Northern Connecticut Schools Sweep State Open Indoor Track Team Titles

NEW HAVEN, CT — A pair of schools from Hartford County continued their excellence in indoor track Saturday, capturing team titles at the State Open at the Floyd Little Athletic Center.

For the second straight year, and fourth time overall, Hall won the boys team championship, compiling 66 points to easily outdistance the 30 of runner-up Greenwich. The Hall 4 x 400 relay team of Fareed Abu Rabia, Gabriel Sisk, Jonathan York and Samuel Sandler set a new State Open record in that event.

The girls' side was considerably closer, with Bloomfield edging Glastonbury by a 47-41 margin to win the program's third State Open crown, but first since 2019.

Athletes from Hartford and Tolland county schools took first place in 16 individual events over the course of the day, including 11 for the girls.

Here is how teams from the region scored, as well as event champions from the area. Click the headers for complete results.

BOYS

Teams

1. Hall, 66
8. (tie) Simsbury, 17
10. E.O. Smith, 16
11. Windsor, 14
15. (tie) Tolland, 10
19. (tie) Bloomfield, 8
19. (tie) St. Paul, 8
19. (tie) Enfield, 8
19. (tie) Lewis Mills, 8
27. (tie) Suffield, 5
36. (tie) Bristol Eastern, 2
36. (tie) Bristol Central, 2
40. (tie) Ellington, 1
40. (tie) Southington, 1

Event Champions

55 meters - Noble Gongon, Simsbury, 6.35
600 meters - Jonathan York, Hall, 1:23.49
4 x 200 relay - Windsor (Long, Copeland, Harris, Berry), 1:32.22
4 x 400 relay - Hall (Abu Rabia, Sisk, York, Sandler), 3:24.88#
high jump - Dar Jankovic, E.O. Smith, 6-07

GIRLS

Teams

1. Bloomfield, 47
2. Glastonbury, 41
4. Windsor, 34
5. Conard, 30
8. E.O. Smith, 24
10. (tie) Newington, 11
13. (tie) Lewis Mills, 10
17. (tie) Hall, 8
35. (tie) Hartford Public, 2
39. (tie) Simsbury, 1
39. (tie) Manchester, 1

Event Champions

55 meters - Jahniya Barclay, Bloomfield, 7.16
300 meters - Caleah Baker, Bloomfield, 40.31
600 meters - Gabriella Hernandez, E.O. Smith, 1:33.17
1000 meters - Liv Sherry, Conard, 2:55.87
1600 meters - Katherine Bohlke, Newington, 4:57.50
4 x 200 relay - Bloomfield (Barclay, Williams, Baker, Lloyd), 1:43.96
4 x 400 relay - Windsor (Westberry, Francis, Jackson, Daley), 4:02.66
4 x 800 relay - Glastonbury (Caron, Garbett, Dudus, MacElhiney), 9:36.61
1600 sprint medley - E.O. Smith (Shirshac, Hamley, Casa, Hernandez), 4:17.99
high jump - Audrey Kirkutis, Conard, 5-06
long jump - Gabriella Zeller, Lewis Mills, 18-05.25