Massachusetts (MIAA) Eastern Division 4 Outdoor Championships 2014

Old Rochester's Mike Wyman put his sensational finishing speed to good use, passing Matt Mahoney of Swampscott with 350 meters to go in the 2 mile and roaring across the finish line in a meet-record time of 9:11.39. Mahoney was also under the long-standing mark of 9:14.9 set by Mike Bissonnette of Coyle-Cassidy in 1973 with his 9:11.83.

The biggest weekend of Track and Field has arrived and Milesplitmass has all the action. We have put together a Meet Central Pages for both Eastern and West/Central Divisions. Coaches and parents can one stop shop for all the important information they need.

It was a fantastic day of MIAA Track and field action as four divisions took place today. 

MIAA Eastern Division 4 Outdoor Championships meet central. Follow @MileSplitMass on twitter for other updates.  

You won’t find these records in your meet program!  Greetings everyone. Listed below is a look at the updated event-records for the Mass. Divisional Meets [formerly the Class Meets] scheduled for May 31 and June 1, 2014. The divisional records, in particular, are a work in progress. The sprints [100, 200] short hurdles and javelin require more research and updating. While hand-times [ht] in the sprints and hurdles are ok to list, it is necessary to unearth the correct FAT [Fully Automatic Times] to present a clear picture of the records. A hand-timed mark should never be converted for purposes of a record. Therefore, a bit more research is needed in this regard. In the boy’s javelin, the D1 and D4 records are with the old javelin. Still looking for the “new” javelin records. Likewise, the girl’s javelin records, D1 and D2, are with the old javelin. These records need to be updated to reflect the “new” javelin. In some cases in the sprints and hurdles it appears hand times may have been rounded out to FAT times. That’s a no, no! Once research is complete, up-to-date accurate records will be posted on MileSplit. National Records and additional research from Jack Shepard, Track & Field News. American Junior Records are those ratified by USATF. Junior Records are restricted to athletes who do not turn 20 at any time during the calendar year in which the mark is made. Eastern Records are those compiled by Eastern Track’s Walt Murphy [wmurphy25@aol.com] and include the states from Maine to Virginia. New England and Mass. records are those compiled by Larry Byrne [ltbyrne1016@verizon.net] and Larry Newman [netrack@aol.com]. p= record pending verification; *** = Freshman, ** = Sophomore, * = Junior. All others are Seniors.

The MIAA Division 4 Performance List is out for this weekend. 

The inaugural MIAA State Pentathlon entries are out, and we are closing fast on all other entries as the deadline is noontime of Tuesday. The Pentathlon is a scoring event and it looks as if it might play a key role in some of the divisions.