2012 Bay State Games — Track and Field

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.

Click here for the full set of Bay State Games Galleries

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