HOKA Female Athlete Of The Week: Melinda Haagensen, Westborough

We’ll be honest, as the meets get closer and closer to the Meet of Champions, and even beyond, it’s going to start getting more and more difficult choosing what we consider the right individual for our HOKA Athlete of the Week. For our female recipient we had a few that were worthy of this week’s […]

HOKA Female Athlete(s) Of The Week: Newton South, SMR

The State Relays occupied this past weekend and in typical fashion we had a number of fine performances turned in my our MA track & field athletes. That, of course, bodes well for the championship season, which will be sooner rather than later this spring. On the girls’ side, for this week’s HOKA Female Athlete(s) […]

HOKA Male Athlete(s) Of The Week: Oliver Ames, 4×1,600m

The State Relays occupied this past weekend and, in typical fashion, we had a number of fine performances turned in by our MA track & field athletes. That, of course, bodes well for the championship season, but also makes for a difficult decision when choosing this week’s HOKA Male Athlete(s) Of The Week. After much […]

HOKA Female Athlete Of The Week: Abby Hennessey, Westford Academy

We’re back. After a brief break, we’re back to recognizing our top athletes each week with our HOKA Athlete of the Week series. As our female recipient. we’d like to congratulate Westford Academy freshman Abby Hennessey for this week’s honor. The promising ninth-grader had the biggest race of her young career by winning the 800-meter […]

HOKA Male Athlete Of The Week: Nathan Lopez. St. John’s Prep

We’re back. After a brief break, we’re back to recognizing our top athletes each week with our HOKA Athlete of the Week series. As our male recipient. we’d like to congratulate St. John’s Prep’s Nathan Lopez for this week’s honor. In his first competitive race since last month’s New Balance Nationals, Lopez manufactured our state’s […]

HOKA Female Athlete Of The Week: Ellie Shea, Belmont

It was a busy and successful weekend for our MA track & field athletes with a plethora of individuals making the short trip to Boston to compete at the New Balance Nationals. School, state and meet records were broken, a host of PRs were set and for a number of our athletes, All American status […]

HOKA Male Athlete Of The Week: Jacob Cookinham, Bishop Stang

Throughout the year, BayState Running will recognize our top boys’ and girls’ athletes each and every week. Without further adieu, we’d like to congratulate Bishop Stang’s Jacob Cookinham, who we nominate as the HOKA Male Athlete of the Week. The ultimate goal for Cookinham is a victory at this weekend’s New Balance Nationals where he’ll match up […]

HOKA Female Athlete Of The Week: Ronnie Jones, Lowell

Throughout the year, BayState Running will recognize our top boys’ and girls’ athletes each and every week. Without further adieu, we’d like to congratulate Lowell’s Ronnie Jones, who we nominate as the HOKA Female Athlete of the Week. Over the last four weeks, there has been no one more consistent inside the circle than the Red Raiders’ […]