The Boston Holiday Challenge is one of the smaller meets to pass through Reggie Lewis Center, but it packs just enough punch to allow for some fast performances. The 8th Annual event is one of the only MSTCA events open to other states, as teams from New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York participated at the Reggie Lewis Center,
The Hurdles kicked off the day as Westfield High Senior Morgan Sanders had no problem winning both her trial and final heats as she was clocked 8.56. Olivia Robbins of Shenendehowa (NY) was 2nd place 8.92. Check out the Morgan Sanders Interview below.
The Top 3 spots in the 55M Boys hurdles were taken by out of state athletes as Nick Michaelowski of Shenendehowa (NY) cruised to victory in 7.82 over Jerimiah House of Colonie, NY(2nd-8.02) and Windham New Hampshire's Jonson (3rd-8.06).
The Boys 55 Meter Dash was one of our closest races of the day as Ben Pierre (1st-6.67) of Somerville , edged out Anthony Delasanta (2nd-6.69) of Bishop Feehan. Delananta, the state leader in the 300M run, dropped down to the dash and is now currently ranked 5th at 55 Meters.
The girls dash witnessed Juleen Lewis of O'Bryant High School just crush the competition. Her time of 7.27 ties for the Mass#1. Lewis was a double winner as she also took the Long Jump in 18-5" , good for a Mass#2.
The Boys Mile featured the most impressive performance of the day, as Grant Hauver of Wachsett ran a solid early season Mile in 4:23. The pace was very slow for the first 600M, but the Wachusett senior put on an impressive showing in the last 400M to out-kick Mitchell Halpern of Shenendehowa (NY).
The Boys 600M run had two New York runners battling it out from two separate heats. Tyler Schmidt of Shenendehowa (1:23.2) edged out Derald Coleman (1:23.3) of Christ the King. Schmidt won the event from the 4th heat.
The girls 1000 Meter run had a couple of Tri Valley league runners taking the top two spots. Sydney Snow of Hopkinton finished first in 3:00.03 to win over rival Isabelle Giordano of Hopkinton (3:03). In the boys race of Bishop Feehan won the event in 2:36 over Somerville Senior Travis Dolcine (2:38).
The Boys Shot Put was won by Cole Stewart. The Senior from Bishop Feehan won the event by 2+ feet with a throw of 55-00.75.
When Shenendehowa is in the house you can count on several weight throwing performances. Defending champion Jill Shippee broke the meet record in the Weight throwing with a toss of 52'00.25. Her teammate Brianna Jordan finished second with a throw of 37'4.75". Shenendehowa dominated the boys competition placing four in the top 5 as Mike Jeffers won the event in 53-03. The Weight throw is gaining popularity in Massachusetts has teams like O'Bryant and Peabody often have competitors in the event. Patrick Pang of Peabody was third in yesterdays competition.
Jared Prior of Newton North won the Long Jump in 20-10". Prior won the Winter Festival last weekend and currently has the #2 jump in the state in 21-5".