HOKA Athletes Of The Week: North Reading’s Giuliana Ligor & Westford Academy’s Paul Bergeron
When it’s a competition like the Meet of Champions where you have the state’s elite going toe-to-toe, anyone of our winners could be selected as our HOKA Athletes of the Week. We’d like to commend all for their successes at this past week’s two-day meet. But narrowing down the candidates for this week’s honor, two […]
Stars Continue To Shine On Day 2 Of Meet Of Champions
Following up an incredible Day 1, the final day of the MIAA Meet of Champions had its share of outstanding performance on Saturday afternoon Five of the stars from Thursday’s meet repeated their magic on the oval at Fitchburg State University, site of the two-day competition. Two days after clocking a nation-leading 8 minutes, 43.86 […]
Day 1, Meet Of Champions: Bergeron, Ligor Steal The Show
With the state’s best going head-to-head on Saturday, there’s no doubt the final day is going to be memorable at the MIAA Meet of Champions. But for it to top what happened on Day 1 Thursday night, it’s going to take a lot. An awful lot. There’s not many days, if any, that can compare […]
Top Five Storylines At MIAA Meet Of Champions – Boys
Where do we start? Where do we end? With 19 events and a whole lot of talent, it’s not easy. On Thursday and Saturday at Fitchburg State University, our state’s best will provide the entertainment for all us track & field enthusiasts at the MIAA Meet of Champions. Records will be broken and we’re sure […]
Top Five Storylines At MIAA Meet Of Champions – Girls
Where do we start? Where do we end? With 19 events and a whole lot of talent, it’s not easy. On Thursday and Saturday at Fitchburg State University, our state’s best will provide the entertainment for all us track & field enthusiasts at the MIAA Meet of Champions. Records will be broken and we’re sure […]
Here We Go Again! Meet of Champions This Week
Over a four-day stretch from Thursday to Sunday this past week, we saw 12 teams (boys & girls) crowned champions in their respective division and a whole bunch of track & field athletes enjoying the ultimate thrill of winning an individual or relay title at the MIAA Division State Championships. Now it’s down to two […]
HOKA Athletes of the Week: Lincoln-Sudbury’s Gabrielle Pierre & Lexington’s McKenna O’Hare-Gibson
You can’t argue with a pair of state records (and then some). That’s what our latest HOKA Athletes of the Week achieved this past weekend at the Division I State Championships. Congratulations to Gabrielle “Gabby” Pierre of Lincoln Sudbury and McKenna O’Hare-Gibson of Lexington, our respective female and male recipients of this week’s honor. Pierre […]
Final Day Recap: MIAA Division State Championships -Girls
Sitting in third place after the first day, Mansfield High coach Carolina DiBiase admitted she was comfortable. With still plenty of events remaining, she knew her team had q chance to come out on top as long as one thing happened. “Everybody has to do their part,” she said. DiBiasse got her wish on Saturday. […]
Final Day Recap: MIAA Division State Championships -Boys
It’s often called a light-bulb moment. As the dictionary states, “a moment of sudden realization, enlightenment or inspiration.” For Marblehead’s Will Cerrutti, that “lightbulb moment” came in the closing stages of the mile run on Saturday, the final day of the MIAA Division 3 Championships. Locked in a tight battle with Oliver Ames’ Brendan Thomas […]
Day 1 Recaps: MIAA Division State Championships – Boys
It’s official. The first days are in the books for all six division state championships. It’s also official in our eyes that were going to have one heckuva of a final day when our track & field athletes are back in action on Saturday and Sunday. Here we recap very-successful opening days in the boys’ […]