Girls
The Lady Lancers quickly established themselves as contenders across and outside the oval as freshman Michaela Whiteside made the most of her first Reggie Lewis meet, launching the shot 28 feet and 8 inches. Out of the unseeded flight, Michaela's throw earned her 9th overall at the meet as well as the top freshman on the day. Not to be outdone, senior captain Julia Palin ran away from the field in the 600 meters, claiming the victory by nearly three seconds with a state-qualifying time of 1:40.96, fractions of a second away from a PR. Following Palin's win, the Lancer distance squad witnessed another a pair of state-qualifying performances by senior captain Katie Bradley and freshman Bella Pietrasiewicz. After a pair of victories at Wheaton on Monday, the two finished back-to-back in the 1,000, with the Captain Bradley finishing 4th overall in 3:11.59, with Bella two seconds behind in 3:13.69.
Other notable performances included a solid 1,000 meter run by Ali Whitman in which she be grudgingly led the field for the entire race only to be passed by two runners in the final 55 meters. However, those two would have her to thank for their fast times as her 3:30.05 would squeeze her into the Top 20 for the event. The Lady Lancers also finished 13th overall in the 4x200 meter relay with the team of Kirsten Loring, Julia Newell, Abbey O'Brien and Mary Dion running 1:59.89. Dion had previously also placed 13th in the 300 meters with a time of 45.66
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| O'Brien runs the third leg of the Lancers' 4x200 meter relay |
In the field, senior captain Mary Diestel (18th in 55 meter hurdles - 10.07) finished in a tie for 6th in the high jump, clearing 4 feet 8 inches. Diestel would later team up with Palin, Bella and Carly Murphy (27th in 300 - 47.34) to finish the meet for the Lady Lancers, winning the 4x800 meter relay in 10:34.08. That mark would end up being the fourth automatic state-qualifier on the day for the Lady Lancers!
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| The 4x800 meter relay (Palin, Pietrasiewicz, Diestel and Murphy) pose after their state-qualifying win! |
Boys
Both veterans and rookies on the boys' side took full advantage of the competition at Reggie to produce some fast times and hard efforts after a long week of racing and training. Starting off in the field, Nick Denham heeded the advice of Coach Mike and sped up his release and found himself with a two foot PR in the shot put, throwing 30 feet and 2.5 inches. Nick would then head to the track for the mile and put together a 5:59.28 run for a solid double-event effort on the day. Also in the mile starred junior Austin Carroll who seized the second heat and outperformed his seed, finishing in 4:47.13 to place 11th overall in the event. That time also became the Lancers's second boys auto-qualifier on the young season. Most of the distance squad ran in the mile as well, with notable performances including senior captain Pat Bingel's hard-fought 5:02.67 effort (36th), Branden Morabito's 5:15.36 PR (57th), and freshman Nick Janineh's 5:20.53 (73rd).
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| Austin Carroll fights through the second half of the Boys Mile |
Distance continued their strength in the 600 and 1,000 meter runs. With all runners not having seed times, they made the most out of their races, essentially time trialing to superb times. In particular, Dj Nihill took full control of the last heat of the 600 meters fought the clock hard with even splits to run 1:32.71, good enough to earn him 14th place overall despite racing in the slow heat. Additionally, Ethan Tetrault and Ben Pescod found themselves in similar positions and raced themselves into the top 20 with times of 3:00.84 (17th) and 3:02.02 (19th) respectively. Nihill and Tetrault would join Bingel and Carroll in the 4x800 meter relay and finish in 4th place, just missing out on a state qualifying-time of 8:55.28.
Other results outside of distance included Corey Stalters running a PR in the 55 meter hurdles (9.36) for 21st place; Aiden Lerner sprinting to 22nd place in the 300 meters (39.75); and freshman Jack O'Brien placing 30th overall (and first freshman) in the 300 meters (40.34). O'Brien, Lerner, Sam McGrath, and senior captain Peter Rivard composed the 4x200 meter relay team which avoided a close hand-off catastrophe to win the second heat and place 4th overall in 1:40.42.
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| Senior Captain Peter Rivard flies through the final turn on the 2nd leg of the 4x200 meter relay |
The Lancers will get back to work on Monday for a long training block, including Winter Break, up until their next meet at Wheaton College on January 4th in the New Year!
Stay tuned for practice updates and training advice!!
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