NORTON — Oliver Ames’ Ryan Sarney was very a lot conscious of what the meet document was within the mile and got here oh so near dethroning a legend.
Dropping down from his specialty within the two mile, Sarney appeared easy and in management as he led from the gun and was by no means challenged on the way in which to breaking the tape in 4 minutes, 15.47 seconds at Saturday’s MSTCA Coaches Invitational.
The time was a six-second private finest for Sarney, who owns a PR of 9:09 within the two mile, and was simply off the 4:15.20 run by the nice Bobby Goss of Chelsea approach again in 1978.
Sarney will run yet another mile race on the Hockomock League Championships off the 60-65 miles every week he’s packing in for the 2 mile.
“This is the only mile I’ll run in a big race for the rest of the season,” stated Sarney. “I felt so good doing it. I’m a two-miler and I wanted to get a fast mile time.”
The Tigers additionally picked up the mile win on the women’ aspect and it was spectacular. Katie Sobieraj discovered one other gear on the gun lap and blew previous Wellesley’s Emma Tuxbury and stored surging till she broke the tape. The junior crossed the road in 5:06.40 in simply her second race again whereas nursing a tendon pressure in her foot. Tuxbury, whose sister Charlotte ran away with the 2 mile in 11:07.54, was a robust second in 5:08.20.
“I’ve had an injury the past month and a half so I didn’t really know where I was at and didn’t want to go out too fast,” stated Sobieraj, who was fourth within the All-State indoor race. “I just really want to compete and place high at the state meet.”
Oliver Ames owned the day within the distance races, save for Tuxbury’s win. In the 2 mile, Brendan Thomas by no means trailed. The Tiger standout handed the mile in 4:38 and by no means faltered on the way in which to a managed 9:22.19 win.
“The first mile felt harder, but I started pushing the second,” stated Thomas. “I tried to keep relaxed and let my legs do the work. We haven’t raced in the bigger meets too much because we’re concentrating on dual meets.”
The multi-talented Jillian Strynar discovered racing on her house monitor to her liking. Competing within the 200 because the No. 3 seed, Strynar bolted to a season-best of 25.62 to defeat Oliver Ames’ Grace Okocha (25.91).
“I had a really good turn and sling-shotted onto the straightaway,” stated Strynar.
The ladies’ 800 was a burner as Ava LoVuolo of Marshfield took the lead early and held off the pack for a fast 2:18.69. On the boys’ aspect, Newton North’s Tyler Tubman bested St. John’s Lucas Carvalho 1:57.15 to 1:57.22. The nice Ali Murphy of Norton torched the 400 area in 57.03 and Malden’s Johnny Emmanuel broke the meet document within the 400 together with his 47.55.
Other winners on the day included Christopher Brooks of Wellesley within the 200 (21.79), Attleboro’s Maxwell Crawford within the 400 hurdles (58.27), Brooke McCarthy of Scituate within the ladies’ 400 hurdles (1:07.63), Sophia Axelrod of Walpole within the ladies’ discus (118-9), Antonio Wiafe of St. John’s Prep within the excessive soar (60-0), Tri-County’s Averie Denelle within the ladies’ excessive soar (5-4) and Otis Nash of Newton North within the javelin (156-0).
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