State Coaches Results: Putzys Runs 4:31!!

Newton North junior Seb Putzys ran 4:31.68 for the mile, a six-second PR, to establish himself as one of the elite milers in the state as he finished 11th overall in the MSTCA Elite Meet on Sunday.

After suffering from the flu for two days, senior David Smith still managed a throw of 53-1.5 in the shot put to take second. Marvin Chan (the results say "Kevin Chan," but I don't think Kevin is back in HS!) threw 47-10.5 to place 16th. Ivan Kostadinov long jumped 19-2.25 to place 15th in that event.

North's 4x200 relay team of Hymlaire Lamisere, Abasu Watanabe, Adam Bao, and Avery Mitchell placed third overall with a season's best 1:33.67. Mitchell, senior Alex Lee, Bao, and Watanabe also placed 11th in the 4x400 in 3:35.67.

the only Newton North girl to compete on Sunday was Kat Chiong, who ran a season-PR of 1:39.47 to place 10th (3rd in her heat) in a very competitive 600m field.

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Among other Bay Staters competing on Sunday, the following athletes placed in the top six in their events:

Boys

• Brookline's Robert Gibson won the 2-mile in 9:26.76
  
• Milton's Eric Wornum finished 2nd in the 55 dash with a time of 6.51
  
• Brookline's Michael Bennett took 4th in the 55, with a time of 6.64
  
• Dedham's Dan Withrow threw 52-8.75 to take 3rd behind Smith in the shot
  
• Dedham's Phil Weltman finished 4th in the 300 in 36.35
  
• Weymouth's James Endres leaped 20-10 to place 4th in the long jump
  
• Braintree's Chris Stack placed 6th in the 1000 in 2:35.43
  
• Milton's Marcus Kohlman finished 6th in the HJ, clearing 6-3.
  
• Milton won the 4x200 relay in 1:33.08 with a team of Paul Connor, Max Opara, Chris Moore, and Wornum.
  
• Brookline won the 4x800 relay in 8:15.20 with a team of Anthony Baker, Matt Stewart, Ryan Hardiman, and Gibson.
  

Full Results of MSTCA ELite Meet - Boys

Girls

• Milton's Jackie Imhoff cleared 5-1 to place 5th in the high jump
  
• Weymouth's Kristen Mahoney ran 11:34.58 to take 6th in the 2M
  
• Needham's Christina Kelley ran 5:20.01 for 6th in the 1M
  
• Wellesley (Luci Laffitte, Kat McCarrick, Julie Pearlman, Katie Pratt) finished 4th in the 4x400 relay in 4:07.58
  

Full Results of MSTCA ELite Meet - Girls

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On Saturday, at the MSTCA Coaches meet, Arie Sanchez ran 7.72 in her heat of the 55m to qualify for the semi-finals. She ran 7.76 in the semis, 13th fastest, but not quite fast enough to make the finals.

Morgan Faer and Vicki Marone competed in the 55 hurdles. Faer was the epitome of consistency, as she ran identical times (to the hundredth of a second!) in three straight races, 9.29 in the prelims (5th fastest), 9.29 in the semis (3rd fastest), and 9.29 in the finals (3rd place). Marone ran 9.66 in the prelims to qualify for the semis, where she ran 9.63.

Sarah Berkland cleared 4-11 in the high jump to tie for 13th, and Arie Sanchez recorded a jump of 15-10 in the long jump to place 5th.