It looks like good weather for Newton North v Brookline dual meet today. Newton, the team without a track, will once again face a stiff challenge from the Warriors, who hope to end the Tigers' nine-year winning dual meet streak.
(The last time Newton lost a dual meet, it was to Brookline.)
Much depends on the status of Newton junior Sam Arsenault, who missed the first meet last week with an injury. If he is healthy, he is a threat to win both hurdle events and score in the high jump. If not, well... it will be a tall order for the Tigers to amass enough points to offset Brookline's distance dominance and all-around depth.
The horizontal jumps will be crazy deep, with Adam Bao, Ivan Kostadinov, and Arsenault vs. Alex Lippincott and Ian Sandler. This could be the day when Adam Bao emerges as an MVP candidate.
As always, we wonder where Seb Putzys will run. It seems he would be the favorite for the 800, regardless of whom Brookline runs there. Would he run in the mile against Gibson? Seems unlikely. By the way, it was good to see that Brookline's David Wilson (runner-up in the State XC meet to Gibson) is back in action after an injury curtailed his indoor season.
The girls meet doesn't have the same "clash-of-the-titans" feel to it, but in fact, Brookline could make this meet close. In the end, I think Newton probably has too much overall depth, but you never know.
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Good Luck Tigers...keep it going!
please post arsenault's 110 hurdle time
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