State Meet Preview
100M Dash
The big three are Jen Christianson (12.13) , Molly O’Dea (12.17-indoor 55M champ) and
Shanteana Samuels (12.22) . I’ve always been a big fan of Molly but I fear Jen is just too
tough. She beat Molly for last year’s title. Sixth Jen Jaboin (12.48-11th in ’09) has
stepped up her game of late and is giving Sharon hopes for a placement. But 7th seeded
Ezra Banks has her sights on that spot or higher. She’s not used to being shut out in big
meets. Kudos to Attleboro’s Briana Robitaille (12th-12.66). the only freshman to make
finals.
1
Jen Christian
2 Molly O'Dea
3 Samuels Shanteana
4 Tayla Allen
5 Jasmine Bien-Aime
6 Jen Jaboin
7 Ezra Banks
SR Central
SR Hingham
JR Monument High Sc
JR Westwood
SR Cambridge R&L
SR Sharon
SR Newton South
12.13
12.17
12.22
12.39
12.46
12.48
12.56
SO Arlington
SR Doherty
JR Boston Latin
SO Holyoke
JR South Hadlety
SO Mansfield
FR Oxford
JR Andover
SO NO Attleboro
24.92
25.07
25.09
25.13
25.25
25.50
25.52
25.58
X26.19
200M
1
Rebecca Robinson
2 Hannah Janeczak
3 Emma Rice
4 Selena Yates
5 Brianna Tabin
6 Kayla Comer
7 Emily Dawidczyk
8 Eve Bishop
14 Samantha Kroll
Plan on a four-way race with soph Rebecca Robinson (24.92) the favorite. Hannah
Janeczak (25.07), Emma Rice (25.09) and Selena Yates (25.13) aren’t out of the picture
though. Hannah was champion in ’09 in 24.80. Selena was second at 25.19 while
Rebecca was 5th (25.83) so these girls all know each other. Mansfield’s Kayla Comer
(SO-6th-25.50) is a real talent and is a good bet to medal. She’s chased by one of three
frosh in the state finals 200, Emily Dawidczyk (25.52) of Oxford. North Attleboro sop
Samantha Kroll (14th-26.19) made finals on the super qualifier.
400M
Most of the top runners come from the indoor 600M race. Franklin’s Kendall Knous (2nd57.18) has her sights set on an outdoor state championship. She already holds the 600M
title from indoors when she shocked the field. This time they’re ready for her including
top-seed Hannah O’Flynn (56.84) who was 5th in ‘09. They won’t be alone as the field is
deep. Mimi Narbone , Titi Fagade and Natalia Paine who was third in ’09 will breath
down their necks. Emily Broyles is seeded 14th . (’09 state champ in 56.54)
1
Hannah O'Flynn
2 Kendall Knous
3 Mimi Narbonne
4 Titi Fagade
5 Natalia Paine
6 Tiffany Daley
7 Tove Freeman
8 Jess Bridle
14 Emily Broyles
57 Ispwich HS
SO Franklin HS
JR Bromfield
SR Wachusett
SR Northampton
SR Algonquin
SO Quabbin
SO Tewksbury
SO Mansfield
56.84
57.18
57.26
57.63
57.73
57.98
58.31
58.31
58.92
800M
All I can say is “Holy Half Mile, Batman!” Gillis, Keklak, Grotz, Thomas and Tucker
were the top-5 in the 1K indoors. At 2:20.01 Lauren Hagen (Franklin-frosh) got in as the
extra qualifier at 15th spot. That means fourteen of the runners in this race are sub-2:20.
Leanne Tucker (2:14.09) and Andrea Keklak (2:14.89) dueled 1-2 indoors with Tucker
the winner. They will have plenty of company at the front. Margo Gillis (2:15.61) was the
’09 champion in 2:14.13. Marika Crowe (2:16.69) is a bona-fide burner. Add in fastclosing Emily Grotz and you have an exciting race. Feehan’s Jenn Thomas (7th-2:17.94)
is the only senior in the top nine athletes.
1
Leanne Tucker
2 Andrea Keklak
3 Margo Gillis
4 Marika Crowe
5 Mary Scanlan
6 Emily Grotz
7 Jenn Thomas
8 Jocelyn Hubbard
15 Lauren Hagen
JR Tewksbury
JR Lincoln-Sudbury
JR Newton North
SO Lincoln-Sudbury
JR Pembroke
JR Oliver Ames Reg
SR Bish Feehan
SO Marshfield
FR Franklin HS
2:14.09
2:14.89
2:15.61
2:16.99
2:17.17
2:17.49
2:17.94
2:18.06
X2:20.01
Mile
Kathy’ O’Keefe was the indoor champ but Monica Adler sat on her at the New England
Championships and came home the winner. So, strategy will play a huge part. If O’Keefe
takes the lead as she’s prone to do, Adler (the only senior in the top-13) will be happy to
draft off her. Laura Williamson moves all the way from a 600M runner-up indoors to the
mile – so her speed isn’t a question. Alex Geise (Franklin) is within striking distance of
the podium. The only returning placer from last year is Alanna Porletta who finished 5th.
1
Kathy O'Keefe
2 Monica Alder
3 Laura Williamson
4 Viviana Hanley
5 Alanna Poretta
6 Alison Lanois
7 Catarina Rocha
8 Jordan O'Dea
9 Lanie Jowett
JR Newton South
SR Beverly
SO Wachusett
JR Bish Feehan
SR Pentucket
JR Hamilton Wenham
FR Peabody
FR Dennis-Yarmouth
SO Central Cath
4:58.55
5:03.63
5:04.55
5:04.69
5:07.26
5:07.95
5:09.37
5:09.59
5:09.92
10
11
Maggie Mullins
Alex Giese
SO Andover
SO Franklin HS
5:10.39
5:10.65
2 Mile
Top seeded Jillian Corcoran is the highest finisher returning from last spring. She placed
3rd as a soph in 10:57.70. Indoor champ Carolyn Stocker is only seeded 4th. Melissa
Chapman was runner-up indoor while Melanie Fineman placed 2nd in the mile. Cassie
Olson is seeded in the same spot she finished indoors. Her 11:02 last week was a huge PR
and sets her up to challenge the magical 11:00 barrier. It may take that to place. There’s a
huge drop after 7th seed so Mary Cole (Franklin-10th-11:19.05) will find it difficult to
challenge.
1
Jillian Corcoran
2 Melissa Chapman
3 Melanie Fineman
4 Carolyn Stocker
5 Cassie Olson
6 Siobhan Flaherty
7 Anisa Arsenault
8 Lindsay Walsh
10 Mary Cole
JR Weymouth
SR Beverly
SR Newton South
JR Westfield
SR Mansfield
SR Braintree
SR Bish Feehan
SR Swampscott
SR Franklin HS
10:54.49
10:55.22
10:59.22
11:02.49
11:02.85
11:03.61
11:04.64
11:13.12
11:19.05
100MH
This year the hurdles has been a story of ups and downs.
Deanna Latham , last year’s runner-up to Meghan Ferreira is close to a slam dunk. If she
wins it won’t have the storybook aura of her indoor championship. There, she was
running poorly but found one inspired race to upset Nicole Genard and Vanessa
Clerveaux. Now, its Genard’s turn to write a comeback after her disastrous finals last
week. She is seeded 18th at 15.76 after posting a 14.93 in semis. Genard is lucky just to
be here. Clerveaux wasn’t as lucky. She ran 14.87 in semis but was a DNF in finals.
Back to this race. Genard and Cecily Boyce will push Latham. Liz Monty is rounding
out a solid career and is the best of the rest. Both Christy Deininger and Kristen
McDonagh are fighting for a spot in the finals. Despite an injury-plagued season,
Deininger ran a time at Hocks (15.28) that could place. Christy was 5th in ’09. She’s #2
all time for NA and this might be her last shot at the record.
1
2
Deanna Latham
Cecily Boyce
3 Elisabeth Monty
4 Lauren Ready
5 Karla Ganley
6 Katie Lafrance
7 Christy Deininger
8 Emily Clark
SR Triton Reg.
SR Hopkinton
SR Shepherd Hil
JR Lincoln-Sudbury
SO Wellesley HS
SR Central Cath
SR NO Attleboro
JR Nashoba
14.24
14.82
15.09
15.17
15.33
15.36
15.39
15.53
9
10
11
Kristen McDonagh
Megan Underhill
Sara Murphy
JR Mansfield
SR Norwood
SR Bish. Stang
15.62
X15.63
15.63
400MH
The record of 62.82 set by Michelle Jenssen could fall. Alex
Stanton (3rd ’09)holds the fastest time ever run in the state
while third seeded Jen Esposito ran the #2 time (62.2) on NA’s
track in a dual meet. Esposito would like to break her teammates
record. Megan Krumpoch (2nd ’09)
and Rebecca Stabile can’t be counted out.
North’s Amanda Cangiano is less than a second out of 6th place but
will need to break her own school record to place.
1 Alex Stanton
JR Medfield
1:01.96
2 Megan Krumpoch
SR Shrewsbury
1:02.76
3 Jen Esposito
SO Mansfield
1:03.60
4 Rebecca Stabile
JR Haverhill
1:04.03
5 Laurie Femmel
SO Natick
1:04.21
6 Sarah Bitterman
SR Marblehead
1:05.79
7 Molly Pomroy
SR Bridgewater-R
1:05.98
8 Taylor Havican
JR Stoneham
1:06.04
9 Colleen Healey
SR Canton
1:06.05
10 Kierstin Merlino
JR Burlington
X1:06.06
11 Amanda Cagiano
SR NO Attleboro
1:06.07
4X800M
Expect Franklin and Lincoln Sudbury to get a challenge from
Newton South. On any given day any of these teams could win. Last
year it went L-S, NS then Franklin. Everything could hinge on who
fields the freshest team. If seeds are an indication, five teams
will battle for the last three spots. But there could be more,
since this week some teams come in with different line-ups.
1
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High 'A'
2 Franklin HS 'A'
3 Newton South High School 'A'
4 Tewksbury HS 'A'
5 Weymouth HS 'A'
6 Bishop Feehan-Attleboro 'A'
7 Beverly HS 'A'
8 Agawam HS 'A'
9:23.95
9:24.87
9:26.08
9:35.29
9:35.56
9:38.09
9:38.32
9:38.81
4 X 100M
North Attleboro won’t be back to defend their title (and meet record of 47.92) from last
year. This will be the first time in ten years that they haven’t gone to New Englands. It
was a good streak that would end sometime – only one runner is back from that team.
Their large school frosh-soph meet record performance shows they aim to get back there
soon.
Springfield Central is in the driver’s seat but Andover is always a threat and Sharon has
their mojo on high. Hingham has speedster O’Dea on the team but she can’t do it alone.
What’s the standard to get here? 21 of 25 teams were sub-51.00 and 13 were sub 50.50.
1
Springfield Central HS 'A'
2 Andover 'A'
3 Sharon HS 'A'
4 Hingham HS 'A'
5 Newton South High School 'A'
6 Triton Regional-Byfield 'A'
7 East Longmeadow HS 'A'
4X400
Mansfield
their own
familiar.
North (4th
48.57
49.15
49.40
49.71
50.11
50.14
50.17
has one more gear but they’d have to go some to break
meet record of 3:53.01. The competition is very
Northampton (3rd ’09) , Waschusett (2nd ’09) or Newton
’09).could also win
1
Northampton HS 'A'
2 Mansfield HS 'A'
3 Wachusett Regional 'A'
4 Newton North HS 'A'
5 Algonquin Regional 'A'
6 Bromfield School 'A'
7 Marshfield HS 'A'
8 East Longmeadow HS 'A'
9 Andover 'A'
10 Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High
11 Medfield H.S. 'A'
'A'
3:59.15
4:00.63
4:01.32
4:01.36
4:03.00
4:03.74
4:04.19
4:04.34
4:04.78
4:04.96
4:04.99
High Jump
Moira Cronin has the motivation. She came into the indoor
championship as top seed but Kristen McDonagh upended her. Now
McDonagh has to be a co-favorite even though she’s tied for 5th
seed. That’s all she needed to win last week and she’s coming off
a 5’8” meet record at Hocks and had some monster attempts at
5’10”! Moira edged Kristen on jumps at 5’6 in ’09. I just don’t
see Janelle Clarkson (3rd ’09), Cecily Boyce or Jess Salley
catching them. I pick Boyce third. Sixth will go to Taylor Horne,
Colleen Copley, or frosh Emily Cahill.
1
Moira Cronin
2 Cecily Boyce
3 Janelle Clarkson
4 Jess Salley
5 Kristen McDonagh
6 Emily Cahill
7 Marissa Avery
18 Tayler Horne
20 Colleen Copley
JR Andover
SR Hopkinton
Seekonk High Sch
JR Andover
JR Mansfield
FR Uxbridge
SR Mowhawk
SR Oliver Ames Reg
JR Mansfield
5-09.00
5-05.00
5-05.00
5-05.00
5-04.00
5-04.00
5-04.00
5-02.00
X5-02.00
Long Jump
Deanna Latham is at the highest point of her career and might
just win two events. This is the one she won last year at
19’4.5”. If she’s going to get beaten, it will be by indoor
champ, frosh Carla Forbes. Nicole Genard was 4th last year.
Seniors Berkeley Hall and Hannah Janeczak are also talented and
looking for one last chance to be state champs. Nina Monestime
(MN) and Sydney Bennett (NA) are the last two seeds but should
finish much higher.
1
Deanna Latham
2 Carla Forbes
3 Berkeley Hall
4 Hannah Janeczak
5 Nicole Genard
6 Nicole Gilbert
7 Michelle Savoie
8 Abbey Petteruto
9 Andrea Fanciullo
10 Melissa Darling
11 Melissa Isidor
12 Shannoya Scott
25 Nina Monestime
26 Sydney Bennett
SR Triton Reg.
19-04.25
FR Newton North
18-04.50
SR Pembroke
18-03.00
SR Doherty
17-10.00
SO Somerville
17-10.00
JR Hanover High Sch
17-08.50
SO Milford
17-05.00
SR Andover
17-03.00
SO North Middle
17-02.00
SO Weymouth
17-01.50
FR New Bedford
X17-00.00
SO New Leadership
17-00.00
SR Mansfield
16-02.00
FR NO Attleboro
15-11.25
Triple Jump
Head over to the pits to see some remarkable jumping. I don’t
remember ever seeing two athletes seeded at over 40’. It’s a
toss-up for winner between Carla Forbes and Nadia Eke. Carla is
the only frosh in the event but is seeded 1st. Nadia won last year
at 39’3”. Carla is a busy girl because she also has 6 jumps in
that other horizontal event. Berekley Hall was #2 in ’09 at
37’3”. Nina Monestime has an outside chance while Canton’s Ridiya
Buchanan would need a huge PR to make finals.
1
Carla Forbes
2 Nadia Eke
3 Jenise Everett
4 Ezra Banks
5 Berkeley Hall
6 Lauren Ready
7 Becky Stoyle
8 Megan Krumpoch
9 Nina Monestime
10 Amber Legare
15 Radiya Buchanan
22 Jen Esposito
Discus
FR Newton North
40-03.00
JR Holy Name
40-02.75
SR East Longmeadow
38-11.50
SR Newton South
38-02.50
SR Pembroke
37-09.50
JR Lincoln-Sudbury
36-10.75
JR Pembroke
36-09.25
SR Shrewsbury
36-08.50
SR Mansfield
36-06.00
JR Chicopee Comp
36-04.50
JR Canton
36-01.25
SO Mansfield
34-07.50
Krista Chauvin and Melissa Derrico appear to be in charge. Krista
placed 2nd in ’09 (122’03) and was the only non-senior in the top
six. Katie Kelleher (11th ’09) has a good shot (disc) at placing.
1
Krista Chauvin
2 Melissa Derrico
3 Sarah Dahlstrom
4 Hannah O'Flynn
5 Katie Kelleher
6 Aurora Rougeau
7 Naloti Palma
8 Bailey Burke
21 Amarachi Njoku
SR Seekonk High Sch
SR Newburyport High
JR Algonquin
57 Ispwich HS
SR King Philip
JR Mowhawk
SO Westborough
JR Dennis-Yarmouth
SR Canton
126-04
124-05
119-01
115-00
111-10
111-04
110-03
110-01
101-11
Javelin
This will be a good learning experience for Megan McHugh. In her
first year of throwing she has become consistent around the 130’
mark. Now she may get to see what a 140’ throw looks like. Though
veterans Samantha Otten (2nd ’09 – 130’4”), Nika Ouellette (5th
’09- 125’7”) and Bethany Barrar (3rd ’09 – 128’2”) have the
experience, soph McHugh has the live arm to challenge.
1
Samantha Otten
2 Nika Ouellette
3 Bethany Barrar
4 Megan McHugh
5 Megan Maloney
6 Katherine Poulin
7 Tillie Taylor
8 Corrie Molleur
9 Grace Maliska
10 Katelyn Metzger
11 Brittany Pandolph
SR Ashland High Sch
SR Brookline
SR Somerset
SO NO Attleboro
SR Dennis-Yarmouth
SR Acton-Boxboro
JR Frontier
SO Tantasqua
SR Murdock
JR Monson
SR Tewksbury
140-05
137-02
136-00
128-09
126-06
125-09
123-10
123-07
121-06
121-04
120-10
Shot Put
Jess Eason has become very comfortable in the 39’ range and may
not get challenged. She was sixth in this event last year behind
five seniors. Amarachi Njoku has as good a chance as anyone for
2nd.
1
Jessica Eason
2 Courtney Williams
3 Jessica Masse
4 Amarachi Njoku
5 Brynnan Farrington
6 Tori Lehr
16 Katie Kelleher
SR Mansfield
39-08.50
JR New Bedford
37-05.00
SR Somerville
36-07.25
SR Canton
36-06.50
JR Ayer
36-03.00
SR Cohasset Mid-Hig
36-01.00
SR King Philip
34-10.00