25/31 Athletes Attain Season Best Races at the MSTCA TWILIGHT Meet; Pietrasiewicz, Wisnaskas, & Carroll All MEDAL in Route to PR's!

Norton's Medal Winners: Paul Wisnaskas, Bella Pietrasiewicz, & Austin Carroll 

9th Grade Girls 2.1 miles

7th - Isabella Pietrasiewicz: 12:46.74*MEDAL WINNER 

32nd - Sarah LaFrancois: 14:03.69 

53rd - Amelia Kirshon: 14:42.97 

104th - Hope LeClaire: 15:53.97 

140th - Jocelyn Nardone: 16:46.04 

Start of the Freshman Girls 2.1 

Bella in Stride

Amelia Kirshon 

Hope LeClaire & Jocelyn Nardone 

Sarah LaFrancois 

Bella Pietrasiewicz Brings Home a Medal! 

9th Grade Boys 2.1 miles

11th - Paul Wisnaskas: 11:36.24*MEDAL WINNER

56th - Sean Wynne: 12:21.61 

118th - Nicolas Janineh: 13:02.58 

215th - Derek Bamford: 14:05.33

283rd - Thomas Anderson: 16:15.73 

Paul Wisnaskas

Sean Wynne 

Derek Bamford 

Thomas Anderson 

Paul Wisnaskas Brings Home a Medal!

Nick Janineh

10th Grade Girls 5K

58th - Kaylee Annand: 23:22.01

Kaylee Annand 

10th Grade Boys 5K

55th - Brandon Morabito: 18:26.33

111th - Ethan Tetrault: 19:12.06 

Start of the Boys Sophomore Race

Ethan Tetrault 

Brandon Morabito 

J.V. Girls 5K 

124th - Catherine Whittington: 27:00.04 

Start of the Girls JV Race 

Catherine Whittington 

J.V. Boys 5K 

39th - Zach Steele: 19:39.41

68th - Matt Anderson: 20:31.14 

77th - Ryan Lafrancois: 20:39.83 

97th - Nick Denham: 21:07.39 

107th - Ryan Wheeler: 21:38.02 

Ryan Lafrancois 

Zach Steele 

Start of the Boys JV Race 

Ryan Wheeler 

Matt Anderson 

Nick Denham 

Girls Varsity Division 2 5K

54th - Katie Bradley: 20:37.27

68th - Hanna Delea: 21:11.24

86th - Calie Shea: 21:32.15 

156th - Meg Nichols: 23:05.71

198th - Abbey O’Brien: 25:26.92 

Katie Bradley 

Calie Shea & Hannah Delea 

Meg Nichols 

Abbey O'Brien 

Boys Varsity Division 2 5K

20th - Austin Carroll: 16:43.97*MEDAL WINNER

96th - DJ Nihill: 18:09.32

102nd - Pat Bingel: 18:12.73

138th - James Wilson: 18:41.48 

186th - Sean Smith: 19:13.36 

206th - Matt Pepin: 19:42.71 

244th - Alex Wisnaskas: 20:47.90 

Austin Carroll Paces to a Medal 

DJ Nihill 

Alex Wisnaskas 

James Wilson 

Sean Smith 

Matt Pepin 

The FRESHMAN Crew!

Freshman Boys Shatter Their PR's 

Bingel & Carroll Discussing Race Strategy 

Alunmi Joey Cronin Giving Some Veteran Advice & Support 

A big thanks to Coach Stalters for helping us out at this meet!  Also another thank you to Mr. Denham for the amazing photos he takes for the blog!! 

Norton will next head back to McCarthy Park in Medfield for the Tri-Valley League Championships this coming Wednesday! 

Freshman Pietrasiewicz & Wisnaskas Shine in Last Duel Meet of the Season Against Medfield!

Both the girls and the boys cross country team finished out the duel meet season yesterday in winning fashion at McCarthy Park in Medfield against two solid Warrior squads. The girls ended up winning 23-32, while the boys won 21-36. Both teams end of finishing the regular season with a record of 5-2. 

Freshman Bella Pietrasiewicz came in second in the meet and was the first Lancer across the line. Behind her and filling out the remainder of the varsity point scorers were Katie Bradley (3rd), Hannah Delea (5th), Sarah LaFrancois (6th), and Calie Shea (7th).

Freshman Isabella Pietrasiewicz is Norton's First Finisher

Freshman Paul Wisnaskas came in 3rd for the Lancers as he was the only Norton athlete to get a personal record on the day at the very tough "Medfield Mountain" course! Coming in first for the Lancers and second overall was Austin Carroll.  Rounding out varsity and having the top 7 make a difference in the score today was Pat Bingel (4th), DJ Nihill (5th), Ethan Tetrault (7th), James Wilson (10th), and Brandon Morabito (11th). 

Freshman Paul Wisnaskas Places 3rd Overall, 2nd for Norton

Pre-Meet Chat

The Girls are OFF!

Bella Working Her Way Up....

Senior Captain Katie Bradley

Boys Take Home the Victory

Boys are OFF!

Austin Carroll Battling Medfield's Churchill

Paul and Pat Hammering Into the Finish! 

The Lancer XC teams are excited to move into the post-season as they head to the MSTCA TWLIGHT MEET in Falmouth at the Barnstable Fairgrounds on October 21st, with the first race of the day starting at 3:00 PM.

Boys Pull Out a 28-29 Win in a Barnburner Versus Westwood on Senior Day!

Our Amazing Seniors!

On SENIOR DAY the Norton boys team who squeaked out a very narrow win by ONE point versus a very good Westwood Wolverine team! The Westwood boys went 1-2-5 and it took a full team effort to pull it off.  The only way to win after a team goes 1-2-5 on you is to get six runners in before the other team's fourth. Norton was able to do just that! The boys went 3-4-6-7-8-9!!  Norton sophomore and #6 runner Brandon Morabito was clutch in this one out-sprinting the WW #4 runner to the line and grab 9th place by 2 seconds!  The boys will move to 4-2 on the season and only have one regular season duel meet left verses Medfield away next Wednesday at McCarthy Park.

The Boys Team Before the Start!

Norton Boys Varsity Placements: 
3rd - Austin Carroll
4th - Pat Bingel
6th - Paul Wisnaskas
7th - Ethan Tetrault
8th - Sean Smith
9th - Brandon Morabito
13th - DJ Nihill

The Lady Lancers did not fare so well. The Westwood girls team is ranked #1 in Division 4 in Massachusetts and are contenders for the All-State Meet.  It was a priveledge to run against such a great team.  Katie Bradley was once again Norton's #1 runner with Bella Pietrasiewicz coming in close behind her. The girls also move to 4-2 on the season heading into their last duel meet against the Medfield Warriors next week.

Girls Team Donning Their Breast-Cancer Awareness Singlets

Norton Girls Varsity Placements: 
3rd - Katie Bradley
5th - Isabella Pietrasiewicz
9th - Hannah Delea
12th - Calie Shea
13th - Sarah LaFrancois
15th - Meg Nichols
17th - Kaylee Annand

Being that is was SENIOR DAY, we celebrated the seniors last day racing on the Norton campus.  In  the post-race celebration, many parents were on hand to celebrate with their seniors!

The Wheeler Family

The O'Brien Family

The Wisnaskas Family

The Bradley Family

The Bingel Family

The Nichols Family

The Smith Family

The Shea Family

Full Team Photo

Start of the Girls Race

Four of the Top Girls in the TVL Conference!

Senior Captain Katie Bradley Bringing it Home

Start of the Boys Race

Three of the Top Boys in the TVL Conference!

Austin Carroll Bringing it Home

Boys Post Meet Conference After a ONE POINT WIN!

Victory Formation - PRIDE!