Outdoor 2015 Captains

Thanks to all who attended the banquet, and a hearty congratulations to all of our graduating seniors.

Here are next spring's captains

Boys: Ed Bennie, Ed Glazebrook, Mike Glazebrook, Matt Wolfson
Girls: Eve Bagley, Kylie Lorenzen, Katie Salley, Sydney Snow

***If you have not returned your uniform, please give it to Coach Moreau as soon as possible. (No, they do not need to be washed, we do that for all of them).

Girls Rally To Win State Heptathlon!

It took two days, seven events, one torrential downpour, and some absolutely monster PR's, but after a blistering 800 on a puddle-filled track at Quincy Stadium, the trio of Kylie Lorenzen, Sydney Snow, and Madison Ward were MSTCA North Heptathlon champions. Not only that, their score of 10440 points exceeded that of the South Champion (Oliver Ames), which had 10410, making them the best heptathlon team in the entire state of Massachusetts.  Kylie led the way with 3rd place (3864), Sydney 8th (3397), Madison 15th (3181).

The ladies entered Day 2 in a distant third place, with just over 6000 points. They were 200-300 behind Milford and North Reading, but had a few teams within 100 points of themselves, nipping at their heels for the third and final team trophy.

But the girls were not content with their parade of PR's from Day 1, which included a few events where the sophomores scored more than 100 points than the previous year (Snow in the shot put, Ward in the shot put and hurdles).

With the long jump, javelin, and 800 on the schedule, it was the field events where the girls would first begin to climb. Entering day 2, Kylie was 3rd, and Sydney and Madison were 16th and 17th. With the field randomized, Sydney headed over to javelin, the other two to long jump.

Sydney uncorked a big PR with a throw of 21.17 meters, good for 69'5, more than 15 feet further than her 2013 mark! Over at long jump, the vast majority of the first flights were clearing 13-high or 14-low, but once every go-around an audible gasp would be heard.

That was when the Holliston girls jumped. Madison ripped off not one, not two, but three jumps over 16 feet, including a mammoth 16'11 1/8 on her second attempt that wound up being the second best in the entire competition, a PR of over a foot, and the third best jump in school history (trailing only Kylie's 17'4 and Chrissy Sereno's 17'3.5 from 2003).

Kylie, in her first long jump competition of the year, matched Madison, as she dominated the other pit, clearing 16'7.5 for fourth overall of 62 competitors.

The girls switched, and Sydney held serve with a 15'3, just a couple inches shy of her PR but well ahead of the majority of the field, despite going against a headwind that had just came about, announcing a storm on its way. Over at javelin, Madison moved up from her 39'8 best last year to a 44' toss, while Kylie tied her PR at 75 feet.

Literally minutes after Syd finished her last jump, an absolute downpour came for 30 minutes, even flooding the inside of the football field along the home straightaway. While other teams sought shelter in their cars/buses, the girls waited out the rain under the trees/umbrellas. Forty minutes later, the skies parted, and the competitors came back out on to the field. A few unfortunate girls had to finish the long jump or javelin, and as a result, the 800s would be seeded based on whoever was ready. Our trio went first.

Now, normally they wait until everyone is done with the LJ and Jav, tally up the scores, and then run the 800s, with the top 12 kids going together. The team scores are also known at this point. Due to the rain and the remaining LJ/Jav competitors, everyone was running the 800 having no idea where they ranked individually or as a team.

I did the math, here's what the scores were heading into the 800. 

Individually, Kylie was third (3169), Sydney 15th (2650), Madison 18th (2533)...and here's the team scores

North Reading 8890, Milford 8540, Holliston 8452. Nearly 100 points behind 2nd, and 438 behind first.

But then came the hammer. For the unfamiliar, usually in a heptathlon, it's dominated by sprinter/jumpers, since the 800 is the only distance event out of seven, it's not normally one where kids rack up a ton of points.

Unless they're from Holliston.

Sydney led the way with a 2:25.9, Kylie was just behind in 2:27.9, and Madison was with the pack at 2:42. This was the unofficial "seeded" section, as only one other girl wound up beating Sydney from another heat, and only a (literal) handful would beat Madison's time from other heats.

After the other 800s, the scores were read aloud. Madison had climbed up from 18th to 15, as Holliston was one of only two teams to have all three athletes place in the top 15. Sydney had vaulted from 15th all the way up to 8th, a ridiculous jump in the span of one event. Kylie had held at third, her second straight year earning a top-3 plaque.

North Reading was the other team with three top-15 finishes...but when the scores were read, Holliston had gone from a 438 point deficit heading into the last event to a 266 point win over Reading, which had also leapfrogged Milford and North Reading during the 800.

The last time Holliston earned a trophy at a statewide event was the Girls Indoor Track team in 2003, when they were second at Div. 3's to Bishop Feehan. It took 11 years, but history was made. Congratulations to the ladies on a truly spectacular performance in one of the toughest events there is in track.

And they're all underclassmen!

All 3 Girls in Top 20 after Day 1

After day 1 of the North Heptathlon, our Multi-Event stars Kylie Lorenzen (2252 points), Sydney Snow (1888), and Madison Ward (1872) are 3rd, 16th, and 17th out of 60 competitors!

http://www.mstca.org/Spring_Season/Spring%202014/northhepsday1.pdf (for results)

As a team, Holliston is also third overall with 6012 points, trailing only North Reading (6359) and Milford (6250).

The long jump, javelin, and 800 remain for tomorrow's final day.

Highlights today included several huge PR's, and a few top performances. Madison PR'd by over a full second in the 100 hurdles (18.2), nearly SIX feet in the shot put (18'9), and tied for the best high jump (4'11.75) of the entire competition!

Sydney Snow matched or exceeded her PR in all events, tying high jump (4'7.75), besting her mark in hurdles (18.6), 200 (28.3), and obliterating her shot put (21'6, up from 17' last year)!

Kylie nearly qualified for states...again...in hurdles, running 17.40, and had the second-fastest 200 time of the day in a scorching 26.2. She also had a best in the shot put of 26'6, nearly two feet ahead of last year!

Heptathlon change / AllState recap

We are in the North Heptathlon thus year due to the number of Southern teams that entered. It's at Quincy Stadium, at 98 Coddington Street in Quincy. It is NOT part of Quincy HS.

Ryan Snow placed 22nd in the triple jump yesterday, though virtually the entire field struggled as several "boards" were nothing more than white tape stretched across the runway. He was also the last athlete to compete in the Class if 2014. Truly a remarkable career.

Kylie medaled for the third year in a row as she finished sixth in the 400 in 58.32 a seasonal best!
It was the fastest 400 field ever as the meet record was broken.

Congratulations to all our graduates. Underclassmen please return your uniform if you haven't done so, preferably before the banquet. The banquet us Thursday at 6:30

Lorenzen, Snow both seeded top 10 for All-States!

Here's the seed list for the All-State Meet on Saturday. Kylie Lorenzen is 10th in the 400, Ryan Snow 8th in the Triple Jump!

Sierra Irvin           JR      Hingham        54.70   D2 1^st

Ashley Lewis           JR      Boston Latin   56.12   D2 2^nd

Keilan Nova            SR      Milford        56.86   D2 3^rd

Jenny Sexton           JR      Waltham        58.13   D2 4^th

Mikaila Amerantes      JR      Mansfield      58.17   D1 1^st

Amy Piccolo            JR      Ursuline       58.39   D4 1^st

Jane Clark             SR      ND (Worcester) 58.53   C/W2 1^st

Kristina MacLure       SO      Nashoba        58.56   C/W1 1^st

Khaila Ramirez         SR      Northampton    58.61   C/W1 2^nd

Kylie Lorenzen         JR      Holliston      58.76   D3 1^st

Jayci Andrews          JR      Plymouth South 58.82   D2 5^th***

Merissa Wright         SR      Ursuline       59.11   D4 2^nd

Natasha Olanyk         JR      Mohawk Trail   59.31   C/W2 2^nd

Ashley Arroyo          SO      Silver Lake    59.34   D2 6^th***

Michaela Hedderman     SO      Ipswich        59.58   D4 3^rd

Katie Mulkerin         SR      Billerica      59.60   D1 2^nd

Jacklyn Sullivan       SO      Plymouth North 59.75   D3 2^nd

Catherine Lamond       SR      Northampton    59.83   C/W1 3^rd

Kristen DeVellis       SO      Framingham     59.90   D1 3^rd

Grace Macura           SR      Stoneham       59.98   D4 4^th

Olivia Reinold         JR      Sutton         60.12   C/W 2 3^rd

McKenna Kilian         JR      Pentucket      60.14   D3 3^rd

Sarah Heitmeyer        JR      Littleton      60.18   C/W 2 4^th

Alex Bischoff          SR      Wilmington     60.32   D3 4^th

Rachel Stier           SO      Mansfield      60.33   D1 4^th

Jessica Goldstein      JR      Shrewsbury     60.40   C/W 1 4th

Kurt Robakiewicz       JR      Nipmuc         44’8    C/W2 1^st

Lherief Kenku          SR      Taunton        44’5.25 D1 1st

Nathan Adeyemi         JR      North Attleboro 44’4.5  D2 1st

Evandro DaCosta        SR      Randolph       44’4    D4 1^st

Malik Anderson         SR      Latin Academy  43’8.5  D2 2^nd

Ian Soderlund          SR      Middleboro     43’4.75 D3 1^st

Jack Devine            SR      Minnechaug     43’4    C/W 1 1^st

Ryan Snow              SR      Holliston      43’2.75 D3 2^nd

Pells Dickerson        JR      Barnstable     43’1    D1 2nd

Aidan Gilson           JR      Northampton    43’1    C/W 1 2nd

Thomas Rhines          JR      Lincoln-Sudbury 43’0.25 D1 3^rd

Cameron Williamson     SR      Oliver Ames    42’7    D2 3^rd

Isaiah Matier          SR      Oliver Ames    42’6.75 D2 4^th

Luares Tavares         SR      Taunton        42’5.75 D1 4th

Sam Roth               JR      Lincoln-Sudbury 42’4    D1 5^th

Darion Sadri           SR      Pioneer Valley 42’3    C/W 2 2^nd

Emmanuel Bamgbose      SR      South          42’2    C/W 1 3^rd

Trevor Holbrook        SR      Westwood       42’0.75 D3 3^rd

Anthony Smith          SR      Milton         42’0.25 D3 4^th

Richard Jasper         SR      Card. Spellman 41’10   D4 2^nd

Bryan Hayes            SR      Tahanto        41’6.5  C/W 2 3^rd

Mitjon Celaj           SR      Doherty        41’4.5  C/W 1 4^th

Kyle Davis             JR      Millis         41’4    D4 3^rd

Jeffrey Ivery-Mallard  SR      Weston         41’3    D4 4^th

Nick Peterson                  Southwich-Toll 41’2.5  C/W 2 4th