Top 50 Lists

New this year, the Mass State Track Coaches Association (MSTCA) is introducing "top 50" performance lists for indoor track. These lists are based on reported race results from dual meets and invitational and highlight the best individuals in Massachusetts. The MSTCA plans to update the lists every Monday throughout the indoor season. Here is the link to the MSTCA web page explaining the idea and providing more links to the individual lists.

It's a great idea. In fact, did you know that John Dye (publisher of DyeStat.com) started out publishing a newsletter for Maryland coaches that kept track of the top 100 state performances in the pole vault? This was the humble beginning of the now famous DyeStat rankings, but I digress.

The first list is out, and although there are some significant omissions (Merrimack Valley and Middlesex league are not represented yet), the result is very promising. Not suprisingly, there are many Newton North athletes on the lists. First, let's look at the girls:

55 Dash 
(48) Leah Weisman 8.02

55 Hurdles
(19) Leah Weisman 9.52
(40) Morgan Faer 9.90
(45) Vicki Marone 9.98

300
(6) Julie Blanchard 43.49
(17) Lily Brown 44.40

600
(3) Kat Chiong 1:40.49
(13) Lily Brown 1:43.79

1000
(1) Jess Barton 3:07.88

1M
(16) Haleigh Smith 5:32.02
(42) Nora Barnicle 5:43.42

2M
(25) Kerri Moy 12:29.07
(29) Carolyn Ranti 12:33.43

HJ
(10) Alex Blenis 5-0
(10) Sarah Berkland 5-0
(26) Theresa Staulo 4-10

LJ
(26) Alex Blenis 14-8.75

SP
(26) Morgan Faer 30-3.50
(46) Lily Brown 28-9

4x200
(2) Newton North 1:50.55

4x400
(4) Newton North 4:19.07

Lily Brown is the only Newton North athlete ranked in three individual events. She was also on the 4x200 relay, currently ranked 2nd in the state.

Now the boys:

55 Dash 
(9) Gordon Forbes 6.80
(10) Caelin Robinson 6.81
(18) Brendan Rooney 6.91
(21) Anthony Ambrosi 6.94
(27) Khalel Pritchard 6.96

55 Hurdles
(9) Brendan Rooney 8.31

600
(30) Peter Sun 1:30.38
(32) Jared Plotkin 1:30.62
(41) Alex Lee 1:31.36

1000
(4) Noah Jampol 2:38.76
(11) David Polgar 2:42.02

1M
(1) David Polgar 4:17.83
(28) Noah Jampol 4:45.22
(48) Seb Putzeys 4:50.29

2M
(7) Doug Brecher 9:59.90

LJ
(9) Khalel Pritchard 19-9.75
(24) Nick van Niel 19-1.25

SP
(4) David Smith 50-1.75

4x200
(2) Newton North 1:34.63

4x400
(15) Newton North 3:40.85

4x800
(1) Newton North 8:24.52

It's impressive to see five NN athletes ranked in the 55 dash, and the relays are strong as ever.

It will be interesting to see next week's lists, since we expect it will be filled out with performances from other leagues, as well as recent results (from this week's meet and this weekend's Dartmoth meet).