Dalau
04-16-2005, 01:00 AM
from the globe west section. i never knew papa Stein was such a good athlete too.
Mike Stein should have been the toast of the town after the Wayland High School senior earned All-American honors last month at the National Indoor Scholastic Track and Field Championships in New York.
http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/spacer.gifBut thanks to his freshman brother Brett, who came home last week with three top-10 finishes from the Junior World Telemark Championships in Norway, Mike's not even the top performer in his own house.
''That's just like him," said Mike, who finished seventh in the 800 meters at the National Scholastic Championships in a personal best time of 1 minute 55.31 seconds. ''I get All-American one weekend, and he goes and gets all-world. I'm not jealous or anything. I have my own things going for me. I'm just happy for him."
It's been quite a month in the Stein household, one that Jim Stein, Mike and Brett's father, admits has been ''kind of dreamy."
Mike Stein finished the winter as one of the state's top middle-distance runners after overcoming an an Achilles' injury that slowed him for much of the first half of the indoor track season.
He won the 600 meters at the Dual County League meet and the Division 3 championships before finishing fourth at the MIAA All-State meet. Stein also anchored the Wayland 4x800 relay team (with Mike Gordon, Robert Keller, and Wilson McGrail) that won the Division 3 championships and placed fourth at the New England championships in a school record 8:10.78.
''Setting the indoor school record was the highlight of the season for me," said Stein, who will run at the University of Pennsylvania next year. ''Seeing the look on everyone's face when we got it, that was the best."
With Stein leading the way, Wayland went 8-0, won the Dual County League meet, finished second at the Division 3 meet, and fourth at the MIAA All-State meet, Wayland's best finish since 1994.
''Mike had a great season," said coach Bill Snow, who has won 13 DCL indoor league championships and four indoor Division championships during his 35 years at Wayland. ''We were loaded."
While Mike was tearing up the track, younger brother Brett was staking his claim as the best 15-year-old telemark racer in the world.
Brett, the 2004 US Telemark Ski Association junior national champion, was the only junior-level skier (16 and younger) to enter the Men's Elite division at the United States championships at Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho in March. Competing against skiers twice his age, Stein finished eighth in the slalom, ninth in the giant slalom, and ended up 13th overall in the four-event competition.
Two weeks ago, Stein traveled to Norway for the Junior World Championships and came home with two ninth-place finishes and a fifth-place finish in the classic, a grueling event that combines downhill and cross-country skiing.
''Brett's very analytical," said Jim Stein, 48, who grew up in Newton, raced at the University of New Hampshire, and was the 2004 US Telemark Ski Association masters (40 and older) national champion. ''Telemark skiing is a little bit different from other kinds of skiing. You have to be able to downhill race, go off jumps, and there's also a cross-country component to it. Brett really knows how to multi-task on the race course."
After a winter apart, the Stein brothers are back together this spring, running on Wayland's outdoor track team. Mike is one of the favorites to win the All-State title in the 800 after winning the Division 4 meet and finishing second at the New England championships last spring. Brett, who last year ran a 5:04.9 to break Mike's Wayland Middle School mile record, is one of the Warriors' top distance runners.
With Mike Allen, a top 200-meter runner; Keller, a steady 800-meter and mile runner; and long jumpers Sam Pegram, Rob Athan, and Dan Kablusek, all of whom jumped over 20 feet last winter, Mike Stein is looking forward to another big season for the Wayland track team.
''If we don't kill everyone in [Division 4], I'll be disappointed," he said. ''There's no reason why we shouldn't win."
As for the friendly competition between the Stein brothers, both say it's sure to heat up again this spring. But while Brett has Mike beat on the slopes, the younger Stein said he has a long way to go before he catches his brother on the track.
''He's way ahead of me, but he's giving me a lot of advice," Brett said. ''Maybe one day I can break some of his records. As long as it's a Stein, he said that would be OK."
Mike Stein should have been the toast of the town after the Wayland High School senior earned All-American honors last month at the National Indoor Scholastic Track and Field Championships in New York.
http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/spacer.gifBut thanks to his freshman brother Brett, who came home last week with three top-10 finishes from the Junior World Telemark Championships in Norway, Mike's not even the top performer in his own house.
''That's just like him," said Mike, who finished seventh in the 800 meters at the National Scholastic Championships in a personal best time of 1 minute 55.31 seconds. ''I get All-American one weekend, and he goes and gets all-world. I'm not jealous or anything. I have my own things going for me. I'm just happy for him."
It's been quite a month in the Stein household, one that Jim Stein, Mike and Brett's father, admits has been ''kind of dreamy."
Mike Stein finished the winter as one of the state's top middle-distance runners after overcoming an an Achilles' injury that slowed him for much of the first half of the indoor track season.
He won the 600 meters at the Dual County League meet and the Division 3 championships before finishing fourth at the MIAA All-State meet. Stein also anchored the Wayland 4x800 relay team (with Mike Gordon, Robert Keller, and Wilson McGrail) that won the Division 3 championships and placed fourth at the New England championships in a school record 8:10.78.
''Setting the indoor school record was the highlight of the season for me," said Stein, who will run at the University of Pennsylvania next year. ''Seeing the look on everyone's face when we got it, that was the best."
With Stein leading the way, Wayland went 8-0, won the Dual County League meet, finished second at the Division 3 meet, and fourth at the MIAA All-State meet, Wayland's best finish since 1994.
''Mike had a great season," said coach Bill Snow, who has won 13 DCL indoor league championships and four indoor Division championships during his 35 years at Wayland. ''We were loaded."
While Mike was tearing up the track, younger brother Brett was staking his claim as the best 15-year-old telemark racer in the world.
Brett, the 2004 US Telemark Ski Association junior national champion, was the only junior-level skier (16 and younger) to enter the Men's Elite division at the United States championships at Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho in March. Competing against skiers twice his age, Stein finished eighth in the slalom, ninth in the giant slalom, and ended up 13th overall in the four-event competition.
Two weeks ago, Stein traveled to Norway for the Junior World Championships and came home with two ninth-place finishes and a fifth-place finish in the classic, a grueling event that combines downhill and cross-country skiing.
''Brett's very analytical," said Jim Stein, 48, who grew up in Newton, raced at the University of New Hampshire, and was the 2004 US Telemark Ski Association masters (40 and older) national champion. ''Telemark skiing is a little bit different from other kinds of skiing. You have to be able to downhill race, go off jumps, and there's also a cross-country component to it. Brett really knows how to multi-task on the race course."
After a winter apart, the Stein brothers are back together this spring, running on Wayland's outdoor track team. Mike is one of the favorites to win the All-State title in the 800 after winning the Division 4 meet and finishing second at the New England championships last spring. Brett, who last year ran a 5:04.9 to break Mike's Wayland Middle School mile record, is one of the Warriors' top distance runners.
With Mike Allen, a top 200-meter runner; Keller, a steady 800-meter and mile runner; and long jumpers Sam Pegram, Rob Athan, and Dan Kablusek, all of whom jumped over 20 feet last winter, Mike Stein is looking forward to another big season for the Wayland track team.
''If we don't kill everyone in [Division 4], I'll be disappointed," he said. ''There's no reason why we shouldn't win."
As for the friendly competition between the Stein brothers, both say it's sure to heat up again this spring. But while Brett has Mike beat on the slopes, the younger Stein said he has a long way to go before he catches his brother on the track.
''He's way ahead of me, but he's giving me a lot of advice," Brett said. ''Maybe one day I can break some of his records. As long as it's a Stein, he said that would be OK."