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Mansfield Fall Athletes Playing at In-State Division I Schools

Five student-athletes from Mansfield are competing this fall for one of the state's seven Division I universities.

MANSFIELD, CT — More than 350 student-athletes from Connecticut, including five from Mansfield, are continuing their academic and sports endeavors at one of the state's seven Division I universities this fall, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

A total of 375 competitors have chosen to stay close to home while participating in 13 Division I fall sports. Glastonbury has 13 student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters, Danbury has 12, Norwalk 11 and Shelton 10.

Following are breakdowns by university, by county and by sport, with links to the home pages of each school's athletic department. Note: several rosters for men's cross country and women's swimming, cross country, rowing, rugby and bowling had not yet been made available by publication time.

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Universities

Counties

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  • Fairfield - 113
  • Hartford - 104
  • New Haven - 71
  • Tolland - 29
  • Middlesex - 20
  • New London - 18
  • Litchfield - 17
  • Windham - 3

Sports

  • football - 88
  • men's soccer - 67
  • women's soccer - 54
  • women's rowing - 33
  • women's cross country - 30
  • men's cross country - 24
  • women's swimming - 14
  • field hockey and women's rugby - 10
  • women's equestrian - 7
  • women's volleyball - 6
  • co-ed sailing - 3

Tolland County residents

  • 9 - Tolland
  • 5 - Hebron, Mansfield
  • 4 - Coventry
  • 2 - Vernon
  • 1 - Ellington, Andover, Columbia
Mansfield residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters
  • Keith Dixon, fr., UConn soccer
  • Emily Talisse Thompson, fr., UConn cross country
  • Larson Richards, fr., CCSU soccer
  • Cooper Knecht, fr., Fairfield soccer
  • Jillian Picard-Busky, jr., rugby

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