In the girls meet, NN hogged all but three of the points, yielding only a single second-place finish in the 600. Carla Forbes won two events (55 and LJ) and finished second in two others (55 hurdles and HJ). Kayla Wong won the hurdles and finished second in the 55. Maggie Heffernan won the 2M, Sarah Perlo the 1M, Miller McCarthey-Tuohy the 1000, Meghan Bellerose the 600, Madi Nadeau the 300, Michaela Salvucci the SP, and Lucia Grigoli the HJ.
On the boys side, NN's top three shot putters came within six inches of averaging 50 feet, with Swardiq Mayanja winning it at 53-2. In a great race, Framingham's Ben Groleau out-duelled Justin Keefe in the mile, running 4:25.25 to Keefe's 4:27.81.
Perhaps the performer of the night was NN junior Ryan Lucken, who won the 55 (6.97) and the 300 (in a personal best 36.12). Lucken also won the 300 at last Sunday's Winterfest meet, and is making his way up the school's all-time list in the lap-and-a-half race.
NNHS historian Josh Seeherman notes that Lucken is now the sixth fastest 300 runner in school history. Here's Josh's NHS/NNHS 300 All-Time List:
1. Dan King 2002 34.93
2. Sean Herlehy 2001 35.34+ (35.1h)
3. Dave Gates 1985 35.48+ (32.2yh)
4. Isaiah Penn 2011 35.58
5. Frank Hines 1938 35.91+ (32.6yh)
6. Ryan Lucken 2011 36.12
7. John Head 1957 36.35+ (33.0yh)
8. Matt Milner 1982 36.46+ (33.1yh)
9. Allen Boyer 1971 36.57+ (33.2yh)
10. Avery Mitchell 2007 36.74
Dan King remains the only NNHS runner to go under 35 seconds for 300 meters. It's still astonishing to think that King was more than a half second faster than Isaiah Penn's best time at that distance.
Five of the other top ten marks are converted from hand times over 300 yards, and some date back many decades. Josh notes that John Head ran 33.0yh in 1957 to win the Class A meet, where he tied the record held by Somerville's Jimmy Blackburn (remember him?) from the previous year. Head's race was at the Boston Garden on a wooden 160 yard portable track with four turns instead of three.
The runner just ahead of Lucken on the all-time list, Frank Hines, held the record for over 40 years.
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What great history in the event and what a job by Josh putting it together. I think that Jimmy Blackburn kid made something out of himself. Ryan certainly has gone next level this year. Will be interesting to see how far up he can get on that list.
Happy Holidays to all!
Great article Jon(and Josh). Ryan's sole motivation has been to beat King's time. Just as Frankel was motivated to beat Dennis, Ryan looks at that record and keeps asking what he has to do to get there. He has even contacted King in Atlanta for advice. Of course, all he has to do is work hard. ....Thanks to M. Glennon, who never fails to praise and compliment.
Ryan recently broke the record with 34.89. It's amazing how far he has come in the past year.
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