Coach's Invitational tomorrow

The race is in Wrentham. We are div 1. The 1st race is at 12:15 and the last at 2:10. Everyone except the varsity will be running. The varsity 7 for both boys and girls will run next week in Franklin Park at the Eastern Mass. divisional championships. I'll look for a link for both. I can't be at Coaches so please send a link to your photos on Picassa or similar.

The Wrentham meet starts near the intersection of Shears St. and Emerald St.

Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association
33rd Annual Cross Country Invitational Meet

Sanctioned by : MIAA Sponsored by: Notre Dame Academy
Date : Nov 1, 2008 Place :Wrentham Developmental Center
Start Time: 9:30am Wrentham Mass.
Supported by Asics Corporation
Meet Director: Rick Kates

Order of Events: (WE ARE DIV I - see below)
9:30 a.m. 10th Grade B Div II 5K
9:50 a.m. 10th Grade G Div II 5K
10:15 a.m. 9th Grade B Div II 3K
10:35 a.m. 9th Grade G Div II 3K
10:55 a.m. 11-12th Grade B Div II 5K
11:25 a.m. 11-12th Grade G Div II 5K

12:15p.m. 10th Grade B Div I 5K
12:40 p.m. 10th Grade G Div I 5K
1:10 p.m. 9th Grade B Div I 3K
1:30 p.m. 9th Grade G Div I 3K
1:45 p.m. 11-12th Grade B Div I 5K
2:10 p.m. 11-12th Grade G Div I 5K

Awards: Plaques will be awarded to Places 1-3 in each race
Medals will be awarded to places 4-50 in each race

From 2005 Coaches Invitational (5 Nov.05):

serious press

see the national high school running site Dyestat article:
http://www.dyestat.com//?pg=reg1-2008-XC-MA-Dual-County-League-Champs
And while we are at it - the local press:
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/sports/local_sports/x1196571751/DCL-XC-CHAMPIONSHIPS-Course-of-history

DCL Championships 24 October 2008

NS boys and girls both won.
The boys were heavily favored despite losing Beck to a foot injury and having Wortham and Finch coming back from injury. Marcus ran a PR great race for 9th overall and 5th on the team. Emerson and Wil were close. Hopefully all will come together for the state meet. Of note, is that 8 boys were in the top 15 which probably means they are DCL allstars.
The projected tight race between NS and LS girls was as expected - very close with the race going back and forth at each turn. NS was a few points ahead in the middle with LS catching up a little at the end. Karys pulled away consistently until 2 LS runners, Hylton and Keklak, closed a little at the end. Dahlberg held strong in 4th, Reed in 6th, O'Keefe in 7th and Golovkina in 10th for the one point win. Next up for the varsity is MA state divisional championship on 8 November.
Sophomore David Melly won the JV boys race with a time (17:32) which would be varsity top 5 for all other 11 teams in the DCL and would have been 27th in the varsity race. Alex Waltz' time of 17:52 3rd place would have been 34th in the varsity.
Freshman Anna Laurence won the JV girls race in 20:49 with Madison Willert 3rd in 21:52. These would have been 26th and 38th in the varsity race.
Victor Moisescu was 7th and Dylan Royce 18th in the freshman boys race.
NS ran its frosh girls in the JV race.
This Saturday is the coach's invitational in Wrentham where other NS runners will get their chance.
Full results at:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Oct24_DualCo_set4.shtml
Click here for JV & frosh photos by George
Click here for varsity photos by George
Click here for photos by S. Chari
Click here for photos by J. Wortham
Click here for photos by May

Above picture by Sue Chari
Story by Jon Waldron at:
http://nnhsxc.blogspot.com/2008/10/newton-south-edges-lincoln-sudbury-at.html

From DCL XC varisty Championships 24 October 2008

A beautiful day:

DCL XC championships, Friday 2 pm at Franklin Park

The DCL cross country championships are tomorrow, Friday, at Franklin Park in Boston. There are varsity, JV and freshman races. It all begins at 2 pm.
The Newton South boys are favored in the varsity.
My guess of the NS varsity team is: Wortham, Wakimoto, Long, Fen, Finch, Cha, Schneider, (Forrow, Shui, one more?)
Lincoln-Sudbury and Newton South girls are aiming for a big rematch of the recent dual meet won by LS.

From the past, 29 October 2005, The winning team:

From DCL XC Championships 24 October 2008

I'm trying to post more old photos but they won't upload! argh.

CMI photos

Click here for photos by J. Wortham

Catholic Memorial Invitational, Sat. 18 Oct. 2008

The CMI Invitational is Saturday at Franklin Park in Boston. Newton South is sending a varsity boys team of Cameron, Yugi, Sasha, Wil, Marcus and Emerson. Andrew, Ben and John are not running. Mat thinks they still have a chance of winning. Victor is running in the freshman race.
Four varsity girls are running; Kelsey, Bridget, Kathy and Juliet - not a complete team. Two freshman girls are running; Anna and Hannah.
9:30 9th grade boys
9:45 9 th girls
10:00 Varsity Girls
10:30 Varsity Boys

NS v Westford v Tyngsborough 15 Oct. 2008

Hopefully, I'll have time to write a story but in the meantime:
Click here for photos by George

From NS v Westford Academy v Tyngsborough, 15 Oct. 2008

Results of girls races from Steve:
At Tyngsborough. Nice day.
3.1 miles. Most of the course was over uneven ground.

NS 20 Wfd 38
NS 15 Tyng 45
Wfd 15 Tyng 50

Newton South finishes 8 - 1.

1. Kelsey Karys NS 19:39
2. Kathy O' Keefe NS 20:01
3. Neha Bhatia WFD 20:15
4. Olga Golovkina NS 21:16
5. Suzanne Parker WFD 21:44
6. Elizabeth May NS 21:51
7. Anna Laurence NS 21:52
8. Sara Chari NS 22:03
9. Nicole Kibblehouse WFD 22:19
10. Andrea Motyl WFD 22:29
11. Cassandre Graham WFD 22:30
12. Taylor Casey WFD 22:33
13. Christa McGaha WFD 22:49
14. Sarah Kay WFD 22:49
16. Rachel Sickinger TYN 23:00
19. Hannah Buckley TYN 23:43
20. Lisa Geisomini TYN 25:48
21. Frannie Lebouef TYN 25:55
23. Melinda Jordan TNY 23:32
24. Nike Cappielo TNY 23:49

JV
WFD 26 NS 32
TYN did not field any runners

NS JV finishes 5 - 3
Our JV was without 4 of it's top 6 runners. So this was a very good effort to keep it close.

1. Hannah Friedman NS 23:33
2. Katie Sandson NS 23:34
7. Naomi Franksston NS 25:04
10. Susannah Glickman NS 25:55
16. Kathy Zhou NS 26:51
21. Despi Viris NS 27:14
23. Hannah Yarmolinsky NS 27:33
25. Annie Cui NS 27:40

From Andy Anonymous:
"Here is a brief JV results list for those who are interested. I only know the guys side though.
Guys top 7 finishers: Andy Woo, Alex Pearce, Kian Olia, Westford Acadamey, Eddie Morales, Sam Ebb, Balazs Varady. The times were generally not too fast with Andy and Alex finishing in 18:56 and the rest of the top 7 finishers between about 19:15 and 19:45.
Thats all I have for now if I learn more/see the results sheet I'll try to post something better and more complete but I can only tell you what I remember seeing from about when I finished the race."
AndyA, send more results or story to GeorgeTToad at gmail.com.

Dual meet Westford Academy, Tyngsboro, Wed. 4pm

The last dual meet is tomorrow, Wednesday, in Tyngsborough against Tyngsborough and Westford Academy. Part of the course goes into New Hampshire. Last year the race was in Tyngsboro in 90 degree humid conditions. It was a breakout race for Emerson. The Westford Academy boys have a 5-2 record and are a pretty good team.
Tyngsborough HS website

A few more photos from NS v LS v Arl

Click here for photos by J. Wortham
There was a great article about the NS girls and boys teams in the Saturday Globe. I know, should've said something then.
Click here for Globe article

JV Results.... please

Looking for a student(s) (or knowledgeable parent) to report the JV results, write stories about the races and individuals and generally promote the JV. I do this already with photos but need help with stories and results. This would be a great project for a student who is interested in journalism. I'll keep taking tons of photos. There are still a few more races for the JV. The next race is not until the 15th. Drop me a note.

Dyestat Coach of the Week

Sam brought it to my attention that Steven was named this week's Dyestat Coach of the Week!
There's not much I can say; the article pretty much speaks for itself. Reading this makes me remember many of the things I miss about being a Newton South athlete.

2008 XC Week 2 - Coach Steve McChesney

NS v LS v Arl 1 October 2008

Click here for photos by George
There is a great News Tribune article with interviews of Steve and Matt:
Click here for News Tribune story

From NS v Lincoln-Sudbury v Arlington; 1 Oct. 2008

Off they go!

From NS v Lincoln-Sudbury v Arlington; 1 Oct. 2008

The girls varsity race sure had a lot of hype building up to it. Lots of spectators. South was in good position until close to the end where LS made a big push and pulled it off. Bridget and Juliet were not feeling well and had a tough time. Still it was very close and the big meets are coming up. These two teams should meet at least three more times; DCL championship, MA div states, and all states. They also might both go to a major team qualifier for the nationals.
This race was very very close. By time NS edged LS by 7 total seconds. 82:37 to 82:44. If this were a big meet the results could have been reversed because of LSs 5th runner being 23 seconds behind NSs 5th runner. Round 1 to LS.
GIRLS VARSITY
LS 26 NS 29
LS 15 Arlington 50
NS 15 Arlington 50
2.75M course record: ?
1. Andrea Keklak LS 16:16
2. Corey Stock LS 16:19
3. Kelsey Karys NS 16:21
4. Madeleine Reed NS 16:24
5. Kathy O'Keefe NS 16:26
6. Jen Gossels LS 16:28
7. Ellie Hylton LS 16:32
8. Bridget Dahlberg NS 16:42
9. Olga Kotlova NS 16:43
10. Claire Arthur LS 17:06
11. Rachel Potter LS 17:26
12. Melanie Fineman NS 17:28
13. Holly Clarke LS 17:47
14. Juliet Ryan-Davis NS 17:51
15. Megan Griffen LS 17:59
16. Leah Potter LS 18:11
17. Elizabeth May NS 18:26
18. Carolyn Mayer? Arl 18:36
19. Mary Kate Shelley LS 18:49
20. Sarah Shari NS 18:54
21. xxxx Arl 19:07
22. xxxx Arl 19:29
23. Marika Crowe LS 20:12
24. xxxx Arl 20:29
25. xxxx Arl 20:58
26. xxxx Arl 21:10
27. xxxx Arl 21:11
28. xxxx Arl 21:28
need Arlington Names

From NS v Lincoln-Sudbury v Arlington; 1 Oct. 2008

From NS v Lincoln-Sudbury v Arlington; 1 Oct. 2008

The boys varsity race was fairly one sided. NS is ranked 1st in the state. LS is a strong team ranked 14th in the state but no match for the south pack. Ben was held out to rest a foot bruise from Saturday. Wil is training after an injury and should be racing in 2 1/2 weeks. Emerson, Marcus and Aden ran varsity and would be top runners for most other high schools in the state but not this year at NS. The course record of 14:58 was beaten by the 1st 6 runners. This must be a new course because I can't believe that others haven't run faster. It was reported in the local rag that the LS boys had won their last 36 dual meets. I think that was a typo. 26 sounds right. Concord-Carlisle was the previous dominant team. Well, it would be nice if this were the start of a new streak. Ben reports that NS should have a very strong and large incoming class next year. We will try to go to a Brown MS and Oak Hill MS meet and take photos for the blog.
BOYS VARSITY
NS 15 LS 43;
NS 18 Arl 43;
LS 20 Arl 43.
2.75M course record: 14:58
1. Andrew Wortham NS 14:11
2. John Jantz ARL 14:37
3. Cameron Fen NS 14:45
4. John Beck NS 14:49
5. Yugi Wakimoto NS 14:49
6. Alex Long NS 14:52
7. Alec Barnes LS 15:04
8. Pat Hebble LS 15:07
9. Emerson Shui NS 15:13
10. J. Litschultz LS 15:18
11. J. Ellersick LS 15:20
12. Marcus Schneider NS 15:21
13. I. Hoenig LS 15:25
14. Aden Forrow NS 15:33
15. A. Hoenig LS 15:48
16. J, Dykes LS 15:50
17. C. Keane LS 15:58

From NS v Lincoln-Sudbury v Arlington; 1 Oct. 2008

From NS v Lincoln-Sudbury v Arlington; 1 Oct. 2008

The Newton South boys JV took the 1st 5 places. Ben will have to fill in the names (after homework).

From NS v Lincoln-Sudbury v Arlington; 1 Oct. 2008

In the girls JV race Anna Laurence from NS took 1st followed by many from LS with NS 's Madison Willert in among them.