The Newton North boys will be returning to the All-State cross-country meet as a team for the first time since 2004, as they placed finished fourth, behind St. John's Prep, Methuen, and Newton South.
The Tigers got outstanding performances from their top two runners, as Dan Hamilton placed 13th overall in 16:31 and Mike Goldenberg finished 17th in 16:36. Hamilton's race was 40 seconds faster than last year, and placed him ahead of Brookline's Brendan Grove and Weymouth's Steve Sallowin, two runners who beat him (twice) earlier in the season.
Jared Forman was NN's third runner, finishing 35th in 17:04. However, the team's qualifying finish was secured only after Sophomore Dan Ranti (17:36) and Junior Jake Gleason (17:38) battled in the trenches to finish 68th and 72nd, respectively. It was a gutsy and clutch performance for Gleason, who has typically been outside the top five this year, but came up with a great performance in the biggest and muddiest meet of the year.
Mike Weinfeld (18:23) and Sam Fogel (18:40) rounded out Norths top seven.
2008 BayState League champions Brookline were missing David Wilson (lower leg injury), and finished 11th with 309 points. Although the Warriors did not earn a berth in next week's All-State championships, top finisher Grove earned the last individual qualifying spot.
Weymouth, led by Sallowin's 15th place finish (16:34), finished 17th. Framingham finished 25th, and Braintree finished 33rd.
Needham 9th, Shields 10th in Div II
Needham, led by Dan Shields' 10th-place finish (16:35) placed 9th in Div II, only three points behind perennial power Concord-Carlisle. Shields earned an individual qualifying spot for the All-State meet.
Other BSL teams were Norwood in 19th and Natick in 21st
Wellesley Wins Div III; Walpole 4th
Wellesley's Will Volkmann, Peter Krieg, and Billy Littlefield finished 6th, 7th, and 8th, and sophomore John Williamson had the race of his life to finish 16th, as Wellesley upset Oliver ames to win the Emass Div III championship.
Oliver Ames was led by individual champion Mike Moverman (16:03), who won the race by 45 seconds.
Walpole's 2nd-5th runners crossed the finish within six seconds of each other to nail down fourth place and the team's first state qualifying berth since... does anyone know? Walpole was led by Jarrod Goula (23rd, 17:22).
Congratulations to both Wellesley and Walpole for making it to the All-State Meet, and good luck next Saturday!
The other BSL team in Div III, Milton, finished 25th.
In Div IV, Dedham finished 37th.
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Congrats to the Tigers of NN. They had an outstanding race. One I would argue where every single scoring member had a very good if not great race. Really showed how to step up as a team.
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