The Newton North girls won two events (sprint medley and hurdle relay), and finished second in two others by a combined total of less than five inches, to earn the runner-up trophy at the Div I State Relays Saturday. Newton South finished first in three events (distance medley, 50m dash relay, and shot put relay) to win the title with 44 points, while Newton North scored 40.
North figured to be strong in the jumps and hurdles, and that's the way it turned out. The Tigers were far and away the best hurdle team, winning in 30.08 -- nearly a second and a half better than Attleboro.
In the high jump relay, the Tigers (Emily Hutchinson, Amy Ren, and Lucia Grigoli) cleared a combined height of 14-9 to take 2nd, two inches (one clearance) behind Lexington (14-11). In the long jump relay, the Michelle Kaufman, Amy Ren, and Emma Kornetsky averaged 15-9 for a total distance of 47-01.75. Unfortunately for the Tigers, Bridgewater-Raynham jumped 2.5 inches more to win the event in a new Div I meet record of 47-4..25.
While the strong performance in the jumps was, perhaps, expected, the win in the sprint medley was huge, as the Tigers (4:17.07) finished more than a second ahead of Andover, and third-place Weymouth. The Tigers also got four points in the distance medley, running 12:43.87 for fourth, just behind Weymouth (12:41.32) and Lincoln-Sudbury (12:40.83).
The girls now have to prepare for next week's clash against undefeated Weymouth, a formidable team that chalked up three third places, a fifth and a sixth at this meet.
Div I State Relays - Girls Results
NN Boys 6th
The Newton North boys scored in five separate events on Saturday, taking a 2nd, a 3rd, a 4th, a 5th, and a 6th, to end up with 21 points. The Tigers also hoped to score in the 4x200, but were DQ'ed.
NN's best event was the HJ relay where the Tigers (Sam Arsenault, Ben Kiley, and Tony Chen (?)) combined to clear an aggregate 17-7. The Tigers' runner-up finish was over-shadowed by BC High's Corey Thomas jumping 6-11 to lead his team to the victory with an all-class record 18-4.75. Thomas is one inch away from being the first Mass H.S. 7-footer since... well, I'm not sure who the last one was. Very exciting.
The Tigers got a third place in the hurdle relay (27.09), also won by BC Hgh, and a fourth in the 4x400 in a season's best 3:32.07. The shuttle dash team took fifth (23.10), only five hundredths of a second out of third, and the on the other end of the distance spectrum, the distance medley team got a well-earned and unexpected 6th place running 11:17.
Div I State Relays - Boys Results
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Faisal Mayanja was suppose to be the last Newton North high jumper, but did not show up on time, so Newton North decided to put Tony Chen in the high jump
the last dude to clear 7-0 was Jean Morisset of Quincy (03), I believe - its a pretty small club.
The 6-0 club for women I think still only has one member, Heather Francis of Dartmouth (1994).
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