MileSplit and FloTrack have partnered with New Balance to create the "Local Heroes" program, in order to recognize local high school distance runners who are making a real difference in the world around them.
Many of the New England Athletes will be competing in North Carolina at the New Balance Outdoor Natiionals.
Barrington High coach Scott Turgeon figured his 4x800-meter relay team had a good chance at winning a New England title. What he didn’t expect, at least not yet, was the leg turned in by his anchor, junior Abby Livingston.Trailing fellow Rhode Island rival La Salle Academy by three seconds after the third leg, Livingston blitzed her two laps in 2 minutes, 8 seconds to lift the Eagles to the overall crown at Saturday’s New England Championship. The quartet of freshman Julia Zitzman, junior Julianna Portelli, junior Megan Verner-Crist and Livingston combined for a state and meet record of 9:05.49. La Salle also dipped under the existing NE mark of 9:12.16 with a runner-up time of 9:06.22.
Brian Sommers wanted to take full advantage of his one event at Saturday's 68th New England Track Championships and give the competition a world of hurt in the process. With no long jump and only the 400-meter dash on his schedule,the Acton-Boxboro senior attacked the event harder than he ever has. Sommers roared out from the start against a deep, frightenly tough field and barreled down the final straightway to shatter his personal best and take first in 48.31 seconds, just ahead of Zachary Andrews (48.48) of New Britain, CT.
MileSplit and FloTrack have partnered with New Balance to create the "Local Heroes" program, in order to recognize local high school distance runners who are making a real difference in the world around them.
Many of the New England Athletes will be competing in North Carolina at the New Balance Outdoor Natiionals.
Marshfield’s Ellen DiPietro won the girls’ high jump title (5 feet 8 inches), and BC High’s Jordan Samuels captured the boys’ triple jump (47-7) at Saturday’s New England track and field championships in New Britain, Conn. DiPietro, a junior, set a new school record and completed a sterling postseason run that saw her capture high-jump crowns at the Atlantic Coast League meet (5-61/2), the Div. 2 state meet (5-6) and the All-State meet (5-6).
Barrington High coach Scott Turgeon figured his 4x800-meter relay team had a good chance at winning a New England title. What he didn’t expect, at least not yet, was the leg turned in by his anchor, junior Abby Livingston.Trailing fellow Rhode Island rival La Salle Academy by three seconds after the third leg, Livingston blitzed her two laps in 2 minutes, 8 seconds to lift the Eagles to the overall crown at Saturday’s New England Championship. The quartet of freshman Julia Zitzman, junior Julianna Portelli, junior Megan Verner-Crist and Livingston combined for a state and meet record of 9:05.49. La Salle also dipped under the existing NE mark of 9:12.16 with a runner-up time of 9:06.22.
Brian Sommers wanted to take full advantage of his one event at Saturday's 68th New England Track Championships and give the competition a world of hurt in the process. With no long jump and only the 400-meter dash on his schedule,the Acton-Boxboro senior attacked the event harder than he ever has. Sommers roared out from the start against a deep, frightenly tough field and barreled down the final straightway to shatter his personal best and take first in 48.31 seconds, just ahead of Zachary Andrews (48.48) of New Britain, CT.
Alex Niemiec was hoping to finish out his high school career by finally breaking the 24-foot barrier in the long jump. He almost got 25.
Catch all the highlights for the New England Championships from Will Brook Park in New Britain, Ct.
Follow the best Track and Field Athletes in New England as they battle it out for the New England title.
In the New England area and beyond, there haven’t been too many senior years that could match the one manufactured by Connecticut’s Henry Wynne.
For most high school athletes in the New England region, the track and field season came to an official close this past weekend with their respective state championships. For a selected few, there’s at least one (and possibly two) still left on the slate. It all begins on Saturday with the 68th annual New England Championships, to be held at Willow Brook Park in New Britain, Conn. The following weekend from June 14-16, some of the best athletes in the country will at A&T Irwin Belk Track in Greensboro, N.C., for the New Balance National Outdoor Championships. This Saturday’s New England meet includes a slew of runners, throwers and jumpers that
Kelsey Sullivan scored 4375 points to win the Heptathlon South today at NDA-Hingham.
The MSTCA SOUTH Heptathlon will take place today in Hingham.
Hingham won its first MIAA All-State girls’ track championship Saturday afternoon at Westfield State University. “I can’t believe how well they performed at what one would consider one of the hardest meets of the year and they just stood up and ran their hardest,” Hingham coach Dave Jewett said. The Harbormen took first with 35 points despite having only one individual first-place winner, sophomore Sierra Irvin. Lowell was second (32) and Notre Dame of Hingham third (30). Irvin won the 400 in 56.82 seconds, and anchored the 4 x 400-relay team for a fourth-place spot in 4:01.91.
The Newton North Boys and Hingham High School Girls won the 2013 MIAA Outdoor Track State Open Championships Saturday at Westfield State University. Photos are betting processed and slowly being uploaded to the photo galleries, so stop back in next couple of days to see all the coverage. See Featured post on Girls and Boys 2 mile run.
WESTFIELD — Powered by its “Big Four,” the Newton North boys’ track team captured the MIAA All-State title Saturday at Westfield State University. “Ryan Lucken finished first in the 400 meters, Carl Whitham took second in the shot put, Gabe Montague second in the 800, and David Oluwadara second in the triple jump, so they all came through and did what we hoped they would,” said coach Jim Blackburn. The Tigers finished with 48¾ points, dominating the rest of the field. Lincoln-Sudbury took second with 28 points while Newton South finished with 27. In addition to the Big Four’s performance, the Tigers took second in the 4 x 400 relay behind Acton-Boxboro. The Colonials finished in 3:22.04, a tad faster than Newton North’s 3:22.48.
Hingham High School and Newton North are crowned Champions at the MIAA All State Meet.
Milesplitmass will be broadcasting these almost live photo's from Trackside in Westfield.
This Weekend has finally arrived ! The biggest Track and Field event all year long takes place in Western, Massachusetts, and many teams will be ready to hit the Mass Turnpike for the beautiful Jerry Gravel Track and Field facility at Westfield State University. Champions will be crowned, and Milesplitmass will have all the important information here at Meet Headquarters.
With Mansfield graduating an all-star cast that holstered not only multiple All-Americans but a handful of National Champion athletes it may be time to crown a new king of Massachusetts T&F. Many would look to Lowell and hope they could repeat their dominate performances from this past fall and winter to earn their triple crown. Only a few teams have had the distinction of winning state titles each season of the year and if Lowell could somehow put it together to win this spring season it would certainly be considered one of the greatest years of athletics in their city’s history.
To say that the Lady Tigers of Newton North are a perennial powerhouse on the Massachusetts track scene would be quite an understatement, as one would have to look as far back as June of 2009 to find another teams name engraved on the MIAA All-State Track & Field Championship trophy. How will the Tigers fare this year without their big name star, Carla Forbes competing in three events? The same as they always have: relying on the support of their entire TEAM. The coaching staff and athletes on the Newton North team will be the first to tell you that their dominance in prior years has never been about just one person, but that of a combination of many coming together to realize their potential and capability to accomplish amazing performances when the pressure is on. They have proven time and time again to get things done when and where they need to and one can be sure that once the gun has fired so too will the Tigers.
Call it the DiMare Redemption. A year after falling in the hurdles and not making it to the starting line of the 200-meter dash, Notre Dame’s Isabella DiMare decided it was time to make things right again. DiMare gave the 200-meter field an up-close look at her talents yesterday at the Div. 2 EMass Championships on her home track. The speedster was fast out of the blocks and accelerated on the turn and down the straightaway to break the tape in a stunning new personal best of 24.98 seconds.
The 2013 All State Performance List for this coming weekends Track and Field finals at Westfield State University.
Enjoy some of the fantastic Highlights from yesterdays Division 1 Championship meet in Andover.
Last year, the Wachusett Regional boys’ track and field team won its second Central Mass. Division 1 championship in three years. The Mountaineers continued their dominance over CMass on Monday, but were met by some unfamiliar competition. In a new combined Central/Western Mass. format, Wachusett (79 points) finished well ahead of third-place St. John’s (53), but fell short of Amherst-Pelham Regional (92) which captured the team title. Chicopee Comp (46) was fourth, followed by Algonquin Regional (41-1/2) and Doherty (33).
One more look at some additional potos and some highlights from yesterdays MIAA Division 3 Championhsips in Hingham. North Attleboro, led by Shot Putter Eric Beckwith took home the boys title. Notre Dame Academy won the girls meet on their home track.
The Western Mass. competition turned out to be too much to handle for local teams at the newly combined Central/West Division 2 track and field championships on Monday at Westfield State, but not for one athlete. Oxford’s Emily Dawidczyk rose above her peers as the meet’s only triple winner. Dawidczyk put sixth-place Oxford in contention all by herself, providing all 30 of her team’s points with victories in the 200 meters (25.21), 100 hurdles (14.80) and long jump (17-03.75).
It was a double win for Newton North as its boys’ and girls’ track teams swept the MIAA Division 1 championships Monday in Andover.The Newton North girls placed in 11 of 18 events, combining for 65 points and earning them their fourth consecutive Division 1 title. “Winning is our tradition, it’s part of our DNA,’’ said Tigers coach Joe Tranchita. “All year our focus has been to come out and just understand what we are capable of doing and not focusing on what the other teams are doing.
HINGHAM - Though it boasted just one divisional champion, the depth of the North Attleboro High boys' track and field team made up the difference. The Red Rocketeers won the MIAA Eastern Division 2 Championship on Monday afternoon at Notre Dame Academy, earning the team's first divisional championship since 1991."It was a great day by our seniors all day long," said North boys' coach Derek Herber. "We had a great day on the field and a great day on the track." The lone North champion was a familiar one, Eric Beckwith, who threw for a first-place mark in the shot put (55-feet, 6-inches) and third-place mark in the discus (147-9). Austin Renzi also cashed in on a third-place javelin throw (169-10).
Notre Dame Academy’s Isabella DiMare gave the 200-meter field an up-close look at her talents Monday at the high school Div. 2 Eastern Mass. Track and Field Championships on her home track. The speedster was fast out of the blocks and accelerated on the turn and down the straightaway to break the tape in a stunning personal best of 24.98 seconds.The race marked the first time she’s broken the 25-second barrier, but DiMare is confident it won’t be her last this spring, not with the way she felt in the blocks and through the finish tape.
Check out live photo's from Notre Dame Academy in Hingham.
It should be a fantastic meet in Andover tomorrow for the Division I State Championships.
Central and Western Massachusetts will run a combined format for the first time. The Division 1 meet will be run today at Fitchburg State University.
The weather will not be a factor in todays Championship meet in Hingham.
Hingham’s Julie McConville needed a whole five minutes to catch her breath after destroying both the record and field in the 2 mile at yesterday’s Div. 3 Eastern Mass Track & Field Championships. Less than an hour later, the tiny, Dartmouth College-bound distance starlet ran an impressive mile field into the ground at breezy Pembroke High.