Two of probably the most dominant athletes of the indoor season have their eyes on new private bests this spring.
Carver excessive jumper Cam Allain had an electrifying win on the Adidas Nationals when he soared to a private better of 6 ft, 8 inches. With a nationwide title in his again pocket, Allain now has his sights set on clearing 7-feet and he believes it’s nicely inside attain.
In the shot put, Jacob Cookinham of Bishop Stang had the perfect throw within the nation and completely dominated New England competitors. Breaking the 70-foot barrier is excessive on Cookinham’s checklist of targets open air.
Cookinham is in a category by himself, however Allain may face some competitors from Arlington’s Rowan McConkey, who had a breakthrough winter marketing campaign after putting eighth in final June’s All-State meet. Zachary Traficante of North Andover, Stoughton’s Matt Singletary and Drew McStay may be within the combine.
The 400 must be a loaded occasion as soon as once more with a discipline of sub 50-second athletes that embody Austin Prep’s Tristan Miller, Quincy Scott of Newton North and Natanael Vigo Catala of Haverhill, Malden’s Johnny Emmanual and Nashoba’s Gabriel Merrow all returning.
Sean Golembiewski of Hopkinton seems to be just like the clear favourite within the 110 hurdles whereas Newton North’s terrific sprinter Everton Muir may pull off a 100/200 double at All-States, however he’ll should cope with Alex Arbogast of Tewksbury and Acton-Boxboro’s Alex Landry to do it.
The mile and 2-mile are all the time intriguing occasions and this season isn’t any completely different. Defending 2-mile champion Nathan Lopez should battle off what’s shaping as much as be the perfect All-State discipline in years with the likes of Framingham’s Sam Burgess, Paul Bergeron of Westford Academy, Ryan Connolly of North Andover, Rithikh Prakash of Burlington, Concord-Carlisle’s Harrison Down and Ryan Sarney of Oliver Ames. Burgess is the lone 2-miler to interrupt 9 minutes, which he had carried out thrice, however All-States may have a handful of runners becoming a member of Burgess.
Indoor All-State champion Tyler Tubman of Newton North seems to be to be the favourite within the mile, however will face stiff competitors in Lopez, Aidan Ross of Uxbridge and Camden Reiland of North Andover. The 800 could have loads of expertise with Duxbury’s Jake Boudreau, Zach MacLure of Lunenburg, Colin Kirn of Andover and Westford Academy’s Austin Desisto.
Noah Stegmeier of Acton-Boxboro will probably be robust to beat in defending his All-State title within the 400 hurdles. Jayden Bai of Lexington and Ipswich’s Keith Townsend look to be the 2 athletes who may problem Stegmeier.
Nathan Shultz of North Attleboro seeks so as to add a gold medal within the All-State lengthy soar to go together with the one he captured throughout the winter. The top-five finishers of a yr in the past all graduated, however the discipline nonetheless contains Wellesley’s Tyler Yen, Nathan Donahue of Middleboro and Stoughton’s Alex Huynh.
The triple soar ought to come all the way down to defending champion Stephon Patrick of St. John’s Prep and runner-up Bolu Sotonwa of Middleboro, whereas North Attleboro’s Mark Etienvre and Parker Charter’s Theo Puterbaugh are the highest returnees within the discus.
A powerful discipline that features Mason Briggs of North Attleboro, North Reading’s Garrett Arden and Logan Miller of Apponequet will probably be zeroed in on defending champion Edward Webb of Wellesley within the javelin.
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