Outdoor T&F Preview: Girls’ Middle & Long Distance Events
Outdoor T&F Preview: Girls’ Middle & Long Distance Events 800m There’s a chance one of our state’s oldest records could be broken this season. In 1979, Cambridge Rindge & Latin alum Darlene Beckford set the current mark of 2:04.54 at the AAU Senior National Championships in Walnut, Calif. We think that 44-year-old record is within […]
Bergeron Part Of Record-Setting 3,200m At Arcadia Invitational
Paul Bergeron got his outdoor season off to a fantastic start on Saturday night. The Westford Academy junior traveled out west this weekend to participate in the prestigious Arcadia (CA) Invitational. It was there that he was part of a record-setting 3,200-meter race where a total of 42 runners broke nine minutes! Bergeron led in […]
Some Top Talent Heading To BSR’s Mid-Distance Classic
The entries are starting to come in for Bay State Running’s inaugural Mid-Distance Classic at St. John’s Prep. The event, which is sponsored by HOKA and Marathon Sports, will be held on Friday night, April 21. It features the 400- and 800-meter runs and the mile. Meet director and SJP head coach Zack Lankow has indicated that […]
Outdoor T&F Preview: Boys’ Middle & Long Distance Events
Outdoor T&F Preview: Boys’ Middle & Long Distance Events 800m Six pf the top eight have graduated from last year’s Meet of Champions, which means we’ll have plenty of new faces populating the podium this season. Andover’s Colin Kirn, who just missed earning a top-eight spot, taking ninth overall, appears to be our early-season favorite. […]
Outdoor T&F Preview: Boys’ Sprinting Events
Outdoor T&F Preview: Boys’ Sprinting Events 100m Last year no one was touching eventual state champion Jonas Clarke. The South Hadley grad was far ahead of the field in 2022 and nearly broke a more than 40-year-old state record with a best of 10.40. Clarke, who finished second in the event at the Nike Outdoor […]
Outdoor T&F Preview: Girls’ Sprinting Events
Outdoor T&F Preview: Girls’ Sprinting Events 100m We could see a lot of familiar faces in this event with seven of the top eight runners from last year’s Meet of Champions returning, including the 1-2 finishers, Elliana Tweedie of Westford Academy and Milford’s Kiyanni Simas of Milford. Tweedie, who captured the 55-meter dash at the […]
Outdoor T&F Preview: Girls’ Jumping Events
Outdoor T&F Preview: Girls’ Jumping Events Long Jump If all our top returnees from 2022 compete this season we’ll have an impressive list, one that features five athletes that have exceeded 18 feet, including defending champion Kiyanni Simas of Milford. Simas, who also won the indoor state and New England titles last year, did not […]
Outdoor T&F Preview: Boys’ Jumping Events
Outdoor T*F Preview: Boys’ Jumping Events High Jump There was abundance of talented high-jumpers this past indoor season with more than two dozen athletes clearing at least six feet and most of a top leapers expected to compete on the outdoor surface. Carver’s Camren Allain and Wakefield’s Lucas Kehoe both cleared a state best of […]
Outdoor T&F Preview: Girls’ Throwing Events
Outdoor T&F Preview: Girls’ Throwing Events Shot Familiar faces from the indoor season should once again battle it out inside the circle this spring. Among those athletes are five that have gone further than 40 feet with indoor champion Brooke Serak of Bishop Feehan, Dedham’s Catherine Sargent (41-5.5), Peabody’s Aaliyah Callahan (40-11), Lowell’s Ronny Jones […]
Outdoor T&F Preview: Boys’ Throwing Events
Outdoor T&F Preview: Throwing Events Shot Just like this past indoor season, the overwhelming favorite to strike it rich at the Meet of Championship this spring is Jacob Cookinham. The Bishop Stang senior was untouchable by his MA rivals during the winter and finished with a nation No. 1 and all-time best of 67 feet, […]