Girls Cross Country All-Stars: Walsh, Jellerson impressed in NEC

RUNNER OF THE YEARLINDSAY WALSHSwampscottSophomore ? Sixth in All-State Meet in D2 ? Her time was best of any NEC girl in either division ? Third at EMass D4 meet (19:20) and second at NEC meet (19:26) ? Fourth out of over 500 runners in Vermont Woods Trail ? Team Superstar Award.COACH OF THE YEARDAVE JELLERSONBeverlyLed team to first-place finish in NEC North and in State Coaches Invitational ? Panthers fared well at EMass D2 meet, finishing second, and in All-State Meet, taking fifth.AMELIA ANTRIM, Swampscott – Sophomore ? Finished 11th in NEC meet and 20th at EMass meet. She also ran in the All-State meet and finished 82nd.VANESSA BITTO, Saugus – Team MVP ? Her top time: 20:03 for a 3.1-mile race ? In Top 10 of every race ? Never missed a practice or meet ? Captain-elect ? Runs indoor and outdoor track.NINA BARONE, English – She was right behind teammate Bianca Fowler in all league meets ? was impressive in NEC meet.MEGHAN CONNORS, Peabody – Freshman ? Honorable mention as NEC all-star ? Broke freshman course record.JULIE DONOVAN, Lynnfield – Junior ? Voted co-captain for next year ? Top Lynnfield finisher in 2 dual meets ? Consistently in top 3 of Lynnfield runners this season ? Her brother, Tim, was Lynnfield’s cross country captain in 2003.BRIDGET FORBES, Marblehead – 17th in the NEC meet, 43rd in the State Coaches Invitational meet and 67th in the Eastern Mass. Division 3 meet.BIANCA FOWLER, English – Top girl in every meet for Bulldogs ? Scored in half the meets.CAROLINE HAND, Lynnfield – Junior ? Dropped time on home course by over 2 minutes ? Top Lynnfield runner in CAL Varsity Meet and Coaches Invitational Meet ? Voted captain for next year.BRITTANY KREAMER, Peabody – Eighth in NEC meet ? NEC all-star ? Junior.KASEY KLUGE, Beverly – Senior, captain ? Co-MVP of NEC ? Fifth in NEC championship meet (19:45) ? 11th in Bay State Division 1 championships (19:24) ? Set Peabody cross country course record (17:03).RAQUEL MANLEY, Saugus – Sophomore ? First or second in every meet ? Best time: 19:03 in a 3-mile race ? Saugus’ best runner in NEC meet, with 7:24 pace over 3.2 miles.MARIA MERLINO, Winthrop – Junior, NEC all-star ? Team MVP ? Captain-elect ? 20:38 at Franklin Park ? Had best home course time (2.6) with 17:29 ? She won four of the seven dual meets ? Honor roll.CHRISTINA MONTEFUSCO, Danvers – Third in the NEC meet, 27th in the EMass meet, and 38th in the Division 2 All-State meet.KELLY O’CONNOR, Beverly – Junior, captain-elect ? Co-MVP of NEC ? Won the NEC championship meet 5k (19:24) ? Set the Beverly home course record (19:00) ? In Class B State Championship she was 13th (19:36) ? She was sixth in Bay State Division I Invitational (18:59).SAMANTHA SMITH, Lynnfield – Senior co-captain ? Four-year runner ? Top Lynnfield finisher in four league meets.KELLY WALTON, SWAMPSCOTT – Junior ? Finished sixth in the Eastern Mass. Division 4 meet, 10th at the Northeastern Conference meet and 41st in the All-State meet.