Hillhouse boys, E.O. Smith girls win Class L Outdoor Track and Field Championships

“It was such a very good day, it kinda felt like a giant breakthrough in discus and jav,” Moore mentioned. “It feels good to know that my work is definitely, I’m getting it, it’s coming by means of. … I’m comfortable as a result of that is the primary time I ever scored 30 factors in a meet and I’ve been attempting to do it since freshman 12 months so to get it now’s particular.”

Moore has only one extra state meet, subsequent Monday’s State Open, to conclude his highschool profession earlier than shifting right down to Waco, Texas in mid August to start his collegiate profession.

For now although, he’s remained centered on successful and setting data throughout his ultimate highschool season: “To go away my legacy as the perfect ever thrower to return from right here. Me and my dad at all times speak about being the GOAT (Best Of All Time) and that kind of stuff, so it’s kinda only a mindset for me.”

Regardless of about an hour climate delay proper earlier than the 3200-meter run attributable to rain and thunder, Moore’s 30 factors helped Hillhouse win the boys’ Class L title with 111.5 factors. Simsbury adopted with 100 factors and Naugatuck completed third with 76 factors.

Hillhouse additionally bought key performances from Ralphael Hawkins within the 100 (1st) and 200 (2nd) and Matthew Gibbs (300 hurdle wins).

E.O. Smith received the ladies’ title with 78.5 factors adopted by Simsbury with 70 factors in second and Shelton (64) in third. Shelton obtained wins from Audrey Kozak within the 100 and lengthy soar. The staff title was E.O. Smith’s first since 1998.

Simsbury’s Watson units excessive soar state file

Additionally setting a state file Wednesday was Simsbury’s Timothy Watson with a soar of 7-00.75. The senior mentioned he was motivated to aim to interrupt the file after watching Chet Ellis set the earlier state file (7-00.50) in 2019.

“I knew that will be a objective of mine that I wished to face,” he mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘I’m gonna strive to do this.’”

Watson was swarmed by his teammates following his state file clinching soar. He can be competing collegiately at Penn State subsequent season.

“That was my objective heading into the season, to interrupt that (file),” he mentioned. “I mentioned it in my thoughts, felt like I needed to do it and I knew it was attainable and at all times thought I might do it.”

A brand new 800-meter women champion

Gabriella Hernandez from E.O. Smith received her first Class L title after edging out final 12 months’s Class L and State Open champ Olivia Birney (of Simsbury) within the ultimate 100 meters of the ladies 800 meters in a time of two minutes and 16.12 seconds. Birney completed second in 2:16.65.

“The primary lap, I simply wished to stay on the shoulder of whoever was in entrance after which hopefully if I felt good I might attempt to go on the 300, and I made a decision to kick it on the 100 as a substitute,” Hernandez mentioned.

Hernandez mentioned she specialised within the 400 as a freshman final season to raised assist her with velocity within the 800. It paid off Wednesday as she defeated Birney to win her top notch crown.

“It was undoubtedly a objective, however I didn’t know if I might do it. However when you mentally take into consideration wanting it extra then it could actually occur,” she mentioned.

A brand new Class L distance king

Whereas the Sherry twins have been restricted Wednesday, Newington’s Michael Bohlke rose as much as take his seat on the throne.

Regardless of coping with a stress response in his left leg, Gavin Sherry, the state’s file holder within the 1600, ran Conard’s ultimate leg within the 4×800-meter relay, serving to the staff to a fourth-place end within the occasion. He didn’t run in every other occasion due to his damage.

Callum Sherry, Gavin’s twin brother, was main nearly all of Wednesday’s 1600 earlier than Bohlke kicked previous him within the ultimate 20 meters. The win gave Bohlke his top notch title as he completed in 4:19.62. Sherry completed proper behind him in 4:19.80.

“It was fairly tactical. It’s rather more tactical than I’m used to,” Bohlke mentioned of the 1600. “It was only a matter of timing my kick proper to chase down first place. … Coming across the nook for the final 100 meters, it was simply the whole lot I needed to get by him.”

After staying heat by discovering shelter in a buddy’s automobile in the course of the rain delay, Bohlke doubled and in addition received the three,200 in a time of 9:07.99. Callum, who was seeded third within the entry checklist of the three,200, selected to not race the occasion.

Class L Outcomes

Boys

Crew Scores: 1) Hillhouse 111.50; 2) Simsbury 100; 3) Naugatuck 76; 4) Bristol Central 66; 5) Xavier 54; 6) Conard 34; 7) Darien 29; 8) New Milford 25; 9) Shelton 23.50; 10) Amity 22; 10) Fitch 22; 12) Newington 21; 12) Newtown 21; 14) Fairfield Prep 19; 15) Wilton 15; 16) Cheshire 14; 17) South Windsor 13.50; 18) Pomperaug 12; 19) Kennedy 11.50; 20) Maloney 6; 21) Middletown 3; 22) Harding 2; 23) New Canaan 1

100 Meter Sprint Finals: (w: -2.2) 1. Colin Brown, Cheshire, 10.94; 2. Ralphael Hawkins, Hillhouse, 11.07; 3. Noble Gongon, Simsbury, 11.07; 4. Nolan Freeman, New Milford, 11.13; 5. Evan Belabe, Conard, 11.20; 6. Samuel Klein, Shelton, 11.22.

200 Meter Sprint: 1. Ralphael Hawkins, Hillhouse, 22.10, w:-0.9; 2. Kyle Paterson, Simsbury, 22.13, w:-0.9; 3. Evan Belabe, Conard, 22.23, w:-0.9; 4. Noble Gongon, Simsbury, 22.33, w:-0.9; 5. Colin Brown, Cheshire, 22.40, w:-0.9; 6. LeoAngel Lopez, Naugatuck, 22.44, w:-0.9.

400 Meter Sprint: 1. Kyle Bloomer, Darien, 49.08; 2. LeoAngel Lopez, Naugatuck, 49.76; 3. Owen Pestka, Xavier, 50.42; 4. Noah Conrod, Bristol Cent, 51.18; 5. Joshua Sam, New Milford, 51.73; 6. Owen Wagner, Darien, 51.83.

800 Meter Run: 1. Lucas Thompson, Simsbury, 1:57.67; 2. Francis Porrini, Bristol Cent, 1:58.21; 3. Daniel Coyne, Simsbury, 1:58.57; 4. Thomas Forde, Fitch, 1:58.58; 5. Luke Pacheco, Shelton, 1:59.52; 6. Aidan Budge, Newtown, 2:00.08.

1600 Meter Run: 1. Michael Bohlke, Newington, 4:19.62; 2. Callum Sherry, Conard, 4:19.80; 3. Francis Porrini, Bristol Cent, 4:22.79; 4. Owen Martin, Pomperaug, 4:23.76; 5. Malcolm McCormick, Wilton, 4:25.52; 6. Nick Yoo, Darien, 4:28.16.

3200 Meter Run: 1. Michael Bohlke, Newington, 9:07.99; 2. Eamon Burke, Xavier, 9:10.24; 3. Brody Santagata, Xavier, 9:31.21; 4. Francis Porrini, Bristol Cent, 9:36.79; 5. Luke Davis, Simsbury, 9:45.19; 6. Michael Byrnes, Wilton, 9:47.41.

110 Meter Hurdles: (w: -2.3) 1. Connor Smith, Fairfield Pr, 16.00; 2. Jarrett Boxley, Bristol Cent, 16.10; 3. Sam forte Forte, Xavier, 16.15; 4. Daniel Anderson, Naugatuck, 16.40; 5. Kevin Murray, Newtown, 16.57; 6. Matthew Taylor, Darien, 16.64.

300 Meter Hurdles: 1. Matthew Gibbs, Hillhouse, 37.89#; 2. Taylor Trowers, Naugatuck, 40.73; 3. Daniel Anderson, Naugatuck, 40.97; 4. Sam forte Forte, Xavier, 41.68; 5. Daniel Kim, Amity, 42.72; 6. Kevin Murray, Newtown, 42.80.

4×100 Meter Relay: 1. Simsbury (Zachary Tartaglia, Kyle Paterson, Timothy Watson, Noble Gongon), 42.78; 2. Fairfield Prep (Robert Younger, Jonathan Morris, Konrad Walinowski, Tymaine Smith), 43.21; 3. Bristol Central (Cassias Breland, Noah Conrod, Jarrett Boxley, Victor Rosa), 43.72; 4. Xavier (Owen Pestka, Owen Miller, Chase Vitale, Stylz Mitchell), 43.72; 5. Shelton (Ari Papadimitriou, Ethan Oko, Connor Picheco, Samuel Klein), 43.78; 6. Hillhouse (Sheldon Edwards, Ralphael Hawkins, Travis James, Matthew Gibbs), 44.01.

4×400 Meter Relay: 1. Naugatuck (Daniel Anderson, Taylor Trowers, Jayshawn Lindsay, LeoAngel Lopez), 3:23.71; 2. Simsbury (Lucas Thompson, Lorenzo Marcktell, Daniel Coyne, Kyle Paterson), 3:25.51; 3. Hillhouse (Tremayne Sweat, Sheldon Edwards, Travis James, Matthew Gibbs), 3:26.55; 4. New Milford (Nolan Freeman, Collin Walsh, Joshua Sam, Connor Sterling), 3:27.37; 5. Darien (Jason Rideout, Luke Riordan, Owen Wagner, Kyle Bloomer), 3:28.49; 6. Newtown (Aidan Budge, John Moxham, Hayden Bobowick, Cameron Whorf), 3:32.25.

4×800 Meter Relay: 1. Simsbury (Rowan Gottshall, Kyle Jennings, Liam McGoldrick, Lucas Thompson), 8:03.07; 2. Amity (Brodey Lu, Benjamin Frazer, Parker Paragas, Mason Beaudette), 8:07.22; 3. Conard (Callum Sherry, Grant Walters, Nicolas Martin, Gavin Sherry), 8:08.55; 4. Xavier (Alexander Ushchak, Jacob Kirejczyk, Joshua Lesniak, Eamon Burke), 8:10.82; 5. Newtown (Soheib Dissa, Connor Dullinger, Cameron Whorf, Aidan Budge), 8:15.52; 6. Naugatuck (Shayne Hasipi, Brendan Lyles, Matthew Nofri, Zachary McCasland), 8:19.83.

Excessive Soar: 1. Timothy Watson, Simsbury, 7-00.75#; 2. Ese Onakpoma, Naugatuck, 6-04; 3. Keyandre Smith, Hillhouse, 6-00; 3. Chauncey Hicks, Kennedy, 6-00; 5. Treshawn Blair, Bristol Cent, 5-10; 6. Jonathan Andrew Cadman, South Windso, 5-08; 6. Cole Musser, Simsbury, 5-08; 6. Jayden Bartelle, Naugatuck, 5-08; 6. Jayshawn Lindsay, Naugatuck, 5-08.

Pole Vault: 1. Connor Aldrich, Simsbury, 11-06; 2. Derek Osborne, Fitch, J11-06; 3. Nicholas Kirejczyk, Xavier, J11-06; 4. Arvin Islam, Shelton, J11-06; 4. Ryan Sanders, Simsbury, J11-06; 6. Colin English, Shelton, 11-00; 6. Joshua Baitch, Amity, 11-00; 6. Likelihood Conklin, Naugatuck, 11-00.

Lengthy Soar: 1. Ese Onakpoma, Naugatuck, 21-06.25, w:NWI; 2. Israel Lopez, Conard, 21-02.25, w:NWI; 3. Ryan Johnson, Wilton, 21-01.75, w:NWI; 4. Andrew Clark, Pomperaug, 21-01, w:NWI; 5. Malachi Jirah O’Neal, South Windso, 21-00.75, w:NWI; 6. Delan Relaford, Hillhouse, 21-00.50, w:NWI.

Triple Soar: 1. Ese Onakpoma, Naugatuck, 45-07, w:NWI; 2. Zyair Wali, Hillhouse, 42-03.25, w:NWI; 3. Khalil Antoine, Hillhouse, 42-02, w:NWI; 4. Treshawn Blair, Bristol Cent, 41-07.25, w:NWI; 5. Donte Kelly, Maloney, 41-00, w:NWI; 6. Richard Bellamy, Hillhouse, 40-10.50, w:NWI.

Shot Put: 1. Gary Moore Jr., Hillhouse, 57-09; 2. Jquan Athis, Hillhouse, 49-03.75; 3. Christopher Bon Tempo, New Milford, 47-08; 4. Damon Haley, Fitch, 46-07.75; 5. Malachi Jones, Bristol Cent, 44-11.25; 6. Emmanuel Neale, Middletown, 43-06.25.

Discus Throw: 1. Gary Moore Jr., Hillhouse, 192-10#; 2. Samuel Robert Meleshenko, South Windso, 163-07; 3. David Walker, Hillhouse, 131-01; 4. Daniel Lauretti, Bristol Cent, 130-08; 5. Reis Muccino, Kennedy, 129-01; 6. Jquan Athis, Hillhouse, 127-03.

Javelin Throw: 1. Gary Moore Jr., Hillhouse, 185-09; 2. Victor Rosa, Bristol Cent, 172-08; 3. Kyle DeRienzo, Amity, 164-02; 4. Isaac Rivera, Simsbury, 158-09; 5. John Roy, Xavier, 156-06; 6. Ayden Sepkaski, Shelton, 153-09.

Women

Crew Scores: 1) E.O. Smith 78.50; 2) Simsbury 70; 3) Shelton 64; 4) Naugatuck 58; 5) Newtown 57; 6) Cheshire 49; 7) New Canaan 48.33; 8) Fairfield Warde 32; 9) Bunnell 30.33; 10) New Milford 30; 11) Darien 29.50; 12) Wilton 25.33; 13) Maloney 25; 14) Bristol Central 24; 15) Farmington 23; 16) Kennedy 14; 17) Bristol Jap 12; 18) Pomperaug 11; 19) Wethersfield 7; 20) Newington 6; 21) South Windsor 5; 22) Middletown 2

100 Meter Sprint Finals: (w: -1.6) 1. Audrey Kozak, Shelton, 12.57; 2. Victoria Francis, Simsbury, 12.62; 3. Ida Moczerniuk, Fairfield Wa, 12.70; 4. Leila Gary, Simsbury, 12.99; 5. Kaylah Phommachanh, Bunnell, 13.12; 6. Sofia Duran, Simsbury, 13.17.

200 Meter Sprint: 1. Victoria Francis, Simsbury, 25.96, w:-0.8; 2. Mary Jasmine DeVivo, E.O. Smith, 26.18, w:-0.8; 3. Ida Moczerniuk, Fairfield Wa, 26.52, w:-0.8; 4. Skyler Howard, Newtown, 26.65, w:-2.1; 5. Rebecca Litwinczyk, Bristol Cent, 27.08, w:-2.1; 6. Kaianni Jones, Kennedy, 27.29, w:-2.1.

400 Meter Sprint: 1. Leah Farrell, Cheshire, 58.50; 2. Camilla Lash, Darien, 59.13; 3. Riley Powers, Newtown, 59.31; 4. Taylor Ostrosky, Shelton, 1:00.22; 5. Jessica Dickson, Pomperaug, 1:01.06; 6. Kaitlyn Lane, Wilton, 1:01.10.

800 Meter Run: 1. Gabriella Hernandez, E.O. Smith, 2:16.12; 2. Olivia Birney, Simsbury, 2:16.65; 3. Julia Blake, Darien, 2:19.62; 4. Grace Myers, Simsbury, 2:20.40; 5. Emily Mrakovcic, Wilton, 2:21.30; 6. Hannah Snayd, Newtown, 2:21.38.

1600 Meter Run: 1. Emily Mrakovcic, Wilton, 4:58.98; 2. Riley Powers, Newtown, 5:02.41; 3. Elizabeth Bigelow, E.O. Smith, 5:02.62; 4. Katherine Bohlke, Newington, 5:04.02; 5. Hannah Stephenson, Farmington, 5:07.05; 6. Alexis Buskey, E.O. Smith, 5:10.86.

3200 Meter Run: 1. Madelaine Sweeney, New Milford, 11:11.64; 2. Bria Benigni, Maloney, 11:17.96; 3. Alexa Ciccone, Cheshire, 11:21.03; 4. Julianne Teitler, Darien, 11:30.46; 5. Radea Raleva, New Canaan, 11:32.74; 6. Emma Pfeiffer, Pomperaug, 11:36.75.

100 Meter Hurdles: (w: -1.6) 1. Allison Murphy, Naugatuck, 15.46; 2. Lily Jason, Naugatuck, 15.88; 3. Meg Barnouw, Fairfield Wa, 16.17; 4. Squirrel Lanz, Cheshire, 16.43; 5. Jasmine Ogando, Kennedy, 16.72; 6. Aida Ouloul, Shelton, 16.91.

300 Meter Hurdles: 1. Allison Murphy, Naugatuck, 44.43; 2. Kira Zawalich, Cheshire, 46.93; 3. Squirrel Lanz, Cheshire, 47.41; 4. Lily Jason, Naugatuck, 47.44; 5. Mia Chen, Shelton, 48.27; 6. Kayleigh Troy, Newtown, 49.07.

4×100 Meter Relay: 1. Newtown (Ella Corridor, Skyler Howard, Amelia Daly, Elise Barricelli), 50.65; 2. E.O. Smith (Jadyn Hamley, Navia Casa, Mary Jasmine DeVivo, Katelyn Shirshac), 50.69; 3. Shelton (Annelyse Sherman, Taylor Ostrosky, Jahneil Marshall, LeAnn Francois), 51.20; 4. Wilton (Marianna Lombardi, Ava Partenza, Isabella DeStefano, Larsen Burke), 51.66; 5. Bristol Central (Emily Blanchette, Rebecca Litwinczyk, Francesca Amara, Lynae Lewis), 51.94; 6. Bunnell (Denaye Maxwell, Kendall Dolan, Samantha Coimin, Kaylah Phommachanh), 52.06.

4×400 Meter Relay: 1. E.O. Smith (Mary Jasmine DeVivo, Elizabeth Bigelow, Navia Casa, Gabriella Hernandez), 4:02.52; 2. Newtown (Riley Powers, Amelia Daly, Skyler Howard, Hannah Snayd), 4:03.97; 3. Naugatuck (Lily Jason, Julia Kropo, Lauren Sonski, Allison Murphy), 4:07.25; 4. Simsbury (Victoria Francis, Leila Gary, Kayla Logan, Olivia Birney), 4:08.60; 5. Darien (Brooke Dolan, Lauren Blake, Alexis Lyons, Camilla Lash), 4:09.34; 6. Cheshire (Squirrel Lanz, Leah Farrell, Mia Vientos, Kira Zawalich), 4:09.88.

4×800 Meter Relay: 1. E.O. Smith (Elizabeth Bigelow, Alexis Buskey, Jayden Stygar, Gabriella Hernandez), 9:20.01; 2. Simsbury (Abigail Smith, Grace Myers, Kate Martin, Olivia Birney), 9:34.61; 3. Cheshire (Leah Farrell, Alexa Ciccone, Meghan Georgescu, Mia Vientos), 9:41.74; 4. Newtown (Ally McCarthy, Ryann Heim-Sherwood, Emily Litke, Hannah Snayd), 9:52.54; 5. Shelton (Hannah Andrejczyk, Mia Chen, Greta Parkes, Adriana Franzese), 10:03.01; 6. New Canaan (Emma Finnerty, Charlotte Moor, Radea Raleva, Lauren Doherty), 10:07.91.

Excessive Soar: 1. Shaelyn Murphy, Maloney, 5-04; 2. Avery Pitts, E.O. Smith, J5-04; 3. Meg Barnouw, Fairfield Wa, 5-02; 4. Kylee Barnes, Bristol Cent, 5-00; 5. Sarah Warden, Farmington, J5-00; 6. Destinee Craft, Bristol Cent, 4-10.

Pole Vault: 1. Sarah Warden, Farmington, 10-00; 2. Devyn Battistoni, Simsbury, 9-06; 3. Jessica Queiroz Amaral, Fairfield Wa, J9-06; 4. Ashley Goodwin, Simsbury, 9-00; 5. Aida Ouloul, Shelton, J9-00; 5. Julia Iacampo, E.O. Smith, J9-00.

Lengthy Soar: 1. Audrey Kozak, Shelton, 18-01, w:NWI; 2. Anichka Malachi, New Milford, 17-09.25, w:NWI; 3. Kylee Barnes, Bristol Cent, 16-10, w:NWI; 4. Eliana Bukai, New Canaan, 15-10, w:NWI; 5. Delaney Pace, Wethersfield, 15-07.75, w:NWI; 6. Mia Savino, E.O. Smith, 15-06.75, w:NWI.

Triple Soar: 1. Anichka Malachi, New Milford, 37-03, w:NWI; 2. Audrey Kozak, Shelton, 34-09, w:NWI; 3. Samantha Coimin, Bunnell, 34-04.50, w:NWI; 4. Eliana Bukai, New Canaan, 34-01, w:NWI; 5. Jylosdet Davila, Maloney, 33-10.50, w:NWI; 6. Ava Sedensky, Pomperaug, 33-08, w:NWI.

Shot Put: 1. Gabriela DeFelice, New Canaan, 36-11; 2. Yovanna Cruz, Bunnell, 32-11.50; 3. Lori Barnett, Kennedy, 31-08.50; 4. Valeriya Shlyk, Cheshire, 30-08.50; 5. Kayla Johnson, Bunnell, 29-10.75; 6. Shayna Millard, Newtown, 29-03.25.

Discus Throw: 1. Gabriela DeFelice, New Canaan, 118-10; 2. Lauren Smith, New Canaan, 99-06; 3. Briana Rubas, Naugatuck, 98-09; 4. Yovanna Cruz, Bunnell, 96-09; 5. Alyssa Jones, Naugatuck, 95-09; 6. Rebekkah Hurlbert, Shelton, 95-04.

Javelin Throw: 1. Mackenzie Fitzsimons, Bristol East, 119-06; 2. Julia Kropo, Naugatuck, 109-07; 3. Emily Miller, E.O. Smith, 108-02; 4. Amanda Smith, Darien, 96-06; 5. Emma Serkosky, Farmington, 91-03; 6. Amelia Fleming, Wilton, 90-09.