Weekend Results: Dec 8, 2007

I guess cross-country season really is over.

After watching the Footlocker finals via webcast yesterday, I opened today's Boston Globe and found the section on the Fall All-Scholastics. As expected, Brookline was well represented in the selections for cross-country honors. Congratulations to Runner-of-the-Year Robert Gibson, Coach-of-the-Year Mike Glennon, and Brookline's other All-Scholastics: David Wilson, Mike Burnstein, and Elliot Lehane. It will be a long time before Massachusetts sees another team like the 2007 Warriors.

Boston Globe All Scholastics - Cross Country

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Yesterday marked the first weekend of indoor track meets for many colleges, and that means we have some alumni NNHS results to report.

Noah Jampol opened his indoor campaign with a 4:35.61 mile for third at the Ursinus Winter Track Invitational. That's a nice time for the early season and a less than speedy track. It's great to see "the track junkie from Johns Hopkins" back in action.

Yale freshman David Smith tossed the big ball for the first time in college competition Saturday, putting 13.02m (42' 8.5")for fifth at the Yale Invitational.

Dave Cahill blazed a 1:57.47 800m at the Harvard Open meet in Allston on Saturday. Cahill also ran a very respectable 2:36.47 1000m a week earlier at Northeastern's Husky Invitational. Is this a permanent move up in distance for the man who runs 51s 400s more often than Tom Brady throws a touchdown pass?

By the way, Newton South alumnus and Brandeis freshman Sam Donovan ran a very nice mile time - 4:31.62 -- at that same Husky Invitational.

I also missed this result from a week ago: Steph O'Brien won an early season 1000m in 3:10.21 at the Wesleyan Invitational in Middletown, CT last weekend. I'm hoping we get to see Steph run the mile once or twice this season.