Villanova continued unbeaten with a 39-23 win over Louisville to move to 9-0. They have now played all the teams in the league once and have 3 games remaining in the regular season.
Kayla jumps to 8th in Bay State Championships; Hits PR in 55m Hurdles
Kayla improved her 55m Hurdles time by 0.1 to 9.80 to take 17th in the 12-school Bay State Championship meet Wednesday (results). She also jumped 15’3″ to take 8th in the Long Jump. Newton placed 4 jumpers in the top 8.
Kayla jumps to 10th and 15’11 1/4″ PR in McIntyre Elite Meet
Kayla hit a PR 15′ 11.25″ PR to take 10th in the McIntyre elite track meet at Reggie Lewis on Sunday competing against the top jumpers in the state (results, news article, track blog). She came into the trials meet last week seeded 31st and placed 18th to qualify for this week. Newton placed 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th and has qualified 5 jumpers for the D1 state meet. She is currently ranked 33rd in the state.
Now this is what you call hitting your mark!
Undefeated Villanova defeats #2 Providence 43-12
After three 30min soccer games and 4 hours on the road Saturday, Jared returned to Newton to score 8 points and make several blocks as Villanova moved to 8-0 with a win over #2 Providence (now 6-2) (photos).
MPS Knights journey to Portland Indoor Soccer Jamboree
The Knights looked much improved over last summer, but dropped their matches 0-2, 0-2, 1-4 (photos).
Karen and Briana in Woodbury
Kayla took most of the good photos of the weekend. I was too distracted by the nieces and nephew! Here is a direct link to the gallery.
Kayla jumps to 18th in State Coaches Invitational Meet
KP jumped a near PR 15′ 10.5″ to take 18th in the Mass State Coaches Invitational Saturday (results, tab article, patch article, photos). The field included all the best jumpers from across the state. She came in seeded 31st (= her state ranking). This qualifies her to move on to the McIntyre elite meet on Sunday. North placed 4 in the top 18 including Carla Forbes popping a meet record #2 in nation 19′ 1″.
North wins Div 1 State Relay Championship Meet — Kayla & Co take shuttle hurdle gold
Newton North won a closely fought battle with Andover to take the 2011 Division 1 State Relays (results, globe article, boston herald article, track blog, tab article and photos). Kayla anchored the winning 4x50m shuttle hurdle relay (29.88) to a gold medal over 24 other teams earning 10 of Newton’s 47 points. Andover was 2nd with 42 points and Weymouth 3rd with 34 points. This is Kayla’s third D1 state relay title, adding to the 3xLJ and 4x100m hurdles wins last year.
[Update: Overall, the relay’s time led a total of 100 schools across the state: Div 2 (36), 3 (26), & 4 (14)].
Here is a video of the hurdles. Most teams save their strongest hurdlers for last leg while Newton ran their strong leg 2nd to get out ahead. The New Bedford and Andover girs running her down are the #9 and #12 hurdlers in the state. If the video below doesn’t load for you fast enough, try this link.
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Photo Album (click on link to jump to photos):
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Division 3 results
Jared scores 16 points in 42-25 win over St. Johns
Jared scored a career high 16+ points in a win yesterday to bring his team (Villanova) to league leading 5-0 record (photo gallery)
