Ryan Oosting gave it his best shot.
Facing the nation's top distance runner in Brodey Hasty, Oosting came mere strides from defeating the Brentwood (TN) senior in the two-mile run Sunday at the New Balance Nationals Indoor (NBNI) Championships. The Arlington junior finished second overall in 9 minutes, 1.87 seconds. Hasty, an Oregon signee, defended his title by breaking the tape in 9:00.38.
Three other MA athletes competed in the deuce during the final day of the three-day meet. St. John's Prep's Tristan Shelgren finished14th overall (9:11.97. Newton North's Andrew Mah, who was fourth in the 5K on Friday, was 15th (9:12.17) and Saint John's Patriick Craemer was 22nd (9:22.61).
In the girls' two mile, Amherst-Pelham's Sophia Jacobs-Townsley was 15th overall in 10:51.35.
Newton South sophomore Lucy Jenks just missed All-American status by taking seventh overall in the Championship Mile. Jenks clocked a personal best by more than six seconds with her time of 4:51.29!
Acton-Boxborough's Samantha Friborg, who a few weeks ago won her first individual state crown for the 1K, was fifth overall in the 800m in 2:08.76. 
Elite Performances At NBNI (All 3 Days!)
| Girls (35) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200m | p 1 15th | 24.59 | Chloe Alfieri | Bromfield School | |
| 200m | p 2 24th | 24.83 | Alyssa Madden | Oakmont Regional High School | |
| 400m | F 6 7th | 56.90 | Ava Vasile | Medway High School | |
| 400m | p 4 18th | 56.90 | Abby Comella | Wellesley High School | |
| 800m | F 3 5th | 2:08.76 | Samantha Friborg | Acton-Boxborough High School | |
| 800m | F 1 9th | 2:11.60 | Kate Mitchell | Lynnfield High School | |
| 800m | F 3 15th | 2:16.48 | Julia Palin | Norton High School | |
| Mile | F 2 1st | 4:58.07 | Margaret Donahue | Wellesley High School | |
| Mile | F 1 7th | 4:51.29 | Lucy Jenks | Newton South High School | |
| 2Mile | F 1 15th | 10:51.35 | Sophia Jacobs-townsley | Amherst-Pelham Regional High School | |
| 5000m | F 2 11th | 17:42.56 | Sophia Jacobs-townsley | Amherst-Pelham Regional High School | |
| 60H | F 1 6th | 9.01 | Anoush Krafian | Belmont High School | |
| 4x200m | F 7 8th | 1:43.80 | Natick High School | ||
| 4x200m | F 3 9th | 1:43.94 | Wellesley High School | ||
| 4x200m | F 5 22nd | 1:45.63 | Wachusett Regional High School | ||
| 4x400m | F 2 9th | 4:01.85 | West Springfield High School | ||
| 4x400m | F 5 10th | 4:01.94 | Wachusett Regional High School | ||
| 4x400m | F 5 10th | 3:55.68 | Wellesley High School | ||
| SMR | F 5 2nd | 4:09.73 | Andover High School | ||
| SMR | F 3 6th | 4:12.74 | Franklin High School | ||
| SMR | F 5 13th | 4:16.46 | Austin Prep School | ||
| SMR | F 5 23rd | 4:16.85 | Woburn High School | ||
| SMR | F 3 24th | 4:17.38 | Hopkinton High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 2 6th | 9:30.07 | Franklin High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 3 15 | 9:23.17 | |||
| 4x800m | F 1 14th | 9:37.67 | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 1 19th | 9:27.57 | Needham High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 2 26th | 9:34.29 | Natick High School | ||
| DMR | F 1 18th | 12:28.96 | Littleton High School | ||
| DMR | F 1 21st | 12:32.77 | Woburn High School | ||
| HJ | F 1 4th | 5-5 | Anoush Krafian | Belmont High School | |
| HJ | F 1 6th | 5-5 | Lila Belsher | Hingham High School | |
| S | F 1 8th | 43-5.25 | Cameron Garabian | Seekonk High School | |
| Pent | F 1 5th | 56:32.00 | Anoush Krafian | Belmont High School | |
| Pent | F 1 9th | 53:35.00 | Saige Tudisco | Pentucket Regional Senior High School | |
| Boys (47) | |||||
| MileRW | F 1 5th | 7:38.05 | Nolan Allen | Arlington High School | |
| 60m | F 1 8th | 7.02 | Michael Blake | Hudson High School | |
| 60m | p 3 3rd | 7.00 | Michael Blake | Hudson High School | |
| 60m | p 3 13th | 6.88 | Dejury Amado | Greater New Bedford Regional Voc Tech High School | |
| 60m | p 6 27th | 7.00 | John Caouette | Oakmont Regional High School | |
| 60m | p 3 30th | 7.01 | Myles Epstein | Rivers School | |
| 60m | s 2 18th | 6.95 | Dejury Amado | Greater New Bedford Regional Voc Tech High School | |
| 60m | s 3 23rd | 7.05 | John Caouette | Oakmont Regional High School | |
| 200m | p 7 22nd | 22.10 | Mange Caman | Watertown High School | |
| 400m | F 4 10th | 50.00 | Richard Swanson | Murdock High School | |
| 400m | F 2 15th | 50.30 | Mannietenode Peri-Okonny | Wachusett Regional High School | |
| 400m | p 5 18th | 49.08 | Calvin Perkins | Belmont High School | |
| 800m | F 1 6th | 1:56.44 | Robert Roosa | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | |
| 800m | F 4 23rd | 1:55.21 | Thomas Lingard | Lexington High School | |
| Mile | F 1 6th | 4:20.26 | Rishabh Prakash | Burlington High School | |
| 2Mile | F 2 2nd | 9:01.87 | Ryan Oosting | Arlington High School | |
| 2Mile | F 1 14th | 9:11.97 | Tristan Shelgren | St. John's Prep | |
| 2Mile | F 2 15th | 9:12.17 | Andrew Mah | Newton North High School | |
| 2Mile | F 1 22nd | 9:22.61 | Patrick Craemer | Saint John's High School | |
| 5000m | F 2 5th | 14:50.50 | Andrew Mah | Newton North High School | |
| 5000m | F 2 20th | 15:28.34 | Joshua Rahn | Saint John's High School | |
| 5000m | F 1 26th | 15:34.14 | Brandon Hall | Hopedale High School | |
| 5000m | F 1 29th | 15:40.46 | Lucas Aramburu | Brookline High School | |
| 4x200m | F 5 24th | 1:32.32 | Lexington High School | ||
| 4x200m | p 4 13th | 1:30.06 | Shrewsbury Senior High School | ||
| 4x400m | F 2 14th | 3:24.17 | Newton North High School | ||
| SMR | F 5 4th | 3:30.43 | Lexington High School | ||
| SMR | F 5 11th | 3:38.82 | Amherst-Pelham Regional High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 2 6th | 8:04.55 | Duxbury High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 2 6th | 7:50.10 | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | ||
| 4x800m | F 2 15th | 8:11.46 | Newton North High School | ||
| DMR | F 1 8th | 10:15.23 | Arlington High School | ||
| DMR | F 1 32nd | 10:48.37 | Natick High School | ||
| 4xMile | F 1 17th | 18:14.83 | Wellesley High School | ||
| 4xMile | F 1 18th | 18:36.13 | Marshfield High School | ||
| HJ | F 1 5th | 6-3.25 | Samuel Ferreira | Apponequet Regional High School | |
| HJ | F 1 12th | 6-3.25 | John Mcneil | Medfield High School | |
| LJ | F 1 2nd | 23-3.5 | Jaylynn Cundiff | Brockton High School | |
| LJ | F 1 13th | 22-3.75 | Adam Yang | Acton-Boxborough High School | |
| TJ | F 1 18th | 44-5.25 | Carson Doody | North Middlesex Regional High School | |
| TJ | F 1 22nd | 44-3.25 | Nathan Sleiman | North Quincy High School | |
| WT | F 1 8th | 59-8.5 | Connor Ramos | Peabody | |
| S | F 1 6th | 54-4.75 | Kris Selenis | Athol High School | |
| S | F 1 9th | 54-2.5 | Bradley Harunkiewicz | Wareham High School | |
| S | F 1 15th | 56-9.5 | Aiden Felty | Innovation Academy Charter School | |
| S | F 1 17th | 52-4 | Dylan Murad | Catholic Memorial High School | |
| S | F 1 21st | 51-3.75 | Eric Demayo | Peabody | |