Tolland Girl Sets Class M Track Record; Boys Win Team Title

NEW HAVEN, CT — Four records were broken, including one which had stood for 17 years, as the Class M indoor track and field championships were decided Saturday evening at the Floyd Little Athletic Center.

Leah Moore of Hillhouse shattered the girls shot put record by more than a foot and a half with a heave of 41 feet, 11.75 inches. The previous record of 40-4.5 had been held by Lacey-Ann Parker of Ledyard since 2003.

Elise Russell of Weston pole vaulted 12 feet, 2 inches to best the 2017 record of AmyErin Zadroga of Tolland by two inches. Tianna St. Louis of Tolland cleared 5 feet, 6.5 inches in the high jump, erasing the 5-6.25 record set last year by Patricia Mroczkowski of Berlin.

On the boys' side, the Stonington 1600 sprint medley team of Christian Hudson, Andrew Castagliuolo, Chase Flynn and Rhys Hammond crossed the finish line in 3:37.90, shaving more than a second off the previous best of 3:38.99 set by Weston in 2018.

Weston easily won the girls team competition with 76.50 points, with Hillhouse taking runner-up honors with 39. It was the first state team title for the Trojans since winning three straight Class S championships from 2007 to 2009.

The Tolland boys compiled 61 points, outdistancing Ellington's 50, to win their first team title since 1997.

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

GIRLS

Teams

1. Weston, 76.50
2. Hillhouse, 39
3. Tolland, 36

Events

• 55 meters - Cleondra White, Bacon Academy, 7.39
• 300 meters - Mariella Schweitzer, Joel Barlow, 41.39
• 600 meters - Olivia Dubuc, Sheehan, 1:37.91
• 1000 meters - Julia Rosenberg, Weston, 2:58.99
• 1600 meters - Elizabeth Stockman, Rocky Hill, 5:13.53
• 3200 meters - Peyton Bornstein, Tolland, 11:16.58
• 55 hurdles - Kayla Clark, St. Joseph, 8.43
• 4 x 200 relay - Weston (Miles, Zielinski, Rosenberg, Sztachelski), 1:40.48
• 4 x 400 relay - Weston (Zielinski, Rudolph, Rosenberg, Sztachelski), 4:06.45
• 4 x 800 relay - Ellington (Bonanno, Diwinsky, Eckels, Mattson), 10:02.70
• 1600 sprint medley - Weston (Sztachelski, Rudolph, Miles, Zielinski), 4:23.55
• high jump - Tianna St. Louis, Tolland, 5-6.5
• pole vault - Elise Russell, Weston, 12-2
• long jump - Kisha Francois, East Haven, 17-3.25
• shot put - Leah Moore, Hillhouse, 41-11.75

BOYS

Teams

1. Tolland, 61
2. Ellington, 50
3. J0nathan Law, 47

Events

• 55 meters - Rayshon Jacobs, Jonathan Law, 6.62
• 300 meters - Rayshon Jacobs, Jonathan Law, 35.86
• 600 meters - Jack Olender, Ellington, 1:23.66
• 1000 meters - Rhys Hammond, Stonington, 2:30.02
• 1600 meters - Jack Martin, Avon, 4:19.82
• 3200 meters - Nicholas Bendtsen, Wolcott, 9:27.37
• 55 hurdles - Jared Lovell, Waterford, 7.82
• 4 x 200 relay - Jonathan Law (Giles, Washington, Wootton, Jacobs), 1:33.16
• 4 x 400 relay - Ellington (Cahill, Massaro, Olender, Sivo), 3:31.51
• 4 x 800 relay - Tolland (Linton, Boivin, Viera, Cayward), 8:24.72
• 1600 sprint medley - Stonington (Hudson, Castagliuolo, Flynn, Hammond), 3:37.90
• high jump - Dylan Torok, Masuk, 6-2
• pole vault - Matthew Bigelow, Weston, 14-6
• long jump - Max Raha, Avon, 20-10
• shot put - Ethan Wilkie, Ellington, 49-5.5