March 01, 2008

Putzeys 3rd in New Englands

Seb saved the best for last.

Seb Putzeys ran 2:31.04 -- a PR by 0.75 -- to place 3rd at the H.S. New England Championships held at the Reggie Lewis Center Friday night. The only other Newton North competitor to participate was Ivan Kostadinov, who jumped 21-3.5 to place 7th in the long jump.

There were a number of outstanding performances from other Bay State athletes:

Brookline's Robert Gibson won the 2-mile in 9:24.72, two seconds ahead of a blanket finish for the next six runners. Brookline teammate Mike Burnstein finished 6th in 9:27.61.

Wellesley's Hannah Muir won the girls high jump with a leap of 5-7.

Natick's Becca White ran a season's best 11:07.02 to place 6th in the girls 2-Mile.

Dedham's Phil Weltman placed 6th in the boys 300, running 36.03.

Brookline's Alex Lippincott finished 7th in the boys high jump with a leap of 6-3.

The Weymouth girls finished 2nd in the 4x800, running a school record 9:25.78, only three seconds behind Glastonbury, CT.

The Brookline boys 4x800 team placed 2nd in 8:02.65, a little over a second behind Merrimack, NH.

The Milton boys 4x200 team placed 4th in 1:33.28.

Complete Girls Results
Complete Boys Results

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Camille Murphy of Framingham also ran well, placing 6th in the 1000.

Anonymous said...

seb has really impressed me this season i cant wait to see what he does outdoor, and the year after that when we race each other in America East.