St. Joseph Athlete Wins Event At Class M Indoor Track Meet

NEW HAVEN, CT — The defending Class M indoor track champions from 2018 successfully repeated their titles - one for the fifth straight year - and to no one's surprise, it was the host school, Hillhouse, which captured the team championships again Saturday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center.

The Academics' boys team made it five straight by compiling 87 points, far outdistancing runner-up Suffield, which had 56. On the girls' side, Hillhouse won for the second straight year, edging Weston by a 76-74 margin.

Two longstanding Class M records were among three new standards set. The Suffield 4x800 boys relay team of Cam Miller, Jared Sharp, Kyle Englander and Nick Sinofsky finished in 8:05.73, shattering the previous best of 8:17.86 which had been held by Ledyard since 1996. Patricia Mroczkowski of Berlin cleared 5 feet, 6.25 inches in the high jump, breaking the mark of 5-6 held by Janel Kozolowski of Woodstock Academy since 2000. Hillhouse's 4x400 relay team of Talib McBride, Dale Thompson, Ralphael Hawkins and Deshaune Poole set a new record of 3:28.29, eclipsing the 3:29.01 posted by Weston in 2015.

Neal Eley of Hillhouse was a triple individual champion, capturing the 55 meters, high jump and long jump. Poole won two events (300 meters, 55 meter hurdles), as did Ayesha Nelson of Hillhouse (55 meters, 55 meter hurdles) and teammate Jada Boyd (300 meters, 600 meters). Kathryn Rodrigues of Wolcott won the 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs.

Here are the top three teams for boys and girls, as well as individual champions in each event. Click here for complete meet results.

BOYS

1. Hillhouse, 87
2. Suffield, 56
3. Weston, 41

• 55 meters - Neal Eley, Hillhouse, 6:53
• 300 meters - Deshaune Poole, Hillhouse, 35.35
• 600 meters - Jared Sharp, Suffield, 1:24.73
• 1,000 meters - Rhys Hammond, Stonington, 2:31.80
• 1,600 meters - Nick Sinofsky, Suffield, 4:29.49
• 3,200 meters - Alex Sauter, Tolland, 9:41.75
• 55 meter hurdles - Deshaune Poole, Hillhouse, 7.74
• 4x200 relay - Ledyard, 1:34.64
• 4x400 relay - Hillhouse, 3:28.29
• 4x800 relay - Suffield, 8:05.73
• 1,600 sprint medley - Stonington, 3:41.84
• high jump - Neal Eley, Hillhouse, 6-0
• pole vault - Aidan O'Connor, Lewis Mills, 14-0
• long jump - Neal Eley, Hillhouse, 22-3.75
• shot put - Grayson DelGrosso, Stonington, 48-4

GIRLS

1. Hillhouse, 76
2. Weston, 74
3. Sheehan, 35

• 55 meters - Ayesha Nelson, Hillhouse, 7.31
• 300 meters - Jada Boyd, Hillhouse, 41.44
• 600 meters - Jada Boyd, Hillhouse, 1:36.98
• 1,000 meters - Sydney Schultz, Ellington, 3:02.83
• 1,600 meters - Kathryn Rodrigues, Wolcott, 5:12.75
• 3,200 meters - Kathryn Rodrigues, Wolcott, 11:24.60
• 55 meter hurdles - Ayesha Nelson, Hillhouse, 8.48
• 4x200 relay - Weston, 1:47.84
• 4x400 relay - Hillhouse, 4:03.13
• 4x800 relay - Weston, 9:55.41
• 1,600 sprint medley - Hillhouse, 4:19.11
• high jump - Patricia Mroczkowski, Berlin, 5-6.25
• pole vault - Elise Russell, Weston, 11-0
• long jump - Olivia Johnson, St. Joseph, 17-3.75
• shot put - Natalie Rolon-Issa, Bacon Academy, 39-5.25

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