Newton South Edges Lincoln-Sudbury

Two of the top girls track programs in the state clashed in a dual meet last night at the Reggie Lewis track, with Newton South gaining a narrow 52-43 victory over Lincoln-Sudbury. Trailing 47-43 going into the relay, L-S appeared to have an excellent chance to win the meet. Although their 4x400 quartet appeared to get the job done, running a time close to four minutes, they were disqualified for a baton pass out of the exchange zone. It was an unfortunate finish for what had been a classic battle.

The meet had a slew of fine performances, including a double-double punch from South's Kelsey Karys and Bridget Dahlberg who went 1-2 in the two-mile, and then doubled back to finish 2-1 in the 1 Mile. And remember they did this against a Lincoln-Sudbury distance crew that "merely" won the State D1 XC championships two months ago.

It was like that all night long. In the 1000, Newton's Katherine O'Keefe ran 3:08.50 and didn't score a point!

  1 Mepham, Emily             SR Lincoln Sudb                    3:01.70  
  2 Ryan-Davis, Juliet        JR Newton South                    3:04.50  
  3 Arthur, Claire            SO Lincoln Sudb                    3:08.40  
  4 O'Keefe, Katherine        FR Newton South                    3:08.50 

In the 600, Diana Braver ran 1:39.70 and finished third!

  1 Griffin, Jess             JR Lincoln Sudb                    1:37.60  
  2 Binder, Molly             SR Lincoln Sudb                    1:39.10  
  3 Diana, Braver                Newton South                    1:39.70  
  4 Natalie, Sullivan         SR Westford Aca                    1:41.20  
  5 Frieze, Julia             SR Newton South                    1:42.20  
  6 Dennis, Ashley            JR Newton South                    1:44.40

All, in all it was a great preview of what these two teams will do at the state level. When I mentioned to Newton South Coach Steve McChesney that his team would get to compete again this weekend against L-S, he said that he felt his team would be competing against them for the rest of their lives.

It's exciting to see two programs obviously at the top of their games.

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