At
the Tri-Valley League Championship, Madison Ward, Mike Glazebrook, and the
girls 4x400 all won their events, and Sydney Snow broke her own school record
in the 600. The girls finished third with 50 points, the boys seventh with 14.
Emma
Guccione came in to the meet having just missed the state qualifying standard
by 0.01 seconds (7.85). After taking care of that with a 7.82 in the preliminary
round, she torched a 7.77 to finish third despite being seeded seventh! Jana
Paecht was 19th in 8.54.
Over
at the boys dash, Ed Bennie PR’d in 7.21 for 12th and Sam Ratcliffe
was 18th in 7.43.
In
the girls hurdles, Eve Bagley was 12th in 10.55 and Bridget Ghelli
nearly made the finals with a huge PR of 10.20 to take ninth.
Addie
Datz was 15th in the mile in 6:07.47.Eve Bagley took fifth in the
600 in 1:43.86, and Sydney Snow came up with a PR and school record of 1:38.39
taking a close second.
The
first Coed Freshman Mile thanks to the small guys field saw Tim Strang (5:26, 2nd
for guys) and Emma Sayers (5:53.11, second for girls) both PR. Kelly Irons was
fourth in 5:56 and change somehow her result was off the official sheet.
Back
at sprints, the boys duo of Rick Brown (37.43) and Ed Bennie (39.09) both PR’d
to take fourth and 13th. Anna Foster (14th, 47.43) and
Helen Dolan (11th, 46.41) followed in their heats of the girls.
Madison Ward PR’d in 45.82 to take seventh place, then Emma Guccione set
another PR and finished fourth in 43.52, just missing third by 0.01.
Katie
Salley and Sydney Snow were next in the 1000, with Syd doubling back from the
600 to take third in 3:10.21, and Katie claiming fifth in a seasonal best of
3:14.21.
To
say Mike Glazebrook has a rivalry with Michael Brady of Medway is an
understatement. Here were their three races this month.
Dual
Meet – Brady 4:50.7, Glazebrook 4:50.7 (Brady wins by less than a tenth)
Dual
Meet Rematch – Brady 4:46.5, Glazebrook 4:48
Elite
Meet 2 Mile – Glazebrook 9:55.64, Brady 9:55.70
Three
races separated by less than a tenth of second twice – that’s a margin of
victory normally found in the 55 meter dash. Well, they stayed true to form
today. Mike shadowed Brady for 15 of the 16 laps, hanging 37s and 38s, before
ripping off a 30 second final 200 to take the win in 10:01.76 – less than a
second ahead of Brady. Ed Glazebrook, battling an illness from this past week,
took ninth in 11:05. Adri Grinder and Abby Meltzer finished seventh (13:07) and
14th (13:45) in the girls two mile. Over in “The Cage”< Hannah Brady
was ninth in shot put (27’3), Ashley Arnold 19th (23’5.5). Mark
Mulvaney took 16th (34’7), Ben Salley 22nd (30’7).
Madison
Ward answered the question, “Who’s the top high jumper now that the Westwood
girls have graduated?” With a parade of 4’10 and 4’11 seeds threatening to
assert themselves, Ward cruised through the first two heights at 4’8 and 4’10
with only the Norton girl emerging unscathed. When Ward cleared 4’11 on her
first attempt, and the rest of the field missed out, the victory was hers. For
good measure, she got over 5’0 on her own afterward. Caroline Ward tied for 10th
at 4’4.
The
girls 4x400 team had some workhorses, as Helen Dolan was in her second event
and Emma Guccione, Eve Bagley, and Sydney Snow were all in their third. After splits by Emma (63.6), Eve
(64.0), Helen (65.6), Sydney anchored with a 60.9 to keep Hopkinton away and
secure the victory in 4:14.52!
