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| 1998 XC |
11/14/98
Massachusetts State Meet
results from the monster running site, Cool Running
Timing and Scoring By: SPITLER RACE SYSTEMS
Eastern Massachusetts - Central Massachusetts - Western Massachusetts
Preview by John Molvar
State Finals
11/21/98 at Gardner Municipal Golf Course, Gardner MA - 2.9 miles - windy, overcast, 40s
 | Boys Division I - jr Tristan Colangelo 14:17 (course record, temporarily), Ben Wesenyeleh, Boston O'Bryant 14:18, jr Tim Curran, St. John 14:20; Gloucester 68 (5th straight) |
| Boys Division II - sr Andy Powell 14:00 (course record) and Oliver Ames 49, sr Frank Sanchez, Lynn Vocational 14:01 |
| Girls Division I - jr Jessica Parrot, Westford 16:55, fr Emily Johnson, Newton South 16:56; Amherst 73, Newton South 76 |
| Girls Division II - jr Shalene Flanagan, Marblehead 16:02; Milton 92, Mohawk Valley 93 |
Eastern Massachusetts
11/14/98 at Franklin Park, Boston MA
| Boys Division I - so Said Ahmed 15:45; Cambridge Rindge and Latin 81 |
| Boys Division II - jr Tristan Colangelo 15:46 and Gloucester 54, Westford Academy 57 |
| Boys Division III - sr Andy Powell 14:52 and Oliver Ames HS 27 (1-2-6-8-10) |
| Boys Division IV - sr Frank Sanchez 15:01, Lynn Vocational; Norwell 129 |
| Girls Division I - jr Michele Palmer, Plymouth South 19:00; Newton North 50 |
| Girls Division II - jr Jessica Parrott, Westford 18:28; Newton South 31 (2-3-4-10-12) |
| Girls Division III - jr Snalane Flanagan, Marblehead 17:20; Milton 82 |
| Girls Division IV - so Molly Landreth 18:47 and Newburyport 38 (4th straight) |
Central Massachusetts
11/14/98 at Gardner MA (2.9 miles)
| Boys Division I - jr Tim Curran 14:24 and St. John's 41; jr Patrick Boehm, Wachusett 14:26 |
| Boys Division II - so Geoff Cronan, Millbury 14:53; Bromfield 78 |
| Girls Division I - jr Kate Polizzotto, Nashoba 17:06, Wachuset 24 |
| Girls Division II - so Sarah MacKay, Whitinsville 17:40; St. Peter-Marian 52 |
Western Massachusetts
(results missing - anyone who has them, please send email to dye@dyestat.com)
Preview by John Molvar
From: John W. Molvar [jwm_c105@ports.navy.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 3:42 PM
To: dye@dyestat.com
Subject: Mass HS XC Class Meet Preview
Eastern Mass Division I
Although none of the top 5 teams in the state are in this race, it will be by far the most competitive team battle but only 5 will qualify for the all state meet. This race will be wide open for the top 5 with at least 10 teams having a shot.
1 Chelmsford
2 Cambridge
3 Brookline
4 Methuen
5 BC High
6 Lowell
7 Plymouth
8 Lexington
9 St Johns Prep
10 Brocton
11 Newton North
12 Haverhill
13 Barnstable
The individual race should be great featuring a half miler, soph Ahmedi from Somalia against long distance runner McArdle. Alliette could also win the race. Barshard had a tough early season and is looking to come on in the big meets.
1 **Said Ahmedi, Boston English (1.55)
2 Tom McArdle, Brookline (9.40)
3 Kevin Alliette, Methuen
4 *Josh Barshard, Somerville (9.46)
5 Byron Gartrell, BCH
6 Paul Kingston, BCH
7 Renny Waldron, Cambridge
8 Sean McCarthy, Chelmsford
9 Paul Machado, New Bedford
10 Jordan Jones, Medford
11 Dave Hartman, Cambridge
12 Ian Joseph, Lexington
13 Pat English, BCH
Division II
Dunsky’s Gloucester is looking for their 5th straight title, but they may need a miracle. Westford probably has too much depth. No other team has a chance to win.
1 Westford Acadamey
2 Gloucester
3 Whitman-Hansen
4 Central Catholic
5 Newton South
Great race up front between Wessenyeleh from Ethiopia and 2 time New England mile champ Colangelo. If Benji tries to rely on his kick he will be doomed against Colangelo. John "Deke" Decomandria of Wakefield has yet another blue chiper in Wallace. Deke has been doing that for decades. Bloom leads the powerfull WA team after getting a late start due to mono. Individually this division has the most depth and will be the hardest to qualify as an individual.
1 Benji Wessenyeleh, O’Bryant (9.26, 4.28)
2 *Tristan Colangelo, Gloucester (4.17)
3 Shawn Wallace, Wakefield (9.53)
4 Tyler Bloom, Westford Academy (9.45)
5 Rich Lincoln, Lincoln Sudbury (4.31, 9.56)
6 **Josh Palazola, Gloucester (2.01)
7 *John Jacobson, Taunton (4.29,2.00)
8 Matt Emond, Marshfield
9 Jim Emord, Bridgewater-Raynham
10 Jarrod Shoemaker, Lincoln-Sudbury 11 Brian Lankiewicz, Whitman-Hanson 12 Chris Antunes, Westford Academy (1.56)
13 *Shawn Milne, Gloucester
14 Marc Leblanc, Natick
15 Scott Strandberg, Reading
16 Dave Fortin, Westford Acadamy
17 Brian Griffin, Central Catholic
Division III
Should be a cakewalk for OA. Stoneham is the best of the rest. This division will be weaker than it has been in the recent past.
1 Oliver Ames
2 Stoneham
3 Wellesley
4 Milton
5 Bishop Feehan
6 Walpole
7 Tewksbury
1 Andy Powell, Oliver Ames (8.59, 4.05)
2 Chris Johnson, Oliver Ames (4.24)
3 Aaron Piffarian, King Philip
Individually this division is very weak. Powell can jog it with his teammates who should clean up.
Division IV
Norwell should win a tight and unpredictable team battle.
1 Norwell
2 Foxboro
3 Seekonk
4 Hamilton-Wenham
5 Weston
6 Sandwich
Sanchez is one of the top 5 in the country and will win easy here and look forward to his show down with Powell the following week. Geoff Atkinson is undefeated and has a tremendous kick. Nephi Tyler is rapidly improving. Rory ran a 4.21 mile outdoors but is have a tough time over hill and dale.
1 Frank Sanchez, Lynn Tech (9.07)
2 *Geoff Atkinson, Norwell (never ran track!)
3 Nephi Tyler, Farr (9.46)
4 Jim Kastrenis, Foxboro
5 Chris Testa, Dover-Sherborn
6 Igor Rory, Lynnfield (4.21)
7 Matt Thomas, Amesbury
Central Mass Div I
St Johns (S) is the best team in the state. Wachusett’s chances for a state title were gone when Sean Triacks decided he would rather kick a dumb ball around rather than win a state XC title.
1 St Johns-Shrewsbury
2 Wachusett
3 Doherty
4 North Middlesex
5 Shewsbury
6 Milford
7 Nashoba
8 Algonquin
Pat Boehm has worked his up to being one of the best runners in the country. He will have his hands full with Curran who came out blazing early. This race may have the look of a St Johns-Wachusett duel meet.
1 Pat Boehm, Wachusett (4.26, 9.54)
2 Tim Curran, St John’s (Shrewsbury) (9.39)
3 Chris Carvelli, N. Middlesex (4.22, 9.46)
4 Dave Raymond, Wachusett (9.23)
5 Steve Martella, St John’s (Shewsbury)
6 **Jim Sullivan, Wachusett
7 ? Murphy, South ?
8 Matt Davis, Shrewsbury
9 Chris Hope, Milford
10 Loe Leapan, Wachusett
11 Andy Gallivan, Doherty
12 Mike Ahern, St Johns (Shrewsbury)
13 Jason Triacs, Wachusett
central Mass div II
1 Bromfield
2 Narragansett
3 Blackstone-Millville
1 Chris Starr, Bromfield
2 Matt McDonald, Blackstone-Millville
3 Eric Nygard, Narragansett
4 Peter Starr, Bromfield
5 Pete Holt, Bromfield
6 Jeff Lemay, Blackstone-Millville
Western Mass div I
Perennial Western Mass Leader Taconic looks to win again.
1 Taconic
2 Amherst
3 Pittsfield
4 Minnechaoug
1 Eric Nazar, Amherst (9.52)
2 Paul Phelps, Taconic (4.32, 10.07)
western Mass Div II
Mohawk in a romp.
1 Mohawk
2 Hoosac
3 Mt Greylock
This should be a very good race
1 *Neil Graves, Mohawk
2 Mark Miller, Mohawk
3 Evan Pilachowski, Mt Greylock (4.26,9.38)
Overall Rankings
1 St Johns-Shrewsbury
2 Westford Acadamey
3 Wachusett
4 Mohawk
5 Oliver Ames
6 Gloucester
7 Doherty
8 North Middlesex
9 Chelmsford
10 Cambridge
11 Whitman-Hansen
12 Bromfield
13 Brookline
14 Taconic
15 Methuen
16 Lincoln-Sudbury
17 BC High
18 Amherst
19 Narragansett
20 Lowell
21 Hamilton-Wenham
22 Plymouth
23 Lexington
24 St Johns Prep
25 Norwell
26 Hoosac
27 Pittsfield
28 Central Catholic
29 Stoneham
30 Minnechaoug
31 Concord
32 Brocton
33 Foxboro
34 Seekonk
35 Newton North
36 Haverhill
37 Wellesley
38 Milton
39 Barnstable
Individuals
1 Frank Sanchez, Lynn Tech (9.07)
2 Andy Powell, Oliver Ames (8.59, 4.05)
3 Pat Boehm, Wachusett (4.26, 9.54)
4 Tim Curran, St John’s (Shrewsbury) (9.39)
5 Benji Wessenyeleh, O’Bryant (9.26, 4.28)
6 *Geoff Atkinson, Norwell (never ran track!)
7 Chris Carvelli, N. Middlesex (4.22, 9.46)
8 **Said Ahmedi, Boston English (1.55)
9 *Tristan Colangelo, Gloucester (4.17)
10 Shawn Wallace, Wakefield (9.53)
11 Tyler Bloom, Westford Academy (9.45)
12 Tom McArdle, Brookline (9.40)
13 Dave Raymond, Wachusett (9.23)
14 Kevin Alliette, Methuen
15 Rich Lincoln, Lincoln Sudbury (4.31, 9.56)
16 Adam Reich, BBN
17 Steve Martella, St John’s (Shewsbury)
18 *Josh Barshard, Somerville (9.46)
19 **Josh Palazola, Gloucester (2.01)
20 Nephi Tyler, Farr (9.46)
21 Eric Nazar, Amherst (9.52)
22 Nate Jenkins, Narragansett
23 Chris Johnson, Oliver Ames (4.24)
24 *Neil Graves, Mohawk
25 *John Jacobson, Taunton (4.29,2.00)
26 Mark Miller, Mohawk
27 Matt Emond, Marshfield
28 Byron Gartrell, BCH
29 Paul Kingston, BCH
30 Evan Pilachowski, Mt Greylock (4.26,9.38)
31 Paul Machado, New Bedford
32 Jim Kastrenis, Foxboro
33 Jim Emord, Bridgewater-Raynham
34 Renny Waldron, Cambridge
35 Jarrod Shoemaker, Lincoln-Sudbury 36 Brian Lankiewicz, Whitman-Hanson 37 Sean McCarthy, Chelmsford 38 Paul Phelps, Taconic (4.32, 10.07)
39 Chris Antunes, Westford Academy (1.56)
40 Chris Testa, Dover-Sherborn
41 Igor Rory, Lynnfield (4.21)
42 *Shawn Milne, Gloucester
43 **Jim Sullivan, Wachusett
44 Chris Starr, Bromfield
45 ? Murphy, South ?
46 Matt McDonald, Blackstone-Millville
47 Matt Davis, Shrewsbury
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49 Eric Nygard, Narragansett
50 Marc Leblanc, Natick
51 Scott Strandberg, Reading
52 Chris Hope, Milford
53 Aaron Piffarian, King Philip
54 Peter Starr, Bromfield
55 Adam Monroe, North Middlesex
56 Pete Holt, Bromfield
57 Dave Fortin, Westford Acadamy
58 Jordan Jones, Medford
59 Nat Brown, Wellesley
60 Dave Hartman, Cambridge
61 Loe Leapan, Wachusett
62 Brian Griffin, Central Catholic
63 Andy Gallivan, Doherty
64 Ian Joseph, Lexington
65 Mike Ahern, St Johns (Shrewsbury)
66 Jason Triacs, Wachusett
67 Matt Thomas, Amesbury
68 Pat English, BCH
69 Jeff Lemay, Blackstone-Millville
Please send comments and let me know of any errors or errors of ommission.
John Molvar
