Girls 6th at Relays...SMR to Nationals, 2 more records, 2 more qualifiers!

Long, confusing day at Burlington with track/field events coming and going, but well worth it.

We had two new relays qualify for states, three school records, four top-five finishes, and one NATIONALS QUALIFIER, And – unofficially – the girls had by far their best team finish ever!

The boys started off in the field events, with the long jump relay of Liam Hebert, Mike Donovan, and Tucker Ciarcello placing 16^th with a combined mark of 53’9. Liam led the way with a 19’6 jump, joining Mike and Tucker in the 19-foot Club and as a contender for the TVL Meet on Wednesday. The boys javelin crew of Matt Wolfson, Reuben Jacobson, and Cam Waddell placed 14^th at 329’0.

The girls track events started off with a school record. In the theme of the day, an expression I stole from Coach Blackmore is “You can’t pick what year you graduate high school.” In other words, you can’t control how deep your event is (or isn’t) in a given year. The girls 4x1600 team was ninth in a time of 23:25 (Salley 5:29, Mejia 6:00, Irons 6:00, Datz 5:56), but their time unofficially broke the old school record of 23:40!

The girls 4x100 team came in on a quest to get the 54.24 standard for states, and just barely missed, as Keara Shaughnessy, Caroline Ward, Elena Daly, and Helen Dolan ran 54.73 to take 24^th.

Next up was the Sprint Medley. To use the “can’t pick your year” quote, everyone seemed to ‘stack” this event. So although the girls took fifth…BUT in a time that would’ve been top two in almost any year….AND their splits (2:21.4 Sydney Snow, 27.5 Madison Ward, 28.0 Eve Bagley, 58.6 Kylie Lorenzen) added up to 4:16.65….which qualified for New Balance Outdoor Nationals. It also ranks as 39^th in the United States of America. Do yourself a favor…check athletic.net, and look up the US rankings for ANY event. Find 39^th place, and prepare to be stunned how incredible it is to be ranked that high in anything.

And before the “but” crowd chimes in…..It IS contested regularly in other states.

The girls 4x200 team entered with a 2:03 PR from their Near-Midnight Run At Twilight. Undaunted, the quartet of Anna Foster (28.9), Kelsey Crowley (30.1), Jill Davis (30.3), and Elena Daly (28.9) blazed a 1:58.04 to take 14^th, beating half the field!

The girls 4x400 was the last running event. Kylie, Eve, and Sydney were doubling back…and in fact, Kylie and Sydney had already started their jumps events. The girls had been knocking on the door of the school record (4:09) the last few years.

This year, they got a running start and kicked the door down.

Eve led off in 61.7, Lexi followed with a 63.3. Sydney got the baton in fifth and worked up to 4^th with a 60.5. Then came Kylie, with a huge move the last 150m to pass third and second, and nearly stole the win with a split of 58.7. Their time of 4:04.25 SHATTERS the old school record, and is the third fastest time in Massachusetts so far. A few other teams will probably match or exceed that in the other relay meets, but expect them to be in the top 10 after this weekend.

The boys had two running events on the track, and made the most of it. The 4x100 relay team had come oh-so-close to qualifying in several dual meets, but the team of Sam Ratcliffe, Liam Hebert, Mike Donovan, and Matt McIsaac finally punched their ticket to states, running 46.73 to beat the standard by 0.11!

Following suit, the boys 4x400 relay team was coming off a Westwood meet three days earlier when they had run 3:43, two seconds off the standard. Rick Brown led off with the race of his life in a 51.9, then Mike Glazebrook ran a 56.4 (proving that 2 milers can have speed!), and Ryan Sofoul followed up with a 56.1. Ed Bennie held off a charging foe to win the heat, splitting 53.2 as the boys easily qualified by four seconds with a 3:37.80, eighth place overall! It’s the third fastest time in the TVL this year.

Over in field, the girls throws had a trio of top-20 finishes. The shot put squad of Kelly Alves (32’8 PR), Danielle Lamb (28’0 PR), and Flannery Langton (21’0) took 11^th at 81’6.5, while the discus team of Lamb, Melanie Galeaz, and Maria Gentile was 16^th at a combined distance of 201’8. Javelin (Alves, Amelia Porter, Langton) finished 17^th at 203’7 (no individual results available as of yet for those last two).

In jumps, the long jump crew of Kylie (16’8 unofficial), Alexis (near-15 feet), and Elena (14’+) just missed medaling with a 46’0.75. The high jump squad of Madison (4’11), Caroline (4’9) and Sydney (4’6) took fourth at 14’2, while the triple jump of Madison, Caroline, and Kami Kozubal finished third at 97’5.25.

At the end of the day, the girls scored 20 points to place sixth overall. Previously, their highest finish ever was 14^th (not counting 2008 data, unavailable…checking on that)!

Congrats to all that either made history, extended their season by qualifying for states, or who competed well and set new personal bests. Everyone gets to charge up the hill again on Wednesday over at the League Meet, so if you didn’t have your best day today, you’ve got another shot!

Division 3 Relays Schedule

Here is the schedule for the Division 3 State Relays at Burlington High School on Saturday. It’s a different format from most meets. In the morning, the girls compete in the running events while the boys compete in field. They switch around noon, although field events depend on how soon the first group finishes. For example, girls long jump may end at 11:30, but girls discus might not end until 12. So if you’re in a later field event, you need to keep an eye on the one that precedes you, particularly if you’re in the first flight.

If you are competing only in the afternoon, you or your parents can drive you in, but your parents have to e-mail me ahead of time. Also, anyone competing in the afternoon has to be present by 10:45 (girls field) or 11 (boys running). Takes about 45 minutes to get to Burlington.

7:30 Be at Holliston HS. Locker rooms will be open. Please note – since it’s a relay meet, anyone in a running relay has to have the same (solid) color if they wear any visible undergarments (like spandex).

7:45 – Bus leaves for Burlington

8:30/8:40 – Bus arrives at Burlington

9:30 – Boys Field Events start

Long Jump – Ciarcello, Donovan, Hebert (Flight 3 of 4)

Javelin – Wolfson, Jacobson, Waddell (first flight, so right at 9:30)

10:00 – Girls Running Events

10:00 – Girls 4x1600 (Salley, Mejia, Irons, Datz)

10:25 – Boys 4x1600 (only running event guys have in the morning)

10:50 – Girls Shuttle Hurdles

11:05 – Girls 4x100 (K. Shaughnessy, C. Ward, Daly, Dolan)

11:15 – Girls Sprint Medley (Snow-800, M. Ward-200, Bagley-200, Lorenzen-400)

11:25 - 4x800

11:45 - 4x200 (Davis, Foster, Crowley, Daly)

11:55 - Distance Medley

12:10 - 4x400 – (Bagley, Mejia, Snow, Lorenzen)

Approximately 11:30 – could be earlier/later

GIRLS FIELD EVENTS

High Jump – Madison Ward, Caroline Ward, Snow

Long Jump – Lorenzen, Mejia, Daly (First flight)

Triple Jump – Madison Ward, Caroline Ward, Kozubal (4^th flight of 4)

Shot Put – Alves, Lamb, Langton (1^st flight)

Discus – Lamb, Gentile, Galeaz (3^rd flight of 4)

Javelin – Alves, Porter, Langton (4^th flight of 4)

Approximately 12:30

12:30 - Boys Shuttle Hurdles

12:40 - Boys 4x100 (Ratcliffe, Hebert, Ciarcello, McIsaac)

12:50 - Boys Sprint Medley (M. Glazebrook-800, McIsaac-200, Bennie-200, Brown-400)

1:00 - Boys 4x800

1:20 - Boys 4x200

1:30 - Boys Distance Medley

1:50 - Boys 4x400 – Brown, Ciarcello, Sofoul, Bennie

2:30 (estimated) – leave Burlington. Will be stopping on way back for food (specifically, Ben & Jerry’s in Natick).

Regular Season finishes with sweep of Westwood!

A strong finish to the end of our regular season, as the boys (74-58) and girls (75.67 to 60.33) both earned big wins over talented Westwood teams. The boys finish at 3-3, the girls at 4-2.

BOYS
400 Hurdles: (1) Sofoul 67.4
100: (2) McIsaac 12.1
Mile: (1) M. Glazebrook 4:57.0
4x100: (1) Ratcliffe, Hebert, Ciarcello, McIsaac, 48.1
400: (1) R. Brown 55.8
110 Hurdles: (1) Donovan 17.7
800: (1) M. Glazebrook 2:16.0
200: (1) Bennie 23.9
2 Mile: (2) Ed Glazebrook 10:55 - seasonal PR!
4x400: (1) R. Brown, Sofoul, Ciarcello, Bennie - 3:43.0 - huge seasonal best, just two seconds off states!
Shot Put: (3) Mulvaney 36'7.75
Discus (1) Hancock 100'0
Javelin: (1) Jacobson 122'6 - big PR!, (2) Wolfson 121'6; (3) Waddell 119'5 - big PR, huge sweep!
High Jump: (3) Dudley 5'4
Long Jump: (1) Ciarcello 19'1 - over a foot PR, now tied for 3rd in league! (3) Donovan 19'0
Triple Jump: (1) Donovan 40'6.5; (3) McIsaac 37'9.75

GIRLS
400 Hurdles: (2) Bagley 71.2, (3) Foster 77.4
100: (1) Lorenzen 12.7
Mile: (1) Salley 5:30.1- PR, huge kick for the win!
400: (2) Bagley 64.1, (3) Mejia 64.8
100 Hurdles: (1) Ghelli 17.7, (2) M.Ward 18.0 - big PR!
800: (1) Snow 2:25.3
200: (1) Lorenzen 26.3
2 Mile: (3) Datz 12:45.9
4x400: (1) Mejia, Kozubal, McGee, Snow, 4:21.0
Shot Put: (2) Alves 31'9.5, (3) Lamb 26'6
Discus: (2) Lamb 71'4
Javelin: (1) Alves 93'2, (3) Porter 73'2
High Jump: (1) M. Ward 4'8, (Tied-3rd) C. Ward, Snow, 4'6
Long Jump: (1) Lorenzen 17'2.5 - seasonal best!, (3) Daly 14'7.5 - big PR!
Triple Jump: (1) M. Ward 34'0, (2) C. Ward 33'8, (3) Kozubal 30'2.5 - big PR!

Madison sets school record, Lamb/Bennie make states in strong meet vs Hopkinton!

Although we didn’t pull off the upset, we got the “Rocky I” ending. By that I mean when the 4x400 runners were lined up the Hopkinton coach and I had to consider having them wait because the meet hadn’t been decided yet, as we were still awaiting a couple field event results to trickle in. So we made them “go the distance.”

Great job by the girls, as they lost 77-59 in a meet that at one point was only 58-55 Hopkinton. Some very strong performances despite the hot conditions, and we made them bring their A game to beat us. Boys lost 90-45 but also had a few new PR’s.

We had a new state qualifier apiece on the girls and guys side that I’ll get to in a minute, but we had a new SCHOOL RECORD in the girls triple jump. On her final attempt, Madison Ward cleared 36’1 to best Marissa Bynoe’s old mark by four inches!

Eve Bagley came within half a second of Steph Paolillo’s school record in the 400 hurdles, winning in 68.9. Kylie Lorenzen tied her own school record in the 100 with a 12.6 in the 100 meters. Sydney Snow began half of an impressive double by taking second in the mile in 5:36, losing only to the league leader.

The 4x100 lost (also to the league leader), but the team of Keara Shaughnessy, Caroline Ward, Cassandra Kelly, and Helen Dolan lowered our best time by over two full seconds to 54.5, just 0.5 away from states!

Kylie came back to win the 400 in a season-best of 59.1, which I think is tops in the TVL now. She had also just come back from long jump where she won at 16’2. 15 points in the span of about 45 minutes! Alexis Mejia just missed scoring third place but also PR’d at 62.9!

In other early field events, Kelly Alves and Danielle Lamb went 1-3 in the shot put (30’6, and a PR for Danielle at 27’6). Madison Ward won at 5’2 in high jump, the third meet she’s cleared that height.

Back on the track, Bridget Ghelli proved she’s there to stay near the top of the TVL leaderboard, running 17.5 a week after qualifying for states. She’s #4 in the league.

Sydney doubled back and ran a new PR of 2:21.5, just missing the school record in a blazing fast time for second place!

Madison’s track part of the day went well as she PR’d by 0.1 in the 200 to take third in 28.0.

Katie Salley ran 12:16.4 to easily take the girls 2 mile, at which point we pulled back within the aforementioned 58-55 score.

In the final field events, Madison (36’1, school record) and Caroline (33’3, second place) took 1-2 in the triple jump. Over in discus, Danielle Lamb qualified for states with a big 7 foot PR in discus at 87’2! Sophia Rahim placed third at 68’8. In javelin, Kelly Alves was a close third in 88’9.

The boys rallied after an early deficit, as Mike Glazebrook led the way with a win in the mile in 4:55 and Rick Brown took the 400 in a PR of 52.5, besting some of the league’s top runners.

Satchel Snow PR’d in 21.4 in the 110 hurdles to take second place AND clinch a varsity letter. Not too shabby for the freshman! Shortly after, Mike Glazebrook dropped a 62 second last lap to win the 800 in 2:10.0, also a PR.

Ed Bennie didn’t place against a stacked 200 field, but DID qualify for states with a 23.7 (23.9 was the hand-time standard!)!

Ed Glazebrook was second in the 2-mile, nearly besting his top mark of the season (11:05) despite the heat.

The boys 4x400 won uncontested but also lowered their PR by four seconds to 3:48.2, the quartet consisting of Rick, Ed Bennie, Tucker Ciarcello, and Ryan Sofoul.

Over in field, Mike Donovan won the long jump (18’10) and triple jump (39’ and change), while Matt McIsaac was third in triple. Mark Mulvaney PR’d with a 37’0.75 in the shot put for third place, and Cam Dudley PR’d at 5’6 to take second in the high jump, moving into the top six for the TVL!

Matt Wolfson had a seasonal best in javelin at 134’, moving within 9 feet of states with his second place throw.

Bridget Ghelli qualifies for states in sweep of Ashland

Congratulations to both teams that got decisive wins on Senior Day over Ashland. The boys avenged a rare loss from indoors to the Clockers with a 110-26 victory, while the girls defeated our neighbors 91-45.

*********The Hopkinton meet will start at 4:15 on Thursday due to AP Testing. They run their meets very efficiently, so we should be returning by 6:30. Bus will leave at 3PM so we're not sitting around all day. If you are taking an AP test you can drive over on your own after your exam, but need to let me know ahead of time.

On to the results
BOYS
400 Hurdles: (1) Sofoul 65.1
100: (1) McIsaac 12.3; (2) Campbell 12.3; (3) Ratcliffe 12.4
Mile: (2) E. Glazebrook 5:13.1; (3) Savage 5:24.4
4x100: (1) Ratcliffe, Hebert, Ciarcello, McIsaac - 47.1
400: (1) Brown 52.8; (2) Sofoul 54.6 - huge PR in the wind for the freshman!
110 Hurdles: (1) Donovan 18.0
800: (1) M. Glazebrook 2:12.4; (2) Ricard 2:25.0 - big comeback over the kid who led the first lap
200: (1) Brown 24.4; (2) Bennie 24.4
2 Mile: (1) Strang 11:54; (2) Gallivan 13:27.6
Shot Put: (1) Mulvaney 36'3.5; (3) Wolfson 33'6.5
Discus: (1) Hancock 109'11 - another PR!; (2) Zuraski 73'0; (3) Bello 71'11 - one of many sweeps and first varsity points for Chris and Ian!
Javelin: (1) Wolfson 126'4 - seasonal best; (2) Jacobson 117'3; (3) Waddell 114'10
High Jump: (1) Dudley 5'4; (Tied-2) Campbell 5'0; (Tied-2) Altobelli 5'0 - first points for Luke!
Long Jump: (1) Hebert 18'7 - big PR!; (2) Ciarcello 17'11
Triple Jump: (1) McIsaac 37'1.25; (2) Snow 34'4.75; (3) Campbell 33'8

Big shout out to Sam Campbell who earned his varsity letter in one meet alone!

GIRLS
400 Hurdles: (1) Bagley 72.3; (3) Foster 77.2
100: (2) K. Shaughnessy 14.2; (3) Daly 14.4
Mile: (1) Salley 5:45.8; (2) Datz 6:07.0
4x100: (1) K. Shaughnesy, Crowley, Davis, Daly, 56.6
400: (1) Lorenzen 60.1; (3) Snow 63.3
100 Hurdles: (1) Ghelli 17.3 - qualifies for states!
800: (3) Mejia 2:41.5
200: (2) Bagley 28.9, (3) Dolan 30.5
2 Mile: (1) Irons 13:47.9; (3) Meltzer 15:32.1
4x400: (1) Kelly, Dolan, Kozubal, McGee, 4:55.3
Shot Put: (1) Alves 32'4 - big seasonal best! (2) Lamb 27'4
Discus: (1) Lamb 77'6
Javelin: (1) Alves 85'10; (3) Lorenzen 76'10 - not bad for first time since Heptathlon!
High Jump: (1) M. Ward 4'6, (2) C. Ward 4'4
Long Jump: (1) Lorenzen 15'11.5; (2) Snow 15'0.5 - first time since Heptathlon for Syd!
Triple Jump: (1) M. Ward 35'0.5 - PR and beat the league leader!; (3) C. Ward 33'8.75

M Ward to Nationals, SEVEN Medalists and 11 PR's at Twilight!

To say we made a good impression on our long-awaited return to the Twilight Meet would be an understatement. The most competitive invitational in the state, it’s usually dominated by the largest of the large schools. But we had medals in SEVEN events, and two more top-10 finishes to go with 11 seasonal PR’s, including 7 lifetimes PR’s!

            While we had no new state qualifiers, we did have a new NATIONALS qualifier! Madison Ward had made the 5’3 standard before in a dual meet, but to qualify you have to achieve your mark in an invitational meet. Now, originally the high jump was supposed to do “odd” heights (4’11, 5’1, 5’3)…undeterred when she found out they were doing evens, she made every height on her first attempt through 5’2. After barely missing her first attempt at 5’4, she soared over the bar and landed in the mat with a ticket to North Carolina in June for New Balance Outdoor Nationals! She had a couple good attempts at 5’6, perhaps 5’5 (which would tie former All-State champ and Cornell alum Shawna Rossini’s school record) is in her near future…

            Caroline Ward, having raced back from high jump, cleared 34’2.5 in the second-to-last flight of the triple jump for a new PR. However, it was good enough to make the finals (top 8)…not content with merely making the finals, she PR’d by nearly another foot at 34’11.25 to take a medal for fifth overall!

            On the track, we had a trio of milers set new lifetime PR’s. In the first girls’ heat, Emma Sayers and Kelly Irons let a ridiculously aggressive pack burn themselves out as they worked their way through the field for new PR’s of 5:52.74 (Emma) and 5:53.14 (Kelly)! Mike Glazebrook popped a 4:40.21 in his mile for a new PR, and closed in 66 seconds as he powered his way through his heat.

            Bridget Ghelli (18.21) had a goal of making this meet at the beginning of the year for the 100 hurdles, and managed to beat nearly half the field in her event. Ed Bennie ran 24.81 in the 200 for a near-PR.

            Kylie Lorenzen, in only her second 400 of the season, ran a 60.46 to finish fourth, her first (but not only) medal of the day…

            Sydney Snow was in her first Invitational Meet mile, and was in a seeded heat that had five sub-5:10 girls including a sub-5 winner. Despite having the 11^th best PR entering the meet, she nearly stole a medal with a seventh place time of 5:16.30! She now has the second-fastest outdoor mile in school history, having just leapfrogged Cheryl Mrozienski (1979) with only former Brown University All-American Kim Thalmann ahead of her on the leaderboard.

            The second set of jumpers also dominated the pit. Cass Kelly displaced some of the girls in the first flight, then Madison Ward popped a 15’7 despite not having done the event in 11 months. Kylie Lorenzen leapt 16’6.5 to take third place, her second medal of the day! Over in triple Matt McIsaac nearly qualified for states, jumping 38’5. Mike Donovan was the last guy of 12 to be seeded in the final flight, but after popping a 42’5 (11 inch PR!) he finished third overall! He’s the runaway leader in the TVL, and is ranked quite high in D3 and the State as a whole.

            Jake Hancock came close to his PR, launching 96’5 in the discus, and Kelly Alves nearly snuck into the finals of shot put from the second-best flight, tossing a 31’6 (nearly matching her seasonal best) to take ninth overall, along with an 83’ in the javelin.

            The meet was actually fairly close to schedule early on, but after a lengthy delay in setting up the hurdle prelims and a LONG delay for bringing in an extra set of portable lights, the last events (400 hurdles, 2  mile and 4x200) started over an hour later than listed. The 400 hurdlers didn’t mind, as Anna nearly PR’d with a 76.04, and Eve vaulted from the #12 seed to fourth place overall with a 69.50, a new PR and just one second off Steph Paolillo’s school record!

            Katie Salley toed the line for the 2 mile at 10:00, and despite being in a field with not one, but TWO girls that ran sub-11, held on to run a new PR of 11:47, besting her old mark by six seconds! An 81-second last lap (she averaged about 87 to give you an idea of how impressive a kick that is) nearly catapulted her to the top of the TVL leaderboard, as she’s only three seconds out of first!

            The Girls 4x200 had the toughest hand psychologically. Seeded last, and running MUCH later than expected, they not only beat an Austin Prep team that was seeded at 1:55, they beat them by nearly half a straightaway to take fifth place and earn a medal! Congrats to Keara Shaughnessy, Kelsey Crowley, Jill Davis, and Elena Daly!

            Finally, a hearty thank-you to all the parents that came to cheer – particularly those that were waiting longer than expected to see their son or daughter compete - and a big thank-you to our teammates who weren’t competing but came to give us quite the cheering section! Also special thanks to McKinley for taking such terrific pictures!

Weston Twilight Schedule

Here is the schedule for the Weston Twilight Meet. The bus leaves at 2:30 and will arrive at 3. If you are competing much later in the meet, you can drive in with your parents (or carpool) but you need to be at Weston at least 75 minutes before your event.

The bus will only be making one trip at 2:30, so if you can't find a ride for later you should take the bus. Takes about 25-30 minutes to get to Weston HS. Bus will leave at end of the meet (9:15), back at HHS by 9:45. You can leave after your event is done

On to the schedule...
4:00 First Field Events
Girls HJ (M Ward, C Ward)
Girls Disc (Lamb, Rahim)
Boys Jav (Wolfson, Jacobson)
Girls TJ (C Ward)

5:15 Girls Unseeded Mile (Sayers, Irons)
5:30 Boys Unseeded Mile ( M Glazebrook)
6:15 Approximate start of second field events
Girls LJ ( Lorenzen, M Ward, Kelly)
Girls SP/Jav ( Alves)
Boys TJ (Donovan, McIsaac)
Boys Discus (Hancock)
6:30 100 Hurdle Trials (Ghelli)
6:45 200 Trials (Bennie)
7:15 Girls Seeded Mile (Snow)
7:25 girls 400 (Lorenzen)
7:30 Boys 400 ( R. brown)
7:40 Girls 800 ( Mejia)
8:15 Girls 400H (Bagley, Foster)
8:20 Boys 400H (Sofoul)
8:30 Girls Seeded 2 Mile (Salley)
8:55 Girls 4x200 (K Shaughnessy, Crowley, Daly, Davis, alt-Vrees)
9:05 Boys 4x200 (McIsaac, Ciarcello, Bennie, Donovan)