Meet Hub: New England Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Runners to Watch: Billerica’s Mason Niles
After starting the season quietly, Mason Niles showed up on the biggest stage like a seasoned veteran. After competing as an eighth grader for Billerica, he started 2024 by winning the Freshmen race at the Bob Glennon Twilight Invitational. He wouldn’t race again until the Divisional Championships. It was there he stunned a talented field, to emerge as one of the top runners to watch for years to come.
Runners to Watch: Cambridge’s Sophia Juanes Seto
Sophia Juanes Seto returns this season with big shoes to fill for #10 Cambridge Rindge & Latin. Last season she formed the best duo in the state alongside teammate Aoife Shovlin. Together they both finished top ten and led Cambridge to a sixth-place finish at the Meet of Champions. This year, the reins are hers and she’ll look to top her teammate’s fourth place finish last season.
Runner’s to Watch: Lowell’s James Kelly
Lowell’s James Kelly returns this season after finishing 17th at the Meet of Champions in 2024. He’s the number four overall returning runner, with a time of 16:22.
BSR Race Forecast
The first race week of the season is here and there’s no shortage of excitement. If you were planning on easing into competition this year, the Cross-Country Gods had other ideas.
Runners To Watch: Norwell’s Katherine Murray
The state produced its share of talented underclassmen last season. In their respective divisions at the Meet of Champions, nearly a dozen runners placed among
Runners to Watch: Lexington’s Patrick Noonan
While only a junior, Patrick Noonan has already built an impressive career running for Lexington and Waltham Track Club. In 2023 as just an eighth grader, he ran 4:35 for the mile. The previous fall in 2022, he won the USATF Region 1 Junior Olympic Championships and went on to finish fourth at the National Junior Olympic Championships.
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