The season wrapped up today at Franklin Park with the MIAA All-State Meet. Graham Macklin and Sarah Tully both had excellent races against fast and deep fields. Graham was 57th out of 179 finishers in the Boys Division 2 (small school) race. The early pace up front was blistering, which had a ripple effect back through the entire field. It's no exaggeration to say that Graham wasn't in the top half of the field at the mile mark, but steadily worked his way through the field in the second half of the race and in particular the final mile.
Boys results here
In the Girls Division 2 race, Sarah Tully finished 12th in a superlative display of patience and toughness. The lead pack went out quickly in the early stages, and Sarah was no better than 35th at the mile mark (both coaches lost count). Just past halfway she was 27th, at the two mile mark 22nd. Sarah made the Wilderness loop work for her by passing ten people in the final mile. Great stuff to watch. Among the many runners Sarah beat out today were:
• everyone from the Western Mass. small school race last week
• the top two from the Central Mass. small school race last week
• the top runner from Milton who beat her last week and also beat her at the Twilight Meet in October
• the two runners who beat her at The Frank Kelley Invite in Wrentham back in September
• the top two runners from Tyngsborough who beat her at the Twilight Meet
• the top runner from Bishop Stang who beat her at the Twilight Meet and ran a time 20+ seconds faster than her last week in the EMass D6 race
Girls results here
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