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Molvar Boys List 11/4

by John Molvar

Updated Preview: 1999 Massachusetts Boys
by John Molvar
revised 11/4

Individuals


No changes near the top of the list but several once

you get past 20.  As happens every year, injuries

knock some out of contention and mental burn out

befalls others.  They get replaced by guys who are

improving rapidly.  One of those is Rob Santoro of

Oliver Ames, who shocked his older brother and

everyone else with his surprise win at his league

meet.  He is now the top rated sophomore in the state,

just ahead of Glew and Murphy.  The All state meet

will determine who is the best sophomore.  Another who

moved way up is resurgent Nat Brown after his runaway

victory over the favorites in his league meet.



Notes:  all times have been converted to 800, mile and

2 mile times plus or minus 1 second *-Junior **-Soph

***-fresh  



1 Tristan Colangelo, Gloucester (9.17,4.17) 

 2 Matt Emond, Marshfield (9.23) 

3 *Said Ahmed, Boston English (1.52,4.18) 

4 *Josh Palazola, Gloucester (9.40,4.29) 

5 John Drappi, St Johns (S) (2.00)

6 Byron Gartrell, BC High (9.38) 

7 Josh Barshard, Somerville (9.34) 

8 Jon Gilman, Murdock (4.28) 

9 *Neil Graves, Mohawk (9.57) 

10 Jarred Shoemaker, Lincoln-Sudbury (9.42)

11 Tim Creedon, Wachusett

12 *Steve Meinelt, Masconomet, (4.35,10.07) 

13 *Ryan Hammond, Whitman-Hanson 

14 Evan Hallquist, Murdock (4.28,9.57)

15 Mike Ahern St John's (s) (4.24)

16 *Rich Downing, St John's (S) (9.55) 

17 Sam Ryerson, Cambridge (4.33) 

18 Ian Joseph, Lexington (4.25) 

19 Geoff Atkinson, Norwell  

20 **Rob Santoro, Oliver Ames (9.59,4.43) 

21 Ahmed Sharif-Noor, East Boston (4.29,1.59)

22 Steve Martella, St John's (s)

23 *Geoff Cronin, Millbury (4.29,1.59) 

24 Nat Brown, Wellesley  



25 **Todd Glew, St Johns (D) (9.57,4.39)

26 Justin Snair, Doherty

27 Steve Santoro, Oliver Ames (9.48,4.30,1.59) 

28 **Sean Murphy, Gloucester 

29 *Jeff Bartoloni, N. Quincy (10.07)

30 Dave O'Graddy Whitman-Hanson 

31 Mario Fraioli, Auburn

32 Adam Paicos, Oliver Ames 

33 Mike Piche, Silver Lake

34 John Jacobson, Taunton (4.29)

35 Brandon Rowe, Brookline (4.35) 

36 Aaron Afarian, King Philip (4.27,9.49)  

37 Jim Lamoureaux, Springfield Cath.

38 *Jeff Engberg, Whitinsville Christian (4.39)

39 Brian Griffin, Central Catholic

40 *Steve Orr, Chelmsford 

41 Andy Wood, Tantasqua (9.50)  

42 Ba Tran, Revere

43 Louis Cote, South (Worcester)

44 *Brian Breslin, N. Quincy (10.14)

45 Rob Welch, Seekonk (9.57) 

46 Shawn Milne, Gloucester 

47 Ryan Borque, Fitchburg

48 Jason Kosmas, Saugus (9.50)  

49 Justin Brown, Saugus 

50 *Tim Galback, Andover

51 *Ben Peisch, Bromfield 

52 Justin Williams, Groton 

53 Nick Decoste, Duxbury (9.47)

54 Brian McKenna, Cambridge (4.32) 

55 *Dennis Sheehan, St Johns (D)  (10.14)

56 *Sean McKeon, Milbury 

57 Dan Isola, Lawrence

58 Brian Mackey, Springfield Cath.

59 Matt Griego, Blackstone-Millvile (inj)

60 Jessie Rykerson, Cambridge 

61 Nick Kotyk, Acton-Boxboro (1.56) 

62 Jim Brady, Beverly

63 Matt Giacoppo, Burlington 

64 Chris Grange, Central Catholic (9.59)

65 Ryan Kearney, Tyngsboro (10.15) 

66 Ben Pollack, Westford Academy (4.39) (inj)

67 Andy Bentley, Oakmont (4.37) 

68 **Tim Goulter, St Johns (D)(4.50)                  

                 

69 Paul Colahan, St Johns (D)

70 Pete Chalane, St Johns (D) (4.33,10.01) 

71 *Jerome Thompson, New Bedford (4.32) 

72 Bob Duffy, Stoneham 

73 *Jim Sullivan, Wachusett 

74 *Jordan Conover, Brookline (9.47) (inj)

75 Joaquin Kilson, Fitchburg 

76 Matt Capstick, Newton South

77 ***Dan Sullivan, Wachusett (4.55) 

78 Fred Gibbs, Lawrence 

79 Bryan Marotta, Fitchburg 

80 Jon Rosen, Amherst

81 Scott Rydbeck, Hamilton-Wenham

82 Matt Harvey, Westford Academy (4.46) (inj) 

83 **?Adam Zeisel , Cambridge (1.57,4.31)?

84 Mike Killiam, Groton 

85 Max Riffin, Weston

86 Joel Legare, Wachusett

87 *Jose Diaz, Brocton 

88 Ryan Mancini, Nashoba

89 Brendan Cronin, Saugus

90 **Ross Thoms, Gloucester

91 *John Korhonen, Gardner

92 Matt Thomas, Amesbury 

93 Lar Fowle, Haverhill

94 Luke Tarbi, St Johns (S)

95 Ryan Miller, Natick

96 Jeff Way, Barnstable

97 Vic Perez, Lawrence 

98 Carleton Lane, St Johns (S)

99 **Chad Foster, Westford Academy 

100 *Dan Moro Wachusett 

101 Randy Brodeur, Lowell 

102 Jeremy Gersh, Westford Academy

103 ** Ryan Leger, Narragansett 

104 **Dave Hughson, N. Middlesex 

105 Matt German, Haverhill

106 Shamus Brady, Arlington (4.32)

107 **Chris Gonsalvas, Lowell

108 Matt P?, King Philip 

109 **Ryan Gough, Billerica

110 Pat O'Shaunnessey, Chelmsford (4.42) (inj) 

111 John Hebert, Leminster

112 Matt Theodoros, Lowell

113 Ryan Spinney, Newburyport

114 Randy Browder, Lowell

115 Tim Hoey, Marshfield 

116 John O'Neil, N. Reading (1.59) 

117 **Pat Morasse, Lowell 

118 *Ken Buron, Milbury

119 *Eric Smith, Gloucester 

120 Bill Stanley, Mansfield

121 *Geoff Churchill, B-R

122 Dave McMenamy, Falmouth

123 Chris Starr, Bromfield

124 John Annand, Oliver Ames (10.17,4.50) 

125 Ryan Morin, B-R 

126 Cory Monahan, Denis-Yarmouth

127 Loran Veigas, Needham

128 *Tom Williams, St Johns (S) 

129 ***Adam Tenerowicz, Blackstone-Millville (4.56)

130 *Ned Charpentier, New Bedford (4.45,10.20,54) 

131 *Ian Hunt, Woburn 

132 Joey Hickey, Hopedale 

133 *Andy Keel, Milton (2.00) 

134 **Dan Rice, St Johns (S)

135 Eric Colon, Methuen

136 Neil Sullivan, Oliver Ames 

137 Rob Duffy, Stoneham

138 John Rossetti, Doherty 

138 Rich Ewenstein, Brookline (10.13) 

140 **Adam Johnson, Oakmont 

141 ***Joey Brancaleone, Gloucester 

142 Brian Donoghue, Holyoke Cath.

143 Bobby Bolcome, Gloucester 

144 ***Curt Jackman, Cambridege (4.45,10.33,2.11) 

145 Kurt Travaris, Seekonk

146 Amin Mohamed, Boston English

147 ***Chris Devlin, Central Catholic

148 **Jud Trabulsi, Whitinsville Christian

149 Ian St George, N. Middlesex 

150 Mark Gulinallo, Abington 

151 Pat Ward, Bishop Feehan 

152 Jason Beausail, Lawrence

153 Dan Moylan, Oxford

154 Andy Bober, Weymouth

155 Pat Reiche, Brocton 

156 ***Eric Critzer, Falmouth

157 *Kevin King, Doherty 

158 Simon Taylor, Mohawk

159 Jeff Perry, King Philip 

160 **George McArdle, Brookline

161 *** Jason Ramos, Cambridge

162 Frank Giliberti, St Johns (D) (2.03) 

163 Tom Watson, Gloucester

164 ** Tony Vitlale, Natick

165 Jeff Crisp, Dedham 

166 Will Raymond, King Philip

167 **Dave King, Narragansett



Teams

Teams



What happens to  a team that loses a 4.02 and a 4.14

miler and loses one of the best coaches in the state

and has the coach replaced by a rookie coach?  Answer:

 They go on to win a state title. That is the

situation at Oliver Ames where they appear poised to

win the small school state title after dominating

their league meet.  Another team that may be peaking

perfectly is the Lowell team coached by my former

college teammate Phil Maia.  He won an upset victory

in the competitive MVC.  They edged a Lawrence team

that Freddie Braz has resurrected from the ashes. 

Lowell can’t celebrate for long because they will be

have to fight the same MVC teams all over again to get

one of the 2 final qualifying slots in the Div I

Eastern Mass meet to get to the all state meet.  While

the MVC has no front running individuals or teams they

are probably the deepest league both in team strength

and individually.  On the other side of the coin, this

is a season has been one to forget for Westford

Acadamy.  Last year at this time they appeared poised

to end the Gloucester streak.   One year later the

team has fallen off a cliff due to injuries and other

woes.  It is a good program so I would expect them to

be back stronger next year.  Gloucester won their

league meet but still doesn’t appear to have enough to

stop St Johns (S).  Their top 4 are rounding into form

but they will need Smith to get back to where he was

last year or a breakthrough race from one of the young

guys (Thoms, Brancleone, Bolcome or Watson) at the all

state to keep the streak going.  Even that may not be

enough to stop Georgie and Co.

 

1 St Johns (S) 

2 Gloucester 

3 St Johns (D)

4 Cambridge  

5 Oliver Ames

6 Whitman-Hanson 

7 Mohawk

8 Wachusett

9 Brookline 

10 Taconic 

11 Springfield Cathedral

12 Fitchburg

13 King Philip 

14 Amherst 

15 Lowell 

16 Lawrence 

17 Saugus 

18 Doherty 

19 Haverhill

20 Chelmsford  

21 Oakmont 

22 Bridgewater-Raynham  

23 Marshfield 

24 Lincoln-Sudbury 

25 Westford Academy 

26 Milbury

27 Bromfield

28 Mt Greylock 

29 Milford

30 Methuen 

31 Newton South

32 Atol 

33 Stoneham 

34 Bishop Feehan

35 Whitinsville Christian

36 Narragansett 

37 N. Middlesex 

38 Groton  

39 Masconomet

40 Lexington 

41 Hamilton-Wenham 

42 Barnstable

43 Plymouth North 

44 Milbury 

45 Pittsfield 

46 Tantasqua 

47 Seekonk

48 Peabody  

49 Woburn

50 Brockton 

51 Silver Lake 

52 Central Catholic 

53 New Bedford 

54 Holyoke Catholic

55 Concord

56 Milton 

57 Nashoba

58 Burlington 

59 Weymouth

60 North Quincy 

61 Norwell 

62 Natick 

63 Denis-Yarmouth

64 Weston 

65 Taunton 

66 Shewsbury 

67 BC High  

68 Murdock 



Good luck to all this season and I would appreciate

your comments. 

 

John Molvar 



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