Tag: Track

Kayla scored 8 points to help lead Newton to a 105-31 win over Needham as Newton completed for the 1st time on its new home track (results, photos, jump sequences). She took 2nd in both the Long Jump and 100m behind Carla Forbes and added 3rd places in the 100m hurdles and triple jump. State leading marks were set in 3 of her 4 events (Forbes in LJ and TJ, Wong in 100m hurdles).

Kayla set personal bests in the long jump (16’7″, 16’6″, 15’10”) and triple jump (32’7″) and state qualified in the Long Jump. She also set season PRs in 100m and 100m hurdles. She currently ranks 5th in the league and 7th in the state in the long jump (out of 349 competitors). In the triple jump, she ranks 31st of 229 in the state, after only 3 tries s in the new event for her.

Kayla took 2nd in the triple jump and 3rd in the 100m as Newton defeated Wellesley 87-43 to put a likely lock on the Bay State league crown (photos, results, Newton Tab).

Kayla won the triple jump (in her first outing) and anchored the winning 4x100m to a win and the 3rd fasted time in the state (52.6) thus far. She also took 3rd in the LJ and the 100m hurdles (results). The team photographer had a meeting so couldn’t skip out of work to attend :-(.

Newton defeated Bay State league rival Weymouth 74-62 on a rainy and very cold (42 deg F) Tuesday afternoon (photos). Kayla got tossed into the 100m at the last minute and finished 4th. She defeating all of Weymouth’s 14 entries except team captain Jill Glover.

Thursday, March 31 – at Milton
Tuesday, April 5 – at Weymouth
Tuesday, April 12 – at Braintree
Wednesday, April 19 – home vs Wellesley
Wednesday, April 27 – home vs Needham
Sunday, May 1 – State Relays at Barnstable HS
Wednesday,May 4 – home vs Framingham
Saturday, May 7 – Weston Invitational
Wednesday, May 11 – home vs Brookline
Saturday, May 14 – State Coaches Invitational at Durfee HS
Wednesday, May 18 – Conference Meet TBA
Saturday, May 21 – So. Shore Meet at Norwell HS
– Last Chance Meet at Notre Dame (H)
Saturday, May 28 – Div. 1 State Championships at Andover HS
Saturday, June 4 – State Finals

Kayla delivered her 2nd best indoor high school long jump (15’11.25″) to improve 10 slots from her 27th seed to place 17th in today’s Massachusetts State Open Championships. This meet brought together all the top jumpers from across the state. As expected based on seeds coming in, Newton North was runner up in the team competition behind Mansfield 38-29 (results, photos, MileSplit Story, Boston Herald, Boston Globe, Newton track blog, Newton Patch article, milesplit photos, newton tab photos).

With the four divisional championships concluded over the weekend, the Massachusetts Indoor Track State Open Championship qualifiers have just been named. In just her 2nd season of indoor long jumping, Kayla achieved her goal of advancing to this meet. Kayla’s Division 1 championship PR of 16’1″ on Friday night earned her a 4-way tie for the 12th place wildcard slot and 24th overall. Eight Newton athletes qualified in individual events. The meet is Saturday 11am at the Reggie Lewis Center. The boys jump first, so the girls long jump will likely go off around noon or so.

Mansfield looks favored to win, but never count North out, as it will come down to a few points. Andover and Lincoln-Sudbury will be right in the hunt as well.

Previews: Newton Track Blog, MileSplit by event, milesplit by team

Real-time results

Tickets

Event 23 Girls Long Jump
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MEET: 19-05.50 2/24/2006 Arantxa King, Medford
Name Year School Seed Mark
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1 Forbes, Carla SO Newton North 18-05.50
2 Darling, Melissa JR Weymouth 17-05.25
3 Stoyle, Becky SR Pembroke 17-04.00
4 St.Fleur, Bionca SO Melrose 17-03.00
5 Ebzery, Danielle SR Bish. Feehan 17-02.00
6 Fanciullo, Andrea JR No. Middlesex 17-02.00
7 Ready, Lauren SR Lincoln-Sud 17-00.00
8 Scott, Shannoya JR New Leadership 16-10.00
9 Baker, Dylan SR Quabbin Reg. X16-09.00
10 Morss, Therese SR O.R.R. 16-08.75
11 Glover, Jillian SR Weymouth X16-08.50
12 Bishop, Eve SR Andover X16-08.25
13 Angiolillo, Brittany SR NO Reading 16-07.50
14 Isidor, Melissa SR New Bedford X16-07.00
15 Ren, Amy SR Newton North X16-06.75
16 Perko, Margaret JR Concord-Carlisle 16-05.50
17 McMahon, Ali SR E. Longmeadow X16-05.00
18 Savoie, Michelle SR Milford 16-03.50
19 Fries, Randi JR Acton-Bxboro X16-03.50
20 Beidleman, Meghan SO Hopkinton X16-03.25
21 Miles, Victoria SR Millbury X16-02.00
22 Gagnon, Brianna SO Central Cath X16-01.75
23 Patrolia, Meghan JR Hingham X16-01.25
24 Manning, Madeline SR Weymouth X16-01.00
25 Belin, Terreyana SR Attleboro X16-01.00
26 Galewski, Nicole SO Whitman-Hans X16-01.00
27 Prior, Kayla JR Newton North X16-01.00

North defeated Andover 55-48 to win the division 1 state championships Friday night (photos, jump photos, blog preview, milesplit preview, results, Newton Tab article, globe article, herald article, track blog, Newton Tab Photos, ESPN article). Kayla lead off with a first jump 16’1″ high school PR in the regulation Reggie Lewis pit. She jumped nearly a foot farther than her 2010 D1 meet. She came into the meet seeded 13th and ended up tied for 9th (bumped to 11th based on 2nd jump tiebreaker). Outside of seniors, Kayla ranked 4th. Factoring in the D2, D3, and D4 championship meets, Kayla tied for the 24th best jump in all state championship competitions. Technically this should advance her to the open but will need to see how rules play out (link). She ends the season with the 36th best jump of the year state wide out of 622 competitors. She ranked 63th last year. She jumped 15’10” or better in the last 4 of 5 meets.

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