Top 10 Track Photos of 2013

Last month we reviewed the thousands of photos taken over the course of the year and selected the best 120 or so for the 2013 Highlight Book.

The best 30 or so of those were posted to the Newton Sports Photography Instagram. Based on the highly unscientific “like” process there through Jan 3rd, we identified the following as the top 10. If you have a particular favorite from 2013 not here on on the Instagram page, let us know by comments below, twitter, facebook, or instagram and we’ll get it added to instagram.

#10 Acton-Boxborough’s Brian Sommers jumps 22′ 10.5″ at at the MSTCA Elite meet.

#9 Wellesley sophomore Tom D’anieri places 3rd in bay State Conference XC championships

#8 Newton North’s Carl Whitham celebrates his D1 Indoor Shot Put title

#7 Peabody’s Catarina Rocha wins 2013 D1 2 mile

#6 Tom Meagher has his eyes focused on track as he handles starting duties at the large school frosh soph meet

#5 Lowell sophomore Kaley Richards wins Eastern Mass D1 XC Championship

#4 21′ 10.75″ jump at the frosh soph large school meet

#3 Taj-Amir Torres wins the 100m at the Mass State Open

#2 Alex Niemiec wins high jump and long jump at Mass outdoor state track championship

#1 Peabody’s Caterina Rocha after her Mass state open 4:49.14 mile record.


The Pros got a few votes for their shots as well:


#3 Mary Cain celebrates her 2 mile high school record at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

#2 2012 Olympic Gold medalist Jennifer Suhr vaults at #NBindoorGP

#1 Galen Rupp cheers on Mary Cain to a 2 mile high school record at NB Grand Prix #cainsanity #bestof2013

2013 Mass Track and Cross Country Highlights

Newton Sports Photography reviewed the nearly 25,000 photos accumulated over the course of 2013 and selected 120 favorite shots and moments. The gallery has been uploaded to the Newton Sports Photography facebook page. “Like” your favorites and we will circle back at the end of the year to pick the top 12.

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If you like the album, get the book:

Bay State Conference Cross Country Championships

Photo galleries from the 2013 Bay State Conference Championships are being uploaded. Results are up on Coolrunning.

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Boys Results:

Event 7 Boys 5k Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Gabe Montague Newton North 15:13.74 1
2 Mike Schlichting Newton North 15:24.90 2
3 Thomas D’Anieri Wellesley 15:42.54 3
4 Adrian Amaya Needham 15:47.93 4
5 Emmanuel D’Agostino Brookline 16:01.91 5
6 Ben Griswold Wellesley 16:05.46 6
7 John Benner Needham 16:05.65 7
8 Jared Freedman Newton North 16:10.25 8
9 Daniel Palladino Wellesley 16:12.79 9
10 Zach Prescott Weymouth 16:14.05 10
11 Max Brandl Newton North 16:14.98 11
12 Michael Mcdonald Framingham 16:15.37 12
13 Drew Khalaj Needham 16:17.44 13
14 Ben Pollak Brookline 16:26.04 14
15 Noah Lindeman Brookline 16:27.67 15
16 Tommy Kelley Needham 16:28.80 16
17 Pat Connell Walpole 16:29.02 17
18 Sam Martin Weymouth 16:31.16 18
19 Mike Van Der Linden Walpole 16:31.81 19
20 Alex Peebles-Capin Brookline 16:32.43 20

Girls Results:
1 #148 Margie Cullen Needham 18:01 1
2 #126 Sarah Lagan Natick 18:16 2
3 #140 Sarah Armstrong Needham 18:25 3
4 #290 Ashley Betts Weymouth 18:30 4
5 #307 Kelly Higgins Weymouth 18:32 5
6 #249 Allie Morris Walpole 18:33 6
7 #306 Kacie Higgins Weymouth 18:51 7
8 #274 Grace Rademacher Wellesley 18:53 8
9 #154 Kaleigh Hughes Needham 18:57 9
10 #155 Sammy Lerner Needham 18:59 10
11 #153 Katie Horton Needham 19:06 11
12 #107 Collette O’Leary Milton 19:07 12
13 #182 Evie Heffernan Newton North 19:11 13
14 #150 Julianna Donovan Needham 19:12 14
15 #236 Jackie Applin Walpole 19:18 15
16 #186 Sonya Jampel Newton North 19:22 16
17 #100 Mairead Dambruch Milton 19:23 17
18 #312 Katie Leahy Weymouth 19:30 18
19 #198 Leah Metzger Newton North 19:32 19
20 #242 Kristen Coyne Walpole 19:33 20

Newton North over Brookline in final Girls and Boys Cross Country duals

The Newton North girls and boys won their final dual meets over Brookline Wednesday at Cold Spring Park (photo galleries). Gabe Montague broke Chris Barnicle’s 15:34 course record with a 15:29 clocking. Mike Schlichting narrowly missed topping the record as well with a 15:39.

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Results:

Boys:
Newton North 25 Brookline 32

Montague NN 15:29
Schlichting NN 15:39
D’Agostino B 16:17
Freedman NN 16:26
Safer B 16:37
Brandl NN 16:38
Pollak B 16:40
Aramburu B 16:50
Peebles-Capin B 16:58
Simon B 17:01
Goroff B 17:02
Lindeman B 17:06
King NN 17:10

Girls:
Newton North 23 Brookline 33
Greely 18:51
Heffernan 19:24
LaPlante 19:45
Jampel 19:50
Metzger 20:08
Vandendries 20:18
Fuhlbrigge 20:19

2012 Bay State Conference Cross Country Championships

The 2012 Bay State Conference Cross Country Championships where held on October 27th in Norwood (results, photos) The Newton North boys won the team competition with Gabe Montague taking home the individual 5K conference title.


Photo galleries are available for the freshman boys 2.5km, freshman girls 2.5km, JV Co-ed 2.5Km, Varsity Boys 5Km, and Varsity Girls 5km.

There are also photos available from the early dual meet between Newton North, Framingham, and Dedham

Event 2 Boys 5k Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #272 Montague, Gabe Newton North 15:53 1
2 #414 Parsley, Nolan Weymouth 15:59 2
3 #283 Schlichting, Mike Newton North 16:06 3
4 #370 Palladino, Daniel Wellesley 16:06 4
5 #42 Fajnzylber, Jesse Brookline 16:26 5
6 #104 Gilligan, Brian Framingham 16:28 6
7 #207 Amaya, Adrian Needham 16:31 7
8 #222 Hagen, Tyler Needham 16:34 8
9 #34 Coppersmith, Ezra Brookline 16:35 9
10 #314 Herlihy, Sean Walpole 16:43 10
11 #358 Griswold, Ben Wellesley 16:44 11
12 #408 Jensen, Jake Weymouth 16:48 12

2012 Bay State League Cross Country Champs – 10/27/2012
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Event 1 Girls 5k Run CC
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 #559 Cullen, Margie Needham 18:50 1
2 #540 Lagan, Sarah Natick 18:54 2
3 #555 Armstrong, Sarah Needham 18:59 3
4 #561 Donovan, Julianna Needham 19:10 4
5 #583 Heffernan, Evelyn Newton North 19:13 5
6 #587 Jampel, Sonya Newton North 19:21 6
7 #686 Betts, Ashley Weymouth 19:25 7
8 #570 Turner, Caroline Needham 19:27 8
9 #703 Higgins, Kacie Weymouth 19:40 9
10 #473 Lu, Jessica Brookline 19:55 10
11 #695 Fitzgibbon, Morgan Weymouth 19:58 11
12 #574 Bellerose, Meghan Newton North 20:02 12