Watchlist: Who Are The Top Runners At Atkinson Invite?
More than 350 runners are expected to make the trip to Northfield Mountain this Saturday for the annual Dick Atkinson Invitational. With the league championships underway and only a week removed from the heavily-populated Twilight Invitational, the numbers are lower than a typical statewide Invitational. But the meet, which honors the late legendary high school […]
Christmas Lights, Music Blaring, PRs…It’s Twilight Time!
The biggest and, of course, one of the most popular meets of the cross-country season is this weekend with the annual Bob Glennon Twilight Invitational. Held at the Cape Cod Fairgrounds in Barnstable, the two-day nighttime event features novice/co-ed, freshmen, sophomore, junior varsity and varsity races competing on a fast loop course that’s completed illuminated […]
Record Turnout Expected At Saturday’s Catholic Memorial
A record 1,000-plus are expected to converge at Franklin Park this Saturday for the 62nd annual Catholic Memorial Invitational, sponsored by HOKA and Marathon Sports. One of the longest running cross-country meets in New England always attracts quality competition to the starting line, and it will be no different this weekend. Once entries close on […]
Bay State Invitational Highlights The Weekend
Expect the fields to be strong as teams and athletes head down to Fort Devens this weekend. The five-kilometer, two-loop course will play host to the Bay State Invitational on Saturday, which will be the one and only opportunity that runners will get a chance test their mettle on the site of next month’s Meet […]
Frank Kelley Invitational On Tap This Weekend
The grounds of the Wrentham Developmental Center will be open for business on Saturday. The future site of this year’s Division 2 Championships, kicks off the 2023 season by once again hosting the annual Frank Kelley Invitational. This is one of those meets that provides a good gage for coaches on how their teams and […]
Highland Park, Dutkiewicz Invites On Tap This Weekend
Bay State athletes will be participating in two MA invitationals on Saturday At Highland Park is the annual Highland Park Invitational, which includes a pair of Freshmen 3K, Varsity 5K and Open 3K events. Less than two hours away from the Attleboro venue is the 27th annual Ted Dutkiewicz Memorial X-C Invitational, held at East […]
BSR Scribbles: Busy Weekend Of XC (& More)
On the calendar, the summer officially ends in a few more weeks on Sept. 23. But as we all know around here during this time of year, once it hits late August and early September, the fall cross-country season has essentially started. Here in the Bay State, the statewide invitationals will kick off this Saturday […]
Fall 2023, Fall 2024 Tournament Alignments
Below we list the divisions and waves of the 314 schools that are eligible to compete in the MIAA Tournament. The divisional championships are scheduled for Nov. 11 with Div. 1 (A,B, & C) at the Gardner Golf Course, Div. 2 (A, B, & C) at the Wrentham Development Center and Div. 3 (A, B, […]
Falmouth Road Race: Local Entries For Elite/HS Mile Races
A fitting prelude to this Sunday’s Falmouth Road Race has always been the elite and high school mile races. This year’s events, part of the Falmouth Track Festival, will be held on Friday night at the James Kalperis Track at Falmouth High. Kicking things off is the Thomas Cochary High School Mile, which will feature […]
Competitive Field & Team-Bonding On Tap At Vineyard Invite
HOKA and Marathon Sports will be sponsoring several cross-country meets this season. The first of those competitions is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 9 with 16th annual Vineyard X-C Invitational. The meet, hosted by Martha’s Vineyard High, is sanctioned by the MIAA and the bordering states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In the past, this meet […]