The Newton Local Paper has a surprisingly thorough account of yesterday's Bay State League Meet.
Newton North earns eight Bay State Conference track and field event titles
Given the intermittent rain and generally chilly conditions, the results are very impressive. Highlights include:
- Conor Ebbs throwing 51-4.5 to lead a 1-2-3 Tiger sweep in the shot put
- Ebbs throwing 160-2 in the discus
- Isaiah Penn running 50.37 to win the 400 (with a revealing quote from Coach Jim Blackburn about Penn's prospects at the state level)
- Carla Forbes winning the TJ (37-7) and LJ (18-0)
- Monet Lowe winning the shot put in a PB 35-6.5, and finishing 2nd in the discus with a throw of 104-0.
- The girls winning the 4x100 (51.17), and the boys winning the 4x400 in 3:32.44
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Jon,
In case you were curious how the TVL turned out; we won for the first time in 14 years. Terrible conditions with rain and wind but a great day none-the-less. Jess put-up a really good recap on my team blog which you might enjoy.
- Tom
Tom Davis doing a great job at Westwood. Could tell years ago when he coached his younger brother that he might have a future as a coach. Didn't think he'd get there so soon. Congrats to Tom.
It's been easy for me as I've learned from the best.
The most difficult part has been getting the kids to realize that they aren't inferior as the previous coaches (and other current coaches) continuously get the notion in their heads that they shouldn't be competing with larger schools as a team because we're a small school. After 6 months I've finally gotten through to my core group of athletes and it'll soon pay off, I hope.
And of course I use Newton North and the success we had there every single day to motivate my kids to work hard; It works wonders. Now if I were only as good of a motivator as Jim...that's the key.
Great stuff, Tom.
FWIW, I always talk to my kids about how Arthur Lydiard took three young men from his neighborhood -- Peter Snell, Murray Halberg, and Barry Magee -- and produced two gold medals and a bronze at the Rome Olympics. He always said there were potential champions everywhere, even in tiny countries like New Zealand; all they needed was encouragement and proper training.
Monet Lowe's personal best is actually from State Relays this year. Around 35-9, I believe.
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