting a PR in the 1000 and giving us the lead in the 4 x 400.

Anna Laurence placed 2nd in the 1000 and Yasime Hashemi ran below the D. IV state standard in the event which allows her to be an extra entry into the DCL championship meet. 9th grader Louisa Kimmell scored in 3rd place.

Both Kathleen Garrity and Jennifer Olins set PRs in the 55 hurdles.

Mary Testa made her first race of the season in the 55 meters a great one with a state qualifying win in 7.67 and also ran a huge leg on our 4 x 200 spliting under 27. Our 4 x 200 had great hand offs and ran a great team race, but was DQed for stepping in the inside of the rail. I feel that these girls did a great job passing the baton and learned a lesson in the process. Kyra Visnick came in 2nd in the 55, tied for 1st in the long jump and also gave us a great leg on the 4 x 200.

Anna Rhatigan ran a huge PR in the 2 mile in 11:49.8 and showed that she is once again among the best in the DCL in distance events after racing ill.

Emily Caggiano had one of the most exciting wins of the day because of her determined running style and won her heat from the gun with Naomi Eisenberg 2nd in with a big PR. Emily ran 5:37.7 and Naomi was clocked in 5:47.8.

Kathleen Garrity and Jennifer Olins both set PRs in the 55 hurdles.

Next Up:
Division I Relays next Saturday
JV jamboree on Friday

NS v LS photos

2012-01-09T00:02:00.002-05:00

Newton South v Lincoln-Sudbury DCL dual meet at Boston University track.
Photos of about 1/3 of events.
Click here for photo by George

From NSHS v LSHS; DCL, @BU

Report - Auberbach 9th / 10th Meet - Large Schools

2012-01-08T21:46:00.000-05:00

Auberbach 9th / 10th Meet - Large Schools
Report from Steven:
We had a lot of fine results in the Auberbach 9th/10th meet on Saturday.

I am going to mention the varsity caliber marks for print as others will make their marks as they continue to grow and mature.

In the 600 Alekhya Chaparala was in one of the most exciting races of the day. Elizabeth Gulino of Attleboro was the favorite going in with a 1:40 mark earlier in the season. Going in I felt this was a good chance for Alekhya to lower her PR. Little did I know how tight this race would be.

Gulino won the race in 1:42.10 and Alekhya was 4th in a PR of 1:42.75. Five girls broke 1:45.

The entire race was bunched and there was a bit of bumping and shifting for postion which is such a great learning experience. With 100 to go Alekhya was in a tight bunch with 3 others and she went wide half way through the curve to try to pass. The extra distance running on the outside cost her some time, but she finished in a blanket with 3 others. She was .01 out of 3rd as the race was that close. It was a nice PR and a better seed for States.

The seeded heat of the 1000 in which Anna Rhatigan placed 6th actually raced about 1250 meters. They crowded too many racers into the seeded heat and in the first start a girl fell within 20 meters of the start and they recalled that race well.

In the 2nd start of the race Anna fell about 80 meters into it and they did not recall it until all of the girls had run almost 200 meters which made running heats on time very unfair to the girls in the fastest heat since they had to go right away again (Anna had to get up and sprint to catch up to the leaders because of the lateness of the recall). The starter tried to put the girls right back on line to start it again. The correct thing to do in this situation is to put another race on the track and allow the girls to collect themselves and recover from the two starts and the extra distance run. I was trying to get through the crowd to the start to insist on this, but other coaches beat me to it and the girls were allowed to let a few heats of the boys run before going again.

Anna had a nice race as she ran a bit back of the pack and kicked home in a rush. This was the first race this season that she felt healthy and she looked better than her time indicated with such a strong finish.

Our 4 x 400 placed 7th in 4:29.81 which was 2 seconds out of the the top 4 and ran another state time. Alekhya ran 63 for the opening leg, Sonya Nair (9th) ran a strong 67 on the 2nd leg. Sophomore Sophia Cen did a great job filling in for Caroline Delheim whom we moved to the 4 x 200 to cover a missing leg there. I felt really good for this relay as two legs ran it for the first time and it was at a state level meet. I work to teach a lot of our girls that we need a lot of kids to be ready at any time to fill in for relays and to be prepared. Caroline, Sonya and Sophia all were really good examples of how we teach to prepare for relays.

It has been a good week for our team coming out of the break. We did not miss a beat, but rather have made nice gains.

DCL dual meet with LS, 4 Jan.

2012-01-08T21:37:00.001-05:00

Report from Steven:

Lincoln-Sudbury Dual Meet

I had told our assistant coaches going into the Lincoln-Sudbury dual meet that scoring 35 points would be a good meet for us. Our team scored 36 and had a very good meet. We had 35 season best marks among the 44 girls that competed. As big an optimist as I am I knew going into this meet that LS is a seasoned and well coached team and that they were simply more mature in some events that they would dominate. Also our top 3 distance runners have struggled with illness that has lasted at least a month in each case and Lucrecia Aguilar has yet to run a meet. Anna Rhatigan is just starting to bounce back as is Anna Laurence, but not being at full strength in the distance events vs LS is tough going as well. So I felt that our kids had a stellar showing.

My plan for our team was to focus on doing our best in each event and to learn and grow. I keep stressing that we have great senior leadership, but they are few and our young kids are filling in with courage.

This is a team with a future and it is starting to show.

An event that we picked up big points was the 55 hurdles since we were expected to take only 3rd place. Kathleen Garrity and Jenny Olins both set PRs and took 2nd and 3rd place which was a boost in the first running event and a great start to the meet.

Kyra Visnick was a double winner with a PR in the 55 meters and also winning in the long jump in 15’2”. With her 55 effort she has now made states in both events.

Alekhya Chaparala lowered her state qualifying standard in the 600 to 1:44.47 and matched her PR in the high jump in 4’5”.

Hannah Friedman and Anna Rhatigan both made states in the 1000 in 3:17.40 and 3:19.01. Anna ran an aggressive race and was on 3:10 pace most of the race. She is just starting to get over being ill and she faded a bit, but soon she will be well served by her style of racing. Hannah ran a smart race that was just off of the pace and kicked well into a PR.

Our 4 x 200 of Kyra Visnick, Lizzie Fineman, Ester Cho and Mary Testa set another PR by over a second. They made states in the 2nd meet and have taken almost 4 seconds off of their team time in two meets. Mary had a dramatic come from behind win in our heat of 6 DCL teams with a 27 leg.

Anna Laurence looks like she is starting to rebound and led a 1,2,3 sweep along with Leda Olia and 9th grader Louisa Kimmell in the two mile as the top LS runner stopped short allowing Louisa to score.

3rd DCL dual meet held at BU today

2012-01-04T21:33:00.002-05:00

The 3rd DCL dual meet was held at BU today. Lincoln-Sudbury was very strong and beat NS for both boys and girls.
Click here for coolrunning results
Photos to come this weekend.

Photos from Westford Meet

2011-12-23T22:43:00.002-05:00

Click here for photos by David Fineman

Westford meet girls recap by Steven

2011-12-22T21:35:00.000-05:00

from Steven:

We beat Westford 65 - 35 in our first scoring meet. Last week we were scheduled to be in a meet vs Notre Dame and Weston, but the leagued voted to not score cross over meets in which teams in the large school division compete against schools in the small school division. So the meet was non scoring and we were put in random heats where space was available. So it became a scrimage situation. This week our win counts as Westford is in large school division.

Westford has an outstanding tradition and they currently have a young team as do we so it was a good measuring stick kind of meet. This was a wonderful effort in terms of competitive focus and improvement. The entire team seemed to surge forward with improved marks.

Our meet this week always draws a great deal of almuni that are returning from college so it is a special time in our former kids watching the new kids blossom. This meet was very special in both the large numbers of alumni that turned out and also by the number of young kids on the team. We had at least 15 former kids come to support our current team and many were surprised by how many new faces that saw.

39 of the 50 kids on our roster are either in 9th or 10th grade and this is the youngest team that I can ever remember coaching. Our senior leadership is few in number, but they are doing a great job of helping the coaches teach our approach to the sport. They are doing such a great job that our team is up to speed and competing without a hitch. Across every event area all of our kids are very independent in their warm up, checking in and event execution well beyond our team experience. I am really about teaching process and being prepared and positive results will follow. In both regards our team is ahead of schedule. I am truly proud of how far this team has come in a very short time.

We have two events in which we did not return a single varsity athlete, in the high jump and long jump, and now we have very competitive kids in both of those events. That is just an example of the growth of this team. In the high jump All State placer Nicole Kestenberg is still recovering from the ACL tear that happened at All State in the spring during warm up.
She is a team captain and is doing a great job working with Anna Hoyas to coach this event. In a short time Alekhya Chaparala has jumped 4'5" in this meet and first time jumper Kathleen Garrity has twice cleared opening height. In the long jump Kyra in her first indoor season has qualified for state, already jumping 16'-2" in her 2nd meet and we have some other frosh jumpers behind her that are promising.

I will mention a few stand out efforts in this writing and rotate others in during the season.

Kyra Visnick is in her first indoor season and I forget that as she was so steady for us last spring. She had the kind of day that shows great focus after adversity and her efforts were very couragous. She had a false start in the dash at the start of the meet. But she did a great job of moving on to the long jump. On her first attempt a boy ran from the track and right in front of her during her approach and Kyra crashed full speed into him. It was a very dangerous moment and shook her up a bit. Two jumps later she set a PR and state mark of 16'2". Then she lead off our 4 x 200 which is now a scoring event and we set a 3 second season best.

Freshman Caroline Delheim also had a busy, but good day. She ran a PR in the 300 by over 1 second placing 3rd and then ran her first time as our 3rd leg on the varsity 4 x 400 and that relay improved 9 seconds over last week and we won our heat with teams like AB and LS in the heat.

Sophomore Sasha Restrepo did a nice job remaining focused after Kyra's false start and took 2nd in the dash in a PR.

Jonee Harrison has had a great start to the season putting shot last week 28'10 and this week she set a PR of 29'5" which ranks 3rd in the DCL. Jina An was 3rd with 26'11"

Sophomore Lizzie Fineman won the 300 for the 2nd meet in a row and ran a strong 2nd leg on our 4 x 200. Our 4 x 200 team was Kyra Visnick (Jr), Lizzie Fineman (So), Ester Cho (So), Mary Testa (Sr).

Our 4 x 400 was Alekhya Chaparala (So), Hannah Frieldman (Sr), Caroline Delheim (Fr), Anna Rhatigan (So)

Our distance crew has been laid low by illness. Our top 3 distance runners along with several other varsity runners have all suffered for weeks with illness so Anna Rhatigan and Anna Laurence did a great job of helping the team with much less than 100%. So, kids with less experience have stepped up.
Sophomore Alekhya Chaparala won the 600 and freshman Sonya Nair placed 3rd in the varsity 600. Sophomore Yasime Hashemi has also been ill, but toughed out a 2nd place in the mile behind sophomore Anna Rhatigan. Sophomore Laura Cotter placed 3rd in the 2 mile.

Hannah Friedman won the 1000 and Emily Caggiano battled illness and took 3rd.

Another positive is that we had a number of new athletes compete so well in the JV events that we will be moving more kids up to varsity events giving us more depth.

Freshman Yuriko Fukumura ran a varsity caliber 8.21 in the JV 55 and Samantha Chin (So) was close behind with 8.38 . 9th graders Julia Lee and Sarah Moskowitz went 1-2 in the JV 600 in varsity times of 1:54.42 and 1:55.01. That was a nice surprise coming this early in the season.

Normally December is way too early to be too excited about what happens in meets as we are just getting started. But the combination of so many alumni and our team growth made this a very fun meet for all.

Take care,
Steven

Results from DCL meet 21 Dec. 2011

2011-12-21T23:09:00.001-05:00

The 2nd DCL dual meet was held today at BU.
Click here for DCL meet results
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Results from the 1st indoor meet

2011-12-14T23:18:00.002-05:00

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The team results were not given.
Who can send in more info?

1st indoor meet

2011-12-14T11:37:00.000-05:00

The 1st meet of the indoor season is today against Weston (B&G) and Notre Dame (G) at Reggie Lewis track. I can't make it. Please send photos or photo links to be shared. It'd be great to get a short captain's report after the meet.

2011-2012 Newton South Indoor Track and Field Schedule

2011-12-12T20:48:00.000-05:00

This is the girls schedule.

2011-2012 Newton South Indoor Track and Field Schedule

Date Meet Location Time Dismissal Bus

December

Dec. 14th Wed; Weston/Notre Dame; RL; 5:00, 3:00 (3)

Dec. 21st Wed; Westford Academy; BU; 4:00, 2:00, 2:15 (3)

January

Jan. 4th Wed; Lincoln-Sudbury; BU; 4:00, 2:00, 2:15 (3)

Jan. 7th Sat; Auerbach 9th/10th; RL; 9:30, 7:30

Jan. 11th Wed; Waltham; BU; 4:00, 2:00, 2:15 (3)

Jan. 20th Fri; Open DCL Meet; RL; 5:00, 3:15 (2)

Jan. 21st Sat; State Coaches Relays; RL; 9:30, 7:30

Jan. 25th Wed; JV Championship Newton South, 4:00

Jan. 28th, Sat; Coaches Invite; RL; 9:30 F / 10:00 T 7:45 (1)

Jan. 29th. Sun; Coaches Elite Meet; RL; 9:30 F/10:15 T 7:45 (1)

February

Feb. 3rd, Fri; Acton-Boxborough; RL; 4:30, 2:15 (3)

Feb. 5th. Sun; Last Chance Meet; RL; 9:30 F /10:00 T 7:45 (1)

Feb. 11th** DCL Championship; RL; 12:00, 10:00 (2)

Feb. 19th, Sun;** D. I State Championship; RL; TBA

Feb. 26th, Sun;** All State Championship; RL; TBA

March

Mar. 2nd, Fri;** New England; RL TBA

BU = Boston University Track
RL = Reggie Lewis Track

Boys Schedule

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XC is done and indoor track has started

2011-12-06T13:36:00.001-05:00

It's always fun to post a few photos from the past during the in between season. Even though I still have a few hundred photos from the all state boys cross country championship to post.
From an 18 April 2008 outdoor meet:

From NS vs Concord-Carlisle vs Wayland 16 April 2008

Cuts on the boys team??

2011-12-01T10:33:00.003-05:00

I heard with some consternation that there are now cuts implemented on the boys team. In some cases 6 season runners were cut, and in a number of other cases, freshmen were cut.

Although I cannot say what's a reasonable thing to do, I always felt that pushing yourself against your own times and PR's is something that establishes the spirit of the team.

In any case, it makes me sad that we're losing a part of the tradition that made NS track special.

MA all state XC photos

2011-11-28T11:17:00.001-05:00

Finally processed half of the MA all state cross country photos.
Click here for girls races D1 & D2 photos by George
I'll post the boys photos in a few days.

Alumni Party

2011-11-23T23:34:00.001-05:00

There were probably 100 people at the alumni party this evening. People kept coming and going. Here are a few pictures which are of only a fraction of the people who came.

From NSHS Alumni party 23 Nov. 2011

NS Alumni party tomorrow, Wednesday

2011-11-22T16:27:00.001-05:00

The NSHS XC / T&F alumni party is tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Finches from 6-9. It is an informal potluck organized by Steven. He says he has gotten the alumni to facebook this around. You can Email me for directions. GeorgeTToad -at- gmail. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Hopefully, everyone makes it home from out of state with the rain storm tomorrow.
Any parents of alum who read this and hung out at meets as NS fans are also welcome.
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(All State XC photos to be posted over the weekend).

From Newton Running Times

From Newton South Running Times

NSHS XC 1966:

From Newton South Running Times

All State XC Championships

2011-11-19T20:42:00.001-05:00

The XC All States were today at Franklin Park.
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Photos of all four races and of many teams to come.

The NS girls team finished 16th.
Allen Shiu finished 49th overall in the boys D1 championship in 16:53. Allen was the 2nd fastest sophomore in the race.

All State XC Meet Sat.@ Franklin Park

2011-11-18T19:46:00.001-05:00

Just a reminder that the all state XC meet is at Franklin Park tomorrow Saturday 19 Nov.
Newton South girls team has qualified and Allen Shiu has qualified as an individual for the boys.
The girls team is ranked 8th in division 1 in the state as of 13 Nov. See:
http://www.mstca.org/Fall_Season/Fall%202011/11-16-11%20for%20Chris.html
Boys rankings:
http://www.mstca.org/Fall_Season/Fall%202011/Boys%2011_13%202011%20Pollwoods.html

Girls’ Division 2 – 11:00 a.m.
Girls’ Division 1 – 11:30 a.m.
Boys’ Division 2 – 12:00 p.m.
Boys’ Division 1 – 12:30 p.m.

Awards Ceremony Approximately 1:30 P.M. at the conclusion of races.

A plaque and medals will be presented to the winning Team Champion and Team Finalist in each division.
Medals will be awarded to the first fifteen- (15) finishers in each race.

Captain's Report 2

2011-11-18T15:13:00.001-05:00

By Hannah Friedman and Anna Laurence

This past Saturday, the members of Newton South Girls Cross-Country stepped to the line prepared to dance. It was a perfect day for a race: crisp and sunny, the kind of day runners hope for. The best part of standing on that line before the gun went off was knowing how far we had come from the first day of pre-season two months earlier. As such a young team, we had no idea what we could accomplish. Everyone stepped up this season and improved both mentally and physically. The dedication and growth of the team brought us to EMass on Saturday.

When the gun went off, seven girls excited to run flew off the line. The start was brutal; several girls from other teams fell in the first few hundred meters of the race, but the girls of Newton South Cross-Country held their own. We had to get out fast that day, a task in which most of us succeeded. Those who did not get out quite as fast as they had hoped still made up quite a bit of ground throughout the race. It’s a good thing they did because without their help, we might not be headed for the All-State Meet right now.

Saturday was full of surprises. A lot of teams came to compete, which was reflected in the team scores with a five-point spread between the second and fourth place teams. Fourth place came down to a tiebreaker. Steve always mentions the importance of the sixth and seventh runners on a cross-country team. That day, we lived it. Margalit didn’t back down in the face of talented competition. It was her determination we have to thank directly for getting us to the All-State Meet, helping us clench fourth place, the last spot that makes it to the All-State Meet. The growth of this team and its cooperation played a large role as well. The girls on this team would do anything for each other, and we’re not giving up.

This Saturday, Anna, Anna, Lucrecia, Emily, Hannah, Laura, Margalit, Leah, Leda, Naomi, and Sarina will step to the line in Franklin Park yet again, hungry for more. Not all of us can physically race on Saturday, but spiritually, every single one of us will be flying over the course. That includes each and every member of our team, not just the girls who made it to All-States. The girls of NSXC have all given so much dedication to the team this season, and it’s with an army of supporters, whether present on Saturday or not, that we will charge forward when the gun goes off.

NS running Alumni party

2011-11-15T21:10:00.001-05:00

The Newton South XC, T&F Alumni party will be held again at the Finches house on Wednesday, 23 Nov. from 6 to 9. Pass the word.

Sorry to recent alumni for not covering the past XC college season. Perhaps, someone can help. Cliff, Sam? The nationals are this coming weekend. Bridget Dahlberg, NS 09, will represent BC at the D1 championships in Indiana. Andrew Wortham, NS 09, will rep Bates and Yuji Wakimoto, NS 10, U. Rochester at the D3 championship in Wisconsin. Who did I miss?

State Div. meet Captain's report

2011-11-13T22:21:00.001-05:00

by David Wortham:

During the week of training preceding the emass states meet, the word “last” was on all of our minds. It was to be David and Dan’s last cross country meet of high school, Pat’s last meet of his freshman year, and Allen, Collin, Dylan and Michael’s last chance to PR before the end of the season.

As we jogged around Franklin Park early Saturday morning, a last race mentality took us over. The race became more about personal goals than team goals. We all wanted to set our bests. One member of the team, however, was after more than just a personal record.

Crossing the finish line in 16:54 brought anxiety to Allen rather than relief. He knew he had run a fast race, successfully executing his plan of staying with Acton Boxboro’s Tim Cox, but preventing Allen from relaxing was a persistent thought: Did I make the all-state meet? As we cooled down Allen told us he was happy to have broken the seventeen minute barrier at Franklin Park. He did not believe, however, that he had placed in the top ten individual performers that would qualify for the next meet. When asked about what place he had finished overall, a modest Allen responded, “Around thirtieth”. Thirtieth place would not have been fast enough to advance; fortunately Allen’s estimate was off.

The smile on Coach Norton’s face after scouring the rankings told a different story than Allen’s cool down recap. Allen had made it, and although he was not thrilled to train for another week, he was proud and happy.

The 2011 Newton South team, one without David Melly to lead us, placed higher than last year at emass. Allen has risen to fill the void left by Melly as top runner. Although we believed that Saturday would be our final meet, the team will be in season until we watch our leader cross his final finish line.

State Divisional XC Championships 2011

2011-11-12T21:01:00.001-05:00

Click here for full results in Coolrunning.com

Click here for Milesplit coverage

Click here for photos by George
Click here for NS photos by Martin Shiu
- recommend using full screen view-

My photos (George) are boys D1, D2, D3 and girls D1. Then, the battery died. I guess I wasn't a boy scout. ( These are not just NS)

From MA state eastern Divisional XC championships

A beautiful cool windy day for cross country racing.

Newton South Boys finished 13th team out of 23 in the division 1 race. There are 6 divisions by school size in the eastern MA championships. Allen qualified for the all state meet next week at Franklin Park.

13. 318 points Newton South (17:44 ave., 1:28:40 total)=========================================
1, 19 Allen Shiu 16:54
2, 53 Collin Pham 17:37
3, 73 David Wortham 17:55
4, 75 Dylan Shuler 17:56
5, 98 Pat Mahoney 18:18
6, (112) Michael Costello 18:38
7, (133) Daniel Cutright 19:26

Newton South girls finished 4th team out of 17 in the division 1 race. The first 7 teams were very close being separated by only 32 points. Newton south tied with Haverill for 4th with 122 points but got 4th because our 6th runner beat their 6th runner. This qualified the team to run in the championship race next week. Haverill still qualified as a wild card for next week.

4. 122 points Newton South (20:26 ave., 1:42:10 total)===========================================
1 9 Anna Rhatigan 19:47
2 10 Lucrecia Aguilar 19:47
3 15 Anna Laurence 20:01
4 35 Emily Caggiano 21:02
5 53 Hannah Friedman 21:33
6 ( 67) Margalit Glasgow 22:09
7 ( 84) Leda Olia 22:43

From MA state eastern Divisional XC championships

Teams captains: please submit your stories to GeorgeTToad at gmail. That sounds like an order.

State Divisional Championships - Saturday

2011-11-11T18:57:00.001-05:00

The eastern MA state divisional championships are Saturday 12 Nov. at Franklin Park.

9:00 a.m. Boys’ Division 1
9:25 a.m. Boys’ Division 2
9:50 a.m. Boys’ Division 3
10:15 a.m. Girls’ Division 1
10:40 a.m. Girls’ Division 2
11:05 a.m. Girls’ Division 3
11:35 a.m. Boys’ Division 4
12:00 p.m. Boys’ Division 5
12:25 p.m. Boys’ Division 6
12:50 p.m. Girls’ Division 4
1:15 p.m. Girls’ Division 5
1:40 p.m. Girls’ Division 6

Each school may list ten (10) boys/girls, seven (7) of whom will be allowed to compete. The first five (5) boys/girls to finish will score for their schools. Five (5) boys/girls must leave starting box and finish for a team to score.

Athletes should come dressed in proper school uniform, (school colors - jersey and shorts) ready to compete. The Uniform Rule will be strictly enforced. In case of inclement weather the Tournament Director MAY modify the Uniform Rule but “solid color” for all clothing worn in addition to the school issued uniform will be required.

State Meet - 19 Nov. Qualifications: Eastern MA: Boys and Girls - (Div. I - Large Schools)
Top four (4) teams from Division 1, 2 & 3 sectional Top ten (10) individuals from Division 1, 2 & 3 - not on one of the qualifying teams One - 5th place team with best time from Division 1, 2 or 3 – (Wildcard)

MSTCA Coaches invitatiional

2011-11-06T17:47:00.002-05:00

The MSTCA Coaches Invitational was Saturday.
Coverage at Milesplit
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DCL Championships at Franklin Park

2011-10-29T00:34:00.002-04:00

From DCL XC championships

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There might be a few videos added.

Boston Parks gave the word at noon that the start field was too wet and that the start had to be moved. The start was at the edge of the soccer markings cutting off maybe 150 meters. This shouldn't have been a problem since XC starts in a wide line across the whole field. The start field is one place where the turf is usually not damaged in XC because the runners are dispersed over a large area. Also, XC spikes are thin and the runners don't change direction as in soccer or football. A very wet field is completely not an issue for XC runners. It is part of the sport.

OK, got that out of the way. It was a beautiful sunny day in the mid 40s. The course probably ran slow because of wetness.

AB boys edged LS. AB boys had 3 freshmen in on the varsity team. This bodes well for them. CC took 3rd. NS boys varsity had 5 sophomores, 1 junior and 1 senior on their team for 4th. LS had half the freshman race field. There should be some good competition in coming years.

Weston girls continued their strong season solidly beating LS at 2nd and NS at 3rd. Weston is a much smaller school than NS or LS so this win is unusual.

From DCL XC championships

DCL Championships, Franklin Park, Friday 2pm

2011-10-27T17:09:00.001-04:00

The DCL championships are at Franklin Park at 2 pm this Friday, 28 Oct. There are freshman, JV and varsity races.
The weather will be sunny and 45° with WNW winds at 8mph.
I'll be there camera in hand.
From last year: 27 Oct.2010

From DCL XC championships 27 Oct. 2010

From 30 Oct. 2009:

From DCL XC Championships 30 October 2009

From 24 Oct. 2008

From DCL XC varisty Championships 24 October 2008

DCLs 2005:

From Newton South Running Times

years past not DCL meet:

From Newton South Running Times

Bob McIntyre Twilight Cross Country Meet

2011-10-23T23:18:00.001-04:00

Bob McIntyre Twilight Cross Country Meet

October 22, 2011 @ Barnstable Fairgrounds in Falmouth, MA

Click here for results

from Steven:

The MSTCA Bob McIntyre Twilight Cross Country Meet is the only meet run in the dark on the East Coast and only one of two run in the country with the other in California.

Running in the first Annual edition of this meet was being part of the start of history.

There were over 1400 kids involved in this meet.

This meet was just so cool. Running in twlight added so much to the excitement and the the loop that they repeated 3 times was positioned so that you could see the runners many times during each race. I was able to get to 10 different points on the course with just a little running so the kids got a huge crowd support boost and the fans get to see the races unfold.

This meet was also the best meet in terms of quality teams and individuals to be run in this state so far this year. Seven teams ranked in the top 20 in Ma. competed in the varsity race as a complete teams and 6 other teams ranked in the top 20 had individuals run this race making this a better field than some of the upcoming Division championships. This was also the only race this year that will combine teams and individuals from the two State Divisions. In Ma our state meets are divided into D. I and D. II and all other invites follow this divide.

The twilight meet combined both divisions into one super race.

As a coach I have been to invitationals in 6 states and have seen a lot of exciting meets. This MSTCA twilight meet was the most exciting cross country invitational that I have been to by far in terms of environment. The course was a lit mile loop through the Barnstable County Fair Grounds that was lined with spectators the entire way and often so deep that it was difficult to get a complete view. The crowd was very loud, supportive with many cow bells ringing. It was moving to be in the crowd and every one of our kids said that they loved the experience. Our 9th grade girls ran at 4:50 and because of the cloud cover the lights were already on. Our sophomore runners ran in twlight conditions at 6:20 , our JV girls followed right after and our varsity ran at 7:20.

The path of the course was lit enough for the runners to see the entire way while running in what seemed like truly twilight conditions. There were places on the course that it was difficult from the sidelines to make out who the runners were until they were right next to us because of the lighting, but the runners told me that they could see fine the entire way.

The race distance according to the meet director and two officials was slightly over 5K at 3.14 miles.

Our kids performances matched their excitement. We had a great day as a team and this is the perfect way to spring into the post season. We ran well enough in the varsity race to look like a top 5 team in the State. With the effort at this meet we can try for even more than that. We have won past division championships with a team average like this. When you get a team average under 20:00 you are a pretty good team. This year Div. I has a lot of parity, but an effort like this should make the top 4 and into All State. We are a better team right now than our team that placed 3rd in Div. I last year and 7th at All State. This race gave our girls even more confidence and was a real lift for us in a season that is already going well. Our girls in the sophmore race all ran varsity caliber races and add to our depth going into the All State meet. We include 10 girls on our Ea. Ma. and All State rosters and these girls ran like they belong on a state meet team.

The Ea. Ma. division meet will not have a field this packed with talent so this was a great way to ready for the post season.

Team Standings:

21 Teams 181 Racers

1. Bishop Feehan 38 (ranked #1 team in Ma. regardless of division and also D. II #1)

2. Newton South 84 (D. I #7) 19:57 team average

3. Dennis-Yarmouth 130 (D. II #6)

4. Needham 163 (D. I #12)

5. Shrewsbury 169 (D. I #9)

6. Ursuline 198

7. N. Attleborough 223

8. Brookline 260

9. Notre Dame 260 (D. I #13)

10. Sandwich 265

11. Somerset (D. I #12)

Ten more teams.

Other ranked teams that ran individuals: Weston (D. II #2) Sutton (D. II #5) Coyle & Cassidy ( D. II # 9) Hopkinton (D. II #15) Hingham (D. II # 18)

NSXC results Top 25 in each race received medals. In the varsity race the MSTCA split the divisions medals in the shoot. They scored the two divisions as one combined race, but gave seperate medals as per division. So Anna and Lucrecia got the 2nd and 3rd medals in D. I and our top 5 all scored in the top 25.

9th grade race (92 finishers) 2.14 miles

21st medal Julia Lee 14:44

23rd medal Louisa Kimmell 14:52

34 Ariel Neumann 15:33

51 Amy Gilbert 16:25

63 Audrey Hooker 16:58

Sophomore race 91 finishers 3.14

20th medal Naomi Eisenberg 21:21

22nd medal Leda Olia 21:30

23rd medal Sara Wang 21:36

35 Leah Jacobson 22:33

54 Noa Shneorson 23:54

65 Kim Ly 24:46

74 Lindsey Woo 25:14

JV Race 126 finishers 3.14 miles

44. Leah Abercrombie 24:22

112. Irene Clifford 29:17

Varsity Race 181 finishers 3.14 miles

7. Anna Rhatigan 19:05

12. Lucrecia Aguilar 19:32

15. Anna Laurence 19Z:48

39. Emily Caggiano 20:39

40. Hannah Friedman 20:40

63. Maraglit Glassgow 21:21

69. Laura Cotter 21:32

NS v Waltham, boys results

2011-10-13T22:39:00.000-04:00

Date: 10/12/2011
Newton South HS XC Race Report
Course: Newton South Campus w/change (3 miles)
Weather: Cloudy 65°
Schools: Newton South v. Waltham

Team: Varsity Boys

Score: NS 21 - Waltham 40

Place	Name	School	Time
1	M. Costello	Newton South	16:53
2	D. Shuler	Newton South	16:56
3	C. Kelleher	Waltham	17:09
4	N. Barbarlo	Waltham	17:14
5	B. Eisenberg	Newton South	17:24
6	V. Moisescu	Newton South	17:26
7	D. Cutright	Newton South	17:51
8	J. Chari	Newton South	18:17
9	T. Golan	Newton South	18:47
10	A. Babayan	Waltham	19:03
11	C. Leonard	Waltham	19:09
12	R. LaCroix	Waltham	20:52
13	J. Cox	Waltham	20:53
14	N. Springer	Waltham	21:10
15	P. Jordan	Waltham	23:17
16	R. Patel	Waltham	25:05
17	B. Alverado	Waltham	30:20

Team: JV Boys
Score: NS - Waltham non-compete

Place	Name	School	Time
1	A. Edelstein	Newton South	19:30
2	D. Goldstein	Newton South	19:44
3	E. Zhang	Newton South	20:49
4	C. Teitleman	Newton South	20:58
5	J. Warnke	Newton South	21:10
6	R. Nedeljkovic	Newton South	21:25
7	C. Wu	Newton South	21:36
8	D. Bacigalupe	Newton South	21:56
9	J. Jermanok	Newton South	22:24
10	S. Sharon	Newton South	22:38
11	C. MacGinnitie	Newton South	22:39
12	N. Furgang	Newton South	22:41
13	B. Weingart	Newton South	24:05
14	B. Shteinfeld	Newton South	25:13
15	S. Noymer	Newton South	25:33
16	B. Tai	Newton South	25:33
17	B. Robinson	Newton South	25:40

Lots of photos from earlier meets

2011-10-13T18:12:00.000-04:00

Photos from Martin Shiu:
14 Sept., Wed. Bedford & Boston Latin; Franklin Park
21 Sept., Wed. Wayland & Westford Academy Westford Academy
24 Sept., Sat. Ocean State Invitational Goddard Park, Warwirk RI
27 Sept.,Tues. Lincoln-Sudbury & Concord-Carlisle Newton South
1 Oct., Sat., Bay State Invitational at Wrentham Development Center

5 Oct., Wed., Acton Boxborough at AB

NS v Waltham at NS; 12 Oct 2011

2011-10-12T22:19:00.002-04:00

Here are the girls results.
Does anyone have photos to share?

Newton South Cross Country vs Waltham

Newton South campus course

3.05 Miles Flat 90% Grass fields with a little pavement

(Our campus course had to be lengthened slightly as it started and finished outside of the track and field complex instead of on the track due to the infield being in use.)

1. Anna Rhatigan NSXC 19:06

2. Lucrecia Aguilar NSXC 19:08

3. Anna Laurence NSXC 19:23

4. Emily Caggiano NSXC 20:00

5. Hanah Friedman NSXC 20:09

6. Margalit Glasgow NSXC 20:21

7. Olja Repaic WAL 20:52

8. Bridget Wack WAL 20:52

9. Laura Cotter NSXC 20:54

10. Leda Olia NSXC 21:14

11. Naomi Eisenberg NSXC 21:17

12. Sara Wang NSXC 21:21

13. Leah Jacobson NSXC 22:02

14. Louisa Kimmell NSXC 22:24

15. Julia Lee NSXC 22:56

16. Noa Shneorson NSXC 23:16

17. Katie Carlozzi WAL 23:22

18. Leah Abercrombie NSXC 23:41

19. Kim Ly NSXC 24:17

20. Skyler Stewart WAL 24:19

21. Abbie Rosado WAL 24:41

22. Grace Frigo WAL 24:43

23. Ariel Neumann NSXC 24:43

24. Amy Gilbert NSXC 24:50

25. Adrianne Schwarzentruber WAL 25:34

26. Audrey Hooker NSXC 27:21

27. Irene Clifford NSXC 27:46

28. Laura Grosser NSXC 28:39

29. Julie Barberio WAL 30:24

30. Azra Avdagic WAL 30:27

31. Taylor Bitsoli WAL 30:28

32. Colleen Sulivan WAL 32:39

NS versus Waltham at NS

2011-10-11T18:58:00.004-04:00

The cross country meet tomorrow, 11th Oct., against Waltham has been moved to the Newton South campus due to a conflict at Cold spring park

Double dual NS v LS v CC @ NS 27 sept. 2011

2011-09-27T23:56:00.003-04:00

Great meet today at Newton South with three strong very large teams.
Click here for photos by George
Note that the last photos are of the complete results varsity and JV taken at the end of the meet.

From NSHS XC NS v LS v CC 27 Sept. 2011

Notes on girls varsity race by Steven M.:

Today Newton South hosted Concord-Carlisle and Lincoln-Sudbury with all three teams coming in ranked top 15 in the state (LS #3, NS #7, CC #15 MSTCA) and the meet followed that script. All three of these teams came into this meet undefeated within the DCL. All three teams excuted fast team races and the order of the rankings coming in held in the scoring.

Lincoln-Sudbury remains undefeated in the DCL with a 4-0 record, Newton South is now 5-1 and Concord Carlisle is 3 - 2. All three teams have challenges still waiting within the DCL as Newton South travels to Acton-Boxboro on Oct. 5th, Concord-Carlisle faces Westford and Weston on Oct. 5th and Lincoln-Sudbury will match up with Weston on Oct. 12th.

Anna Rhatigan also remains undefeated in the DCL with a 17:48 over the 2.95 mile course on the Newton South campus. Anna and Marika Crowe of Lincoln-Sudbury ran most of the race side by side and Anna only secured the win in the last 100 meters with Marika finishing in a fast 17:53.

At two miles the team race was still close between Newton South and Lincoln-Sudbury, but Lincoln-Sudbury finished the last mile in strong fashion to pull away for the team victory.

Concord-Carlisle also ran a fine team race with Megan Ratcliffe finishing 3rd overall in this strong field.

Lincoln-Sudbury and Newton South were incredibly well matched through the top 3 three runners. After that Lincoln-Sudbury won with team depth.

The 2nd and 3rd runners for both Lincoln-Sudbury and Newton South finished in a wave with Emily Knaul and Katie LaScaleia of Lincoln-Sudbury just edging out Lucrecia Aguilar and Anna Laurence of Newton South with all four finishing within 4 seconds.

When you look at the depth of these three teams it was a great race to watch.

Newton South Girls Cross Country

vs Concord - Carlisle and Lincoln Sudbury

Newton South Campus Course

2.95 Miles

Grass Fields with just over 1000 meters on the track to start/finish

Warm and Clear

1. A. Rhatigan NSXC17:48

2. M. Crowe LS 17:53

3. M. Ratcliffe CC 18:06

4. E. Knaul LS 18:13

5. K. Lascaleia LS 18:16

6. L. Aguilar NSXC18:17

7. A. Laurence NSXC18:17

8. C. Lawlar CC 18:40

9. S. Mepham LS 18:54

10. D. Hargus LS 18:57

11. P. Bisson LS 18:57

12. I. Caruso CC 19:13

13. E. Caggiano NSXC19:22

14. H. Friedman NSXC19:27

15. A. Kelley LS 19:31

16. L. Potter LS 19:36

17. I. Williams CC 19:44

18. S. Cook LS 19:48

19. M. Glasgow NSXC19:52

20. J. Borovick LS 19:58

21. N. Rojgoral CC 19:58

22. O. MeyersonCC 19:59

23. M. Parson CC 20:03

24. L. Cotter NSXC20:04

25. R. Ehlers CC 20:11

26. C. Campbell CC 2012

27. C. Reading LS 20:15

28. M. Carey CC 20:33

29. K. Magurie LS 20:37

30. E. Perkins CC 20:37

Team Scores

LS 24 NS 33

NS 23 CC 33

LS 21 CC 39

double dual at NS, LS & CC; 27 Sept.

2011-09-27T12:16:00.001-04:00

A big meet is today, Tuesday 27 September, at Newton South. The very strong teams of Lincoln-Sudbury and Concord-Carlisle will be at Newton South for a 4 pm double dual meet.
A double dual meet is where there are three teams but the scoring is that each school competes against the other schools in separately scored dual meets. So, NS will compete against LS for one dual meet and against CC in the other, simultaneously. (A tri-meet is where the scoring is done as one with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place team).

Ocean State Results

2011-09-25T20:13:00.000-04:00

Click here for varsity results
Click here for JV results

Results for Ocean State XC Invitational Sept. 24

Varsity Division Race 8th Place Team Finish

7th Place overall Allen Shiu 16:59

David Wortham 17:52

Michael Costello 18:05

Collin Pham 18:13

Dylan Shuler 18:14

Daniel Cutright 19:02

Sam Haas 19:09

JV Division Race 11th Place Team Finish

Nick Reitman 18:56

Ethan Wehrwein 19:28

Parker Olson 19:36

Victor Moisescu 19:51

Jason Chari 20:08

Keegan Stricker 20:17

Tal Golan 20:35

Aaron Edelstein 20:37

Daniel Goldstein 20:43

Pat Mahoney 21:13

Jordan Cohen-Kaplan 21:17

Eric Zhang 23:54

Ocean State Invitational meet for boys - Sat. 24 Sept 2011

2011-09-23T22:09:00.001-04:00

Ocean State Invitational XC Meet Rain or Shine

Goddard State Park
1095 Ives Road, Warwick, RI

We will be listed as Division II races for this meet in RI.
(Large Schools)

9:50 JV
Jason Chari, Jordan Cohen-Kaplan, Aaron Edelstein, Tal Golan, Daniel Goldstein, Pat Mahoney, Victor Moisescu, Parker Olson, Nick Reitman, Keegan Stricker, Alex Verbitsky, Ethan Wehrwein, Eric Zhang

10:55 Varsity
David Wortham, Dylan Shuler, Allen Shiu, Collin Pham, Sam Haas, Daniel Cutright, Michael Costello

more photos from NS v BL v Bedford 14 Sept. 2011

2011-09-22T22:42:00.002-04:00

Click here for photos by Martin Shiu

2nd double dual meet, Wayland & Westford Academy

2011-09-22T00:45:00.003-04:00

Click here for photos by Martin Shiu

NSHS XC had its 2nd double dual meet Wednesday at Westford Academy.
A note from Steve on the girls team:

We will not be going to Amherst this year. However the boys will race Ocean State in RI this weekend.

We are preparing for our big double dual meet next Tuesday at the Newton South campus vs LS and CC. All three of our teams are ranked in the top 15 in the state.

Today was another fun meet. We are now 4-0 over the regulars season and Anna Rhatigan is still undefeated. Westford is well coached and have had teams and individuals win DCLs and place top 3 at All State so they are always a test. Wayland has a great tradition and we respect them when we go against them. This was two good wins for us.

Being 4 - 0 at this point in the season is nice, but what makes me happy as a coach is that our entire team from our varsity to our JV team is working hard to understand the process that it takes to be better team. This is a group of fast learners and that more than our winning record gives hope for a nice future.

This team is very coachable. When I give them a scouting report of the other teams followed by race plans these kids pay close attention and it is showing in our meets.

For as young as we are I feel that this team looks forward to challenges with a great attitude and that they can rely on each other to follow their plans. Being this consistent with this much youth is a true sign that these kids are paying attention and learning to master different aspects of racing.

Anna Rhatigan took on a girl that beat Marika Crowe from LS the spring All State mile champion in their meet vs LS at LS. So when Anna took charge of the race and won by 14 seconds that is what we need from our front runner. Anna broke the new course record set by Emily Ruggiero of Westford (old record 19:19) with a time of 18:55 for 3 miles which is flying for this time of year.

Emily Ruggiero was 2nd.

We put 3 girls in the top 4 with Lucrecia in 3rd and Anna L. in 4th. Lucrecia has just started the sport and is running at a high level early and really enjoying it. Anna L. was a bit under the weather today, but gave a couragous effort for the team and had a fast time.

Emily Caggiano and Hannah are improving their times were joined by Margalit Glasgow giving us a very solid top 6.

We also had 6 girls in the top 8 and 9 in the top 13. I love how so many young kids followed their suggested summer training and have come in giving us so much depth. These girls certainly make being their coach a fun job as they are earnest in their learning and very dedicated in their approach to training and racing.

Scores:

NSXC 15 Wayland 50

NSXC 21 Westford 39

Westford 16 Wayland 47

Course: 3 Miles Sunny and mid 70s

Sand, dirt trails, some roads. Lots of hills, turns and uneven footing.

Results:

1. Anna Rhatigan NSXC 18:55 New Course Record

2. Emily Ruggiero Wfd 19:09

3. Lucrecia Aguilar NSXC 19:42

4. Anna Laurence NSXC 19:58

5. Tia Caldwell Wfd 20:22

6. Emily Caggiano NSXC 20:35

7. Margalit Glasgow NSXC 20:51

8. Hannah Friedman NSXC 20:53

9. J. Beattie Wfd 21:08

10. Laura Cotter NSXC 21:09

11. K. Ernst Wfd 21:13

12. K. Burke 21:14

13. Leda Olia NSXC 21:26

14. Sara Wang NSXC 21:41

15. L. Chevalier Wfd 21:41

16. B. McCusher Wfd 21:47

17. J. Graham Wfd 22:36

18. S. Brunelle Wfd 22:59

19. G. Murhpy Way 23:20

20. E. Burke Wfd 23:51

21. J. Lin Wfd 23:53

22. E Karpacz Way 24:02

23. I Schwartz Way 24:54

24. I Penrose Way 25:04

25. C Bolivar Way 25:06

26. B. Falvay Way 26:27

Top JV

NS 25 Westford 30

1. Amy Cavanagh Wfd 22:12

2. Leah Arbercrombie NSXC 22:29

3. Leah Jacobson NSXC 22:54

4. Louisa Kimmill NSXC 22:55

5. H. Peterhell Wfd 23:43

Other NSXC JV placers (25 girls in the race):

7. Julia Lee 23:44

9. Noa Shneorson 24:06

12. Kim Ly 25:26

14. Lindsey Woo 25:27

16. Ariel Neumann 26:21

19. Amy Gilbert 27:40

22. Audrey Hooker 29:22

Note from Steven on first dual meets

2011-09-15T23:52:00.001-04:00

Team Records

Varsity 2 - 0

JV 2 - 0

Nice start to the season with a lot of new faces stepping up.

Girls Meet

NS 15 BL 50

NS 18 Bed 45

Bed 17 BL 39

1. Anna Rhatigan NS 20:42

2. Anna Laurence NS 21:16

3. Medlo Bed 21:34

4. Lucrecia Aguilar NS 21:48

5. Leda Olia NS 22:49

6. Hannah Friedman NS 22:46

7. Margalit Glasgow NS 22:49

8. Sara Wang NS 22:57

9. Laura Cotter NS 23:03

JV 3K

No official results as per too many teams running three races at once. NS went 1-4 in the JV race and won against both teams with a low score

My unofficial count.

NS 18 Bed 35

NS 16 BL 45

1. Leah Abercrombie NS 14:16

2. Naomi Eisenberg NS 14:24

3. Leah Jacobson NS 14:37

4. Louisa Kimmell NS 14:48

Noa Shneorson NS 15:37

Julia Lee NS 15:52

Kim Ly NS 16:26

Lindsey Woo NS 17:01

Amy Gilbert NS 17:30

Audrey Hooker NS 17:54

Laura Grosser NS 20:47

Coaches Notes: Our experienced kids ran a hill workout followed by a fartlek combination on Monday so we went into this meet with some tired legs and I had our captains pace other kids so finish times were not a thing that concerned us today. We are working hard now for later in the season and that is a normal approach to early season meets for us.

I have been pleased with our entire varsity coming into the season in good shape and they are running very solid for this time of year. The Annas stepping up as front runners is positive sign.

Another big positive is the next wave of kids. Leda, Margalit, Sara and Laura have all put in work over the summer to go from nice JV leaders to valuable varsity contributors. With a young team we needed that to happen and they showed it off a bit today.

Also our JV team is gaining depth. Naomi did a great job of pacing the pack and it was fun to see the Leahs do so well. The 9th graders all took on their first race with a positive attitude and they are adding a lot to spirit of our team.

We are young as we will only graduate 2 girls and have only 2 juniors in our top 25 girls. But the kids are learning and working hard and we have started the season as a very solid team.

Thanks,

Steven

DCL double dual meet; Boston Latin, Bedford

2011-09-15T00:08:00.003-04:00

The first dual meet was held today at Franklin Park against Boston Latin and Bedford. The afternoon started with hot and humid weather and then breaking into rain showers and more sun.
Newton South won all races, boys and girls. The JV meet had some confusion because two other schools showed up for an unofficial scrimmage. They had travelled a long distance so no one complained but the other schools should have waited.
I have lots of OK photos but not enough time to process them now. Perhaps, this weekend.
(Sorry, messed up on white balance).
**** Click here for photos by George ****

From DCL dual meet NSHS, Boston latin, Bedford

The boys team - informal photo

2011-09-03T08:05:00.001-04:00

Thursday practice

Running at Cold Spring Park

2011-07-29T02:05:00.000-04:00

Weston 5 miler on 21 July

2011-07-23T09:17:00.000-04:00

Weston 5 miler
Coolrunning results
photo by John Keklak:

MIAA All State Track & Field Championship Meet Bridgewater, MA, June 4, 2011

2011-06-05T16:05:00.010-04:00

Click here for full results
Click here for NS photos by John Keklak (LS)
Click here for LS photos by John Keklak(LS)
- girls mile
2 Kathy O'Keefe SR Newton South 5:01.37
- girls 4 x 800
8 Newton South HS 'A' 9:44.75
1) Alekhya Chaparala FR 2) Anna Rhatigan FR 3) Anna Laurence 4) Kathy O'Keefe SR
- girls triple jump
12 Kyra Visnick SO
Newton South 34-11.00
- Boys 2 mile
4 David Melly SR Newton South 9:23.34
- boys 110 hurdles
8 Jung Park SO Newton South 15.52 (prelim 7, 15:31)
- boys 4 x 400
5 Newton South HS 'A' 3:25.76 3 1) Andrew O'Hagan JR 2) Marini Lopci SO 3) Cary Potochnik JR 4) Deon Arneaud SO
- boys pole vault
5 Ben Eisenberg SO Newton South 13-00.00

A few years ago the NS pole vault record was 13'-1" by my 1967 team mate, Jay King. Ross McDonald shattered that record and presently holds the allstate meet MA record at 15'-0" from last year (and tied again this year). Soph Ben Eisenberg is carrying on the NS PV tradition.
The boys 4x400 did a very impressive 3:25 with all underclassmen. I can't wait to watch them next year. They are only about 1/2 second off the school record.

Special congratulations to the Newton North girls team which won the all-state championship. There were 76 teams which scored points. There are 377 high schools which can take part in this meet.

State Divisional Meet in Andover

2011-05-31T10:47:00.004-04:00

The state divisional meet was held last Saturday in Andover.
Click here for full results
Click here for Milesplit coverage, results, photos and videos
Click here for NS photos by John Keklak of LS
Click here for Newton North photos by John Keklak (LS)
Acton-Boxborough boys were team winners.
Click here for AB photos by John Keklak (LS)
Click here for photos by Chris Brearley of Westford
Click here for LS photos by John Keklak of LS

NS highlights:
- Girls 1 mile run
1 Kathy O'Keefe SR 5:04.55
- Girls 2 mile run
18 Lucrecia Aguilar FR 12:03.68
24 Anna Laurence SR 12:13.21
- Girls 4x100 meter relay
8 Newton South
Charlotte Huth FR, Kyra Visnick SO, Mary Testa JR, Madeline Frieze SR 51.62
- Girls 4x400 meter relay
20 Charlotte Huth FR, Hannah Friedman JR, Emily Caggiano SO, Anna Rhatigan FR 4:27.73

- Girls 4x800 meter relay

3 Alekhya Chaparala FR, Anna Rhatigan FR, Hannah Friedman JR, Kathy O'Keefe SR 9:40.93

- Girls High Jump

4 Nicole Kestenberg JR 5'-2"

- Girls Pole Vault

5 Avery Forrow SR 8'-6"

6 Kyra Visnick SO 8'-6"

- Girls Triple Jump

4 Kyra Visnick SO 36'-3"

- Boys 100 meter dash

14 Patrick Kuffour SR 11.58

19 Grant Henderson SR 11.77

23 Tyrone Thorton FR 12.05

- Boys 200 meter dash

(7 Yossef Elkorchi JR prelim. 23.22)

6 Yossef Elkorchi JR final 23.20

- Boys 400 meters

16 Deon Arneaud SO 52.10

- Boys 2 miles

2 David Melly SR 9:22.50

- Boys 110 meter hurdles

(3 Jung Park SO prelim. 15.40)

5 Jung Park SO final 15.49

- Boys 400 meter hurdles

7 Andrew O'Hagan JR 59.18

14 Ben Eisenberg SO 60.05

- Boys 4 x 100 meter relay

14 Jeffrey Alkins SR, Youseff Elkorchi JR, Grant Henderson SR, Patrick Koufour SR 44.93

- Boys 4 x 400 meter relay

3 Andrew O'Hagan JR, Marini Lopci SO, Cary Potochnik JR, Deon Arneaud SO 3:26.01

- Boys 4 x 800 meter relay

21 Conor O'Brien SR, Joe Hickey SO, Victor Moisescu JR, David Melly SR 8:33.33

- Boys High Jump

17 Ben Eisenberg SO 5'-11"

17 Youssef Elkorchi JR 5'-11"

- Boys Pole Vault

4 Ben Eisenberg SO 12'-6"

- Boys Long Jump

Andre Scott SR 19'-3"

- Boys Triple Jump

11 Deon Arneaud SO 41'-2"

TEAMS: (girls 29 teams scored points, boys 31 teams scored points; many teams do not score any points)

girls 1. Newton North 93.50, 6 Newton South 34

boys 1. Acton Boxborough 76, 12 Newton South 28

State Divisional Meet was held in Andover

2011-05-29T08:46:00.002-04:00

Click here for compete results

DCL Championship @ Regis College

2011-05-18T22:47:00.004-04:00

Click here for results
Photos to come over the weekend
Reminder that the JV meet is tomorrow, Thursday, at Newton South. I can't be there so whoever takes pictures, please put them on a photo site and send me the link.

DCL Championship at Regis College on Wednesday afternoon

2011-05-16T13:38:00.003-04:00

The DCL championship meet is this Wednesday at Regis College and the DCL JV meet is at Newton South on Thursday. Hope the weather is OK.
PV 2:30
Field Events 3:00
Running Events 3:30

Might get live results here

Click here for varsity performance list

Andover Boosters Meet, 14 May

2011-05-16T13:35:00.004-04:00

Click here for results
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman

NSHS v Waltham & Wayland; double dual meet; 11 May 2011

2011-05-11T23:02:00.000-04:00

Please send me results.
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman

NSHS Alum results

2011-05-08T14:53:00.018-04:00

Please send in results.

This weekend the Heptagonal Championships are being held at Yale. Kelsey Karys ran the 10,000 meters on Saturday winning:
1 Karys, Kelsey SO Cornell 34:19.99
(That's 5000 in 17:10 twice in a row!)
2nd was 34:37.92

Click here for Heptagonal results

From the Cornell web site:

"The women's 10,000 meters on Saturday night proved to be a real momentum-builder for the Big Red heading into Sunday as sophomoresKelsey Karys and Katie Kellner worked in tandem to produce a stellar 1-2 finish for Cornell, masterfully executing their race plan. After a slow and tactical first two miles, the pair traded the lead for the next two miles as they applied heavy pressure to the rest of the field with faster and faster laps. With two-defending champion Sarah Cummings of Princeton hanging in and even re-taking the lead in the final 3000 meters, Karys unleashed a 5:07 final mile to pull away for her first career Heps title, crossing the line in a new school record of 34:19.99 (breaking the 19 year old mark of Martina Hoppe '94 by .01), also the fifth best time ever run at the Heps. Kellner rallied with great determination in the final three laps and finished second with a 95 second personal best of 34:37.92, #4 all time at Cornell. With a first 5K of 17:50, Karys managed a remarkable 16:29 5K to close out the race, while Kellner ran the last half of her race in 16:47. Also running an inspring effort was senior Kristin Sellers, who ran a personal best 36:05.07, #9 all-time at Cornell, to place seventh."

Ross McDonald pole vaulted 4.87 meters (15-11.75 feet) to place 6th at the Occidental Invitational in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 7. A freshman at USC, McDonald was the top vaulter for the Trojans at the meet. The approximately 16-foot clearance is a PR, and a foot higher than he cleared to win the All-State Meet in 2010. Ross will return to Waban in mid-May and will train over the summer with the New England Pole Vault Club.

Ryan-Davis Honored By NESCAC 4/25/11
"Middlebury College track athlete Juliet Ryan-Davis (Newton, Mass.) has been named the NESCAC Female Performer of the Week. The sophomore recorded a time of 2:12.99 in the 800-meter run at the Larry Elis Invitational hosted by Princeton over the weekend. Her time qualified her for the NCAA’s."

At the 2011 New England Division III Championship held at MIT: Women 800 Meter Run
2. Ryan-Davis, Juliet SO Middlebury 2:13.45

Atlantic 10 Conference - 5/7/2011 to 5/8/2011 Belk Stadium UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Shot Put, Women
4 Nalis Mbianda SO UMass 13.55m 44-05.50

Brown Springtime Open, 1 May
1500 meters women
9 Melanie Fineman, FR, Brown 4:43.92

Landmark Outdoor Championships, Susquehanna U., 1-2 May
the DOUBLE:
5000 meters
21 Kian Olia SO Catholic U., 18:14
10,000 meters
11 Kian Olia SO Catholic U., 37:28

OK, a little older news.
ACC Championships 21-23 April at Duke in Durham NC.
Women 3000 meter steeplechase
10 Bridget Dahlberg SO, Boston College 10:46.93

Penn Relays 26 - 30 April
College Women's 3000M Championship
4 Kelsey Karys SO Cornell 9:34.11

Maine T&F Championships 17 April @ Colby
Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
1. Andrew Wortham SO Bates 9:27.12

Ross McDonald USC clears 15' - 11.75"

Weston Twilight meet was held Saturday

2011-05-08T13:01:00.002-04:00

Click here for full results

NSHS v Weston v Tyngsboro @ Weston HS - results?

2011-05-08T13:00:00.002-04:00

Who can send results from this meet?

NSHS v Weston v Tyngsboro @ Weston HS - THURSDAY

2011-05-03T22:51:00.004-04:00

Double dual meet, Thursday., at Weston HS against Weston and Tyngsboro.
The meet has been postponed from Wednesday to Thursday.

MSTCA State Relays at Franklin

2011-05-02T16:44:00.002-04:00

Click here for results
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for photos by Westford's Chris Brearley

MSTCA State pole vault relays held at Newton South today

2011-04-28T23:06:00.000-04:00

The MSTCA (Mass. State Track Coaches Assoc.) state division relays are this weekend but the div 1 pole vault event was held at Newton South today. Six teams attended: Billerica, Chelmsford, Andover, Westford, Newton South and Acton Boxboro. Because of the weather the event was moved indoors.

from Steven:
"Our girls all hit their PR or set a new PR. We finished with the same empirical measure as AB in a tie for 1st at 25'6". But the meet management scores the event in metric so we finished 2nd by hair. Still a great effort and a great outcome and all three girls cleared the state qualifying standard of 8'0"."

Mary Testa 8'0"

Avery Forrow 8'6"

Kyra Visnick 9'0"

NS v Boston Latin v Westford Academy double dual meet

2011-04-27T21:22:00.002-04:00

Newton South ran against Westford Academy and Boston Latin today on a beautiful day in the 70s.
Click here for photos by George

From NS v WA v BL 27apr2011

Official results:
(The boys HJ, NS v WA might be scored wrong)

From NS v WA v BL 27apr2011

NS v Boston Latin v Westford Academy @ NS 4pm

2011-04-26T23:56:00.001-04:00

The schedule has a double dual meet against Boston Latin and Westford Academy tomorrow, 27 April, at Newton South. Meet starts at 4:00 p.m.

NS v AB dual meet at NS; 21 April 2011

2011-04-21T19:12:00.011-04:00

AB won both meets on a very windy but beautiful day.
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for photos by George
David Melly came close to the school record in the mile running 4:22.5. The official record is FAT 4:22.52 by Alex "Sasha" Long at the DCL championships on 20 May 2009.
Click here for partial results on Athletic.net
Team results:

From NS v Acton-Boxboro, 21apr2011

David Melly approaching the finish line in the mile.

From NS v Acton-Boxboro, 21apr2011

800 meters

From NS v Acton-Boxboro, 21apr2011

100 meters

From NS v Acton-Boxboro, 21apr2011

Dual meet is rescheduled for Thursday

2011-04-19T14:18:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow's dual meet against Acton-boxborough has been rescheduled for this Thursday 21 April, 3 pm at Newton South. Team members are to report by 1 pm.

BAA mile Sunday 17 April

2011-04-17T23:10:00.004-04:00

Kathy and David each won the HS BAA mile this morning with Ezra and Margo from NN finishing 2nd. Dyestat has a nice spread with pictures and videos are up on flotrack.
Click here for BAA mile results

Watch more video of 2011 B.A.A Invitational Mile and 5k on flotrack.org

Watch more video of 2011 B.A.A Invitational Mile and 5k on flotrack.org

Scroll down on Flotrack coverage for interviews with Ezra Lichtman and Margo Gillis from Newton North.... and others.

Watch more video of 2011 B.A.A Invitational Mile and 5k on flotrack.org

Frosh-soph meet in Hingham

2011-04-17T22:57:00.001-04:00

Click here for results
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman

dual meet 13 April?

2011-04-17T22:56:00.001-04:00

This meet was postponed until 11 May.

NS v LS v Arlington double dual meet

2011-04-07T11:59:00.006-04:00

First double dual meet was cloudy, cold and windy. Spring track.
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for photos by Josh Weiss
More photos to come - over weekend
Click here for partial results
unofficial team results:
boys:
NS 88 LS 47
NS 119.5 Arl 14.5
LS 108 Arl 32
girls:
NS 45 LS 100
NS 83 Arl 41
LS 121.5 Arl 19.5

miscellaneous catchups - NSHS alums

2011-04-05T22:28:00.004-04:00

Cornell was at the Cal State Fullterton “Titan Twilight.” in Fullerton CA on 25 March. Sophomore Kelsey Karys doubled winning the 1500 meters in 4:32.05 for a 4 second PR. An hour later she ran the 5000 meters in 17:07.80 for 2nd place behind a Cornell teammate in 17:07.15 and ahead of a Cornell teammate in 17:07.85. That is some threesome.

Maine & Bates Dual Track Meet - 4/3/2011, UMaine, Orono, ME
10,000 meters
3 Andrew Wortham, Bates, 32:47.71

Muhlenberg Spring Invitational 4/2/2011, Muhlenberg College PA
Discus
1 Heeren, Emily, SO Gettysburg, 35.30m
shot put
20 Heeren, Emily, SO Gettysburg, 8.40m
triple jump
8 Heeren, Emily, SO Gettysburg, 9.42m
(and pole vault)

Mangrum Invitational, Cal State San Marcos 4/2/2011
200 meters
Juliet Ryan-Davis SO Middlebury 26.79
400 meters
Juliet Ryan-Davis SO Middlebury 59.23

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Spring Invitational New London, CT, April 2, 2011
20 Cha, Will SO Trinity 2:04.88

W&J Invitational, 4/2/2011 Cameron Stadium, Washington, PA
16 Finch, Ben SO Carnegie Mel 16:10.88

Sorry, I missed a lot of earlier meets. Please help. I can set you up with a link doc for school meet schedules

One more very important!
Middlebury Women indoor DMR (distance medley relay) won the NCAA d3 national championship in March (Juliet Ryan-Davis).
see:
http://www.middlebury.edu/athletics/sports/track/archive/2010-2011/news/node/273383

1st outdoor meet Wed., 6 April 4pm at NSHS v LS v Arlington

2011-04-05T21:26:00.000-04:00

It's unofficial since I've had to work long hours and I have no schedule but rumor is that the 1st meet is tomorrow at NEWTON SOUTH! @ 4pm
gotta be there.

Other DCL meets: (not official)
AB v Westford v Weston @ Westford
Waltham v Boston Latin v Bedford @ Bedford

New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York

2011-03-13T16:57:00.022-04:00

The New Balance Indoor HS Nationals were held at the 168th Street Armory in New York city Friday the 11th through Sunday the 13th.
Click here for day 1 results
Click here for day 2 results
waiting for day 3 official results

Click here for photos by Dave Fineman

The Newton South girls running as the Newton Centre Athletics ran the 1600 sprint medley (heat 5) finishing in 4:09.65 taking 6th place. That is the fastest time in Massachusetts this year. They were 3rd in their timed heat. Kathy ran the 800 meter leg in 2:12.32. The posted youtube is messed up. You can see some of the race in the last half of the video. On the team: Lizzie Fineman, Madeline Frieze, Alekhya Chaparala and Kathy O'Keefe
Click here for girls SMR video
Click here for awards ceremony

The Newton South boys running as the Newton Centre Athletics ran the 1600 sprint medley (heat 3) finishing in 3:38.62 taking 19th place. Who can send me the splits?
Youssef El Korchi
Joe Marini
Andrew O'Hagan
David Melly 1:59.xx
Click here for boys SMR heat 3 video

Allen Shiu ran the freshman mile in 4:44.62 for 23rd place.
Click here for boys freshmen mile heat 2 video

Kathy O'Keefe ran in the mile setting a PR of 4:52:68 finished 9th overall. Andrea Keklak from Lincoln-Sudbury running in the same heat ran 4:49.43 for 3rd overall.
Click here for race video

David Melly ran in the fast heat of the two mile at the indoor nationals on Sunday 13 March. David got to be in the same heat as the US number one HS 2 miler Lucas Verzbicas. Lucas missed setting the all time 2 mile HS indoor record by less than a second. David did not have as good a race as last week.
Click here for a youtube video of the race

From Newton North running for the Waltham Track Club, Sophomore Carla Forbes, is the US HS champion indoors in the the long jump with a leap of 19'-5 1/2".
Click here for awards ceremony video

Newton North boys 1600 meter sprint medley took 6th in 3:32.46
no video.

Newton North's Isaiah Penn won the emerging elite 400 meter run in 49:62

New England Indoor Championships @ Reggie Lewis

2011-03-04T20:49:00.000-05:00

The New England Indoor 1 mile girls champion is Kathy O'Keefe.
1 Kathy O'Keefe SR Newton So. - MA 4:54.82

sets a new meet record.

The Newton South Running Tradition

2011-03-01T02:18:00.001-05:00

A note from Coach Steven McChesney about the Newton South Running Tradition

I would like to give the new parents and kids on our team a brief history of our cross country and track and field programs. We have so many new kids in our program that a few words about where we have been could lead to where we can go together.
Prior to my 20 years as coach at Newton South a rich tradition had already been started with a state championship team and many national caliber athletes. I feel that we simply carry on that tradition and being aware of it can instill pride and confidence in our current teams.
I have started a more detailed history that will be sent in soon and plan a complete history after that.
This is a daunting task and a visit to our school trophy case will back this up as we have won so many state level trophies that they are also stored in the athletic department office and also in Scott's (our athletic director) office.
Until then this will do.
We have enjoyed over 20 undefeated seasons, 40 plus DCL Championships, produced over 20 Division Championships and have placed 1st or 2nd in All State over 15 times. We have had 18 All State individual and relay champions.
We had teams ranked in the top 25 in the country with a team finishing 6th at the national cross country championship in Oregon. We have set 6 All New England Records and even more state records while having 48 kids earn All American honors in all event groups.

Two years ago Sports Illustrated named Newton South the top athletic program in the state largely on the top 6 placing at nationals of our cross country team, two national titles from our 4 x Mile team in both indoor and spring nationals, a 4 x 800 team that placed 2nd in the nation with the all time 3rd fastest time ever run in the US and also a 4th place at nationals in the DMR. That year both boys and girls won DCL championships and an All State Championship as well.
Currently David Melly is ranked 13th in the nation in the 2 Mile and Kathy O' Keefe is ranked 11th in the nation in the 1000 meters and 13th in the nation in the mile.

All State Indoor Championship at Reggie Lewis Track

2011-02-26T14:25:00.003-05:00

Click here for full results
Click here for photos by John Keklak
Thanks, John for this giant 697 photo album.
There are more photos and videos on Milesplit
Click here for MileSplit meet coverage

Kathy O'Keefe wins mile in 4:55.24
David Melly takes 3rd in 2 mile in new school record of 9:20.13
Nicole Kestenberg jumped 5'-0" in the high jump, 17th

Relays:
4x800 girls: 9:36.33, 4th
4x800 boys: 8:37.55, 22nd
4x200 boys: 1:34.15, 9th
4x400 boys: 3:31.47, 8th

All State Championship is this Saturday at Reggie Lewis Track

2011-02-24T21:51:00.007-05:00

from Coach Norton:

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Newton South's sprint group will be competing in the "All State Track Meet" on Saturday Feb.26 at the Reggie Lewis indoor track facilities!

Special appearances from Youssef Elkorchi, Jeffrey Alkins, Grant Henderson, Patrick Kuffour, and Marini Lopci will give their best performances in their respective legs on the NS 4x200 relay team. Their objective is to reach a standing ovation from the crowd when they break into the top 5 and better their season PR of 1:33 seconds.

Other special guests will be Andrew O'Hagan, Brooks Remy, Cary Potochnik, and Marini Lopci. They will give an encore performance in their respective legs on the NS 4x400 relay team. They will bring down the curtain as they register their highest note in the top 5 and hopefully matching their season PR of 3:29 seconds.

Also arriving from the town of Newton Massachusetts, is the gracious, 6th seeded, Nicole Kestenburg, the high jumper extraordinaire. She will give an uplifting performance that will take your breath away, as she projects to shatter her own PR of 5'3".

So stand-up and put your hands together and cheer for your future alumnus, and leaders of tomorrow. Catch a full day of track & field competition featuring the Newton South sprint and distance ensemble performing live at the Reggie Lewis Center, start time 11:00am

"Good Student-Athletes are a terrible thing to waste"

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I'd like to add that the entry list includes
the NSHS boys 4 x 800 meters
the NSHS girls 4 x 800 meters
David Melly is 3rd seed in the 2 mile
Kathy O'Keefe is 1st seed in the mile
Click here for the girls seeds
Click here for the boys seeds

State indoor div 1 championships

2011-02-18T22:42:00.005-05:00

The MA state indoor division 1 championships were held today.
Click here for full results
Lots of photos coming, maybe a video.
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
My photos had technical problems but will be posted
(the new fluorescent lighting is crap for photographers)
Click here for milesplit coverage of meet
A few quick highlights.
Kathy O'Keefe won the mile in 4:59.59.
Nicole Kestenberg took 2nd in the high jump with a big PR of 5'-3".
David Melly took 2nd with a Newton South indoor record of 9:26.64.
The girls 4 x 800 took 2nd in 9:45.27.
The boys 4 x 400 took 4th in 3:31.61.
The boys 4 x 200 took 7th in 1:33.84.
The girls team was 7th with 26 points.
The boys team was 15th with 15 points.

Tiger roar for Newton North girls who are MA div 1 state champions. They did a wonderful rugby scrum dance after the meet.

Alumni Results 2/11-2/12

2011-02-17T23:52:00.003-05:00

I may be missing a few from elsewhere, but there were some great performances by NS alumni last Friday and Saturday in Brighton and Medford
BU Valentine Invitational
Friday
800
43 590 Ryan-Davis, Juliet Middlebury 2:18.59
Saturday
1000
63 2113 Cha, Will Trinity 2:37.44
Mile
108 1281 Schneider, Marcus Bowdoin 4:28.19
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238265-2011-BU-Valentine-Invitational/video/457854-M-mile-H13

On Saturday morning Andrew and I both raced at Tufts:
3000
4 Wortham, Andrew Bates 8:53.73
Mile
3 Bargar, Cliff Tufts 4:40.36

It was a pretty fun day. In the morning I got to see Andrew race and qualify for the DIII New England Championships (coming off injury) before PRing in the mile for the first time since 2008 (and after running ~20 MPW + cross training for the last month while battling plantar fasciitis), then got to BU in time to see some of the afternoon races and hang out with Juliet, Marcus, Igal, and Sasha.

State Div 1 meet on Friday at 4:30 at Reggie Lewis

2011-02-16T09:37:00.000-05:00

The state division 1 meet will be held at Reggie Lewis Track in Boston starting at 4:30 on Friday 18 Feb.
Complete meet info, rules, times, etc. is in this document:
http://www.miaa.net/Track-Indoor-Format-10-11.pdf
There are VERY STRICT uniform and jewelry rules. Athletes are DQ'd every year.
It is a great accomplishment to qualify for this meet. The full list of qualifiers will be posted at:
http://www.miaa.net/
Link to performance list for div 1 now posted:
http://miaa.ezstream.net/index.cfm?itemid=6452
There are 28 entries under Newton South. I'll post the names and relays later.

New Balance Boston Indoor Games 5 Feb.

2011-02-15T14:39:00.000-05:00

For those interested in photos from the New Balance Boston Indoor Games here is a link:
https://picasaweb.google.com/GeorgeTToad/NewBalanceBostonIndoorGames#

DCL league Championships

2011-02-12T17:27:00.017-05:00

Click here for full results
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for photos by George
Click here for photos by Chris Brearley (WA)
Click here for photos by John Keklak (LS)
Click here for DCL meet coverage by MileSplit
The boys team took 2nd behind the very strong Acton-Boxborough.
The girls took 3rd behind Lincoln-Sudbury and Acton Boxborough
The girls had a 1st place finish in the 4x800 meters,
2nd place in the 1000 meters by Kathy O'Keefe in what I think is a school record of 2:53.21 and
2nd in the 4x200 meters.
Nicole Kestenberg took 2nd in the high jump at 5'-0".
The boys took 1st in the mile with David Melly setting the indoor school record in 4:23.65.
Sophomore Jung Park won a very..... very close race in the 55 meter high hurdles in 8.17. 2nd was 8.17 and 3rd 8.18!
Senior Patrick Kuffour won the 55 meters in 6.70 and
Senior Alex Karys won the shot put in 42'- 2.5".
The boys took 2nd in both the 4x200 and the 4x400. The 4x400 time of 3:29.33 was very fast and one of the most exciting races of the meet.
Perhaps, we'll get a more complete report later.
Women - Team Rankings
1) Lincoln-Sudbury 80
2) Acton-Boxborough 70
3) Newton South 43
4) Concord-Carlisle 41
5) Westford Academy 32
6) Waltham 31
7) Boston Latin School 30
8) Weston 24
9) Arlington 20
10) Notre Dame Academy 18
11) Bedford 8
12) Wayland 6
Men - Team Rankings
1) Acton-Boxborough 95
2) Newton South 80
3) Concord-Carlisle 65
4) Westford Academy 58
5) Lincoln-Sudbury 50
6) Weston 20
7) Arlington 14
8) Wayland 9
9) Bedford 5
9) Boston Latin School 5
11) Waltham 2

photos above by George

photo by Dave Fineman

DCL League Championships

2011-02-11T17:07:00.003-05:00

DCL League Championships are tomorrow Saturday 12 Feb. at noon at Reggie Lewis Track.

NS Track Highlights Meet #5

2011-02-10T14:58:00.003-05:00

League Meet #5......A stepping stone to DCL Championships

Newton South J.V. and Varsity Sprint Team

The 55M Sprinters worked hard this season and have practiced the use of applying more force into the track to create faster forward maximum velocity.

The Throwers performed countless blocking techniques along with quick foot-pivoting that allowed their hips and shoulders to thrust forward to create farther shot put throws.

The High Jumpers did quick repetitions of the 'J' pattern approach with a regimental focus on getting their hips to travel forward in their penultimate step which sets them up for higher jumps.

And the 4x200 and 4x400 relay team's diligent effort to move the Newton South baton forward around the Reggie Lewis Track in the fastest time possible.

This meet #5 precedes the DCL Championships and some are looking forward to the start of spring track and field.

...Everything forward...for the fastest times!
...Everything forward...for the farthest distances and heights!

The Newton South sprint team gave their best effort this indoor season to reach these "forward" goals. Now is a good time to take a look back and reflect on the accomplishments of this season.
The personal goals achieved and the life lessons that were learned.

DCL Championships this Saturday Feb.12 at Reggie Lewis Center Starts 12:30pm
"You can't look back if you haven't moved forward"

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

Interview by MileSplit of Kathy O'Keefe after Boston Indoor Games

2011-02-07T21:59:00.001-05:00

Click here for interview of Kathy O'Keefe

MSTCA Elite meet 6 Feb. 2011

2011-02-06T23:46:00.009-05:00

The MSTCA Elite meet was held today at Reggie Lewis.
Click here for complete results
Click here for photos by Chris Brearley (WA)
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Only top runners from last weeks MSTCA meet qualified for this meet. The mile field was depleted by the Boston Indoor Games special invitational mile where Kathy O'Keefe ran.
Newton South results:
boys 55 meters
13 Kuffour, Patrick Newton South 6.82
girls 2 miles
6 Laurence, Anna Newton South 12:15.38
girls high jump
3 Kestenberg, Nicole Newton South 5-02.00
boys high jump
11 El Korchi, Youssef Newton South J5-11.00
boys 4 x 200 meters
6 Newton South 'A' 1:33.56
boys 4 x 400 meters
6 Newton South 'A' 3:30.01
boys 4 x 800 meters
8 Newton South 'A' 8:29.24
girls 1600 meter sprint medley relay
1 Newton South 'A' 4:13.30

The winning sprint medley relay:

photo by Dave Fineman

photo by Chris Brearley

New Balance Boston Indoor Games

2011-02-06T11:07:00.010-05:00

The international New Balance Boston Indoor Games was held at Reggie Lewis yesterday evening. As part of the meet there is a high school mile for both boys and girls. It was set up this year as a New England versus NY/NY team competition. From the DCL Andrea Keklak (LS) and Kathy O'Keefe were invited to compete representing New England for the girls. Each team had 6 runners. There were three girls from MA.
There was also one more high school runner, Lucas Verzbicas, the top US HS miler this year from the Chicago area. He was invited to run with the big boys in the men's 1 mile race finishing off the meet. He ran a 4:03. It was fascinating to see him lined up 2 over from Alan Webb who as a high schooler ran 3:53.43 outdoors (2001) breaking Jim Ryans record from 1965. Webb also ran 3:59.86 for the HS indoor record.
Oh, Lucas Verzbicas has just announced he will attend U. of Oregon. Are you happy, Steve?
Click here for Meet info
Click here for photos by John Keklak
Click here for MileSplit HS website
Click here for photos by GeorgeTToad on Milesplit
Click here for additional photos by George
Click here for interview of Kathy O'Keefe
Oh, the meet was covered by ESPN
They will show the whole meet from 2 pm to 4 pm today on ESPN 2.
Reggie was totally wired for sight and sound.

NS v Waltham DCL meet #5 4 Feb 2011

2011-02-05T00:25:00.006-05:00

Click here for full results
Click here for photos by Chris Brearley (WA)

Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
More photos to come

Dual County League - 2/4/2011

Meet#5 RLATC-Boston Dual Meet Scores

Women

Acton-Boxborough 74.00 21.00 Boston Latin

Arlington 37.00 25.00 Bedford

Concord-Carlisle 70.00 15.00 Weston

Lincoln-Sudbury 66.00 25.00 Westford

Newton South 54.00 40.00 Waltham

Notre Dame Academy 74.00 21.00 Wayland High School

Men

Acton-Boxborough 77.00 16.00 Boston Latin

Bedford 59.00 35.00 Arlington

Concord-Carlisle 70.00 21.00 Weston

Lincoln-Sudbury 59.00 36.00 Westford

Newton South 82.00 11.00 Waltham

David Melly set the indoor 2 mile Newton South record running: 9:34.65

NS v Waltham DCL dual meet Friday at Reggie

2011-02-03T18:27:00.001-05:00

Tomorrow 4:30 p.m., Friday will be the last indoor dual meet of the season. Newton South runs against Waltham.
Then, on to the big meets. The DCL league meet is Sat. 12 Feb. at Reggie. More info to come.

DCL JV Championship was held at NS on Wed. 26 Jan.

2011-01-31T20:20:00.001-05:00

If little acorns grow mighty oaks, then Newton South has a new greenhouse!
Newton South was the host for the DCL J.V. track championships held last Wednesday in the fieldhouse. This was a day to spotlight the developing track and field athletes. What a remarkable event and with so much excitement. It commenced with several member of this coed track team singing the national anthem. The melody of their voices had the crowd mesmerized. Some of the visiting competitors requested that they perform at the Varsity DCL Championships too.

It has been 5 years since Newton South hosted the DCL J.V. Championships in the fieldhouse and this year's event has proven to be one of the most exciting meets for south's developing track stars.

Freshman sprinter Ester Cho ran the 3rd fastest time 8.10 in the 55M dash, with Sasha Restrepo finishing 6th 8.58. Another freshman, Rosalie Goldberg ran away from the pack and took 1st place in the 300M dash in 49.1, with her teammate Mikayla Bogart in tow for 3rd place with a 50.2. Both freshmen, Anna Alsop and Jina An took 1, 2 in the Shot Put with throws of 25'-5" and 24'-5" respectively.

From the Boys, Junior, Aaron Zheng's 41.6 was 2nd fastest in the 300M, while freshman Cornelius Funk ran an outstanding 300M race and placed 6th with 43.7. Both Juniors, Christopher Wong and Justin Lew had a remarkable day setting their new personal best in the Long Jump; 17'9" for Wong and 15'10" for Lew. Also Junior, Stephen Orken placed 1st in the Shot Put with 33'-1". Freshman, Nick Marino was 5th fastest in the 55M dash 7.42.

This Coed Sprint Group feed on challenging workouts and sports discipline, soiled with the support from good team leadership and sportsmanship. And, family, friends and alumni provide the water needed for these developing track athletes to blossom into Newton South's mighty oaks!

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

Weekend NSHS Alum results

2011-01-30T22:18:00.011-05:00

28 Jan. 2011
Reebok Boston Collegiate Track and Field
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for results
Men 1000 meters
22 Uruci, Xhulio Umass Boston 2:38.79
Women 1000 meters

2 Dahlberg, Bridget Boston College 2:51.74
15 Fineman, Melanie Brown 3:05.37

Womens distance medley 3 Boston College 'A' 12:05.80
1) Dahlberg, Bridget

2) Wallace, Madeline

3) Lord, Sarah

4) Stasiuk, Allison

Women shot put

1 Mbianda, Nalis Umass Amherst 13.56m 44-06.00

Women weight throw
25 Mbianda, Nalis Umass Amherst 11.00m 36-01.25

2011 BU Terrier Invitational

January 28-29, 2011

Women 60 meters

12 Banks, Ezra Umass Dartmouth 8.10

Women Triple Jump

15 Banks, Ezra Umass Dartmouth 10.51m 34-05.75

Women 5000 meters

7 Karys, Kelsey Cornell 16:45.44

Bowdoin vs Colby, Springfield & Tufts - 1/29/2011
Men 3000 meters
8 Schneider, Marcus Bowdoin 9:13.43
14 Bargar, Cliff Tufts 9:38.52
Women 400 meters
4 Norris, Ann Colby 1:05.36
Ann also ran in the 4x200 and the 4x400
US Coast Guard Academy Winter Invitational #2 - 1/30/2010

Men 800 meters

7 Will Cha Trinity 2:05.91

Wil also ran in the 4x800

Seamus McElligot Invitational - 1/29/2011

Womens Triple Jump
6 Heeren, Emily Gettysburg 10.21m 33-06.00
Womens pole vault
7 Heeren, Emily Gettysburg J2.75m 9-00.25
Womens shot put
18 Heeren, Emily Gettysburg 9.23m 30-03.50

Boys MSTCA Coaches Invitational Meet

2011-01-30T17:40:00.002-05:00

Click here for complete boys results

55 meters
20 Kuffour, Patrick 12 Newton South 6.83
86 Henderson, Grant 12 Newton South 7.10
145 Lee, You Gi 10 Newton South 7.31
55 meter hurdles
46 Connolly, Dan 12 Newton South 8.57
300 meters
50 El Korchi, Youssef 11 Newton South 38.01
72 Potochnik, Cary 11 Newton South 38.39
high jump
21 El Korchi, Youssef 11 Newton South J5-11.00
long jump
64 Kuffour, Patrick 12 Newton South 18-02.50
4 x 200 meters
6 Newton South HS 'A' 1:34.20
1) Lopci, Marini 10
2) Henderson, Grant 12

3) Kuffour, Patrick 12
4) El Korchi, Youssef 11
4 x 400 meters
18 Newton South HS 'A' 3:39.31

1) El Korchi, Youssef 11
2) Potochnik, Cary 11

3) Remy, Brooks 11
4) Alkins, Jeffrey 12
4 x 800 meters
16 Newton South HS 'A' 8:28.42

1) O'Brien, Conor 12
2) Remy, Brooks 11

3) Hickey, Joe 10
4) Melly, David 12

The boys are running the MSTCA Invitational meet today

2011-01-30T09:54:00.001-05:00

The boys MSTCA meet is about to start (9:55 am). Results will be posted live as they happen and as they go up on the scoreboard at Reggie Lewis. These results are unofficial until after the meet.

The girls ran the MSTCA invitational today

2011-01-29T18:07:00.011-05:00

Click here for complete girls results
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman
Click here for photos by John Keklak (LS parent)
Click here for photos by John Keklak 2nd set (LS parent)
Click here for photos by Bryan Holtzman (LS grad)
Click here for photos by Chris Brearley (Westford parent)
Congrats to Cathy O'Keefe for winning the 1000 meters with a very fast time well ahead of the field.
The 4x800 was very close. Wish I could have been there to see the final leg. Who can fill in a story?
high jump
14 Nicole Kestenberg 11 Newton South 5-00.00
300 meters
69 Madeline Frieze 12 Newton South 44.79
97 Elizabeth Fineman 09 Newton South 45.65
105 Charlotte Huth 09 Newton South 46.02
1 mile
27 Emily Caggiano 10 Newton South 5:32.60
28 Lucrecia Aguilar 09 Newton South 5:33.32
55 meters
125 Mary Testa 11 Newton South 8.16
145 Andrea Braver 12 Newton South 8.30
149 Sasha Restrepo 09 Newton South 8.32
1000 meters
1 Kathy O'Keefe 12 Newton South 2:55.54
59 Anna Rhatigan 09 Newton South 3:18.32
76 Hannah Friedman 11 Newton South 3:21.15
2 miles
21 Anna Laurence 11 Newton South 12:01.03
61 Sarina Weiss 09 Newton South 12:48.38
4 x 800 meters
1 Burlington HS 'A' 9:50.63
2 Newton South 'A' 9:50.74
4 x 200 meters
45 Newton South 'A' 1:54.92

photo by Bryan Holtzman

photo by John Keklak

photo by Dave Fineman

photo by Chris Brearley

photos from DCL NS v WA meet 10 Jan 2011

2011-01-23T21:07:00.000-05:00

Click here for photos by Chris Brearley of Westford Academy
Thanks Chris

Alumni results, through 23 Jan 2011

2011-01-23T16:25:00.015-05:00

Could people please send me results to post. I don't have time to find as many as there are.
georgettoad at gmail.
Here's a start:

11 Dec. 2010; Harvard Invitational
women TJ
8 Ezra Banks UMass Dartmouth 36'-0"
men 1 mile
45 Uruci, Xhulio UMass Boston 4:38:09

2010 Bowdoin Tri Meet - 12/11/2010
men 5000 meters
7 Schneider, Marcus So Bowdoin 16:21.47

Cornell Southern Tier Collegiate Open - 1/7/2011
women 1 mile
2 Kelsey Karys So Cornell 5:00.97
women 1000 meters
1 Kelsey Karys So Cornell 3:05.20

42nd Dartmouth Relays - 1/8/2011 to 1/9/2011

women 1 mile
7 Dahlberg, Bridget So Boston College 5:03.94
Women Distance Medley

2 Boston College A, 12:08:38 (Dahlberg, Bridget So)
men 1 mile
15 Uruci, Xhulio Fr UMass Boston 4:34.42

URI Sorlein Memorial T&F Invitational Friday jan 14, 2011

women 55 meters
4 Banks, Ezra FR Umass Dartmouth 7.43p 7.48
women 200 meters
5 Banks, Ezra FR Umass Dartmo 27.46
women triple jump
4 Banks, Ezra FR Umass Dartmo 11.00m 36-01.25
Women Weight Throw
16 Mbianda, Nalis SO Umass Amhers 10.40m 34-01.50
Women Shot Put
2 Mbianda, Nalis SO Umass Amhers 13.34m 43-09.25

2011 Bowdoin Quad Meet - 1/15/2011

men 3000 meters

14 Schneider, Marcus So Bowdoin 9:19.37

men 55 meter dash
7 Huth, James Jr Middlebury 6.96, finals 7.04

Nittany Lion Challenge - 1/15/2011
women 3000 meters
3 Karys, Kelsey SO Cornell 9:45.09

RIT Tiger Invitational - 1/15/2011
Men 500 Meters
4 Yuji Wakimoto FR Univ of Roch 70.72

2011 Reggie Poyau Memorial Track Meet - 1/15/2011
men 1000 meters
4 Uruci, Xhulio Umass Boston 2:39.60
men 3000 meters
12 Uruci, Xhulio Umass Boston 9:20.77

BU Multi Team Meet - 1/20/2010

women 1 mile
1 Dahlberg, Bridget So Boston College 4:57.49

Cornell Upstate Challenge - 1/21 to 1/22/2011
women 1 mile
1 Kelsey Karys So Cornell 5:04.91

2011 UAlbany Great Dane Classic - 1/21/2011
women shot put
7 Nalis Mbianda SO Umass 13.35m 43-09.75

Lid-Lifter - 1/22/2011 Denison University

men 3000 meters
4 Ben Finch SO Carnegie Mel 9:23.27

2011 Snow Bird Open - 1/22/2011 Illinois College
women 60 meters
8 Sandson, Katie Fr Washington U 8.32
women 200 meters
12 Sandson, Katie Fr Washington U 28.69

Saints Indoor Invitational St, Lawrence U 1/22/2011

men 1000 meters
9 Wakimoto, Yuji FR Rochester 2:38.24
Men Distance Medley 1 Rochester 'A' 10:45.51

Wesleyan Invitational III 1/22/11 at Middletown, Conn.
women 400 meters
4 Julia Frieze, Jr Wesleyan, 1:03.72
men 1 mile
21 Cha, Will SO Trinity Coll, 4:44.64

Springfield College Invitation T&F Meet #2 - 1/22/2011
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
5 Tufts 'A' 3:35.05

1) Xia, Lawrence SO 2) Nakanishi, Brad SO 3) Porte, Clint FR 4) Bargar, Cliff JR
men 5000 meters
8 Weaver, Matthew JR MIT 16:07.52

NS v LS dual meet - highlights

2011-01-21T23:19:00.004-05:00

At first we think "Why do we have a track meet on MLK Day, a day off to remember a great leader of the civil rights movement in this country, with the famous speech of having a dream that all God's children will come together ..." and I hope you all know the rest. If not, look it up. On Monday Jan. 17, on this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday it was a great example of how far we've come in this movement all God's children of the DCL came together, teams representing different nationalities, religions, and genders competing in the joyous event of indoor track and field.
The Newton South Sprint Group had outstanding performances all around. Personal best were abounds in this meet at the Boston University complex. From the senior Boys, Patrick Kuffour 6.76, and Grant Henderson 6.98 ran excellent times in their 55M dash. Two 2nd place crowns for the Senior Co-Captains, Jeffrey Alkins' Long Jump 18'5" and Alex Karys in the Shot Put 39'3". Another Senior, Dan Connolly captured a marginal win in the 55M hurdles 8.43, it was also his personal best. Junior, Youssef Elkorchi took a 1st place in the high jump 6'0" and a 2nd place in the 300M 36.83. Also juniors, Andrew O'Hagan 3rd in the 300M 37.35, 2nd in High Jump 5'8", and Brooks Remy's 2nd place 600M in 1:29.41 were major contributors for the win against Lincoln-Sudbury.
The Sprint Girls are getting faster! Senior, Madeline Frieze ran an outstanding 300M race in 44.18 along with both freshmen Lizzie Fineman and Charlotte Huth in tow running 44.52 and 45.35 respectively. Hmm, Fineman and Huth...where did I hear those names before..? Madeline Frieze 7.84 and Lizzie Fineman 7.94 teamed up in the 55M dash as well. Senior, Avery Forrow is now looking better in the High Jump 4'6". And Sophomore, Kathleen Garrity ran a personal best in the 55M hurdles 10.97.
So...This track meet had a lot of great races both with speed and ethnic faces...
Now, I wouldn't know what to say if we have a meet on thanksgiving day..?

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

LS NS matchup - DCL Meet 4

2011-01-18T08:32:00.007-05:00

The meet was held at BU, so the runners could wear spikes. The BU track is fast, with a more steeply angled bank than Reggie. The uphill/downhill running in lanes takes a bit of getting used to in the 300m, and barrel starts in the 600m. Although it's quick, your legs always feel beat up after racing there. I've run a 800 and a 400 there. Starting in lane 6 in spikes in the 400 feels like you're balancing on the side of a mountain.

This was one of the tough dual pairings in the DCL, AB being the other. The boys won 50-45, even with a DQ'ed 4x4 (more on that later). The girls were simply outgunned by some of the LS stars, like Lauren Ready in the hurdles, dash and long jump, but we got some great PR's in, more qualifiers for States, and outstanding performances by freshmen and sophomores.

Click here for full results
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Click here for photos by John Keklak of LS

Maybe the biggest news was some of the individual performances by non-LS, non-NS runners.

Rebecca Robinson of Arlington ran 7.20 55m dash, and a 38.96 300m. If I simply multiply the 300m time by 4/3 that is a 52 second 400m. More realistically, it converts to maybe a 55, but you get the idea.

David Blaides of Concord Carlisle ran a 1:24.53 600m, and Curt Owen of AB ran a 2:34.93 1000m.

On the girls side - Madeline Frieze stepped up with two big PR's - one in the 55m (7.84) and winning her heat in the 300m (44.18). Lauren ready of LS took 1st in the heat, but frosh Lizzie Fineman ran a strong 7.94 for a 2-3 finish. NS ran 1-3 in the 300m with another Frieze -Fineman pairing.

NS also took 2-3 in the mile with sophomore Emily Caggiano and freshman Lucrecia Aguilar both in 5:38 running well together and qualifying for States.

The start of the 1000m was something of a surprise, as I was expecting Kathy O'Keefe to go rocketing out to the lead, but, instead she splitted in the 37-39 range for the first 4 200's. I finally caught on that she was helping pace frosh Anna Rhatigan and Hannah Friedman and helped them along to state qualifying times. Kathy took 1st and Anna took 3rd.

Kathy was our top shot-putter, getting points up for a 2nd place, and anchored the 4x4, making up a 20m deficit to take the win for NS.

On the boys side, David Melly doubled in the 1 mile and 2 mile, doing what he had to do. In the mile, he ran a conservative 4:35 to take 1st in the dual matchup against LS, and then paced himself in the deuce, finally rocketing a 33 sec final 200 for a 9:42.4

Senior Danny Connolly shows what perseverance over the years can do. I recall helping coach him in hurdles when he was a freshman. Some events like hurdles, the jumps and shot take a long time to get good at - a lot of dots have to be connected. He took first in the LS matchup in the hurdles in 8.43, qualifying for states.

Patrick Kaffour took first in the dash with a 6.76. I think this is his best for the season. Yousseff al-Korchi and Andrew O'Hagan ran 2-3 in the 300 *and* 1-2 in the high jump, *and* came back for the 4x4.

Brooks Remy and Cary Potochnik went 2-3 against LS in the 600. Connor O'Brien ran tough in the 1000m, tacking 2nd. Alex Karys and Brandon Caldwell took 2-3 in the shot. Jeff Alkins took 2nd in the long jump.

The points added up in our favor for the guys, and there was a huge amount of cheering for the boys 4x4 as it wasn't clear that the meet was already decided at that point. Youssef, Brook, Andrew and Marini ran a 3:33.11, but got DQ'ed. I don't know the precise violation, but I think in one of the handoffs, the incoming runner didn't get off the track in time, impeding the LS runner. That's what it *looked* like to me. In any case, they ran a spectacular relay, DQ notwithstanding, adding to the excitement of the meet.

DCL dual meet against LS today

2011-01-17T19:25:00.004-05:00

It should be over by now. Sorry, couldn't make it. Who else wants to take on reporting and announcing?
Click here for full results
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Click here for photos by John Keklak of LS

Dual County League - 1/17/2011 Meet#4
Boston University Dual Meet Scores -
Women
Acton-Boxborough 58.00 - 37.00 Westford
Notre Dame Academy 67.00 - 23.00 Arlington
Weston 56.00 - 22.00 Bedford
Waltham 54.00 - 28.00 Boston Latin
Concord-Carlisle 68.00 - 26.00 Wayland High School
Lincoln-Sudbury 59.00 - 36.00 Newton South
Men
Acton-Boxborough 68.00 - 27.00 Westford
Bedford 50.00 - 40.00 Weston
Waltham 43.00 - 34.00 Boston Latin
Concord-Carlisle 78.00 - 17.00 Wayland High School
Newton South 50.00 - 45.00 Lincoln-Sudbury

photo by Dave Fineman

State Coaches Indoor Relays: Div. 1

2011-01-16T17:09:00.004-05:00

State Coaches Indoor Relays: Div. 1 was held at Reggie Lewis track today.
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photo by Dave Fineman

D1 report

2011-01-16T13:45:00.006-05:00

With the LS/NS dual meet on Monday, we ran only a few teams. One of the goals was to get qualifying times for States in the girls 4x8 (yes), boys 4x2 (yes) and girls 4x2 (yes), and to get in a good time for the sprint medley, which is a possible race for Nationals at the Armory.

Full results can be found at:

http://www.mstca.org/Winter_Season/Entries/ResultsDivIRelays.htm

NS and NN had a huge duel in the sprint medley relay. Kathy opened up with a 1:39 600m split, which the announcer said is the 6th fastest 600m this year in Massachusetts. Her 800 was 2:14. NS held the lead up until the last leg, where North had a super strong anchor. North won in 4:15 and South took 2nd in 4:16. It was an impressive race on both sides. I should point out that there were also two freshmen running for South in that race.

The announcer said that the NS time was the 10th fastest SMR in the country and NN's was the 6th fastest.

NN boys won their SMR in a 3:35, which the announcer said was the fastest in the country. Unfortunately I didn't get their splits. AB's leadoff split a 1:57.7 to give them a good start, but their lead got whittled down and North's anchor ran a superb leg for the win.

In the 4x2, Mary Testa, Lizzie Fineman, Char Huth, and Madeline Frieze teamed up to run a 1:54.4 (by my watch) with everyone under 30 and clean handoffs. Again, two freshmen on this one. State qualifying time is 1:57.24, so it looks like they made States.

Youssef El Korchi, Marini Lopci, Patrick Kuffour and Jeff Alkins ran in the boys 4x2, in 1:35.28 (my watch), all splitting in the 23-24 zone. This also qualifies for States (qual. time is 1:39.24). Jeff held off a late closing Chelmsford anchor to win the heat and take 6th overall.

The funny 0.24's in the qualifying times have to do with conversion from hand to FAT time, in case you're curious where on Earth that came from. My own modest contribution was to help them figure out the handoffs at yesterday's practice, which was totally fun for me!

If you're curious about State qualifying standards, check here, but you have to scroll down quite a bit.

http://miaa.net/Track-Indoor-Format-10-11.pdf

Qualifying marks for the DCL Championship meet is equivalent to the qualifying standard for the D4 states.

There were some great performances by Andover, North and AB. Lowell edged North in the 4x2, winning in 1:32.02

If anyone wants their relay splits e-mail me: huth (at) physics (dot) harvard (dot) edu .

I generally don't post splits unless it's something like Kathy's, or if everyone PR's at the same time (rare, but it has happened).

D1 Relays preview

2011-01-15T12:04:00.004-05:00

South's bringing a smaller squad than normal because of the LS-NS dual matchup on Monday. Newton North is bringing a very strong squad. I have both the NS and NN entries below. Here are my observations on the seeds and teams.

LS is only entered in the high jump relay - presumably because they're saving up for the dual meet on Monday with NS.

Girls

Andover, as usual, is bringing a very strong squad. They have the top seeds on a lot of relays. In the girls 4x50m shuttle, NN and Andover are the top seeds, and NN has a good shot at knocking off Andover. The same is true of 4x50m shuttle hurdle. Andover has the top seed in the girls 4x200.

The sprint medley relay (800-200-200-400) is totally loaded and should be a great one to watch. South and Andover have the top seed in 4:12, with North seeded 3rd in 4:14, Boston Latin is bringing a very strong squad, along with Acton-Boxboro. The SMR is a tough one to seed because it's rarely competed and none of the legs are competed as part of the indoor duals, so the seeding is a huge guessing game for the coaches. Anything could happen. Weymouth also has a strong squad - If you want to see a competitive relay - this is the one to watch.

Weymouth loaded up their girls DMR and has probably the strongest squad there by far. Like the SMR, the DMR is tough to seed, because of the distances and the 1200 leg (1200-400-800-1600)

North has a shot at winning the girls HJ relay and could take the LJ relay. North has *both* an A and B squad in the LJ relay.

Franklin, Haverhill, Weymouth and Wachusett all have nearly identical seed times in the 4x8, so it should be close.

In the high jump relay, North has 3 girls all seeded at 5.00 - they could take it.

North is bringing two squads to the long jump relay and are definitely capable of taking this as well.

North is the top seed in the 4x4

Boys

Andover also has the top seed in the boys 4x50m dash and hurdle, along with the 4x8. The NN boys have the top seed in the 4x200 and in the SMR.

In the 4x200, NN will get strong competition from Lawrence and Brockton. I'm a bit surprised that New Bedford isn't seeded higher. The 4x200 is a bit of a guessing game as well, since it's rarely competed. Handoffs and DQ's can be a *major* issue in the 4x2 - real roller derby stuff.

Like the girls SMR, the boys will also be very competitive. Acton-Boxboro is bringing a very strong squad, as is Andover and Sommerville. Again, the guessing game in seeding makes it hard to predict.

The boys long jump should be a lock for New Bedford, with three of the top 10 seeds.

North has A and B squads on the boys shot and look like they could take this as well.

Below are all the entries and seed for NS and NN, along with order of events.

D1 Relays – 9:30 AM Sunday Jan 16th at Reggie
Order of Events
Infield Oval
HIGH JUMP (3 jumpers) 4 x 800 meter Relay
LONG JUMP (3 jumpers)-BOYS first Sprint Medley Relay
SHOT PUT (3 throwers) 4 x 200 meter Relay
50 yard Shuttle Hurdle Relay Distance Medley Relay
50 yard Shuttle Dash Relay 4 x 400 meter Relay
Sprint Medley order: 800-200-200-400
Distance Medley order: 1200-400-800-1600Event 1 Girls 4x50 Yard Relay

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All-Class: 24.71 1/17/2009 Newton South HS
Division I: 24.71 1/17/2009 NEWTON SOUTH H.S.
School Seed
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2 Newton North 'A' 25.10
1) Forbes, Carla 2) Brown, Steph
3) Wong, Kayla 4) McLaughlin, Bridget

Event 2 Boys 4x50 Yard Relay
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All-Class: 22.12 2006 Xaverian - Westwood
Division I: 22.12 2006 XAVERIAN - WESTWOOD
School Seed
10 Newton North 'A' 22.99
1) Doyle, Terrell 2) Menninger, Nate
3) Lucken, Ryan 4) Bressler, Matt

Event 3 Girls 4x50 Yard Shuttle Hurdle
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All-Class: 29.1h 2002 D-Y / Hopkinton
Division I: 29.53 2007 NEW BEDFORD HS
School Seed
2 Newton North 'A' 28.50
1) Wong, Kayla 2) Brown, Steph
3) Ren, Amy 4) Prior, Kayla

Event 4 Boys 4x50 Yard Shuttle Hurdle
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All-Class: 26.08 2007 St. John's Prep.
Division I: 26.08 2007 ST. JOHN'S PREP (D)
School Seed
9 Newton North 'A' 28.00
1) Fofana, Nick 2) Dickey, Matt
3) Guang, Young 4) Kenslea, Tim

Event 5 Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
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All-Class: 1:44.0h 1987 Randolph HS
Division I: 1:44.45 2005 CAMBRIDGE RINDGE & LATIN
School Seed
11 Newton South 'A' 1:52.50
1) Frieze, Madeline 2) Fineman, Elizabeth
3) Huth, Charlotte 4) Testa, Mary
41 Newton North 'A' 2:06.00
1) O'Connor, Lydia 2) Lehman, Sonja
3) Kwan, Caitlin 4) Brandl, Katie

Event 6 Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
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All-Class: 1:30.4h 1990 Brockton HS
Division I: 1:30.4h 1990 BROCKTON HS
School Seed
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1 Newton North 'A' 1:32.00
1) Lucken, Ryan 2) Clark, Ben
3) Doyle, Terrell 4) Penn, Isiaih
14 Newton South 'A' 1:35.20
1) El Korchi, Youssef 2) Kuffour, Patrick
3) Lopci, Marini 4) Thornton, Tyrone

Event 7 Boys 1600 Sprint Medley
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All-Class: 3:31.3h 1993 Brockton HS
Division I: 3:31.3h 1993 BROCKTON HS
School Seed
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Newton North 'A' 3:35.00
1) Lichtman, Ezra 2) Doyle, Terrell
3) Lucken, Ryan 4) Penn, Isiaih

Event 8 Girls 1600 Sprint Medley
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All-Class: 4:06.6h 1980 Brookline HS
Division I: 4:07.6h 1982 NEEDHAM HS
School Seed
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1 Newton South 'A' 4:12.00
1) Rhatigan, Anna 2) Friedman, Hannah
3) Chaparala, Alekhya 4) O'Keefe, Kathy
3 Newton North 'A' 4:14.00
1) Nadeau, Madison 2) Pursley, Meghan
3) Brown, Steph 4) Gillis, Margo

Event 9 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
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All-Class: 7:53.3h 1984 Cambridge Rindge & Latin
Division I: 7:53.3h 1984 CAMBRIDGE RINDGE & LATIN
School Seed
6 Newton South 'A' 8:23.00
1) O'Brien, Conor 2) Moisescu, Victor
3) Hickey, Joe 4) Melly, David
23 Newton North 'A' 8:46.00
1) Keefe, Justin 2) Long, Jon
3) Demarest, David 4) Ranti, Dan

Event 10 Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
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All-Class: 9:16.79 2008 Lincoln-Sudbury
Division I: 9:16.79 2008 LINCOLN-SUDBURY REG.
School Seed
7 Newton North 'A' 10:06.00
1) Bellerose, Meghan 2) Heffernan, Maggie
3) Banerjee, Devika 4) Heffernan, Evie
11 Newton South 'A' 10:18.50
1) Caggiano, Emily 2) Aguilar, Lucrecia
3) Eisenberg, Naomi 4) Laurence, Anna

Event 11 Boys Distance Medley
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All-Class: 10:26.00 2006 Xaverian - Westwood
Division I: 10:26.00 1994 XAVERIAN - WEST.
School Seed
8 Newton North 'A' 10:45.00
1) Ranti, Dan 2) Keefe, Justin
3) Lichtman, Ezra 4) Wagner, Orion

Event 12 Girls Distance Medley
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All-Class: 12:23.5h 2002 Cambridge Rindge & Latin
Division I: 12:23.5h 2002 CAMBRIDGE RINDGE & LATIN
School Seed
18 Newton North 'A' 14:00.00
1) Heffernan, Maggie 2) Bennett, Suzy
3) Bellerose, Meghan 4) Gillis, Margo

Event 13 Boys High Jump Relay
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All-Class: 5.61m 1/17/2009 Boston College HS
Division I: 5.61m 1/17/2009 BOSTON COLLEGE HS
Name Year School Seed Mark
10 Hart, Tylor Newton North 6-00.00
17 El Korchi, Youssef Newton South 5-10.00
18 Fofana, Nick Newton North 5-10.00
40 O'Hagan, Andrew Newton South 5-06.00
41 Yang, Hanson Newton North 5-06.00
63 Remy, Brooks Newton South 5-04.00

Event 14 Girls High Jump Relay
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All-Class: 4.80m 1/24/2010 Andover HS, Andover
Division I: 49.60m 2007 BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM
Name Year School Seed Mark
8 Kestenberg, Nicole Newton South 5-00.00
9 Hutchinson, Emily Newton North 5-00.00
10 Ren, Amy Newton North 5-00.00
11 Larkin, Maeve Newton North 5-00.00
38 Forrow, Avery Newton South 4-06.00
42 Huth, Charlotte Newton South 4-04.00

Event 15 Boys Long Jump Relay
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All-Class: 19.17m 2008 Newton North HS
Division I: 19.17m 2008 NEWTON NORTH HS
Name Year School Seed Mark
7 Penn, Isiaih Newton North 20-06.00
11 Hart, Tylor Newton North 20-04.00
21 Kuffour, Patrick Newton South 19-04.00
28 Bressler, Matt Newton North 19-00.0
43 Alkins, Jeffrey Newton South 18-07.00
57 Thornton, Tyrone Newton South 18-00.00
84 Wong, Christopher Newton South 16-00.00

Event 16 Girls Long Jump Relay
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All-Class: 15.10m 2003 Dennis-Yarmouth Reg. HS
Division I: 14.43m 1/17/2009 BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM
Name Year School Seed Mark
2 Forbes, Carla Newton North 17-00.00
4 Ren, Amy Newton North 16-10.00
9 Prior B, Kayla Newton No. - B 15-11.00
18 Larkin, Maeve Newton North 15-02.00
19 Larkin B, Maeve Newton No. - B 15-02.00
24 Wong, Kayla Newton North 15-00.00
25 Wong B, Kayla Newton No. - B 15-00.00
33 Brown B, Steph Newton No. - B 14-06.00

Event 17 Boys Shot Put Relay
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All-Class: 48.25m 1986 Arch. Williams-Braintree
Division I: 47.23m 1982 NEW BEDFORD HS
Name Year School Seed Mark
3 Mayanja, Swardick Newton North 51-07.00
6 Guang, Young Newton North 49-01.00
7 Donovan, Ryan Newton North 48-03.00
16 Witham, Carl Newton No. - B 44-06.00
21 Menninger B, Nate Newton No. - B 43-07.00
23 Fofana B, Nick Newton No. - B 43-01.00
51 Caldwell, Brandon Newton South 40-00.00
62 Karys, Alex Newton South 38-09.00
70 Kim, Ryan Newton South 38-00.00
93 Okren, Stephen Newton South 32-03.50

Event 18 Girls Shot Put Relay
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All-Class: 32.57m 1982 Acton-Boxboro Reg. HS
Division I: 31.30m 1990 BROCKTON HS
Name Year School Seed Mark
41 Salvucci, Michela Newton North 28-00.00
56 McLaughlin, Bridget Newton North 25-04.00
84 Nugent, Alyssa Newton North 20-00.00
85 Laughrea, Cassie Newton North 20-00.00

Event 19 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
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All-Class: 3:18.3h 1979 Brockton HS
Division I: 3:18.3h 1979 BROCKTON HS
School Seed
5 Newton North 'A' 3:35.00
1) Clark, Ben 2) Swain, Dan
3) Lichtman, Ezra 4) Doyle, Terrell

Event 20 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
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All-Class: 3:56.8h 1981 North Quincy HS
Division I: 3:59.29 2008 LINCOLN-SUDBURY REG.
School Seed
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1 Newton North 'A' 4:03.00
1) Gillis, Margo 2) Bellerose, Meghan
3) Nadeau, Madison 4) Bennett, Suzy