With SATs in the morning and her junior prom the night before, Amy Piccolo was a little tired before lining up for her 800-meter race at the Weston Twilight Invitational Saturday night. But it still didn’t stop her from doing what she does best – winning! The junior from Ursuline Academy held back in the early stages of the race and with less than 200-meters remaining kicked into high gear en route to a first-place time of 2 minutes, 18.42 seconds. Piccolo defeated runner-up Olivia Manickas-Hill of Lexington, who was timed in 2:19.43 for the two-lapper. “This is my first
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When it comes to competing in track & field, not much stands in the way of Jordan Samuels. Not even a broken hurdle. Locked in a tight battle with Newton North’s Nick Fofano at Saturday’s Weston Twilight Invitational, the Boston College High senior emerged the winner of the 110-meter hurdles with quick time of 14.80 seconds. Samuels was able to run a sub 15-second effort despite slamming through the final hurdle with such force it actually broke the top wood piece in half.
It was a big weekend of Track and Field around Massachusetts. We had two twilight Invitationals, and the annual MSTCA Freshman-Sophomore meets.
Live photo updates from the Weston Twilight Invitational. And follow @MileSplitMass on twitter for live updates and results
The very popular Weston Twilight Invitational is this weekend at Weston High School. Here are all the meet details all in one place.
The MileSplitMass intern goes rogue! This Saturday, I will step out from behind the computer and onto the track for the 2k Steeplechase at the Weston Twilight Meet.