Abbie Mcnulty

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The seventh annual Catholic High School Invitational on Sunday attracted two of the state’s premier runners to the Bishop Feehan athletic fields – the Shamrocks’ own Abbie McNulty and Notre Dame Academy’s Isabella DiMare. Predictably, the gifted duo each coasted to victory in their respective events. In just her second race of the outdoor season, McNulty captured the two-mile run with a time of 10 minutes, 52.88 seconds. The Feehan senior was far ahead of the field after just two laps and was a fast 5:18 at the mile mark. McNulty had to battle a tough head wind on the home stretch of the track.

Stanford University is the home to an outstanding cross-country and track & field program, one that has consistently been among the elites in the Division I ranks. In about five more months it will also be the home to four of New England’s finest middle/long-distance runners. Connecticut’s Claire Howett of Westhill, Rhode Island’s Maddy Berkson of Classical and the Massachusetts’ duo of Dracut’s Karina Shepard and Bishop Feehan’s Abby McNulty have all officially decided to run for the Cardinals the next four years.

Emma McMillan of Barrington High put the finishes touch on her outstanding sophomore season Saturday afternoon by taking 45th overall at the Nike Cross-Country Nationals in Oregon. 

Saturday at the MIAA All State Finals was different. Saturday it was a little more difficult.The end result of the Division I girls’ race on the hilly terrain of the Gardner Municipal Golf Course was a triumphant one for a young and talented sophomore from Lowell High named Kaley Richards.But the most surprising storyline was the runner that never made it to the finish line. Feehan’s Abbie McNulty, the clear-cut favorite to snare the individual crown,  was at her customary front-runner position before collapsing around the two-mile mark, apparently due to a lightning-fast pace that her legs simply couldn’t handle anymore. After about five minutes lying on the ground where she was catered to immediately, the senior was transported to an ambulance near the Shamrocks’ team area to receive further medical attention.

“She has been a beautiful athlete to watch grow up over the years,” L’Homme said. “Since her freshman year, she has been a model of consistency. She has just improved every single year. Her leadership on the team is outstanding and that has grown also. She has really matured as an athlete and as a person. It’s been awesome.”

The checklist is almost complete for Abbie McNulty. One more victory to finish off an unbeaten and dominating cross-country season against her Massachusetts’ rivals. That appears inevitable for the slender runner at next week’s MIAA All State Finals. McNulty’s latest conquest occurred Saturday morning on 3.1 miles of real estate at the Wrentham Developmental Center where the Bishop Feehan senior ruled the competition once again with a winning time of 17 minutes, 39 seconds at the Eastern Mass. Division 3 Championship. She was 200-meters ahead of Dracut senior Karina Shepherd, who took runner-up honors in 18:16.4.

Mt. SAC and the first crazy wave of State Championships across the nation made for quite the busy weekend for XC!  And what a weekend it was! (File Photo by Margot Kelly)

There are a few more Invitationals on the schedule but we are starting to get into Conference, Regional, District and State action across the country. Therefore, not many changes to the rankings overall. (Photo by Diana Biles)

Some may look at Pembroke's request to move up to the Div. 1 varisty boys' race at Saturday's Twilight Cross Country Invitational as somewhat cocky - an upward move by team so good that Div. 2 competition just doesn't offer a challenge.   The reality, though, is that Greg Zopatti's crew simply wanted to test itself against teams it may never have the chance to compete against other. To absolutely no one's surprise, the Titans were more than up to the task as they tore through the competition and took the team title, courtesy of four runners in the top 25.

When you have Abbie McNulty race on an extremely fast course, with an electric nighttime atmosphere, you will produce one of the fastest times in the country. That's what happened last night at the Barnstable Fairground. McNulty has left no doubt that she has taken her game to even a higher level, and she is primed and ready for November. Her time of 17:08 was over a minute faster than Sydney Clary (18:13) of Lincoln Sudbury to win the Girls Division 1 Race. Emily Bryson of North Quincy (18:20), Stella Worters of Shepard Hill (18:21), and Lincoln Sudbury's Morgane Butler (18:22) rounded out the top five. The Bishop Feehan Shamrock's ran away with the team title with 77 points over Lincoln Sudbury.

The Manhattan Invite certainly lived up to the billing with top individuals and teams continuing to show their stuff.  Kennedy Weisner (Elk County Catholic) ran #8 all-time on the course at 14:09.7 to take the win and move to #13 in the US. (Photo by Don Rich)