Often times, we wander into new situations and think that they're static, unchanging, but really life is dynamic. The fresh/soph meet reminded me of that. I had this idea in the back of my head that we have all these great juniors and seniors, they'll be graduating soon, and where will the team be? The frosh/soph meet showed that there are a lot of up-and-coming kids on the team who are already shining.
On the girls' side: In the 55m dash, we have Pebbles Banks and Katie Sandson, who both advanced to the semi finals in 7.61 and 8.07 sec. Pebbles made it to the finals, and took 2nd overall (this is out of all the "Large" schools in Mass). First went to Boston Latin's Olivia Grant, who you should watch out for at the next DCL meet.
Mary Kate Cronin tripled, doing the shot, 55m hurdles and the 4x400m relay. She advanced to the semi's in the hurdles. MK's doing an alternate step pattern on the hurdles, to try to get to 3 steps between hurdles.
In the 2-mile run - what a surprise, Sarah Chari took 3rd overall. She went out with the lead pack, but Allyson Oram from Marlborough really put the hammer down and broke away. Sarah was on her next to last lap when Allyson lapped her. This happened about the time the bell rang for the last lap, and Sarah went with Allyson. I don't know if Sarah thought it was her last lap, but she raced Allyson like it was. After she crossed the line, she still had one lap to go, and ran through it to take 3rd overall in 12:13, which should qualify her for states. She outran her seed time by 20 seconds!
Kyle Remy ran a huge race in the 600, taking 2nd overall, in 1:46.7 (qualifies for States). Kyle also took 11th in the high jump.
On the boys' side: Kwame Francis-John took third overall in the 55m dash, in 6.85, qualifying for states. Although he could've opted out of the 4x400m relay, he wouldn't hear anything of it, and ran a 56.2 anchor leg in the 4x400 meter relay - which was exciting to watch.
On the meet overall - Chris McConnell, a sophomore from Andover ran a scorching 6.51 in the 55m dash, to have the #1 time in the State so far.
Yuji Wakimoto ran a 4:53.12 in the mile to take 8th, beating his seed time by about 5 seconds. He ran a great race, and came back to led off the 4x400m relay in 57.8 (note - relay splits are only approximate).
Cammy Olia ran a 10:55 two mile, beating his seed and expectations by 30 seconds!
Gus Hergrueter is getting on the charts in the high jump, with 5'04" in a tie for 12th.
The first 6 places get awards for the meet, and we had Pebbles, Sarah, Kyle and Kwame up there - four overall.
That's not bad for a day's work against all of Massachusetts! Congrats around.
Next up is the "Thrilla in Manila..." - the big Newton South/Lincoln Sudbury matchup on Wednesday. If you ever want to see an intense, emotional indoor meet, this is the one to watch. Just be prepared to leave with a hoarse voice. Go Lions!
Postscript: I caught up with the girls on the 4x400m relay team as the meet was ending to give them their relay splits. They said "hey, Mister Huth, we heard that you're running the 800 tonight in another meet." I had to confess - yes, I planned to. So, there was an All-Comers meet at Reggie, just after the Frosh/Soph meet, and I ran with my masters running buddies. In a lot of ways, coming back to track at age 50 is a lot like coming into track for the first time as a freshman or a sophomore. Similar issues - lots of minor little pains, the times are surprisingly similar as I work my way forward. You have to just keep banging away, and you do get faster (believe it or not!). So, I ran 5 seconds faster than last week in the 800, for a new "PR"!
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