Thursday 10/23
CMAC East Division Championships
Girls Varsity
Whitinsville Christian took the win with 43 points at Ghiloni Park in Marlborough. The 5K at Ghiloni Park presented one of the more challenging courses athletes have seen this season. Emily Flagg of Whitinsville Christian took the win in 20:40. Considering she recently ran 17:37 over Franklin Park, you can understand the difficulty of the course even if she wasn’t running all out. Digging in, it looks like most runners were 90 seconds to Two Minutes slower than their recent PRS.
Sutton was runner up with 54 points and were led by 2-3 finishers Annabella Lamoreaux and Vivien Bregman, with both finishing in 21:25. Lamoreaux had recently cracked 19 minutes at Twilight. Whitinsville’s Inez Smith was their #2 runner and finished in fourth place running 21:37. Hopedale Jr/Sr’s Teagan Richards, just an eighth grader, rounded out the top five and cracked 22 minutes as well, running 21:47. We’ll see many of these teams again in a few weeks split between Northfield Mountain and Willard Field at Fort Devens, for the Division Two and Three Championships.
Boys Varsity
In the boy’s race, Hopedale Jr/Sr narrowly edged Whitinsville Christian, 33-36, for the win. Both teams occupied the top six, and spectators witnessed a great battle for second place and crucial points. Freshmen Quinn Cook got the win in 17:51. He’s coming off a big run at Catholic Memorial where he ran 16:05 over Franklin Park.
The battle for second place came down to Ben Stone of Hopedale and Benjamin Barron of Whitinsville Christian. Stone got the better of the sprint finish, running 18:00 to Barron’s 18:02. Stone’s Hopedale teammate Connor Fitzgibbon was fifth overall in 18:42. Whitinsville Christian teammates Demetri Boermeester and Nathaniel Vos finished in fourth and sixth place.
Douglas teammates, Amer Chaudhary and Trent Fragala, were seventh and eighth and cracked 19 minutes, running 18:49 and 18:53.
South Shore League
Boys Varsity
East Bridgewater Jr/Sr got the win yesterday with an impressive score of 26 points. Their top five all finished in the top ten, with freshmen Jacob Eddy running 17:53 for 10th overall. East Bridgewater’s top four all broke 17 minutes over the Wrentham Course. Benjamin Levesque was third in 16:30, Tommy Rhuda was fourth in16:37, and freshmen Gabe Cook was fifth in 16:44. Coleman McCarthy was seventh overall in 17:19. East Bridgewater will look to make their mark in a few weeks as one of the top teams in Division Three.
Up front. Middleboro’s Atley Phinney was first overall in a season record of 15:49. Phinney has had a quiet season so far after finishing 11th at the Meet of Champions last season, but appears to be rounding into form at the right time. Norwell’s John Doherty was second overall in 16:22, a season best.
Girls Varsity
#15 Norwell had an impressive win yesterday take the South Shore League Championship with a score of 18. It came as no surprise that Norwell’s start duo went 1-2. Katherine Murray just missed her PR running 18:06, and Audrey Birtwell stopped the clock at 18:31. Then Norwell teammates Hadley Amon, Olivia Sowinski, and Shelby Maguire finished fifth, sixth, and seventh to secure the win. Norwell is gearing up to defend their Division 3A Championship from last season.
Breaking up Norwell’s top five were Carver Middle/High’s Hazel Butterworth and East Bridgewater Jr/Sr’s Gabrielle Holdsworth. Both athletes are only in middle school. Hazel Butterworth is just a seventh grader and ran 19:18! Holdsworth is an eighth grader at East Bridgewater and ran 19:30. Keep an eye on both of these young talents.
Wednesday 10/22
CMAC North Division Championships
Boys Varsity
#12 Parker Charter is ready to roll for the post season. The CMAC North Division Championships took place at Willard Field and the boys from Parker Charter swept the top five to land a perfect score. Nathaniel Henshaw took the win in 15:42, the second fastest time run at Willard Field this season, behind Greg McGraths win at the Devens Pre-Championship Classic. Henshaw appears primed and ready to challenge defending Division Three Champ Everett Pacheco in a few weeks.
The Surprise of the meet was freshman Jett Johnson finishing second in a massive PR of 15:46. That’s the third fastest time on the course this year, and he now has the fastest time in the state for a freshman. Cypress Lance, 16:21, Danny Garrison, 16:41, and Zephyr Schermerhor, 16:44, rounded out the top five. Five runners under 17 at Willard Field is great and Parker Charter appears to be rounding into form in their quest to defend their Division Three Crown at the Meet of Champions.
Keefe Technical edged out Advanced Math and Science Academy for second overall, 80-81. Montachusett Reg Voc Tech’s Malikai Kugel-MacKay also cracked 17 minutes, running a PR of 16:52.
Girls Varsity
Advanced Math and Science Academy took the win with an impressive score of 25 points. They put their top seven in the top 11. Stella Carrara led the way, running 20:19 for second overall. Kathleen Galvin, Jalila Menkari, and Marriana Tsianatellis finished fourth, fifth, and sixth, all running between 20:38 and 20:43. Rosalia Matinez, Maya Prabakaran, and Ava Georgor then finished 9th, 10th, and 11th, running between 21:13 and 21:27. The girls will return here in a few weeks for the Division Championships where they’ll look to qualify for the Meet of Champions.
Saint Paul Diocesan Jr/Sr’s Lily Longton was the overall winner in a PR of 19:51. As just a 9th grader, she is one to keep an eye on. She’ll take on Northfield Mountain in a few weeks where she’ll try to qualify for the Meet of Champions.
Old Colony League Championships
Boys Varsity
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional got another win fresh of their victory in the silver race at Catholic Memorial. Brian Peters got the win in a season best of 16:27 on the Wrentham Course. BR put their top five runners in the top ten. Anthony Defeo was second overall in a PR of 17:09.
Barnstable’s Kevin DeFeudis was third overall in17:12. Bridgewater-Raynham will look to keep their momentum going in a few weeks at the Division One Championships.
Girls Varsity
Bridgewater-Raynham also got the win in the girl’s race with a score of 21. They went 1-2 led by Camden Strandberg in 20:21 and Mackenzie Rowan in 21:01. With the addition of Tessa Bringardner and Brooke Carney, BR put four runners in the top five.
Dartmouth’s Valentina Yurovitsky was third overall in 21:04, to help lead her team to second overall. Teammate Grace Sperry was sixth overall in 21:50.
10/15
Girls Catholic Conference
#17 Notre Dame Academy had an impressive win last week at the Girls Catholic Conference Championship. They just missed a perfect score winning with 16 points over Malden Catholic. Still, NDA was able to to take the top four spots and put eight runners in the top 11.
Superstar eighth grader Claire Sullivan continues to show the rest of the state that she means business. Sullivan got the win in 18:50 over the 5K at Pine Banks Park. Her PR of 18:33 is currently 4th in Division 1C. Claire McManus, Kathryn Ford, and Annika Casieri finished in the top four, running between 20:10 and 20:25. All three are freshmen. Xi Rondi, also a freshmen, finished in sixth place, running 21:23.
Malden Catholic’s Mia Waldron finished fifth overall to break up the NDA pack, and ran 20:36. Olivia Wan and Kiera Murray also finished in the top ten for Malden Catholic.
In our Power Rankings, NDA is out third team out of Division 1C, behind Billerica and Bishop Feehan. Look for NDA to take them on in a couple weeks in the Division 1C race.
