Manchester Athlete Wins Event At Class LL Meet

NEW HAVEN, CT — A Manchester athlete won the girls 1,600 meters and four new Class LL championship meet records were set Thursday as the first state titles of the 2019-20 CIAC winter season were awarded at the Floyd Little Athletic Center.

Korey Morton of Brien McMahon High School won the boys 55 meter dash in 6.42 seconds, breaking the longstanding record of 6.44 set by Michael Lorick of Danbury in 2007. Sophomore sensation Gavin Sherry of Conard set a new mark of 9:06.06 in the 3200 meter run, smashing Fairfield Prep's Drew Thompson's 2018 record by more than 11 seconds.

On the girls' side, Paige Martin of Norwich Free Academy set a new bar in the pole vault, clearing 12 feet, 3.5 inches to erase the old mark of 11-8, established by Megan Biscoglio of Southington in 2018. Tess Stapleton of Fairfield Ludlowe broke her own record from last year of 8.25 seconds in the 55 meter hurdles, breaking the tape in 7.96.

Hall compiled 48 points to edge Ridgefield by a single point in the boys team competition. Glastonbury's girls had 69 points to easily outdistance Hall, which had 55.

Here are the top three teams and individual event winners. Complete results may be found here.

BOYS

Teams

1. Hall, 48
2. Ridgefield, 47
3. Conard, 44

Events

• 55 meters - Korey Morton, Brien McMahon, 6.42
• 300 meters - Caleb Owen, Wilbur Cross, 35.67
• 600 meters - Simon Jupp, Ridgefield, 1:22.45
• 1000 meters - Charles King, Ridgefield, 2:36.19
• 1600 meters - Morgan Fierro, Staples, 4:23.97
• 3200 meters - Gavin Sherry, Conard, 9:06.06
• 55 hurdles - Osaretin Osagie, Norwich Free Academy, 7.58
• 4 x 200 relay - Wilbur Cross (Cue, Haslop, Williams, Owen), 1:32.27
• 4 x 400 relay - Glastonbury (Nogueira, R. Smith, J. Smith, Remkiewicz), 3:30.89
• 4 x 800 relay - Conard (C. Sherry, Dires, Roeed, G. Sherry), 8:14.17
• 1600 sprint medley - Fairfield Prep (Blount, Bacon, Bolden, Dawson), 3:41.98
• high jump - Rexford Agyemang, Manchester, 6-2
• pole vault - Jacob Bazinet, Norwich Free Academy, 13-8
• long jump - Connor McGeehan, Staples, 21-3
• shot put - Marcus Ramsey, Hall, 50-4.25

GIRLS

Teams

1. Glastonbury, 69
2. Hall, 55
3. Danbury, 48

Events

• 55 meters - Stella Ofei, New Britain, 7.37
• 300 meters - Samantha Forrest, Glastonbury, 40.77
• 600 meters - Emily Alexandru, Trumbull, 1:37.32
• 1000 meters - Kayla Park, Norwich Free Academy, 3:02.48
• 1600 meters - Kate Hedlund, Manchester, 5:07.04
• 3200 meters - Mari Noble, Greenwich, 11:04.76
• 55 hurdles - Tess Stapleton, Fairfield Ludlowe, 7.96
• 4 x 200 relay - Glastonbury (Soule, Harding, Carroll, Forrest), 1:45.75
• 4 x 400 relay - Glastonbury (Harding, M. Smith, E. Smith, Forrest), 4:07.05
• 4 x 800 relay - Greenwich (Granitto, Collier, Harris, Noble), 9:24.09
• 1600 sprint medley - Hall (Roggendorf, Mancini, Healer, Holmes), 4:21.89
• high jump - Allison Schindler, Glastonbury, 5-4
• pole vault - Paige Martin, Norwich Free Academy, 12-3.5
• long jump - Tess Stapleton, Fairfield Ludlowe, 18-1.25
• shot put - Trinity Cardillo, Southington, 43-7

Patch editor Tim Jensen contributed to this story.