2012 Massachusetts Middle School Track Championships

The future stars of class of 2016 made their debut on the state-level stage at the 2012 Massachusett Middle School Track Championships at the University of Massachusetts Lowell on June 9th. With the weather significantly improved over the 1st annual meet last year, records were broken in 22 of the 28 events. Athletes were limited to two event entries. There were many noteworthy performances summarized in the state champion table below.

On the girls side, Melissa Solomon of Diamond Middle School (Lexington) won the 200m and 400m dash in 26.59 and 1:01.04. Calene Lazare of Oak Hill Middle School (Newton) blazed a 12.96 100m (good for ~top 50 in Mass at high school level). Sophie Antonioli of RJ Grey JHS (Acton-Boxborough) won the 800m in 2:23.31 (top 60 in Mass HS) and was part of RJ Grey’s 4x400m relay. The team of Kristina Maclure, Courtney Aylaian,Tatiana Jarostchuk, and Anna Traverse from Hale MS (Stow) ran 52.27 in the 4x100m, which would put it in the top 10% of high school relay teams in Massachusetts.

On the boys side, brothers Matthew and Thomas D’Anieri of Wellesley Mille School dominated the distance races winning in 2:13.86 and 4:47.4 respectively. David Cusack of MontainView MS (Wachusett) ran 24.61 to win the 200m while Mandela Franciscon of RJ Grey won the 400m in 54.61. Philip Batler (The Rashi School, Newton) bested his nearest competitor in the 100m hurdles by almost 2 seconds with a time of 15.39. Day middle school (Newton) won the 4x100m in 49.26 (video), besting the field by 1.25 while Jonas Clarke (Lexington) put together a sub 4 (3:56.36) 4x400m relay, besting runner up RJ Grey by 7 seconds.

Photos have been uploaded to the galleries. Note that these are the original high resolution 18mp shots that can cropped down significantly to isolate your athlete. Prints of various sizes and electronic downloads are available. Meet Results are available at newsportstiming.com. See meet information link for entry and other meet-related information.

STATE CHAMPIONS (# indicates meet record, event photo galleries are linked to event names):

Girls

100 Meter Dash	Calene Lazare	Oak Hill MS	12.96#
100 Meter Hurdles	Dierdre Kennedy	The Bromfield Sc	16.65#
200 Meter Dash	Melissa Solomon	Diamond MS	26.59#
400 Meter Dash	Melissa Solomon	Diamond MS	1:01.04#
800 Meter Run	Sophie Antonioli	RJ Grey Jhs	2:23.31#
1 Mile Run	Rebecca Grusby	Oak Hill MS	5:20.06#
Discus Throw	Rachel Spencer	Briscoe MS	71-05
High Jump	Jenna Light	Sutton MS	4-10.00#
Javelin Turbo	Mae Nelson	Littleton MS	77-08
Long Jump	Kristina Maclure	Hale MS	15-08.50#
Shot	Mahatma Amen-Ra	Oak Hill MS	31-00.00
4×100	Kristina Maclure, Courtney Aylaian,Tatiana Jarostchuk,Anna Traverse	Hale MS	52.27#
4×400	Sophie Antonioli, Suzanne Cotter, Adrienne Mielke, Emily Alex	RJ Grey Jhs	4:23.03#
4×800	Virginia Breunig,Alyssa Mazur, Eleanor Silver,Katie Melsky	Diamond MS	10:42.20#

Boys

100 Meter Dash	Luc Booz	Whitinsville Chr	12.40
100 Meter Hurdles	Philip Batler	The Rashi Sch	15.38#
200 Meter Dash	David Cusack	Mountview MS	24.61#
400 Meter Dash	Mandela Franciscon	RJ Grey Jhs	54.81#
800 Meter Run	Matthew D’Anieri	Wellesley MS	2:13.86
1 Mile Run	Thomas D’Anieri	Wellesley MS	4:47.41#
Discus Throw	Jack Mellish	Overlook MS	118-10
High Jump	Thomas O’Donoghue	Jonas Clarke	5-04.00#
High Jump	William Gallagher	Silver Lake Reg	5-04.00#
Javelin Throw Turbo	James Bruce	Diamond MS	132-05#
Long Jump	Jared Prior	FA Day MS	19-02.00#
Shot Put	Peter Baird	Thomas Prince	37-05.75
4×100	Matt Wood,Nathaniel Roldan, Max Hernandez, Jared Prior	FA Day MS	49.27#
4×400	Anthony Aguirre, Chris Albino, Bobby Mackenzie, Omari McDavid-Alfred	Jonas Clarke MS	3:56.36#
4×800	William Rhatigan, Daniel Morris, Andy Theall, Anthony DeNitto	Oak Hill MS	9:28.99#