Girls' track
Coach of the Year
Mike Scanlon, Hopkinton
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Scanlon guided Hopkinton to an impressive fifth straight All-State championship this spring, as well as a perfect 9-0 Tri-Valley League record and the team's sixth consecutive Division 4 title. According to Scanlon, the Hillers' success stemmed from "an incredible group of seniors [leading] talented underclassmen." In 13 years at the helm, Scanlon's teams have amassed a 79-16 record. He was the Globe Coach of the Year for cross-country in 1992 and for indoor track in 2000. A Westwood High and Northeastern graduate, Scanlon is a former track and cross-country runner who enjoys playing golf in his spare time. | |
Runner of the Year
Tiana Riel, Hopkinton
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Riel began her All-Scholastic track career as a freshman with incredible promise, but she has surpassed all expectations. Including indoor track, she has won six individual all-state titles and holds two state records, in the long jump and 55 hurdles. She was the 2003 National Pentathlon champion, and this spring, won the long jump at the Division 4, All-State, and New England meets. She also won the Div. 4 100 hurdle and 4 x 100 titles, and was runner up in those events at the All-State meet, playing no small role in the Hillers' fifth-straight title. She will attend Villanova University on a full track scholarship. | |
The All-Scholastics
Marlee Berg, Chelmsford
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Berg returned from this year's Division 1 meet with gold in both the high jump and 4 x 800 relay. At the All-State championships, the junior placed third in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet 6 inches, and at the Northern Mass. Heptathlon, showcased her versatility with a fourth-place finish. During this winter's indoor season, she won the high jump and 4 x 800 at the Division 1 meet and was named Merrimack Valley Conference Best Athlete after going undefeated in dual meets in the 600 and 1000. Berg is also an all-conference cross-country runner and an honor roll student. | |
Clara Blattler, Brookline
POLE VAULT |
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If it involves being airborne, Blattler will try it. And she will probably be very good at it. The state and New England runner-up in the pole vault won the Bay State Conference title in both the pole vault and the 300-meter hurdles this spring, and her best vault, 11 feet six inches, is a league record. She is also a gymnast, and as a senior, captained the gymnastics and outdoor track teams. In 2003, she was an All-Scholastic and All-State champion in the 4 x 400 relay. Blattler, who will attend Harvard in the fall, ranks first in her class and is a Globe Scholar-Athlete. | |
Corinne DiPietro, Masconomet
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DiPietro has gradually developed into one of the most talented javelin throwers in the state. As a sophomore, she placed third at the Division 2 meet, as a junior, took second, and this year, took top honors. She was undefeated in dual meets, won bronze at New England's, and spearheaded Masconomet's winning Division 2 javelin relay with a personal best throw of 127 feet 6 inches. She captained the field and ice hockey teams, and enjoys gardening, barefoot waterskiing, and kayaking. She will attend Vermont on a track scholarship and plans to try out for the ice hockey team. | |
Lindsay Donaldson, Lincoln-Sudbury
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Donaldson boasts one of the most impressive high school running resumes in the state. She has won the mile at the Division 2 meet every spring, and was also the winning miler at the All-State meet as a sophomore and senior. Between indoor and outdoor track, she has been named an All-Scholastic six times, and this fall, her first running cross-country, she was the Globe's Division 1 Runner-of-the-Year. The indoor and outdoor track captain also enjoys soccer and basketball, which she played for L-S before converting to a three-season runner. She will attend Yale University. | |
Jessi Foreman, Wayland
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Foreman won her first All-State title this spring, in the 100-meter dash, but it was hardly her first taste of victory. As a sophomore, she won the 100-meter title at the State Coaches, Division 4, and Weston Invitational meets, and this year, defended each of those titles and also placed third in New England with a personal-best 12.18 seconds. She was the Dual County League champion in the 100 and 200-meter events and is a three-time DCL soccer all-star and a two-time basketball league all-star. She is also in the National Honor Society and volunteers at a local elementary school. | |
Tricia Harrison, Mansfield
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Harrison had quite the senior campaign, winning the shot put at the Hockomock League meet, the Division 3 state meet, and the All-State championship. To top it off, she set a school record of 41 feet in the shot put while placing third at New England's, and was a captain of the indoor and outdoor teams. She also won the discus throw at the league meet this spring and last fall played varsity soccer. She is also an honor roll student. Harrison enjoys volunteering with special-needs children and in the fall, plans to study special education and continue her track and field career at Northeastern. | |
Holly Heinricher, Foxboro
200 |
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This spring, Heinricher did not lose a single 100, 200, 300 hurdles, or 400 race during the regular season, and remained undefeated in the 200 until the All-State meet, where she took second in a personal-best 25.02 seconds. The youngest All-Scholastic in an individual event, Heinricher has amassed quite a track resume in just two years. She qualified for the Division 4 meet in six events this spring, but chose to focus on the 200, which she won for the second year in a row. She was the Division 4 300-meter champion indoors, and was voted MVP of the varsity soccer team this fall. | |
Katie Hoppe, Hopkinton
TRIPLE JUMP |
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Hoppe has been a member of five All-State champion squads at Hopkinton, but she really came into her own this spring. The New Hampshire-bound senior claimed her first individual state crown with a triple jump of 37 feet 5 inches, and also took sixth in the 100 hurdles and second in the 4 x 100 that day. She came away from the New England meet with matching silver medals in the triple jump and 4 x 100, and as a sophomore, won gold in the 4 x 200 at the New England Indoor championship. Hoppe was a versatile player in the Hillers' 9-0 season, and league champion in the 100 dash. | |
Ashley Hubbard, Marshfield
400 |
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Hubbard, the indoor Runner-of-the-Year, capped her impressive high school track career with a state crown in the 400-meter dash, after which she was whisked away by airplane to attend her graduation. She will run track at Georgetown next year, and she will be sorely missed by the Rams. Undefeated in the Old Colony League in the 200 and 400, Hubbard also won the 400 at the Division 2 meet this spring. In the winter, she anchored Marshfield's state and New England champion 4 x 400, and also won the MIAA 300. She was also an OCL field hockey all-star. | |
Alexandra Krieg, Wellesley
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Krieg had a phenomenal championship season, setting a personal two-mile record of 11 minutes 21.1 seconds at the Division 3 meet, good for second, and then shattering that mark with an 11:08.82 performance at the All-State meet, where she also won the silver. At the New England championship, she again clocked an 11:08, placing ninth and qualifying for nationals. An All-Scholastic and league all-star in cross-country this fall, Krieg was voted team MVP. She is a high honor roll student with a 3.8 GPA and enjoys drawing, painting, and playing the piano. | |
Meghan Mootrey, Tewksbury
300 HURDLES |
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After placing second in the 300-meter hurdles at last year's Division 3 meet, Mootrey wasn't satisfied. So, as a senior, the three-year Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star came back to win the event, and followed up with a silver medal at the All-State meet in a school record time of 45.1 seconds. Mootrey was also an MVC pole vault and 4 x 100 All-Star this spring, and she has twice been voted Female Spring Track Athlete of the Year by MVC Division 2 coaches. An All-Conference gymnast and an honor roll student, Mootrey will attend New Hampshire in the fall and plans to run track. | |
Brittany Moriarty, Andover
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Moriarty has been a key player in the Andover's rise toward the top of Division 1, and has proven herself to be one of the top middle-distance runners in the state. She won the 800 at the Merrimack Valley championships and again at the Division 1 state meet, and clocked a blistering 2:18.10 at the All-State meet to take second. Moriarty holds school records in the 800 and 4 x 800, is an honor roll student with a 3.9 GPA, and lists music and reading among her hobbies. She is on the varsity soccer team and is a captain-elect for basketball, and will play AAU basketball this summer. | |
Kate Sherman, Dennis-Yarmouth
100 HURDLES |
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Sherman was the state's only double-winner at this spring's New England championship, as she defended her 2003 titles in both the 100-meter hurdles and high jump. She also won the hurdles at the Division 2 and All-State meets, and was second in Division 2 in the high jump. This winter, she doubled up with wins in the 55 hurdles and high jump at the All-State and New England championships, and has been runner-up at the National Pentathlon for two years in a row. Sherman also plays soccer, and was the Atlantic Coast League MVP this fall. | |
Felicia Thompson, Andover
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Thompson had quite a breakout year. She was a Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star for the just the first time this winter, but this spring, the medals kept rolling in. She was an MVC All-Star again, and at the Division 1 meet, won the gold medal in the discus throw and took silver in the shot put. At the All-State championship, Thompson placed second in the discus, in a personal best 126 feet 1 inch, and she was eighth at New Englands. A former basketball player, Thompson is an honor roll student and lists music and reading among her hobbies. | |
The Relays
O'Bryant
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It's hard to say which makes more jaws drop: the sheer speed of this O'Bryant quartet, or the fact that their anchor leg will still be on the Massachusetts track scene in 2008. After winning the 4 x 100 at the Boston City League Championships and leading O'Bryant to it's eleventh-consecutive title, Edward (a junior), Thibou (a sophomore), Doriscat (a junior), and Brown (an eighth-grader) went on to take the event at the All-State Meet in 48.96 seconds, barely edging out runner-up Hopkinton (49.02). The Edward-Thibou-Doriscat-Brown combination also proved deadly to the state 4 x 200 record, which they broke in 1:44.2 en route to victory at the Division 2 State Relays. | |
Newton North
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The consistency with which this quartet won - and kept improving their best time - was their most impressive characteristic. Seniors Thomas and O'Brien and juniors Weisman and Fulton were 4 x 400 champions in the Bay State League, at the Division 1 Relays (in a meet record 4 minutes 2 seconds), at the Division 1 State Meet (in a meet record 4:00.19), and at the All-State meet, where they broke their own school record in 3:58.92. All four are honor roll students, and during the off-season, they run with the Waltham Track Club. Weisman and Fulton will return next year, while Thomas will attend Emory University and O'Brien will head to Wesleyan University. | |
Lincoln-Sudbury
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Anchored by seven-time All-Scholastic Donaldson, this quartet enjoyed a championship season that included a come-from-behind victory in the 4 x 800-meter relay at the All-State Meet, in a personal-best 9 minutes 35.24 seconds, a silver-medal performance in the Division 2 State Meet, and a win at the Dual County League Meet. Majno, Flavin, Duggan, and Donaldson all run cross-country as well, and and are in the Cum Laude Society. Donaldson and Duggan run indoor track, while Majno is a four-year varsity ice hockey player and Flavin was a DCL All-Star and captain in basketball. Duggan, the only junior, will return next year, while Donaldson (Yale), Majno (Brown), and Flavin (MIT) head to college. | |
