Two Canton High athletes won state championships at Monday’s Class S championship meet at Willowbrook Park in New Britain, helping the Warriors finish third.
Lucy O’Connor won the high jump with a personal-best leap of 5-foot-3 to win her first outdoor track state championship while Kayla Berning won the triple jump with a leap of 35-8¾ feet.
Coventry won their first-ever state championship in girls track and field with 61 points with Coginchaug second with 51½ points and Canton taking third with 49 points. It was the first year since 2019 that the Warriors had multiple state champions in the same meet.
The Canton boys were 28th in Class S with five points with three athletes earning top 10 finishes. Bloomfield beat Coginchaug by 110 points to win the meet, 159-49.
O’Connor cleared 5-2 on her final attempt and cleared 5-3 on her final attempt in the high jump. No one else in the field cleared more than 5-0 feet. She also scored points for the Warriors by finishing sixth in the shot with a throw of 29-8½ feet.
In the triple jump, Berning led from start to finish and got her longest jump of the day on her final leap of the competition. She also finished fourth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.39 seconds.
Ally Chickos had a pair of top 10 finishes. She finished fourth in the shot with a throw 31-8¾ feet and fifth in the discus with a throw of 91-6.
Charlotte Davis was seventh in the 300 hurdles (51.14 seconds) and triple jump (32-1½) while Caraline Gaffney finished fifth in the pole vault with a leap of 9-0 feet. Ava Carman was seventh in the 400 meters with a season-best time of 1:01.52.
A week earlier at the NCCC championship meet, Berling won two events. She won the 100 hurdles with a personal-best time of 15.79 seconds and captured the long jump with a personal best time of 16-7. She was also second in the triple jump with a leap of 34-11.
Chickos won the shot at the NCCC championships with a throw of 34-1 and was second in the discus with a personal-best throw of 103-1 feet. Davis was second in the 300 hurdles at the NCCC meet (50,62) and third in the triple jump (32-6).
For the second consecutive year, Canton (10-1) finished second in the NCCC meet behind league champion Rockville (11-0).
At the Class S championships, Canton’s Colin Morisano finished sixth in the 110 hurdles (15.90 seconds) and tenth in the 300 hurdles (43.41 seconds). Aleque Augustine took seventh in the shot with a throw of 43-6¾ feet.
A week earlier at the NCCC championships, Canton (5-6) was fifth in their best showing at the event since 2021.
Warren Pelletier finished second in the discus with a personal-best throw of 131-10 feet while Dylan Campbell was second in the 400 meters (52.13). Campbell also finished third in the 200 meters (23.34) and fourth in the 100 meters (11.34).
Morisano was third in the 110 hurdles with a personal-best time of 15.90 and fifth in the 300 hurdles (44.47). Dave Johnson was sixth in the high jump with a personal-best leap of 5-4.
2026 CIAC Class S championship results (Athletic.net)
NCCC championships
At Ellington (May 26)
BOYS: 1. Rockville 164½, 2. Ellington 146½, 3, Stafford 63, 4. East Granby 53, 5. Canton 47½, 6. Coventry 46, 7. Suffield 40½, 8. Granby and East Windsor 39, 10. Windsor Locks 36½, 11. Bolton 21½, 12. Somers 4
Of note: Rockville won the NCCC championship meet for the fifth straight year, the longest streak since Canton won five straight from 2010-14.
2026 NCCC championships full results (Athletic.net)
GIRLS: 1. Rockville 121, 2. Canton 108, 3. Coventry 101½, 4. Ellington81½, 5. Stafford 81, 6. Bolton 47, 7. East Granby 40, 8. Granby 35, 9. Windsor Locks 28, 10. Somers and Suffield 23, 12. East Windsor 11
Of note: For the second straight year, Rockville beat Canton to win the league championship meet.
2026 NCCC championships full results (Athletic.net)
