Keely Maguire  |
School: Triton |
Year: Junior |
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| The Georgetown resident has dominated courses in every corner of Cape
Ann League territory, and Eastern Mass for that matter, for the past two
years ... The junior went undefeated in every Division 3 meet she entered
... Repeated as EMass Division 3 champion with an 18:34 effort ... Finished
second in state Division 2 championship race ... Set a new course record
(18:05) at Bradley Palmer to repeat as CAL champion ... "It was the
best race I have ever seen her run," said Triton cross country coach,
Joe Colbert, about Maguire's CAL-Open record-breaking effort ... Maguire,
who also runs indoor and outdoor track, finished fourth out of 85 at the
Brown Invitational in Rhode Island ... Fought off strep throat to finish
22nd (18:40.9) at the Northeast Foot Locker Regional 5K in Bronx ... The
three-year cross country starter hopes to pursue CC and track in college
as well. |
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| Keara Thomas |
School: The Governor's Academy |
Year: Senior |
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| The school's name has changed, but Thomas winning every race
she's entered for GA has remained the same ... The four-year cross country
varsity starter set a record-setting pace at Roxbury Latin on Nov. 3 to
repeat as the Independent School League champion ... The Whittier Middle
School graduate also defended her Division 3 New England Prep School Cross
Country championship title on Nov. 11 by setting another course record at
the Pomfret School in Connecticut; the victory capped off an unbeaten four-year
ISL career ... The Haverhill resident keeps herself busy year-round as the
former Junior Olympic athlete also dances in the winter and runs track in
the spring. |
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| Maura Welch |
School: Newburyport |
Year: Sophomore |
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| The Honor Roll student is a two-year varsity starter ... Repeated
as a Cape Ann League All-Star this season placing 10th (20:17) in the CAL
Open ... The sophomore consistently led the way for the Newburyport girls
team this season helping the Clippers qualify for the All-State meet for
the 14th year in a row ... Welch was her team's co-MVP ... She cited assistant
coaches, Amy Haas and Betsy Suda, as role models ... Only a sophomore, Welch
is already looking forward to running cross country and track in college.
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| Alanna Poretta |
School: Pentucket |
Year: Freshman |
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| Pentucket's freshman sensation and team MVP finished fifth
at the EMass Division 3 meet ... The honor roll student crossed the line
eighth in the Cape Ann League Open to become a CAL All-Star in her first
year ... The Groveland resident placed 16th in the Division 2 All-State
meet and was the second quickest freshman in the field ... Poretta cites
legendary runner Steve Prefontaine as her personal role model as well as
her coaches and parents who "have helped me succeed and do well thus
far and have always encouraged me to do well," she said. |
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| April O'Brien |
School: Pentucket |
Year: Sophomore |
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| Like Poretta, the Sachems' consistent No. 2 runner and high
honor roll student listed Prefontaine as her personal role model ... The
Bradford resident listed winning her team's Coaches Award as her personal
fall highlight ... A promising young runner, O'Brien missed All-Star status
by just three places, finishing 13th in the CAL Open with a time of 20:38
in her first year competing in cross country ... O'Brien made the Daily
News All-Star page last winter for indoor track; the multi-sport athlete
keeps busy during the spring by playing lacrosse. |
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| Eric McDonald |
School: Pentucket |
Year: Senior |
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| Pentucket's three-year starter and No. 1 runner went undefeated
in the regular season in dual meets ... The two-time defending Cape Ann
League champion just missed the three-peat after finishing second in the
CAL Open meet this fall ... However, his time in the CAL Open was enough
to repeat as an All-Star ... Placed third in the Division 2 All-State meet
... Won the EMass Division 3 championship by an 18 second margin with a
16:23 effort ... CAL Runner of the Year. |
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| Andrew Gallant |
School: Pentucket |
Year: Senior |
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| The Merrimac resident is as good in the classroom as he is
on the trails carrying a 3.0 GPA ... The Sachems' No. 2 runner all season
noted his third place finish at the Newburyport/Georgetown meet as one of
his fall highlights ... Gallant, who plans to attend college next fall and
run cross country, finished 14th in the CAL Open ... The Coaches Award winner
listed his father, who is also a runner, as his role model ... "I grew
up going to races and now I want to beat his times," Gallant said of
his father's efforts. |
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| Ben Hills |
School: Pentucket |
Year: Senior |
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| The three-year varsity starter and one of coach Darell Cox's
most consistent runners. ... Posted a 19th place finish at the CAL Open,
which he listed as his fall highlight, and helped Pentucket's boys team
finish third overall ... Consistently the Sachems' No. 3 runner throughout
the regular season... The West Newbury resident plans on attending North
Shore Community College in the fall. |
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| Taylor Roberts |
School: Newburyport |
Year: Senior |
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| The Clippers four-year varsity captain is a leader in the
classroom as well as on the cross country team; the senior is a consistent
honor roll student with a 3.7 GPA ... Voted his team's MVP, Roberts was
'Port's No. 1 runner all season ... Came close to his mile goal of 4:35
with a 4:49 effort this fall; best two-mile time of 10:18 ... Roberts repeated
as a CAL All-Star after finishing fourth with his best 5K performance of
the season (16:44) ... Roberts named Clipper alum, Ryan Spinney, as his
personal role model. |
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| Brian Cosgrove |
School: Triton |
Year: Sophomore |
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Though only a sophomore, the Vikings' Cosgrove is now an All-Star after
placing eighth with a time of 17:01 at the Cape Ann League Open ... Cosgrove
heads a young, but extremely promising Triton boys squad where he consistently
placed as Triton's top runner ... Finished a Triton best, 78th, at the
Emass Division 3 Championship meet ... Finished an impressive 38th at
the Brown Invitational (5K) in Rhode Island early last month with a time
of 17:44.
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| Boys: |
Girls: |
| Amesbury - Nigel Mainville, Trevor Hogan |
Georgetown - Lauren O'Grady |
| Georgetown - Luke Seaburg |
Amesbury - Jess Kessner |
| Pentucket - Mike Baker, Wes Meserve |
Newburyport - Kim Martins, Meghan Clark, Kelly
Warwick |
| Newburyport - Nathaniel Welch, Luke Earls, Patrick
Finnegan |
Pentucket -Allison Pearsall, Amy Babeu, Marissa LaFlamme
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| Triton - David Hudon, Matt Buswell |
Triton - Erin Loughlin, Colleen Loughlin
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