boys' track

Athletes of the Year

Mile, Jr.

Omar Aden, Charlestown

Aden added more accolades to his already impressive résumé. He won the Division 2 championship in the mile with a time of 4:16.72, then won the All-State title in 4:13.83. Aden is also an all-star in soccer and a member of the National Honor Society.
200, Soph.

Kamal Riley, Charlestown

A member of Charlestown’s undefeated Boston City championship squad, Riley won the league’s 200- meter competition and brought home the All-State title with a time of 22.19. The sophomore also had the best 200 in the state, 21.93.

Coaches of the Year

Division 1

Jim Blackburn, Newton North

The three-time Globe Coach of the Year had one of his finest seasons in his 48th year as the Tigers went 7-0 and captured the Bay State Conference title. Newton North finished third in the state relays and second at the Division 1 and All-State meets.
Division 2

Hal Croft, Reading

Croft’s team went 9-0 this season, winning the Division 2 state title. Croft, a track coach for 38 years, has amassed 313 wins at Reading and was named the 1996 National Coach of the Year by the National Teachers Federation.
Division 3

Bob Cripps, Wilmington

Wilmington went 9-1 and captured the Division 3 state championship. A track coach for 35 years, Cripps was Coach of the Year in the Cape Ann League in both 2004 and 2007. He credited his team’s solid all-around performance for its success.
Division 4

Steve Sawyer, Hamilton-Wenham

Sawyer’s squad went 10-0 and won four titles — Cape Ann Dual Meet, Cape Ann Open Meet, Division 4 state relays, and Division 4 state championship. Sawyer was inducted into the Massachusetts Track Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005.

All-Scholastics

Triple jump, Sr.

Adam Bao, Newton North

Bao went undefeated in the Bay State Conference in the triple jump, won the State Coaches’ Invitational at 43-5Æ, and took second at the All- State meet in 44-6. At the Bay State meet, the Yale-bound senior was part of three first-place finishes.
110 hurdles, Sr.

Matt Callanan, Mansfield

Callanan ended his senior season in style, capturing the New England title in the 110 hurdles. He also won the event at the Division 2 championships and the All-State meet. The Hockomock League MVP will attend Syracuse University.
400, Jr.

Paul Connor, Milton

Connor followed up a dominant indoor track season with an equally impressive outdoor campaign. He won the 400 at the Division 3 and All-State meets, and helped Milton’s 4 x 400 team win the Division 3 title as well.
Long jump, Sr.

Greg Dean, Brockton

Dean is no stranger to dominating the long jump competition. He won the indoor Division 1 championship during the winter, then went on to win the All-State outdoor title with a leap of 22-6. A high honor roll student, he will attend URI.
Javelin, Sr.

Nick Farnsworth, Wilmington

Farnsworth took home the Cape Ann League javelin title and won league MVP. Then he won the All-State meet with a throw of 192-4. The Harvardbound senior and National Honor Society member also holds the state record in the event.
100, Soph.

Chris McConnell, Andover

Building on his indoor season, when he went undefeated in the 55-meter dash, McConnell continued to dominate. He wound up with the best EMass finish in the 100-meter dash at the All-State meet with a time of 10.98.
Pole vault, Soph.

Ross McDonald, Newton South

McDonald dominated the pole vault competition in only his second year. McDonald won both the Division 1 and All-State meets by clearing 14 feet. The honor roll student also won the Dual County League championship.
Shot put, Sr.

Mike McPherson, Mansfield

McPherson took home the Division 2 title in the shot put with a heave of 55 feet, then finished his season by winning the All-State meet with a toss of 55-10æ. The senior also holds the school record at 56-9. He will attend Gardner-Webb.
Discus, Soph.

Andrew Tallman, BC High

Tallman couldn’t get much better in his sophomore campaign. He finished first in the discus at the Coaches’ Invitational and the Division 1 meet. He also had the best distance by an EMass athlete at the New England meet and was fourth at states.
300 hurdles, Jr.

Davis VanOpdorp, Winchester

VanOpdorp put together an impressive season in the 300 hurdles, as he went undefeated in the Middlesex League and took home the Division 3 title with a time of 38.96. He went on to capture the All-State championship in the event.
High jump, Jr.

Corey Thomas, BC High

A winter All-Scholastic in the 55 hurdles, Thomas continued to show why he’s one of the better all-around track athletes in the state. This time the junior made his mark in the high jump, finishing first at the All-State meet with a jump of 6 feet 8 inches.
800, Jr.

Nick Wade, North Attleboro

A captain for three seasons, Wade showed this year the talent that helped him set a school record in the 800 meters. He finished as the Hockomock League champion, then went on to win the All-State championship with a time of 1:55.03.
2 mile, Jr.

David Wilson, Brookline

Wilson put together an impressive season in the 2-mile competition. He captured the Division 1 state crown with a finish of 9:27.27, then improved on that at the All-State meet, winning in 9:22.42. He was also a cross-country All-Scholastic.

Relays

4x100 meters

Charlestown

The relay team was a force in 2008. From left, Sheldon Allen, Yaovi Jondoh, Kareem Cutler, and Kamal Riley went 8-0 to complete an undefeated season, winning the city championship and the All-State title, as well as the Hartford Invitational. At the New Englands, the group took second place. Led by the relay team, Charlestown won the All-State championship.


4x400 meters

Woburn

From left, Brian Smith, Matt Pereira, Mike McDonough, and Ryad Bencheikh put it all together this season. They won the Division 2 title (3:24.25), then completed their outdoor season by winning the All- State title by less than a second, in 3:24.05. Bencheikh and McDonough were also on the Woburn indoor 4 x 400 team that won a national title last winter.


4x800 meters

Whitman-Hanson

From left, Peter Gilmore, Patrick Egan, Kevin Gilmore and Patrick Taft made the Panthers’ 4 x 800 team the best in the state. The foursome won the Division 2 title with a time of 8:08.79, then took the All-State title in 8:03.89. Egan and Taft are juniors and will carry the team again next season. Peter Gilmore was also a cross-country All-Scholastic.

All-Stars

Atlantic Coast -- Sam Bombaugh, Ryan Santos, Brendon McGourty, Jeff Haskell, Brendon Wilson, Tyler Singer-Clark, Falmouth; Peter Gilmore, Tyler Morgan, Noel James, Travis Wright, Alex Perotta, Pat Taft, Duncan Watt, Kevin Gilmore, and Jeff Smith, Whitman-Hanson; Jeff Pereira and Marcellus Lee, Quincy/North Quincy; Jamie Callum, Nauset; Andrew Scichilone, Sandwich; Justin Bowman and Lee Ngyen, Plymouth North; Jon Mullen and Peter Jeusseaume, Marshfield; Sean O’Keefe, Plymouth South; Even Touhy-Bedford, Dennis-Yarmouth.

Bay State -- Kyle Higgins and London Spain, Braintree; Joel Parent, David Wilson, Alex Lippincott, Rob Gibson, Mike Burnstein, Ryan Hardiman, and Irvin Scott, Brookline; Phil Weltman, Dedham; Rich Tsai and Charles Nyamekye, Framingham; Craig Bennett and Paul Connor, Milton; Tommy Brandt, Scott McCummings, and Searcy, Natick; Sam Arsenault, Seb Putzeys, Ivan Kostadinov, Adam Bao, Troy Peterson, Hymlaire Lamisere, Dan Hamilton, Alex Maclean, and Steve Long, Newton North; Alex Webber and Rob Thornton, Norwood; Vinnie Lee and Nick Rockwell, Walpole; Sam Stone and Mike Blair, Wellesley; Mike Cristoferi, Nick Tabak, and Shawn Finn, Weymouth.

Big Three -- Mitch Tetrualt, Ethan Santos, Xavier Dixon, Andrew Florent, Dylan Mello, Aaron Araujo, and Jonathan Gomes, New Bedford; Jorge Cabrera, Cameron Pontes, Prince Ingham, Zach Burrell, Steve Sousa, Robert Yarbough, and Charles Kuratt, Durfee; Jimm Guerrier, Michael Gomes, Karl Juste, Greg Dean, and Carlos Montrond, Brockton.

Boston City -- Kareem Cutler, Kamal Riley, Yaovi Jondoh, Omar Aden, Ahmed Ali, and Sheldon Allen, Charlestown; Abdihamkim Ibrahim and Jeremy Mitchell, E. Boston; Enoch Mills, English; Jason Fairclough, Latin Acad.; David Maloney, Rogelio Rivas and Conway King, O’Bryant.

Catholic -- Corey Thomas, Brendan McDonald, Andrew Tallman, Tim Schulte, Michael Murphy, Tim Murray, Nick Alakel, Jameel Galloway, Conor Moran, Dan Bent, BC High; Michael Masse, Matt Chitro, Sean Hanlon, George Sessoms, Nick Marinakis, Kevin Creedon, Colin Prior, and Brendon Felder, St. John’s Prep; Jordan Kelly, Tomas Kearney, Glen Chiacchieri, John Bleday, Xaverian.

Dual County -- Dan Grant, Jack Benjamin, Steve Forgo, DJ Brock, Stanley Ye, Sach Weitzner, Acton-Boxboro; John Gault and Ryan Paganetti, Bedford; Peter Rice and Marvel Lahene, Boston Latin; David McKenna, Jason Mestancik, and Chris Bojanic, Concord-Carlisle; Bryant Wang, Sam Wuest, Sean Kleeman, Jake Shoemaker, Ben Cutting, Alex Linden, Kyle Ray, Lincoln- Sudbury; Yong Cho, Gerald Arneaud, Andrew Wortham, John Beck, Yuji Wakimoto, Will Cha, Sasha Long, James Huth, Kwame Francis-John, Georgiy Kupovykh, John Mitkevicius, Tal Inbar, Ben Seifer, Ross McDonald, Newton South; Dan Fox, Tyngsboro; Brett Stein, Herman Brito, and Mark Foreman, Wayland; Marc Boutin, Max Enos, Brendan O’Brien, Alex Pfister, Mike Bresnahan, Min Park, John Lincoln, Sam Grad, Chris Fowler, Matt Ricketson, Westford; Jonathan Dieujuste and tyler Freeman, Weston.

Greater Boston -- Jim Noel, Jesus Crawford, Xavier Ortiz, Jehu Cimea, Alan Dancewicz, and Steven Poste, Everett; Jesse Sparks, Louie Mayhew, Mohammed Islam, Dawit Gelaye, and Mijid Reddick, Cambridge; Danny Coleman, Kyler Evitt, Israel Rodriquez, Rolando Maldonado, Ricardo David, and Ricky Arisme, Somerville; Phillip Galebach and John Beckshaw, Medford; Dion Watts, Janis Wollenweber, Mike Doucet, Dan Maynes, and Nico Zayas, Waltham; Craig Ramsey and Malik Blue, Malden; Darius Dummont and James Mazzola, Arlington.

Hockomock -- Jordan Guyton, Dmitry Kovalenkov, Kevin Nash, Bobby Saraf, and Kevin Ward, Canton; Andrew Childs, John Dacey, Chris Letourneau, Frank May, and Derek Sullivan, Franklin; Brian Foley, Shawn Geary, Tyler Lewis, and Stephan Neville, Foxboro; Brian Toney, King Philip; Matt Callanan, Joseph Chalifoux, Andrew Erwin, Dan Glavin, and Mike McPherson, Mansfield; Elijah Harris and Nick Wade, North Attleboro; Mike Moverman and Quinn Ryder, Oliver Ames; Alex Kutana, Sharon; Sean Byron and Joe Jeudy, Stoughton.

Mayflower -- Derique Wells, Mike Paige, and Shassagne Hilaire, Southeastern Voke; Nick Aylward, Eric Donnelly, and Francis Mulkem, Sacred Heart; Cory Furtado, Sam Benoit, and Jameson Powers, Diman; Doug Asselein and Jaron Chaplin, Martha’s Vineyard; Ibrahim Malik and Hector Macias, West Bridgewater; Matt Ryan, Bristol-Plymouth; Lucas Mistler, Tri- County.

Middlesex -- Dan Smoot, Steven Leung, Daishawn Beaumont, and Keith McHugh, Lexington; Stephen Rumizen, Tom DiNatale, Marcello Auriti, Ian O’Shea, Peter Finigan, Steven Comis, Chris Guenard, Mike Mavropoulos, Matt Colomba, Pat Condon, Forrest Teutsch, Chris Campbell, Ryan Pinette, Ryan O’Keefe, Reading; Brian McArdle, Davis VanOrpdorp, Peter Steele, Reid McMurray, Winchester; Roy Monson, Justin Ehrhardt, and Matt Trakimas, Stoneham; Matt Pereira, Brian Smith, Matt Sullivan, Mike McDonough, Woburn; Brian Howell, Roland Paquette, C.J. Jordan, and Kyle Whitaker, Wakefield; Karnell Shanklin, Phillip Sesay, Watertown; Loren Ceasar, Nelson Whittingham, Devon Pittman, Belmont; Jason Steinbach, Derik Martel, Anthony Salvucci, Alex Pham, Mike DiFrancesco, John Hunt, Burlington; Arthur Kaynor, Melrose; Shaddi Ali, Stoneham.

Patriot -- Joe Bohenek, Rockland; Cody Adamson, Scituate; Nate Wood, Dillon Simmons, Mike Sukeworth, Zach Maddigan, Jon Bettencourt, and Dominique Bailey, Middleboro; Darius Smith, Silver Lake; Mike Wheeler, Craig Gattereau, Mike Peredna, Mike Murphy, Brett Wheeler, and Adam Cook, Hanover; Tom Fiset, Duxbury; Godfred Mbengam and John Mbengam, Randolph; Matt Ford, Pembroke; Charlie Wasson, Mike Maguire, Jason Cerilli, Drew Morrissey, Alastair Butler, Pat Creahan, Ben Lincoln, and Dana Lindberg, Hingham.

Old Colony -- Don Caouette, Tony Vincent, Tyler McCarthy, Kyle Dragun, Chris Gulino, Joy Roy, and Macmichael Borgellas, Attleboro; Alex Sharp, Bob Cormier, Paul Bonitto, Steve Downie, Jake Williams, and Jeong Choe, Bridgewater-Raynham; Chris Cole, Anthony Henriquez, Morgan Brandso, Jordan Todman, Tyler Hilchey, Paul Grafov, Mike Gaffnew, Evan King, and Jeremy Francisco, Dartmouth; Richard Tran, Zach O’Sullivan, Matt Camera, and Brian Norte, Taunton.

Tri-Valley -- Paul Kelley, Drew Clark, Matt Johnson, Corey Thalheimer, Brian Prescott, Mike Bernard, and Mike Ronan, Hopkinton; Stephen Blackmore, Mike Powers, Jon Moussavou, Matt Edwards, and Tommy Donovan, Holliston; Ben Haycock, Andre Abouhala, Jay Fischer, and Mike Creedon, Medfield; Gil O’Neil, Brian Bettencourt, and Emerson Almeida, Norton; Tom Coyle, Alex Kjellman, and Tom Weinreich, Westwood; Andrew Painter, Harry Storer, Matt Perini, Tom Swaffield, and Jovani Curet, Dover-Sherborn; Brett Mastrangelo, Jay Snowdon, Corey Fairfield, Millis; Jeff Pearson, Josh Adler, and Brian Chesmore, Medway; Jess Guilette, Bellingham.

Late additions:

Cape Ann: August Kawski, Gabe Pacione, and Jackson MacDonald, Hamilton-Wenham; Richie Pace and Tom Svirsky, Newburyport; Nick Farnsworth, Matt Figueiredo, and Mike Condell, Wilmington; Peter Rock and Kyle Devenish, Triton; Alex Gimble and Kyle Medolo, North Andover; Ben Lord, Amesbury; Eric McDonald, Pentucket.

Catholic Central Large: Brendan Burke, Austin Prep; DJ Dorsey, Brian Sanz, Miquel Ortiz, CJ Oquendo, Mike Symanski, Mike Calderon, Frankie Brattica, Nick Thompson, Dom Jean Pierre, Joey Flemming, and Colin Gravey, Marian; Brian Nelson and Markus Howard, Archbishop Williams; Adrian Sosa, Billy Harrington, Dan Crane, Ryan Crane, Moises Silva, John Surabian, and Andrew Young, Bishop Fenwick; Cedric LaMour, Val Monplaisir, Dan Patano, and Dan Bernazzani, Cardinal Spellman; Joe Whalen, St. Mary's; Chauncey Baker, Cathedral; Nnamdi Nosike, Trinity Catholic.

Eastern Athletic: Matt Goodrich, Kyle George, and Ryan O'Connell, Coyle-Cassidy; Mike McGowan, Ethan Loew, Robert McShane, Dave Phipps, Christopher Conway, Jean Pierre Hendrix, Jason Brown, Mynor Chacon, Thomas Effler, and Nicholas L'Homme, Bishop Feehan; Walter Butler and Owen Murphy, Bishop Stang; Stephen Diniz, Evan Carlos, and Kyle Costa, Somerset.