Rocha Chalks Up Another Title, Record at All-States
Rocha and Grube headed to New England Championships for Tanners' indoor track.
Is it a surprise? Peabody High distance running star Catarina Rocha captured the state title in the mile on Sunday and broke the meet record at the same time. Rocha clocked in 4:50.38 -- about five seconds ahead of Foxborough's Liz Holmes -- to break the 2007 record (4:52.11) set by Bridget Dahlberg of Newton South. All-States for indoor track was held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury. Rocha's time was also five seconds faster than her performance two weeks ago in the Division I Championships. She now advances to the New England Championships on March 2. Two other Lady Tanners competed on Sunday as well. Pam Zabala tossed for 10th in the girls' shot put with 34 3-1/2 while Heather MacLean clocked in 42.73 in the 300 meter for a 15th …
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Sandi Drover
4:26 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012
Catarina continues to shine. She's an incredible talent who works hard and is a nice kid to boot. Go Cat! The boys 4x400 relay team time of 3:30:39 broke the PVMHS record and qualified them for Nationals! Peabody track program and Peabody teens rock. more ›