December 18, 2009

North Impressive in Indoor Track Opener

The first night of indoor track, and the last dual meet before we all ring in 2010, saw fine performances from many, and two easy wins for the Newton North teams.

The North boys were led by three wins from Ben Kiley (55, 300, HJ), a 48' throw in the shot from Conor Ebbs, and league-best performances in the 600 (Isaiah Penn), 1000 (Ezra Lichtman), 1M (Dan Ranti), and 2-Mile (Jake Gleason). North Coach Jim Blackburn probably won't be happy that his team finished second in the 4x400 relay to a determined Needham squad, but otherwise it was an encouraging night.

Overall Results from Athletic.nett


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1. Ben Kiley 6.83 NNHS 12
6. Ryan Lucken 7.01 NNHS 9
29. Kevin Han 7.39 NNHS 12
35. Mike Vaglica 7.51 NNHS 12

300
3. Ben Kiley 37.94 NNHS 12
10. Hao Wu 39.52 NNHS 12
11. Terrell Doyle 39.60 NNHS 10

600
1. Isaiah Penn 1:26.29 NNHS 11
7. Alon Soran 1:30.50 NNHS 12
11. Ryan Kwan 1:32.61 NNHS 12
14. Kevin Foo 1:34.26 NNHS 12

1000
1. Ezra Lichtman 2:45.22 NNHS 11
2. Matt Lee 2:45.30 NNHS 12
3. Justin Keefe 2:46.80 NNHS 11
24. Matt Lee 3:15.36 NNHS 9
29. David Buzby 3:17.02 NNHS 10

1 Mile
1. Dan Ranti 4:47.11 NNHS 11
13. Sam Fogel 5:03.86 NNHS 12
18. Steven Michael 5:09.68 NNHS 10
21. Jon Long 5:12.10 NNHS 9
33. Jon Bressler 5:32.35 NNHS 12

2 Miles
1. Jake Gleason 10:19.14 NNHS 12
13. Mike Weinfeld 11:08.56 NNHS 12
19. David Demarest 11:33.81 NNHS 9

55m Hurdles
9. Faisal Mayanja 9.23 NNHS 12
27. Eliot Silverman 10.30 NNHS 12
28. Matthew Dickey 10.54 NNHS 11
29. Young Guang 10.56 NNHS 10

4x400 Relay - Varsity - Finals
1. Needham 3:36.43
2. NNHS 3:37.32

Shot Put
1. Conor Ebbs 48-02.00 NNHS 12
2. Ryan Donovan 46-06.00 NNHS 11
3. Swardic Mayanj 42-03.00 NNHS 10
5. Jacob Brunell 40-11.50 NNHS 11

High Jump
1. Ben Kiley 5-06.00 NNHS 12
2. Tylor Hart 5-04.00 NNHS 11
3. Faisal Mayanja 5-02.00 NNHS 12


The North girls were also impressive, without posting quite the gaudy numbers that the boys did. However, Jaya Tripathi had the league's best time in the 600, and North had four hurdlers in the league's top ten. Also of note, sophomore Maggie Heffernan ran a promising 5:39 mile behind Margo Gillis' controlled 5:26, and North had three high jumpers clear 5 feet.


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3. Carla Forbes 7.68 NNHS 09
8. Kayla Wong 7.98 NNHS 10
16. Jess Fugazzotto 8.24 NNHS 12
22. Latifa Smalls 8.33 NNHS 12

300 Meters
4. Ariana Tabatabaie 44.88 NNHS 12
7. Stephanie Brown 45.32 NNHS 10

600
1. Jaya Tripathi 1:47.88 NNHS 12
3. Meghan Bellerose 1:50.23 NNHS 09
38. Katie Brandl 2:09.56 NNHS 11

1000
5. Sam Gluck 3:26.96 NNHS 12
10. Shoshanna Kruskal 3:36.17 NNHS 12
13. Lauren Smith 3:38.25 NNHS 10
16. Elena Hemler 3:40.29 NNHS 12
22. Eve Szerlip 3:48.40 NNHS 09

1 Mile
2. Margo Gillis 5:26.54 NNHS 11
6. Maggie Heffernan 5:39.42 NNHS 10
16. Becca Trayner 6:15.13 NNHS 10
18. Melissa Weikert 6:18.42 NNHS 10

2 Miles
9. Susannah Gleason 13:12.05 NNHS 12
10. Devika Banerjee 13:14.06 NNHS 12
16. Sarah Perlo 13:37.03 NNHS 10

55m Hurdles
3. Amy Ren 9.51 NNHS 12
4. Kayla Wong 9.58 NNHS 10
5. Emily Denn 9.66 NNHS 11
10. Jenn Liu 10.09 NNHS 12

4x400 Relay
1. NNHS 4:23.08

Shot Put
15. Semira Azadzoi 25-03.00 NNHS 12
19. Michela Salvucci 23-08.50 NNHS 10
21. Bridget McLaughlin 22-11.50 NNHS 09

High Jump
1. Emily Hutchinson 5-02.00 NNHS 11
2. Amy Ren 5-00.00 NNHS 12
3. Lucia Grigoli 5-00.00 NNHS 10

2 comments:

Old Blue Eyes said...

You are right about the relay Jon and that was Matt Lee in the 1000, not David. Matt, David Buzby, 2 Needham runners, and a Walpole runner were told to step back from the track by an official and didn't run the 1000. They were later allowed to run separately....Don't know how Needham came up with that relay, but they were good. I had told our team before the race 3:36 would put us on schedule to run 3:25 at the States if we worked at it.

Anonymous said...

that 600 time is very impressive at this stage of the season