Watertown High School boys track: Division 4 championships

By Scott Souza, Waltham Daily News staff and Frank Santarpio, correspondent

Mon Jun 01, 2009, 11:54 AM EDT

WESTON - At the Division 4 EMass. Championships on Friday at Weston High, the Watertown High boys team had a distinction only a handful of other teams in both genders among all divisions could claim in the state this weekend.

The Raiders went one-two in an event.

Junior Timm Moan won the high hurdles in 14.85 seconds with classmate Nathan Wilson-Braun second in 14.95. The performances earned them the fifth and sixth seeds, respectively, at next weekend's All-States.

“Not only did they do well at Division 4 but they set themselves up well for next week,” Watertown coach Tom Wittenhagen said. “They were seeded second and third, so they topped their seeds and both dropped three-tenths of a second off their times.”

While Wilson-Braun was considered one of the top hurdlers in the state coming out of the indoor season, Moan has joined him on that plateau this spring after opting to run track instead of playing baseball.

“He's not the quickest kid in the world,” Wittenhagen said. “But he's a very efficient hurdler. With the race longer outdoors, that really works to his strengths and his technique. His success has exceeded my expectations, but hopefully he can build off it now.”

Wittenhagen said Moan and Wilson-Braun bring out the best in each other on the track.

“They are childhood friends and really feed off each other well,” he said. “They do all the things that you like to see in a relationship that could be very difficult. Sometimes when you have two kids in an event like that, they clash. Fortunately, these two aren't like that.”

The performance in the state meet also qualified both Moan and Wilson-Braun for the National Track Meet in North Carolina on June 19. Unfortunately the MIAA won’’t allow the school to sponsor the event, meaning that if they want to attend they must pay for it themselves.

Junior Kevin O'Laughlin had the other point for the Raiders as he was sixth in the triple jump at 41-7.75. Senior Rogan O'Reilly was ninth in the shot put at 42-6.25, sophomore James Holland was 10th in the 400 in 51.98 seconds and junior Ken Szubzda was 14th in the mile in 4:48.67.

The Raider boys finished eleventh overall out of 42 Division Four schools

WESTON - The Watertown Girls’’ teams competed in the Division 4 Emass Championships at Weston High on Friday.

Sophomore Rachel Thomas finished seventh in 13.41 seconds. She was also fifth in the high jump at 5-0.

Watertown freshman Talia Flores was ninth in the 400 in 61.72. Sophomore Jessica Doggett was 19th in the mile in 5:48.97. Senior Alison Holland was 17th in the high hurdles in 17.78 and seventh in the triple jump at 34-1.25. Sophomore Meaghan Kelly was 10th in the 400 hurdles in 71.33. Junior Brittany Obi-Tabot was 10th in the shot put at 30-5 and 12th in the discus at 92-11. Senior Taylor Connors was eighth in the javelin at 103-3.

Update: May 29, 2009:

WATERTOWN HIGH: Raiders have a big day on the track

By Staff reports

Daily News Tribune

Senior Alison Holland and sophomore Rachel Thomas each had three first-place finishes as the Watertown High girls track team had one of its most successful days in several seasons with a 103-33 victory at Belmont yesterday.

The Raiders finish the dual meet season at 3-6 - tripling their win total from last spring.

``It was an outstanding day,'' said Watertown coach David Mastro. ``They rose to the occasion. There were so many personal records. Kids qualified for States in some events, and just missed in others. That was great.''

Holland was the only Watertown senior to score points, but she came up with 15 of them as she won the high hurdles in 16.8 seconds, the long jump at 16 feet, 6 inches and the triple jump at 34-1. Thomas was the other triple-winner as she took the dash in 12.8 seconds, the 200 in a PR 27.2 and the high jump at 4-11.

Junior Brittany Obi-Tabot won the shot put at 31-0 and the discus at 91-8 and freshman Meaghan Kelly won the 400 hurdles in 70.5, was second in the triple jump at 30-11 and third in the 200 in 28.9. Sophomore Jessica Doggett won the mile in 5:50, sophomore Michelle Poirier won the 800 in 2:36, sophomore Waleska Alves won the 2-mile in 14:02 and junior Valerie Walker won the javelin at 69-3.

Freshman Analise DeBaie was second in the mile in 6:10, freshman Lauren Basile was second in the dash in 13.4, freshman Talia Flores was second in the 400 in 62.8 and third in the long jump at 14-9, freshman Parisa Zarringhalam was second in the 2-mile in 14:27, sophomore Brianna Natale was second in the high jump at 4-7, sophomore Roshelly Sanchez was second in the shot put at 25-7 and freshman Hayley Connors was second in both the discus (86-6) and the javelin (66-0).

Sophomore Lyndsay Daly was third in the dash in 14.3, junior Kelsey Prendergast was third in the 800 in 2:47, freshman Roop Kaur was third in the shot put at 25-4 and freshman Hannah Helfner was third in the javelin at 54-2.

The Raiders will next take part in the Division 4 Eastern Mass. Championships next Friday at Weston High School.

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