Hall Boys, Bloomfield Girls Claim Team Titles At State Open Track Meet

NEW BRITAIN, CT — Some familiar jerseys adorned the winners' platform Monday at the State Open outdoor track and field championships at Veterans Stadium in Willow Brook Park.

For the eighth time overall, but first since 2017, Bloomfield won the girls title, compiling 53 points to 41 for runner-up Windsor. On the boys' side, three-time defending Class LL champion Hall finally broke through, handily winning the Open for the first time by a 64-42.75 margin over Windsor.

Joshua Mooney of Stonington entered the winners' circle three time, as champion of the boys' 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles and javelin toss, while Gabriela DeFelice of New Canaan won the girls' shot put and discus throw.

New State Open records were established by Mooney (110 hurdles), Leonaya Knox of Hillhouse (100 hurdles) and Laniyah Henderson of Bloomfield (triple jump).

Here are the top three girls and boys teams, as well as individual event winners. New records are indicated with an asterisk (*). Click the highlighted headers for complete results.

BOYS

Teams

1. Hall, 64
2. Windsor, 42.75
3. Xavier, 38

Events

• 100 meters - Jacob Volkerts, Old Lyme, 10.64
• 200 meters - Jonathan York, Hall, 21.39
• 400 meters - Gianluca Bianchi, Greenwich, 47.85
• 800 meters - Daniel Coyne, Simsbury, 1:53.16
• 1600 meters - Steven Hergenrother, Ridgefield, 4:12.55
• 3200 meters - Isaac Mahler, Hall, 9:06.91
• 110 meter hurdles - Joshua Mooney, Stonington, 13.58*
• 300 meter hurdles - Joshua Mooney, Stonington, 37.79
• 4 x 100 relay - Windsor (White, Long, Sparrow, Copeland), 42.37
• 4 x 400 relay - Hall (Nash, Sandler, Sisk, York), 3:18.84
• 4 x 800 relay - Danbury (Jeffers, Rosemark, Komisky, Bishop), 7:53.98
• high jump - Dar Jankovic, E.O. Smith, 6-08.00
• pole vault - Liam Wright, Hall, 14-06.00
• long jump - Christopher Hergott, Hamden, 23-03.00
• triple jump - Treshawn Blair, Bristol Central, 46-11.00
• shot put - Thomas Matlock, East Lyme, 55-04.50
• discus - Samuel Meleshenko, South Windsor, 167-08
• javelin - Joshua Mooney, Stonington, 201-02

GIRLS

Teams

1. Bloomfield, 53
2. Windsor, 41
3. Fairfield Ludlowe, 40

Events

• 100 meters - Samiya Eady, Manchester, 12.07
• 200 meters - Avery Rueckert, Old Saybrook, 24.35
• 400 meters - Olivia Walters, Brookfield, 56.85
• 800 meters - Gabriella Hernandez, E.O. Smith, 2:12.42
• 1600 meters - Tess Sherry, Conard, 4:48.77
• 3200 meters - Chase Gilbert, Old Lyme, 10:47.04
• 100 meter hurdles - Leonaya Knox, Hillhouse, 14.01*
• 300 meter hurdles - Kareema McKenzie, Windsor, 44.09
• 4 x 100 relay - Bloomfield (Wilson, Fletcher, Baker, Lloyd), 47.96
• 4 x 400 relay - Windsor (Francis, Westberry, Daley, McKenzie), 3:52.46
• 4 x 800 relay - Glastonbury (Dudus, MacElhiney, Strauss, Paluska), 9:15.58
• high jump - Shaelyn Murphy, Maloney, 5-04.00
• pole vault - Jordan Carr, Joel Barlow, 11-06.00
• long jump - Darielys Arnold, New London, 18-04.00
• triple jump - Laniyah Henderson, Bloomfield, 39-03.50*
• shot put - Gabriela DeFelice, New Canaan, 40-01.50
• discus - Gabriela DeFelice, New Canaan, 135-06
• javelin - Alexis Banks, Weston, 115-10