Connecticut Athletes Win 7 Events at New England Track Meet

BOSTON, MA — Connecticut athletes turned in some impressive performances Saturday at the 31st annual New England Interscholastic Indoor Track & Field Championships, held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center on the campus of Roxbury Community College.

The Nutmeg State produced seven champions: two from Danbury and one each from Career Magnet, Glastonbury, Greenwich, Hall and Staples. Connecticut also had 11 runners-up and 47 other top 8 performances.

Danbury led the way with four placewinning finishes, while Bloomfield, Fairfield Ludlowe, Greenwich and Staples each had three. A pair of top 8 placements were turned in by athletes from Derby, Hall, Hamden, Hillhouse, Immaculate, Newtown, Simsbury, Wethersfield, Windsor and Xavier, while 29 other state schools had one apiece.

Here are top 8 finishers from Connecticut schools in each event. Click here for complete results of all boys and girls competition.

BOYS

55 meters
6. Joel Stewart, Enfield
8. Dylan Hatajik, East Lyme

300 meters
6. Christopher Colbert, Wilton
8. Kymali Hay, University

600 meters
1. Malcolm Going, Danbury, 1:20.38
3. Marcus Manson, Windsor
7. Charles Osborne, New Milford
8. Manasseh Bekele, Hillhouse

1000 meters
2. Ian Bartlett, Fairfield Ludlowe
4. Ken Little, Derby
6. Joe Pearl, Manchester
8. Tim Lautenbach, Weston

1600 meters
1. William Landowne, Staples, 4:12.49
2. Alexander Korczynski, Windham
8. Peter Schulten, Xavier

3200 meters
2. Drew Thompson, Fairfield Prep
6. Trey Cormier, Hall
7. Brendan Murray, Cheshire

55 meter hurdles
2. Cameron Whalen, Stonington
5. Edward Williams, Sacred Heart

4 x 200 relay
6. Hartford Public (Grate, Campbell, Valentine, Stewart)

4 x 400 relay
1. Danbury (Sean-Michael Parkinson, Glenroy Ford, Malachius Lorick, Malcolm Going), 3:25.26

4 x 800 relay
1. Hall (Cole Canarie, Paul Chavey, Dylan Rendon, Muhammad Ali), 7:58.69
3. Xavier (Curran, Christie, Sylvain, Lally)
7. Staples (Lorenz, Wright, Green, Myers)

high jump
3. Chet Ellis, Staples
4. Ja'kwan Hale, Derby
6. (tie) George Stoughton, Wethersfield

long jump
1. Dyshon Vaughn, Career Magnet, 23-5
5. George Stoughton, Wethersfield

shot put
4. Michael Browning, RHAM

GIRLS

55 meters
2. Dinedye Denis, Simsbury
3. Andraya Yearwood, Cromwell
7. Carly Swierbut, Newtown

300 meters
2. Aisha Gay, Hamden
3. Dinedye Denis, Simsbury
6. Carly Swierbut, Newtown
8. Jillian Mars, Bloomfield

600 meters
4. Emma Langis, Ridgefield
6. Leah Sarkisian, Danbury
7. Genevieve DeWinter, Greenwich
8. Laura Turner, Norwalk

1000 meters
1. Emily Philippides, Greenwich, 2:51.30

1600 meters
4. Lauren Moore, Danbury
5. Angela Saidman, Immaculate

3200 meters
2. Elizabeth Stockman, Rocky Hill
6. Meredith Bloss, Guilford

55 meter hurdles
2. Kalli'Ana Botelho, Griswold
3. Tess Stapleton, Fairfield Ludlowe
5. Katherine Jacobs, Northwest Catholic

4 x 200 relay
3. Windsor (Richardson, McHenry, Camacho, Brown)
6. Conard (Binder, Massey, McMahon, Shaffer)

4 x 400 relay
3. Hamden (Cayward, Gay, Gardner, Joseph)
5. Plainfield (Balzano, Carleson, Newbury, Carleson)
7. Hillhouse (Boyd, Smith, White, Davis)

4 x 800 relay
1. Glastonbury (Kaylen Hughes, Angela Braga, Grace Sparrow, Erin McGill), 9:13.63
2. Greenwich (Lynch, McMillan, Harris, DeWinter)
3. Immaculate (Valentine, Mascetta, Coyle, Connolly)
4. Fairfield Ludlowe (Davis, O'Neil, Simonsen, Kraus)

high jump
3. Monique Anderson, Bloomfield
4. Patricia Mroczkowski, Berlin

long jump
2. Jahleah Harris, Bloomfield
6. Olivia Johnson, St. Joseph

shot put
2. Amanda Howe, Southington
7. Sydney Mello, Lewis Mills

Photo credit: Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center