BSC League Meet

Bay State League Championships - Wednesday, Feb. 8th, 2006

In the finale of the Bay State League season, there were some impressive performances from young talent, and a handful of new personal bests. After the dust had settled on the Reggie Lewis track, the Newton North girls had produced two individual league champions, three all-stars, and the winning 4x400 relay team, while the boys had 3 league champiopns, 6 all-stars, and the winning 4 x 200 team.

For the Tiger girls, the three distance races produced three significant PB's: Adena Hemley-Bronstein came from 20 meters in the final 300 to catch two runners and place 7th in the mile in 5:49.43. In the 1000, Nora Barnicle beat her previous best time by a stunning 10 seconds to place 3rd in 3:12.26. In the 2-mile, Haleigh Smith broke the race open after a half mile and proceeded to run a personal best 11:36.67 to win by over 20 seconds.

Kat Chiong (1:41.63) and Lily Brown (1:43.12) swept the top two places in the 600 to earn all-star honors.

Leah Weisman ran a personal best 9.11 for the 55 hurdles in the prelims, and then matched that time in the finals to take third. In the 55 dash, Michelle Kaufman ran 7.86 in the prelims, and then turned in a fine 7.79 to place 5th in the finals.

In the girls high jump, Alex Blenis matched her season's best with a jump of 5' 2" to take third.

The girls 4x400 relay (Lily Brown, Emma Kornetsky, Leah Weisman, Kat Chiong) won the league title in an excellent time of 4:08.59.

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For the Tiger boys, the sprints produced several outstanding performances. One of the best was turned in by Brendan Rooney, who ran a personal best 8.19 in the 55 hurdles to outlean Brookline's Andrew Malley by 0.02. In the 55 dash, Gordon Forbes ran 6.69, a personal best and what is believed to be the fastest FAT time ever recorded for a Newton North runner, placing second just ahead of teammate Cailean Robinson (6.70).

David Smith won the shot put with a throw of 50', his second straight Bay Satte league indoor title.

In the mile, Noah Jampol ran 4:32.76 to place second behind Brookline's Robert Gibson. Seb Putzeys ran an 8-second personal best of 4:41.70 to place 4th. David Polgar dropped down to the 1000 and ran 2:38.86 to win his race rather casually. For Polgar, it was his 3rd indoor title. In the 600, sophomore Jared Plotkin ran a PB 1:29.11 for 7th. In the 300, Avery Mitchell ran his first race of the season and placed 2nd in 37.23.

In the relays, the boys placed second to Brookline in the 4x400 and won the 4x200.

Results of Bay State League Meet