Events this weekend

The NNHS teams are not in action this weekend, but there's a lot of racing going on in both the high school and college ranks.

On the H.S. scene, one of the biggest regional events is the Manchester Invitational, which will be held Saturday, 9/23, at Derryfield Park in Manchester, N.H. The course is legendary, and the competition is intense. A number of highly-ranked Mass. boys teams are making the trip, including Ludlow (ranked #2 in Div I by the MSTCA), Brookline (ranked #3), Mansfield (ranked #6) and Xaverian (ranked #8). On the girls side, top-ranked Lincoln-Sudbury will be competing, which should give the rest of the state a chance to see how the fast girls from L-S handle big hills.

Manchester Invite Meet Info, including Team Entries

Nationally, the big meet this weekend is the Great American XC Festival, to be held Saturday in Hoover, Alabama. The meet includes races for HS teams, individuals, as well as college events. Perennial Wester Mass. power Amherst H.S. is sending a boys team this year.

Great American Info on Dyestat

This will be a fun weekend for following NNHS alumni. On Friday, Dan Chebot is expected to run in the Div III Pre-National Meet. Wesleyan hosts the Wesleyan Invite, and we are hoping to have results for Anna Schindler, Brittany Morse, and possibly Scott Cole. William hosts the Purple Valley Invite in Williamstown, so we'll be watching for results from Liz Gleason. Doug Brecher shuld be competing at the Tufts Invitational in Grafton, and Noah Jampol should be competing at the Wilington Invitational for Johns Hopkins.

Oh, and if you have any interest in road racing, Sunday is the Berlin Marathon, where one of the greatest runers of all time, Haile Gebrselassie, is expected to take a shot at the marathon world record.