A pair of victories and a host of personal bests were the highlights for the Newton North track & field teams at the Division I championships at Andover, Saturday.
Meanwhile, Andover (51 points) overtook BC High (46) and New Bedford (45) to win the Boys meet on the final event, while Newton South (109 points) dominated the girls meet, scoring more than runner-up Andover (49) and Newton North (41) combined.
For the NN girls, Michele Kaufman had the best individual performance of the day, running a personal best 15.14 in her qualifying heat of the 100m hurdles, and then placing second in the finals in 15.28. Emily Denn just missed making the finals, running a personal best 16.28 in the heats.
Kaufman also finished 5th in the long jump with a leap of 17-0, with Amy Ren taking 6th at 16-7.
Stephanie Brown also nabbed a second-place for the Tigers, clearing 8-6 in the pole vault behind Newton South's Cora Visnick.
As expected, one of the most competitive races of the day was the girls 800, where North's Margo Gillis (2:14.50) and Carolyn Ranti (2:15.23) placed 3rd and 4th, as five runners went under 2:16.
NN's 4x800 team placed 5th in 9:56.20, and in the final event, North's 4x400 relay team gave the team its sole victory of the day, upsetting top-seeded Lexington and host Andover, to win in a season's best 4:01.92.
On the boys side, Sam Arsenault provided a victory and 10 points for the Tigers as he won the long jump with a season's best leap of 22-5.5, a scant inch better than North Quincy's Jeff Pereira.
More surprising than Arsenault's win in the LJ was NN's outstanding showing in the mile. Jared Forman (4:25.35) ran a seven-second PB to place 3rd behind Brookline's Ryan Hardiman and Weymouth's Steve Sollowin, while Ezra Lichtman ran 4:31.71 to place 7th.
Newton picked up more points in the 2M, as Dan Hamilton (9:41.58) placed 4th in a race that went out slow. Underclassmen Mike Goldenberg (9:57.69), Jake Gleason (10:04.83), and Dan Ranti (10:14.42) also ran well.
North's final points came from Neal Fulwiler, who placed 5th in the javelin with a throw of 155-3, only one inch off his season's best.
Also deserving mention, sophomore Ryan Donovan had a three-foot PR in the shot put, hitting 48-04.75 to place 10th.
Full Results of Div I Championships
Pictures and more at Newton South Running Times
6 comments:
109 POINTS?!?!
thats crazy .... meet team points record?
nice job both newton north and south!
My PR was actually my seed time...4:32.70.
Even more impressive. Congratulations, Jared!
Weymouth girls won the 4x800? Did something happen to the NS and LS teams, or did they run an uncharacteristically good race?
kathy didn't run the 4x800, i think kelsey karys did instead, and bridget and mel had just run the mile (bridget had just run a 4:55 mile, too) which explains south's time
Actually Weymouth just has a very good team all by themselves... didnt need South to underachieve. Bennett, Corcoran, and Conley and I think a freshman (Jaklish) who looked like she was opening it up. Either Conley or Bennett led off in the lead, and they led the entire way.
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