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At the top of the hill, Jess Barton trailed Boston Latin's Caroline O'Loughlin by 8-10 seconds. There was mud on the course and the footing didn't look great. Would Jess be able to make up that gap on a soft course?
At 3K, she still trailed by six seconds as the two runners raced well ahead of Lincoln-Sudbury's Dana Jamieson. That's when Jess showed she had saved something for the final mile, closing the gap with shocking efficiency and catching O'Loughlin as the two crossed the road with about 1200 meters to go. In another 600 meters, Jess had broken away and was on her way to her second State XC Championship. Her time of 19:14 was 35 second faster than she had run winning the Bay State Invitational over a month ago.
In the Girls Div I team race, Dennis Yarmouth won the championship with 56 points. Lincoln-Sudbury finished second with 79.
In the Boys Div I race, Mansfield's Ryan Collins set a punishing pace on the uphills and positively flew on the downhills to shed first Xaverian's Mark Amirault (at 1.5 miles), and then Brockton's Kevin Gill (with 600 to go). His time of 15:49 is believed to be a course record, breaking Victor Gras' time of 15:52.4 from 2003.
In the team race, Brockton placed four in the top 35 and survived a gap to their 5th to take their second straight Div I state championship. In doing so, they repeated the St. John's Prep 's trick of finishing out of the top three in EMass and then recovering to win at Northfield. The team victory eased the pain for Gill, who finished in the runner-up position once again.
In Div II girls, sophomore Emily Jones led Bromfield to the championship with a tremendous time of 18:39. Triton's Keely Maguire was 2nd in 18:47. Hamilton-Wenham finished second to Bromfield in the team race.
In Div II boys, Hamilton-Wenham's Gabe Pacione won the individual title (16:29), and Swampscott overcame defending champ Hopedale to win the team title.
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O'LAUGHlin? Not funny! It's O'Loughlin. Show some respect please.
Collins never ceases to amaze!! What happened to Air-miroult or whatever he used to be called?? Was his fallback due to inconsistent/little training caused by his injury or did he fall or did his injury come back during the race or what?? Also, CONGRATULATIONS JESS!!
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