Top Runners Set To Make Their Mark At Bay State Invitational (Live Results)
(Updated) Day or night, the schools will be out in force — 119 teams under the bright sunshine and 90 more when darkness sets in. That will be the scene Saturday as more than 3,000 runners descend on the Wrentham Developmental Center for back-to-back cross-country competitions: the Frank Kelley Invitational and Bay State Invitational (Twilight […]
September Invitational Meets: What Has Caught Our Attention So Far
League competition has been underway for a few weeks now, and we’ve had a handful of invitational meets and out-of-state competitions that our teams and athletes have competed at this fall. With the month of September essentially in the books, we’ve gotten somewhat of a glimpse at the talent across Massachusetts this cross-country season. This […]
25 Races, 12 Hours: Wrentham Set For Cross-Country Doubleheader
Unless you’re a farmer living through a drought, rain is usually nobody’s friend. Among others in the Northeast, that was certainly the case earlier this week for the MSTCA, which was forced to postpone its annual Frank Kelley Invitational at Wrentham. The Kelley Invite was to be the first major competition of the cross-country season […]
Nor’Easter Forces Postponement Of Frank Kelly Invitational
The Wrentham Developmental Center, a familiar venue for several cross-country competitions in Massachusetts, was set to open its gates this Saturday for the first statewide meet of the fall season with the annual MSTCA Frank Kelley Invitational. Unfortunately, the predicted Nor’ Easter that’s expected to hit the region has forced officials to postpone the meet. […]
Lexington Girls Prove Their Mettle At Manchester
Over the weekend, the Lexington girls proved something we already knew. Perhaps the Minutemen’s showing at Saturday’s Manchester (N.H.) Invitational made believers of a few more. Averaging a 5K pace of 19 minutes, 23 seconds among its scorers on a course that simply shows no mercy, Lexington was the fastest of them all at Derryfield […]
North Andover Packs It In, Concord-Carlisle Rises At Amherst Invite (Photos & Results)
Bill Varney considers 30 seconds the magic number. That’s the spread between the five scoring runners on a team—the kind of gap the North Andover boys’ cross-country coach believes can often lead to success. “Forty-five seconds is not bad,” he said. “You get over a minute, it gets harder with the best in the class.” […]
Bay State’s Best Heading To Ocean State Invitational (Sept. 25-26)
Like Christmas in September. We’re getting closer to one of the East Coast’s biggest cross-country extravaganzas. In just a week, teams from throughout the Northeast region, and even beyond, will make Goddard State Park in Warwick, R.I., their destination of choice for the 18th annual Ocean State XC Invitational (Sept. 25-26). The two-day meet, sponsored […]
Amherst & Manchester Invites Highlight Saturday’s Action (Live Results)
Two different competitions, two different states and more than 100 miles between them will host several of our Massachusetts schools on Saturday. Right here in the Bay State is the annual Amherst Invitational. Held at UMass-Amherst, this weekend’s meet will feature 15 schools, including two from neighboring New Hampshire. Among the top teams toeing the […]
Spotlight On Talent: Lucy Downin, Holliston High
Spotlight On Talent, Lucy Downin As a ninth-grader last year, Downin enjoyed a sterling debut in cross country, a success she carried over when the competition switched from the trails to the track oval. Look for the Holliston sophomore to make an even bigger impact this fall, and perhaps extend her season all the way […]
Rain, Obstacles & Plenty Of Fun At MarshVegas Classic
Hay bales. A water jump. And, for a good portion of the meet, a steady rainfall that at times got downright heavy. For the participants at Sunday’s second annual MarshVegas Classic, it was Euro-style cross country at its finest. Three hundred and twenty-six runners tackled the obstacles and braved the elements, competing in eight events, […]