No team has performed better than the Newton North boys in the Team Pentathlon over the past ten years. The 2007-2008 Indoor Track team added a new chapter to that legacy by capturing the closest ever team competition, overtaking Reading in final event to win the team title by a mere six points on Saturday.
Reading jumped out to an early lead, as Ian O'Shea ran a meet record 7.92 in the 55 hurdles. Sam Arsenault won his heat to put Newton North in second. North would probably have wanted to turn to Arsenault again in the high jump, but teams must use five athletes in the five events.
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Sophomore Ben Kiley took the jumps for North, clearing 5-11.5 and making North's eventual triumph possible.
Showing great depth, North's Ivan Kostadinov won the long jump in 20-03.75, and Steve Long won the shot put in 46-0.
Going into the final event, North still trailed by 56 points. According to Jim Blackburn, "NN needed Seb Putzeys to beat Reading's Pat Condon by 4.8 seconds to win. Seb's 2:34.90 beat Condon by 5.34 seconds. Closest finish in meet's history--3691 to 3685."
Watch video of Seb's run in the 1000m
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That's not Hymlaire...it's NNHS's new star sophomore jumper...don't remember his name, though
High jumper is Ben Kiley, a sophomore who jumped 5'11.5". He has jumped 6'1'' in practice meet at Waltham.
awesome run by seb! can't wait to see him run a great mile this year.
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