Girls' track
Runner of the Year
Ashley Hubbard, Marshfield
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Hubbard's resume is far from bare. She won the All-State Meet in the 300 with a time of 39.72 seconds, which was the fourth fastest time ever run by a Massachusetts school girl. She was the Division 2 champion in the long jump and ran the anchor leg on an undefeated 4 x 400 relay team that peaked at the right time and was instrumental in bringing Marshfield its first track championship of any kind. Days later, the Hubbard-led relay team went to the New England Championships and won. She also holds four school records in indoor track and was an Old Colony League All-Star in field hockey. Hubbard will take her littany of achievements to Georgetown, where she'll run track for the Hoyas. | |
Coach of the Year
Joe Tranchita, Newton North
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Fifteen years, 13 league titles and a 106-3-1 record. For the former Waltham High and Central Connecticut State grad, the coaching numbers speak for themselves. His team was undefeated in Bay State Conference competition (5-0) and it, along with the boys' team, won the Division 1 championships. Good coaching may be no more vital than in the relay events. Not only did his Tigers win the State Relay meet, they also set the 4 x 200 record there and set the 4 x 400 meet record at the division championships. He called this team the best he's had, noting its balance and the fact that ``there were no real superstars, just a tremendous group of hardworking, dedicated, and passionate athletes.'' | |
The All-Scholastics
Allison Cuozzo, King Philip
600 |
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Cuozzo has represented both her team and school well. She was the Division 3 and All-State champion in the 600 and the runner-up in New England with a time of 1-minute and 34.06 seconds. She also plays lacrosse, runs outdoor track and plays varsity soccer. The 5-foot-5-inch sophomore was a member of the King Philip EMass champions that finished as the Division 2 runner-up two years ago and she plays for the Black Magic soccer team in the offseason. Her accomplishments don't stop when she takes off the spikes. The Norfolk native is an honor roll student, student council member, and is involved in her school's peer leadership program. | |
Lindsay Donaldson, Lincoln-Sudbury
MILE |
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Everything is turning up roses for Donaldson's competitors. Because after two completely dominant years in distance running, the Sudbury resident will be in college next year. A repeat indoor All-Scholastic, she was the Globe selection as Division 1 cross-country runner of the year in the fall and just finished an indoor season where she went undefeated in the Dual County League and won both the Division 2 (5-minutes and 2.37-seconds) and All-State (5:04.76) championships in the mile. The 5-foot-9-inch Donaldson was also the two-mile DCL champion. Things turned up ivy rather than roses for Donaldson; the honor roll student will run for Yale next year. | |
Gabrielle Grampery, Brockton
1,000 |
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When asked to list her stats and accomplishments for this season on her All-Scholastic resume, Grampery instead wrote down her goals for next year: more recognition, become the best 1,000 runner in New England and consistently improve her times. The sophomore's future does indeed look bright after completing an undefeated state season in the 1,000, which included a Most Outstand Performer award at the Auerbach Freshman/Sophomore meet. She's also driven in the classroom, where she ranks 41st in her class and is on the high honor roll. She also plays varsity soccer for the Boxers and is a member of the South Shore Select Soccer Club. | |
Arantxa King, Medford
55 DASH |
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King has been called `the real deal' by Coach of the Year Joe Tranchita and her own coach, Jack Dempsey, concluded that her grace as a sprinter is unrivaled in the state. She was undefeated this year in the 55, winning the All-State and Division 1 crowns. And by the way, she's only a freshman. King's spectacular season almost didn't happen. According to Dempsey, she was torn between running track and playing varsity basketball with her older sister. King was a Greater Boston League Soccer All-Star this fall and plays for the Boston Blast Football Club in the offseason. With a school workload of all honors classes, she was on the honor roll during her first year in high school. | |
Carly McNary, Coyle-Cassidy
HIGH JUMP |
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Perhaps what McNary will be remembered most for this season was her stunning upset of the first-seeded Kate Sherman in the high jump at the All-State Meet. Not only did she win, she beat her personal best by four inches and beat Sherman by two inches with a jump of 5-feet-8-inches. That jump was also the fourth best in the country at the time. In the New England meet, she finished second in the high jump and fourth in the 55 hurdles. McNary was simply dominant in the Eastern Athletic Conference. She went undefeated in the high jump, 300 and 50 dash. McNary's sport of choice is softball. She was a member of the Coyle-Cassidy Division 2 state champions and will attend Boston College in the fall on a softball scholarship. | |
Meredith O'Connor, Natick
SHOT PUT |
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Sometimes All-Scholastic choices are difficult. And sometimes, athletes like Meredith O'Connor make it easy. With an undefeated season, O'Connor left little doubt who the top shot put performer was this winter. She started at the State Coaches meet where she won with a distance of 40-feet-5-inches. Then it was a Division 2 win (43-2) followed up with a state title (42-5) the next week. For good measure, O'Connor capped off her winter with a New England championship. A Bay State Conference All-Star and champion, the senior was also the No. 2 high jumper for Natick. | |
Tiana Riel, Hopkinton
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Maybe the best word to describe Riel as a track athlete is ``versatile.'' After all, you have to have versatility to win the National Pentathalon Championship, which she did last year as a junior. This year her versatility was on display over and over again. Riel was the long jump winner at the State Coaches, Division 4 and All-State meets. Riel, who is the 55 hurdles state record holder, won the hurdle event at the State Coaches and Division 4 meets. Ms. Do-it-all also had Tri-Valley League championship seasons in the 300 meters, 55 hurdles and the high jump. Riel was an outdoor track All-Scholastic last year in the triple jump. The National Honor Society student will attend Villanova in the fall. | |
Kate Sherman, Dennis-Yarmouth
55 HURDLES |
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The old addage that says no matter how good you are at something there will always be somebody better exists because of athletes like Sherman. She has been spectaculary successful in her three-year high school career and still has another year left. In the 55 hurdles she was the Division 2, All-State (where she set a new meet record, 8.11 seconds) and New England champion. She won the high jump event at both the New England and Division 2 meets and set the state and national record for points as a junior (3,754) in the penthathalon. Last year she was the Boston Globe Outdoor Runner of the Year and finished second to Tiana Riel in the National Pentathalon Championships. It doesn't stop there: she also plays varsity soccer and has served as the D-Y team captain as an underclassman and was the Atlantic Coast Conference MVP this season. | |
Heather Wilson, Danvers
2-MILE |
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Wilson failed to disappoint after coming off her second consecutive All-Scholastic selection for cross-country. After winning the State Coaches meet early in the season, Wilson went on to finish second at the both the Division 2 and All-State meet. At the New England Championships, she finished a respectable sixth and set her personal best with a time of 11-minutes and 16-seconds. Wilson was her team's captain and was also the Northeastern Conference MVP. She has qualified for the indoor All-States all four years. Wilson will also run spring track. The senior is a member of the National Honor Society and the World Language National Honor Society and is undecided about her college plans. | |
The Relay Teams
O'Bryant
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With some things, excessive speed and youth can be a volatile mixture, but that wasn't the case with Coreen Edward, Prisna Doriscat, Olivia Thibou and DeAnna Brown. This team which featured two juniors (Edward and Doriscat), a sophomore (Thibou) and an eighth grader (Brown) ran together like sage veterans and were highly successful. They were winners at the Division 2 and All-State meets and finished second in the New Englands. They also set the 4 x 50 record at the NcIntyre State Relay championships. Thibou and Co. were instrumental in O'Bryant's 10th straight Boston City championship; in addition to winning the 4 x 200, Thibou won both the long jump and the 300 and Edward won the 55 dash. Though college is a few years off, that doesn't mean they don't have plans. All four plan to attend a 4-year university. | |
Marshfield
4 x 400 |
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You can't win a state title without strong relay teams and Marshfield proved that fact this winter. The Rams foursome started by winning the State Coaches meet in (4:03.10) and followed that up at the Division 2 meet where they won again, this time in 4:02.32. Ashley Hubbard, Joanne Gueverra, and sisters Erin and Haley Catarius came back a week later to win the All-State title in 4:03.23. To cap off the season, the girls won the New England title. The relay efforts were especially vital for their team in the All-State meet, where Marshfield won its first track championship of any kind, despite only having five available runners. Their time of 3:58.02 at the New England meet was the 13th best in the country this season. The sisters Catarius both enjoy watching the Red Sox and Erin, who is a senior, is hoping to attend either Boston University or Brown. Hubbard, the Globe's Indoor Runner of the Year, will run for Georgetown next year and Gueverra, a junior and varsity soccer player, hopes to attend Clayton St., Utica College, or Florida Southern in 2005. | |
Weston
4 x 800 |
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At the beginning of the season, they said they thought they had a pretty good team. But this good? Ritter, Glenn, Abraham, and Marder won the Division 4, State Coaches, McIntyre State Relays, and All-State meets this season and were the Dual-County champions. All four excel in other events as well. In the Division 4 1,000 meter event, Ritter, a junior, finished first and Glenn came in fourth. Abraham, a sophomore, finished second in the mile at the division meet and was the Dual County mile champion and Marder finished 15th in the country-country state championship. Marder and Glenn, the team's lone seniors, are undecided about their college plans. | |
