September 10, 2009

NN Boys Sweep; NN Girls Suffer Rare Double Loss

Newton North's Boys XC team won a pair of dual meets yesterday, defeating Needham 17-43 and Walpole 18-39 on Needham's Cutler park course.

The Tigers took the top three places, with Junior Dan Ranti leading the way in 16:44, followed by Mike Goldenberg (16:58) and Ezra Lichtman (17:15). Justin Keefe (17:22) and Jake Gleason (17:44) completed NN's top five.

Boys varsity 5K:

1. Dan Ranti 16:44 11
2. Michael Goldenberg 16:58 12
3. Ezra Lichtman 17:15 11
6. Justin Keefe 17:22 10
8. Jake Gleason 17:44 12
11. Mike Weinfeld 17:59 12
16. Sam Fogel 18:30 12
17. Nolan Whitehead 18:36 12
25. John Sangiolo 19:42 12
28. Jeremy Markson 20:02 11
29. Adam Lafleche 20:04 12
35. Nathan Harris 20:39 12
31. Jonathan Bressler 22:17 12

The Newton North girls suffered a rare double loss, falling to Needham 30-23, and losing to a strong Walpole team 32-25.

In her first HS cross-country race, junior Margo Gillis ran 19:12 to win. Senior Susannah Gleason was second for the Tigers, finishing sixth overall in 21:24, with senior Jaya Tripathi ninth in 22:09, junior Devika Banerjee 15th in 23:19, and senior Shoshannah Kruskal 16th in 23:22.

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:33 AM

    The boys look like a pretty strong team. What are they ranked?

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  2. Anonymous6:06 PM

    Where can I find the complete results?

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  3. Anonymous8:01 PM

    Actually Jaya ran 22:09.... the paper must have had it reported wrong.

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  4. Bombay8:53 AM

    Girls Scores
    Needham 25
    Newton 30

    Walpole 25
    Newton 34

    Gillis actually ran a 19:12 and the course record was set in 2007 by Becca White at 18:28.

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  5. Thanks for the corrections, Bombay.

    It's embarrassing to publish such blatantly incorrect information, and it's a lesson for me to stop trusting the local newspapers.

    Will Needham start posting its results on athletic.net?

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  6. Bombay11:44 PM

    There's a distinct possibility that may happen.

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