Andre Rolim

With adidas Nationals in a week we look at the best performances at NC A&T's venue's history.

 Many Massachusetts T & F alumni opened their respective seasons this weekend at the BU Indoor Opener. It was a low-key but high intensity meet that saw impressive and promising performances from former state champions and star athletes, now attending schools such as Northeastern, Harvard, Dartmouth and BU.

Dominance. How can one school with different coaches produce two dominating performances on the same day at the same meet? Perhaps it was a fluke coincidence. Perhaps it was something in the water. Or, perhaps it's the tradition of track and field at a school with three Hall of Fame Coaches and dozens of state meet trophies in the trophy case. That school is Newton North. And to the surprise of virtually nobody at Durfee High School on Sunday, that double was performed by Jim Blackburn's Tigers (64) and Joe Tranchita's Lady Tigers (95.5). Acton-Boxboro, meanwhile, took runner-up in both meets (55 for the boys, 62 the girls), with Lincoln-Sudbury (45 boys, 56 girls) taking 3rd in both as well.

The Boston Globe has selected the annual Indoor Track & Field All Scholastics team.  Read about the accomplishments of both the athletes and coaches from this past winter season.   (via www.boston.com)

The New Balance Indoor National Championships start Friday morning at the Armory in New York.  MileSplit New England will follow the accomplishments of all the athletes from the region and post updates as they become available. 

The buzz about how good Precious Holmes really was began early this winter and continued through the indoor season. The Hillhouse, CT phenom didn’t disappoint the Reggie Lewis Center crowd at Friday night’s 25th New England Interscholastic Indoor Track & Field Championships.

What could have resulted in a colossal disaster for Somerville’s Andre Rolim at last night’s 25th New England Interscholastic Track & Field Championships instead turned into a gold medal performance. After dominating the field in winning the state title in the 600 last Sunday, Rolim nearly... (via Boston Herald)

New England track and field action took place on a national spectrum in every sense of the term.  State records were broken in Boston at the Massachusetts All-State Championships, and national leaders were crowned at the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle, Washington. All of this happens only five days prior to the New England Championships.  

Based on the performance list entering the meet, the Newton North boys were projected to score 24 points.  Even further down the list, Mansfield was projected to only score 14 points.  Both should have finished mid-pack if the performance list had any significant impact on the outcome of the championship.  Thankfully for both teams, seed times mean little.

Every event in a state championship provides excitement and drama, but this year the relays may decide the team title. But don't expect to see the same line-ups from last week. Some additional fresh legs --courtesy of athletes that did not qualify in an individual event-- may help the common man become the hero. We watched it happen on Sunday at the Division 1 Championships, and those same teams remain in the hunt this week.

Newton North continues to accomplish what is unimaginable to most teams, and this time they may have outdone themselves.  They scored 20 points in the long jump with four different girls contributing to the total.  Most teams would be thrilled to score 20 points in a meet, or have one athlete in the finals of a major division championship.  The depth was on display as a bevy of athletes assumed their role within the program for the greater good of the team.  The entire situation speaks volumes about the character of the athletes and the trust they have in the coaching staff.

Somerville High School's boys' and girls' indoor track and field teams each took first in nine of 10 events, powering them to a sweep of Everett Wednesday evening at the SHS Field House. (via Boston.com)

  The Dartmouth Relays is traditionally the first major invitational with regional implications. Teams from all six New England states are slated to participate, in addition to teams from New York and Canada.  MileSplit will follow all the action from the two day event, updating this page with the most recent performances.

It was a big week for athletes from New England as an elevated level of competition at several major invitationals catapulted many to the top of the national rankings. 

Somerville junior Andre Rolim ran the fastest 600-meter run in both Massachusetts and New England Tuesday at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston. The run capped a four-medal performance by the Somerville Highlanders at the Boston Holiday Challenge, the first major track meet of their winter season. (via Somerville Patch)

The indoor track season is upon us and it’s time to take a look at the top returners from each event.

The indoor track season is upon us and it’s time to take a look at the top returners from each event.

Massachusetts athletes pick-up 12 wins and 2 meet records.

The Mansfield machine was back at it, claiming another team track championship.

  Several nationally ranked athletes finally meet for one last shot at bragging rights.

Andrea Keklak scorches a 2:08.78 to win the 800m, while Moira Cronin leaps to US#3 in the high jump.