Rob Benedetto, Central Catholic
		Benedetto began coaching indoor and outdoor track as well as cross-country at Central Catholic in 1996, seven years after graduating from the school. In 1999, he took over full-time and has since made the girls' team a Division 2 and Merrimack Valley Conference powerhouse. His team's win in the Division 2 meet was particularly impressive because only one Red Raider runner (Kristen Martin in the 2-mile) won an event. Instead, using its depth, Central Catholic got the job done. "These ladies defined a team at many levels," Bendetto said. "There were many doubts and questions at the beginning of the season . . . but there were different stars and different athletes that stepped up their performance." Central Catholic dropped only one dual meet this season (a 45-41 nailbiter to Chelmsford) en route to taking the league championship.

Lizzie Fulton, Newton North
		Fulton was the engine of the unstoppable luxury vehicle that was Newton North this season. The Tigers simply blew past all opponents in both the Division 1 meet and the All-State meet, with Fulton leading the way. In both of those meets, Fulton was a winner in both the 600 meters and the 4 x 400. In the 600 meters, she ran 1:35.90 at the divisional meet and 1:35.68 in the All-States. The 4 x 400 team ran 4:04.32 at the Division 1 meet and a week later ran 4:03.94 at the All-States. Fulton has a history of track excellence for Newton North, having been a five-time Bay State Conference All-Star and a 2004 All-Scholastic for spring track. Fulton is an honor roll student and will attend Yale in the fall.

Kate Beaman, Dennis-Yarmouth  PENTATHLON
		Beaman is, perhaps, the best all-around track athlete in this group. As the state's pentathlon winner, she can make that claim. When she competed in individual events, she also a factor. The 5-foot-9-inch senior finished eighth in the 55-meter hurdles at the All-State meet and was second in the long jump at the Division 2 meet. She is a four-time Atlantic Coast League All-Star selection in indoor track and served as Dennis-Yarmouth's soccer team captain last fall. Beaman hopes to major in studio art at Colby-Sawyer or Salve Regina.

Melissa Carr, Chelmsford  55 HURDLES
		Carr was unchallenged in the 55 meter hurdles this season in Massachusetts. She was both the Division 1 winner (8.48 seconds) and the all-state winner (8.40). For the second consecutive season, she was undefeated in the event in the Merrimack Valley Conference, a record which earned her all-conference honors. At the New Englands, she finished third and ran a qualifying time for the nationals. Carr is also an accomplished gymnast, and has been selected a Junior Olympian four times. In her spare time, she plays the violin. She hopes to study at either Boston University or Vermont.

Natalie Crutchfield, A-B  55 / LONG JUMP
		Crutchfield is a triple threat on the track. She competes in the high jump, long jump, and the 55-meter sprint. At the All-States, she finished in the top three in two events. She finished second at the All-States in both the 55 dash (7.33 seconds) and the long jump (17 feet 6 inches). A week before at the Division 1 meet, she finished first in the long jump, again leaping 17-6 and leading her team to a second-place finish. At the New Englands, she finished sixth in the dash but ran to a championship with the 4 x 200 relay team (1:45.52). She was the best in the Dual County League in both the long jump and the high jump. Crutchfield, a sophomore, also plays soccer and runs spring track.

Coreen Edward, O'Bryant  55
		Edward's season was in doubt after a severe hamstring injury hobbled her in the weeks leading up to the Division 2 championships. But a determined Edward worked her way back into shape and took the Division 2 title, running 7.39 seconds. She also was healthy enough to come back and run the first leg of the O'Bryant 4 x 200 relay, which also was tops at the Division 2 meet (1:47.56). At the city championships, Edward led O'Bryant to its 11th straight title with a win in the dash. Edward is no stranger to the All-Scholastic page, having been selected last year as part of the 4 x 200 relay team last year. In her four-year career, she has been a Boston City League All-Star every season. Edward is an honor roll student and enjoys shopping and reading. She has narrowed her choices for a college to Wheaton, Fordham, and Northeastern.

Katharina Eidmann, Winchester  1,000
		Eidmann's successful career in cross-country has translated famously onto the track. In the fall, Eidmann was a winner at the McIntyre Bay State Invitational and the Middlesex League meet and a finished a strong second at the Catholic Memorial Invitational. When it came time to show her talents in the indoor distance events, Eidmann delivered. She won both the Division 3 1,000 meter run (3:00.98) and the All-State 1,000 meter run (2:59.48). Her dominance in the Middlesex League earned her MVP honors. When she's not running, Eidmann excels in the classroom. She is a member of both the National Honor Society and the National Latin Honor Society. The 5-foot-4-inch junior enjoys skiing and reading in her free time and competing with Lynx Elite.

TyLynn Graham, North Attleboro  HIGH JUMP
		Multidimensional and singularly talented, Graham is the perfect example of the successful athlete who's anything but just an athlete. Graham was as good as anyone this year in New England in the high jump, winning the New England championship (5 feet 5 inches) after finishing second in the All-States (5-6) behind Fitchburg's Sarah Conroy. She was Miss Massachusetts Teen for 2004 and has taken an interest in modeling and clothing design. Graham will attend the University of Rhode Island.

Alexandra Krieg, Wellesley  2-MILE
		Krieg is yet another in a long line of successful cross-country runners who have found a winning formula in indoor track. In the fall, Krieg was selected as an All-Scholastic after winning the state's individual title by 27 seconds and leading Wellesley to the overall team title. She won both the Division 3 (10 minutes 57.29 seconds) and the All-State (10:53.61) titles, the latter an 18-second victory. Krieg will be a force in the spring, too. She'll be trying to improve on last season's second-place finish at the All-States in the 2-mile. Krieg enjoys hiking and backpacking and will be hiking part of the Appalachian Trail this summer. In the fall, Krieg will run competitively for Middlebury College.

Caitlin Murphy, Newton South  MILE
		Versatility? Catilin Murphy can provide versatility. The Amherst-bound senior qualfied for every distance event from the 300 meters through the 2-mile in the Division 2 meet. At that meet, she won the mile (5 minutes 15.68 seconds) and was a member the winning 4 x 800 relay team (9:54.95). At the All-State meet, she shaved nearly seven seconds off her mile time (5:07.72) to take the gold in that event and also bagged another championship medal with the 4 x 800 relay team (9:44.55). Murphy is a Dual County League All-Star in indoor and outdoor track. When she's not running, she enjoys making movies with her friends.

Shanika Pitts, Oliver Ames  300
		Pitts has emerged from the enormous shadow cast by 2004 Runner of the Year Ashley Hubbard, her rival in the 300 meters, to prove she can be just as dominant. Only a junior, Pitts won both the Division 2 300-meter title (41.09 seconds) and the All-State title (40.68) and set a school record in the event during the season. The two-time Hockomock All-Star was also undefeated in the 50-meter dash in league races. Pitts played soccer for Oliver Ames as the team finished 18-2-1 last fall, losing in overtime in the Division 1 South semifinals. She also plays for the South Coast Scorpions. An honor roll student since her freshman year, Pitts hopes to study nursing in college.

Alison Ritter, Weston  1,000
		One of the top runners in the state, Ritter finished just behind Eidmann in the 1,000 at the All-State meet, but more than made up for it at the New Englands the following week. In that meet, she ran 3 minutes 0.33 seconds to take the title. She was the best in Division 4 (3:02.10) and was also tops in the Dual County League, earning a place on the league all-star team. The junior was named an All-Scholastic last winter as part of Weston's All-State winning 4 x 800 relay team. The 5-foot-8-inch Ritter was also a Dual County League All-Star for cross-country in the fall. An honor roll student, Ritter enjoys singing and is undecided about her college plans.

Sade Williams, Scituate  SHOT PUT
		At any meet where this shot putter competed this winter, she was unbeatable. At the Division 3 championship, she took first place (40 feet 1 inches). In the MIAA All-State meet a week later, she stepped up and improved nearly 9 inches to throw a personal best of 41-10. The New Englands? She won again, completing a dominating season at the Reggie Lewis Track. During the course of the season, the 6-foot-1-inch senior from Dorchester set a school record in the shot put and was named a Patriot League All-Star for her prowess. In the classroom, she has won student of the month honors and is a commended honor roll student-athlete.

Cambridge  4 x 200

With not a senior among them, this Cambridge squad was a group of record-breakers. During the course of the season, Danielle Hamlett, Sarah Trotman, Krishana House, and Teyahnie Boone set six records, the most notable the all-time record for Massachusetts teams, set when they ran 1:43.56 at the All-States, a meet which, of course, they won. They also won the State Coaches Invitational (1:44.60) and the Division 1 championship (1:45.43). All will have the chance to improve on their record next year as House and Boone are juniors, Hamlett, a sophomore, and Trotman, a freshman. Hamlett also plays basketball for Cambridge and House is a member of the soccer team. All have high hopes for continuing their education in college. Hamlett hopes to a biomedical engineer, House an aeronautical engineer, Boone wants to enroll in a pre-med program, and Trotman hopes to juggle a career in medicine with being a part-time hairdresser.

Newton North  4 x 400

This quartet was the class of its league, its division, and its state. Lily Brown, Azuree Catledge, Simone Weisman, and Kathleen Chiong were the champs in the Bay State Conference, Division 1 (4 minutes 4.32 seconds) and the All-States (4:03.94), where they again thwarted Bridgewater-Raynham. The girls were a part of the Newton North juggernaut that was not bothered this year in the divisional or state meets. Catledge and Weisman will be lost to graduation but both Chiong and Brown are sophomores and will be factors in the Tigers' title defense. Catledge will leave the school holding the school record . . . for having the most school records. She has narrowed her college choices to Louisiana State and Howard. Weisman will attend Middlebury. Choing and Weisman are members of the cross-country team. Catledge and Fulton will run spring track and Brown is a member of the volleyball team.

Newton South  4 x 800

They were the Division 2 champions, but not many gave them a shot against perennial power Newton North in the All-State meet. But the shock was reserved for everyone else, as Molly Gardner, Liz Bacon, Caitlin Murphy, Ariella Cohen and super-sub Ann Norris ran 9 minutes 44.55 seconds to win the All-State championship with a more-than-two-second cushion over the Tigers. Gardner was a solid contributor on her own, finishing sixth in the 1,000 at the Division 2 meet and Murphy is an All-Scholastic for her success in the mile. All five are honor roll students at Newton South and Gardner and Norris play soccer for the Lions. Both Bacon (Williams College) and Murphy (Amherst) will head to western Massachusetts to continue their careers, while Cohen (junior) and sophomores Norris and Gardner will return, giving the Lions a solid core for another run next season.

ATLANTIC COAST: Kimberly Allen, Molly Griffen, Julie Halloran, Paula Morgan, Kelly Pineo, and Eileen Price, Quincy-No. Quincy; Jenna Banning, Plymouth South; Kate Beeman, Kasey Black, Brittany Hinkley and Lauren Spivack, Whitman-Hanson; Emily DeRosa, Brooke Fallon, Kaycee Martinez, and Colleen Weatherbee, Dennis-Yarmouth; Tamara Doyle and Natalie Jansson, Plymouth North; Taylory Huie, Norwell; Barbara Schouten and Alexandra Smrcina, Falmouth.

BAY STATE: Kara Alhadeff and Erica Lohe, Brookline; Nicole Murphy and Emily Stefans, Dedham; Rebecca Ciccarelli and Bianca Rameau, Natick; Violet King and Ashley Lane, Needham; Jess Barton, Alex Blenis, Lily Brown, Azuree Catledge, Lizzie Fulton, Katie Glerum, Anna Schindler, Haleigh Smith, and Simone Weisman, Newton North; Katherine Schock, Norwood; Brielle Chabot and Alexandra Krieg, Wellesley; Becca MacDonald, Weymouth.

BIG THREE: Dinoese Miranda, Ebony Cotterell, Kristina Coriaty, Gabrielle Gramprey, Chantel Palmer, Melanie Harris and Rachel Jean-Baptiste, Brockton; Lauren Barber, Tricia Sullivan, Chelsea Metivier and Kim Rioux, New Bedford; Eva Smith and Courtney Flanigan, Durfee.

BOSTON: Mary Janvier, Ticarmel Cherisme, Prisna Doriscat, Dina Jean-Claude, Essence Maston, Coreen Edward, and Olivia Thibou, O'Bryant; Stephany Reyes-Seri and Jeidy Fernandez, Latin Academy; Marie Jones, Madison Park.

EASTERN ATHLETIC: Keri Branquinho, Michaela Sieight, and Amy Ferreira, Dartmouth; Anna Kern, Symonne Scott, Emily Fournier, Alex Neville, Keri LaCasse, Bridget DeVincent, and Dian Weaver, Attleboro; Julianne Tarallo, Meaghan Casey, LeeAne Benson, and Meghan Looney, Bishop Feehan; Courtney Thurston, Coyle-Cassidy; Shaina Petit, Somerset.

HOCKOMOCK: Holly Heinricher, Courtney Barletta, Mary Shea, and Moe Sullivan, Foxboro; Brittany Bourchard, Kate Rizzolo, and Jill Sergei, Franklin; Allison Cuozzo, King Philip; Katie Brague, Courtney Lincoln, Shelby Greenfield, and Hillary Crook, Mansfield; TyLynn Graham, Jen McNamara, and Leah Seward, North Attleboro; Jackie Oates, Francesca Peretti, and Shanika Pitts, Oliver Ames.

MERRIMACK: Marlee Berg, Melissa Carr, and Meghan Curran, Chelmsford; Stephanie Ossigner, Lauren Barbour, Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Stacey Ossinger, Tewksbury; Rachel Fox, Meghan Keefe, and Felicia Thompson, Andover; Courtney Mortimer, Colleen McNaughton, Jennifer Racine, and Katherine O'Dowd, Haverhill; Kristen Martin, Central Catholic.

MIDDLESEX: Sophie Gao, Margit Liander, and Grace Watson, Belmont; Michelle Flynn and Heather McCarthy, Burlington; Elizabeth Kernan, Janelle Eloi, Jess Batty, Sharikka Finley-Moise, Katherine Foster, Libby Mislan, and Tisha Domings, Lexington; Beth Harlow and Rene Lento, Melrose; Joan Kwiatek, Laura Greichen, Kiley Danchise-Curtis, Julia Feltus, Caroline Sheedy, Laura Dyson, and Madeline Nally, Reading; Natalia Gatta and Hanna Wark, Stoneham; Lindsy Arnold, Heather Beninati, Sarah Merullo, Amberly Beninati, Ella Merullo, and Hannah Merullo, Wakefield; Devan Rousseau, Watertown; Jen Katz, Barbara O'Connell, Katharina Eidmann, and Liz Gillis, Winchester; Brianna Tobin and Jaqui Barrett, Woburn.

SOUTH COAST: Stephanie Reusch, Nicole Franklin, Old Rochester; Meghan Curley, Wareham; Meghan Callahan, Sarah McKenna, Apponequet; Becca Kearneym Courtney Danielson, Seekonk; Kate Ragone, Bourne; Katie Fleet, D-R.

TRI-COUNTY: Brittany Hanson, Arlington Catholic; Emily Donovan, Julie Donovan, Chrissie Ferris, Maggie Fox, Cara Garvey, Helena Halterman, Megan McCann, Erin McPherson, and Amy Papalia, Marian.