Kayla takes 100m and 4x100m vs. Braintree

Kayla took home her first varsity win today with a 1st place in 100m in 13.5  as Newton defeated Braintree 93.5-37.5 (results) in the cold (sub 50F) and rain. She also led off the winning 4x100m relay that clocked a 51.2.   On the varsity level, of the 62 MIAA schools reporting, only Newton North, Newton South, and Sharon have faster 4x100m times logged in Athletic.net.

The 4×100 relay had  two other sophomores and a freshman. To put their  performance in context, consider that 28 teams entered last weekend’s Rt. 128 frosh-soph meet at Notre Dame and 53.1 won. That meet’s record is 52.01.  There is also an annual “large-schools” state-wide frosh/soph meet this Saturday where the “state” frosh/soph record is 51.84.  Newton will skip that meet and focus on the Weston Invitational night meet under the lights (2009 results) where this squad would likely be seeded ~3rd-4th.  They also have a dual meet Thursday in Milton.