MIAA Meet Of Champions: Recap Of Boys’ Races
Not too long after an impressive victory at the Ocean State Invitational at the start of the season, Paul Bergeron had what he called, “a little hiccup,” where he suffered a slight back injury. The setback forced the Westford Academy standout to resort to cross-training for about a month of an already-short cross-country season. “After […]
Interviews, Results & Photos (1.4K Plus!) From MOC
COMPLETE RESULTS Bay State Running was at Fort Devens on Saturday for the MIAA Meet of Champions. We have interviews with all our winners and nearly 1,500 photos from the six races that took place on 3.1-miles of real estate at Willard Park. Congratulations to all our runners and teams that participated at the MOC. […]
For Brookline Amputee Alaina Bodine, There Are No Limitations
The idea of failure. Like most runners, that’s what motivates Alaina Bodine to keep going. That’s what motivates her to make it across that finish line each time she races, to continue a long training run with her teammates when her body’s telling her to stop. “If I quit, it’s like putting me a step […]
MOC Preview: Division 1 Boys’ & Girls’ Races
The early forecast for Saturday’s Meet of Champions is showing a more than 50-percent chance of rain for most of day and the temperature in the 50-degree range. Not exactly ideal for racing, but manageable. After all, this is cross country. What runners and teams do we feel will be able to weather the storm […]
MOC Preview: Division 2 Boys’ & Girls’ Races
The early forecast for Saturday’s Meet of Champions is showing a more than 50-percent chance of rain for most of day and the temperature in the 50-degree range. Not exactly ideal for racing, but manageable. After all, this is cross country. What runners and teams do we feel will be able to weather the storm […]
MOC Preview: Division 3 Boys’ & Girls’ Races
The early forecast for Saturday’s Meet of Champions is showing a more than 50-percent chance of rain for most of day and the temperature in the 50-degree range. Not exactly ideal for racing, but manageable. After all, this is cross country. What runners and teams do we feel will be able to weather the storm […]
BSR To Preview Saturday’s MIAA Meet Of Champions
And now it all comes down to this weekend. All the league meets and championships are finished, there’s no more invitationals on the slate and this past weekend the divisional state championships took place, checking off another important meet during two-plus months on the cross-country trails. What’s next? For the qualifying teams and individuals, it’s […]
HOKA Athletes Of The Week: Littleton’s Timothy Rank & Marblehead’s Marri O’Connell
We’re not going to lie. With nine races and thus nine individual winners at the MIAA Division State Championships this past weekend, it was not an easy task picking the HOKA Athletes of the Week. But after several minutes going back-and-forth on our decision, we’re choosing Littleton’s Timothy Rank and Marblehead’s Marri O’Connell as the […]
Recap Of Boys’ Races At Division 2 Championships
COMPLETE RESULTS Finn O’Hara has certainly shown he has a knack for cross country. There’s no doubt about that. But with sub two-minute 800-meter speed and a best of 4:21 for the mile, the Manchester Essek senior is primarily a track runner. O’Hara knows that, and at the most opportune time at Saturday’s MIAA Division […]
Recap Of Girls’ Races At Division 2 Championships
Emily Flagg could hear the footsteps. Just as she’s done for most of her races this season, the Whitinsville Christian fabulous freshman took charge at this past weekend’s Division 2C Championships. But throughout her journey on the moderately-challenging five-kilometer course at Wrentham, she could hear the footsteps of her closest pursuer. “There were definitely times […]