Amity Boys Track Takes Third in SCC Championship

As expected, throwing proved to be Amity’s strongest suit at last week’s Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) boys championship track and field meet, which was held at Sheehan High in Wallingford.

Charles Dunn won All-SCC honors with his first place shot put heave of 47-feet and 6-inches. Taylor Tambis duplicated that fete with his 137-6 in the discus. Dan Raucci added a sixth place 113-10 in the discus.

Those three efforts accounted for 22 of the Spartans’ 80 points. Hand won the championship meet with 99 points. Hillhouse was second at 95, followed by the third place Spartans of Coach Thom Jacobs.

Dave Karabinos recorded third place performances in the long jump (21-4) and the high jump 6-0), as well as a fourth place effort in the triple jump (44-2). Hunter Ricks was third in the 400 (50.99 seconds) and sixth in the triple jump (42-4). He also joined with Zezhong He, Cory Ricks, and Kyle Kalanta for a third place 44.05 in the 4x100 relay. Alex Neumann, Jesse DiPietro, Sam Spencer, and Dean Bhatt added a second place 8:10.49 in the 4x800 relay.

Cory Ricks (sixth in the 100 at 11.58), Jack Dunleavy (fifth in the 3200 at 10:04.62), Shea Ryan (sixth in the pole vault with 11.6), and Tambis (seventh in the javelin with 146-2) also placed and earned points for the Black and Gold.