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Preliminary story by John Huth:
I'll try to write up a longer story for everyone, but here's a quick recap. Wow! is what summarizes this meet. The kids really stepped it up a notch.
The girls were without Bridget and Candace (minor surgery on a cyst - she'll be fine), but won, nonetheless with 162 to next place LS 102 points.
The guys currently lead the scoring with 122.5 to next place LS 112. The pole vault is being competed today at Wayland, during the JV meet, but LS has one vaulter, so it would appear that, mathematically, the guys have it (LS can only get 10 points max) - knock wood, barring anything unforseen.
Some highlights
Guys take 1-2 in the long jump (Ross, Yong)
Girls take 1-2-3-4-5 in the two mile (!) with Kelsey, Madeleine Reed, Melanie Fineman, Hannah Westbrook, and Sara Chari. Rachel Potter was the lone LS runner, and it was pouring rain during both 2 miles.
Nalis took first in the shotput and 3rd in the jav, Kayla PR'ed in the jav with a 95' throw - to qualify for states.
Pebbles took first in the 100m dash and the triple jump.
Gerald took first in the 400 - 49.7, John M PR'ed in 52.91, qualifying for states.
James took first in the 100m dash, with 11.11 (fully automatic timed) which sets a new school record, which was 0.3 seconds faster (roughly 3 meters) than the nearest competitor, in the pouring rain.
The guys went 4.5.6 in the mile - with PR's or close to PR's - qualifying in the mile is 4:40
4 Beck, John Newton South 4:34.37
5 Finch, Ben Newton South 4:35.65
6 Wakimoto, Yuji Newton South 4:38.94
Sasha and Wil ran a very strong 800m - nearly breaking the 2:00 mark - I'm pretty sure this is a PR for Sasha.
4 Long, Alex Newton South 2:00.69
5 Cha, Will Newton South 2:01.53
I'm pretty sure that Kathy O'Keefe's time in the mile is a PR for her (5:13 - good for second).
2 O'Keefe, Kathy Newton South 5:11.85
4 Fineman, Melanie Newton South 5:25.16
11 O'Brien, Claire Newton South 5:43.56
13 Freeman, Sonya Newton South 5:45.71
The boys won all three relays!!! 4x100 - looks like they nipped AB at the finish line by a smidge, but AB was DQ'ed for passing out of the zone - pretty far out, it wasn't a subtle call. 4x800 in 8:13 - Will Cha got the baton well behind Sean Kleeman of LS. Sam's a 200/400 guy, and went out blazing, only to run into the demons at 600 meters, and Will got him and put a substantial margin between him and Sam by the finish. 8:13 is their best time all year. The 4x4 - Gerald got the baton just a bit behind CC and barreled through for the win.
The girls took 2nd in the 4x400m relay. The 4x800 meter relay has a complicated story. It was hard fought, with outstanding legs by all runners, but LS had Emily Mepham in the anchor, and she was just too much to handle. Unfortunately, LS was disqualified because of a last minute swap of a runner out of the 2 mile into the relay - the runner wasn't listed as such in the submission from the coaches -another one of those frustrating "wins by technicality".
So, JV meet and last event of the DCL champs today at Wayland, and then the Last Chance meet on Saturday - then - the kids get geared up for next week's D1 Championships, again at LS.
So, a bunch of PR's, new qualifiers for states, a new school record, a sweep of the boys relays, and what looks like both a boys (knock wood) and a girls victory in the DCL championship meet. Not bad at all.
Go Lions!
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