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.” […]
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, […]
Cook Finds Confidence In Runner-Up Finish At Highland Park
Quinn Cook didn’t come away with a victory at Saturday’s Highland Park Invitational. But the Hopedale High sophomore was plenty satisfied with his runner-up finish in the featured Steve Newman Race and a fast early-season time of 16 minutes, 9.51 seconds on the challenging five-kilometer layout. “It is a big confidence-booster,” he said. “I did […]
Heat, Fatigue No Match for Bay State Athletes At New Englands
Late-season burnout. The excessive heat. Excuses could have come easily for most of our top athletes competing at Saturday’s New England Championships. None were needed. Bay State athletes claimed eight gold medals and produced several more podium finishes during more than seven grueling hours of competition under sweltering conditions at Noble High in Maine. The […]
WATCH Live Stream Of New England Championships (Live Results)
We’re all here! Our State Running Team is in full force at Saturday’s New England Outdoor Track & Field Championships in North Berwick, Maine. We’ll be here at Noble High providing complete coverage of the regional competition, including a FREE live stream. LIVE RESULTS
Final Day Fireworks: Meet of Champions Showcases National-Caliber Performances
(Photos by Byron Flagg) It wasn’t one of the national meets. Those begin in two weeks. It wasn’t the New England Championships. That takes place this weekend. While neither of those competitions were at Merrimack College on Saturday, it certainly felt as though a top-level regional or national meet was taking place during Day 2 […]
State Record, Near Misses Headline Day 1 Of MIAA Meet of Champions
A new state record, a near miss and several performances that climbed high on the all-time list. Day 1 of the MIAA Meet of Champions at Merrimack College delivered all that and more on Thursday night, providing the perfect opener to the two-day competition. Catholic Memorial triple-jumper Amar Skeete accounted for the state mark. The […]
So Far, Divisional Championships Have Delivered Fast Times, Big Marks, and Memorable Moments
“I definitely have stuff left. I definitely had stuff to give.” With the outdoor season reaching its most important stretch- this weekend’s divisional state championships, next Saturday’s Meet of Champions, and potentially more beyond that – Michael Mohoric feels he still has plenty left in the tank. Hard to believe? Maybe. But coming from the […]
Wakefield’s Belmer Soars Into Record Books At MLC Meet
They’re gonna need a bigger pit.