One of the great elements of the Boston Marathon weekend is the BAA Invitational race series that takes place on Saturday, April 15, in Copley Square.
The Invitational Mile features scholastic boys and girls from the cities and towns of the Boston Marathon course, as well as a field of professional male and female milers from around the world. In addition to being part of an exciting competition, student-athletes get some great swag.
Here are the bios of Wellesley’s young runners, provided by the Boston Athletic Association (if any proud fans read this and want to share pics from the event with us, please do: theswellesleyreport@gmail.com):
Lily Andrews, Grade 8 at Wellesley Middle School
Personal best for 1.6 Mile: 9:41 – Placed 1 st in the Wellesley Middle School “Mini-Marathon” (7th grade girls)
Isabella Chute, Grade 7 at Wellesley Middle School
PB Mile: 6:30 – Placed 10th at MA State Championship (7th grade girls)
Solomon Jin, Grade 8 at Wellesley Middle School
PB 3K: 10:53 – PR’d in both the 800m and 3K in the same day
Jasper Lloyd, Grade 8 at Wellesley Middle School
PB Mile: 5:11 – Finished in 3rd place at the cross country State Championships in 2022
Lizzie Lahive, Wellesley, Grade 12 at Wellesley High School
PB Mile: 5:56 – Participated in the MIAA Division 2 Championships
Zoe Maggioni, Wellesley, Grade 12 at Wellesley High School
PB Mile: 5:36 – Recorded a personal best in the 11th grade Indoor Track BSC 2-Miler
Michael Bueker, Wellesley, Grade 12 at Wellesley High School
PB Mile: 4:46 – Enjoys the 800m run the most
Maxwell Lin, Wellesley, Grade 12 at Wellesley High School
PB Mile: 4:49 – Runs a 4:49 personal best mile
