Boys' track
Runner of the year
Darius Walker, Lexington
 100/Long jump, Sr. |
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After torching the competition this
winter, Walker kept his momentum
going from indoors to outdoors. The
sprinter captured two MIAA titles
with victories in the Division 1 state
finals (10.70) and the All-State championships
(10.79).
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Coaches of the year
Kevin Kelly & Kate Waller, Lexington
 DIVISION 1 |
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A pole vaulter in high school, Kelly
has become a master of all things
track. He joined with co-coach Kate
Waller to lead the Minutemen to the
schools first outdoor state title since
1994. Kelly has served as Lexingtons
hurdler and jump coach... Waller is homegrown. She graduated
from Lexington High in 1998, and
ran track and cross-country for the
Minutemen. After graduating from
Bowdoin, she began her coaching
career as a volunteer. Waller is a
competitive road racer.
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Kristyn Hughes, Charlestown
 DIVISION 2 |
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Hughess Townies, who bused to
other tracks for practice while their
track was being renovated, ended
OBryants four-year reign as city
champ. Said Hughes of her diverse
group: We all mesh so well together
and really form a family on the track.
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Bob Powers, Stoneham
 DIVISION 3 |
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Powerss Spartans won the Division 3
state title and the Division 3 relay
crown (their third in four years). For
the 21-year coaching veteran, it was a
second chance after his Stoneham
squad lost the 2005 Division 4 title by
two-hundredths of a second.
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Steve Sawyer, Hamilton-Wenham
 DIVISION 4 |
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Sawyer, who coaches the indoor,
outdoor, and cross-country squads,
led the Generals to a second-place
showing in the Division 4 State Relays,
then followed that up by edging
Watertown and Dedham to win the
Division 4 state championship.
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The All-Scholastics
Eric Wornum, Milton
 200, Sr. |
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This years Division 3 (22.58) and
All-State champ (21.87) finished off a
fine high school career with a fourthplace
finish at the New England
championships. The two-time All-
State titlist and three-time Division 3
champ will attend UMass-Lowell.
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Meikle Paschal, Lexington
 400, Sr. |
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Another member of the Lexington
sprinter corps, Paschal earned a trio
of titles in the 400 at the State
Coaches meet (48.80), the Division 1
state finals (48.77), and the All-State
championships (48.29). He will
attend the University of Virginia.
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Bryan Longo, Lexington
 800, Sr. |
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A state champion (1:53.52) and a
New England champion (1:54.57) in
the 800, Longo leaves with three
Middlesex League All-Star seasons.
Hell hang up the track spikes now as
he plans to play soccer at Seton Hall
University.
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Mark Amirault, Xaverian
 Mile |
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A pair of championships highlighted
this seniors outdoor season. Amirault
ran a 4:17.57 to win the Division
1 mile title. At the All-State
meet, he ran to victory while beating
his Division 1 meet time by more
than four seconds (4:13.10).
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Ryan Collins, Mansfield
 2-mile, Sr. |
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Collins continued his mastery of the
two-mile in the spring with a Division
2 state championship (9:23.32)
and then a first-place performance at
the All-State meet (9:24.21). Collins
helped the Hornets lock up the Division
2 team crown.
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Sheldon Allen, Charlestown
 110 hurdles, Jr. |
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It took the top talent in all of New
England to finally stop this threetime
city champion in the hurdles.
But before Allens third-place finish
at the N.E. championships, he earned
wins in the event at the State Coaches,
Division 2, and All-State meets.
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Jonathan Keyes, Waltham
 300 hurdles, Sr. |
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This Salem State-bound runner
locked up victories in the State
Coaches meet (39.61) and the Division
1 meet (40.01). Keyes was also
strong as a relay runner, helping
Waltham win the Greater Boston
League crown in the 4 x 400.
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Andrew Maryott, Dennis-Yarmouth
 Discus, Sr. |
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Boasting a personal best of 165-9,
Maryott won the Division 2 and
All-State crowns in the discus. He
was also undefeated in the event in
the Atlantic Coast League for two
years. He plans to attend Rhodes
College in Memphis.
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Shawn Fahey, Wilmington
 Javelin, Sr. |
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Two runner-up finishes in the Division
3 (170-4) and All-State (173-7)
meets, as well as a fourth at the New
England championships (174-4),
highlighted Faheys senior season. He
plans to keep his career going at
UMass-Lowell.
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Jordan Maddocks, Framingham
 High jump, Sr. |
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Maddockss 6-8 leap in the Division 1
championship was enough to earn
him the title. At the All-State meet, he
pulled out a victory with a jump of
6-7. With that, he headed to the New
England championships, where his
jump of 6-4 grabbed him third place.
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Paul Bunyan, Tewksbury
 Pole vault, Jr. |
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Bunyan locked up top honors at the
Division 2 state finals (14 feet),
placed second at All-States (14 feet, 6
inches), then tied for fourth at the
New England Championships (14
feet). He also broke the school record
in this event.
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David Smith, Newton North
 Shot put |
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In addition to his Division 1 title in
the shot put, Smith was a runner-up
at the All-State meet and pushed to a
fourth-place effort at the New England
championships (54-7). The
owner of a 30 dual-meet winning
streak will attend Yale University.
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Kevon Mason, Xaverian
 Triple jump, Sr. |
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Mason won his second straight Division
1 title (43 feet, 9OE inches) and
was third at this years All-State meet
with a leap of 45-10. He also defended
his Catholic Conference title.
Mason, a 2006 CC titlist in the 300-
meter hurdles, will attend UNH.
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The relays
Newton North
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| Independently, the Tigers 4 x 100 team was
strong. Cailean Robinson had runner-up finishes in
the 100-meter dash at the Division 1 and All-State
meets. Avery Mitchell was second at the All-States in
the 400. And Hymlaire Lamisere and Gordon Forbes
were Bay State League All-Star performers. But when
together, they were one of the fastest teams, with 4 x
100 wins at the Division 1 and All-State events, plus a
fourth-place effort at the New England meet.
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Woburn
 4X400 |
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| Every time Ryad Bencheikh, Brett Sullivan, Brody
Griffiths, and Michael McDonough teamed up for the
Tanners this season, something big was set to happen.
And sure enough, the foursome made big things
happen with victories in the State Coaches (3:28.17),
Division 2 (3:26.95), and All-State (3:22.33) meets.
They added their biggest crown at the New England
championships, outlasting Naugatuck, Conn. by
three-tenths of a second to claim first place.
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Brockton
 4X800 |
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| Robert Morales, Kevin Gill, Carlos Montrond, and
Michael Gomes kept getting faster and faster. After
winning the Division 1 title in 8:03.46, the foursome
shaved more than five seconds off that time at the All-
States (7:58.32). And in their second-place performance
at the New England championships, they finished
nearly a whopping 14 seconds faster, in
7:44.54. It was a fine end to a season that also included
a win at the New England indoor meet.
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The all-stars
ATLANTIC COAST: Andy Maryott, Dennis-Yarmouth; Connor Hayes and
Jamie Callum, Nauset; Anthony Tognacci, Matt Nyman and Ben Wedge,
Plymouth South; Jeff Pereira and Joe Page, North Quincy/Quincy; James
Womboldt and Chris Galati, Falmouth; Long Nguyen, Justin Bowman and
Brendan Stack, Plymouth North; Ben Gould, Stephen Grant and Ted Vrountas,
Sandwich; Nolin Greene, Mike Knowles, Brian McCaulley and Matt Macedo,
Marshfield; T.J. Lazarski, Tyler Morgan, Duncan Watt, Noel James, Peter
Gilmore, Mike Ford and Bill Taft, Whitman-Hanson.
BAY STATE: Kyle Higgins, Devin ONeill, Chris Stack and Nate Starling,
Braintree; Michael Bennett, Tobias Blattler, Robert Gibson, Joel Parent and
Matthew Stewart, Brookline; Dan Withrow and Phil Weltman, Dedham; Jordan
Maddocks, Framingham; Marcus Kohlmann, A.J. Nelson and Eric Wornum,
Milton; Michael Murochick, Needham; Adam Bao, Marvin Chan, Gordon
Forbes, Ivan Kostidinov, Hymlaire Lamisiere, Avery Mitchell, Seb
Putseys, Cailean Robinson and David Smith, Newton North; Brett Epler, Nick
Linkow, Tom Mayall and Andrew Wagner, Wellesley; James Endres and Matt
Hohmann, Weymouth.
BIG THREE: Greg Dean, Odair Centeio, Jimm Guerrier, Michael Gomes,
Robert Morales, Kevin Gill, Geovani Timberlake, James Du Beau, Marquis
Thibodeaux and Carlos Montrond, Brockton; Robert Yarbough, Alex Menard,
Ronnie Thomas, Charles Kurgatt, Brendan Walsh and Zach Burrell,
Durfee; Jeff Rose, Jonathan Gomes, Mike Jones and Kyle Veale, New Bedford.
BOSTON CITY: Dolan Ried, Brighton; Rakeem Pickney, Burke; Jeffrey
Smith, Kaylin Miranda, David Maloney and Rogelio Rivas, OBryant; Omar
Aden, Mohamed Ibrahim, Ahmed Ali and Sheldon Allen, Charlestown; Kaylin
Miranda, OBryant; Tony Tucker, Boston English; Liudgi Heriveaux, West
Roxbury; Derek ONeil, East Boston.
CAPE ANN: Ryan Johnson, Amesbury; Gabe Pacione, Hamilton-Wenham;
Kevis Reid, Ipswich; Brendan Powers, Masconomet; Garrett Harms, Newburyport;
Chris Latina and Kyle Medolo, North Andover; John Mitton and
Mike Luongo, North Reading; Peter Rock and Billy Tindle, Triton; Eric Russo
and Nick Farnsworth, Wilmington
CATHOLIC CENTRAL: Markus Howard, Branden Morris and Joe Tran, Archbishop
Williams; Tyler McGuire, Arlington Catholic; Nick Giordano, Austin
Prep; Patrick Delulis, Nick Raby and Phil Razney, Bishop Fenwick; Tom Lasage,
Cardinal Spellman; Chauncey Baker, Cathedral; Matt Connor, Mark
Featherstone, Chris McDermott and Pat McAllister, Marian; Jonathan Josselin,
Matignon; David Hallanan, Saint Marys.
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: Corey Thomas, Jake Bradley and Tim Murray,
B.C. High; Brendan Bergson, Chris Murtaugh, Mike Nieskowski, Matt Sullivan,
Tim Prior, Matt Chitro, Zack Lankow and Kevin Creedon, St. Johns
Prep; Kevon Mason, Dan Higgins, Taylor Fitzgerald, Mark Amirault and Andy
Stillman, Xaverian; Chris Rooney, Catholic Memorial.
DUAL COUNTY: Ben Cunkelman, Scott Reilley, Acton-Boxboro; Dan Waters,
Nick Plugis and Jon Gault, Bedford; Peter Rice, Boston Latin; Dan Canina,
Dave McKenna, Davis Barber and Dan Fidler, Concord-Carlisle; Marcus
West, Nick Colantouno, Bryant Wang, Greg Yuen, Dan Klein, Carl Jewell, Ben
Cutting, Naoah MacNeil and Dan Schwartz, Lincoln Sudbury; Sam Donovan,
Brad Pruente, Ross McDonald, Boye Akinwande, Jame Huth, Senyo Agawu,
Gerald Arneaud, Justin Albert and Andrew Wortham, Newton South; Marty
Lentz, Brett Stein, Brendan Dugan, Greg Dessources, Wade Critides and Ben
Wiesman, Wayland; Matthe Nahigian, Arjun Collins and Rodney Harris-
Saunders, Weston; Alex Pfister, Mark Hathaway, Max Enos, Justin Lawson,
Amin Shaikh and Armen Habosian, Westford.
EASTERN ATHLETIC: Chris Conway, Michael McGowan, Christopher Ryan,
Charles Romero, Zachary Ennes, Ethan Loew, Nicholas Campbell, David
Phipps, Jason Brown, Matthew Kelley, Seth Vincent and Nathan Barry, Bishop
Feehan; Evan Costa, Fabian Schlorff, Rory ODonnell, Jesse Perrin, Bill
Huard, Justin Fuller, Anthony Dowd, Spencer Feuerstein, Matt Summers, Ellis
Ludwig-Leone, Ian Kelley and Isaac Soares, Somerset.
GREATER BOSTON: Johnathon Keys, Nick Kacher, Steve Gross, Kerwin Vega,
Grady Jean-Francois, Barnaby Chery, C.J. Mula and D. Melchiorri, Waltham;
Patrick Michel, Jesse Sparks, Darius Velez, Nick Ryan, Mijid Reddick
and Josh Adams, Cambridge; Dordy Jean-Jacques and Jeff Querusio, Somerville;
Evens Didi, Joel Kayima and Derek Brooks, Malden; Dulu Gaye, John
Lawrence, Shawn Conrad, Dan Anastos, Mike Berlangieri and Michael Batakis,
Peabody; Anthony DiMeo, Medford; Steven Poste, Everett.
HOCKOMOCK: Sam Bastien, Sean Burrows and Gentry Jones, Canton; Dan
Brooks, Jordan Caiani, David Driscoll, Jamie Holmes and Matt Krysko, Foxboro;
Paul Matz and Brian Toney, King Phillip; Matt Callanan, Joe Choiniere,
Ryan Collins, Andrew Erwin, Mike Giordano, Dan Glavin, Kyle Kiduff, John
Lutkevich, Greg Martell and Powell Simpson, Mansfield; Alex Aliberti, Nick
Deininger, Sean Maloney, Kevin Markie, Rob Sheehan and Nick Wade, North
Attleboro; Kevin Mascary, Oliver Ames; Benton Wong, Stoughton.
MERRIMACK VALLEY: Peter Shaw, Santi Costello, Norbert Guery and Sean
Donlan; Angus MacDonald, Mike Bakhtiari and Zac Camacho, Central Catholic;
Chris Brown, Lewis Bailey, Matt Klingman, David Brown and Ryan Buckley,
Chelmsford; Jeff Parlee, Dracut; Peter Early, Corey Gobbi and Danny
Wang, Haverhill; Nelson Guzman, Lawrence; Ryan Brousseau, Joe Harris,
Moses Okonoboh and Felix Mensah, Lowell; Adam Hanley, Guy Hudson, Nathan
Pianciak and Kevin Pereira, Methuen; Paul Bunyan, Nik Kafkas and
Nicholas Ianetta, Tewksbury.
MIDDLESEX: Dan Indingaro, Greg Nelson and Paul Lonero, Burlington; Toren
Caesar and Ming Kai-Lin, Belmont; David Brown, Darius Walker, Kevin
Wu, Max Schonberger, Sean Leonard, Tom Burnett, Daishawn Beaumont,
Alex Lach, Bryan Longo, Dyhan Adler-Belendez and Meikle Paschal, Lexington;
Sam Mussleman, Melrose; Dan Reid, Steven Rumizen, Tom DiNatale,
Sean Pinette, Mike Mahoney, Steve Comis, Tim McSweeney, Sean Rafferty,
Dilshan Perera, Ryan OKeefe, Dan Newton and Marcello Auriti, Reading;
Scott Fixman, Jeff Bruno, Matt Muolo, Mark Bruno, Adam Rocca, Roy Monson,
James Morgan, Derek Bambery and Shaddi Ali, Stoneham; Tim Sletterink,
Wakefield; Andrew Mazzeo, Phillip Sesay, Karnal Shanklin, Willie
Barnes, Ryan Quinn and Tom Huff, Watertown; Davis VanOrpdorp, Winchester;
Brody Griffiths, James Fletcher, Matthew Pereira, Ryan Bencheikh,
Chris Martin, Mike McDonough, Brett Sullivan, Chris Negron, Zach Delano
and Brad McDonough, Woburn.
TRI-VALLEY: Marnie Vanderschjiff and Zach Sannicandro, Ashland; Dean
Clifford and Ravi Patel, Bellingham; Jack Terrett and Matt Perini, Dover-
Sherborn; Andrew Coleman, Stephen Blackmore, Jon Moussavou and Matt
Edwards, Holliston; Drew Clark, Pat Olson, Corey Thalheimer, Paul Kelley
and Connor Sheridan, Hopkinton; Meeled Etezadi, Pat McCormick, Dan Palombo,
Marc Hostoyski, Chris LaPalnte, Kevin Jordan, Andrew Calivas, Dan
O Connell and Davis Aigler, Medfield; Ian Thonas, Eric Nygaard, Kevin
Splaine, Matt Lapan, Brad Deuring and Connor Dwyer, Medway; Jay Snowdon,
Millis; Matt Jordan, Brian Bettencourt and Lars Tenglin, Norton; Jeff
Moriarty, Tom OConnor, Brian McDonald, Kevin OConnor, Dan Abbott and
Brendan Leahy, Westwood.