MA Athletes Scattered Throughout The State This Week
The last two days of school break will be a busy time for our MA track & field athletes. In addition to our BSR Mid-Distance Classic on Friday night, there are three others meets on the slate at the end of the week. On Thursday at Foxboro High is the MSTCA Warrior Invitational, which includes a […]
BAA 5K & Mile/1K Races Kickoff Boston Marathon Weekend
You couldn’t have asked for a better opening act for Boston Marathon weekend on Saturday! The BAA 5K began the three-day festivities leading uo to Monday’s marathon with nearly 9,000 runners answering the gun for the five-kilometer race.. In the men’s competition just five seconds separated the top 11 runners in a mad dash to […]
You Can Count On Gorman When It Comes To Boston
The Boston Marathon has experienced just about everything in its long history. With its mid-April date, the elements can always play a factor with extreme heat some years, frigidly cold and/or rainy conditions during other years. Then, of course, there was the terrorist bombing, which this Monday’s race will be the tenth anniversary of that […]
HOKA & Marathon Sports Sponsoring BSR Elite Scholastic Mile
Hmm, let’s see. Let’s get some of the best milers in the region, put them on the starting line and see what they can do. Guess what? That vision, the ideal is happening next month. The brainchild of Marshfield High coach and Marathon Sports employee, Dennis Sheppard, some of our finest distance runners in New […]
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 […]