December 10, 2011 Reggie Lewis Center, Boston, MA
An early riser for the girl's track team, as the bus left Mansfield High School's parking lot at 7:20 am for the first indoor meet at the season. This was the start of a new era for Mansfield Track as the Varsity dual meets moved out of Franklin Field House and into the much larger and faster Reggie Lewis Track Center.
Franklin, always a very tough matchup came prepared for another tough competition. Loaded with some outstanding state quality distance runners, Franklin wanted to duplicate what they did two years ago when they defeated Mansfield handily.
This time Mansfield would have none of that as a seasoned group of veterans and some new upstarts came through late in the meet to come home with their first win of the season. Let by seniors Jen Esposito, Briana Chiusano, Kayla Comer, junior Julia Jones and relative newcomers Ashley Bjorkman and Kelsey Ferreira, the team held on right to the end.
The major triumphs came late in the meet as the crew of Chiusano, Kelsey Kiley and Dana Foley swept the long jump and then Esposito tied for the win in the high jump, while Caitlin Finnerty took a third place, giving Mansfield a 14-4 edge in those two events.
The team of Bjorkman (64.7), Maddie Oldow (66.5), Chuisano (65.6), and Jones (62.1) ran a very quick 4:19.05 for the win.
Other scorers for the team included: Julie O'Keefe in the shot put (3rd), Dana Foley, two thirds, one in the hurdles and the other in the long jump, Bjorkman, a third in the 600 and leadoff in the 4x400 and Comer and Chuisano, 2nd and 3rd in the 55 meters. Julia Jones and Maddie Oldow went 1-2 in the 300 as well.
Briana Chuisano taking handoff from Maddie Oldow in the 4x400 Relay
X 55 Meter Dash - Varsity - Finals
1 Jennifer Esposito 7.54a Mans 12
2 Kayla Comer 7.74a Mans 12
3 Briana Chiusano 7.76a Mans 12
4 Meg Chemburkar 8.09a Mans 11
X 300 Meters - Varsity - Finals
1 Julia Jones 44.97a Mans 11
2 Maddie Oldow 46.56a Mans 10
6 Marissa Horn 49.18a Mans 10
X 600 Meters - Varsity - Finals
3 Ashley Bjorkman 1:48.51a Mans 11
X 1000 Meters - Varsity - Finals
4 Kelly McGee 3:29.90 Mans 11
8 Megan Cole 3:36.00 Mans 12
11 Laura Caeran 3:55.00 Mans 12
X 1 Mile - Varsity - Finals
6 Sami Carey 5:50.20a Mans 10
8 Sarah Miller 6:19.30a Mans 12
10 Laura Burnham 6:30.91a Mans 12
X 2 Miles - Varsity - Finals
8 Emily Sarkisian 12:42.39a Mans 9
18 Rachel Frazier 13:41.31a Mans 11
X 55m Hurdles - 33" - Varsity - Finals
1 Jennifer Esposito 8.65a Mans 12
2 Kelsey Ferreira 9.30a Mans 10
3 Dana Foley 10.04a Mans 12
4 Kayla Comer 10.08a Mans 12
X 4x400 Relay - Varsity - Finals
1 Relay Team 4:19.05a Mans
X Shot Put - 4kg - Varsity - Finals
3 Julie O'Keefe 27-03.50 Mans 12
4 Theresa St. James 25-01.75 Mans 12
6 Hannah Haleudeth 21-11.50 Mans 11
7 Kelsey Kiley 17-02.00 Mans 12
X High Jump - Varsity - Finals
1 Jennifer Esposito 4-08.00 Mans 12
3 Caitlin Finnerty 4-08.00 Mans 10
4 Andrea Garabedian 4-06.00 Mans 11
X Long Jump - Varsity - Finals
1 Briana Chiusano 15-09.00 Mans 12
2 Kelsey Kiley 14-03.50 Mans 12
3 Dana Foley 13-09.00 Mans 12
While the Varsity was at the Reggie Lewis Center, a number of our JV girls went to the Open meet held at Franklin's Fieldhouse.
Here are the results from that meet.
X 50 Yard Dash - Varsity - Finals
Abby Broyles 6.8 Mans 9
Molly Scheid 6.9 Mans 9
Sasslii Mendonca 7.2 Mans 10
Emma Morrill 7.4 Mans 10
Sarah Fernandez 7.4 Mans 9
Hailey Weber 7.6 Mans 9
Martha Heavey 7.8 Mans 9
Kristen Murley 8.0 Mans 10
Caroline Orlando 8.0 Mans 10
Nicole Christian 8.4 Mans 9
X 300 Meters - Varsity - Finals
Madison Cullinan 54.2 Mans 9
Erin McCarthy 54.8 Mans 10
Courtney Gurnon 57.5 Mans 9
X 400 Meters - Relay Split - Varsity - Finals
Sabrina Pray 69.1 Mans 10
Molly Scheild 72.8 Mans 9
Abby Broyles 72.8 Mans 9
Crysta Pepicelli 80.3 Mans 9
X 1000 Meters - Varsity - Finals
Jessica Shachat 3:55.3 Mans 10
Tara Cusack 3:58.4 Mans 10
Stephanie Olsen 4:00.4 Mans 10
Alex Affanato 4:05.4 Mans 10
Emily Plugis 4:27.2 Mans 9
Lauren Baldwin 4:31.2 Mans 9
X 1 Mile - Varsity - Finals
Sarah Daly 6:32.3 Mans 11
Kerri Sullivan 6:32.3 Mans 9
Kristin Brangwynne 6:47.1 Mans 9
Grace Parsons 7:01.6 Mans 10
Monica Rhein 7:31.9 Mans 10
Karina Craft 7:35.1 Mans 10
Jessie Jean 8:10.4 Mans 9
Michelle Zygmunt 8:14 Mans 12
X 50y Hurdles - 33" - Varsity - Finals
Sabrina Pray 7.8 Mans 10
Crysta Pepicelli 10.1 Mans 9
Emily Stapleton 10.9 Mans 9
X 4x400 Relay - Varsity - Finals
Relay Team 4:50.8 Mans