NNHS Alumni etc. Results - 11/15/09

Three former teammates from Newton North competed in different regional cross country championships on Saturday.

Doug Brecher, running in his final cross-country race for Bates, finished 27th in the DIII New England Regionals in Cumberland, Maine, earning all-region honors. Doug's time was 26:11 for the 8K course.

After eight H.S. races, Franklin Park hosted the D1 New England Regionals, and David Polgar competed for BU. David finished 163rd, running 35:04 for a very muddy 10K.

Meanwhile, Chris Barnicle competed for New Mexico in the Mountain D1 Regionals, placing 13th with a time of 30:45. New Mexico finished third in the meet, and earned an at-large bid to the National Championships.

One other NCAA result of note:

Brookline grad and NSRP stalwart Mike Burnstein (Washington Univ.) led his team to a 3rd-place finish at the DIII Midwest Regionals, placing 16th in 24:53.

On a completely different note, I was scanning the results of the Newton Half-Marathon, held Sunday, Nov 15th, and came across a familiar name. Scott Zeller (NNHS '04) finished 9th in 1:23:46. Scott was a talented runner, who had a PR of 4:36 in the mile while running only indoor track (he played tennis in the Spring). It's good to see he's running again!