Norton High will be a busy place on Saturday as the Lancers play host to the annual MSTCA Coaches Invitational. The statewide competition will feature the standard events customary with the championship meets. It will also include other events such as the Sprint Medley and Distance Medley relays as well as a Freshmen 100-meter dash and mile.
Here we picked out some of the events that we believe could get really interesting at Saturday’s meet.
Boys’ Two Mile
Waltham’s Brendan Wilder produced one of the biggest shockers of this past weekend when he won this event at the Weston Twilight Invitational with a best of 9 minutes, 12 seconds. Could lightning strike again for the senior standout? Wilder will have some competition to push him on Saturday with Oliver Ames’ teammates Ryan Sarney and Brendan Thomas expected to answer the gun. Sarney has a PR of 9:14.88 from the New England Championships this past winter. Thomas has a best of 9:21.
Boys’ 200m
The meet record of 21.50 was set in 1987 by Medford alum Randy King. That record could be in jeopardy this weekend, The top two seeds have both broken 22 seconds with Taunton’s Dmitrius Shearrion (21.84) and Malden’s Johnny Emmanual (21.91) on the line.
Girls’ Shot
The state’s No.1 shot-putter will be inside the circle on Saturday with Catherine Sargent of Dedham holding that distinction. Sargent, who exceeded 40 feet nearly a half a dozen times this past winter, unleashed an outdoor best of 40-11.25 at the Division 5 Relays on April 29. Her overall best of 41-5.5.
Girls Long Jump
Back on May 3, Burlington’s Grace Hanafin became our first long-jumper over 19 feet this year with a leap of 19-3 in a Middlesex League meet. Just a few days ago, Wellesley’s Annie Comella became our second 19-footer, ironically, with an identical distance of 19-3. This could turn into a classic duel on Saturday between these two talented athletes.
LIVE RESULTS
MSTCA Coaches Invitational
FIELD EVENTS (9:30 AM): Check in at each pit.
Javelin Throw: Girls followed by boys
Discus Throw: Girls followed by boys
Shot Put: Boys followed by girls
Long Jump: Boys followed by girls
Triple Jump: Girls followed by boys
High Jump: Boys followed by girls
TRACK EVENTS (10:00 AM)– Check in on the infield; Girls followed by Boys
Two Mile Run: Sections on time, fastest section last
400 Meter Hurdles: Sections on time, fastest section last
200 Meter Dash: FINAL on time, fastest section last
1 Mile Run: Sections on time, fastest section last
Freshman 1 Mile Run: Sections on time, fastest section last
100/110 Meter Hurdles: Sections on time, fastest last, top 8 advance to a Final
100 Meter Dash: Sections on time, fastest last, top 8 advance to a Final
Freshman 100M Dash: Sections on time, fastest last, top 8 advance to a Final
800 Meter Run: Sections on time, fastest section last
400 Meter Dash: Sections on time, fastest section last
100 Meter Hurdles: Finals/ 110 Meter Hurdles: Finals
100 Meter Dash: Finals
Freshman 100 Meter Dash: Finals
4 x 800 Meter Relay: Sections on time, fastest section last
4 x 100 Meter Relay: Sections on time, fastest section last
4 x 400 Meter Relay: Sections on time, fastest section last
Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600) : 1 section each, top 15 teams only
Athletes who are visual or mobility impaired will compete during each scheduled event
