Track And Field Champions Crowned In Classes LL, L

NEW BRITAIN, CT — For the first time in two years, track and field athletes from across Connecticut gathered at Willow Brook Park Tuesday for the first two of five state championship events over a three-day period. The Class LL team titles were won by the Glastonbury girls and Hall boys, while the Windsor girls and Hillhouse boys captured the Class L team crowns.

Here are the top three teams in each division, followed by individual event winners. An asterisk (*) indicates a new class meet record. Click the class headers for complete results.

CLASS LL

GIRLS

Teams

1. Glastonbury, 109.5 pts.
2. Southington, 88
3. Danbury, 81

Events

• 100 meters - Alanna Smith, Danbury, 12.25
• 200 meters - Alanna Smith, Danbury, 24.85*
• 400 meters - Riley Powers, Newtown, 58.43
• 800 meters - Ally McCarthy, Newtown, 2:16.45
• 1600 meters - Anna Keeley, Fairfield Ludlowe, 4:50.08*
• 3200 meters - Mari Noble, Greenwich, 10:59.25
• 100 meter hurdles - Erin Daugherty, Ridgefield, 15.90
• 300 meter hurdles - Nyia White, Wilbur Cross, 45.65
• 4x100 relay - Southington (Litchfield, Sowa, Pelletier, Prozzo), 49.81
• 4x400 relay - Newtown (Barricelli, McCarthy, Snayd, Powers), 3:55.70
• 4x800 relay - Glastonbury (Gattinella, MacElhiney, MacElhiney, Caron), 9:20.86
• high jump - Tia Stapleton, Fairfield Ludlowe, 5-04
• pole vault - Mallory Malz, Glastonbury, 11-00
• long jump - Mallory Malz, Glastonbury, 17-00
• triple jump - Mallory Malz, Glastonbury, 35-03.25
• shot put - Tianna Rogers, Danbury, 37-06
• discus - Caitlyn Filloramo, Fairfield Ludlowe, 106-03
• javelin - Kayla Pelletier, Southington, 128-01

BOYS

Teams

1. Hall, 86 pts.
2. Norwich Free Academy, 65.5
3. Danbury, 60

Events

• 100 meters - Jason Lorent, Shelton, 10.87
• 200 meters - Jason Lorent, Shelton, 21.91
• 400 meters - Andrew O'Donnell, Greenwich, 48.36
• 800 meters - Gabriel Kwarteng, Danbury, 1:53.70
• 1600 meters - Aidan Puffer, Manchester, 4:11.01
• 3200 meters - Aidan Puffer, Manchester, 9:19.37
• 110 meter hurdles - Blake Battaglia, Wilbur Cross, 15.45
• 300 meter hurdles - Gregory Foster, Norwalk, 39.92
• 4x100 relay - Hall (Edwards, Henriques-Setho, Lizardi, Rodman), 43.34
• 4x400 relay - Hall (York, Sandler, Lizardi, Ruffo), 3:23.19
• 4x800 relay - Staples(Lorenz, Harrington, St. Fort, Lepska), 8:01.18
• high jump - Duke Quermorllue, Norwalk, 6-04
• pole vault - Aiden Chesanow, Southington, 13-00
• long jump - Israel Henriques-Setho, Hall, 22-00
• triple jump - Israel Henriques-Setho, Hall, 44-06
• shot put - Jordan Ribeiro, Norwich Free Academy, 48-00
• discus - Joseph Addotta, Ridgefield, 135-04
• javelin - Ryan DeBarber, Enfield, 183-00

CLASS L

GIRLS

Teams

1. Windsor, 84 pts.
2. Conard, 74.33
3. Simsbury, 66

Events

• 100 meters - Clare Gillis, Conard, 12.63
• 200 meters - Clare Gillis, Conard, 25.84
• 400 meters - Brittani Westberry, Windsor, 58.70
• 800 meters - Olivia Birney, Simsbury, 2:15.76
• 1600 meters - Olivia Birney, Simsbury, 4:53.28
• 3200 meters - Chloe Scrimgeour, Conard, 10:15.45*
• 100 meter hurdles - Shelby Dejana, Wilton, 15.42
• 300 meter hurdles - Shani Smith, Windsor, 46.25
• 4x100 relay - Windsor (Smith, Westberry, Robinson, Hite), 49.71
• 4x400 relay - Simsbury (Martin, Logan, Gary, Birney), 4:04.86
• 4x800 relay - New Milford (Kelleher, Zeitler, Sweeney, Daniels), 9:30.51
• high jump - Alissa Hurd, Pomperaug, 5-04
• pole vault - Grace Gianquinto, Amity Regional, 10-03
• long jump - Anichka Malachi, New Milford, 17-08.50
• triple jump - Anichka Malachi, New Milford, 37-07.50
• shot put - Gabriela DeFelice, New Canaan, 34-11.25
• discus - Areyona Smith Belgrave, Windsor, 108-08
• javelin - Mackenzie Grady, Lyman Hall, 103-00

BOYS

Teams

1. Hillhouse, 61 pts.
2. (tie) Conard and Naugatuck, 54

Events

• 100 meters - Colin Brown, Cheshire, 11.19
• 200 meters - Victor Rosa, Bristol Central, 22.63
• 400 meters - Jonathan Tarbet, New Milford, 49.54
• 800 meters - Ryan Farrell, Cheshire, 1:56.27
• 1600 meters - Gavin Sherry, Conard, 4:08.47*
• 3200 meters - Gavin Sherry, Conard, 9:03.29*
• 110 meter hurdles - Joshua Clarke, Windsor, 14.82
• 300 meter hurdles - Joshua Clarke, Windsor, 39.15
• 4x100 relay - Windsor (Smith, Welsh, Dawkins, Samuels), 43.37
• 4x400 relay - Naugatuck (Trowers, Lopez, Lindsay, Volpe), 3:24.68
• 4x800 relay - Newington (Bohlke, Brown, Campbell, Geisler), 8:02.51
• high jump - Timothy Watson, Simsbury, 6-04
• pole vault - Michael Bobin, Wethersfield, 13-06
• long jump - Jayson Burchell, Wethersfield, 21-10.50
• triple jump - Messiah Harling, Wilby, 46-10.25
• shot put - Gary Moore Jr., Hillhouse, 58-00.25
• discus - Gary Moore Jr., Hillhouse, 186-05*
• javelin - Trevor Drescher, Middletown, 184-10

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