Sunday, May 15, 2016

Holliston sees Success at Coach's Invitational

The Top finishers in order of success yesterday at Acton Boxboro for the Girls and BC High for Boys.

Caroline Ward had a HUGE PR of 35'10.25" to WIN the meet in the Triple Jump!!

Kelly Alves had a big time toss of 36'1" good for second in the Shot Put.

Madison Ward cleared 5'3" and had a some great attempts at 5'5" to finish 3rd in the High Jump.

High Jump note - little old Holliston has the best depth in High Jump in Massachusetts with all four girls being able to clear 5' on any given day.  Newton North which has 3x as many students and has been a state power for years in girls track, is next best with 3 girls who finished in the top 13 to our 4 in the top 10!!

Mike Donovan jumped 42'4.5" to capture 4th in the Boys Triple Jump.

Madison Finished 4th with a leap of 35'2" to grab 4th in the Girls Triple Jump.

The Girls 4x400 Team started with Eve Bagley then to Helen Dolan to Sydney Snow anchored by Alexis Mejia clocked in an impressive 4:08.77 after all the girls had competed earlier in the day to finish in 4th place.

Eve Bagley improved her school record by over a half second to pick up 5th in 400 Hurdles in 1:08.05.

Caroline Ward jumped 5'1" high enough to place her in a tie for 6th

Alexis Mejia - Had a huge PR of 60.5 in the 400, good enough to place 7th in her event.

Brooke Geoffroy leaped 5'1" also to place her in 8th

Becca Stevens cleared 4'11" to tie her for 9th with 4 other girls.

Kelly Alves had a throw of 90'8" to finish 10th in the Discus.

Sydney Snow had a PR in the outdoor 800 at 2:21.30, which placed her 11th in the 800.

Matt McIsaac jumped 19'10.5" to place 15th in the Long Jump

Mike Donovan ran a 11.73 to place 15th in the 100 Meter Dash.

Helen Dolan ran a great two mile and won her heat with a time of 12.11.32, good for 17th overall.

Rick Brown clocked in at 52.90 to end up at 17th in the 400.

Amelia Porter threw the javelin 79'8" to place 20th in her event.

The Girls 4x100 relay comprised of Brooke Geoffroy, Sarah Winiker, Becca Stevens & Caroline Ward ran a 54.60 to finish 26th in their event.

Alexis Mejia jumped 15'1" to finish 27th in the Long Jump.

The Boys 4x100 relay finished at 47.99.  Our runners were: Mike Donovan, Matt McIsaac, Mike Wexler and Cam Dudley. The squad finished 30th.

Cam Dudley leaped 17'6.25" to finish 40th in the Long Jump.

Congratulations to all who competed on what was finally a beautiful day!

See all of these athletes and more Wednesday at the Tri-Valley League meet (better known as TVL's) at Westwood High School.  This meet starts at 3 p.m. - so it is a half hour earlier than usual.

Best of luck and GO PANTHERS this Wednesday!!!

(If I neglected to include something/someone - please let me know - stephen.snow@verizon.net)