I won't lie, I've always thought the indoor league meet was a little weird.
As a way of selecting league all-stars, it's terribly flawed by the fact that the best athletes don't necessarily run their best events. (To paraphrase Churchill's famous description of democracy, the league meet is the worst way to select all-stars except all the other ways). As a meet, it's flawed by the inexplicable decision not to have team scoring. As a nice league get together, it's flawed by the fact that many of the athletes who have been competing all year are left out.
And don't even get me started about the 2-mile, since in some sense every league meet has an all-league 2-mile.
But thank goodness for the athletes themselves, who always seem to rescue the meet with some fantastic performances. Yesterday was no exception, and there were some terrific times and marks. And if there were a few miscarriages of justice, well, that's the way it goes sometime. On to the results!
Girls Results
The girls distance races were stellar. In one of the most competitive, NN's Margo Gillis won the mile in a PR 5:08.50 over Siobhan Flaherty (5:10.95), and Jill Corcoran (5:13.40). Will Gillis run the mile at the state meet, or the 1000 where she has run 2:59?
Framingham's Camille Murphy ran the state's fastest time to-date in the 1000, blazing 2:54.56, with Carolyn Ranti (2:58.16) going sub-3:00 for the first time this season. Will Murphy run the 1000 at the state meet, or the mile where she has run 4:57?
Natick's Rebecca White won the 2-mile by nearly a minute and a half, running 11:06.88, fifth fastest in the state this season. NN's Sarah Perlo finished fourth in a PR 12:38.89.
Michelle Kaufman confined her individual efforts to the hurdles and the long jump, winning the hurdles in 8.63, and finishing 3rd in the LJ with a leap of 16-0. In the high jump, Emily Hutchinson finished 2nd, clearing 5-2.
In the relays, North won the 4x200 in 1:49.76 with a quartet of Ari Sanchez, Michelle Kaufman, Meaghan Pursley, and Steph Brown. The 4x400 was a great battle between Weymouth and Newton, with Weymouth pulling away to win in 4:05.98 (making them the 5th fastest team in the state right now), and North taking second in 4:09.45.
The 4x800 looks like it was actually a really good race, with four teams within six seconds of each other. North finished 2nd to Natick by less than a second, running 10:49.87.
2009 League Meet - Girls Results
Boys Results
Newton North had two individual champions, and they won their titles in the shortest and longest events. Ben Kiley ran 6.80 in the heats, and then 6.75 in the finals to just outlean Weymouth's David Bean, who was given the same time. Meanwhile, Dan Hamilton ran his ten millionth 2-mile on the Reggie Lewis track, and won the league title in 10:10.41, besting Robert Keegan who was second in 10:15.68.
It looked like old times for Brookline in the 1M, as they took the top four places. Ryan Hardiman (4:30.28... nice!) and Brendan Grove (4:32.82) went 1-2. Newton North's top finisher was Jake Gleason in 4:57.83 (first time under 5:00?)
Weymouth's Steve Sollowin dominated the 1000, winning by 8 seconds in 2:34.75, and North's Ezra Lichtman (one "n") won a close race for 2nd in a personal best time of 2:42.15.
In the 55 hurdles, Tony Chen ran a PR 8.00 in the heats, and then 8.08 in the finals to take 3rd behind Brookline's Joel Parent (7.88) and natick's Tommy Brandt (7.99).
In the shot put, Ryan Doherty uncorked a personal best throw of 43-9 to take fifth. Swardic Mayanja also did well, throwing 41-10 for sixth.
In the relays, Newton's 4x800 team of Ezra Lichtman, Greg Cohan, Dan Ranti, and Dan Hamilton won a close race against Brookline, finishing in 8:50.82, and their 4x200 team placed of Tony Chen, Faisal Mayanja, Ethan Goldman, and Ben Kiley finished 2nd to Framingham, running 1:36.54.
2009 League Meet - Boys Results
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Does that make Swardic the top freshman in the state?
Jake Gleason ran in the 4x800 relay, not Dan Ranti.
also the 4x200 team was Tony Chen, Isaiah Penn, Alon Soran, and Ben Kiely. Arsenault was injured so the 4x400 relay did not run, so all the runners switched to the 4x200.
how do they pick the all-stars? it is not the same at last year 1st and 2nd place. I read the Wey girls were all stars and some then did not finish in top 2 == so did they vote or what and Who are they
All Stars are winners of these races then additional all stars are voted on by the coaches. There will be a new process I believe next year as the BSC is refining all star selection for all sports.
That is fine but they should tell the athletes how it is done. The way you explain it only the 1st place finisher is an all-star and what about the 2nd place runner. Some kid may think they are an all star because of previous years where the 2nd place was automatically an all star--?Not so??
2nd place has never been an automatic all star.
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