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2012 Massachusetts Track and Field Highlights Book

The best photos and stories of 2012 Massachusetts Track and Field (with an unavoidable bias to Newton North, the Bay State Conference, and MIAA Division 1 meets) have been compiled into a hard cover book and an IPad e-book. It is also available in the Itunes Store.

Favorite track memories of 2012?

Newton Sports Photography distilled the 1000’s of photos from the past 12 months into a 175-photo 2012 Massachusetts Track and Field highlight gallery. Most of the photos are captioned with the story behind them.

Help us select the best moments and shots by clicking on the “thumbs up” button on your favorites highlight gallery. Vote for as many photos as you like. All voting is anonymous.

voteIf you want to run through the gallery quickly, there is also youtube video of them. Thanks to Kha0sTh3ory.com for the music.

Some early leaders:

2012 Cornell Indoor Relays

A couple of Newton North alums started their college careers at the 2012 Cornell Indoor Relays in Ithaca, NY on December 1st (results).

Photo galleries from the event include those of Ithaca College women jumpers, runners and throwers, as well as athletes from Cornell, Cortland, and Oneonta.

2012 Cornell Relays Results

See the college sites for Ithaca College Track Highlights and Cornell Track Team Highlights.

2012 Bay State Conference Cross Country Championships

The 2012 Bay State Conference Cross Country Championships where held on October 27th in Norwood (results, photos) The Newton North boys won the team competition with Gabe Montague taking home the individual 5K conference title.


Photo galleries are available for the freshman boys 2.5km, freshman girls 2.5km, JV Co-ed 2.5Km, Varsity Boys 5Km, and Varsity Girls 5km.

There are also photos available from the early dual meet between Newton North, Framingham, and Dedham

Event 2 Boys 5k Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #272 Montague, Gabe Newton North 15:53 1
2 #414 Parsley, Nolan Weymouth 15:59 2
3 #283 Schlichting, Mike Newton North 16:06 3
4 #370 Palladino, Daniel Wellesley 16:06 4
5 #42 Fajnzylber, Jesse Brookline 16:26 5
6 #104 Gilligan, Brian Framingham 16:28 6
7 #207 Amaya, Adrian Needham 16:31 7
8 #222 Hagen, Tyler Needham 16:34 8
9 #34 Coppersmith, Ezra Brookline 16:35 9
10 #314 Herlihy, Sean Walpole 16:43 10
11 #358 Griswold, Ben Wellesley 16:44 11
12 #408 Jensen, Jake Weymouth 16:48 12

2012 Bay State League Cross Country Champs – 10/27/2012
Norwood MA
Event 1 Girls 5k Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #559 Cullen, Margie Needham 18:50 1
2 #540 Lagan, Sarah Natick 18:54 2
3 #555 Armstrong, Sarah Needham 18:59 3
4 #561 Donovan, Julianna Needham 19:10 4
5 #583 Heffernan, Evelyn Newton North 19:13 5
6 #587 Jampel, Sonya Newton North 19:21 6
7 #686 Betts, Ashley Weymouth 19:25 7
8 #570 Turner, Caroline Needham 19:27 8
9 #703 Higgins, Kacie Weymouth 19:40 9
10 #473 Lu, Jessica Brookline 19:55 10
11 #695 Fitzgibbon, Morgan Weymouth 19:58 11
12 #574 Bellerose, Meghan Newton North 20:02 12

2012 Newton North Girls Track Team honored by City of Newton

The 2012 Newton North Girls Track team was honored by the city of Newton for their outstanding 2011-12 season, which included wins of the indoor state relays, Bay State Conference, Division 1, and state open as well as the outdoor state relays, bay state conference, division 1 and state open championship meets. Carla Forbes was honored for winning the indoor national triple jump championship and the outdoor long jump and triple jump national championship and for being named Massachusetts Track Athlete of the Year by ESPN.


Youtube video clips from the ceremony:

Slide Show the photo gallery:

More coverage on the Newton Patch.

2012 Needham Youth Classic Track Meet

CLICK HERE FOR NEEDHAM YOUTH CLASSIC PHOTO GALLERIES

Photos from the 23rd annual Needham Youth Classic Track and Field meet have been posted in the galleries. The photos are high resolution 18mp shots that can be cropped down to different print sizes to isolate your athlete. Meet results are now available on the Needham Track Club web page.

Youth runners and parents may also be interested in photos from the Bay State Games, Mass Middle School Championships, The Great Bear Run, the Heartbreak Hill Road Race, or the Northeast Indoor Classic.

Nearly 500 athletes competed the meet which included 12 running events (from 50 to 3000 meters) and 8 field events. 27 meet records fell with the South Shore Fireboltz winning their 1st team championship. Overall athletes of the meet included 16-year-old Amanda Pasko of Wellesley, who captured 7 events and set 4 records, and 16-year-old Jordan Samuels of the Cambridge Jets, who won 4 events setting 2 meet records.

   

Team results are listed below:

1 – 964 – South Shore Fireboltz
2 – 782 – Zodiacs Track Foundation
3 – 679 – Saugus Sachems
4 – 454 – Central Connecticut Jaguars
5 – 401 – GIAC Navigators
6 – 398 – Needham Track Club
7 – 319 – Cambridge Jets
8 – 316 – Nitehawks Sports Club
9 – 215 – CLCF Panthers
10 – 197 – Bradford Huskiers
11 – 173 – Quincy Track Club
12 – 144 – Waltham Track Club
13 – 106 – Providence Cobras
14 – 72 – Hudson Recreation
15 – 68 – Greater Lowell Road Runners
16 – 56 – Granite State Flash
17 – 52 – AGAA
18 – 25 – Westwood Track Club
19 – 20 – Boston International

Click here to visit the galleries

Its likely that most athletes/parents won’t find there way to this site, so if you see good photos of your team, please forward on to them.

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

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#

CLICK HERE FOR THE MASS MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP PHOTO GALLERY

Some of the overall winners (apologies to the many we missed):
100m Champion Calene Lazare

200m and 400m Champion Melissa Solomon

800m Champion Sophie Antonioli

100m Champion Luc Booz

100m Hurdle Champion Philip Batler

200m Champion David Cusack

400m Champion Mandela Franciscon

800m Champion Matthew D’Anieri

Mile Champion Thomas D’Anieri

Long Jump Champion Jared Prior

4x100m Champions: Nathaniel Roldan, Max Hernandez, Matt Wood, and Jared Prior – Day Middle School

2012 Massachusetts Outdoor Track State Open

Photos from the meet have been uploaded into the 2012 State Open Galleries.

Here is youtube video of the photos from the meet:

A few highlights below:

Newton North Girls Champions





Wachusett Girls Runner-up

Brendan Sullivan Pole Vault Champ

Lampron take 800m over Rolhm:

Brendan Sullivan vaulting

Amy Collins Girls High Jump Champ

Catholic Memorial 4x100m Champs

Newton North 4x100m runner-up

Meghan Bellerose puts North well into the lead in the seeded 4x800m with a 2:16 lead-off leg

Clerveaux, Isidor, and Wong in 100m hurdles

Baldasare takes 400m from outside lane

Bailey-Smith takes high jump

Kayla Wong crawls for a qualifying finish after a 100m hurdle trial stumble

Lampron takes mile over Hubbard

Robinson in 200m trial

Esposito take 400m Hurdles

Bailey-Smith before Long Jump

Carla Forbes wins Triple Jump

Rocha takes 2 mile

One Last Lap around the Track

The rushed blog post on the Newton vs. Weymouth meet focused on the meet-determining photo finish in the boys 400m, but Peg Larkin writes about the more important picture in today’s Tab (see article).

The full gallery of that afternoon is now posted. The Newton North girls have a tradition of running a victory lap after their last home dual meet (interrupted for a few years when they didn’t have a home track).

2012 Mass State Coaches Invitational

The full set of photos from the MSTCA Mass State Coaches Invitational (results) is available in the MSTCA Invitational gallery. Note that these are high resolution photos and can be cropped down significantly and/or printed at 8×10 or larger. Some highlights below.

Here is a Youtube slideshow of the gallery. Watch it in full screen 1080p HD for best viewing.

Meet gets rolling in early morning:

What hurdles should look like on back stretch 🙂

Carla Forbes lands a meet record 20’3″, breaking the previous meet record by almost a foot and a half:

Newton North Coach Joe Tranchita and Carla Forbes celebrate her 20’3″ meet and personal record:

Rebecca Robinson rounds the corner in the 200m trials. She later won the final in 24.78.

After her win:

Briana Robitaille winning the 100m:

P. J. Hayes winning the 100m:

Nathan PierreLouis wins the 400m in 47.95 over Donovan Henry:

Meghan Grela winning the girls 800m:

Kayla Wong prepares for the start of the 100m hurdles:

Vanessa Clerveaux breaks the meet record for the 3rd time in a day winning the 100m hurdles in 14.08.

Dylan DeMoranville after his 110m hurdles win:

Ali Hurwitz rounds the 1st corner in the 400m hurdles:

Kendal Knous winning 400m:

SEE MORE PHOTOS in MSTCA State Coaches Invitational Gallery

Dramatic 4x400m Finish of Newton-Weymouth boys dual meet

Newton North and Weymouth went into the final 4x400m relay with North 5 points up. Weymouth needed the win to tie the meet and got it in the last yard with a dramatic diving finish. More photos from the relay and Newton Girls wrapping up their final dual meet will be uploaded to the gallery later.

2012 Weston Twilight Invitational Highlights Slide Show

Relive the 7 hours Weston Twilight Invitational in this 3:40 Youtube HD Slide Show of the photos from the Weston Twilight meet.

Highlights include Kayla Wong and Nicole Genard in 100 hurdle trials, Margaret Perko winning long jump, Donovan Henry winning 200m, Colin Bernie diving for 800m win, Chris Allen winning 1 mile over Ben Groleau and Justin Keefe, Brendan Sullivan’s 16ft clearance, Steph Brown winning girls vault, Joel Hubbard taking 2 mile. amilton-Wenham winning girls 4×800 and 4×400, Nicole Genard and Kayla Prior battling for 4x100m win.

You can download photos from the slideshow or order prints from the galleries. The galleries are broken down into sprints, distance, long jump, high jump, vault, and relays. Sorry throwers, only got a few of Swardiq.

Great Bear Run 2012

The Needham Track Club held the 22nd Great Bear Run to benefit Prostate Cancer Research on Sunday May 6th (results). The Photo galleries from the event include those for the 5K, 1 mile, 1 mile fun run, the “Bearathon“, 100m, 200m, and 400m runs.

The 5Km main event was won by Mike Jones of Cambridge in 15:42, followed by Matt Carter of Saugus and Philip Galesbach of Medford.

YOUTH RUNNERS: Note that in addition to the Great Bear galleries, Newton Sports Photography also has galleries of the Newton Heart Break Hill Road Race and the Northeast Indoor Classic.

Weston Twilight Invitational: Brendan Sullivan clears 16 feet!

The Weston meet yielded a lot of great photos but given the lighting conditions they are taking a bit of work to process, but figured this should get out first. A big highlight of the meet was Westford Academy’s Brendan Sullivan clearing a meet record and USA#26 16 feet in the pole vault in dark and chilly conditions.

By the time Brendan was done jumping, the pole vault box area was just a dark abyss. See below for a slide show of shots of girl’s winner Steph Brown from Newton North along with Brendan’s successful clearance of 16 feet and then attempts at 16’6″.

You can also see these photos in the Weston Invitational Pole Vault Gallery. A few blurry ones but difficult to focus camera in the dark!

Youtube video:

A few highlight photos:
This is twilight:

This is dark!