As expected, Newton dominated both sides of their meet with Needham on Thursday. Overall, it seemed that times on the track were a bit sluggish for many, either the result of the layoff from racing over the last two weeks, or simply the runners taking it easy in preparation for this weekend's bigger meets at Dartmouth and at the Frosh/Soph meet.
Although track times seemed slow, the field events produced some outstanding performances for North athletes. In the girls shot put, Newton took the top two and three of the top four places. Lily Brown won the event with a throw of 31-11.5, and Tracy Isman took second, throwing 30-11.75. Morgan Faer finished 4th with a throw of 30-1. The shot put ring must have been on fire, because the North boys were equally impressive, as David Smith, Marvin Chan, and Steve Long took three of the top four places. Smith won (52-2.25), while Chan (47-4) and Long (45-1.5) threw personal bests. The emergence of Steve Long gives North a formidable team heading into the State Div I relays a week from Sunday.
Gordon Forbes won the boys long jump with seasons-best 19-7.75, as he approaches his 20'-plus form of a year ago. In the boys high jump, Sam Arsenault tied for third with a leap of 5-11. In the girls long jump, Arie Sanchez got off a leap of 14-7.75 to take second overall.
Ok, on to the track events.
In the mile, Carolyn Ranti led Natick's Becca White for seven-plus laps, but couldn't match White's acceleration in the final 150 meters, finishing second in 5:33.19. In the 1000, Jess Barton ran as slowly as she could for four laps (2:44, her two mile pace), and then as fast as she could for the last lap (33), winning easily in 3:17.30. Sam Gluck (3:25.95) ran a solid race to take second. Sally Leung led a North sweep in the 600 (1:52.59), while freshman Jen Liu took second in the 300 (48.73), as North rested Kat Chiong and Emma Kornetsky for the Dartmouth Relays. In the 2-mile, North's trio of Adina Hemley-Bronstein, Susannah Gleason, and Franca Godenzi ran together the whole way. Franca decided to fall during her first-ever indoor 2-mile, but seemed to suffer no lasting ill affects. Let's hope it doesn't affect her enjoyment of the event. (Trivia: what other Newton North standout fell in his/her first indoor deuce? - answer below.)
Michelle Kaufman won the hurdles in 9.77, and Arie Sanchez won the 55 in 7.97, with Kaufman second in 8.01.
In the boys events, Alex Ribner celebrated his first-ever sub-5:00 mile, running 4:58.76 to take first against Needham, and fourth in his heat. Sophomore Greg Cohen ran a very solid 5:03.75 for third. Seb Putzys led the 1000 from wire-to-wire, and had the fastest time of the day from any school, running 2:44.03. Alex Lee won the 600 in 1:33.33, with Gabe Feinberg taking third in 1:35.30. One of the most impressive races of the day belonged to Avery Mitchell who scorched the 300 in a PR(?) 36.65, the fastest time of the day in any race. Adam Bao ran 39.04 to take second. In the two-mile, Alex Gurvitz returned to form following a hamstring injury, running 10:58.49 to place second.
In the sprints, Ryan McCarthey (8.97) led a North sweep in the hurdles, and Gordon Forbes (6.89) won his second event in the 55 for another North sweep. North finished the day by winning the 4x400 relay.
[Answer: Chris Barnicle fell in his first indoor 2-mile.]
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