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Boston Globe
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Girls' track All-Scholastics for Spring 2025
Fitchburg, MA- 6/8/25- Breanna Braham of Dennis-Yarmouth competes in the 400-meter race during the MIAA's Meet of Champions at Fitchburg State University on June 8, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff) Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff
Boston Globe
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
June photos of the month: protests, pride and parties
Students played with balloons during Hingham High School's queer prom on May 31 in Hingham. The queer prom offers students an alternative to traditional proms where many LGBTQ youth feel pressure to conform to gender expectations or skip the events altogether. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Family members of 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, who was detained by ICE on his way to volleyball, broke down in tears during a protest held for him outside of Town Hall in Milford on June 1. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Sunset illuminated a bar patron at The Pier at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, on June 19. Nick White was carried to the beach after winning the Greasy Pole Contest at Pavilion Beach in Gloucester on June 29. Matthew J Lee Athletes collapsed after the 1-mile race during the MIAA's Meet of Champions at Fitchburg State University on June 8. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Members of The Peacekeepers dance group waited off stage during the Boston Art & Music Soul (BAMS) Festival in Boston June 28. The festival is a nonprofit organization that breaks down racial and social barriers to arts, music, and culture across Greater Boston. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Karen Read (left) emerged from the Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham on June 18, with her defense team after the jury's verdict. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Eileen Siegel marched with Good Shepard Community Care during the Boston Pride For The People Parade in Boston on June 14. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff Walpole High School players celebrated after the last out in their win over Plymouth North High in a D2 MIAA semifinal game at BC High's Monan Park on June 11. Barry Chin/Globe Staff Margarita Muniz Academy students and best friends Angie Medina (left) and Ray Deli Castillo embraced before the start of their graduation ceremony. The graduation procession and ceremony were held on June 11 on the grounds of the historic Loring Greenough House and Gardens near the school. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Athletes raced in the 100-meter dash during the MIAA's Meet of Champions at Fitchburg State University on June 8. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Marcelo Gomes da Silva (center) was embraced by friends outside his Milford home on June 5 after his release from ICE detention. The 18-year-old Milford High School student was granted bail by an immigration judge after being detained since last weekend when ICE agents stopped him on his way to volleyball practice. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Eurydice Hirsey showed off her moves on Massachusetts Avenue during the 25th annual Cambridge Dance Party on June 27. Heather Diehl for the Boston Glo Sister Lida Christ, of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, worked on her makeup during her 'manifestation' at her home in Boston on May 28. She was preparing to film a public service announcement with fellow sisters targeted at the queer community. 'But it's for everyone,' she added. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff The Revival International Center, a community church, gave out boxes of food to the hungry in Chelsea on June 19. Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff Esaie Joseph and Andrea Edmond, father and grandmother of 5-year-old Lens Arthur Joseph, were overcome with grief at their Hyde Park home on June 19. Lens was struck and killed by his school bus on April 28. Erin Clark/Globe Staff Karla Villar, a veteran, joined in chants as protesters marched after a rally to showcase their disapproval of President Trump's decision to bomb key Iran nuclear sites last night and advocate for the US not to enter into a war with Iran on June 22 in downtown Boston. Brett Phelps for The Boston Globe Children posed for photos in the giant seashell at at the Fairmont Copley Plaza during the "baby prom" on June 4. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Social studies teacher Taylor Roberts (right) said goodbye to seventh-grader Nicole Barros Cardoso on the final day at Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle school in Boston on June 23. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff Maya Flaherty from Stonington, Conn., waved her flag as she watched the Pride parade on Boylston Street on June 14. This year, 'No King but Yaaas Queen' protesters marched in unison with the parade. 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Boston Globe
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Dennis-Yarmouth senior Breanna Braham among three double-winners at New England track championship
The one-day meet in New Britain, Conn., features the top six athletes per event from each New England state. Massachusetts girls' athletes captured five of the meet's 17 events, and two boys athletes from the Bay State secured wins. Related : Braham was among three athletes to win multiple events, along with Uly Junker of Thetford Academy (Vt.) and D'Asia Duncan of Bloomfield (Conn.). Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Massachusetts swept the triple jump, with Catholic Memorial sophomore Amar Skeete (48 feet, 2 inches) claiming the boys' title and Holliston senior Kaitlyn Quealy (39-0.5) taking the girls' event. Advertisement While Skeete fell just short of the distance that won him the Meet of Champions last week (48-5), Quealy improved upon her mark from the state meet (38-8), where she also won. Marblehead senior Nate Assa edged out the field in the 3,200, winning in 9:04.57 and following up on last week's 2-mile triumph (9:14.52) at the Meet of Champions. It marked the second season in a row where Assa swept the 2-mile at the Meet of Champions and New Englands, having also done so during the indoor season. Advertisement Following a disappointing third-place discus finish (119-3) at the Meet of Champions, Arlington senior Meghan Prior bounced back with a winning toss of 137-9, a nine-foot personal best. The final Bay State winner was Amherst-Pelham's 4x400 unit of seniors Skylar Fox, Ruby Austin, and Moriah Luetjen, plus sophomore Ololara Baptiste, who surged to an eight-second triumph in 3:52.36. Matty Wasserman can be reached at
Boston Globe
09-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Westford miler Abigail Hennessy shines brightest at Meet of Champions big stage
As the crowd rose to its feet at Fitchburg State, Hennessy charged through the finish line in 4:37.11 to claim a 16-second victory over runner-up Amelia Whorton of Lexington (4:53.91). Hennessy's time eclipsed the state record (4:37.22) set by Belmont's Ellie Shea in 2023. The effort was also the fourth-fastest girls' mile run in the country this season. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'The record wasn't in my head for this race, but I'm over the moon to be able to do that here,' Hennessy said. 'I was definitely not expecting it, running all alone. Advertisement 'My goal going into this was just sub-2:20 in the opening half. So after [I surpassed] that and then I got through the third lap too, I knew there was a real chance.' Westford junior Abigail Hennessy is the new Massachusetts record holder in the girls' mile. Hennessy finishes in 4:37.11, just topping Ellie Shea's mark from 2023 (4:37.22). Against the state's best competition, she won by over 16 seconds. It's a three-second PR. — Matty Wasserman (@Matty_Wasserman) Hennessy was sidelined for much of the cross-country and indoor track season with an energy deficiency condition, but has emerged even stronger since returning in February. She claimed victories in both the 800 meters and mile at last week's Division 1 championships, and again this week at the Meet of Champions, with Sunday's effort marking a three-second personal best. Advertisement 'My aerobic fitness has increased exponentially this season, and that's really helped me, especially with those negative splits,' Hennessey said. 'So going to nationals, where I'll have other people to run with, my confidence is really high.' Brookline's Altamo Aschkenasy (3526) won the mile, but he and his Warrior teammates had to settle for second in the 4x800-meter relay behind Abdul Jalloh (3690) and Lowell Sunday at Fitchburg State. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff With a number of strong contenders in the boys' mile field, Brookline senior Altamo Aschkenasy knew it would take a massive personal-best to emerge on top. Even after a quick start, Aschkenasy found himself two strides behind Natick junior John Bianchi with one lap remaining. But he kicked hard with 200 meters to go and never looked back, finishing in 4:08.31 — nine seconds faster than his previous best. It was Aschkenasy's second-straight week finding a late burst in the mile, after he charged from way behind to claim the event at last week's Division 1 championship. 'I knew I was going to run my PR when the race went off, because that's what it took to stay with John,' Aschkenasy said. 'I was good to sit behind for three laps, and then when I felt comfortable, I just made my move.' Brian Moody measures 5-feet, 7-inches for the girls' high jump final during Sunday's MIAA Meet of Champions. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff After placing in the top three in the pole vault at the Meet of Champions each of the past two seasons, Acton-Boxborough senior Emerson Gould entered Sunday with one last opportunity to stamp her place atop the state. Gould made no mistake this time around, setting a 2-inch personal best (12 feet, 2 inches) to win in dominant fashion over runner-up Alexandra Welch of Shrewsbury (11-6). 'I started freshman year because I was a gymnast and I loved flying, and pole vault was the closest thing I could get to it,' Gould said. 'So I'm emotional, because it's been a really great four years. And especially going out today [with a win], it feels awesome.' Advertisement Peabody senior Alex Jackson capped off one of the great MIAA throwing careers in recent history with a dominant weekend, rolling to wins in discus (187 feet, 6 inches) on Thursday and shot put (62-5¼) on Sunday. Jackson, committed to the University of Virginia, has notched double wins at the last four Meet of Champions between the indoor and outdoor seasons, and has not lost an in-state shot put event since 2023. 'I've done this for so long, and I've won a few state titles, so at this point, it was really just about finishing my legacy,' Jackson said. Westwood celebrates their win in the girls' 4x800-meter relay. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Norton's Zoe Santos clears 5 feet, 7 inches, to capture gold in the girls' high jump competition. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Chloe Elder of Natick (right) couldn't catch Dennis-Yarmouth's Breanna Braham, who won the 400 meters in a personal-best time of 53.70, the fastest time in the state this year. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Milton's Luka Juric (center) was just able to edge Attleboro's Zayne Thomas (left) at the line to win the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.66, just three-hundredths of a second ahead of Thomas. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Natick's Emmanuella Edozien won the 100-meter hurdles in style, her time of 13.57 well ahead of North Reading superstar Giuliana Ligor (right), who clocked in at 14.01. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Kyle Haskell of Andover celebrates with his coaches after breaking the school record in the mile with a time of 4:13.84. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Matty Wasserman can be reached at
Boston Globe
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Westford's Ryan Kyle clears the competition, shattering his own state record in 400 hurdles at Meet of Champions
Squaring off against the state's top competition at Fitchburg State, Kyle left the boys' 400 hurdles field in the dust a stunning time of 51.72 seconds, finishing nearly two full seconds ahead of runner-up Luke Lamar of Pembroke (53.43). Advertisement Kyle's time shaved another half-second off his own state record, and obliterated the previous Meet of Champions mark (53.53) set by New Bedford's Aaron Araujo in 2010. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'These last couple years, I've learned not to put limits on the times I can run or the achievements I can get,' Kyle said. 'Once I beat the state record at the league championships, I knew I could keep climbing. I don't know if I thought I'd beat that time by a second, but it definitely feels good to do so.' Natick's Nolan Cloutier clears 12-feet, 6-inches in pole vault, finishing seventh. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff The other state record Thursday came from Sharon junior Nina Kyei-Aboagye, who blazed to victory in the 200 (23.28 seconds) to edge out runner-up Breanna Braham of Dennis-Yarmouth (23.63). The two sprinters both smashed the meet record of 24.31, which had stood since 2019. Kyei-Aboagye's time marked a half-second personal best, and eclipsed the previous state record of 23.32 by four hundredths of a second. Advertisement 'Breanna always pushes me in every race, so I just knew what I had to do today,' Kyei-Aboagye said. 'It really helps to have someone else at that level, because you know where you have to be. You know she's going to be right there.' Central Catholic's Arianna DiPietro clears the bar in the high jump prelims. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff The punishing heat presented a major challenge for all the athletes, but no event faced a harder task than the 2-mile. Marblehead's Nate Assa knew the entire field would be weary of burning out due to the heat — and he planned to be aggressive early on. Sure enough, the race's moderate early pace played right into Assa's hands. He took the lead in the opening half-mile and gave it up, outlasting the pack in an impressive 9:14.52. 'I knew everyone would be kind of sluggish because of the heat, so I was really hoping to go fast off the gun,' Assa said. 'Coming off the turn 300 meters in, the clock was at 62 [seconds]. So I knew we were going slow, so I took over, and I led the whole race till the finish.' Fitchburg, MA- 6/5/25- Nicholas Begic of Lincoln-Sudbury, center, wins the 200-meter dash during the MIAA's Meet of Champions at Fitchburg State University on June 5, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff) Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff After securing a double-victory in the 400 and 400 hurdles at last year's outdoor Meet of Champions, North Reading senior Giuliana Ligor entered her final MIAA meet with high expectations. But Ligor knew she could not enter the 400 hurdles overconfident, especially given the recent emergence of Weston junior Solana Varela — who lost to Ligor by just 0.3 seconds at last week's Division 5 meet. Valera broke well and held an early advantage Thursday, but Ligor slammed the door around the final turn to win in 1:00.06, with Varela (1:02.13) placing second. Advertisement 'She's a very talented athlete,' Ligor said of Valera. 'I was excited to race her here, because I know her talent and level . . . it's been good to have a buddy to push me all season.' North Reading's Giuliana Ligor of North Reading races to a win in the 400-meter hurdles. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Joseph Case's Ben Deady (left) and North Andover's Aidan McGarry have their sights set on the finish line. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Milton's Chase Nixon of Milton arcs over the high-jump bar. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Billerica's Nyrah Joseph competes in the high jump. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Matty Wasserman can be reached at
