Recap Of Freshmen-Sophomore Large School Meet

“I just heard the bell and I was just like, ‘Oh shoot, I gotta go.’ I just tried to sprint my hardest in this and push through.” Those were the words of Natick’s John Bianchi in the mile run at Saturday’s Freshmen-Sophomore Large School Invitational. As it turned out, Bianchi’s all-out effort for the final […]

Recap Of Freshmen-Sophomore Small School Meet

What does it take to finally hit that milestone you’ve been shooting for? For Burlington’s Ryan Brooks, all it took was a few simple words from his dad. Locked in the 19-foot range on all his previous attempts in the long jump at the Freshmen-Sophomore Small School Invitational, Brooks saved his best for last inside […]

MSTCA Boston Holiday Challenge Recap

The blink of an eye. The snap of a finger. The amount of time to do either was nearly the same that separated Daniel Killian the top four finishers in the 60-meter dash at Wednesday’s MSTCA Boston Holiday Challenge. By the smallest of margins, the Winchester High junior emerged victorious at the TRACk at New […]

Recap Of MSTCA Speed Classic Large School Meet

Competing in the 600-meter run at Sunday’s MSTCA Speed Classic, Natick High teammates Nicholas Bianchi, John Bianchi and Andy Marotta were a little out of their comfort zone. For the Bianchi brothers, they’re accustomed to longer races, such as the mile where both own bests in the low-to-mid 4:20 range. Marotta is primarily a 300m […]

Ligor Among Stars At MSTCA Speed Classic – Small School

By JOE REARDONGiuliana Ligor spent the fall preparing for a strong indoor season on the track and so far she can feel the difference the added work has made. The North Reading speedster is vastly stronger than a year after a steady regiment of morning runs and lifting sessions“In the past I usually just lifted,” […]

Recap Of Winter Festival Large & Small School Meets

It looks like the offseason training has been spot on for Nathanael Vigo Catala. The Haverhill senior and defending 300-meter state champion was at the Winter Festival Large School meet on Saturday. In his first meet of the indoor season, Vigo Catala proved untouchable in his specialty, blazing to a winning time of 34.95 seconds. […]

Gavenas (third), Bergeron (seventh) At Foot Locker Nationals

Just like the number of the 44th annual Foot Locker Nationals, Tamrat Gavenas considers the No. 44 his lucky number. For the junior from Phillips Academy, the No. 3 proved to be just as lucky at Saturday’s meet. That’s the number that represented the placement of Gavenas on the challenging 5K terrain of San Diego’s […]

NXR Northeast: Oliver Ames’ Sobieraj Heading To Oregon!

Tigers senior earns spot to this Saturday’s national meet by placing eighth overall in the Championship race. Brookline finishes fourth overall in the boys’ race. WAPPINGER FALLS, N.Y. – Talk about peaking at just the right time. Just a week after taking runner-up honors in the Division 1 race at the Meet of Champion, Katie […]

Foot Locker Northeast: Five From MA Are San Diego-Bound

In the late stages of Saturday’s Foot Locker Northeast Regionals, Paul Bergeron still felt had he had enough left to contend for the win. Battling with race leaders Ryan Pajak and Drew Griffith of Pennsylvania for most of the five-kilometer race. the Westford Academy senior tried to shift into another gear. “I just stayed there […]

MIAA Meet Of Champions: Recap Of Girls’ Races

Aftter winning the Division 1A title a week earlier kind of convincingly, Aoife Sholvin had a bold plan prior to defense of her title at Saturday’s Meet of Champions. “I wanted to try and run from the front and kind of see how fast I could go and see if I could lead the whole […]