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John had an equipment failure and missed some of the races.
Girls scores:
NS 22 Weston 35
NS 15 Waltham 50
Weston 15 Waltham 50
report from Steven McChesney:
We had a wonderful meet to close our regular season today with a record of 7-1 and a share of the Large DLC regular season championship along with AB and LS. We are also currently ranked 5th in All State D. I which means that we survived another DCL season at the top.
Today we competed against Waltham and Weston at Weston. If we beat Waltham we would earn a share of the DCL title and we also faced a stellar Weston team just off of an impressive win against Concord-Carlisle that clinched for them the DCL small school division title.
Going in we knew that we faced a stiff challenge in a Weston team that is also a team that is ranked 6th in the Division II All State ranking by the MSTCA and milesplit.
On paper from previous meets against Lincoln-Sudbury and Concord-Carlisle the Weston team looked like a mirror of our team with excellent front running and really good depth through all of the scoring positions. We ran against a very good team and a very well coached team today and I am thrilled with the outcome. We had our best team race throughout our line up today.
This was a day that a very strong Weston team ran a great team race and we were able to use their efforts to improve to a stellar race and come out on top.
In our race plan meeting yesterday I told our kids that if they were racing Weston's 2nd girl that they would likely also be racing Weston's 4th as they pack in so well. So we had a group of our top kids with the goal to beat their 2nd runner. We then had a goal to place 5 with their top 3 and 7 with their top 5. As I drew it up on the board we could score 22 points if we followed our plans. I also showed them that if they missed by just a little that Weston could also beat us as our teams are so well matched.
This was our beat meet by far in terms of understanding our assignments and following the plan. It was also a very fast race in terms of times on a true measured 5K course. Weston's course has more turns than any other course in the DCL. There is rarely a stretch of more than 600 meters that you don't have your cadence broken up by a sharp turn, rough footing, a hill feature or all of the above. So the course records are not as fast as many other DCL courses.
Going into this meet I knew that there was a very real chance that this Weston team could beat us even if we ran a strong race as this was two 5-1 DCL teams which are both ranked in the top 6 in the state in our respective divisions. The fact that we scored right at our highest hopes against this team is a very big boost for us.
Another great sign for us is how well our young kids are running. Sophomore Rebecca Grusby has been such a valuable front runner for us meet after meet. She sets a great standard for our team. This meet freshman Katie Collins really stepped up and placed 3rd with a huge PR and she was followed by freshman Clare Martin in 4th who also had a great race. These two have really grown and they are racing at a super level. Lucrecia Aguilar was 5th and she is so tough and consistent. She is the cement that binds this team together.
Anna Rhatigan was our 5th today and the clincher as she raced with the 2nd and 3rd Weston girls and was able to displace the 4th of Weston. Her time as a 5th runner is very good and she has more in her.
Matia Whiting and freshman Midori Sangiolo were able to beat a stable of good Weston girls to finish in front of their 5th girl and add to the Weston score.
Sara Wang and Leah Jacobson were able to beat the 7th varsity runner from Weston.
Our JV team set the tone going 1-7 against both teams.
Caraline Pham won the race in 22:25
Freshman Sophia Franco was 2nd in 22:49
Newton South vs Weston and Waltham @ Weston
5K (3.1 miles)
Varsity
Newton South 22 Weston 35
Newton South 15 Waltham 50
2. Rebecca Grusby 19:23
3. Katie Collins 19:37
4. Clare Martin 19:55
5. Lucrecia Aguilar 19:57
8. Anna Rhatigan 20:24
10. Matia Whiting 21:14
11. Midori Sangiolo 21:24
14. Sara Wang 21:47
15. Leah Jacobson 21:33
JV Race
Newton South 15 Weston 50
Newton South 15 Waltham 50
1. Caraline Pham 22:25
2. Sophia Franco 2249
3. Noosha Abiabadi 23:08
4. Yasmine Hashemi 23:19
5. Lauren Miller 23:28
6. Leda Olia 24:08
7. Karina Aguilar 24:12
8. Anna Neumann 24:12
10. Samantha Armstrong 24:43
13. Amelia Stern 26:29
14. Isabell Kaplan 27:49
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