Tons of PR's as girls win, guys lost heartbreaker to Medfield

Some of you already found out, but due to an error on one of the field event sheets, a 1st place finisher for Medfield hadn't been properly recorded as such. As a result, the guys lost 69-67 (Rather than the 69-67 we thought initially we had). Still, some terrific performances by the guys, who were big underdogs. The girls won 80-56 to improve to 2-1.

Here are the results. At the end of the post I have the Twilight Meet participants. Schedule to be posted tomorrow.

Girls
400 Hurdles: (1) Bagley 70.2, (3) Foster 75.3 - PR for Anna, states for Eve!
100: (1) Lorenzen 12.9
Mile: (1) Salley 5:34.2, (2) Datz 5:58.8
4x100 - 2nd place but we PR'd in 56.6!
400: (1) Lorenzen 61.6 - qualifies for states easily, (3) Heather McGee 68.3!
110H: Bridget lost the closest four-person race I've seen, she took 17.5
800: (1) Snow 2:29.8, (3) Keelie Verbeek 2:41.5 (PR!)
200: (2) Madison Ward 28.2 - PR!
2 Mile: (1) Emma Sayers 13:08, (2) Kelly Irons 13:13 - 13 second PR by Kelly, nice debut by Emma!
4x400: (1) Eve, Lexi, Anna, Syd, 4:18.4, best time this year!
Shot Put: (1) Kelly Alves 31'8.5 - seasonal best, (2) Danielle Lamb 26'5
Discus: (2) Danielle Lamb PR in 80'2, (3) Sophia Rahim 69'6 PR
Javelin: (1) Alves 83'10, (3) Amelia Porter with a huge PR of 72'7.5!
High Jump: (1) Madison Ward 5'2
Long Jump: (1) Lorenzen 15'9, (3) Caroline Ward 13'11
Triple Jump: (1) Madison Ward 35'0 - PR and league leader!

Boys
400 Hurdles: (2) Ryan Sofoul 65.8
100: (1) Matt McIsaac 12.0 - big PR by 0.2!
Mile: (2) Mike Glazebrook 4:45.0
4x100: (1) Ratcliffe, Hebert, Ciarcello, McIsaac, 47.1 - PR!
400: (1) Brown 53.6, (3) Andrew Milton 60.1 - big points there!
110 Hurdles: (1) Mike Donovan 17.1 - a FULL SECOND PR and states!
800: (2) Kevin Ricard 2:23.3 - huge points there as well
200: (1) Brown 23.7 (2) Ed Bennie 24.2
2 Mile: (1) Mike Glazebrook 10:44.5, (3) Ed Glazebrook 11:00.2
4x400: 2nd but big PR in 3:51.2! (Bennie, Sofoul, Ciarcello, Milton)
High Jump: (1) Cam Dudley 5'4 - won a three-way tiebreaker!
Long Jump: (3) Ciarcello 17'0.5
Triple Jump: (1) Donovan 41'6.5 - league leader!, (2) McIsaac 38'7.5, (3) Snow 33'9.5 - sweep!
Shot Put: (3) Mulvaney 36'5
Discus: (2) Jake Hancock 109'8 - MASSIVE PR, within 10 feet of states!
Javelin: (2) Matt Wolfson 119'0, (3) Cam Waddell 117'0

Here are the Twilight Entries by Event

Boys
200: Ed Bennie
400: Rick Brown
Mile: Mike Glazebrook
400 Hurdles; Ryan Sofoul
4x200: Matt McIsaac, Tucker Ciarcello, Sam Ratcliffe, Rick Brown (Bennie/Donovan alternates)
Shot Put: Mark Mulvaney
Discus; Jake Hancock
Javelin: Matt Wolfson, Cam Waddell, Reuben Jacobson
Triple Jump: Mike Donovan, Matt McIsaac

Girls
400: Kylie Lorenzen, Helen Dolan
800: Alexis Mejia
Mile: Sydney Snow, Emma Sayers, Kelly Irons
2 Mile: Katie Salley
100 Hurdles: Bridget Ghelli
400 Hurdles: Eve Bagley, Anna Foster
4x200: Elena Daly, Kelsey Crowley, Jill Davis, Keara Shaughnessy
Shot Put: Kelly Alves
Discus: Danielle Lamb, Sophia Rahim
Javelin: Kelly Alves
High Jump: Madison Ward, Caroline Ward
Long Jump: Kylie Lorenzen, Madison Ward, Cassandra Kelly
Triple Jump: Caroline Ward

Alves wins Jav as girls take 5th at Fr/Soph Meet!

We had quite a few impressive performances today at the Route 228 Fr/Soph Invitational at Notre Dame in Hingham. The younger athletes got a chance to have the spotlight to themselves, and didn't disappoint.

The girls, led by 18 points from Kelly Alves alone, totaled 38.5 points to finish fifth as a team, just missing last year's mark for the best finish ever by our school. This meet is normally dominated by large schools, we even beat Acton-Boxboro, which has nearly 2,000 students!

Kelly entered the finals of the javelin in second place, but unleashed a 95'6 missile to win by over six feet and qualify for states! This was mere minutes after she had just finished taking second in the shot put with another PR of 31'5.5.

Caroline Ward was another double medalist, taking fifth in the triple jump at 32'3.5 - which officially qualified her for the Freshman Triple Jump at New Balance Outdoor Nationals! (She had cleared 30' before, but had to do it in an invitational for qualifying purposes). She then cleared 4'9 to tie for fourth in high jump. Not bad for five hours of sleep after coming back early from her vacation so she could compete!

Addie Datz dropped a mammoth PR in the 2-mile. In an 11-person field, as the pack went out in 82 seconds (11:00 pace), she hung back and worked her way up. Ninth after a lap, seventh after two, and fourth at the mile, she took third, nearly stealing second place in 12:27.51! It's a 21 second PR, the fourth-fastest time in the league this year, and qualifies her for states!

The girls 4x400 team had a strong third, with the fastest time of any 4x4 we've had this year in 4:25.44. Alexis Mejia led off (65.2), then Anna Foster (66.8), followed by Kami Kozubal (67.7 - huge PR split) and Emma Sayers (65.5) anchored the squad.

The girls 4x100 A team nearly scored from the unseeded section, as Keara Shaughnessy, Kelsey Crowley, Jill Davis, and Elena Daly ran 57.39. They were third in their heat, but also beat two teams from the fast heat to take ninth. The B team (Julia Whiting, Erica Chipman, Ashley Fondo, Amanda Ernst) ran 60.6 to take 14th despite being seeded 17th!

Earlier in the day we had some other results. Our small battallion of 100 meter runners fared well, with Maddy Getman (17.00), Kelsey Crowley (15.29), Amelia Porter (16.39), Paige Shaughnessy (16.50), Ashley Fondo (16.19), Amanda Ernst (16.39), Keara Shaughnessy (14.66), Elena Daly (14.67), Julia Whiting (15.91), and Jill Davis (15.12) all posting solid times. Erica Chipman was the lone ranger in the 200, but PR'd in 31.90, nearly winning her heat!

Alexis and Emma ran 6:01 and 6:02 in the girls mile, earlier, and Morgan Geoffroy had a big PR in the 800 with a 3:03.99, taking third in her heat!

Kami also took 20th in triple jump at 27'9.5. Flannery Langton threw 44'11 in the javelin, placing 18th.

Anna Foster got the girls started with a 77.16 for 11th in the 400 hurdles...then had to wait five hours for the relay...always a tricky doubl!)

On the boys side, we had two scorers in the top 8, though unfortunately they only gave medals to the top 6. Ryan Sofoul was seventh in the first event - 400 hurdles (66.80), and Mark Mulvaney bookended our day with an eighth in the last event for the guys (shot put, 35'5.5).

The javelin saw a trio of PR's. Cam Waddell nearly made it into the finals, taking ninth overall with a big personal best of 110'3. Pat Quinn was 24th at 86'4, and Jack Inman was 28th at 77'1. Kevin Ricard ran 5:50 for the mile.

Tim Strang had a PR of 14 seconds in the 2 mile, running 11:27 to take 13th.

Our next meet is at home against Medfield on Wednesday. Great job by our young stars today, the future looks bright!

Practice Reminder

There is NO afternoon option for Driver's Ed students today for practice. There IS one tomorrow at 4PM, so either show up to that one or the 10AM one, whichever works best for you.

Please see the previous post for info about Fr/Soph Meet.

Saturday Schedule for Fr/Soph Invitational

7:20 - be at the high school, locker rooms will be open if needed

7:30 - leave by bus for Notre Dame Academy in Hingham

8:30 - arrive at Notre Dame

9:30 – First field events. I put seeds for anyone in the top 15, they give medals to the top 6 or 8 (double-checking on that). Large field, lots of big schools bringing their whole fr/soph groups!

Girls TJ first (Ward - #3 seed, K. Shaughnessy, Kozubal)

Girls SP (Alves - #4 seed), then boys (Mulvaney - #8 seed)

Boys HJ (Sofoul - #7 seed), then girls (Ward – tied for 1^st)

Girls Javelin (Alves - #1 seed, Porter), then boys (Waddell, Fuller, Quinn)

Most 2^nd field events won’t start until about 11:00

TRACK

9:30 – 9:40           Girls 400 Hurdles (Foster)

9:40 – 9:50           Boys 400 Hurdles (Sofoul, #7 seed)

9:50-10:05           Girls 2 Mile (Datz, #7 seed)

10:05-10:20         Boys 2 Mile (Strang, D. Leary)

10:20-10:35         Girls 100 Trials (K. Shaughnessy, Davis, Daly, Crowley, Whiting, Alexander, Ernst, Porter, P. Shaughnessy, Kenney)

10:35-10:50         Boys 100 Trials (Ratcliffe)

10:50-11:00         Hurdle Trials

11:00-11:25         Girls Mile (Mejia 11^th, Sayers 15^th, could be both in fast heat)

11:25-11:55         Boys Mile (Ricard)

11:55-12:05         Girls 400 (Fondo)

12:05-12:20         Boys 400 (R. Brown-5^th seed, Denman)

12:20-12:35         Girls 800 (Geoffroy)

12:35-12:45         Boys 800

12:45-1:00           Girls 200 (Chipman, Alexander)

1:00-1:20              Boys 200 (Troland)

1:20-125               Hurdle Finals

1:25-1:30              100 Finals

1:30-1:35              Girls 4x100 (A Team – Davis, K. Shaughnessy, Crowley, Daly

                                                B Team – Whiting, Ernst, Alexander, Chipman

1:35-1:40              Boys 4x100

1:40-1:55              Girls 4x400 (Mejia, Sayers, Verbeek, Foster)

1:55-2:10              Boys 4x400 (TBA besides R. Brown, Sofoul

You can leave with a parent if I know beforehand, but it has to be your parent/guardian. We will be stopping for food on the way back, so if you want you can bring money. The meet will also have T-shirts for sale.

Boys Results vs. Norton/Practice Notes

Sorry for the delay, here are the boys results vs. Norton.

400 Hurdles: (3) Ryan Sofoul, 64.3
100: (2) Matt McIsaac, 12.4
Mile: (3) Owen Savage, 5:14
400: (2) Rick Brown, 52.6
200: (2) Rick Brown, 24.2
2 Mile; (2) Tim Strang, 11:41.9
Shot Put: (1) Mark Mulvaney, 36'9 - two wins in a row!
Long Jump: (2) Mike Donovan, 19'0.5 - ranked third in the league though!
Triple Jump: (1) Mike Donovan, 39'5, (2) Matt McIsaac, 38'4.75 - Mike qualifies for states, these guys go 1-2 for the second straight meet, and are ranked 2-3 in the TVL!

Practice will be at 10AM on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We'll have a 4PM option on Tuesday and Friday for those taking Driver's Ed during the day.

Freshman/Sophomore Lineup will be posted when the performance lists are up. Since the meet is during vacation, it should have fewer people and therefore go faster than usual.

Bus will leave Holliston at 7:30 for Notre Dame of Hingham on Saturday. We'll get there by 8:30, meet starts at 9:30.

Historic Performances for Girls in loss to Norton

I’m separating the recaps into boys and girls, partially because I forgot to take a photo of the boys’ scoresheet before leaving. I’ll update it when I get the results tonight.

The girls had a historic day, even if the epic comeback came up just two points shy of a win. At one point we were down 62-42 with the triple jump, discus, 2 Mile, and 4x400 remaining – and they still had a 5:14 miler doubling back and a girl that did 35’ in the triple, so it wasn’t like we were expecting to make a run on points.

We came up just short, 69-67, but some of the performances were absolutely incredible. I checked, the only events we lost were to athletes that had won a league title in that event in prior years (or became the league leader today), including some National Qualifiers (Brooke-Lynn Williams in sprints, Katie Bradley in the mile). That is literally making your opponent work their tail off to earn those victories.

In the 400 hurdles, Eve and Anna took second and third, with both lowering their times from last week (71.8 for Eve, 77.1 for Anna), and Eve nearly making states.

Next was the 100, where Kylie came within 0.2 seconds of her own school record with a 12.8, second-best time in the league.

The mile was an epic showdown as well, as Sydney Snow was second in a time of 5:18.0. She’s the first Holliston girl under 5:20 since Kim Thalmann (17 years ago!), and only seven seconds off Kim’s outdoor school record. Kelly Irons came up with a big third place in 6:03.

At this point we got another unexpected surprise. Going into the high jump, it was Madison (4’11 last week) up against two 4’10’s for Norton, with Caroline and her 4’6 personal best just trying to inch up her best mark. Well, Caroline had a SIX INCH PR in high jump, clearing 5’0 to win second place on the tie-breaker. Not to be outdone, Madison made 5’3 on her first attempt to not only win, but qualify for New Balance Outdoor Nationals!

Back on the track, they took the 4x100 with a heavily favored team, but our girls lowered their time by FOUR full seconds with a 55.9.

In the long jump, Kylie took second at 16’11, just five inches off her own school record and easily qualifying for states. It’s the #2 mark in the entire league!

The 400 featured Alexis Mejia coming down from her usual 800, and Madison Ward out of hurdle duty. The duo took second and third, but Alexis qualified for states (63.4) with the fifth-best time in the league this year, and Madison nearly qualifying (64.2) with the #8 time in the league!

They took 1-2 in the hurdles, but Bridget Ghelli continued her PR streak, running 17.7 to creep closer to state qualifying.

The shot put rolled in, with Kelly Alves setting a seasonal best by over a foot, and Danielle Lamb taking third (results updated shortly). In the javelin, Kelly also took second.

Back on the track, Sydney Snow cruised to a win in 2:33, as the comeback began to take shape. Kylie nearly broke her own school record in the 200 with a 26.1, taking second in the 200.

The girls triple jump results came in, and once again the Ward sisters had delivered a major point swing. Up against the defending league champ, they went 1-2 with 33’6 and 33’5 (Madison edging Caroline), with Caroline qualifying for states! (Madison already had done so last week).

Katie Salley entered the 2-mile with a lifetime PR of 12:32, and up against an XC All-State medalist who was doubling back from a 5:14. She dropped a 39 SECOND PR in a time of 11:53, which leads the entire league by 14 seconds! She’s the first sub-12 girl since Rosie Keogh 7 years ago. Addie Datz took third, nearly stealing second, with a time of 12:48.2 It’s a 35 second PR from last week, and puts her at #7 in the league and only 13 seconds off of states!

The 4x400 toed the line knowing we needed a win to stay alive. Alexis led off with a 64.6, followed by Anna holding the lead at a 68.1. Emma gapped Norton with a 66.2, and Eve took it home in 65.6, for a state-qualifying time of 4:24.7!

Danielle Lamb (1^st) and Sophia Rahim (3^rd, checking on distances) took 1-3 in the discus for the final event.

In all, here’s what we had at the end of the day

NATIONAL QUALIFIERS – 1 (Madison Ward , High Jump)

STATE QUALIFIERS – 5 athletes in 7 events!

2 Mile – Salley

100 – Lorenzen

Long Jump – Lorenzen

400 – Mejia

Triple Jump – Caroline Ward

High Jump – Madison Ward

4x400

SCHOOL RECORDS THREATENED

100 (Kylie, own record)

200 (Kylie, own record)

Long Jump (Kylie, own record)

“FIRST TIME WE HAD SOMEONE UNDER – IN AT LEAST X YEARS” performances

Mile – Sydney (first under 5:20 in 17 years)

2 M – Katie (first under 12 in 7 years)

I’m going to post the TVL Rankings tomorrow on the website, expect to see a TON of red!

Norton Directions, Banquet Update

Athletes need to be out in front of the school tomorrow by 2:20, bus leaves at 2:30. The meet is at Norton High School, for parents driving in here are the directions.

495 South to 140 South (Mansfield) Exit
Continue on 140 South for 3.5 miles until it becomes West Main Street. School is located at 66 W Main St. It takes about 35 minutes from HHS.

We should be back by 6:30-6:45.

Also, the Spring Track Banquet is Tuesday, June 2nd at 6:30 in the HHS Cafeteria.

Schedule

This week we have a meet at Norton at 3:30. Bus will leave at 2:30, all athletes must be out front, in uniform, no later than 2:20. Unless there is an emergency, athletes are required to take the bus home. We should be back by 6:45.

Next week, during vacation, here is the practice schedule.

Monday - OFF
Tuesday - 10AM or 4PM (afternoon option is for those that can't make the 10AM due to Driver's Ed)
Wednesday - 10AM
Thursday - 10AM or 4PM
Friday - 10AM
Saturday - Freshman/Sophomore Invitational at Notre Dame of Hingham. No practice for juniors/seniors.

If you're in town, you're expected to be at practice.

Two Wins, Five Qualifiers in the Season Opener despite the sleet!

So, little secret. Most coaches love to "talk shop" at the finish line, particularly as it drags on. Toward the end of the meet, when the 2 milers were wearing leggings AND jackets, we started asking each other if they ever saw kids run in tougher conditions. None of us - not even Coach Ryan! - could remember such weather.

A HUGE thank you to all that helped the meet run so smoothly. We started at 3:40 and were done by 5:45, and you all were extremely brave to withstand these conditions.

We'll have our friends from Millis - big thanks to them as well! - back at some point this season to contest the discus, which is still under snow. So the score isn't final, though we did clinch a win on each side.

GIRLS

Holliston leads 79-39

400 hurdles         Bagley (H) 72.2   White (M) 75.6   Foster (H) 78.5

100                       Koistinen (M) 13.5, Sherntz (M) 14.7, Kelly (H) 14.8

Mile                      Snow (H) 5:29.9, Salley (H) 5:34.3 BOTH STATE QUALIFIERS AND NEARLY PR'D!, J. O’Reilly (M) 5:56.1

4x100                   H 59.7 (Kelly, Crowley, Davis, Lorenzen)

400                       Cruz (M) 64.4, Dolan (H) 65.4, Malewicz (M) 68.9

100 H                    Ghelli (H) 17.9 Nearly PR'd and nearly qualified!, M. Ward (H) 19.3, White (M) 19.6

800                       Mejia (H) 2:42.5, Good (M) 2:47.6, Sayers (H) 2:48.3

200                       Lorenzen (H) 27.1 Qualified!, Snow 29.4 (H), Koistinen (M) 29.8

2 Mile                   Golden (M) 12:37.1, Datz (H) 13:23.2, Irons (H) 13:25.9

4x400                   Holliston 4:41.3

High Jump           M. Ward (H) 4’11 Qualified in this..., C. Ward (H) 4’2, Flaherty (M) 4’2

Long Jump           Kylie won, still checking distance and the 2nd/3rd places

Triple Jump         M. Ward (H) 32’0...and qualified in this!, C. Ward (H) 30’0.5, Golden (M) 28’3

Shot Put               Alves (H) 30’0 (might have qualified, confirming distance), Lamb (H) 27’3, ?

Javelin                  Cerrullo (M) 71’8, Hofhang (M) 61’7, Alves (H) 61’5

 

Boys (Holliston leads 97-30)

400 Hurdles         Sofoul (H) 66.2, Schultz (M) 77.2, Mullen (M) 79.1

100                       McIsaac (H) 12.2, Ratcliffe (H) 12.6, Wrobel (H) 12.7

Mile                      M. Glazebrook (H) 4:53.3, Strang (H) 5:30, Ricard (H) 5:56

4x100                   Holliston, 49.7

400                       Brown (H) 53.2 State Qualifier+PR!, Fairfield? (M) 54.6, Sibley (H) 67.8

110 Hurdles         Donovan (H) 18.5, Bennie (H) 20.0, Fairfield (M) 21.2

800                       Koistinen (M) 2:25.2, Savage (H) 2:31.9, Milton (H) 2:34.3

200                       Bennie (H) 25.6, Ciarcello (H) 26.6, Wrobel (H) 27.0

2 Mile                   E. Glazebrook (H) 11:45, Leary (H) 12:25.5, ? Millis 3^rd

4x400                   Holliston 4:11.3

 

High Jump           Dudley (H) 5’2, Frasca (M) 5’0, no third

Long Jump           Ciarcello (H) 17’3, Hebert (H) 16’11.5, Fairfield (M) 14’10

Triple Jump         Donovan (H) 38’10, McIsaac (H) 35’1, Fairfield (M) 32’4

Shot Put               Mulvaney (H) 36’1, Orel (M) 33’6, Fallon (M) 32’1

Javelin                  White (M) 114’6, Wolfson (H) 101’0, Lazarre (M) 85’3

As for impressive debuts, check out this from the boys side!
Matt McIsaac - won the 100, 2nd in triple jump, anchored winning 4x100
Tucker Ciarcello - won the long jump, 2nd in the 200, ran the winning 4x400
Cam Dudley - won the high jump against a kid who's done 5'8
Ryan Sofoul - won the 400 hurdles, on winning 4x400
Mike Donovan - not a rookie, but won the 110 hurdles in his first race at the distance!

Order of Events for Wednesday

Thanks again to everyone who helped move the high jump mats/standards, hurdles, and blocks out of the gym today. One less thing to worry about!

Normal practice tomorrow, outside unless you see anything posted on the locker rooms to indicate otherwise. Anyone who did not receive a uniform last week needs to see me at the start of practice.

As for Wednesday, looks like as of now it'll be chilly but not too rainy. Here's the order of events, and schedule

2:45 - Athletes need to be outside to help set up.
By no later than 3:10 - Lanes 2-5 need to be set up with the 400 meter hurdles at the white lines (approximately 40m apart, so there's 2-3 per straightaway/curve), Lowest Setting
Field Event athletes responsible for their own set up, though we need help with High Jump Mats.
3:30 - Meet starts
Girls 400 Hurdles....afterwards we need to raise the hurdles to the middle (3rd of 5) setting
Boys 400 Hurdles...afterwards we need to pull the hurdles off the track, set them up on the turf field along the main straightaway
Girls 100
Boys 100
Girls Mile
Boys Mile
Girls 4x100
Boys 4x100
Girls 400
Boys 400.....after the 400, hurdles brought out in Lanes 2-5 on the yellow lines, 2nd-lowest setting
Girls 100 Hurdles....afterwards, move hurdles to blue lines, on the 2nd-highest setting
Boys 110 Hurdles...afterwards, move hurdles off track along the fence
Girls 800
Boys 800
Girls 200
Boys 200
2 Mile (boys+girls run together)
Girls 4x400
Boys 4x400

Field Events...discus will be contested at a later date, as the vector is still half-covered in deep snow.
Runway (horizontal jumps) - Girls Long Jump, then Boys Triple Jump, then Boys Long Jump, then Girls Triple
Girls High Jump, then Boys
Boys Shot Put, then Girls
Boys Javelin, then Girls

Meet should end at approximately 5:45.

Optional shoveling tomorrow, weight room open

Fortunately we got enough shoveled from those who came to today's (optional) practice that we won't have any mandatory shoveling tomorrow. Weight room will be open from 10-12, you can shovel if you want but the only spot left on the whole track is the part in front of the old concession stand.

Friday/Saturday

Here's the update for the last two days of the week. Tomorrow (Thursday) is a regular 2:30-4 practice.

Friday - OPTIONAL practice from 10-11:30. All coaches will be available, but again, practice is optional due to the holiday.

Saturday - As I mentioned at practice today, we need the track and field event areas clear in advance of Wednesday's home opener. After the optional Friday practice, if there's still snow on the track/runways/field vectors, we'll have the team shovel in the morning on Saturday at 10 AM. I'll post an update at noon on Friday to let people know where we stand with the track.

Picture Day/Rest of Week

We'll be shoveling the track today from 2:15-3:00. We'll go in shifts, so if you don't have a shovel you can use someone else's. Areas of focus are as follows

1) The piles at the entrance
2) The first turn of the track
3) Long Jump Runway

At 3:00, we'll have our team picture in the gym, in uniform. Practice will start at 3:15, most groups should expect to be outside.

Thursday is normal 2:30-4
Friday - practice from 10:00-11:30.