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 […]
MIAA Meet Of Champions: Recap Of Boys’ Races
Not too long after an impressive victory at the Ocean State Invitational at the start of the season, Paul Bergeron had what he called, “a little hiccup,” where he suffered a slight back injury. The setback forced the Westford Academy standout to resort to cross-training for about a month of an already-short cross-country season. “After […]
Interviews, Results & Photos (1.4K Plus!) From MOC
COMPLETE RESULTS Bay State Running was at Fort Devens on Saturday for the MIAA Meet of Champions. We have interviews with all our winners and nearly 1,500 photos from the six races that took place on 3.1-miles of real estate at Willard Park. Congratulations to all our runners and teams that participated at the MOC. […]
BSR To Preview Saturday’s MIAA Meet Of Champions
And now it all comes down to this weekend. All the league meets and championships are finished, there’s no more invitationals on the slate and this past weekend the divisional state championships took place, checking off another important meet during two-plus months on the cross-country trails. What’s next? For the qualifying teams and individuals, it’s […]
Recap Of Boys’ Races At Division 2 Championships
COMPLETE RESULTS Finn O’Hara has certainly shown he has a knack for cross country. There’s no doubt about that. But with sub two-minute 800-meter speed and a best of 4:21 for the mile, the Manchester Essek senior is primarily a track runner. O’Hara knows that, and at the most opportune time at Saturday’s MIAA Division […]