Dartmouth Relays and Freshman/Sophomore Results

It was a difficult week for Newton North girls coach Joe Tranchita as he tried to plan his team's annual trip to and competition at the Dartmouth Relays (North was the defending girls team champion), while missing many of his younger runners who were competing at the Freshman/Sophomore meet on the same day.

With a unified team, Newton North could very well have repeated as team champion. As it was, the team had to skip an event they could have won (the Sprint medley on Friday night), and do without contributors who could have helped field a scoring 4x800 team. Even at partial strength, the Tigers are formidable. Individual scoorers included Jess Barton (PR 11:12, 2nd place in the two mile), Alex Blenis (5' tied for 3rd in the high jump), and Julie Blanchard (PR 42.40, 5th in the 300). Also scoring was the 4x400 relay team (Julie Blanchard, Leah Weisman, Lily Brown, Kat Chiong), which placed 5th in 4:12.86.

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Meanwhile, back at Reggie Lewis, Newton North's freshmen and sophomore were taking the spotlight.

Jared Plotkin placed 3rd in the 600 in 1:30.58. Rojay Wagner was 11th in 1:34.78.

Vicki Marone made the finals of the 55 Hurdles, finishing 8th in 10.00. Leah Wang recorded a time of 12.21.

In the boys 300m, Abass Watanabe finished 7th (38.87) and Hymlaire Lamisere finished 8th (39.01).

Seb Putzeys continued his fine season, placing 5th in the boys mile in 4:51.99.

In the girls mile, freshman Nora Barnicle ran 5:48.42 for 11th, while fellow freshman Emma Kornetsky placed 15th in 5:55.62.

In the girls 1000m, Bailey Hanselman ran 3:34.63. In the boys 1000m, Eric Seike ran 3:00.71.

The girls 2 mile further showcased the depth of Newton North's freshman class, as Carolyn Ranti placed 10th in 12:36.11, and Adina Hemley-Bronstein ran a 20-second PR 12:44.50 for 14th.

In the boys 2 mile, Alex Gurvitz recorded a PR 11:05.80, while Charlie Krasnow ran 11:32.34.

In the field events, Theresa Staulo jumped 4' 9" to place 8th in the high jump. Bonny Guang threw 25' 5.75" in the shot put, while Era Mune threw 19' 4.5."