Championship season got underway earlier today at Franklin Park in Boston, where the DCL Championship has been held for most of the 21st century. The layout of the courses (approximately 3km for 9th graders and novice athletes, 5k for JV and varsity runners) was adjusted this year to account for the ongoing construction around White Stadium, which is next to the field where the races begin and end. The consensus of the coaches was that the newly devised courses ran quite fast compared to the courses that were used since the mid-90s until last year. Wayland had the advantage of having visited Franklin Park earlier in the season for a dual meet against Boston Latin.
The DCL is a very deep league, with 11 members. Most of them are among the larger schools in Massachusetts and as such complete in Division 1 in the upcoming MIAA championship. Bedford, Wayland and Weston have much smaller enrollments than the other 8 member schools and as a result complete in Division 2 in the MIAA tournament. For this reason, the varsity races today were scored separately for the Foley Division (which includes Wayland) and Thorpe Division teams.
There were many noteworthy results from today's meet. There were the three medal winners. all of them 9th graders. For the boys, Thomas Conley took a strong second place surging through the field in the second half of the race. For the girls, Brynn Andrus surged to the win while substantially improving her time from last month's meet at Franklin Park. She was followed by Henrietta Schoeffler in 4th.
In the boys varsity race, the Wayland top two of Ryan Foley and Brandon Hopps finished 16th and 20th. Finishing in the top 20 has been the requirement for being named an All-Star, which is an impressive accomplishment for a league as deep as the DCL.
Congratulations to everyone who raced today!
overall results - note that in the varsity boys race, the Foley and Thorpe results are compiled separately although there was only one race
splits and times for WHS athletes - note the 2 mile mark might have been misplaced (2nd mile too long)
Franklin Park performance list - note the courses were changed this year from a previous layout that had been in use since the mid-90s
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