Avon High senior Molly Hamel won two NCCC titles at Monday’s league championship meet.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 19 – A year ago, the Avon High girls indoor track team won all four relay events on the way to their second straight NCCC championship. This winter, the Falcons aren’t as deep. Avon didn’t win a single relay as Stafford beat the Falcons by nine points, 93-84 to win the NCCC championship Monday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center at Hillhouse High.
On the boys side, Ellington won three relays and had individual champions in four events to outlast Canton, 135-90 to win its fourth straight NCCC indoor track championship. The Avon boys were eighth in their final NCCC championship appearance.
For the Avon girls, senior Molly Hamel won two individual titles in the 1,000 meters and 3,200 meters. Canton’s Ian LaClair won the shot while Lucy Tanner successfully defended her championship in the 55 hurdles to lead the Warrior girls to a ninth place finish.
In the girls race, Stafford had a solid effort across the board to win the NCCC championship. The Bulldogs won the 4×200 relay and had individual winners in four events.
Avon was led by Hamel, who became the first Falcon to win two individual titles at the NCCC indoor championship meet. Her winning time 3:08.15 in the 1,000 meters was a new school record, breaking the mark set a year ago by Maddi McHugh (3:11.11). Hamel won the 1,000 by nearly three seconds. She won the 3,200 by a whopping 53 seconds over teammate Rachael Martin. Avon had the top three finishers in the 3,200 meters with Gabriella Colletti taking third.
Avon’s 4×800 relay team (Hannah Carpino, Christina Martin, Colletti, Kristen Goldie) took second along with Chimaya Rowland, who was second in the 55 meters. Colletti (3,200), Rachael Martin (1,600), Jade Yen (shot) and the sprint medley relay team (Rowland, Taylor-Ann Jacobs, Grace Meadow and Hamel) each finished third.
The Avon High boys saw three school records get broken. Andrew Suter took third in the 1,600 meters with a record time of 4:49.31. Greg Oberhausen had a school record time of 1:32.93 on the way to a fourth place finish in the 600 meters, breaking the mark (1:33.61) set by Oberhausen at the NCCC Invitational earlier this month.
Avon’s 4×800 relay team (Brett Holtzman, Collin Pritchard, Oberhausen, Suter) finished third with a school-record performance of 8:59.15, snapping the old mark of 9:17.38 set at the NCCC championship meet in 2013.
The Canton boys finished second for the third consecutive year. They’ve finished in the top two at the league meet in six of the last seven years.
Ian LaClair won the NCCC title in the shot with a throw of 40 feet, two inches. Several Warriors earned silver medals. Riley Hollis took second in the 300 meters and long jump. Dean Yost was second in the 1,000 meters while his brother James Yost was second in the 1,600 meters.
Will Briggs took third in the high jump while Stephen Oliver was fourth in the pole vault with a school record leap of nine feet, six inches.
Canton’s Lucy Tanner, in action last spring, won her second straight NCCC indoor title in the 55 hurdles.
Canton’s relays performed well. The 4×800 relay (Noah O’Leary, Ethan Porter, Zach Oliver, James Yost) and 4×400 relay (Bradley Connolly, Dustin Van Kirk, John Solomon, Dean Yost) were each second with the sprint medley relay (Matt Pickett, O’Leary, Ryan Pickett, Dean Yost) finishing third.
For the Canton girls, Lucy Tanner, Abby Briggs and Emily Mitchell each brought home three championship medals for finishing in the top six of their respective events.
Tanner won the 55 hurdles race for the second consecutive season at the NCCC championships with a school record time of 9.28 seconds. It breaks Tanner’s own record of 9.47 seconds set a year ago at this same event.
Tanner was also a member of Canton’s 4×200 relay team (Tanner, Brigggs, Mitchell, Elizabeth Raynor) that finished second in 1:55.76 and the 4×400 relay team (Tanner, Briggs, Mitchell, Raynor) that took fifth. Briggs was third in the 600 meters while Mitchell was sixth in the long jump.
Granby’s girls finished fifth led by Cassandra Miller, who won the 300 meters in 43.86 seconds. The girls 4×400 relay team (Lauren Wutka, Miller, Amanda Rackliff, Shannon Ryan) was third.
On the boys side, Granby was ninth overall. Jeff Turcotte was third in the pole vault with a leap of 9-6. The Bears’ 4×400 relay team (Michael Gantt, Will Groskritz, Nathan Kendrick, Will Rice) finished third.
2015 NCCC boys indoor track championships
At New Haven
Team results – 1. Ellington 135, 2. Canton 90, 3. Suffield 45, 4. Enfield 40, 5. East Windsor 37, 6. Coventry 36, 7. Stafford 30, 8. Avon 27, 9. Granby 21, 10. Windsor Locks 12, 11. Hartford Classical 11, 12. Somers and East Granby 9, 14. SMSA 8
Individual results
BOYS 4×200: 1. Ellington (Dakota Aldrich, Jeremy Baouche, Thomas Mackintosh, Andrew Oliwa) 1:36.30, 2. East Windsor 1:38.60, 3.Stafford 1:43.78, 4. Canton (Matt Pickett, Ryan Pickett, Bradley Connolly, Stephen Oliver) 1:43.88, 5. Hartford Classical 1:44.77, 6. Granby (Michael Gantt, Will Groskritz, Christopher Coon, Chris Holden) 1:45.53
BOYS 4×800: 1. Ellington (Thomas Arbeiter, Kyle Fitzgerald, Jordan Dixon, Jonathan Wing) 8:54.32, 2. Canton (Noah O’Leary, Ethan Porter, Zach Oliver, James Yost) 8:58.60, 3. Avon (Brett Holtzman, Collin Pritchard, Greg Oberhausen, Andrew Suter) 8:59.15, 4. Stafford 9:32.34, 5. Suffield 9:34.51, 6. Granby (Dan Jacobs, Will Rice, Andrew Jennings, Nathan Kendrick) 9:39.60
BOYS 55 hurdles: 1. Tyrik Henry, Enfield, 7.87, 2. Jordan McCray, Suffield, 8.53, 3. Robbie Glassman, East Granby, 8.85, 4. Chase Walbridge, Stafford, 8.87, 5. John Solomon, Canton 8.89, 6. Dustin Van Kirk, Canton 8.92
BOYS 55 meters: 1. Tyrik Henry, Enfield, 6.75, 2. Damieon Russ, East Windsor, 6.82, 3. Andrew Oliwa, Ellington, 6.96, 4. Wellington Silva, Ellington, 6.97, 5. Riley Hollis, Canton, 7.06, 6. Isaiah Davies, East Windsor, 7.07
BOYS 1000 meters: 1. Connor Ratte, Coventry 2:41.64, 2. Dean Yost, Canton, 2:42.52, 3. Thomas Rigby, Suffield, 2:45.50, 4. David Clavet, Ellington, 2:46.88, 5. Albert Tebbets, Ellington 2:49.52, 6. Connor Shanahan, Enfield 2:59.38
BOYS 600 meters: 1. Thomas Mackintosh, Ellington, 1:28.23, 2. William Broding, Ellington, 1:29.04, 3. John Poitra, Somers, 1:31.19, 4. Greg Oberhausen, Avon, 1:32.93, 5. Chris Milne, Coventry, 1:33.05, 6. Robin Allen Chan, SMSA, 1:35.18
BOYS 1,600 meters: 1. Jordan Dixon, Ellington, 4:40.12, 2. James Yost, Canton, 4:42.54, 3. Andrew Suter, Avon, 4:49.31, 4. Thomast Arbeiter, Ellington, 4:49.57, 5. Justin Walch, Suffield, 4:52.85, 6. Collin Pritchard, Avon, 5:00.90
BOYS 1,600 sprint medley relay: 1. Coventry (Chris Milne, Asa Peterson, Lucas Perry, Connor Ratte) 3:55.32, 2. Ellington 3:56.91, 3. Canton (Matt Pickett, Noah O’Leary, Ryan Pickett, Dean Yost) 4:00.87, 4. Suffield 4:04.54, 5. Stafford 4:08.60, 6. Avon (Jack Kostel, Jack Stokesbury, Frank Campinelli, Zach Bortoff) 4:18.64
BOYS 300 meters: 1. Andrew Oliwa, Ellington, 37.57, 2. Riley Hollis, Canton, 38.17, 3. Damieon Russ, East Windsor 38.63, 4. Juan Echevarria, Classical, 38.86, 5. Jeremy Baouche, Ellington 38.95, 6. Wellington Silva, Ellington 39.11
BOYS 3,200 meters: 1. David Clavet, Ellingotn 10:08.78, 2. Albert Tebbetts, Ellington 10:17.15, 3. Jordan Dixon, Ellington, 10:23.90, 4. James Yost, Canton, 10:24.34, 5. John Poitras, Somers, 10:32.66, Thomas Arbeiter, Ellington, 10:44.09
BOYS 4×400 relay: 1. Ellington (William Broding, Thomast Mackintosh, Ian Chandler, Jonathan Wing) 3:44.62, 2. Canton (Bradley Connolly, Dustin Van Kirk, John Solomon, Dean Yost) 3:50.32, 3. Granby (Michael Gantt, Will Groskritz, Nathan Kendrick, Will Rice) 3:55.98, 4. Coventry 3:56.56, 5. Classical 3:59.53, 6. Suffied 4:03.22
BOYS Long Jump: 1. Tyrik Henry, Enfield, 19-8, 2. Riley Hollis, Canton, 19-6¾, 3. Wellington Silva, Ellington, 19-5½, 4. Michael Marion, Suffield 19-1, 5. Sai Chinatapelly, East Granby 18-5¼, 6, Jordan McCray, Suffield 18-0
BOYS Shot put: 1. Ian LaClair, Canton, 40-2, 2. Brendan Crowley Enfield 39-2, 3. Stephen Bienkowski, SMSA, 38-6, 4. Asa Peterson, Coventry, 38-0, 5. Andrew Hayes, East Windsor, 36-11, 6. Michael Coulombe, Coventry 36-8
BOYS Pole vault: 1. Curtis Ruckey, Windsor Locks, 10-0, 2. David Stanco, East Windsor 10-0, 3. Jeff Turcotte, Granby 9-6, 4. Stephen Oliver, Canton, 9-6, 5. Chase Walbridge, Stafford 9-0, 6. Andy Zhao, Avon, 9-6
BOYS High jump: 1. Michael Marion, Suffield 5-8, 2. Matt Moore, Stafford, 5-6, 3. Will Briggs, Canton 5-4, 4. Jeff Turcotte, Granby 5-2, 5. Jordan McCray, Suffield 5-0, 6. Zach LaBrec, Coventry, 5-0
2015 NCCC girls indoor track championships
At New Haven
Team results – 1. Stafford 93, 2. Avon 84, 3. Suffield 66, 4. Ellington 57, 5. Granby 49, 6. Coventry and East Windsor 37, 8. Hartford Classical 34, 9. Canton 29, 10. Windsor Locks 9, 11. Enfield and East Granby 6
Individual results
GIRLS 4×200: 1. Stafford (Carlie Dreyfus, Jasmine Murray, Marissa Dwyer, Cassidy Palmer) 1:52.48, 2. Canton (Abby Briggs, Lucy Tanner, Emily Mitchell, Elizabeth Raynor) 1:55.76, 3. East Windsor, 1:56.20, 4. Windsor Locks 1:57.37, 5. Ellington 1:57.52, 6. Granby (Emily Betterton, Nichole Szilagyi, Amanda Rackliff, Lauren Wutka) 1:57.84
GIRLS 4×800: 1. Ellington (Anna Chamberland, Lia Guerette, Jenni Giacalone, Allison Hill) 10:33.20, 2. Avon (Hannah Carpino, Christina Martin, Gabriella Colletti, Kristen Goldie) 10:50.90, 3. Granby (Emma Sheahan, Cailin Tennis, Abigail McMillan, Abby Shtekler) 11:06.80, 4. Stafford 11:20.00, 5. Coventry 11:20.90, 6. Classical 11:51.10
GIRLS 55 hurdles: 1. Lucy Tanner, Canton, 9.28, 2. Gabriela Resto, East Windsor, 9.68, 3. Chantei McPherson, Classical, 9.86, 4. Nicole Szilagyi, Granby, 9.92, 5. Cassandra Miller, Granby, 9.94, 6. Peyton Teste, Stafford, 10.09
GIRLS 55 meters: 1. Cassidy Palmer, Stafford, 7.37, 2. Chimaya Rowland, Avon, 7.66, 3. Jasmine Murray, Stafford, 7.73, 4. Margaret DaMotta, Windsor Locks, 8.01, 5. Lauren Stout, East Granby, 8.05, 6. Kira Bourret, Suffield 8.14
GIRLS 1,000 meter: 1. Molly Hamel, Avon, 3:08.15, 2. Lauren Izabe, Suffield, 3:11.70, 3. Katherine Lee, 3:26.71, 4. Katie Baker, Suffield, 3:28.90, 5. Sydney Brierly, Coventry, 3:29.73, 6. Madison Sides, Avon, 3:30.83
GIRLS 600 meters: 1. Kaela Maloney, Stafford, 1:47.42, 2. Samantha Carpino, Coventry, 1:47.88, 3. Abby Briggs, Canton, 1:48.20, 4. Kaitlin Girardini, Suffield, 1:48.39, 5. Kathryne Bergeron, Ellington, 1:49.80, 6. Emily Costanzo, Ellington, 1:50.13
GIRLS 1,600 meters: 1. Lauren Izabel, Suffield, 5:41.80, 2. Allison Hill, Ellington, 5:42.27, 3. Rachael Martin, Avon, 5:44.62, 4. Rachel Gallison, Stafford, 5:45.56, 5. Farhiyo Aden, Enfield, 5:50.34, 6. Kristen Goldie, Avon, 5:51.90
GIRLS 1,600 sprint medley relay: Coventry (Sam Carpino, Amanda Joslin, Lexie Hanrath, Kirsten Krause) 4:42.82, 2. Ellington 4:43.10, 3. Avon (Chimaya Rowland, Taylor Ann Jacobs, Grace Meador, Molly Hamel) 4:43.41, 4. Suffield 4:48.01, 5. Stafford 5:00.35, 6. Granby (Abby Shtekler, Nicole Szilagyi, Rebecca Rising, Caitlin Tennis) 5:08.01
GIRLS 300 meters: 1. Cassandra Miller, Granby 43.86, 2. Cassidy Palmer, Stafford 44.77, 3. Chantei McPherson, Classical 45.06, 4. Christine Oberhausen, Avon, 45.73, 5. McKayla Hoover, Suffield 45.85, 6. Brianna Salmon, Classical 47.71
GIRLS 3,200 meters: 1. Molly Hamel, Avon, 11:43.79, 2. Rachael Martin, Avon, 12:36.73, 3. Gabriella Colletti, Avon, 12:42.58, 4. Katie Baker, Suffield, 12:48.35, 5. Farhiyo Aden, Enfield, 12:49.32, 6. Sara Leavens, Avon, 12:55.35
GIRLS 4×400 relay: 1. Suffield (Lauren Izabel, Kaitlin Girardini, McKayla Hoover, Kira Bourret) 4:24.53, 2. Coventry 4:31.69, 3. Granby (Lauren Wutka, Cassandra Miller, Amanda Rackliff, Shannon Ryan) 4:31.76, 4. Ellington 4:33.41, 5. Canton (Abby Briggs, Emily Mitchell, Elizabeth Raynor) 4:39.82, 6. Stafford 4:40.55
GIRLS Long jump: 1. Daisia Walker, East Windsor 17-5, 2. Shania Myers, Classical 15-7¼, 3. Chantei McPherson, Classical 15-5¼, 4. Emily Kopec, Stafford, 15-0, 5. Lexie Hanrath, Coventry 15-0, 6. Emily Mitchell, Canton, 14-9
GIRLS Shot put: 1. Jasmine Murray, Stafford 35-10, 2. Erin McGann, Suffield 34-6½, 3. Jade Yen, Avon, 30-2, 4. Jacquelyn Griffin, Classical 29-11, 5. Anna Austin, Stafford, 29-10½, 6. Jamie Lepito, Avon, 28-7½
GIRLS pole vault: 1. Emily Kopec, Stafford, 8-0, 2. Meaghan Clark, Suffield 7-0, 3. Abbe Minor, Stafford 7-0, 4. Shannon Hendrickson, East Windsor and Katie Campbell, East Windsor 6-6, 6. Melody Crane, Ellington, 6-0
GIRLS High jump: 1. Emily Betterton, Granby, 5-0, 2. Megan Knowling, Ellington 5-0, 3. Shannon Ryan, Granby 4-10, 4. Kameron Keel, East Windsor, 4-8, 5. Sydney Geer, East Granby 4-8, 6. Suzanne Pranger, Coventry 4-6
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