Here we go again--I can't find the results for the Boys State Coaches meet online and I have to rely on the agate type in the Boston Globe for NN boys performances.
Well, agate or not, Adam Bao was huge at the State Coaches Meet. He won the triple jump by half a foot (43-5.5), helped NN's 4x100 relay team finish second (by 0.12) to Woburn in 43.93, and ran a leg for NN's victorious 4x400 relay (3:30.23). So why wasn't he the outstanding performer of the meet? That award went to Woburn's Chris Martin who tied for first in the long jump (21-11.5), and ran a leg on Woburn's 4x100 team. What am I missing? Bao had an outright victory, a relay victory, and a relay second-place; Martin a tie for first, a relay victory, and earns the outstanding performer award and three paragraphs in the Globe. I don't get it.
Well Adam, if you read this, you're my choice for Performer of the Meet.
And while I'm whining, what would it take for the Globe to have slightly less lame coverage of H.S. track meets? Here's what we got in Sunday's paper: four limp paragraphs on what sounds like a boring 800, three on Chris Martin (in which our correspondent tells us that Woburn's time of 43.81 is "just short of the meet record of 43.10"), two paragraphs on the 200, two on the mile, and 29 words for the rest of the meet. Hey, if you competed in the 100, 400, 2-Mile, 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, triple jump, pole vault, or any of the throws, no coverage for you. The Globe even omits the 400 results entirely. Oh well, at least they had three pages and five articles about the Celtics 24-point loss to the Cavaliers.
Other medal-winners for Newton North included Seb Putzeys, who placed second in the mile (4:25.39) and Sam Arsenault, who placed 3rd in the 300 hurdles (41.23) and 4th in the long jump (21-5.5). I'm sure there were other fine performances for the Tigers, but they didn't make the Globe. Maybe the Daily News Tribune will have more detail.
Has the State Coaches meet started losing its mojo? I always thought it was a big deal kind of meet, but the Newton North girls chose not to compete, and many of the best performances of the weekend happened at Collins-McIntyre Invitational at Andover (At Andover, there were eight runners in the 2-mile with faster times than the winning time at the State Coaches meet, led by a blistering 9:19.95 from Brookline's David Wilson; in the girl's 2-mile, Newton South's Bridget Dahlberg and Kelsey Karys were way faster than anyone at State Coaches...).
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I heard Jared Forman got around 4:50 (he was hoping for a state qualifying time) due to the windy conditions and running by himself the whole race.
Award for top athlete was chosen before the 4x400 was run. I recommended Adam but couldn't assume we would win the 4x400, so I indicated that Adam was on the 4x400 which maybe should have been enough. They felt the long jump(21'11") was better than the Tj(43'51/2"). I guess they should have waited until the meet was over, just as they should put the results on line.
results are up via the mstca website at http://mysite.verizon.net/fhsrr/FHSXCTF/ResultsMSTCAboys.htm
Adam Bao is the man. I'm so glad somebody recognizes the kid's got talent. Can't wait to see him around campus next year at Yale. w00t!!
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