Northampton High senior sprinter Troy Cronin, who is a double amputee, ran the 100-meter dash in 14.8 seconds for a personal record in a home meet against Longmeadow on Monday. And while he didn’t win, he also didn’t come in last in a race against able-bodied runners.
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Former Amherst cop Mike Kent completes 25th straight Boston Marathon
The addition to Michael Kent’s coat closet also represents his 25th straight Boston Marathon. On Monday, at age 51, he finished in 4 hours, 25 minutes, 05 seconds to add another medal to the bag on the floor the closet.
Patriotism fills the air at Boston Marathon
Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on April 22, 2014 BOSTON — In the exact spot where a deadly bomb ended the Boston Marathon a year ago, fans lined the sidewalk, almost 10 deep, outside the Boylston Street Marathon Sports running store. They were hanging over the guard rails and peeking through the decorative country […]
118th Boston Marathon: Stories from Hampshire County
Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on April, 21, 2014 The 118th Boston Marathon is set to become the second largest in race history as over 36,000 runners are expected to make the journey from Hopkinton to Copley Square on Monday. The increased field is due to last year’s twin bombings that killed three and […]
Running new roots
I started running during rehab after major knee surgery four years ago. I kept running because I had the knee surgery.
Lexington, Cambridge girls share indoor track title
Going into the girls’ 4 x 400, 5 points separated the top five teams. Third-place Cambridge, fourth-place Andover, and fifth-place Acton-Boxboro all had teams seeded in the final heat, hoping to grab 10 points and the meet title.