The 2012 Track and Field Bay State Games were held Saturday July 14th at the Regis College Track facility. Galleries are available for the morning session (Junior and Scholastic) long jump, triple jump, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, mile, 3K and 5K, and race walk.
Junior division (age 10-14) event winners are summarized below. See baystategames.org for full results and newalkers.com for the race walk results.
Event | Name | Town | Mark | Name | Town | Mark |
100m | Allison Arruda | Newton | 13.90 | Jared Prior | Newton | 12.08 |
200m | Kate Gobi | Princeton | 27.05 | Davis Cusack | Holden | 24.85 |
400m | Kate Gobi | Princeton | 1:01.84 | Zachary O’Leary | Ashland | 57.78 |
800m | Alexandra Wolf | Lexington | 2:33.70 | Owen Wright | Amherst | 2:19.53 |
1 mile | Michaela Jones | North Andover | 5:28.56 | Michael Durkin | Cohasset | 5:13.22 |
Long jump | Mackenzie Gray | Andover | 16-03.5 | Jared Prior | Newton | 18-09.5 |
Triple jump | Mackenzie Gray | Andover | 37-06.75 | Jared Prior | Newton | 36-4.75 |
Turbo Jav | Jackie Fitzgerald | Wayland | 60-10 | Devin Morrill | Mendon | 115-05 |
Devin Morill (Turbo Jav) and Jared Prior (Long Jump) set new Bay State meet records in the junior division. The updated Bay State Games Junior Records are summarized below with links to their ma.milesplit.com profiles where available (see full record list on baystategames.org).
Event | Year | Name | Mark | Year | Name | Mark |
100m | 2009 | Thaisa Alphonse | 12.92 | 2001 | Michael Haakenstad | 11.77 |
200m | 2009 | Sydney Fisher | 26.34 | 2009 | Joel Hubbard | 24.17 |
400m | 2010 | Rhyana Freeman | 01:00.3 | 2007 | Jared Kadich | 53.35 |
800m | 2000 | Alanna Poretta | 02:24.4 | 2000 | Chadd Steinhauser | 02:09.6 |
1 mile | 2005 | Emily Lanois | 5:27.61 | 2009 | Colin Bennie | 4:47.6 |
long jump | 2009 | Carla Forbes | 18-05 | 2012 | Jared Prior | 18-09.5 |
triple jump | 2009 | Carla Forbes | 39-03 | 2001 | Michael Haakenstad | 38-3 |
Turbo Jav | 2010 | Emma Fitzgerald | 109-11 | 2012 | Devin Morrill | 115-05 |
Some meet highlights:
Elijah Abi-Kheirs won the scholastic long jump with a leap of 21′ 0.5″:
Davis Cusack won the Junior 200m dash with a time of 24.85:
14yo Emma Fitzgerald moved up to the Scholastic division to win the 100m hurdles and Javilin:
Aliyah Alley won the scholastic 100m dash
Allison Arruda won the junior 100m dash in 13.90.
Jaquan Harris won the Scholastic 100m and 200m dashes:
Kate Gobi won the Junior 200m (27.05) and 400m (1:01.84) dashes
Alexandra Wolf won the Junior 800m and placed 3rd in the long jump:
12yo Michaela Jones (#45) won the mile run in 5:28.56, falling just 1 second short of the Bay State Games record. Megan Walsh (#393) came in 2nd.
Jordan Samuels won the scholastic triple jump and 110m high hurdles and took 2nd in the 400m hurdles:
Jared Prior won the junior 100m (12.09), triple jump (36-3), and set a new meet record (18′ 9.5″) in the long jump:
Carl Whitman (Newton North) won the scholastic boys shot put with a toss of 51’5.75″. Earlier in the summer at the New England Junior Olympics, Carl tossed a MA#5 PR 55′.
Bob Keating won the 3000m Race Walk.