5 Middletown Athletes On In-State Division I University Rosters

MIDDLETOWN, CT — More than 190 student-athletes from Connecticut, including three from Durham, are continuing their academic and sports endeavors at one of the state's seven Division I universities this winter, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

A total of 194 competitors have chosen to stay close to home while participating in 13 Division I winter sports. Fairfield, New Haven and Trumbull each has seven student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters, while Greenwich, New Milford and Tolland each boasts six.

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 had not yet been made available by publication time.

Universities

• UConn - 66
• Central Connecticut - 49
• Sacred Heart - 23
• Yale - 18
• Quinnipiac - 16
• Hartford - 14
• Fairfield - 8

Counties

• Fairfield - 63
• New Haven - 40
• Hartford - 39
• Middlesex - 13
• Litchfield, Tolland - 12
• New London - 11
• Windham - 4

Sports

• women's track and field - 67
• men's track and field - 56
• men's swimming - 21
• men's ice hockey - 9
• women's ice hockey - 8
• men's fencing - 7
• women's basketball - 6
• women's equestrian - 5
• men's basketball, women's bowling, men's squash - 4
• women's squash - 2
• women's fencing - 1

Middlesex County residents

• 5 - Middletown
• 3 - Cromwell, Durham
• 1- Clinton, Old Saybrook

• Laurenzo Thompkins, so., CCSU track and field

• Jamie Gassman, jr., CCSU track and field
• Matthew Dagenais, sr., UConn swimming
• Mackenzie Pias, jr., UConn track and field
• Brielle Wilborn, so., Hartford basketball

Image credit: Tim Jensen

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