Records Fall, Regional Athletes Excel At Indoor Track State Open

NEW HAVEN, CT — A pair of longstanding State Open indoor track records went by the wayside Saturday, including another standard established by Stanford-bound Gavin Sherry of Conard High School in West Hartford.

Sherry ran the 1600 meters in 4 minutes, 11.19 seconds, shaving nearly two seconds off the previous mark of 4:13.29, established by Willie Ahearn of Danbury in 2008. He also won the 3200 meter run.

In the shot put, Gary Moore Jr. of Hillhouse broke an even older record by nearly two feet, with a heave of 63 feet, 11.25 inches. Andre Reid of South Windsor had held the mark of 62-02 since 2001.

Hall High School captured the boys team championship with 52 points, four better than runner-up Hillhouse. Conard was third with 40 points.

On the girls' side, Danbury took team honors with 36 points. Glastonbury was best among Hartford and Tolland county schools, placing fourth with 25 points, one better than Bloomfield and Windsor.

Here are the event winners from the local region. Complete results of all individual events and team scores may be found here.

BOYS

300 meters - Jonathan York, Hall, 35.67
600 meters - Jeremy Rivera, Prince Tech, 1:23.94
1600 meters - Gavin Sherry, Conard, 4:11.19
3200 meters - Gavin Sherry, Conard, 9:06.52
55 meter hurdles - Michael Johnson, Lewis Mills, 7.53
4x400 relay - Hall (York, Sisk, Ruffo, Sandler), 3:31.18
high jump - Timothy Watson, Simsbury, 6-08

GIRLS

600 meters - Brittani Westberry, Windsor, 1:36.70
1600 meters - Rachel St. Germain, Somers, 4:57.20
3200 meters - Rachel St. Germain, Somers, 10:49.24
1600 sprint medley - Glastonbury (Caiola, Taylor, Carroll, Gattinella), 4:23.06
high jump - D'Jior Delisser, Bloomfield, 5-04