Nike Indoor NationalsReggie Lewis — March 12-14, 2010 The final EE performance of the three day National Championship was a stellar effort by Xaverian senior John Bleday, who found himself in
Congratulations to all seven Emerging Elites who qualified and competed this weekend at the National Scholastic Nike Indoor National Track Championship at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center! Friday, March 12 Sunday March 14 MIAA All-State Indoor Track & Field ChampionshipsReggie Lewis — February 28, 2010 MASSACHUSETTS ALL-STATE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Event 5 Girls 2 Mile Run Event 14 Boys 1000 Meter Run
Harvard University — February 21, 2010 Congratulations to Henry Russell on another PR in the mile. Sarah Foster continues to run within one second of her new PR in the 800. Girls 800m Girls Mile Boys Mile Boys 800m MIAA Indoor Divisional Championships - Division I & IIReggie Lewis — February 20, 2010 In the first Championship Meet of the day, Xaverian brothers Senior John Bleday defended his MIAA State Division I Mile title with a 4:19. The Dartmouth-bound distance runner won in 2009 with a time of 4:24.9. Kathy Mello, a Boston Latin School Junior had a very strong race with a PR of 3:04.57. Kathy returned on the BLS Wolfpack relay to run a 62.8 split. For the second winter season Kathy has earned a spot in the 1000 at the MIAA Al-State Meet. In the afternoon the Division II meet started upon conclusion of the Division I meet. With a very strong kick Wellesley sophomore Priyanka Fouda set a nine second personal best placing second in the mile in 5:20. Priyanka qualified for the MIAA All State Meet Indoors for the first time. (Last year Priyanka placed 9th in the division III 2 mile race). Priyanka's team mate Jess Kaliski enjoyed a breakthrough performance in the 2 mile finishing fourth in 11:22. Ever steady Abbey D’Agostino finished 4th to advance to the All-State Meet as well. Our coaches did their best to turn in a strong performance befitting the type of athletic effort and commitment extended by our athletes being onsite nonstop at Reggie between Friday 2:30pm and Saturday evening only taking 8 hours off to sleep. Congratulations to all!
MIAA State Division I Indoor Track and Field Meet Championships Boys 1000 Boys Mile
Boys 2 Mile
Girls 600
Girls 1000 Girls Mile Girls 2 mile 4x800 Girls Relay MIAA Indoor Divisional Championships - Division IVReggie Lewis — February 19, 2010 Indoor Championship Season off to a great start! Congratulations to Coach Sawyer’s Hamilton-Wenham Generals, who won both the Boys (42 points) and Girls (40 points) MIAA State Division IV titles.Junior Alison Lanois had a huge PR winning the mile in 5:09. Alison factored into half of the generals points scoring 10 points in the mile and running a great lead off leg in the 4x800 setting an indoor PR of 2:24 giving her team a lead they would never relinquish (another 10 points). The one difficult part of the evening was an untimely flu like illness that a number of winter athletes recently contracted hit Tara Sullivan on Friday morning. Tara battled through a very active illness Friday night, when most of us would never have left our homes, finishing 6th in the 1000. Top 5 in each division make it to the MIAA All Class meet. Tara finished 5th in the seeded heat, but misses by less than half a second as winner of the second heat edges her out based on time. Tara had to scratch from the Ursuline 4x800 but her teammates still captured 2nd. Half of the top two Girls 4x800 relay teams, Hamilton Wenham and Ursuline, trained together in last summers EE training program. Anna Dolan for Ursuline had her best race of the season as she ran step for step with Allison Lanois in the first leg. Both girls separated their teams by a substantial distance from the rest of the field. Cyrena Shiland passed up the possibility of individual honors in the 1000 to help secure the school record and victory for the 4x800 team. The always steady Mikaela Prego ran a very solid leg for Ursuline maintaining their position in the field.
Nathaniel McGough battled through a prolonged recent illness to spark the Generals to their title. He passed on the opportunity to compete in individual events to run both Hamilton- Wenham relays which decided the outcome of the meet. Coach Sawyer demonstrated tremendous trust in his senior who had missed many practices and meets the past three weeks. The 4x800 and 4x400 relay teams earned 16 of Hamilton Wenham’s 42 points as they edged Seekonk by just 2 points to win the Boys Division IV title.
Girls 1000
Girls 4x800 meter Relay
Boys 4x400
Boys 4x800 Weekend Racing, January 9-10, 2010Northeast Indoor Classic 1500m Youth Boys 1500m Intermediate Boys
200m Trials Youth Boys 400m Intermediate Girls 400m Intermediate Boys 800m Youth Girls MSTCA Winter Festival 300m Girls 1000m Girls 1 Mile Boys Dartmouth Relays College/Open 800m Men College/Open 3000m Men High School 800m Boys High School 1 Mile Unseeded Boys High School 1 Mile Seeded Boys High School 1 Mile Seeded Girls All-State Mass XC Championships!For pictures from the races, please visit the Emerging Elites photo galleries. 2009 Cross Country Highlights 5 League Champions Massachusetts All-State Cross Country Championships, 11/21/09 Northfield, MA On Saturday, November 21, 17 Emerging Elites athletes ventured out to Northfield for the All-State Championship. Home of the legendary ski slope and interesting races over the years, this weekend did not disappoint. With EMass athletes still wringing out the mud from their uniforms and CMass athletes working on a shortened week with their divisional meet held on Monday afternoon in Gardner, the All-State meet featured some great racing and performances by Emerging Elites. Division I Girls Abbey D’Agostino, Masconomet, 12th 19:46, SR Division II Girls Alison Lanois, Hamilton-Wenham, 4th 19:36, JR Division I Boys John Bleday, Xaverian, 18th 16:59, SR Division II Boys Joe Hill, Medfield, 47th 17:52, SR
Central Mass XC Championships!For pictures from the races, please visit the Emerging Elites photo galleries. Central Massachusetts Cross Country Championships (Gardner Golf Course, MA) Division I Girls Division I Boys Congratulations to Ali, Liz and Brendon for advancing to the MIAA All-State Championship at Northfield Mount Hermon on Saturday, November 21!
EMass XC Championships, New Englands, NCAA Northeast Regionals!For pictures from the races, please visit the Emerging Elites photo galleries. This was certainly a memorable weekend for Emerging Elites athletes as there were many great performances at Eastern Mass Cross Country Championships and the New England Prep School Cross Country Championships, not to mention a monsoon that swamped the race courses. Congratulations to all Emerging Elites athletes and their high school coaches for a great season of cross country racing! The Eastern Mass Cross Country Championship held at Franklin Park on Saturday, November 14 was one for the ages. With the shin-deep mud and the knee-deep puddles (ponds), the Franklin Park race course hosted eight high school races, with the course getting sloppier, muddier and more beat up each race. Weekend Highlights: 2 EMass State Champions: Lee Milne and John Bleday 2 New England Prep Champions: Henry Russell and [Name Withheld] Eastern Massachusetts Cross Country Championships, (Franklin Park, MA) Division I Boys
Division II Boys
Division III Boys
Division IV Boys Division I Girls Division II Girls
Division III Girls
Division IV Girls
Meet Notes and Quotes New England Prep School Cross Country Championships, 11/14/09 Division I, Northfield Mount Hermon, Northfield, MA
Division II, Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury, MA Boys
Division III, Groton School, Groton, MA
Division IV, Canterbury School, New Milford, CT
Division V, Berwick Academy, Berwick, Maine
Meet Notes and Quotes NCAA Northeast Regionals Cross Country Championships, 11/14/09 Franklin Park, MA Men - 10K Women – 6K Emerging Elites Alumni For those of you attending EMass on Saturday morning, you saw how challenging the conditions on the course were. Now imagine running a 10k or a 6k on what can only be described as a mudpit. Congratulations to Alex and John for placing for Dartmouth and Northeastern, respectively! The trio of Ari Garber, Camille Murphy and Emily Lanois battled down the final stretch at Franklin Park to place three in a row. Well done ladies! League & Conference Championships (Week 2)!Congratulations again to all high school and college coaches who have worked so hard to make this cross country season memorable! Middlesex League Championships, 11/02/09 Woburn Country Club, Woburn, MA Boys Meet Notes and Quotes Eastern Independent League (EIL) Cross Country Championships, 11/06/09 Franklin Park, Boston, MA Girls Riley Barry, Newton Country Day 8th 21:34 JR 2nd on team Miriam Stulin Dana Hall 19th, JR 23:03, 1st on team Boys Meet Notes and Quotes Sam, Riley and Miriam combined to take a grand total of 5 minutes and 22 seconds off their previous PR’s at Franklin Park... Congratulations to all three!!! Independent School League (ISL) Cross Country Championships, 11/06/09 Middlesex School, Concord, MA Girls [Name Withheld] Nobles 2nd 18:44 JR, 1st on team Olivia Mussafer, Nobles 13th 19:38 7th grade, 5th on team Bridget Freeley, Middlesex School 18th 20:16 SR, 2nd on team Boys In the deepest boys race in recent memory at the ISL Championships, three Emerging Elites ran outstanding races. On a beautiful fall afternoon, Henry Russell of Milton Academy, Richard Mulroy of St. Sebastian’s and Dan Burnett raced to the front of the varsity boys race and took advantage of the flat, but challenging course at the Middlesex School. All three boys paced their teams from the front, making each other earn their top spot on their respective teams. * Dan moved up from 12th at last year’s ISL Champs at St. George’s to 11th! Nate Dick finished third on the Roxbury Latin team despite a lower leg injury from racing last weekend. On the girls side, the Nobles team was paced by two Emerging Elites to another ISL team title, including newcomer Olivia Mussafer. Making the top squad as a seventh grader, Olivia finished fifth and scored for the Nobles varsity team! Congratulations to Olivia!! Bridget Freeley ran a great race to a new PR on her home course, taking 18th place with a strong showing on her final home race! Congratulations to Bridget on her continued improvement. Best of luck to all ISL athletes as they compete in their divisions of the New England Prep XC Championships across New England this Saturday!
First Annual Massachusetts State Middle School Cross Country Invitational, 11/07/09  Devens, MAMahal Alvarez-Backus, Oak Meadow Montessori, 11:05, 3rd place in 7th grade race Meet Notes and Quotes 34th Annual MSTCA Cross Country Invitational, 11/07/09 Wrentham Development Center, Wrentham, MA Girls Jr-Sr Division I Amy Dao, Acton-Boxborough 21st 20:38.1, SR Girls Jr-Sr Division II Girls Soph Division I Boys Jr-Sr Division I Boys Jr-Sr Division II Meet Notes and Quotes League & Conference Championships!
Congratulations to the high school and college coaches who have worked so hard and generated such wonderful results in their conference and league championships. Tri Valley Championship 10/29/09 Medfield High School Medfield, MA Boys Frosh Girls (2.2 Miles) Meet Notes and Quotes Gina Joseph ran 6:35 pace in the Frosh Girls race to win by 1:09 over second place. Kellie Lodge led the Hillers to a second place finish in the league. Joe and Jeff were 2nd and 3rd for Medfield pacing their team to a TVL Championship over league rival Hopkinton. Congratulations to former hurdler Jeff Brown on his first full cross country season. PIAA District 1 championships AA Girls 10/30/09 Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA Girls Emma Mahoney, 2nd 19:51 SO, Villa Joseph Marie, 1st for Villa Joseph Marie Meet Notes and Quotes Boys Catholic Conference Meet 10/31/09 Franklin Park, Boston, MA Meet Notes and Quotes Girls Catholic Conference Meet 10/20/09 Cunningham Park Milton, MA Meet Notes and Quotes Southern Worcester County League Championship, 10/30/09 Memorial Park, Webster, MA Meet Notes and Quotes Boys Cape Ann League 10/31/09 Bradley Palmer, Topsfield, MA Girls Cape Ann League 10/31/09 Bradley Palmer, Topsfield, MA Meet Notes and Quotes Mid Wachusett Division A League Meet 10/27/09 Marlboro, MA Meet Notes and Quotes Patriot League Championship 10/27/09 Silver Lake High School, Kingston, MA Catholic Central League Championship 10/29/09 Franklin Park, Boston, MA Meet Notes and Quotes Boys Dual County League Championship 10/29/09 Franklin Park, Boston, MA Girls Dual County League Championship 10/29/09 Franklin Park, Boston, MA Girls Bay State League Championship 10/31/09 Norwood, MA Girls Bay State League Championship 10/31/09 Norwood, MA Meet Notes and Quotes Middlesex League Championship Men's 2.5 mile COLLEGE RACING Heps Championships (Ivy League Championships) 10/30/09 @ Van Cortland Park, Bronx, New York City Men's 8K Meet Notes and Quotes CAA Conference Championship 10/31/09 @ New Market Battlefield State Historical Park in New Market, Virginia Congratulations to John for all of his hard work over the past two years and his rise to Northeastern’s number 1 runner at the League Championships! For a great action shot of John and a nice write up, please visit this page: http://gonu.com/mcrosscountry/ ACC Championships 10/31/09 @ Cary, NC Tom Finneran 89th 26:14 FR 7th for Wake Forest NESCAC Championships 11/1/09 @ Trinity College Will Gibbons 86th 29:03 9th for Middlebury NE-10 Championships 10/25/09 @ St. Michael's College Jessica Kilpatrick 82nd 21:10 PR! 14th for Stonehill Weekend Results, 9.26.2009When the leaves start to change and the air begins to cool, most people become nostalgic about their past autumn experiences that include pumpkin patches, apple picking and beautiful foliage. But for the crazy folks who run multiple miles a week, fall is the time when they see the payoff from months of intense summer training. It is when all the speculation stops and the best runners make themselves known. It is when favorites fade and dark horses emerge. Fall is cross-country season! A lot of Emerging Elites athletes kicked off the first week of fall by testing their legs at the Ocean State Invitational in Warwick, Rhode Island. On the girls’ side, junior Anna Dolan helped Ursuline Academy into the top ten as a team in the Varsity Division 2 race with her tremendous run of 22:23 for the 5-kilometer course. She finished 3rd on her team and was in the top 20 finishers for the junior class in the race. In the Division 1 race, Acton-Boxborough senior Amy Dao put forth an amazing performance of 20:43 and finished 24th overall as she helped guide A-B to a bronze medal in the team competition. The championship race brought together some of the top talent from up and down the eastern seaboard and Hamilton-Wenham truly represented Massachusetts. Junior Alison Lanois continued the family running legacy with a stellar 8th place finish in an awesome sub-19 minute performance for the 5-kilometer course. Her teammate, Cyrena Shiland covered the course in 20:07. Congratulations to all the girls who competed at the meet.
Also racing outside of Massachusetts was sophomore Emma Mahony. Emma had her second great big race showing with a 22nd place finish at the Council Rock Invitational in Pennsylvania. Emma ran 20:58 for the 5-kilometer course and the time placed her 2nd on her Villa Joseph Marie team. While Emma was running strong out of the state, a few runners were performing unbelievable in the state. Sophomore Katherine Ellinger of Phillips Academy needs to get first billing having competed at the Codfish Bowl Invitational, a collegiate race at Franklin Park. With a 30 second PR, Katherine was the 3rd high school runner to finish the race and finished in the top 50 amongst collegiate and open athletes. What an incredible performance. Liz Crowley finished 15th at the Amherst Invitational with a 19:41 for the 5-kilometer course. She led the way for her Algonquin team as they finished in the top 10 of the team competition. The great performances kept on coming as the ISL had quite a race at Lawrence Academy that saw two Emerging Elites athletes finish 1-2. Milton junior Henry Russell covered the course in a superb 16:40 while Roxbury Latin senior Nathaniel Dick finished just a few seconds back to show that these two are going to be terrorizing the ISL all year and that everyone should be on notice when they get a chance at all competitors at Footlocker Northeast. Speaking of terror, senior John Bleday of Xaverian continues to dominate the field. John covered a 3-mile dual meet course in 15:18 for the win. In addition to the high school athletes, two collegiate EE runners were in action this past week at the Purple Valley Classic at Williams College. Sophomore Elleree Erdos of Williams finished the 6-kilometer course in 24:24, good enough for a top 50 finish and helping the Williams women to a second place team result. Middlebury freshman Will Gibbons also had a great day at the invitational, finishing the 8k course in 27:27. The time was good enough to earn him 6th out of all freshmen at the race while his team took home the silver medal in the team competition. Emerging Elites wants to say congratulations to all those who competed this past week and good luck to you and your teams in the upcoming races! Collegiate Weekend Results, 9.19.2009Tom Finneran of Wake Forest had a great early season showing with a 45th place finish at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational. Tom covered the 7.6-kilometer course in a time of 25:51, which was good for 6th place for the team as the Demon Deacons finished 5th of 8 teams. Middlebury freshman Will Gibbons was a part of a total domination at the Panther Invitational. Will finished 6th overall AND 6th on his team as Middlebury swept the team scoring. Will covered the 8-kilometer course in a time of 27:29 as the Middlebury men put on a show early in the season. Since Andy Stillman’s University of Vermont team has had twice as many meets as the rest of the runners on this list, we have twice as many results for him! At the Pre-America East Meet on September 13th, Andy finished 3rd on his team and 13th overall with a time of 26:25 as the Vermont men finished 2nd of 6 teams. This past weekend, Andy nearly matched his first performance with a solid 26:33 run over 8 kilometers at the University of Massachusetts 5-way meet. His time was good enough to place him 19th overall and the last scorer on his own team as the Vermont men again finished 2nd overall as a team.
Stud Brown freshman Ari Garber finished 6th place overall at the Boston University Invitational and 2nd on the Brown squad, barely a second behind her teammate. Ari ran a very impressive 18:36 for the 5-kilometer course as the Brown Bears took home the team title. Still in the Ivy League, Yale freshman Jenny Donnelly showed that she is a potential scorer at the Heptagonal Championships in November with her 20th place finish at the Quinnipiac Invitational in Hamden, CT. Jenny ran 19:28 for the 5-kilometer course and was the Bulldogs first finisher. Congratulations, Jenny. From the Bulldogs of Yale to the Purple Cows of Williams, Elleree Erdos had a great showing at the Panther Invitational where she finished just outside the top 10 with a great 5-kilometer time of 20:21. She was the third finisher on her team as the Purple Cows finished 2nd of 6 teams at the invitational.
High School Weekend Results, 9.19.2009On September 19th, 2009 at the famed Franklin Park, fifteen Emerging Elites athletes competed at the McIntyre Bay State Invitational. Senior John Bleday of Xaverian stamped himself as an early state title contender by taking the Division 1 race with a time of 15:54.2 for the 5-kilometer course, which was also the fastest run of the day by any competitor. John’s teammate and fellow senior, Eric Gesimondo, finished with a time of 17:44 and helped Xaverian place 3rd overall in the team standings. Boston Latin sophomore Nick D’ Agostino showed tremendous improvement by chopping 30 seconds off from his 5-kilometer time from last year. His finish placed him in the top 25 for runners from the class of 2012. In the Division II race, Burlington senior Evan Mercier was Emerging Elites’ top finisher covering the course in a solid early season performance of 17:16 and placing 17th out of over 200 competitors. Not far behind him was junior Nathaniel McGough of Hamilton-Wenham who finished 8 spots back and a mere 10 seconds behind Evan and helped the H-W boys finish 4th overall in the team standings. The hits just kept on coming as two Medfield seniors Joe Hill and Jeff Brown finished in an awesome 17:36 and 18:11, respectively. Duxbury junior Billy Jewell showed the 18-minute barrier who was boss by turning in a 17:55. On the girls’ side, Masco senior Abbey D’ Agostino finished 3rd overall in the Division I race with a 19:18 and helped Masco win the silver medal in the team competition. Also in the Division I race, Boston Latin junior Elza Lambergs carpe diemed and finished 19th overall in the junior class by running 21:56 for the 3.1-mile course. Emerging Elite members dominated the girl’s small school race. Freshman (Freshman!) Lee Milne finished second overall with a 19:15 and made everyone wonder what they are putting in the Dover water. Finishing one place behind Lee was Hamilton-Wenham junior Alison Lanois running 19:22 for the course. Along with senior Cyrena Shiland running a 20:34, these two prime time performers led H-W to the team medal stand with a 2nd place finish. Junior Kellie Lodge of Hopkinton ran 20:31 and finished top 5 for the class of 2011. Representing for the all-girls institutions was junior Anna Dolan who rolled to a 22:45 and showed that Ursuline Academy is a developing cross-country powerhouse. In other action, Belmont senior Chris Stadler dropped an impressive 17:10 on a questionably long 5-kilometer Belmont course. He finished 3rd overall behind 2 runners from opponent Winchester. Also, Emma Mahony ran a 20:32 at the prestigious Briarwood Invitational in Philadelphia, placing her 4th overall in the girl’s small school race as her team finished 2nd overall as well. Special congratulations to all the Emerging Elites runners and their high school coaches on the start of the 2009 Cross Country season!
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the fastest high-school-only mile ever contested. (There have been faster high school milers but they were all part of collegiate or open races.) Dartmouth College-bound Johnny finished 5th in the top seeded race but was bumped to 6th by Matthew Jablonski who won a section earlier in the day with a time of 4:15.33, a mere two-tenths faster. Johnny grabbed the final All-American position with the second fastest time of his high school career, 4:15.54. This represents an amazing senior championship indoor track season, as Johnny won the EMass Division I Mile Title, defended his MIAA All Class Meet Mile Title, and earned High School All American. Congratulations John and the Xaverian coaching staff!
Also early Sunday morning, Rice University-bound Jeff Brown saved a little too much for the last lap but landed an indoor PR in the 800m! Senior Tyler Moules found himself in a very tight box late in the race and was unable to unleash his notable kick... we're looking forward to seeing it outdoors!
1500m Intermediate Girls
Congratulations to Katie Ellinger of Phillips Andover, who led her team to a win against rival Phillips Exeter! Katie ran the course in 19:37, setting a new PR and establishing her first varsity win.
On the boys' side, junior Ben Halpen of St. John’s Prep finished 2nd on his team and 17th overall with a 16:51 as the Eagles took their place on the team podium with a 3rd place finish. Nipping at Ben’s heels was junior Nathaniel McGough. Nathaniel led the way for the H-W boys and finished 19th overall with a solid 16:54 for the Goddard Park course.
Even as a yearling, John Jantz has already become the leader of the Northeastern Cross-Country team. At the Boston University Invitational, Jantz led the Huskies with a 25:57 finish that placed him 21st overall. The rebuilding Huskies finished 5th overall in the team scoring and Jantz stamped himself as a top freshman contender in the Colonial Athletic Association.Share on Facebook Copyright 2006-2015. All Rights Reserved. Emerging Elites is a division of TRACS, Inc.
