Olympic legend Mills coming to Quincy for 10th Kennedy run

AGOSTINELLI

The Jimmy Kennedy Memorial Run in Quincy will celebrate its 10th year in a big way. The festivities will include an appearance by Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills, who is credited with one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history.

"He's a living legend in the running community," said race co director Marty Levenson.

Levenson said organizers worked to get Mills to Quincy because of his impact on the running community. During the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Mills became the first runner from the United States to win the 10,000 meters. Footage from the event -- considered a shocker because Mills was an unknown -- can still be seen on websites such as YouTube.com.

Mills will hold a clinic with the Quincy Track Club at 6 p.m. Friday at Cavanaugh Field. He also will be available to meet with race participants and sign autographs Saturday, the day of the race.

The race route will begin at Pageant Field and take participants along Wollaston Beach. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. The 2.5-mile walk will start at 9 a.m. and the 5-mile run will follow at 10 .

Awards will be presented in 14 divisions. Food, drinks, and T-shirts also will be available.

All proceeds from the event will go to The Angel Fund, which supports ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) research at the Cecil B. Day Labratory for Neuromuscular Research at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The race is in honor of Quincy native Jimmy "The Squirrel" Kennedy, who died from the disease at age 31.

For more information about the race events, contact Levenson at mlevenson@adt.com or at 781-789-9360.

Cohasset lacrosse at the top as South Shore gives awards

Cohasset boys' lacrosse coach Stew Curran said that from his team's first match, it would be challenged as the defending Division 3 state champion. It wasn't long before Cohasset players understood Curran's warning.

Cohasset made its way through the regular season and came away with a 12-3 record and the No. 1 seed in the Division 3 East Sectional.

The South Shore League recognized Curran as the league's coach of the year.

"We had a group of talented young men, and they did everything we asked them to do," Curran said.

Other honorees by the league included sportsman of the year Kevin Tierney of Norwell; "true lacrosse hero" Ryan Walsh of Abington; and assistant coach of the year Bob Walsh of Abington. The league also recognized Julie and Paul Trendowicz of Cohasset as woman and man of the year.

First-team all-stars include attackers Mike Flibotte, Mike Bunstein, and Mike Grimm, midfielders Chris Davis and Dan Trendowicz, and specialist Charlie Czerkawski of Cohasset; attacker Jared Dunn, midfielder Max Barrett, and goalie Ryan Walsh of Abington; and midfielders Cody Cavicchi, Dave Hassell, Barry Driscoll, and Dan Ferzoco, defender Kenton Magowan, and goalie Doug Farinick of Norwell.

St. Michael's College midfielder Mark Agostinelli of Dedham was named a Division 2 All-American by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.

Agostinelli, a 2004 Xaverian graduate, collected 29 goals and 16 assists this season. He also was selected to the Northeast 10 Conference first team.

This season St. Michael's reached the Northeast 10 quarterfinals, earning its second playoff victory in two seasons.

Chizoba Ezeigwe of Brockton had a strong showing for Wheaton College at the NCAA Division 3 Track and Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh last week.

Ezeigwe was third in the 200 meters with a time of 25.02 seconds. She also joined Natana Jules, Celeste Karpow, and Renee Thompson in the 4 x 400 meters to finish sixth with a time of 3:48.11.

The performances earned Ezeigwe, a sophomore, two outdoor All-America honors. She has three All-America honors during the indoor season.

East Bridgewater native Jennifer Harlow placed 10 th overall in the high jump. The senior, a five-time All-American, completed her Wheaton career as a two-time indoor high jump national champion, and a two-time national outdoor runner-up.

Monique Walker can be reached at mwalker@globe.com.