NN Girls Edge LS for State Class A Relays Title

In the end, only an inch separated the top two teams.

Fortunately for the Newton North girls, that one additional inch of combined distance in the long jump relay placed them first, just ahead of Newton South, and gave the Tigers 10 points in the event and 52 total, one point better than the Lincoln-Sudbury girls.

Although winning the state relays title is not unusual for Joe Tranchita's teams, the manner of victory was a little strange for the North squad. For one thing, they didn't score a point in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, or 4x800 events. They did, however, score 30 points on the track, winning the Distance Medley by a huge margin, finishing 2nd in the Sprint Medley, and taking 3rds in the hurdle relay and 4x1600.

But the meet was decided in the field events. In addition to winning the long jump, Newton took 2nd in the discus relay (behind an all-class record performance by Lowell), and 4th in the triple jump. The North girls were hoping to pick up more points in the shot put, but fell just short, finishing seventh. Luckily, those points didn't matter, and the Tigers took away the first-place plaque.

Results of all NN girls teams:

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
 10 Newton North H.S.  'A'                                53.38   2 
 
Girls 4x110 Meter Relay HH
  3 Newton North H.S.  'A'                              1:09.18   1    6  
 15 Newton North H.S.  'B'                              1:19.25   4 
 
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
 32 Newton North H.S.  'A'                              2:06.08   7 
 
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
  8 Newton North H.S.  'A'                              4:21.93   3 
 
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
  7 Newton North H.S.  'A'                             10:30.02  
 15 Newton North H.S.  'B'                             10:59.67  
 
Girls 4x1600 Meter Relay
  3 Newton North H.S.  'A'                             22:08.41     6  
 
Girls 1600 Sprint Medley
  2 Newton North H.S.  'A'                              4:17.93   1    8  
 
Girls Distance Medley
  1 Newton North H.S.  'A'                             12:45.23    10  
 
Girls Long Jump
  1    68 Newton North, Girl     Newton No.              14.37m   47-01.75   10  
 
Girls Triple Jump
  4    68 Newton North, Girl     Newton No.              29.35m   96-03.50    4  
 
Girls Shot Put
  7    68 Newton North, Girl     Newton No.              25.85m   84-09.75 
 
Girls Discus Throw
  2    68 Newton North, Girl     Newton No.              88.20m     289-04    8  
 
Girls Javelin Throw
 11    68 Newton North, Girl     Newton No.              66.62m     218-07