Massachusetts All States at Reggie Lewis

From Massachusetts All States Indoors 27 Feb. 2009

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Newton South girls tie for first with Mansfield HS with 38 points.
Newton South boys take 10th place with 12 points.

From Massachusetts All States Indoors 27 Feb. 2009

Girls:
1 mile:
1st Bridget Dahlberg SR Newton SO 4:56.16 10
9th Melanie Fineman JR Newton SO 5:08.72
Shot putt:
1st Nalis Mbianda SR Newton SO 41-09.25 12.73m
2 mile:
4th Kelsey Karys SR Newton SO 10:58.03
55m:
7th Ezra Banks JR Newton SO 7.46
1000m:
4th Kathy O'Keefe SO Newton SO 2:53.94
4 x 200m:
5th Newton South HS 1:47.02
1) 510 Andrea Braver 2) 511 Dani Pensack
3) 512 Katie Sandson 4) 147 Ezra Banks JR
4 x 800m:
2nd Newton South HS 9:18.98
1) 464 Juliet Ryan-Davis 2) 152 Kathy O'Keefe SO
3) 149 Melanie Fineman JR 4) 148 Bridget Dahlberg SR

From Massachusetts All States Indoors 27 Feb. 2009

Boys:
55HH:
2nd Yong-Hyun Cho SR Newton SO 7.67
Long Jump:
8th Ross McDonald JR Newton SO 20-07.50 6.28m
4 x 800m:
4th Newton South HS 8:09.94 4
1) Yuji Wakimoto 2) Xhulio Uruci
3) Igal Bubar 4) 375 Alex Long SR

All States at Reggie Lewis tomorrow, Friday

The MA all state track meet is tomorrow at Reggie Lewis.
Friday afternoon, 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Newton South qualifiers:
seed, name, year, school, state division meet time
55HH
2 Yong-Hyun Cho SR Newton SO 7.61
1000m
9 Alex Long SR Newton SO 2:35.39
long jump
7 Ross McDonald JR Newton SO 21-02.75
4x800m
5 Newton South HS 8:14.58

55m
7 Ezra Banks JR Newton SO 7.39
2M
2 Kelsey Karys SR Newton SO 10:58.11
1M
1 Bridget Dahlberg SR Newton SO 4:58.37
8 Melanie Fineman JR Newton SO 5:09.81
1000m
4 Kathy O'Keefe SO Newton SO 2:57.37
shot putt
2 Nalis Mbianda SR Newton SO 39-11.75
4 x 200m
10 Newton South HS 1:47.99
4 x 800m
2 Newton South HS 9:18.42

MIAA All-State Meet
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, Roxbury, MA
Friday, February 27, 2009 @ 4:30 PM
ORDER OF EVENTS
4:30 PM LONG JUMP AND SHOT PUT: Girls followed by Boys
4:30 PM HIGH JUMP: Boys and Girls compete simultaneously.
5:00 PM ALL TRACK EVENTS: Girls followed by Boys
ONE MILE RUN FINAL
600M RUN FINAL
1000M RUN FINAL
300M RUN FINAL
TWO MILE RUN FINAL – Girls
55M HURDLES TRIALS
55M DASH TRIALS
TWO MILE RUN FINAL – Boys
55M HURDLES FINAL
55M DASH FINAL
4x800M RELAY FINAL
4x200M RELAY FINAL
4x400M RELAY FINAL
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State Meet Division 1 - 21 Feb. 2009

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The Newton South girls pulled off the win today ahead of Lincoln-Sudbury. South had three individual winners, Nalis in the shot, Kelsey in the 2 mile and Bridget in the mile.
The Newton South boys finished 9th with 17 points.
Also, congratulations to boys winner B.C. High.
The girls 1 mile was very interesting. Bridget went out in the the back of the pack and didn't make a move until after the 1/2 mile. And, wow, what a move. Only Keklak was able to stay with her for a while. Bridget then made a big gap which held until the end.

From Mass. State Div 1 Championships, 21 Feb. 2009

Nalis just missed 40'.

From Mass. State Div 1 Championships, 21 Feb. 2009

Taking photos of races is most exciting in close races. That makes the girls 2 mile not so exciting. This photo is only a couple of laps into the race. Kelsey came through the 1 mile in around 5:16.

From Mass. State Div 1 Championships, 21 Feb. 2009

The state meet divisional performance lists are posted

The State meet divisional performance lists are at:
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For division 1 girls and boys previews, see Jon Waldron's blog.
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The Div 1 state meet at Reggie Lewis Track starts at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday 21 Feb.
The Newton South girls team is a close favorite but anything can happen. From the top seeds, 61 points.
Banks 55m; 8
O'Keefe 1000m, 6
Dahlberg 1M, 10
Fineman 1M, 4
Karys 2M, 10
Mbianda SP, 10
4x200m, 6
4x800m, 6
4x400m, 1

The boys team should also score quite a few points. They are seeded at 19 points.
Cho HH 8
Long 1000m; 2
Wakimoto 1M; 1
McDonald LJ; 8

On the girls side the 1000m run could be the most exciting. Any times under 3:00 are outstanding. In this race there are 9 runners under 3:01! From Newton South, Kathy O'Keefe 2:58:07; from Newton North, Carolyn Ranti 2:58:16 and Margo Gillis 2:59.50. They are the 3rd, 4th and 5th seeds.

For those not up on the scoring, in each event, 1st place 10 points, then 8,6,4,2,1.

DCL championships 14 Feb. 2009

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Newton South pulled off victories for both girls and boys at the DCL championship today at Reggie Lewis. LS took a close 2nd for the girls and Westford Academy a close 2nd for the boys.
A few highlights that I saw, Yong ran 7.63 in 55HH. Bridget ran 4:59 mile, Ross 21'-3" LJ, Yong 2nd in 20'-11", Ezra Banks 7.36 in 55, Juliet 1:40.97 in 600m, Ben Olins 1:27.07 in 600m, John M. was DQ'd in 600m. I saw a Wayland runner cut in too early on John but the Wayland runner went down and John DQ'd. See the photo. Melanie 2nd in thousand in 3:01, Sasha 2:36 in 1000m, Kelsey 11:05 2M and 5:10 1M, Nalis 39'-4" and Ezra 2nd 30'-6" in SP, winning relays: girls 4x200 and 4x800, boys 4x800
This is the 1st time in a while I got a picture of Yong. He just moves too fast. Yong scored 22 points, Ezra 18 and relay?

From DCL indoor championships 14 Feb. 2009

From DCL indoor championships 14 Feb. 2009

DCL preview by Bedford senior Jon Gault

Jon Gault, Bedford senior, has written a DCL league meet preview. It is posted on:
http://dclrunning.blogspot.com/
The DCL meet is from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at Reggie Lewis Track in Roxbury

2006 DCL outdoor league meet 2 mile. That's freshmen, Gault, Farley and Wortham.

Oracle's State meet preview - girls

Oracle, an LS parent has written a state meet preview for the girls. It is posted on:
http://dclrunning.blogspot.com/2009/02/oracles-state-meet-preview-girls.html

Now, we need someone to do the same for the boys.

Bridget Dahlberg to run in international race

Bridget Dahlberg will run in the high school division of the Reebok Boston indoor games track meet at Reggie Lewis Track tonight, Saturday 7 Feb. Tickets are $20, $40 & $60 but they are sold out. Runners from all over the world will compete. DCL runners got to see many checking out the track towards the end of the meet. Ross McDonald got to say hi to Steven Hooker the Olympic pole vault gold medalist from Australia who will go for the world indoor record today.
Click here for Dyestat review of girls HS race
Click here for Official website
Click here for youtube video of race

NS v WA v BL 6 Feb. 2009

The last dual meet of the indoor season was today.
The girls remained undefeated easily beating Westford Academy and Boston Latin.
The boys were favored against Westford Academy even missing quite a few runners but the stars aligned for Westford. The meet came down to the 4x400 and on the last leg with Yugi Wakimoto running in lane 2 at the end of the final straightaway holding off a fantastic last leg by the Westford runner, he was disqualified for veering in front of the Westford runner by "running all the way into the 4th lane" (official who called the foul). There was no contact. The Westford runner fell making one last lunge at the finish. See photos. The final score was WA 48 NS 47. The 1st loss for NS.

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From NS v WA v BL duals 6 Feb. 09

above photo by George

Last indoor dual meet of season

I'm heading off to the last DCL dual meet at Reggie Lewis scheduled to start at 4:45 today. NS against Boston Latin and Westford Academy.

MSTCA Boys & Girls Invitational - Elite

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Jon Gault from Bedford wrote a DCL preview for the MSTCA meet but my Email paused and I only received it today. You can read it at:
http://dclrunning.blogspot.com/

Below photos by D. Fineman