North pulled off an upset and beat league rival Weymouth 46-40. Kayla took 4th place amongst bay state league long jumpers in non-scoring event, hitting 15′ 2.75″ for her 2nd best mark of the season. She also got a PR 7.93 in the JV 55m dash (with a bit of a false start) running as Megan Pursley (ranks 112th in state out of 1150 competitors). and ran a turn for the first time in her high school career, running the 200m in a crowded open start JV heat in a PR 29.5.
From Boston Globe Articles “Tigers Restore Order“:
Although the Newton North girls’ indoor track team had claimed 18 of the last 22 Bay State titles, the past two belonged to Weymouth. But junior Margo Gillis’s anchor-leg performance in the mile relay guaranteed the Tigers would leave the Reggie Lewis Center league champions once more, as Newton North defeated the Wildcats, 46-40, yesterday.
“This was without a doubt the most exciting, competitive meet in my career on the part of both teams,’’ said Tigers coach Joe Tranchita. “Weymouth was just sensational. It was just an epic battle.’’Newton North (5-0) held a 41-40 advantage heading into the final event. Freshman Madi Nadeau, senior Ari Tabatabaie, and senior Jaya Tripathi ran the first three legs, but Gillis pushed her team ahead, finishing her leg in 59.4 seconds. The Tigers finished in 4:06 – just a second ahead of Weymouth (4-1).
“We’re doing this coming off a state relay title from this past weekend,’’ Tranchita said in reference to his team’s 50-point performance Sunday. “So this is sort of the icing on the cake.’
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Kayla looks like a rocket crossing the line – AWESOME.
UJ