Cliff, Henry, and others have expressed surprise that I didn't mention the outstanding performances of the Newton South girls at the NSIC meet last weekend. My only excuse is that my mind was elsewhere - in New Bedford, actually, where I was struggling through 13.1 miles with a strained gluteus medius. A real pain in the a**.
Anyway, I regret the omission and will try to make it right:
Six girls from Newton South competed last weekend at NSIC under the auspices of the "Newton Centre Athletic Club," and all six earned All-America honors.
On Saturday, the 4 x 1 Mile team -- Kelsey Karys, Juliet Ryan-Davis, Kathy O'Keefe, and Bridget Dahlberg -- finished third overall with a time of 20:52.48. Karys, Ryan-Davis, and Dahlberg are juniors; O'Keefe is a freshman. To average 5:13 per mile is outstanding! The NCAC trailed only national powerhouses Burnt Hills and Roxbury Township, and finished ahead of other highly regarded teams such as Colt's Neck.
On Sunday afternoon, the quartet of Ryan-Davis (2:17), Diana Braver (2:20), Julia Frieze (2:21), and Dahlberg (2:16) returned in the 4x800, and came away with a school record 9:16.27, a school record by a whopping 7 seconds. That's what happens when four good runners set PRs in the same race.
Also on Sunday afternoon, Kelsey Karys showed she has completely regained the form she had earlier in the winter -- before the flu sapped her strength at Class A's and States -- running a PR 10:48.18 in the 2-Mile and finishing 7th.
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What else can you say, WOW!!!! Outstanding.
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