NN Girls Remain Unbeaten After Edging Framingham

While the NN boys continued to dominate their competition, the girls needed all their depth to fend off the challenge of a talented Framingham team that took three of the first four places against the Tigers.

It took Framingham's Camille Murphy just 17:14 to complete her 2.9-mile home course, nearly 45 seconds in front of Newton's Carolyn Ranti (18:01). Framingam really put the pressure on North as sophomores Sarah Bowhill (18:38) and Maria Grandoni (19:05) finished 3rd and 4th for the Flyers.

Newton needed to take the next four places to have a chance to tie. In fact, they took the next five places and six of the next seven to record a narrow 28-30 win. Nora Barnicle placed 5th in 19:08, followed by Becca Park (6th, 19:14), Adina Hemley-Bronstein (a strong 7th in 19:23), Susannah Gleason (8th, 19:45), and Franca Godenzi (9th, 19:50). Elena Hemler placed 11th in 20:25, also displacing Framinghams's fifth runner.

Newton now looks forward to the Bay State Invitational on Saturday, and a showdown with Natick and Milton Oct. 15.

In the boys race, there was no such drama as North took the top five places and easily dispatched Framingham and Dedham. Dan Hamilton won his third straight race, finishing in 15:31. Mike Goldenberg ran his best race of the year to finish second in 15:36. Jarad Forman (15:45) was 3rd, while sophomores Ezra Lichtman and Dan Ranti finished 4th and 5th in the identical time of 16:03.

Hamilton completed the 2.9-mile course in 15 minutes, 31 seconds, leading the Tigers to a 15-48 victory over host Framingham and a 15-50 win over Dedham. Mike Goldenberg came in five seconds behind Hamilton in second place while Jared Forman (15:45), Ezra Lichtman (16:03) and Dan Ranti (16:03) finished 3-4-5. Mike Weinfeld placed seventh in 16:20 and Jake Gleason (16:59) was eighth while Chris Keefe was 11th (17:30) as North remained unbeaten at 5-0.