A large contingent of Connecticut indoor track and field athletes are slated to extend their indoor season by competing in the 2011 New Balance Indoor Nationals at the New Balance Track and Field Center, The Armory in New York starting today and concluding on Sunday.
The national meet offers both Championship events and a full slate of Emerging Elite events. All the Elite events are contested on Friday while the Championship events are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. The Championship races are for those who have made the qualifying standards for those events. The Emerging Elite is for those who have not quite made those standards. The Emerging Elite Division is open to any high school athlete who has made the Emerging Elite standards, whether they are Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors. The idea is that, eventually, an Emerging Elite athlete will join the elite ranks, but has not yet attained that status. This division has been in place for several years now in the outdoor version of this meet.
State entrants in the events for Boys include:
· Daniel Creem, Adam Quicquaro, Matt Satkowski, and Patsy Casalino are representing Holy Cross High School in Waterbury in the Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Emerging Elite race and entered with a time of 8:16.
· Christopher Madaffari of Brien McMahon High School entered in the Boys Emerging Elite 2-mile Run with a seed time of 9:43.
· The Hamden 4x800 Relay team of Blake Gatison, Kevinn Trann, Matt Dinnan and Pat Cyr entered in the Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Championship race with a seed time of 8:01.03
· Windsor HS entries include Zachary Langs (7.55) in the Boys 60 Meter Hurdles Emerging Elite Prelims and their 4x200m team in the Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Emerging Elite with a seed time of 1:34.61
· Matt Klein, Hopkins School in New Haven is running the 5k Championship event and is seeded at 15:31 having run that at the recent USATF New England meet at Harvard MA.
· Malcolm Connor of Trumbull HS will be running the Emerging Elite 800m Run where he is seeded based on his 600M time of 1:23.9. Keith Bond will be running the Emerging Elite 400m Dash where he is seeded based on his 300M time of 35.99.
· Andy Pullaro of Shepuag Valley Regional High School is competing in the Emerging Elite 1-Mile and entered with a seed mark of 4:26.00.
· The Norwich Free Academy Boys 4x800m Relay is running in the Emerging Elite race on Friday with a seed time of 8:09. Competitors include Vos Hunter, Dan Cardin, Emmett Schaeffer, and Andrew Weiler.
· Weston’s distance medley of David Stankiewicz (so), Paul Philpott (sr), Noah Krassin (so) and Stephen Vento (sr) will compete in the Boys Distance Medley Championship race. Three members of the team were Class S state champions in the 4 x 800m and Vento was Class S champion in the 3200m.
· Ryan Voelker (So) at South Windsor High School is competing in the Emerging Elite 800m run with an entry time of 1:57.56.
· Donarth Thompson, from Bulkeley High School in Hartford, CT, will be competing in the 60M Dash Championship Prelim event with a seed time is 6.46 (55M) which he posted at the New England Championships on March 4th. He was second in that event and the 1st Connecticut finisher. Donarth won the Class L State Championships and 2nd in the State Open in that event.
· Joseph Erdos of St. Joseph High School is entered in the Emerging Elite Weight Throw with a seed mark of 46'8''.
· Brian Poirier of Northwest Catholic High School is entered in the Boys Emerging Elite 800m run with a seeding based on 2:32.64 1000m (qualifying standard 2:35).
More state athletes are entered based upon the Performance List posted at the MileSplit.com website hosting the meet coverage.
Boys 60 Meter Dash Prelims
Thompson, Donarth 11 Hartford
Boys 400 Meter Run Prelims
Keller, Kevin 11 Darien
Boys 800 Meter Run
Levine, Alex 11 Danbury
Boys 1 Mile Run
Nestor, Daniel 11 Madison
Boys 5000 Meter Run
Feinstein, Jake 13 Sandy Hook
Klein, Matt 12 New Haven
Moretti, Jeff 11 Guilford
Mueller, Sean 11 Cheshire,
Boys 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims
Chong, Jemaine 11 Hartford,
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Prelims
Danbury Tc
1) 733 Dennis, Daryle-Michael 11 2) 739 Owoye, Dele 11
3) 742 Shepard, Mickey 11 4) 732 Chiaravalle, Shane 12
5) 730 Amoah, Eiljah 13
Staples Tc
1) 2708 Heil, Jon 12 2) 2710 Mitchell, Zach 12
3) 2707 Gallagher, Sean 11 4) 2711 Ray, Raphael 11
5) 2705 Birch, George 11
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
Staples Tc
1) 2708 Heil, Jon 12 2) 2712 Roche, Jack 11
3) 2707 Gallagher, Sean 11 4) 2711 Ray, Raphael 11
5) 2709 Marsh, Walker 13
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
Hamden Tc
1) 1168 Dinnan, Matthew 11 2) 1167 Cyr, Pat 11
3) 1172 Tran, Kevinn 11 4) 1169 Gatison, Blake 11
5) 1171 Owens, James
Staples Tc
1) 2709 Marsh, Walker 13 2) 2712 Roche, Jack 11
3) 2706 Caffery, Jeff 11 4) 2713 Wynne, Henry 13
5) 2711 Ray, Raphael
Boys 1600 Sprint Medley
Danbury Tc
1) 733 Dennis, Daryle-Michael 11 2) 739 Owoye, Dele 11
3) 732 Chiaravalle, Shane 12 4) 735 Levine, Alex 11
5) 731 Challenger, Tyler 13
Boys Distance Medley
Weston Tc
1) 3425 Philpott, Paul 11 2) 3424 Krassin, Noah 13
3) 3426 Stankiewicz, David 13 4) 3427 Vento, Stephen
Boys 4x55 Meter Shuttle Hurdle 5 Flights
Danbury Tc
1) 729 Alves, Cody 11 2) 732 Chiaravalle, Shane 12
3) 736 Maher, Daniel 12 4) 738 Meerman, Robert 11
5) 740 Rodriguez, Lenny 14
New Haven Flyers
1) 1963 White, Jalon 13 2) 1954 Clarke, Joel 11
3) 1959 Lewis, Danny 12 4) 1961 Shogbola, Lanre
Boys High Jump
Ilinski, Adrian 11 Burlington
Scinto, Jake 12 Cheshire,
Tobias, Jamie 11 Bloomfield
Boys Long Jump
Rouse, Evan 11 Windham,
Scinto, Jake 12 Cheshire
Williams, Amanze 11 Naugatuck
Boys Triple Jump
Keller, Kevin 11 Darien
Lee, Michael 11 New London
Williams, Amanze 11 Naugatuck
Boys Shot Put
Wlasuk, John 11 Newtown,
Boys Weight Throw
Wlasuk, John 11 Newtown,
Boys Indoor Pentathlon
Abraham, Nathan 11 East Hampton,
Boys 1 Mile Race Walk
Radomski, Steven 13 Wallingford,
Boys 1 Mile Run Freshman
Alvarado, Christian 14 Fairfield,
Kozak, Mickey 14 Danbury
Boys 60 Meter Dash Emerging Elite Prelims
Buanno, Andrew 11 Enfield,
Campbell, David 13 Bloomfield
Boys 200 Meter Dash Emerging Elite Prelims
Connelly, James 11 Pawcatuck,
McMullin, Stockton 11 Darien
Shogbola, Lanre 11 New Haven
Boys 400 Meter Dash Emerging Elite
Bond, Keith 12 Trumbull
Lakeman, Ben 11 East Lyme
Boys 800 Meter Run Emerging Elite
Boehme, Ross 11 Redding,
Connor, Malcolm 12 Bridgeport
Poirier, Brian 12 West Hartford
Pugliese, David 12 Middletown,
Boys 1 Mile Run Emerging Elite
Pullaro, Andy 11 Washington
Tobias, Louis 13 Cromwell,
Boys 2 Mile Run Emerging Elite
Hrezi, Muad 12 Naugatuck,
Madaffari, Christopher 12 Norwalk
Morin, Aleksandr 11 Durham,
Boys 60 Meter Hurdles Emerging Elite Prelims
Alves, Cody 11 Danbury,
Chiaravalle, Shane 12 Danbury,
Langs, Zachary 11 Windsor,
Strums, Aaron 11 Bloomfield,
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Emerging Elite
Darien Tc
1) 756 McMullin, Stockton 11 2) 757 Pik, Matt 12
3) 754 Eppley, Corey 12 4) 755 Keller, Kevin
New Canaan Tc
1) 1950 Repko, Duke 13 2) 1942 Costigan, Joe 11
3) 1945 Gould, Willie 11 4) 1941 Armstrong, Cameron 11
5) 1947 Maisonette, Isaiah
Windsor Tc
1) 3494 Langs, Zachary 11 2) 3495 Meggie, Dwight 12
3) 3496 Rodrigues, Donovan 11 4) 3497 Smith, Alex 11
5) 3493 Johnson, Tikuan 1
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Emerging Elite
Bloomfield Tc
1) 336 Tobias, Jamie 11 2) 333 Gordon, Ashai 11
3) 334 Strums, Aaron 11 4) 330 Balfour, Adrian 12
5) 332 Daliy, Nicholas
New Canaan Tc
1) 1948 Orser, Henson 12 2) 1945 Gould, Willie 11
3) 1947 Maisonette, Isaiah 12 4) 1951 Spinu, Alex 11
5) 1943 Daly, Pat
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Emerging Elite
Holy Cross Tc
1) 1259 Quicquaro, Adam 12 2) 1260 Satkowski, Matt 13
3) 1256 Creem, Dan 12 4) 1255 Casalino, Patsy
New Canaan Tc
1) 1948 Orser, Henson 12 2) 1946 Hoffman, Brant 11
3) 1951 Spinu, Alex 11 4) 1943 Daly, Pat 11
Boys Long Jump Emerging Elite
Keller, Kevin 11 Darien,
McMullin, Stockton 11 Darien
Boys Triple Jump Emerging Elite
McAlpine, Jordon 11 Danbury,
Boys Shot Put Emerging Elite
Farina, Alex 11 New Canaan,
Taylor, Trey 11 Bloomfield,
Boys Weight Throw Emerging Elite
Erdos, Joseph 11 Milford,
State entrants in the events for Girls include:
· Morgan Parrette of Griswold High School is entered in the Girls High Jump Emerging Elite with a seed mark of 5'2".
· Mara Lieberman of Hamden is entered in the Girls 1 Mile Run Emerging Elite with a seed time of 4:59.69.
· The Norwich Free Academy Girls sprint medley relay team is competing on Saturday in the Girls 1600 Sprint Medley Championship with a seed time of 4:14.96. Competitors include Wahnetah carty, MiaLynne Park, Elisa DeCastro and Brianna Lenehan. Wahnetah Carty will compete in the Emerging Elite Long Jump with a seed of 18-05 and Allison Sullivan will compete in the Emerging Elite Pole Vault with a seed of 11-6.
· The Immaculate Girls team entries include a 4x800 Emerging Elite squad of Alexandra Kaeslin, Jess Wojnicki, Alexa Sakorafos, Maggie Christe (9:27:92) and a Distance Medley Relay team of Alexandra Kaeslin, Jess Wojnicki, Alexa Sakorafos, Maggie Christe (12:34:65).
· The Capital Preparatory Magnet School Track and Field Team's Girls Sprint Medley Relay consisting of Daijah Tindle, Qushania Douglas, Shamiel Samuels and Britteni Simpson, with alternate Kimdinh Tran are entered with a seed mark of 4:15 (a State Class S Championship meet record).
· Athletes from Holy Cross High School in Waterbury, CT competing in Nationals include: Emerging Elite 200m Katie Boibnski 41.17 (300m)/25.5 for 200m, Emerging Elite 4x400m Shay Cronin, Erika Pakalnis, Megan Bobinski, Katie Bobinski (4:10.88) and Emerging Elite 4x800m Adam Quicquaro, Matt Satkowski, Dan Creem, Patsy Casalino (8:16).
· Windsor High School has 7 athletes in 5 events including 4x200m - Chalsea Clarke, Courtney Keasre, Janae Wilson, Brianna Allen, 4x400m - Brianna Allen, Medinah Nabadduka, Ashley Graves, Nastasya Rodriques, Sprint Medley - Chalsea Clarke, Brianna Allen, Medinah Nabadduka, Nastasya Rodriques, 60m dash - Chalsea Clarke and Triple Jump - Janae Wilson.
· Junior Allison Gates of Valley Regional High School in Deep River Ct is entered in the Girls 1 Mile Run Emerging Elite race.
· Elizabeth Bashir of Waterford High School is slated to compete in the Girls Shot Put Emerging Elite with a seed mark of 38' 9.5".
More state athletes are entered based upon the Performance List posted at the MileSplit.com website hosting the meet coverage.
Girls 60 Meter Dash Prelims
Clarke, Chalsea 11 Windsor,
Girls 800 Meter Run
Davis, Kellie 13 New Haven
Girls 1 Mile Run
Nicholas, Jackie 11 Woodbury
Girls 2 Mile Run
Crevoiserat, Lindsay 11 Glastonbury
Girls 5000 Meter Run
Crevoiserat, Lindsay 11 Glastonbury
Meet Recordholder: 16:51.88 3/12/2010
Girls 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims
Hollenbaugh, McKenzie 12 Glastonbury
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Prelims
Danbury Tc
1) 747 Lowry, Nyoshee 11 2) 752 Wright, Chelsea 11
3) 743 Blain, Allison 12 4) 751 Walton, Maya 11
5) 749 Morrow, Megan 12
Middletown Tc 'B'
1) 1800 Henley, Arabia 14 2) 1802 Stanley, Reba 12
3) 1801 Outlaw, Antanisha 12 4) 1799 Harvey, Christina
Windsor Tc
1) 3499 Clarke, Chalsea 11 2) 3502 Kearse, Courtney 13
3) 3505 Wilson, Janae 12 4) 3498 Allen, Brianna 11
5) 3501 Harris, Jocelyn 13
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
Bloomfield Tc
1) 328 Relerford, Rayanna 12 2) 326 Harrison, Tiffany 11
3) 324 Deer, Chantelle 11 4) 327 May, Dezarell 11
5) 329 Whittingham, Vanessa
Windsor Tc
1) 3498 Allen, Brianna 11 2) 3500 Graves, Ashley 11
3) 3503 Nabadduka, Medinah 12 4) 3504 Rodriques, Nastasya
Girls 1600 Sprint Medley
Glastonbury Tc
1) 1090 Dragotta, Kristin 13 2) 1092 Walker, Morgan 11
3) 1091 Hollenbaugh, McKenzie 12 4) 1089 Crevoiserat, Lindsay
New Haven Flyers
1) 1964 Wilborne, Jenna 11 2) 1957 Foreman, Angeline 11
3) 1958 Holmes, Precious 13 4) 1956 Davis, Kellie 13
5) 1962 Sims, Brianna
Norwich Free Academy Tc-C
1) 2055 Carty, Wahnetah 11 2) 2061 Park, MiaLynne 14
3) 2056 DeCastro, Elisa 11 4) 2058 Lenehan, Brianna 13
5) 2060 McKenzie, Camille
Windsor Tc
1) 3499 Clarke, Chalsea 11 2) 3498 Allen, Brianna 11
3) 3504 Rodriques, Nastasya 11 4) 3503 Nabadduka, Medinah
Girls Distance Medley
Immaculate Tc
1) 1326 Sakorafos, Alexa 12 2) 1325 Kaeslin, Alexandra 12
3) 1327 Wojnicki, Jessica 14 4) 1323 Christe, Maggie 13
5) 1324 Izzo, Kristen
William Hall Tc
1) 3462 Jay, Elena 11 2) 3464 O'Brien, Claire 13
3) 3465 O'Brien, Megan 11 4) 3466 Roche, Morgan 11
5) 3463 Keeley, Melissa
Girls Long Jump
Walton, Maya 11 Danbury
Girls Triple Jump
Wilson, Janae 12 Windsor
Girls Shot Put
Davis, Cherraine 12 Southington
Girls Weight Throw
Foster, Karina 11 Bloomfield
Girls 400 Meter Run Freshman
Scanlin, Tyler 14 Westport
Girls 1 Mile Run Freshman
Allen, Cate 14 Fairfield
Olsen, Sabrina 14 Thomaston
Girls 60 Meter Dash Emerging Elite Prelims
Hussey, Kelley 11 Westport
Ingraham, Heather 11 Cromwell
Lindo, Shelly 12 Norwalk
Parsons, Brynn 12 Wilton
Thomas, Kafesha 12 Wilton
Girls 200 Meter Dash Emerging Elite Prelims
Block, Turner 13 Westport
Bobinski, Katie 11 Southbury
Hussey, Kelley 11 Westport
Ingraham, Heather 11 Cromwell
Relerford, Rayanna 12 Bloomfield
Girls 400 Meter Dash Emerging Elite
Harrison, Tiffany 11 Bloomfield
Taft, Paris 12 New Haven
Girls 800 Meter Run Emerging Elite
Berkowicz, Julia 12 Woodstock
Bucaro, Kara 11 Weston
Johnson, Ingrid 11 Westport
Markowitz, Abigail 12 Greenwich
Markowitz, Elizabeth 12 Greenwich
May, Dezarell 11 Bloomfield
Girls 1 Mile Run Emerging Elite
Davis, Kellie 13 New Haven
Gates, Allison 12 Deep River
Lieberman, Mara 11 Hamden
Murray, Caroline 11 New Canaan
Girls 2 Mile Run Emerging Elite
Davis, Kellie 13 New Haven
Ferrall, Kathleen 12 Guilford
Girls 60 Meter Hurdles Emerging Elite Prelims
Lindo, Shelly 12 Norwalk
Lowry, Nyoshee 11 Danbury
Sims, Brianna 12 New Haven
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Emerging Elite
Classical Magnet Tc
1) 580 Wood, Cameah 11 2) 576 Barton, Kimone 12
3) 577 Butler, Debroah 14 4) 578 White, Jasmine 13
5) 579 Wolliston, Nicole 11
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Emerging Elite
Holy Cross Tc
1) 1257 Cronin, Shay 11 2) 1258 Pakalnis, Erika 12
3) 1254 Bobinski, Megan 13 4) 1253 Bobinski, Katie
Staples Tc
1) 2714 Block, Turner 13 2) 2720 Mullen, Courtney 12
3) 2715 Driscoll, Elizabeth 11 4) 2718 Johnson, Ingrid 11
5) 2716 Hanrahan, Emily 11
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Emerging Elite
Danbury Tc
1) 745 Daly, Maddie 12 2) 744 Bukowski, Alexandra 11
3) 750 Rashid, Layla 11 4) 746 Eyman, Sarah 11
5) 748 Lutz, Haile 12
Immaculate Tc
1) 1325 Kaeslin, Alexandra 12 2) 1327 Wojnicki, Jessica 14
3) 1326 Sakorafos, Alexa 12 4) 1323 Christe, Maggie 13
5) 1324 Izzo, Kristen 11
New Haven Flyers
1) 1956 Davis, Kellie 13 2) 1958 Holmes, Precious 13
3) 1955 Curtis, Sydney 14 4) 1960 Ruth, Nia 13
Staples Tc
1) 2719 Kursten, Georgia 13 2) 2716 Hanrahan, Emily 11
3) 2723 Weiler, Kristen 11 4) 2720 Mullen, Courtney 12
William Hall Tc
1) 3462 Jay, Elena 11 2) 3464 O'Brien, Claire 13
3) 3466 Roche, Morgan 11 4) 3467 Silverheart, Perri 12
5) 3465 O'Brien, Megan 11
Girls High Jump Emerging Elite
Parrette, Morgan 11 Griswold
Girls Pole Vault Emerging Elite
Crafford, Elizabeth 11 Darien
Litvak, Erica 11 Weston
Schachne, Lexie 12 Westport
Sullivan, Allie 12 Norwich
Girls Long Jump Emerging Elite
Carty, Wahnetah 11 Norwich
Girls Shot Put Emerging Elite
Bashir, Elizabeth 11 Waterford
Nielson, Katie 11 Middletown