MIAA All State Finals 2014

Check out the photo galleries and videos from the MIAA All State Finals.

Bedford's Erin Dietz always has a half smile on her face when she's running, giving the impression that what she's doing isn't difficult but a whole lof of fun. That smile broadened a whole lot more after the Div. 2 All-State raceon Saturday. Coming off her third consecutive Div. 5 EMass win, Dietz shook defending Div. 2 champion Olivia Lantz of Manchester Essex after passing 2 miles and lengthened her gap on the way to a dominant win in 18:19. Lantz held on to second in 18:43 and Ipswich's Emily Demarco rounded out the top three in 18:59.

The mohawk was sick, but Quinn Cooney's 15:41 time at Franklin Park in Boston was sicker. 

Nick Carleo made it clear in the week leading up to Saturday's All-State meet that he was perfectly willing to back off the pace if he was feeling less than 100% or sluggish on Franklin Park's 3.1-mile course. 

It’s never easy to defend a state title. Throw in the fact that things aren’t going quite as well during the course of the season and the ability to win becomes even tougher. Needham High had a number of its runner bitten by the injury bug this fall, leaving head coach Cara Van Cott and her staff a little skeptical about the possibility of repeating as champions. But that all changed last weekend when the Rockets handily defeated Lincoln Sudbury by 42 points to win their second straight Division 2 crown at the Eastern Massachusetts Championship.

With an 800-meter best of less than two minutes, Joe Grider considers himself more a track than cross-country runner. “I run on my toes,” said the Hopedale High senior. “Running 3.1 miles all out, all that impact goes to my knees. It’s tough for me.”

The All State finals are complete and Milesplitmass has plenty of photos, videos, and articles coming your way in the next 24 hours. Here is a recap of todays action at Franklin Park.          

Here is all the information you should need for the All State meet at in Boston. It should be a great day of X-C at the historic Franklin Park.

For Newburyport’s Nick Carleo, this fall has been all about the last few weeks of November. He had little concern for competing at major invitationals or glitzy twilight meets that most runners live for throughout the fall. Even last weekend at Eastern Mass. Championships, Carleo was reserved and felt no need to extend himself beyond simply winning the race.

Nestled in the southern corner of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood is a place of legend and lore. It’s a place that prides itself as home to a cross country course that has seen thousands of runners traverse its paths and woods over the course of a century.

One week after a dominating victory in the Division 5 race of the MIAA Eastern State Championships, Carleo will be running his final high school race on Massachusetts’ soil this Saturday. He’ll be looking to defend his Div. 2 crown at the MIAA All State Finals at Franklin Park.