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Jordahl-Henry Leads Wellesley Girls To Title - Massachusetts All-State Recap 2019Published by
Jordahl-Henry Powers Wellesley To Fourth Straight Title By Mary Albl of DyeStat Jordahl-Henry set a meet record in the 200-meter dash, running 24.31 seconds. Her time, a Massachusetts No.1, broke the 2013 meet record of 24.43 set by Amanda Henson of Barnstable. Jordahl-Henry added 10 more points, as she won the high jump, clearing 5-8. On the track, Tewksbury Memorial sophomore Makayla Paige won the 800 in a US#12 time of 2:08.41. Stanford-bound Grace Connolly of Natick won the 2 -mile in 10:34.12, just missing Shalane Flanagan's 999 record of 10:24.21. Seekonk senior Cameron Garabian won the shot put (45-1) and (123-8). On the boys side, Lowell repeated as All-State team champions, scoring 50 points to edge out Acton-Boxborough (38) and Newton North (38). Lowell senior David Ajama scored more than half of the points for his team, winning the high jump (6-8) and grabbing second place finishes in the triple jump (46-3.50) and long jump (23-0.25). “The state success is a product of the influx of some superior talent, and we’re in a pretty good wave of having some really talented kids,” Lowell coach Dave Casey told the Bostonglobe.com. New Balance National Indoor shot put champion, Aiden Felty of Innovation Academy had a strong day in the throws, winning the shot (64-9.50) and discus (160-8). Arlington senior Ryan Oosting concluded his final in-state high school meet with a first-place finish in the 2-mile 9:12.19. Oosting currently holds US#1 time in the event, clocking 8:59.36, a time he set last week at the Divisional championships. Team Champions Lowell boys 50 points; Wellesley girls 38 points |