Boys' track
(Evan Richman / Globe Staff)
BC High's Corey Thomas sails over the bar in the high jump.
Runner of the Year
senior / high jump, hurdles
Corey Thomas, BC High
Thomas was state champion in the
hurdles and high jump. He recorded
the third-best jump in the nation this
season at 7 feet, 1/2 inch. In the hurdles,
he had the second-best all-time
state mark indoors and sixth-best
mark in New England.
Coaches of the Year
division 1
John Normant, BC High
A 41-year coaching veteran, Normant
posted a 6-0 record to win the Tri-
County League and led his squad to a
victory in the league championship
meet. Under Normant, BC High won
the Division 1 State Relays meet and
Division 1 State meet this season.
division 2
Kristyn Hughes, Charlestown
With more athletes, it’s hard to say
what Hughes couldn’t achieve at
Charlestown. The fifth-year coach
and former pole vaulter at Boston
College, Hughes — 5-2 in the Boston
City League — led the Townies to a
Division 2 state championship.
division 3
Michael Darling, Oliver Ames
Darling led Oliver Ames to a runnerup
finish at the Division 3 State meet.
An 11-year coach, the Tigers went 6-2
this season under Darling. He had
previously been honored as Enterprise
Coach of the Year for indoors in
2008 and outdoors in 2005.
division 4
Tim Foley, Newburyport
Foley led his squad to its first Cape
Ann League Division 2 championship
this season. Foley, who is
78-48 over his 15-year career, compiled
an 8-1 record this winter and
has been named a Cape Ann League
coach of the year eight times.
All-Scholastics
junior / 55 meters
Chris McConnell, Andover
After finishing third last season,
McConnell set a New England Championship
meet record, placing first in
6.38 seconds. McConnell, undefeated
for two years in the 55 and a repeat
All-Scholastic, also won the Division
1 and All-State titles.
senior / 300
Davis VanOpdorp, Winchester
VanOpdorp won the Division 3 title
in 35.90 seconds and All-States in
35.68. VanOpdorp, a Middlesex
League All-Star who went undefeated
in the 300 and 600, broke Winchester’s
300-meter record when he
clocked a 35.45. He will attend BU.
senior / 600
Nick Wade, North Attleboro
Wade rewrote the record books in the
600, setting a Division 2 state meet
record with a time of 1:21.06. He also
finished first in the All-State meet,
running a record time of 1:20.89.
Wade will be attending Cornell this
fall.
senior / 1,000
Luke Vance, Hamilton-Wenham
Vance won the Division 4 state meet
in 2:35.24 and finished second at
All-States (2:30.43) and the New
England Championships. He also set
a meet record in the Cape Ann
League Open championship, fnishing
in 2:35.7.
junior / mile
John Bleday, Xaverian
Bleday proved to be a distance specialist
for Xaverian, winning the
Division 1 state and All-State titles in
the mile, and anchoring the firstplace
All-State 4x800 team. Bleday
also was the Tri-County League
champion in the 2-mile.
junior / 2-mile
Johnny Gregorek, Seekonk
Gregorek won the 2-mile in the Division
4 state meet in 9:21.96 and
All-State meet in 9:19.64. He also
won the mile at the MSTCA Elite
Meet (4:20.57) and is the South Coast
Conference champion in the 1,000
meters.
junior / long jump
Jonathan Williams, New Bedford
Williams won the State Coaches title
with a personal best of 22 feet. He
also finished first in the All-State,
jumping 21-9OE. Williams, who
placed second at the New England
Championship meet, is also a member
of the Whaler football team.
senior / shot put
Dan Glavin, Mansfield
Glavin went undefeated, winning the
State Coaches, Division 2, All-State,
and New England titles. He finished
fourth at the Nike Indoor National
meet (59 feet 8 1/4 inches) and plans
to attend Rhode Island, Connecticut,
or Rutgers.
Relays
4x200 meters
Andover
The Andover boys had a clean sweep of the Division
1 State, All-State, and New England titles.
Chris McConnell, Brendan Crawford, Mark Vetere,
and Kerrick Stevens also placed sixth overall in the
Nike Indoor National meet (1:31.48). The relay
team’s efforts helped the Golden Warriors win the
All-State title. All are juniors except for Crawford,
the lone senior. (Photo: The members of Andover’s 4x200 relay team
are, from left, Chris McConnell, Brendan
Crawford, Kerrick Stevens, and Mark Vetere.)
4x400 meters
Andover
Mark Vetere, Brendan Crawford, Connor
O’Neill, and Rob Martin ran off with the school
record in the 4x400. Andover finished first in the
Division 1 State and All-State meet and placed second
at the New England Championship meet, posting
a 3:27.64. Crawford and Martin are seniors.
O’Neill and Vetere will be back next year. (Photo: The members of Andover’s 4x400 relay team
are, from left, Connor O’Neill, Brendan
Crawford, Robert Martin, and Mark Vetere.)
4x800 meters
Xaverian
Runners-up in the Division 1 state meet, the Xaverian
boys came back to win the All-State meet in
8:07.40. Andy Stillman, John Fisher, Peter Dolan,
and John Bleday finished third in the New England
Championship meet, running 8:04.97. Stillman,
Fisher, and Dolan are seniors. Only Bleday, a junior,
returns next year. (Photo: The members of Xaverian’s 4x800 relay team
are, from left, John Bleday, Peter Dolan, John
Fisher, and Andy Stillman.)
All-Stars
- Atlantic Coast: Max Darrah, Evan Tuohy-Bedford, Barry Reopell, and Jay Pallazola, Dennis-Yarmouth; Sam Bombough, Tyler Singer-Clark, Aquinnah Lopes-Pocknett, and Brendan McGourty, Falmouth; Dan Joyce, Andrew McGillowey, Josh Burba, Joel Hubbard, and Erik Benson, Marshfield; Tim Regan and Sam Ellis, Sandwich; Christian Small, Plymouth North; Chris Greene and Brian Carton, Norwell.
- Bay State: Matt Hinthorne, Braintree; Brendan Grove, Ryan Hardiman, Jeremy Miller, Joel Parent, and Ian Sandler; Steve Cawley, Dedham; Bolander Lewis, Framingham; Paul Connor, Milton; Tommy Brandt, and Jay Moore, Natick; Sam Arsenault, Tony Chen, Dan Hamilton, Ben Kiley, and Erza Lichtman, Newton North; Phil Kiy, Norwood; Bobby Fitzgibbon, and Vinnie Lee; Mike Blair, Pat Conklin, and Sam Stone, Wellesley; David Bean, Chris Dooley, Sean Galligan, Rob Keegan, and Steve Sollowin, Weymouth.
- Big Three: Jimm Guerier, Diego Ravix, Henry Thevenin, Brockton; Steve Sousa and Ron Thomas, Durfee; Phito Gondre, Aaron Araujo, Ethan Santos, Jon Williams, Paulo Duarte, Xavier Dixon, and Mike Grzeca, New Bedford.
- Boston City: Chris Perkins, Luis Sigaran, David Maloney, Kaylin Miranda, and Conway King, O’Bryant; Ahmed Ali and Omar Abdi, Charlestown; Mohamed Ali, Latin Academy; Alix Durand, South Boston; Ricardo Jaquite, Madison Park.
- Cape Ann: Billy Tindle and Nate Shelter, Triton; Kyle LeBlanc and Tom Svirsky, Newburyport; Nathaniel McGough and Luke Vance, Hamilton-Wehnham, Alex Kramer and Alex Grimble, North Andover; Neil Berzins, Ipswich.
- Dual County: Neal Olson, John Murphy, Teddy Farley, David Brew, Lawrence Xia and Stephen Forgo, Acton-Boxboro; Antony Taylor and John Jantz, Arlington; Jon Gault and Alex Bradford, Bedford; Matt Cronin, Boston Latin; Chris Bojanic, Andrew Bernard and Tom Eldridge, Concord-Carlisle; Sam West, Matt Slikowski and Chris Halsted, Lincoln- Sudbury; Yong Cho, Ross McDonald, Ben Olins, John Mitkevicius, Alex Long, Yuji Wakimoto, Xhuli Uruci and Will Cha, Newton South; Wicko Zayas, Waltham; Matt Hart, Wayland; Sam Grad, Lee Russo, Chris Fowler, Reid Baldwin and Matt Ricketson, Westford; Brendan Dexlin, Derek Shay, Jamie Eberlein and Alex Newell, Weston.
- Eastern Athletic: Michael Albert, Ethan Loew, Robert McShane, O’Brien McHayle, and Dave Phipps, Bishop Feehan; Mike Ferrari, Bishop Stang; Ryan O’Connell and Matt Boudreau, Coyle-Cassidy; Tim Hill, Chris Harvey, and Peter Norment, East Bridgewater; Dan Finn, Mashpee; Steve Diniz, Tim Leigh, Isaac Soares, Michael Johnson, Jesse Perrin, and Tim Cordiero, Somerset; Abe Malik, West Bridgewater.
- Greater Boston: Alan Dancewicz, Xavier Ortiz, Igor Garcia, Everett; Verly Jean, Marcello Ciampa, Nathaniel Evers, Kyler Evitt, and Keenan Augustus, Somerville; Jerome Rodriguez, Louis Mayhew, Mohammed Islam, Sam Greenberg, and Jose Zapata, Cambridge; Phil Galebach, Medford; Kelvin Tsang, Malden.
- Hockomock: Dan Glavin, Mansfield; Mike Bates, Canton; Brian Foley, Foxboro; Chris Ltourneau, Franklin; David Connolly, and Brenton Chapski, King Philip; Patrick Grimes, Mansfield; Ryan Doherty, Matt Moore, Kevin Peter, Matt Smith, and Nick Wade, North Attleboro; Adam Wallek, Mike Moverman, and Quinn Ryder, Oliver Ames; Greg Boursiquot, and Rodney Julien, Stoughton.
- Middlesex: Chris Stadler and Tim Deignan, Belmont; Anthony Salvucci, Ryan Murphy, David Farland, David Taranto and Shane Faria, Burlington; Andrew Herring, Steve McKenna, Steve Leung, Daron Holloway, Ricardo Sanon, Stefon Everett, Thomas Bellenthin and Daishawn Beaumont, Lexington; Brad Porter, Peter Finigan, Jon Tuttle, Charles Cunningham, Matt Dalpozzo and Pat Condon, Reading; Justin Ehrhardt, Stoneham; Mike Fiore and Andrew Kuks, Wakefield; Nathan Wilson-Braun and Tim Moan, Watertown; Davis VanOpdorp, Winchester; Joe Angelo, Ryad Bencheikh and Craig Langes, Woburn.
- Old Colony: Demar Barnaby, John Gomes and Isaiah Voegeli, Barnstable; Brett Stewart, Neil Harrington, Kyle Reid, and Jake Williams, Bridgewater-Raynham; Kyle Dragun, Chris Gulino, Jake Keffer, Justin Keffer, Don Caouette, and Kevin Papagris, Attleboro; Paul Grafov, Mike Gaffney, Jeremy Francisco, Brian Sylvia, and Morgan Brandso, Dartmouth; Ryan Greenhalgh, Aram Mulhern, and Mike Waters, Taunton.
- Patriot: Dana Lindberg and Drew Morrissey, Hingham; Dillon Simmons, Kyle Empey, Vince Henry, Andy Sukeforth, Middleboro; Jon McKinley, Duxbury; Paul Cina, Matt Ford, and Ryan Kelley, Pembroke; Emmanuel Jean, Godfred Mbengam, Mike Miranda, Randall Menard, and Darius Mbengham, Randolph; Darius Smith, Silver Lake; Josh Quinnie, Hanover; Gary Somers, Clint Burns, Pat Taft, Tyler Sullivan, Whitman-Hanson; Jeff Pereira and Matt McGroaty, Quincy/North Quincy.
- Tri-County: (Division 1) Michael Murphy and Corey Thomas, BC High; Jimm Guerrier, Diego Ravix, Samuel Victoria, and Weslee Galloway, Brockton; Ed Colvin, Catholic Memorial; Sean Hanlon, Jared Kadich, Mike Masse, Chris Crosby, and Alex Mostone, St. John’s Prep; John Bleday and Peter Dolan, Xaverian; Kevin Turner, Chris Tieuli, Ben Perron, and Cam Tieuli, St. John’s (S). (Division 2) Tim Rivotto, Austin Prep; Billy Harrington and Pablo Sosa, Bishop Fenwick; Cedric Lamour, Dan Whelan, Chris Hickey, Joe Fulford, and Dan Plonowski, Cardinal Spellman; Emmaunel Laine, Saquan Simmons, Giovanni Griffith, and Leon Audain, Cathedral; Alex Torti, Lucas McCann, and Trevor White, Marian.
- Tri-Valley: Patrick Delaney, James Ferdenzi, and Justin Murray, Holliston; Chris Adams, Jamal Hill, John McDonald, and Thomas Coyle, Westwood; Corey Fairfield and Brett Mastrangelo, Millis; Mike Creedon, Reade Pizzonia, Jeff Brown, Jay Fisher, and Danny Gold, Medfield; Steve Lynch, Paul Kelley, Keith Love, Matt Johnson, Zach Hutchinson, and Mike Ronan, Hopkinton; Sean Ryan, Cameron Parker, Brian Desmond, and Gil O’Neil, Norton; Justin Davis, Ashland.