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Page3- Indoor 2006-07 News Archive
Regional and National Championships
NSIC Day 3:
Cabral First in Boys 2-Mile and Weaver Girls 4x200 Sets New State Record
...
(March 11, 2007 – 11:55pm - By Meredith Gordon Remigino)
On the final day of competition at the National Scholastic Indoor
Championships, held at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City,
Glastonbury’s Donn Cabral finished the Boys 2-mile in first
place, running 9:10.56 and missing the state record by less than 2
seconds. Cabral once again garnered All-American Honors. The Weaver
High School Girls 4x200m Relay “A”-team finished in third place and
set a new state record with a time of 1:41.94, eclipsing the prior
record of 1:43.02 held by Hillhouse (2003). The Weaver girls achieving
All-American status were junior Crystal Davis, sophomore
Catherine Milledge, and seniors Christine Jones and Shaena
Gray. The Danbury Girls 4x200m Relay “A”-team, junior
Shelby Walton, senior Nyri Boyd, junior Deborah Dorcemus
and freshman Charisma Green, finished eighth in 1:44.12. In the
Girls 4x400m relay, the Weaver team, Gray, Jones, senior
Clervine Sanon, and Davis, finished ninth in 3:56.25.
Senior Terrell Wilks
of Hillhouse – New Haven had All-American finishes in both the Boys
60m Dash and Boys 200m finals. Wilks placed third in the 60m dash with a
time of 6.81, and he ran 21.63 for fifth place in the 200m.
In the Boys 4x800m
relay, Danbury’s “A” squad, juniors Willie Ahearn and
Doug Ronan, sophomore Dan Bubniak, and junior Parker
Boudreau, ran 7:54.90 to finish in third place. Their time narrowly
missed their school’s 2001 state record by .40 seconds. In the Girls
4x800m relay, the Glastonbury team of seniors Danielle Lyons
and Jamie Olson, and juniors Kristin Mitchell and
Christine Vogel, ran 9:23.33, finishing in sixth place. Both the
Danbury boys and Glastonbury girls 4x800 relay teams achieved All-American
status.
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NIKE Day 2: State Milers Run
Solid Races . . .
(March 11, 2007 – 11:55pm - By Ron Knapp on-site and Meredith Gordon
Remigino)
Connecticut milers ran solid races on the second day of competition at the
Nike Indoor Nationals at Prince George’s Sports Complex in Landover, MD.
Xavier’s Adam Vess ran 4:24.15 to finish tenth in the Boys Mile,
which was won by Samuel Borchers of Yellow Springs, OH, in 4:14.19. In
the Girls Mile, Emma Perron from Conard High School finished
in thirteenth place with a time of 5:06.04, while Bristol Central’s
Alasia Griebel ran 5:08.29 for fifteenth place overall. In another
top-fifteen finish for Connecticut, the Conard Girls 4x800 team of
Caitlin Cannon, Molly Fresher,
Julianne Lesinski
and
Emma Perron
finished in fifteenth place with a time of 9:47.27.
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NSIC Day 2:
More All-American Honors for Glastonbury in Boys and Girls Relays ...
(March 10, 2007 10:30pm – By Meredith Gordon Remigino)
Two more groups of Glastonbury athletes garnered All-American Honors at
Day Two of the National Scholastic Indoor Championships being held at
the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City. The Glastonbury
Boys 4 x 1Mile Relay team, consisting of junior James Llamas,
seniors Chris Klobedanz and Rob Dugger, and junior Donn
Cabral, achieved All-American status by finishing third with a time
of 17:33.70. The Girls 4 x 1Mile team also placed third in 21:13.78,
beating fourth place Shenendehowa by less than a second at the line.
The All-American Glastonbury girls’ team consisted of sophomore Laura
Vehlies, senior Jamie Olson, and juniors Kristin Mitchell
and Christine Vogel.
Connecticut had
qualifiers in numerous events. Senior Terrell Wilks of
Hillhouse – New Haven was the fourth qualifier from both the Boys 60m
Dash semis and the Boys 200m prelims, running 6.84 and 21.63,
respectively, to make it to tomorrow’s final rounds. In the Boys 60m
Hurdles semis, Weaver senior Iren Williams narrowly missed
qualifying, finishing in the ninth spot overall with a time of 8.12,
matching the time of the final qualifier in eighth position. In the Boys
Pole Vault, Matt Alexander of Tolland and Owen Wiseman
of Weston each qualified for the final, clearing 14’00” and
13’0.25”, respectively. The Weaver Girls 4x200m relay team
qualified for Sunday’s finals by running 1:43.63, the sixth fastest
qualifying time. The Danbury Girls 4x200m team ran 1:44.24,
qualifying in tenth place. In late results from Friday’s events, the
Weaver High School Girls 4x400m Relay team ran 3:57.29, the eleventh
fastest time in the prelims, to qualify for Sunday’s finals. In the Girls
High Jump competition, also held on Friday, sophomore Allison Barwise
of Amity cleared 5’5” for a tenth place finish.
Correction:
Sprinters Ashton Purvis and Julian Purvis are from California. They were
mistakenly listed as Enfield, CT athletes in some NSIC meet information
for the Girls 60m Dash and Hurdles events, as well as in the Day 1 article
posted on this site earlier today, March 10, 2007.
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NIKE Day 1:
Xavier Earns All-American Honors in 4x1Mile Relay ...
(March 10, 2007 10:30pm – By Ron Knapp - Onsite)
Xavier High School earned All-American honors with their sixth place
finish in the Boys 4x1mile relay on the first day of competition at the
Nike Indoor Nationals at Prince George's Sports Complex in Landover
MD. The Xavier team of Matthew Fahey, Forrest Misenti, Cory
Fagan and Adam Vess finished in 18:26.36 behind event champion
Kellenberg Memorial at 18:13.71. In the only other events for state
athletes, the Bristol Central Boys 1600m Sprint Medley Relay team of
Matt Greer, Brian Robbins, Chris Janczyk and Mitchell Pecevich
placed thirteenth, the Conard Girls Distance Medley Relay team of
Caitlin Cannon, Lauren Cannon, Molly Fresher and Emma Perron
placed seventh while the Conard Boys DMR team of Jeremy Goldenberg, Trent Santers, Brian Ouk and
Andrew Judd placed twelfth overall.
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Awards Podium Photos by Ron Knapp (c)
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Glastonbury
Boys and Girls Lower State DMR Records as Connecticut Athletes Finish
with All-American Honors at Day-1 NSI Championships...
[March 10, 2007 - 12:20am - By
Meredith Gordon-Remigino]
The Glastonbury Girls and Boys Distance Medley Relay teams
have each lowered the State Indoor records set by their teams this
season with top finishes on Friday night at the National Scholastic
Indoor Championships. Competing at the Armory Track & Field Center in
New York City, the Glastonbury boys DMR team, comprised of Rob Dugger,
Kelvin Dear, Joe Rossitto and Donn Cabral, took top
honors by finishing in first place with a record time of 10:08.49. Also
under Glastonbury’s previous record of 10:23.48 was the Danbury boys DMR
team of Willie Ahearn, Mike Lorick, Doug Ronan and Parker
Boudreau, finishing with a time of 10:22.86 while placing fifth. On
the girls’ side, Glastonbury’s DMR team of Christine Vogel, Danielle
Lyons, Kristin Mitchell and Jamie Olson reset their previous
record of 12:06.08 with a fifth place finish in 11:59.63. By finishing
in the top six places, both Glastonbury DMR teams and the Danbury boys
DMR team received All-American honors.
In the Girls 5000m
championship race, State Open and New England 3200m/2-mile champion
Heather Stephens, a junior from Ridgefield High School, also
achieved All-American status with a fourth place finish in a new State
Indoor record time of 17:54.68. Joining Heather with strong top twelve
finishes were junior Courtney Dinnan of Hamden in ninth
(18:30.36) and sophomore Erica Hines of Enfield in
thirteenth place (18:55.02). Hall – West Hartford junior
Everett Hackett received All-American honors in the Boys 5000m
championship race by placing sixth in 15:35.06.
In the Girls Long Jump,
senior Christine Jones of Weaver High School placed seventh
with a leap of 17’8.25”. In the Girls Sprint Medley Relay, the Tolland
team of Aicha Diaby, Kate McGuire, Sam Willis and Karen
Gurnon had a good finishing time of 4:12.89 (13th). In the
Girls 4x55m Shuttle Hurdle Relay, the Ridgefield team of Jamie
Heaslip, Molly Bower, Claire Okrongly and Megan Schaefer ran
37.54 to finish in sixteenth place.
The state had a total
of six qualifiers advancing from the prelims to the semis in the 60m Dash
and 60m Hurdles. Qualifying in the Boys 60m Dash were senior Terrell
Wilks of Hillhouse – New Haven with the third fastest time of
6.83, and senior Mike Lorick of Danbury with the sixteenth
qualifying time of 6.99. In the Boys 60m Hurdles, Iren Williams, a
senior from Weaver, ran 8.18, the seventh fastest qualifying time,
and Andrew Corridore, a senior from Naugatuck, finished in
8.30 for the twelfth qualifying time. In the Girls 60m Dash, freshman
Ashton Purvis of Enfield finished with the seventh fastest
qualifying time of 7.56. Qualifying in the Girls 60m Hurdles was
Julian Purvis, a junior from Enfield, in 8.65, the fourth
fastest qualifying time.
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Meet Results...
State
Athletes Ready for Nike & NSI National Championships...
[March 7, 2007 - 11:30pm - By
Ron Knapp and Meredith Gordon-Remigino]
Over a dozen schools
have already made their final preparations to send their top indoor
track and field athletes to their final indoor competition 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 as well as a quick listing
from the performance lists posted at both websites.
 The
Nike Indoor Nationals, held annually since 1999, are scheduled
for Saturday and Sunday, March 10-11, 2007 at Prince George's Sports
Complex, Landover MD, outside Washington, D.C. The facility has a fast,
200-meter track, where numerous records have been set including the
incredible 51.93 400 meter National Record run by Francena McCorory in
2006.
The Bloomfield Boys Team plan on
participating in the 4x200m relay with Dominic Smith, Maurice Calenda,
Joshua Broaden and Marcus Campbell as well as the Long Jump with Maurice
Calenda and the 60m Dash with Marcus Campbell. The
relay placed third at the New England meet while Maurice Calenda is the
New England, State Open and Class-S Long Jump Champion this season.
Bristol Central will be represented at the meet by both boys and
girls teams as Alasia Griebel will run the Girls 1-mile. She has a
personal best of 5:06.22 in the 1-mile run, attained early in the season
at the Brown Invitational. Alasia placed 11th in the 2-mile at the Nike
Indoor National meet in 2006. The Bristol Central Boys squad will send a
1600m Sprint Medley Relay Team of Ryan Dudzinski, Mitchell Pecevich, Chris
Janczyk and Brian Robbins; they have run 3:41.75 to win the Class L
Championship this year. Janczyk was not on the team because of other
events and has run 51 in the 400 indoor this season. There is also a Boys
4x800 relay team of Chris Janczyk, Matt Greer, Brian Robbins and Tom
Robbins. They have run 8:07.47 to place 7th at the New England
Championship. Brian Robbins placed 5th in the 600 at the New England meet
with a fast 1:23.43 and ran a 1:58.29 split on the 4x800 relay. Janczyk
and Greer are seniors, but first year 800 meter runners (they were both on
BC's 4x400 indoor and on the 2006 outdoor team that placed 5th in New
England). They have both lowered their splits to 2:02 and Tom Robbins
(Brian's twin) remains steady for BC in the anchor position.
The Conard - West Hartford team sends their top boys and girls
competitors to the meet this weekend with Andrew Judd (2nd State Open and
New England meets) running the 2-mile early Sunday morning. Senior
teammate Jeremy Goldenberg (1000m - 5th State Open and 6th New Englands)
will run the 800m race. They will join Trent Sanders and Brian Ouk to
compete in the Distance Medley Relay on Saturday night. The Conard Girls
Team also will participate in the Distance Medley Relay with the team of
Caitlin Cannon, Lauren Cannon, Molly Fresher and Emma Perron. On Sunday,
Emma Perron will run the 1-mile where she has had a best of 5:02. this
season at the Yale Invite. She will be joined by teammates Caitlin Cannon,
Molly Fresher, and Julianne Lesinski for the 4x800m relay. The Conard
4x800m relay team of Caitlin Cannon, Molly Fresher, Liz Knapp and Emma
Perron set their school record 9:35.74 at the Stanner Games earlier this
season.
The Xavier-Middletown Boys team will be represented at the meet by
senior Adam Vess, New England 1-Mile Champion, participating in the 1-mile
and 2-mile runs as well as in their 4x1 mile relay team.
Brookfield has entered EJ Occhiboi and John Schalkham in the
Pentathlon and Lauren Tanz in the Long Jump.
New Britain has entered Athalia Smith in the Girls Shot Put while
Bloomfield has entered Candace Shirley in the Weight Throw.
 The
National Scholastic
Indoor Championships are scheduled for Friday-Saturday-Sunday,
March 9th-11th, 2007 - at the
Armory Track & Field Center in New York City.
NSI GIRLS:
Greenwich High School’s Rebecca
Leeds, a junior, is competing in the 400 meters and High Jump, following
strong performances in the 300 meters at the Class LL (2d in 41.71) and
State Open (6th in 41.62), and in the high jump at the LL (2d at
5’-02”), Open (2d at 5’-02”) and New England Championships (9th at a
school record tying height of 5’-03”).
Courtney Dinnan, a Hamden High School
junior, will run the 5000m. Courtney was the Class LL runner-up and State
Open 3rd place finisher in the 3200m, at which meets she also finished 3rd
and 4th, respectively, in the 1000m. She finished 6th in the 2 mile at the
NE Championships, and she is the school record holder for the mile, 3000m
and 3200m (11:12).
Tolland High School will be
represented by competitors in two relays and two individual events.
Members of the SMR team include Aicha Diaby, Kate McGuire, Sam Willis and
Karen Gurnon, and Willis and Gurnon will be joined by Amy Dwire and
Stephanie Bowering in the 4x800m relay. The latter foursome finished 3rd
in the State Open 4x400m and 8th in the 4x400m at the NE Championships.
Willis will also be competing as an individual in the 400m, having
competed on the High School All-star 4x400m relay team that took first
place at the USATF Indoor Championships. She also finished 3rd in the 600m
race at the NE Championships. Gurnon will run in the 800m race, as she had
strong performances in the 1000m this season, finishing 2nd at the State
Open and 6th in the NE Championships.
Ridgefield High School junior
Healther Stephens is competing in the 3200m and 5000m. Heather is the
State Open 3200m and NE 2-mile champion. RHS is running a Shuttle Hurdles
Relay team including Jamie Heaslip, Molly Bower, Clair Okrongly, and Megan
Schaefer, as well as alternates Amelia Weller and Esther Tan. RHS will
also be represented by Kelly Jorgensen in the High Jump.
Senior Sherri Gamberale of East
Hampton High School will run in the 60m dash. Sherri had strong
finishes in championship races this season, finishing 1st in Class S, 4th
in the State Open and 3rd in the NE Championships. She also holds school
records in the 55m, long jump and as part of a 4x200m relay team.
Glastonbury High School will be
represented in three relays. Competing in the DMR and 4x800m are Christine
Vogel, Danielle Lyons, Kristin Mitchell and Jamie Olson. Glastonbury’s
4x800m relay teams finished first in both the State Open and NE
Championships. In the 4 x 1-Mile relay, Mitchell, Vogel and Olson are
joined by Emily Harris.
NSI BOYS:
Senior Tim Rosenbaum of Griswold
High School is competing in the 800m. Tim finished 4th in the 1000m at
the State Open, and 5th in the same event at the NE Championships.
Everett Hacket, a Hall High School –
West Hartford junior, will be competing in the 5000m run, following up
on his 5th place finishes in the State Open 3200m and NE 2-mile races.
Everett is the school record holder at the 3000m, 3200m and 2-mile
distances.
Rocky Hill High School is sending
Tyler O’Brien to compete in the 200m and 400m races. The senior finished
2d at the State Open and 3rd in the NE Championships in the 300m.
New Milford High School’s Dan
Decrescenzo and Ryan Cheng will both be competing in the 5000m.
Decrescenzo finished 3rd in the 3200m at the State Open.
A quick review of the posted performance
list provided the following list of other Connecticut competitors
including:
Girls - Allison Barwise of Amity in the High Jump. Dana Troy of
Lebanon in the Girls 2-mile. Alicia Kaestli of Staples Westport in the
800m. Shaniqua Burgess of Hillhouse in the 200m dash and 60m dash with Ann
Marie Clark in the Pentathlon. Deanna Minasi of Amity in the 200m. Danbury
4x200m relay and 1600m SMR teams including Shelby Walton in the 60m dash.
Weaver 4x200m relay and 4x400m relay with Christine Jones in the Long
Jump. Vlada Shelkova of Newington in the Long Jump. Erica Hines of Enfield
in the 5000m run and teammate Julian Purvis in the 60m hurdles. Jasmine
Blocker and Elsa Millett of Manchester in the 400m. Julia Saccone of
Ledyard in the 60m hurdles and the Pentathlon. Wilbur Cross 4x800m relay
team. Amity 1600m SMR team. Griswold 1600m SMR team. Staples 1600m SMR
team. Candace Shirley of Bloomfield in the Weight Throw.
Boys - the Danbury team includes Joey Bubniak, Justin Rau and Matt
Terry in the 2-mile, a 4x200m relay team, Mike Lorick in the 60m dash,
Ricky Balmaseda, Brady Becker in the 5000m run, a DMR team, an A and B
4x800m relay team, a 1600m SMR team, Bryan LeBlanc in the Shot Put and
Steve Casey in the Weight Throw.
Rob McDonald of Darien in the Pentathlon. Jeff Foster of East Lyme in the
Weight Throw. Greg Manzolillo of Xavier in the Weight Throw. Ridgefield
4x800m relay team. Donn Cabral of Glastonbury in the 2mile as well as DMR
and 4x1mile teams. Nana Ocran and Shannon Mason of Manchester in the 60m
dash. From Ledyard-Andrew Esposito 800m, David Billing and Andrew Worth in
the 5000m run, and a 1600m SMR team. Douglas Wright of Darien in the 5000m
run. Daniel Pilz of Newington in the 1mile run. Cas Loxom of Wilbur Cross
in the 800m. David Macklem of Tolland in the 800m. From Naugautuck, Josh
Perry in the 800m, Andrew Corridore in the 60m hurdles and a 1600m SMR
team. Terrell Wilks of Hillhouse in the 200m dash and 60m dash.
Staples-Westport 4x400m, 4x800m and 1600m SM Relay teams. Iren Williams of
Weaver in the 60m hurdles. Wilton DMR, 4x800m, 1600m SM relay teams. Matt
Alexander of Windham Tech in the Pole Vault. Pat Waszczak of Bacon Academy
in the Pole Vault. John Chernesky of Masuk in the Long Jump. Michael
Goodfriend of Sheehan in the Shot Put.
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Glastonbury
Girls 4x800m State Record and 2-mile Meet Record by Cabral Highlight
20th New England Championships...
(Mar 3, 2007) The outstanding
performances by Connecticut athletes at the 20th Annual New England
Interscholastic Boys' and Girls' Indoor Track and Field Championships on
Friday night were highlighted by a Connecticut State Record in the
4x800m Relay by the winning Glastonbury team as they ran 9:17.04 to
eclipse the former mark of 9:18.60 set by Ridgefield last season. The
Glastonbury team included Danielle Lyons (2:20), Christine Vogel (2:17),
Kristin Mitchell (2:22) and Jamie Olson (2:16). The
only other teams to place in the top ten in the event were East Lyme (8)
and Conard (9). The other highlight performance came from Donald Cabral
of Glastonbury in the 2-mile Run as he finished in 9:15.38 for a new
meet record. Cabral was followed by Andrew Judd of Conard (2), Matthew
Terry of Danbury (4), Everett Hackett of Wm.Hall (5) and Wesley Halstead
of Amity (6).
In Girls Championship events, Shelby Walton of Danbury led a
1-3-5-7 finish in the 55m Dash as she sprinted 7.20 for the win. She was
followed by Sherri Gamberale of East Hampton (3), Jamie Rasmussen of
Berlin (5) and Catherine Milledge of Weaver (7). In the 55m hurdles,
Anita Souza of Bridgeport Central was second in 8.42 with Lauren Tanz of
Brookfield fourth. Ann Marie Clarke of Hillhouse was the winner of the
300m dash in 39.86 with Elsa Millett of Manchester (5) and Clervine
Sanon of Weaver (10). Sam Willis of Tolland was the top state finisher
in the 600m run in third with a time of 36.40 followed by Annelies
Gamble of Amity (5), Leah Clement of East Lyme (9) and Meghan Cunningham
of Simsbury (10). State runners took three places in the 1000m run with
Christine Vogel of Glastonbury (2nd-2:58.99), Emma Perron of Conard (4)
and Karen Gurnon of Tolland (6). Jamie Olson of Glastonbury won a close
victory in the 1-Mile run in 5:04.33 with Alasia Griebel of Bristol
Central (7) and Kristin Mitchell of Glastonbury (9). Heather Stephens of
Ridgefield completed the distance run sweep with a victory in the 2-Mile
run with a time of 11:08.66. She was followed by Erica Hines of Fermi
(4), Courtney Dinnan of Hamden (6), Ann Scully of East Lyme (7) and
Moira Kelly of Immaculate (9). In the other relays, Career of New Haven
was fourth in the 4x200m relay (1:46.33) with Wilbur Cross (7) and
Berlin (10). In the 4x400m relay, Weaver finished in 4:02.57 for second
place with Glastonbury (3), Tolland (9) and Wilby (10). In the field
events, Christine Jones of Weaver won the Long Jump with a leap of
17'10.25" while Lauren Tanz of Brookfield was second, Kristin Meisner of
Trumbull (5), Whitney Holder of Middletown (6) and Priscilla Appiagyei
of S.Windsor (10). Allison Barwise of Amity tied for second in the High
Jump (5'5") with Rebecca Leeds of Greenwich placing ninth. In the Shot
Put, Athalia Smith of New Britain was ninth (36'9") and Julie Arduini of
Fairfield-Warde (10).
In Boys Championship events, Marcus Campbell of Bloomfield ran
6.57 in the 55m dash to finish fourth with Joshua Massey of Notre Dame
(6) and Mark Pascal of New Britain (7). In the 55m Hurdles, Andrew
Corridore of Naugatuck placed third in 7.76 while Justin Chiaravelle of
Danbury was fifth. Terrell Wilks of Hillhouse continued his win streak
this week with a victory in the 300m (34.76) followed by Tyler O'Brien
of Rocky Hill (3), Romain Washington-Duke of Bristol Eastern (7) and
Benjamin Fine of Weston (10). Brian Robbins of Bristol Central was top
state finisher in the 600m with a fifth place (1:23.43) with Andrew
Esposito of Ledyard (6), Cas Loxam of Wilbur Cross (7) and Josh Perry of
Naugatuck (10). Parker Boudreau of Danbury led state finishers with a
third place in the 1000m run (2:32.37) followed by David Macklem of
Tolland (4), Tim Rosenbaum of Griswold (5) and Jeremy Goldenberg of
Conard (6). In a close race that saw several lead changes, Adam Vess of
Xavier held on to win the 1-Mile run in 4:17.26 with Scott Johnson of
Old Lyme (4), Dan Pilz of Newington (6) and Matthew Casey of Branford
(10). In relay events, Danbury scored a second place in the 4x200m relay
(1:31.92) with Bloomfield (3), Weston (5) and Wethersfield (10). Danbury
also took second place in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:27.84
followed by Staples (5), Ledyard (6), Northwest Reg (8) and Wilby (10).
Glastonbury place fifth in 8:06.58 in the 4x800m relay with Wilby (6),
Bristol Central (7), Danbury (8) and Manchester (9). In the field
events, Nicholas Frimpong of East Hartford won the High Jump by clearing
6'5" with Tim Murphy of New Canaan (2), Craig Kinsley of Fairfield Prep
(5) and Tyrell Carter of AI Prince Tech (6). In the Long Jump, Maurice
Calenda of Bloomfield won with a leap of 21'2.25" followed by Tim Murphy
of New Canaan (3), Nickel Hay of Norwalk (7) and Michael Hartfield of
Manchester (8). Michael Goulet of Glastonbury placed third in the Shot
Put with a toss of 54'5" and Joe Delmonaco of North Haven was sixth.
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Meet Results...
Wilks Takes Two at
Eastern States Meet...
(Mar 1, 2007) At the 70th Eastern
States Championship Meet on Tuesday night at The Armory Track and Field
Center in New York, senior State Open Champion Terrell Wilks of
Hillhouse High School won both the 55m and 200m dash events. Wilk's time
of 6.29 in the final round of the 55m dash established a new meet
record. Wilks ran 21.61 in the finals of the 200m dash to win that event
against a talented field.
Click to view other meet results from The Armory website...
New England
Championship Performance List Posted...
(Feb 27, 2007) The Performance
List and meet
information have been posted in preparation for the upcoming 20th Annual
New England Interscholastic Boys' and Girls' Indoor Track and Field
Championships that are scheduled for Friday, March 2nd, 2007, at the
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, Roxbury Community College, MA.
Click to
view NE Indoor Performance List...(pdf)
Click
to view the NE Indoor T&F Packet...(pdf)
State 4x400m
Relays Compete at USATF Meet...
(Feb 26, 2007) At the 2007 AT&T
USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, held at the Reggie Lewis Track &
Athletic Center on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007, a boys and girls 4x400 relay
team comprised of the top 2 available Connecticut State Open athletes in
the 300m and 600m races competed as a team against the five other New
England States for the 5th year in an exhibition race. The results are
as follows:
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Finals-4x400 Meter Relay HS Girls
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1 Connecticut 3:51.45
2 Massachusetts 3:51.87
3 Rhode Island 3:56.48
4 New Hampshire 3:59.50
5 Maine 4:16.17
6 Vermont 4:29.87
The CT girls 4x400 team included: Shaena Gray (Weaver) 59.6, Christine
Jones (Weaver) 57.9, Sam Willis (Tolland) 57.0, Ann- Marie Clarke (Hillhouse)
56.8
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Finals -4x400 Meter Relay HS Boys
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1 Massachusetts 3:21.06
2 Connecticut 3:21.10
3 New Hampshire 3:21.61
4 Rhode Island 3:24.77
5 Maine 3:30.62
6 Vermont 3:35.43
The CT Boys 4x400m team included: Tyler O'Brien (Rocky Hill) 50.4, Josh
Perry (Naugatuck) 50.7, Brendan Cristobal (Staples) 50.8, Terrell Wilks
(Hillhouse) 49.0
Complete meet results and news available at
USATF.ORG
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