BSR Elite Scholastic Meet: Paterna–Gilbert Duel Highlights Loaded Girls’ Mile
A two-runner lead pack. A bunched-up chase pack. A race within a race. On paper, that’s the scenario that could unfold Friday in the featured girls’ mile at the fourth annual BSR Elite Scholastic Mile at UMass Lowell. The field bears some resemblance to last year’s race, when former Glastonbury (CT) standout Brooke Strauss set […]
BSR Elite Scholastic Meet: Boys Mile Could Be Magical
Let’s see — we have 14 of the best milers in the Northeast toeing the line together in one race. We probably don’t need to tell you what’s going to happen once the gun fires. It’s going to be fast. And this Friday night, it could be magical. The Reggie F. Atkins Track & Field […]
It’s Showtime! Weston Twilight Once Again Loaded With Star Power (Live Results)
It’s not the divisional state meets or the Meet of Champions, but at times it can feel that way. Nearly 2,000 track & field athletes are expected to descend on Weston Saturday night for the immensely popular and ridiculously competitive Weston Twilight Invitational. This is a meet that always brings the heat, and we’re not […]
NBNI Preview: Sunday’s Must-Watch Events
The New Balance Nationals have arrived. For four straight days beginning on Thursday, The Track at New Balance will play host to The Fastest Party on the Planet. Few will argue, and most might add the Furthest, Highest and Longest, too. Though that doesn’t quite have the ring of Fastest. But you get the point. As […]
NBNI Preview: Saturday’s Must Watch Events
60m Hurdles This will be Natick’s Emmanuella Edoziens swan song as a high school indoor track athlete. She’s already engraved her name in Massachusetts history. It’s now time to see what she can do against the nation’s best. Saturday’s prelims will be step one in her quest to earn all-american. The Semi-Finals are later that […]
New England Preview: Top Boys’ Events With Gold Medal Potential
When it comes to top talent, you never quite know who will show up at the New England Championships. While the regional meet typically attracts many of the area’s best, several elite competitors, particularly in the distance events, sometimes opt to skip it in order to prepare for national meets two weeks later. The 38th […]
New England Preview: Top Girls’ Events With Gold Medal Potential
When it comes to top talent, you never quite know who will show up at the New England Championships. While the regional meet typically attracts many of the area’s best, several elite competitors, particularly in the distance events, sometimes opt to skip it in order to prepare for national meets two weeks later. The 38th […]
Meet of Champions Preview: Boys’ Relays
4x200m While the 4x400m may get all the attention as the last event, the 4x200m is by far the most intense. Having the four fastest guys isn’t enough. If you can’t execute your handoffs, it’s going to be a tough day out there. That will be the key on Saturday. Execution. Newton North and Catholic […]
Meet Of Champions’ Preview: Girls’ Middle & Long-Distance Events
From start to finish, expect each event to create some excitement at Saturday’s MIAA Meet of Champions. With the state’s best taking center stage, would you expect anything different? Throughout the week, we’ll preview all the individual events. Here we feature the girls’ middle- and long-distance events, which includes the 1,000-meter run, the mile and […]
Meet of Champions Preview: Boys’ Middle and Long Distance Events
1000m This one could get interesting as #1 seed and state #1, Shane Leslie of Billerica, is scheduled to race the mile beforehand on Saturday. It’s not an impossible double. Lexington’s Amelia Whorton pulled off wins in both at the Division 1 Championship. At 2:28.98, Leslie, along with Falmouth’s Silas Gartner, are the only athletes […]