Results, Photos of Bay State Invite

Jess Barton won the Div. I race at the Bay State Invitational in Northfield today, besting Licoln-Sudbury's Dana Jamieson by 4 seconds. Jess admitted she was running easy the whole way.


Jess Barton in the finishing straight

In the freshmen girls race, Susannah Gleason was the top finisher for North in 27th place (14:59 for 2M), followed by Jaya Tripathi, 35th in 15:33.

Results of Girls Freshmen Race (2M)

27  Susannah Gleason            14:59
35  Jaya Tripathi               15:33
44  Shoshana Kruskal            16:20
46  Katherine Lasell            16:23
95  Sherrie Deng                18:27

In the girls JV race, Bailey Hanselman ran her best race of the year to finish 11th overall in an outstanding time of 23:39 (keep in mind that Northfield Mtn. runs at least 30-40 seconds slower than Franklin Park). Becca Park and Maalika Banerjee finished in 25th and 26th; Elisabeth Gill placed 44th. Jenny Zhao 50th, Claire Merlet 64th, and Caroline Stinehart 70th.

Results of Girls JV Race (5K)

 11   Bailey Hanselman            23:39
 25   Rebecca Park                24:39
 26   Maalika Banerjee            24:39
 44   Elizabeth Gill              25:48
 50   Jenny Zhao                  26:10
 64   Claire Merlet               27:45
 70   Caroline Stinehart          28:01

Bailey Hanselman running in 10th pace at one mile.

Becca Park and Maalika Banerjee



Jess explains how flat the course was to a skeptical Joe Reardon from the Boston Herald.