Page2- Indoor 2003-04 News Archive

Performers of the Week...
(Feb 11, 2004) MySportsResults.com coverage of Indoor Track and Field in Connecticut recognizes the MySportsResults.com Performers of the Week:

Boys Field: Leon Bryce (Danbury) and Mike Paridis (Old Saybrook)
Boys Track: David Metzger (Ellington)
Girls Field: Emilie Hardinge (Darien) and Marsha Locke (Danbury)
Girls Track: Victoria Neff (Fairfield HS)
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Stay tuned for next week Performers of the Week where MySportsResults.com will recognize the Most Valuable Performers of each Class meet held this week.

Troubled Times a Thing of the Past...Editor's Note
(Feb 10, 2004) As a long time fan of high school track and field in Connecticut, I was excited to see that the CIAC Indoor Track and Field Committee had finally implemented a new entry procedure for the class meets. The new procedure now requires coaches to validate their athlete's performance mark by entering the meet date and place. The intention of this new procedure is to remove the liberties that some coaches had taken in the past by entering athletes with inflated performance marks. In this day of the Internet, with results of most meets available for widespread review, the coach must now enter valid marks or face CIAC sanctions. In speaking with the State Open Meet Director Bill Baron, he indicated that the new entry procedure for the indoor meets should help him run more efficient, higher quality meets. The plan for indoor is that the meet committee will honor and review challenges to stated performance marks up to meet time. Obviously, the earlier the challenge or the sooner that a coach realizes that a mistake was made in the entry, the easier it is to correct the entry. The plan for the outdoor meets in the spring differs in that the class meet entry will be done a week ahead of time to allow the outdoor committee to review all entries to check their validity. Hopefully, with these new procedures in place, troubled times will be a thing of the past.
Regards,
Ron Knapp, Editor-Owner-MySportsResults.com

More Conference Championship Results...
(Feb 8, 2004) The results of two more conference championship meets have been added to our Indoor Results page, NCCC-Boys & Girls and FCIAC-Girls and Boys. The HK Winterfest results have also been posted.
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Performers of the Week...
(Feb 4, 2004) MySportsResults.com coverage of Indoor Track and Field in Connecticut recognizes the MySportsResults.com Performers of the Week:

Boys Field: Jesse Breault (Amity) and Terry Bariesi (Lyman Hall)
Boys Track: Matt Anderson of Manchester and
Jay Koloseus of Guilford
Girls Field: Kerryn MacDonald of Old Saybrook and
Natasha Harvey of Career High School
Girls Track: Betsy Boucher and Julia Rozier of Fitch High School
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Championship Weekend...
(Feb 1, 2004) Several conferences held their championships this weekend and our results include the following:
Central Connecticut Conference
Southern Connecticut Conference
Eastern Connecticut Conference
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Performers of the Week...
(Jan 28, 2004) MySportsResults.com coverage of Indoor Track and Field in Connecticut recognizes the MySportsResults.com Performers of the Week:

Boys Field: Sutton Underwood of Brian McMahon
Boys Track: Gavin Coombs of Griswold
Girls Field: Nasha Cadette of Career High School
Girls Track: Natasha Harvey of Career High School Click to view full story

State's Top Trio Invited to Millrose Games Mile...
(Jan 27, 2004) Connecticut's top distance stars, Gavin Coombs of Griswold, Ahmed Haji of Conard-West Hartford and Amie Schumacher of Holy Cross-Waterbury, have been invited to run in the prestigious High School Mile Races at the Verizon Millrose Games on Friday night, February 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Coombs will enter the Millrose Games fresh off his victory in the New Balance Boys Mile Run with a time of 4:11.35, which also broke the state 1-Mile record of 4:11.80 set by Xavier's J.T. Burke in 1989. Haji's invitation to the Millrose Games 1-Mile race was based upon his 4:16.62 at the Citi Hispanic Games earlier this month. Schumacher impressed the selection committee with her 5:05 effort at the Yale meet and is invited as part of the talented Millrose Games Girls 1-Mile run that features Nicole Blood of Saratoga NY. Millrose Games High School 1-Mile Run invitees include:
BOYS
GAVIN COOMBS, Griswold, Jewett City, CT
HAKON DeVRIES, John Jay-EastFishkill, Hopewell Junction, NY
VICTOR GRAS, Belmont, MA
STEVE HALLINAN, Cardinal O'Hara, Springfield, PA
BRIAN McCABE, Fordham Prep, Bronx, NY
ANDRE SILVA, Middle Country, Centereach, NY
AHMED HAJI, Conard, West Hartford, CT
JEREMY ZAGORSKI, Parsippany Hills, NJ
ARI ZAMIR, Ridgewood, NJ
GIRLS
NICOLE BLOOD, Saratoga Springs, NY
SARAH BOWMAN, Fauquier, Warrenton, VA
LAURA CUMMINGS, Bay Shore, NY
LINDSAY FERGUSON, Saratoga Springs, NY
HEATHER IATAURO, Tri-Valley, Grahamsville, NY
AMY KELLY, St. Hubert's, Philadelphia, PA
ALLISON KIEFFER, West Islip, NY
FRANCIS KOONS, Central Catholic, Allentown, PA
AMIE SCHUMACHER, Holy Cross, Waterbury, CT
DEVON WILLIAMS, Towson Catholic, Towson, MD
Visit the Verizon Millrose Games meet site for more information.

Meet Highlights from this Weekend...
(Jan 25, 2004) The hot competition in the state indoor track and field scene ranged from The Armory in New York City to Hillhouse High School to Wesleyan University to Glastonbury High School.
At the Boys Invitational Mile Run at the New Balance Games at The Armory in New York City, Gavin Coombs of Griswold won at the tape in a sensational come-from-behind  4:11.35 over Hakon Devries 4:11.37, Jeremy Zagorski 4:11.87, Kevin Tschirhart 4:12.69, Steve Hallinan 4:12.72, Andre Silva 4:12.86, Brian McCabe 4:14.86 and Ari Zamir 4:15.73.
On Friday night, there was a photo-finish in the Boys mile between Ryan MacNeeley of Haddam-Killingworth 4:41.34 and Eric Langhans of Coginchaug Regional 4:41.47 at the CVITC League Meet II at the New Haven Track & Field Center.
On Saturday, the Wilbur Cross Girls team and the Ledyard Boys team captured the team titles at the Southern Connecticut Conference Coaches Invite at the New Haven Track & Field Center.
Also on Saturday, the RHAM Girls team and the Rocky Hill Boys team won the team titles in the Northwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at Wesleyan University.
The final contest on Saturday was the CCC Boys Qualifier Meet at Glastonbury High School. The CCC Championship Meet is scheduled for January 31 at Glastonbury High School.
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