After finishing sixth last year, the Newton North girls ran their hearts out in an attempt to improve by one spot and qualify for states this year. Instead, they finished one point behind Billerica (6th) and two points behind Lexington (5th) and could only wonder how you can get so close two years in a row.
The Tigers were led by junior Carolyn Ranti who finished fourth overall in the Div I race in 18:56, a few inches behind Lincoln-Sudbury freshman Andrea Keklak. Ranti was followed by Nora Barnicle (32nd, 20:16), Adina Hemley-Bronstein (43rd, 20:31), Franca Godenzi (47th, 20:34), Becca Park (56th in a PR 20:53), and Liz Altieri (103rd, 22:18).
With her fourth-place finish, Ranti qualifies for the All-State meet as an individual. In another near miss, Barnicle was one spot away from qualifying.
Carolyn Ranti in full stride a few feet from the finish (photo: Henry Finch)
Although no Bay State girls teams qualified in Div I, congratulations to the following individual qualifiers:
4. CAROLYN RANTI JR Newton North 18:56 I
9. CAMILLE MURPHY JR Framingham 19:22 I
16. KRISTEN MAHONEY SR Weymouth 19:37 I
29. CAROLYN CONNOLLY JR Weymouth 20:13 I
Div I girls individual results
Div I girls team results
Div I Boys: Brookline Untouchable; Newton North a Solid 8th
Brookline took four of the top six place, averaged 16:02 for its top five, had a solid sixth man, and was simply in a different league than all the other teams competing in the Div I Emass championships. Brookline's score of 36 points was nearly 130 points better than runner-up Lincoln-Sudbury. In a dual meet between Brookline and the combined might of every other Div I team, Brookline would have won 26-31. You get the idea.
But, as Coach Mike Glennon will be happy to tell you. They are not satisfied with winning EMass. They have bigger goals.
Robert Gibson won the race in 15:39 in his first race since Oct. 20th. David Wilson finished second in 15:51, with Mike Burnstein 5th (16:00) and Elliot Lehane 6th (16:04). Ryan Hardiman rounded out the Warriors' top five finishing 22nd in 16:34.
Newton North's Seb Putzeys ran a tremendous race in his final effort at Franklin Park, placing 8th in 16:14, good enough to qualify for the All-State meet as an individual. Dan Hamilton was next for the Tigers, running 17:13 for 46th. Right behind was junior Jarad Foreman, who ran a personal best 17:14 for 47th. Newton North's youth movement was next to contribute, as sophomore Devin Perry ran 17:31 and freshman Ezra Lichtman ran 17:32 to take 74th and 76th. Seniors Ben Chebot and Charlie Krasnow finished out their HS XC careers running 17:41 and 18:09, respectively.
8. SEB PUTZEYS SR Newton North 16:14 I
46. DAN HAMILTON JR Newton North 17:13
47. JARED FOREMAN JR Newton North 17:14
74. DEVIN PERRY SO Newton North 17:31
76. EZRA LICHTMAN FR Newton North 17:32
89. BEN CHEBOT SR Newton North 17:41
117. CHARLES KRASNOW SR Newton North 18:09
Div II: Needham Boys Sixth
The Needham boys team came oh-so-close to qualifying for states, placing sixth with 183 points, just 8 points behind Franklin for the final spot. The Rockets were led by senior Sam Miller, who finished 7th overall and qualified for the All-State meet as an individual, running 16:29.
In the girls race, Natick junior Becca White finished second in 18:43 and senior Anya Price finished 7th in 19:24, as the Natick girls team finished tenth. Needham's Emily Lipman had a great race to take 5th in 19:15, and the Needham girls nabbed 12th. Congratulations to these three, who all qualified for the State meet as individuals:
2. REBECCA WHITE JR Natick 18:43 I
5. EMILY LIPMAN SR Needham 19:15 I
7. ANYA PRICE SR Natick 19:24 I
Div 3: Wellesley Teams Are Third
Wellesley's boys and girls both finished third, as the Raiders became the only Bay State school to qualify both its boys and girls teams for the state meet.
The girls came into the meet ranked high on the strength of their depth, and they did their job, placing runners 14-16-21-25-34 with a spread of :50 to take a close third behind Bishop Feehan and Oliver Ames.
The Wellesley boys had been telling anyone who would listen that they deserved consideration at the state level, and they made their case with an identical third-place finish behind the same two teams: Bishop Feehan and Oliver Ames. The Raiders were led by a fourth place finish from Nick Caroll (16:48) and an eight-place finish from Will Volkman (17:04), who was returning to racing after suffering an ankle sprain in the final weeks of the regular season.
The Walpole boys and girls teams also made a fine showing. The boys finished 10th, led by Eric Flaman (24th, 17:25), who was only one second and one spot away from qualifying for the state meet as an individual. The Walpole girls placed 8th, paced by Diana Wiseman (29th, 20:23).
Div IV: Dedham Girls 25th
The Dedham girls team placed 25th in D4, led by Melissa Hallisey (90th, 22:56). The Dedham boys were 36th, led by Dan Hernon (141st, 19:42).
8 comments:
It was a great day for cross country yesterday. Hope you're happy with the Fighting Chamaleons effort yesterday. Congrats on the 4th place finish. Many people have told me what a great job you've done. Same as the blog. Thanks. Hope to see you next week.
littlefield of wellesley was also less than 10 seconds behind volkmann to nab 3 medal spots for the boys team, before the big gap came
nice article, though
rob keegan of weymouth also raced well in the d1 race
If B-line ran against all of EMASS in a duel meet:
Gibson 15:39 BR 1
Wilson 15:51 BR 2
Galebach 15:55 EMASS 3
McDonald 16:00 EMASS 4
Burnstein 16:00 BR 5
Lehane 16:04 BR 6
Brown 16:08 EMASS 7
Murphy 16:13 EMASS 8
Putzeys 16:14 EMASS 9
Penney 16:14 EMASS 10
Montrond 16:14 EMASS 11
Mercurio 16:37 BR 12
...giving McDonald the odd over Burnstein because it was solo. Brookline wins over all of EMASS 26-31. Scary stuff.
It is interesting that all the team winners didn't have any real individual standouts (except for Brookline), but rather had really deep packs placing between 20 and 40. I guess it doesn't really matter whether you have one or two really good runners...it really depends on the third fourth and fifth runners.
Jon, I'd love your take on "How to run at Gardner" at some point this week. I'd only ask that, if you use my title, I am given full parenthetical citation credit.
i second mike miller's request, but ask for no parenthetical citations for backing up his idea.
Why the different uniforms for the NN girls?
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