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State
Finals '07 |
Oliver
Ames frosh Jenna Davidner talks with her coach before the two mile. Jenna
placed 2nd behind senior Colleen Wetherbee. Outside of Easton, few people
know that she's a neighbor of Andy and Sarah Powell, both long-distance
icons in Massachusetts. |
Notre
Dame Academy coach Rick Kates imparts words of wisdom to his team. |
Sophomore
Laura Weeks (far right) is another Oliver Ames "big perfomer"
in a small package. When she jumped 5'3 at the D2 meet she was looking
up at the bar before take-off. |
The
"King" of the long jump prepares to add another state championship
to her credentials. |
Newton
South coach Steve McChesney meets with an athlete. I hope to bring you
an "up close and personal" interview with Steve in early April.
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Another
scholar-athlete studying. Is it an order of events or her history homework?
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Mansfield's
sophomore Dan Glavin (left) placed 2nd, the only sophomore to make state
finals. He's pictured next to Mansfield alum Scott Holster who now is
NA's head boys' coach and outdoor girls' throwing coach. |
D-Y
always provides top-notch help, both in knowledge and personality. |
Allyson Oram (far right) was too embarrased to pose alone. She placed 3rd in the mile at 5:09.41. Here she is with two unidentified teammates. If you know their names, please contact me at northrunning@yahoo.com so I can include them. I heard from two separate people right away. Here's what they had to say. #1 I was looking at your 'random pictures' from the massachusetts all-state meet and saw that you were unaware of the names of two runners in a picture with Allyson Oram. The one on the left is senior Christina Kunycky and the girl in the middle is freshman Cathy Withers, both also from Marlborough High School. The three of them with along with sophmore Brianna Kunycky, Christina's younger sister, competed in the 4 x 800 relay. They placed 4th over all and ran a school record time of 9:37.31! Running the first leg was Brianna Kunycky, 2nd Allyson Oram, 3rd Christina Kunycky, 4th Cathy Withers. Hope that helps! #2
I was browsing through your state meet pictures and came across the
picture of some Marlboro runners. They are from our neck of the woods
and have built a tremendous program over the past several years. They
won the Div I District E meet for the first time in many years over
perennial CMASS powerhouses Algonquin, Wachusett and Shrewsbury. And
at the class meet their 4x800 team broke the meet record. They also
have won the sportsmanship award a couple of times for their focus on
community service. |
Junior
Jess Forster of Andover with her favorite high jump coach. Who do you
think has the best vertical leap? |
Why
does that guy keep taking pictures of the high jump? Well, I was a high
jumper "back in the day" when the pits were sawdust and you
wouldn't think of turning your back to the metal high jump bar! |
Stoughton's first year senior Benton Wong missed finals of the 55M dash by .004
1 Walker, Darius SR Lexington 6.47q Ben was the surprise (to me) Hockomock Champion. It is his first year of any sport at Stoughton. When I asked him whether he was doing spring track his answer was, "Maybe." |
This
is Foxboro's 4X400, minus star Shannon Cunningham who was off preparing
for the 300M. They were ranked 7th at 1:48.55 - a very good time. Anyone
familiar with this relay knows that one great runner can't make it happen
alone. These girls must have had incredible races to get to this meet. |
Steve
McChesney's budding distance stars. |
I'm
not a big "rah rah" guy, so my team wouldn't dare do this. But
props to OA for bringing some spirit to the meet. Now if they'd only let
us spike the relay baton after winning! |
Waiting
to take the track in the two-mile. |
Sometimes
sprinters don't come off as the most sportsmanlike athletes. The US image
in the dash has a mixed past. They sometimes come off as arrogant and
self-involved. I was impressed with this group. JUst before the 55M dash
finals these guys were all wishing good luck to each other. |
Notre
Dame's 4X2 in the gym. They came in ranked 19th and placed 11th. |
This
pensive Stoneham team came in ranked 8th at 1:49.65. They placed 12th
at a remarkably identical time.Impressive for a school that used some
of their top runners to place 1st in the 4X4. |
Watching
her school's 4X8 before her chance to run the 4X2 |
I
also included this picture in my "artistic" section. Is this
the next generation of track and field officials? |
And
I thought Ipswich was only known for fried clams. Their 4X4 placed 5th
at 4:05.26. |