New Balance Indoor Nationals in NY

The New Balance Indoor Nationals were held over the weekend at the Armory in New York, NY.

Rebecca Grusby from Newton South ran in the Freshman mile and was 8th in 5:08.83
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Senior Jung Park was 5th in the 60 meter hurdles in 7.99!
He qualified in the preliminaries on Saturday in 8.20 and moved on in the semifinals in 7.98.
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Senior Ryan Kim was 19th in the shot put with a distance of 55' - 2.25"

Batler, Philip entered in freshman 60 meter dash

From Newton North:
- Ryan Lucken; 200 meter, 22nd in 22.25, prelim.

- Gabe Montague; 800 meters; 26th in 2:01.21
- David Oluwadara; 30th in boys triple jump with 43' - 10.75"

- Carl Whitham in boys shot put; 22nd with 54' - 11.25"
- Jared Prior in freshman 60 meter dash
- Nick Fofano in boys high jump emerging elite, tied 6th in 6' - 3.25"
- Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Emerging Elite
10 Newton Tiger-MA 'A' 1:32.46 6
1) Ryan Lucken 13
2) Ben Porter 15
3) Jared Prior 16
4) Daniel Swain 13
40.88 (40.88) 1:05.68 (24.80) 1:32.46 (26.78)
(above splits can't be right, are runners correct?)
- Boys 1600 Sprint Medley
6 Newton Tiger-MA 'A' 3:31.55
All-American performance!
1) Ben Porter 15
2) Daniel Swain 13
3) Ryan Lucken 13
4) Gabe Montague
45.77 (45.77) 1:36.27 (50.50) 3:31.55 (1:55.28)
(corrected order, who knows the correct splits?)

Also,
- Anika Gompers from Newton, 23rd in 2 mile; 10:55.02
and 23rd in 1 mile EE; 5:06.00
I think she runs for a private school

N.E. Championships

The New England Championships were held today at Reggie Lewis Track in Boston.

Jung Park is the New England champion in the 55 meter high hurdles in 7.40 seconds. This is a fantastic time.
finals video here
another video here

Newton South girls 4 x 800 meters team:
12th  Newton South HS - MA 9:47.18

1) Fineman, Elizabeth 11 

2) Chaparala, Alekhya 11 

3) Aguilar, Lucrecia 11 

4) Rhatigan, Anna 11

Click here for results
Click here for photos by Dave Fineman

Also, from Newton North:
Ryan Lucken was 2nd in the 300 meters in 34.81.
Michaela Smith was 2nd in the shot put with 41' - 3.25"
Carl Whitham was 1st in the shot put with 56' - 10"