Big Week Ahead in Mass HS XC

It's a big week in the high school XC calendar, with a mid-week interleague clash between Newton South and Lincoln-Sudbury on Wednesday, Oct 1, and the Bay State Invitational on Saturday.

Newton South is on a certified roll. Their girls team won the Amherst Invitational a couple of weekends ago, and their boys team won the Ocean State Invitational Championship race last Saturday. With all due respect, the NS boys should have a relatively easy time against Lincoln-Sudbury and Arlington (the forgotten third team in the meet). The girls will be well-tested by Lincoln-Sudbury, the only other team that might be on the same level as the Lions.

Meanwhile, the NS girls continue to run fast, have fun. and look unbeatable. Last week they romped over Boston Latin and Waltham, setting an all-time record for team average time on their home course at Cold Spring Park. Bridget Dahlberg and Kelsey Karys tied for first, setting a new CSP course record of 15:41 in the process.

Then, only three days later, everyone goes at it again at the Bay State Invitational, which EVERYONE seems to be running this year. Newton North will be there, too, and it should be a great test for them, and for other up-and-coming teams. Obviously a lot can change between early October and mid-November, but all those early season polls will be reshuffled after the results of Saturday's meet are in.

Here's the schedule of races at the Bay State meet, Saturday, Oct 4:

 9:30 a.m. JV Boys Div I 5K           12:15p.m. JV Boys Div II 5K
 9:50 a.m. JV  Girls Div I 5K  12:40 p.m. JV Girls Div II 5K
10:15 a.m. 9th  Boys Div I 3K         1:10 p.m.   9th Grade Boys Div II 3K
10:35 a.m. 9th Girls Div I 3K     1:30 p.m.   9th Grade Girls Div II 3K
10:55 a.m. Varsity Boys Div I 5K  1:45 p.m.  Varsity Boys Div II 5K
11:25 a.m. Varsity Girls Div I 5K  2:10 p.m. Varsity Girls Div II 5K