Page3- Indoor 2005-06 News Archive

Nike Indoor Nationals - Update...
(Mar 13, 2006) Nora Miller (Middletown High School) placed fourth in the Long Jump at the Nike Indoor Nationals, earning All-American status. She also placed tenth in the 60m Hurdles.  Please click the link to view complete Boys and Girls results from the Nike Indoor Nationals meet at Prince George's Sports Complex outside Washington, D.C.
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NSIC Day-3: Thull Sets PV State Record, Mosley and Ridgefield 4x800 All Americans...
(Mar 12, 2006) In the final day of competition today at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City, Jordan Thull of East Lyme raised the bar on the State Indoor Pole Vault Record to 15'9.75" as he placed third in the event. Also gaining All-American honors for a top six finish was Corey Mosley of Amity Regional as he finished in 1:54.28 to finish sixth in the 800m run. Also placing in the top ten was Remi Ray of Staples in eighth place in 1:55.28. In finishing fifth with a time of 9:21.87, the Ridgefield Girls 4x800 relay team of Leah Rosenfield (2:15.89), Elly Teitsworth (2:26.39), Katie Murdoch (2:21.36) and Emily Heaslip (2:17.52) earned All-American honors. This is the fourth time Leah, Katie and Emily have earned All-American, and the second time for Elly. Heather Stephens also earned her second All-American on Friday when the Distance Medley was also fifth. The Glastonbury 4x800m quartet of Jamie Olson, Amanda Lusa, Christine Vogel and Kristin Mitchell finished in eighth place with a time of 9:26.74.
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NSIC Day-2: Amity and Glastonbury Place in Boys 4x1Mile Top 10...
(Mar 12, 2006) Although there were many qualifying events in the second day of competition on Saturday at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City the Boys 4x1 Mile Relay Final saw two teams from Connecticut in top ten places. The Amity Regional quartet of David Harrison, Bill Sudhoff, Mike McSherry and Corey Mosley ran to a time of 17:49.75 for a fourth place while the Glastonbury squad of Rob Dugger, Chris Klobedanz, Donn Cabral and Kevin Ford finished eighth in 18:02.63.
In another final event contested on Saturday, Damian Silverstrim of Amity Regional placed sixth in the Boys Shot Put with a toss of 53'-5".
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NSIC Day-1: Ridgefield Lowers State DMR Record and Koloseus in a Close Finish in 5k...
(Mar 11, 2006) Once again, the Ridgefield Girls Distance Medley Relay team have reset the State Indoor record that they recorded earlier this season. On Friday night at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City the Ridgefield squad lowered their previous record of 12:16.03 to the new record of 12:07.80. The teams members who ran were Heather Stephens (1200m-3:46.79), Emily Heaslip (400m-57.82), Katie Murdoch (800m-2:22.20) and Leah Rosenfeld (1600m-5:00.10). The team finished in fifth place behind winner Suffern HS of New York in 11:35.74. Also placing in top ten in the DMR was Conard-West Hartford in tenth (12:17.19). In the Boys DMR event, Glastonbury lead CT teams with a tenth place finish in 10:30.15.
In the Boys 5000m Championship event, State Open and New England Champion Jay Koloseus of Guilford overcame a large lead by Mohamud Ige of Colorado to briefly take the lead on the last lap but couldn't hold off Ige on the final turn as Koloseus finished in second in 14:58.15 while Ige won in 14:57.26. Jeff Helmer of Washington was a close third in 15:00.39. Also placing in the top ten was Willie Ahearn of Danbury in 15:25.51 (10th).
In the Girls Shot Put, senior Tynisha McMillian of Stamford placed third with a throw of 45'2.5".
In the Girls Long Jump, senior Ashley Carbray of Bloomfield placed sixth with a leap of 18'4.25".
In the Girls 4x55 Meter Shuttle Hurdle, Weaver High School placed fourth with a time of 34.99.
In close Boys High Jump competition, State Open Champion Mike Elliott of NFA placed eighth with a leap of 6'8.25".
In the Boys Long Jump, Joe Ardito of Naugatuck placed seventh with a jump of 22'4.5".
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State Athletes Traveling to Nike and NSIC National Meets...
(Mar 9, 2006) Many of the state's top indoor track and field athletes will make their final meet appearance at one of the two national meets; the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City or the Nike Indoor Nationals at Prince George's Sports Complex outside Washington, D.C. Included among those athletes competing are the following as contributed by their coaches.

National Scholastic Indoor Championships

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The Bloomfield Boys team sends senior Mitchell Moodie to compete in the Triple Jump.

Elizabeth Fitter will represent the Branford Girls team at the national meet in the 800m, earlier this year she qualified with a time of 3:01.99 in the 1000m run.

Shanta Cribs of Career High School will be competing in the long jump and Lauren Williams will be running the 200M at the National Scholastic Indoor Track and Field Championships. For the Career Boys team, Brandon Dixon will be competing in the long jump and Jerome Sims will be running the 200M at the Championships.

The Conard - West Hartford Girls team is competing at the national meet as well with a Distance Medley Relay team of Caitlin Cannon, Dee Staurt, Molly Fresher and Emma Perron. Emma Perron will also compete in the 1 mile run while Caitlin Cannon doubles in the 2 mile run.

The Girls Class LL Champion 1600m Sprint Medley team from East Hartford of Berri Cordwell, Nicole McClintock, Kathryn Vollinger and Joy Osahon will be running in memory of Kayla Kendall. They hope to improve on their best time of 4:19.

The EO Smith team sends senior Anna Hankins, who was 4th at NE Championships in 600M to compete in the 800M run. Also competing is senior David Stephens, who was third at NE Championships in 300M, will run the 400M event.

The Fitch team sends Jessica Daigneault to New York to contest the Pole Vault where she has a seed mark of 10'. She is the Indoor 2006 Class L Champion, State Open Runner-up, and School Record Holder in the event.

Freshman Margaret McKeever of Greenwich High School will compete in the 1 Mile Run. She scored a fifth place at the State Open meet in the 1600m run.

The Northwest Catholic Girls team will be represented by Brittany Kitt (Sr.) in the Shot Put, with a 37'11" seed mark, she is the school record holder in shot and broke the school record three times this season. Also competing is Ida Cance (So.), High Jump, 5'3" seed, 2nd in Class 'S', 6th at State Open and Jacquie Beliveau (Jr.) - Pentathlon, finished 5th in heptathlon setting school record during '05 outdoor season

Two athletes from Norwich Free Academy will be competing at the Championships. Mike Elliott will be competing in the high jump. He won the ECC, Class LL, and State Open titles in the high jump. He is the school record holder at 6'7". Matt Miclette will be competing in the 800m. He won the ECC and Class LL state title in the 600 and finished 3rd at the State Open with a school record time of 1:23.88.

The Ridgefield Girls team is competing in several events starting with a Distance Medley team of Heather Stephens, Katie Murdoch, Emily Heaslip and Leah Rosenfeld. Ridgefield also sends the 4 x 800 Relay team of Leah Rosenfeld, Elly Teitsworth, Katie Murdoch and Emily Heaslip. Another quartet of Jamie Heaslip, Amy Goodfriend, Claire Okrongly and Amelia Wellings are in the Shuttle Hurdles Relay. In individual events, Leah Rosenfeld competes in the 1 mile run; she is the 1600m State Open Champion and third place finisher in the New England 1-mile. The 3200m State Open Champion, Heather Stephens, is competing in the 2 Mile while Katie Murdoch runs the 800m event.

The Shelton Boys team has entered the Boys Distance Medley relay and the 4 x 800 relay.  They are looking to break school records in each event.

The Weston Boys team sends a Distance Medley relay with a seed time of 10:29. Team members are Ryan Lane (1200m), Matt Mello (400m), Adam Tobin (800m), and John Loeser (1600m ).  The team has set the School Record, was second at Yale Invitational, and ranked #13 in the country as of 3/7/06.  These same team members were also State Open champions in the 4 x 800 and sixth at the New England meet. Also competing in the Pole Vault is Phil Cohen (seed-13'6) who is Class S Champion and third at the State Open.

Marsid Tushe will represent the Wethersfield Boys team by competing in the.800m run. He qualified in the 600 with a time of 1:23.57 at the New England Championships.  Marsid was fifth at the CIAC Class L Championship, State Open and New England Championship meets.

Nike Indoor Nationals

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The Branford Boys team sends Bryan Curley to compete in the Pole Vault with his best height of 14' 8"

Bristol Central Girls team is represented by Junior Alasia Griebel competing in the 2 mile race. Alasia set a new school record of 10:18.29 in the 3000 meter run at the Yale Track Classic and is ranked 21st in the nation according to dyestat.com.

Nora Miller of Middletown High School travels to the Nike meet to compete in the Long Jump (19-00 seed), 60m Hurdles (8.22/55mH seed). Miller currently holds three Indoor records at Middletown High School (LJ, Hurdles, 300m). She is the 2006 Class L Indoor triple winner (LJ, Hurdles, 55m). Miller is currently ranked US #10 in Long Jump and US #23 in 55m Hurdles.

The Ridgefield High School Boys track team will be competing at the Nike Indoor Nationals in the following events:  in the DMR - Kellen Quigley (1200), Chris Wilson (400), Thomas Brennan (800) and Josh Kearns (1600)- the DMR team placed 3d at the Yale Invitational in January this year with a time of 10:31.  Kellen Quigley is coming off a first place finish in the 1000m run at the State Class L meet, 4th place at the State Open and 10th at the NE Championships.  In winning the State Class meet, Quigley set a new school record of 2:34.68.  In the 600 meter run, Thomas Brennan placed 3d at the State Class meet, 2d at the State Open, and 3d at New Englands.  After setting a new school record at the Class meet, he improved on that record at Opens and New Englands, with his best time of 1:23.1 coming at New Englands.  Chris Wilson also competed in the 600m run and finished 6th at State Class and 11th at State Open.  Josh Kearns was the Class L champion in both the 1600 and the 3200.  He finished 5th in the 1600 and 10th in the 3200, at the State Open.  At the New England meet, he finished 7th in the 1600. His best time for the 1600m was 4:19. Colin Vick will join Brennan, Wilson and Quigley in the 1600m Sprint Medley Relay at the Nike meet.  And Jon Giel will join Brennan, Quigley and Kearns for the 4x800m relay, where each of the runners has posted a sub-two minute time for the 800 during the indoor season, after running 8:00.twice during the 2005 outdoor season.  Brennan and Quigley will also compete individually in the 800m and Kearns will run the 1600m.

The William H. Hall Boys team of West Hartford is represented at the meet by Tomme-Rene Coleman, who is the New England and State Open Long Jump Champion, with a seed mark of 23-01.75

A Record Season for State Athletes...
(Mar 7, 2006) The assault on the State Indoor Track and Field records this season is almost over as some of the state's top indoor track and field athletes still have time to gain entry into the record-books at one of the two national meets; the Nike Indoor Nationals or the National Scholastic Indoor Championships. Thus far, there have been six girls State Records and four boys State Records set this season.

The assault on the record books this season started with  Stacey-Ann Smith of Bloomfield as she set a new state record in the 55m dash of 7.04 seconds at the New Haven Invite on Dec. 17, 2005. The former record of 7.08 was set in 1996 by Shayla Wallace of Northwest Catholic. Smith then lowered the 55m record to 7.00 at the Stanner Games in New York on Jan. 14, 2006. Smith also joined Wallace in the record-book in the 300m dash as Smith equaled the state record of 39.17 at the Yale Classic on Jan. 20, 2006.

In the distance events, the girls team from Ridgefield always seem to be at the top of the leader board and things were no different this season as they garnered two state records. The first record effort from Ridgefield came in the Distance Medley Relay where the team of senior Leah Rosenfeld, senior Emily Heaslip, senior Katie Murdoch and sophomore Heather Stephens ran 12:16.36 at the Marine Corps Holiday Classic on Dec. 27, 2005 at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory in New York. The former DMR record of 12:22.26 was set in the 2005 season at the Yale Invite by Conard. Splits on route to the new record included Rosenfeld (3:35.42-1200m), Heaslip (60.32-400m), Murdoch (2:23.09-800m) and Stephens (5:17.53-1600m).  Ridgefield then traveled on Jan. 21, 2006 to the New Balance Games at The Armory in New York to set a new record of 9:18.60 in the 4x800m Relay. The former record of 9:20.83 by New Canaan was set in 1998. The Ridgefield relay team included: Leah Rosenfeld (2:15.82), Elly Teitsworth (2:25.40), Katie Murdoch (2:19.33), Emily Heaslip (2:18.58).

Also at the top of the results list each meet was senior Kerri Lyons of Wilton in the 800m and 1000m events. At the 24th Yale Interscholastic Track Classic on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, Lyons established a new Girls State Record of 2:14.15 in the 800m run. The previous record of 2:16.29 for the 800m run was held by Maxine Clark of Weaver and was set in 1993.

On the boys side of the ledger, Corey Mosley of Amity Regional reset two of the Boys' State Records in middle-distance events; the 600m and 1000m runs. At the 37th Dartmouth Relays held on Jan. 7, 2005 Mosley entered the Indoor State Record books when he ran the 600m run in 1:21.20. The former hand-time record of 1:21.1 by Osborne Shaw of Bridgeport Central was set in 1993. At the recent New England Interscholastic Indoor Track and Field Championships held on Mar, 3, 2006, Mosley won the 1000m run in 2:28.06 to narrowly eclipse the long-standing 1987 State Record of 2:28.07 set by Mike Remigino of NW Catholic. In the longer 3200m run, senior Jay Koloseus of Guilford established a new State and Open Meet record of 9:11.34 at the CIAC State Open Meet on Feb. 18, 2006 at the New Haven Track and Field Center. The former 3200m State Record of 9:12.79 was held by Peter Rea of Farmington since 1987.

In the Boys Field events, there was no larger story than that of the assault on the Pole Vault record by senior Jordan Thull of East Lyme. Thull started his quest in a few developmental meets and then officially broke the 30-year old state record set by Ken Appel of Amity in 1975 of 15 feet and a half inch when he cleared 15 feet and 2 inches at the 24th Brown Interscholastic Relays on Dec 28, 2005 at Brown University in Providence RI. Thull continued to push the state indoor pole vault record higher as he cleared 15'6" at the 63rd Hartford Public Indoor Invitational held at Wesleyan University in Middletown CT on Jan. 7, 2006. Thull again improved on his state record by clearing 15'7" at the CIAC Class L Championship Meet on Feb. 9, 2006 at the New Haven Track and Field Center.

The Girls Field events also saw a repeated update in the Shot Put by senior Tynisha McMillan of Stamford. Her initial entry into the state record book came from her winning heave of 46 feet and 8 inches at the 37th Dartmouth Relays held on Jan. 7, 2005 in Hanover NH. The former record of 44'3" was held by Allison Bradshaw of Pomperaug that was set at the Yale Interscholastic Meet on Jan. 19, 2002. McMillan then set the current State and Open Meet record in the Shot Put with a throw of 46'-11.75" at the CIAC State Open Meet on Feb. 18, 2006 at the New Haven Track and Field Center.

Reminder: Finishline Archives....
(Mar 5, 2006) All the Finishline stories that have appeared in this column are available from the Finishline Archives page. The page is accessed by clicking on the left-side "Finishline Archive" button.

New England Boys Championship Titles for Mosley, Koloseus, Coleman -- Girls Titles for Smith, Lyons, Stewart, McMillan and Weaver...
(Mar 4, 2006) The top performers from Connecticut lived up to their billing at the 19th Annual New England Interscholastic Boys' and Girls' Indoor Track and Field Championships held on Friday night at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, Roxbury Community College, MA. The top performer for the Connecticut Boys' contingent was Cory Mosley of Amity who won the 1000m run in 2:28.06 to narrowly eclipse the 1987 State Record of 2:28.07 set by Mike Remigino of NW Catholic. Earlier this season Mosley had also set the State Indoor 600m record of 1:21.20. Jason Thresher of Suffield placed second in the race in 2:32.10. In the 2-mile race, Jay Koloseus of Guilford ran 9:18.47 to claim first place while Don Cabral of Glastonbury placed third and Adam Vess of Xavier was fifth. In the Long Jump, Tomme-Rene Coleman of Hall-West Hartford leaped 22'8.75" to a first place with Eric Perkins of Branford in fifth place. The 1-mile run saw Connecticut runners place 3-4-5 with Willie Ahearn (Danbury), Tradelle Ward (Griswold) and Robbie Dugger (Glastonbury). The 4x200m Relay also featured a 3-4-5 finish by quartets from Windham, Amity and Danbury.

In the Girls New England Championships, Tynisha McMillan of Stamford almost equaled her Indoor State Record with a throw of 46'8" to win the Shot Put title. Tanore Barrow of Hillhouse placed third. In a near meet and state record time of 2:53.38, Kerri Lyons of Wilton won the 1000m race while Christina Vogel of Glastonbury was third and Caitlin Cannon of Conard was fifth. Connecticut dominated the 55m events in sweeping the top three places. In the 55m Dash, Stacey-Ann Smith of Bloomfield won in 7.09 with Shaniqua Burgess of Hillhouse (2nd), Nora Miller of Middletown (3rd) and Ashely Carbray of Bloomfield (5th). In the 55m Hurdles, Sashuana Stewart of Weaver ran 8.25 to take first with Nora Miller of Middletown was second and Tiffany Bromfeld of Hillhouse was third. Connecticut runners also took three places in the 2-mile with Jessica Keener of Mercy (2nd), Heather Stephens of Ridgefield (5th) and Anna Shields of Lewis Mills (6th). In the relay events, the Weaver 4x400m team of Renee Thompson, Shaena Gray, Clervine Sanon and Crystal Davis won in 3:59.30 while Hillhouse placed fifth. In the 4x800m relay, Ridgefield ran a fast 9:21.88 for second place followed by Glastonbury (3rd) and Weston (6th). The Long Jump also featured a trio of state medalists with Nora Miller (2nd), Ashely Carbray (3rd) and Nicolette Hay of Norwalk (6th).

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Order Now-- Video Action of State Open Indoor T&F Meet on DVD...
(Mar 4, 2006) Are you an interested parent, fan or athlete who would like to order a special DVD containing video action of the 2006 State Open Indoor Track and Field Championships?
Orders are still accepted for a special DVD of the recent 2006 State Open Indoor Track and Field Championships containing over 45 minutes of video action taken from the floor of the New Haven Track and Field Center of all fifteen events for boys and girls. The DVD also includes a table of contents by event for easy access to a favorite event as well as a recap of the top six places.
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