Newton North's indoor track teams wrapped up matching 6-0 seasons last night, as the boys defeated the Milton boys 50-32, and the girls topped the Milton girls 62-24.
For the boys it was their 13th straight undefeated indoor season.
In one of the highlights of the meet, North senior Conor Ebbs crashed through the 50-foot barrier like it wasn't even there with a four-foot personal best of throw of 53-6 in the shot put, an immense heave that immediately makes him a contender at the state level. It was a great night for North throwers, generally, as the boys took four of the top five places overall (Ebbs, Ryan Donovan 47-1, Swardick Mayanja 45-7, and Young Guang 44-0), and the girls had three throwers over 27-10 (Kate Bellerose 29-05, Semira Azadzoi 28-08, and Michela Salvucci 27-10).
According to the story in the Newton Tab, it was the first time in Jim Blackburn's tenure as head coach at North, that the boys had four throwers get state-qualifying marks in the same meet. The girls also earned a sweep in the shot put.
Other highlights for the boys included wins from Ezra Lichtman (1000), Isaiah Penn (600), Dan Ranti (2M), Tylor Hart (HJ), and the 4x400 relay team. Actually, that leaves out two fine performances in second-place efforts: Justin Keefe's 4:41 in the mile, and Terrell Doyle's 37.96 in the 300.
Other highlights for the girls included wins from Margo Gillis (1M), Ariana Tabatabaie (600), Carla Forbes (300 and 55), Emily Hutchinson (HJ), and Kayla Wong (PR 8.85 in the 55 hurdles).
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Congratulations to both Tiger teams and their terrific coaches on their championship seasons!
Bower and the Mansfield throws coach are just incredible at what they do.
Way back in the early days of this blog, I posted an interview with Mike Bower, North's shot put coach. I think it's worth re-reading:
Interview with Mike Bower (12/27/06)
For those keeping score at home, Mr. Ebbs is the 8th thrower from NNHS/NHS to break 50' indoors, and the 53-6 places him in 4th.
1. Joel Dennis 1978 59’8½”
2. David Smith 2007 57’5½”
3. Matt Frankel 2004 56’5¼”
4. Conor Ebbs 2010 53'6”
5. Jim King 1957 52'2¼”
6. Gary Snerson 1959 51'9¼”
7. Carl Shine 1955 51'4½”
8. Kevin Chan 2004 50’8”
I think Steve Long also threw 50' indoors in 2007.And Justin Williams threw 53 plus in 1998. David Bell also broke 50' indoors in 2002(?).
It took some digging, but I found the result I was looking for:
NSIC 2002
6 Bell, David 15.73m 51'07.25
I saw that throw! (Don't know if that was his best throw indoors, though...)
1/10/2008 - Bay State Meet #4
1 Long, Steven 50-05.00 15.36m
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/08/ma/Jan10_BaySta_1_set1.shtml
One great memory about David Bell was when he was announced on the podium as coming in 5th in the coaches meet, his mother yelled out,"that's my boy'. She also informed me when driving the team to the Nationals that my number one job was to get her son there safely. A great lady.
Coaches thanks for the notes . . . before this blog and before the meets were online it was a little hard to get results from the dual meets (and I didn't know David Bell went to NSIC). Justin Williams threw 51-1.5 at the state meet in 2000, which I had accidentally recorded on the outdoor list. Coach Blackburn, if you can find a record of Justin's 53' throw, I'll replace the 51 with the 53.
Incidentally, the outdoor list is pretty short as well. If you have any additions to this, let me know.
1. Matt Frankel 2004 60’2 ¼”
2. Joel Dennis 1978 59’8”
3. David Smith 2007 57’2”
4. David Bell 2003 52’6 ½”
5. Gary Snerson 1959 51'4”
6. Nathaniel Heard 1936 50'8”
7. Phil Walsh 1944 50'¼”
(yes, that's 1936 for Nat Heard)
Kevin Chan - 50-08.25 5/29/04 at the Class A Meet (can't find the link online, but that was his mark going into the state meet) I also have the feeling he threw farther at the Weston Twilight meet, but haven't found results yet...
Great catch . . . results of the Class Meet Shotput in 2004 were 1-Frankel (57-7), 4-Chan (50-8), 6-Tim Colomba (47-0)
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