Wow, kids are running awfully fast for December 18th!
Only a few days into the high school indoor season, the MSTCA Winterfest meet brought out some impressive performances. Both Newton North teams took part and gave tantalizing hints about what lies ahead.
The NN girls are very, very deep in the sprints, hurdles, and jumping events. Let's start with the hurdles. Kayla Wong had a very nice series of races, running 8.87, 8.82, and 8.84 in the finals to place 3rd. In 4th was Carla Forbes. Seeded at a modest 9.80, Ms. Forbes proceeded to run 9.27 and 9.08 to get into the finals, and then improved to 9.01, which we can presume is personal best. Amy Ren ran 9.23 in the semis, and finsihed 6th in the finals in 9.46.
Ren was also busy elsewhere. She was North's top competitor in the high-jump 5-0 (5th) and long-jump 16-2.5 (3rd). In the high jump North had four jumpers at 4-10 or better, including Ren, Lucia Grigoli (5-0), Forbes (4-10), and Maeve Larkin (4-10). In the long jump, Kayla Prior finished 4th (15-11), with Larkin 6th (15-0.5).
Madi Nadeau finished 5th for the Tigers in the 300 (44.12), while Suzi Bennett ran a nice 45.18 for 14th. In the 1000, Meghan Bellerose (3:15.62) and Maggie Heffernan )3:15.84) finished 5th and 6th. Devika Banerjee was North's top finisher in the mile, running 5:48.25.
But the best finish of the day came from North's 4x200 relay (Nadeau, Wong, Steph Brown, and Forbes), which won the race with a decent early-season time of 1:48.39. I wasn't within ten miles of Reggie, but I'm sure the hand-offs need work and the time will come down.
As for the NN boys, their relays were in mid-season form. The 4x200 team (listed as Ben Clark, Isaiah Penn, Terrell Doyle, and Nate Menninger) won by over two seconds (huge!) in 1:32.92. (Does having access to a better indoor track facility contribute to better relay performances?) The 4x400 team (listed as Clark, Ezra Lichtman, Penn, and Dan Swain -- but surely Penn must have run anchor?) followed suit, winning in 3:33.60. They weren't racing weak teams, either, as 2nd and 3rd went to traditional powers Andover and St. John's Prep.
Individually, North got a great win from Lichtman in the mile (4:28.66), second place finishes from Justin Keefe in the 1000 (2:41.94) and Dan Ranti in the 2-mile (9:52.17). Ranti's time is an indoor personal best, and a great performance this early.
In the 300, sophomore Ryan Lucken placed 5th. In the shot put, North got a strong performance from Young Guang (48'), with Swardick Mayanja placing 5th in 44-10.
Winterfest Large Schools Results
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Ryan Lucken ran leadoff on the 4x200, followed by Ben Clark, Terrell Doyle, and I. Penn. The 4x400 had less than 20 mins. rest for Clark and Penn who ran 53.6 and 51.5 respectively.
The indoor record isn't much faster than this, as no team has ever broken 1:32 inside . . . although we never really had a fast time from the Lolli-King-Herlehy-Jefferson era (there was a critical DQ that negated a quick time).
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