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Smithfield, RI On Sunday, Bryant University held its Throws Competition with the high school athletes throwing in the morning and the Masters athletes competing in the afternoon. The Masters competition included the super weight! The Bryant event might be one of the last competitions to set a qualifying mark for the Masters national event held in Florida in March. (That super weight is one mean looking weight ball. ) A short Masters shot put compilation video and pictures below

Smithfield RI "Does anyone else think this is a bad idea," I thought to myself after I read that Discuss was on the slate of throws for the afternoon. Bryant University has a very large and wonderful indoor facility (Conaty Indoor Athletic Center.) It is like a football field indoors. Bryant University's Throws coach Shay Austin-Leary is a fantastic and welcoming host. She loves throws and hosted a great event on Sunday, the Bryant University Throws Competition, for high school and masters throwers. Bryant University will host a full slate of colleges on Wednesday.

It takes strength and speed and timing to be successful in the Weight Throw. When it is executed correctly, it is a beautiful thing to behold. Some of the best weight throwers in the country are in our back yard. The following New England High School athletes are tops in our area and rank high in the nation. The top throw in the country belongs to Rhode Island's Shamrock Thoun (Woonsocket.) He threw 79' 4.25" at the U.S. Marine Corps Holiday Classic on December 28. The third longest throw was made by Jack Harmon (North Kingstown, RI) at 72' 7.75" on Decmeber 21 at the RIIL Dual Meet. Massachusetts' Alex Jackson threw 70' 4" for the fourth longest throw in the country this year. Alex throws for Peabody Vet. Mem. in MA; he made his mark on December 14 at the NEC Winter Invitational. The fifth longest throw belongs to Rhode Island's Owen Spira at 69' 10.75". Owen throws for Exeter-West Greenwich. His mark came at the U.S. Marine Corps Holiday Classic. At number six with a mark of 69' 8.5" is Rhode Island's Ryan Evans (East Greenwich) recorded at the RIIL Dual Meet. Brandon Wolfenden (Ocean State, RI) threw for the seventh longest weight throw in the nation (68' 6.75") at the Beantown Winter Classic. The fourteenth longest weight throw came from Thomas Matlock (East Lyme, CT) with a mark of 65' 10.5" at the ECC Developmental. Massachusetts' Logan Alfandari throwing for Amherst Pelham Regional threw 64' 3.25" to record the 18th longest throw in the country at the MSTCA Boston Holiday Challenge. At number 19 is Ethan Charnley (Bishop Hendricken, RI) with a mark of 63' 7.5" at the RIIL Dual Meet. Connecticut's Marshall Potter throw of 62' 10" put him at the twentieth spot. Marshall throws for Simsbury and recorded his long throw at THROWHAWKS Holiday Classic. There is more of the same on the girls side, outstanding throwers from New England states dominate the top 20 longest throws. Rhode Island's Gifty Bediako (Classical) has the top throw in the nation. She threw for 53' 3" just before Christmas, December 21 at the RIIL Dual Meet. The fourth longest throw in the country was recorded by Adelaide Caron (Ocean State, RI). Adelaide threw for 51' 1.25" at the Beantown Winter Classic. Vanessa Jones has the fifth longest throw in the US (50' 8.75".) Vanessa made her mark at the RIIL Dual Meet. The sixth and seventh longest throws also came at the RIIL Dual Meet! Isabella Piette (Woonsocket, RI) threw for 49' 9.75" and Mia Hoskins (Coventry, RI) threw 49' 5". Chibuzo Ihenacho (Classical, RI) threw 48' 4.25" at the (you guessed it) RIIL Dual Meet to record the ninth longest throw in the US. The eleventh longest throw in the nation belongs to Massachusetts' Nialonis Smith (New Bedford.) Nialonis threw 48' 1.5" at the MSTCA Speed Classic. Smithfield Rhode Island's Taylor McGinness recorded 48' 0.5" at the MSTCA Boston Holiday Challenge. Taylor's mark is the 12th longest throw in the country this year. Back to the RIIL Dual Meet! Nelmarix Santos Mojica (Classical) threw for 47' 9.75" and Jillian Walters (Ponaganset) threw 47' 8.5" to record the 13th and 14th longest throws in the country. The fifteenth longest throw in the US belongs to Julia Smith (Prout, RI) at 47' 5" from the RIIL Sullivan Dual Meet. The 17th longest throw was recorded by Rhode Island's Payton Goulding (Cumberland); 47' 3.75" at the Beantown Winter Classic. New England is a hot bed for the weight throw. Throw Town anyone?

There's been some top competition in New England so far this season. Some of the fastest times in the country have happened in our backyard. The following listing spotlights the fastest New England high school sprinters: The top time in the country for 55M belongs to West Warwick's Lisa Raye (Rhode Island.) She ran 6.83 at the US Marine Corps Holiday Classic. Laura Quarm from Methuen ran a whisker above seven seconds (7.08) to tie for the nineteenth fastest time in the US. Lisa Raye ran 24.23 to post the eighth fastest time in the 200M at the Beantown Winter Classic. Xenia Raye , Lisa's talented sisted and competing for West Warwick High, ran 24.62 (Beantown Winter Classic) to post the seventeenth fastest time. Breanna Braham of Dennis-Yarmouth Regional dipped under 57 seconds to run 56.68 to post the 20th fastest time in the country. Breanna ran her fantastic time at the MSTCA Boston Holiday Challenge In the 55M run, Machai Henry from Danbury High School, Danbury CT, ran an outstanding 6.42 at the Beantown Winter Classic. That time has him tied for the fifteenth fastest time in the nation. In the 200M, Tayedza Jaravaza ran 21.81 at the BU Mini Meet in mid-December. Tayedza runs for Wilbraham & Monson (Wilbraham, MA) and his time is the twelfth fastest time in the country this year. At the same Mini Meet at BU, Tayedza ran the third fastest time in the US (48.26.) Brady Thomas from Walpole High School dipped under fifty seconds (49.43) has a terrific meet at the MSTCA Holiday Challenge a few days ago. Brady's time puts him at number 18 in the nation. I look forward to being near the finish line, seeing more of your fast times and having my camera in focus from time to time!

Boston, MA I began the day on Friday at the Reggie with the MA State Track Coaches Association event, the Distance Classic and Pentathlon. In the evening on Friday, I was able to make a few pictures with the Night at the TRACK and Lou's 4x1600 relay held by USATF-NE. Results from the evening are posted here , courtesy of USATF New England.

TRACK at New Balance Boston, MA If you are running, jumping or throwing in New England, I'll be there taking epic (and oversaturated) photos of you and your competitors! Yesterday, I was able to attend the second day of the Beantown Winter Classic presented by Trials of Miles Racing .

Boston, MA It was quite a fantastic day covering the MSTCA Distance Classic and Pentathlon at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center yesterday. I should be able to add results and times later.

Boston, MA On Sunday, I got to witness a couple of amazing performances in the 2 Mile run. At the time, I could not appreciate how special the performances were because I was spending way too much time getting shots in focus (or not in focus!) Tamrat Gavenas, running for Andover Phillips Academy (MA), posted the fastest time indoors this year in the 2 Miles. Following the pacer from Battle Road Track Club for the first mile, Tamrat was on pace to set a fast time. The hard work often comes when the pacer drops off, and the racer is left on their own. Tamrat ran the second mile unaccompanied, finishing 9:04.03. That time was faster than his best time in the two miles by nearly ten seconds. An outstanding personal best. Tamrat in the portion of the race where the pacer had successfully brought him through the one mile mark. Tamrat running alone and putting in the work. One lap to go, with a sub nine-minute indoor 2 mile effort just out of reach It is only December, but 9:04 is outstanding! Tamrat finishing strong. In the girls 2 mile run, seven of the ten fastest times in the nation came from the race on Sunday!! I know, I know...it's only December, but C'mon man, seven outstanding times in one race! Let's celebrate it! Early in the 2 Mile run, Keaney Bayha of Pilgrim High School (RI) takes the race out hard, creating separation from the trailing pack of runners. I don't know much about Keaney, but I get from this race that she's not afraid to push the pace and run alone Keaney Bayha continues to push the pace and lead the racers through the halfway point in the girls 2 Mile run. Although the pack has decreased Keaney's early lead, she is showing no visible signs of stress from the early fast pace. Leyla Bhusri (718) of Shenendehowa Central and Keaney Bayha of Pilgrim running stride for stride. At this point in the race, Leyla and Keaney have separated themselves from the other racers and the race winner will come from this group. Leyla Bhusri of Shenendehowa in the final stages of the 2 mile run, alone and pushing the pace. That's what relief looks like! Leyla Bhusri crossing the finish line and posting the second fastest time in the country. I'm glad I was able to witness such outstanding performances. I sincerely hope to see you all on the short track soon! I will be at the Reggie tomorrow during the day (MSTCA Distance) and at New Balance in the evening (USATF-NE Night at the Track.)

Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center Boston, MA A splendid day of competition at the MSTCA Speed Classic! 55M hurdles and sprints on the infield with 300M and 600M plus relays. The following is a portion of the girls competition (more photos and results to come on Monday.) Blake MacNeal (1437) Newton North finishing strong in the 55M hurdles. Blake posted the third fastest time of the day, 9.41 Girls 600M - Devin Stroope (1417) Newburyport, Morgan Felts (1399) Newburyport, Emma Wierenga (1545) Whitinsville Christian, Laura Fennesy (1162) Central Catholic, Skye Ciolino (1362) Gloucester 600M Girls - Adelle Dupere (1428) Newton North, Jocelyn Wordell (1449) Newton North, Adetutu Armor (1175) Chelmsford speeds along in the girls 300M competition. Moving fast in the girls 55M dash - Habibatou Diallo (1554) Worcester Technical Audrey Thomas (1493) of Old Rochester Regional posted the fasted time (7.55) in the girls 55M. A half step behind was Andover's Leah Sun. Dartmouth's Sydney Almeida (1214) finished third in the heat and placed eighth overall. Gloucester's Skye Ciolino (1302) in the early stages of the girl's 600M Mara Siewko of Masconomet Regional winning her heat in the 55M hurdles and finishing with the fifth fastest time of the day. Thysh Garcia Martinez of Durfee edges out Lauren Bober of Foxborough to win the second heat in the girl's 55M. Taylar Carafa of Bishop Fenwick competes in the girls weight throw, finishing second overall. Leanna Lynch (1045) of Boston Latin Academy on her way to posting the fastest time of the day in the girl's 300M. Masconomet Regional's Piper Testa (1363) ran 44.01 to finish fifth overall. Old Rochester teammates Madison Conner (1487) and Delilah Post (1492) running together in the early stages of the 600M. Newburyport's Lucy Buchmayr runs under 9 seconds in the 55M hurdles posting the fastest time of the day and a new personal best (8.91.) Girl's 600M - Leena Bhandari-Cordoba (1126) Brookline leads a group that includes Rekha Palayoor (1533) Westborough and Foxborough teammates Emma Dorich (1285) and Ava Picard (1295). Newton North's Kara Tsai (1447) leads Kayla Tejan-Siesay (1094) of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional and Newburyport's Penelope Fuentes (1402) off the turn in the 300M run during the seventh heat.

Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center Boston, MA Yesterday, I was with the good people at MSTCA with their Speed Classic meet (Day 1) at the Reggie; fast times and great competition. Milford's Aloiye Okhipo (2014) goes below 8 seconds in the 55M hurdles (7.84.) Wesner Archeles (2139) of Old Rochester Regional finished second in the heat and posted the second fastest time of the day (8.09.) Chris Resnick of Hull winning the second heat of the 55M hurdles and finishing with the ninth best overall time of the day. Spenser Kilsby of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional takes a spin in the weight throw. North Andover's Ajani Muzasadila (2126) battles Caiden Blake of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional in the 300M. Carlton Davidson (2231) of Worcester Technical leads Kenny Chiu (2037) of Natick and Odin Garron (1640) of Bishop Fenwick in the 300M run. Newburyport's Jalen Wise (2089) on his way to winning his heat and posting the fastest time of the day in the 600M run. Noah Csank (2161) of Shrewsbury on his way to setting a personal best (1:26. 73) in the 600M run. Ajan Sharma (1741 of Brookline competes with Murdock's Jackson Skawinski (2026) in the 600M run. Dartmouth's Jackson Hart leads Christian Salvan (2175) of Shrewsbury, Khang Ngo (1656) of Boston Latin Academy and Masconomet Regional's Robert Connelly (1982) in the 55M dash. Nathan Costa (1793) of Dartmouth and Fletcher O'Connor (1810) of Dighton-Rehoboth Regional COMPETE in the 55mm dash!

More celebration of track and field in Boston at the MSTCA Winter Festival

Boston, MA Today, I had the pleasure to shoot the Mini Meet at BU (by meet director David Callum.) No sprints or jumping today, but we had a number of great events and distances including the one mile race walk! Competition results are published here, thanks Lancer Timing . Here are a few pictures from the event. A great way to spend a Saturday morning! I'll be at the Reggie tomorrow with the Mass State Track Coaches Association - Winter Festival (large schools.) Amy Piccolo of the Battle Road Track Club competing in the Mixed 1 Mile run. Cory Couture (206) of Trackslap leading the men's 400M. Trailing him is eventual winner Tayedza Jaravaza (319) from Wilbraham-Monson, with Garrett Giroux-Pezzullo (264) unattached and Stephen Spofford (86) of Bridgewater State. Mark Wing of Hampshire College flying around the oval in the Mixed 1 Mile run. Start of the Mixed 3000M. Katherine Miale, New England Race Walkers, on her way to victory in the Women's 1 Mile Race Walk. Kiran Green pushes the pace in the Mixed 3000M with David Zhou trailing. AJ Ernst setting the pace for the lead pack in the Men's 3000M, with Cameron Dickson of Tracksmith Boston tucked in behind him. Ryan Gallagher (54) of the Brick Layers Union, Declan Neary (45) with Battle Road TC, eventual winner Danny Cosgrove (254) unattached and Tim Barry (198) of Suffolk stay steady in single file. Start of the Men's 3000M. Tim Bolick (41) Battle Road Track Club setting the pace for the group including Brendan Carter (121) Greater Boston Track Club, Keith McAteer (211) of Tuesday Night, Daniel Stevens of Old Goat Track Club and Andrew Coggins (208) of Tracksmith Boston. Serena Hooker of the Cambridge Jets rocketing to a start in the Mixed 200M. AJ Ernst (261) leading the Men's 3000M overall Ryan Gallagher (54) of the Brick Layers Union and Declan Neary (45) of the Battle Road Track Club. Naomi Cass of Bridgewater State College leading the Women's 3000M. Kiran Green (315) of the Waltham Track Club injecting pace into the Mixed 3000M. Benjamin Robinson (296) edging out David DeLuca (259) in the Mixed 3000M