Penultimate Week of Indoor Track

The Indoor Track season is either reaching its peak or winding down, depending on your perspective. This weekend and next feature the final regional and championship meets for high school and college, with plenty of viewing opportunities around Boston.

H.S. New England Championships

On Friday the Reggie Lewis Center hosts the New England Championships from 5:00-10:00 p.m.

In the girls 4x800, Newton South (seeded at 9:18.98) has an excellent shot at the meet record (9:16.52) and will be running their entire team fresh (no doubling) for the first time all year.

The girls 1000 will be another battle between Camile Murphy and Ellie Hylton, but the Newton trio of Margo Gillis, Kathy O'Keefe, and Carolyn Ranti won't be in the race this time.

Newton North will have one competitor: Michelle Kaufman will be competing in the 55 hurdles, seeded 16th at 8.64.

Here are the performance lists for the meet:

2009 NE High School Championships - Performance Lists


ECAC Div III Championships

Div III colleges will be competing at Tufts on Friday and Saturday. Newton North alum Dan Chebot will have another battle to the death with fellow alum Doug Brecher in the 5000m. The race takes place Friday afternoon at 4:05.

Cailean Robinson should be competing, although I'm not sure if he'll be in the 55 or the 200 (where he has the fourth fastest time of the season in the ECAC.

Here's a link to the top ECAC performers this season, but I've been unable to find the actual meet entries:

ECAC Top Performers 2008-2009 Season

And here's a link to the meet schedule:

ECAC Div III Championships - Meet Schedule


Other Meets: IC4A's, ECAC Women's Div I

The IC4A Championships will take place Saturday and Sunday at Boston University.

Meanwhile, once the high school kids clear out after Friday night, the ECAC Div III Women's Championships move in to Reggie Lewis Saturday and Sunday.