Infield
Action At the '07 State Finals |
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| New blocks were in
position for the US National Championships to be held the following day.
Perceptive athletes went over early to check out settings. Here Joanna Timmons
and a teammate find adjustments. |
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| At race time NDA's
Joanna was ready to go. She placed 8th in trials (7.53) and 7th overall
in 7.54. |
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| Warming up for high
jump. |
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| Stoneham's Christina
Izzicupo (far left) was 4th in high jump at 5'3. She won both the 300M and
anchored the winning 4X400. At far right is Oliver Ames sophomore Laura
Weeks who placed 2nd in D2 at 5'3. Today she jumped 4'11 for 13th place. |
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| Mansfield hurdler Meghan
Ferreira works on starts before the meet. |
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| Getting ready for trials. |
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| The first flight.Lane
6 had the best start. |
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| In the center of the
track Stephanie Reusch (ORR senior) and Meghan Ferreira (Mansfield soph)
get out quickly. Their times (8.61-8.47) placed them 4th and 3rd in the
finals. Notice how centered they are on the lane. |
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| Notice how far the
athlete in lane 6 has drifted to the right. His next few steps will require
adjustments before he's ready to focus all his energy in the direction of
the hurdles. My observation is that most coaching of the starts is done
from the side (concentrating on important elements of body position and
first step), thus making this harder to pick up on. It may not be the case
in this instance, but I wanted to use this as a teachable moment for beginning
coaches. |
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55M
hurdle finals.
Lane 4 - 1 Barber, Lauren SR New Bedford 8.21
Lane 5 - 2 Trojano, Priscilla JR Coyle-Cass 8.29
Lane 3 - 3 Reusch, Stephanie SR O.R.R. 8.55
Lane 6 - 4 Ferreira, Meghan SO Mansfield High S 8.59 |
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| Boys' hurdle finalists
set the blocks. |
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1 Sullivan, Matt SR
St. John Prep 7.61
2 Conti, Peter SR Mansfield High S 7.67
3 Callanan, Matt JR Mansfield High S 7.71
4 Conway, Chris JR Bish. Feehan 7.75
5 Rumizen, Steve JR Reading 7.82
6 Starling, Nate SR Braintree 7.84
7 Campos, Ismar JR Marlborough High 7.91
8 Allen, Sheldon JR Charlestown 9.21 |
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| Girls' dash finalists |
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| 55M
Dash finals
1
Bailey, Candace JR Newton SO 7.41
2 Latham, Deanna FR Triton 7.42
3 Mintor, Nerlande SR Charlestown 7.43
4 Metivier, Chelsea JR New Bedford 7.51
5 Janeczak, Hannah FR Doherty-Worc 7.53
6 Muccio, Christina JR Andover 7.53
7 Timmons, Joanna JR N.D.-Hingham 7.54
8 Uretsky, Anna SR Hingham 7.59 |
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| 55M
Dash Finals
Lane
5 - 1 Walker, Darius SR Lexington 6.38# Meet record
2 Williams, Datrion SO Madison Park 6.53
3 Williams, Jeff SR Hingham 6.56
4 McConnel, Christopher FR Andover 6.61
5 Thibodeaux, Marquis SR Brockton 6.63
6 Bruno, Jeff SR Stoneham 6.65
7 Searcy, Mike JR Natick 6.66
8 Velez, Darius SR Cambridge 6.74 |
