The Bay State portion of the indoor season concluded Wednesday with the conference meet, which was highlighted by numerous personal bests, all-star performances, and a few surprises.
Girls Results
The performance of the day had to be Jess Barton's magnificent run in the mile. Running untroubled and alone after the first quarter, Barton ran the fastest girls time in the state so far this year with a 4:57.32, a 3-second PR and 17 seconds ahead of teammate Carolyn Ranti, who ran a 15-second PR (!!) to take 2nd in 5:14.98, Said Barton of her race, "I went through the quarter in 71 and knew I would have to slow down. So I tried to run 75s the rest of the way." Ah, she makes it sound so simple. Run a 71-second quarter and then maintain five minute pace for 1200 more. You'd think everyone could do it.
Kat Chiong and Emma Kornetsky dueled in the 600, with Chiong holding off Kornetsky down the final straight to win by 0.1 in 1:42.11, as the two pulled away from the field. Later, the two of them plus Lily Brown and Carolyn Ranti would win the 4x400 relay in 4:11.09.
In the 300, Brown placed 5th in 43.80. In the 1000, Nora Barnicle placed 5th in 3:15.34. In the finals of the 55 hurdles Morgan Faer ran 9.27 for 4th, and Vicki Marone ran 9.68 for 8th. In the 55 dash, Arie Sanchez ran 7.80 to miss the finals by 0.01. In the 2-mile, Adina Hemley-Bronstein and Franc Godenzi both set personal bests, running 12:15.57 and 12:16.41, respectively to take 4th and 5th.
In the field events, Lily Brown threw 32-7.5 in the shot put to place second and earn all-star honors. Sarah Berkland cleared 4-11, which placed her 4th in the high jump. Laryssa Manigat jumped 15-06.5, and Vicki Marone jumped 15-02.5, as the two placed 3rd and 5th in the long jump.
In addition to the winning 4x400 team, North's 4x200 team placed 4th (1:54.11) and their 4x800 team placed 3rd (10:51.18).
Other results of note: Anya Price (11:19.63) and Rebecca White (11:21.16) led Natick to a 1-2 finish in the 2-mile. The Natick duo also towed Weymouth's Nicole Pearce (11:36.61) to a big PR. In yet another example of a school sweeping the top two places, Wellesley's Katie Pratt (42.66) and Carly Dee (43.47) went 1-2 in the 600. Brookline's Sabrina Parise defended her league title in the 1000m. Milton's Jackie Imhoff won the 55 hurdles (and tied for 2nd in the HJ). Wellesley's Alex DeAmicis won the 55 dash. Her teammates Hanna Muir and Luci Lafitte won the HJ (5-3) and long jump (15-11.25), respectively. Natick's Jamie Verner won the SP.
Bay State Conference Meet - Girls Results
Boys Results
Seb Putzys added to his growing legend, as he won the mile after losing his shoe with two laps to go. Putzys (4:35.79) led for much of the race and pulled away from Braintree's Chris Stack (4:37.21) and Kyle Higgins (4:39.39), despite being footwear-challenged in the last 400m. he also split a 54 for North's winning 4x400 relay, but more about that later.
In the 2-mile, Alex Gurvitz placed 3rd in 10:46.37, while teammate Ben Chebot placed 7th in 10:55.55. You would have thought the North coaches would have let Alex run the mile one more time, but oh well. In the shorter events, it seemed that North saved many of its top runners for the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. The strategy paid off in the 4x400, as North's team of Alex Lee, Adam Bao, Putzys, and Avery Mitchell -- running in the slower of two heats -- ran alone to the day's fastest time of 3:30.48 and all-star honors.
In the field events, David Smith returned to form to win the shot put with a throw of 54-06.5, as Marvin Chan (49-01.5) and Steve Long (42-06) placed 3rd and 6th, respectively. In the long jump, Adam Bao leapt 20-04.75 to take second, with Gordon Forbes third with a leap of 20-01. In the HJ, Sam Arsenault cleared 5-9 to take 6th.
Other results of note: Brookline's Robert Gibson and Matt Stewart both ran 2:33.02 in the 1000m, with Gibson being given the win far ahead of the rest of the field. Teammate Anthony Baker won the 600 in 1:26.68. Eric Wornum ran one of the fastest times in the state in the 300, winning easily in 35.32. Brookline's Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot cruised to victory in the longest running event, the 2-mile, in 10:10.22, and teammate Michael Bennett won the shortest running event, the 55 dash, in 6.62. Braintree's Nate Starling won the hurdles in 7.99. Jordan Maddocks won the high-jump, clearing 6-5, and Weymouth's James Endres took the long jump with a leap of 20-10.75.
Bay State Conference Meet - Boys Results
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