Maurica Carlucci began her climb to the top of Massachusetts Track and Field in the winter of 1994 as an 8th grader. That spring she qualified to compete at the National Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina. It would be the starting point of an outstanding middle distance career at Franklin High School. Maurica won individual championships at the Divisional and State Meets in the 600, 800 and 1000 meter races. Maurica had a passion for relay running. She was a member of two 4x800 relay teams that competed in the Championship of America Event at the Penn Relays. She had a quest to be a member of the first Massachusetts high school 4x400 relay team to break the 4 minute barrier indoors. In her senior year she was so determined to break 4:00 minutes she made 8 paper tabs reading “3:59” and taped them on the heels of the each of her teammates’ shoes. It worked!! The Franklin foursome ran 3:58.8 winning the 4x400 at the 1998 Indoor New Englands, setting a meet record. Later that year the Franklin relay team went on to run 3:54.30 during the spring outdoor season. The Boston Globe named Maurica Carlucci the 1998 Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year. After graduating from Franklin High School, Maurica had an outstanding career at Stanford University. Maurica coached an NCAA National Champion Cross Country Team at Oregon University and is currently coaching at the University of Washington in Seattle.