Meet Recap: January 19, 2006

The weather continues to amaze us with wind one day and unseasonably warm temperatures the next. It was almsot strange to be heading indoors yesterday, when the outdoor track would have been nearly as hospitable.

As expected, both Newton North teams crushed their counterparts from Framingham. The girls rested some people, and ran others in different events while making final preparations for the State Relays tomorrow. Even so, there were some impressive times.

Freshmen Carolyn Ranti (5:37.8) and Adina Hemley-Bronstein (5:56.3) posted excellent times in the mile, while junior Elana Horwitz ran a season-PR of 6:02.9. Franca Godenzi won the 1000 (3:31.3), with Erica Chow taking third (3:47.4). In the 600, Emma Kornetsky had the second-fastest time of any runner on the day, with a 4-second PR of 1:47.33. Julie Blanchard and Kat Chiong went 1-2 in the 300. Kerry Moy ran a not-too-shabby 12:41 to win the 2-mile. Leah Weisman led a sweep of the 55 Hurdles, running 9.36, and was also North's top finisher in the 55 dash at 8.01.

In the field events, two North girls threw over 30' in the shot put. Lily Brown had the best throw of the day in an extermely close contest, recording a heave of 30' 7.75". Tracy Isman was right behind at 30' 5.5". Alex Blenis won the HJ at 4'10" and the (non-scoring) long jump at 14' 6".

For the boys, Seb Putzeys dropped down to the 1000 and had the fastest time of the day with an excellent 2:46.65, which qualifies him for the state meet in that event. Noah Jampol won a "tactical" mile, kicking a final 400 in approximately 65 seconds. Peter Sun won the 600 in 1:32.05.

The 300 proved to be a breakout race for Alex Lee, who managed to hit the final turn one step in front of Cailean Robinson and held that lead all the way to the finish in 37.96, his first time under 38 seconds. Brendan Rooney won the 55 hurdles in 8.55, and Cailean Robinson equaled his season best in the 55 dash, winning in 6.80. In the 2 mile, David Polgar won easily in 10:03, while Alex Gurvitz (10:53) and Charlie Krasnow (11:14) both PR'ed.

In the field events, David Smith continued trampling his opponents in the shot put, throwing 52' 10", while in the long jump Khalel Pritchard (19' 4.5") and Nick Van Niel (18' 4.5") went 1-2. As expected, Framingham went 1-2 in the high jump, but Van Niel jumped 5' 6" for 3rd.