Well, it's been a crazy week as the wild card system's new rules had even yours truly confused. The state put in a rule that you had to be top six to count as a wild card on high jump (previously they took all the people who cleared the last wild card's height), so Madison suffered the misfortune of being in the most competitive division, which had six people over 5'2. Then it turned out Logan Cotto did make it as the last wild card. I wasn't sure how they counted preliminary/final round times, but our hurdler did get in after all.
So we've got Sydney and Logan on Saturday, both competing early for all you that want to come and cheer them on. Logan goes at 9:30 for the Hurdle Trials, Sydney at 10:25 for the 600.
A few words on our qualifiers and near-qualifier. Did you know that Madison and Sydney are the only Holliston athletes since 1996 (possibly eariler, that's as far back as the online results go) to medal in the indoor divisional meet their first two years of high school?
Sydney's our first indoor State Divisional champion since 2009, when Emmaline Berg (Shot Put) and Rosie Keogh (2 Mile) each won. She's also the youngest Divisional champion we've had according to the results I have on file!
Logan's time of 8.08 is the same time his older brother Ty ran at the 2006 AllState Meet, where he placed 12th. For those that don't know, Ty went on to become a two-time conference and New England champion for UMass-Amherst in the 60 meter hurdles.
Reminders for everyone...the Banquet is Wednesday, February 26th at 6:30 in the cafeteria. It's posted on the schedule sidebar to the right, so you won't miss it. And for those interested, the Spring Track Signup Meeting will be Thursday the 27th after school in the cafeteria. Registration for all spring sports is due March 6th (done online at familyid.com)
