2008 Outdoor Meet News

2008 Outdoor Track and Field News

37th Hartford Public Invite Meet Preview - Part 2...
(May 9, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) Now in a third year at the Veterans Stadium in New Britain Connecticut, the 37th Hartford Public High School Outdoor Track and Field Invitational has an outstanding field of talent in an event that is geared toward quality and not quantity. Athletes from the Northeast as well as New York and Canada are slated to compete on Saturday, May 10, 2008 starting at 9:30am.

In the Women's events, there are several top performers in the field events. In the Women's Field Events, one of the top throwers in the Northeast, Becky O'Brien of Greely ME, is featured in the Shot Put and Discus Throw. In the Shot Put , O'Brien (47'-11) will be challenged by Victoria Flowers of Classical HS RI (46'-0) while in the Discus Throw, O'Brien (156') is seeded second to Kelsey Huckins of Keene HS NH (158'-9). The Hammer Throw features three throwers with seed marks over 150', led by Flowers of Classical RI, Robin Callan of Monroe-Woodbury NY and Karen Henning of St. Anthony's HS NY. State athletes are the top two seeds in the Javelin Throw with Julia Adruini of Fairfield Ward and Jess Biercevicz of Seymour. In the vertical jumps, the Pole Vault top performers include Kim Johnson of Norwich Free Academy CT and Lauren Bennett of East Lyme CT. The High Jump features several athletes at 5'6" with Allison Barwise (Amity CT), Jasmine Cribb (Naugatuck CT), Kristen Johnson (Bloomfield CT) and Maggie Flemming (Lincoln Sudbury MA). The Long Jump entries are highlighted by Mickey Jusme (Classical RI) at 18' while the large Triple Jump field is led by Madalayne Smith of Saratoga Springs NY (37'3") and Jusme of Classical RI (37').

The Men's individual Track events are highlighted by top regional performers in the sprints and distance events. The top contenders in the Lindy Remigino 100m Dash include Nickolei Mahlung of Bishop Loughlin NY, Kevin Downing of Platt HS CT, Trevardo Williams of Bridgeport Central CT and Jeffrey Wilkins of Hillhouse CT. The 200m Dash features speedster Dominic Smith of Bloomfield CT who will be tested by Austin VonOhlsen of Ridgefield CT and Nickolei Mahlung of Bishop Loughlin NY. The top athletes in the 110 Hurdles race are Matt Callanan (Mansfield MA), Nathaniel Mercer (Uniondale NY), Darryl Bradshaw (Sheepshead Bay NY) and Sheldon Allen (Charlestown MA). The 400m Hurdles race is highlighted by Alex Benedito (Shelton CT) at 54.0 and Matt Callanan (Mansfield MA) 54.80. The 400m Dash should prove to be an exciting race as Smith from Bloomfield (48.10) is challenged by Anthony Celestin and Chad Allen of Hempstead NY. The Ed Bowes Men's 800m Run features a trio of state athletes with Parker Boudreau (Danbury CT) 1:53.01, Cas Loxsom (Wilbur Cross CT) 1:54.00 and Andrew Esposito (Ledyard CT) 1:56.05. The premier distance event of meet should be the Men's 1-Mile run as the top seven contenders are seeded under 4:20 led by Willie Ahearn (Danbury CT) 4:13.29, Omar Aden (Charlestown MA) 4:13.70, state 5k record holder Donn Cabral (Glastonbury CT), Andrew Springer (Westerly RI), Matt Casey (Branford CT), Jason Cusack (Griswold CT) and Peter Jankovsky (Westhill CT). The fast heat of the Men's 2-Mile Run may prove to be exciting as well with the top four contenders seeded under 9:20 led by Matt Terry (Danbury CT), 9:08.44, Everett Hackett (William Hall CT), Andrew Judd (Conard CT) and Springer (Westerly RI).

The Men's Field Events are stocked with top regional athletes as well as seen in the Long Jump with Mike Hartfield (Manchester CT) at 24'4" facing off with Daryl Baptiste (Danbury CT). In the Triple Jump, Hartfield leads the field again with a 46'6" mark with Matt Berube (Southington CT) to challenge him. Berube is the top seed in the High Jump at 6'8" and will be tested by Robert Contuzzi (Northhampton MA) 6'7" and several who have cleared 6'6". The Pole Vault features Matt Alexander (Windham Tech CT) at 15'6" who will contend with Craig Babcock (NFA CT) and Cory Calamari (Fitch CT). In the throwing events, the Men's Shot Put features a pair of 56 foot plus throwers from Mansfield MA, Mike McPherson and Dan Glavine. The Discus Throw pits top seed Jim Schwendtner (Shenendehowa NY) 168'9" against Glavine (160'10"). The Red Lawson Javelin Throw is highlighted by top seed Ben Latham (Fitch CT) at 212 feet followed by Jeff Foster (East Lyme CT) and Miles Snelgrove (Lyman Memorial CT). The Irv Black Hammer Throw features a trio of athletes from Classical RI with Patrick Onye (188'), Michael Taylor (186') and Joshua Faboyede (182').

The Men's Relay Events start with the fast heat of the 4x800m race featuring MSIT NY (8:05), Danbury CT (8:05), Norwich Free Academy CT (8:07) and Transit NY (8:08). Don't look away during the Men's 4x100m Relay or you may miss the top teams that include Bloomfield CT (42.10), Hempstead NY (42.30) and Middletown CT (42.84). The Men's 4x400m Relay features Transit NY (3:22) against Samuel Tilden NY (3:24). The Men's 4x200m looks like a quick race as top seed Hempstead NY contends with Uniondale NY and Sheepshead Bay NY, all under the 1:30 mark. The fast heat of the 1600m Sprint Medley Relay features Sheepshead Bay NY (3:30), Erasmus Hall NY and Danbury CT. View the meet reports at the 37th HPHS Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet website.

37th Hartford Public Invite Meet Preview - Part 1...
(May 8, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) Now in a third year at the Veterans Stadium in New Britain Connecticut, the 37th Hartford Public High School Outdoor Track and Field Invitational has an outstanding field of talent in an event that is traditionally geared more towards quality than quantity. Athletes from the New England states as well as New York and Canada are slated to compete on Saturday, May 10, 2008 starting at 9:30am.

In the Women's events, there are several top performers on the track and in the field. Based upon the submitted entries to date, the top seeded athletes scheduled to appear on the Track include: Madalayne Smith of Saratoga Springs NY (13.90) and Meghan Ferreira of Mansfield HS MA (14.90) in the 100m Hurdles. In the Women 2000 Meter Steeplechase, the number one nationally ranked Hannah Davidson of Saratoga Springs NY (6:45.00) is featured. Chelsea Jubrey of Rockville CT leads the field in the 100m Dash with a seed time of 11.90 and will contend with Samantha Francis of Paul Robeson NY. Jubrey will return in the 200m Dash leading the field of entrants with a 24.50 seed mark and challenged by Sheina Roberts of Bishop Loughlin NY and Marrisa Walter of Central Kings HS in Canada. The 400m Dash features Charlene Lipsey of Hempstead HS NY (54.00) and Sheina Roberts of Bishop Loughlin NY. The 400m Hurdles has two quality seeds in Didi Jusme of Classical HS RI (1:02) competing against Ann Marie Clarke of Hillhouse CT (1:02. The seeded heat of the Bill Baron 800m Run has several top contenders with the top five under 2:17; Molly Binder of Lincoln Sudbury MA (2:11.88), Michelle Riley of Saratoga Springs NY (2:13.00), Eryn Wheeler of Coventry RI (2:14.90), Annelies Gamble of Amity Regional CT (2:16.10) and Bo Dunn of Bromfield MA (2:16.84). The Joanna Marshall 1-Mile Run entrants are led by CT state record holder Anna Shields of Lewis Mills with a fresh 4:48.54 from the Penn Relays, she'll be challenged by Sarah McCurdy of Bay Shore NY and Emily Mepham of Lincoln Sudbury MA. The Women's 2-Mile Run may prove to be competitive as well with Hannah Davidson of Saratoga Springs NY entered at 10:30.00 and Emily Jones of Bromfield MA at 10:30.41. In the Relay events, the 4x800m Relay features top ranked Lincoln Sudbury Regional (9:06.44), Saratoga Springs NY (9:12.00), Westerly RI (9:27.50) and East Lyme CT (9:29.00)

The Women's 4x100m Relay looks to be a fast event with Paul Robeson (47.43), Danbury CT (48.14) and Weaver CT (48.50) the top three teams. The Women's 4x400m Relay is highlighted by three teams under the 4-minute mark; Bishop Loughlin NY, Paul Robeson NY and Mansfield MA. The fast heat of the Women's 4x200m Relay pits Paul Robeson NY and Weaver CT against each other with 1:43 seed times. The final 1600m Sprint Medley Relay could see the best for last as the top three teams are seeded under 4:05; Hempstead NY, Lincoln Sudbury MA and Samuel J. Tilden NY.

More meet event previews are scheduled for Friday include Women's Field events and Men's events. View the meet reports at the 37th HPHS Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet website.

NVL Championship Meet - Event Entry Forms Available...
(May 7, 2008-5:30am-By Ron Knapp) The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is now available for completion for the 2008 Naugatuck Valley League Championships at the NVL Championships website. The Naugatuck Valley League Championships at Watertown High School in Watertown CT, is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 12-noon. Coaches must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system for all entries. The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Tuesday, 9:00pm, May 13, 2008, NO LATE Entries.

Hartford Public Invite Meet Update - Reports Available...
(May 6, 2008-6:30am-By Ron Knapp) The School Entry, Performance List and Meet Fee reports for the 37th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet are now available online at the meet the 37th HPHS Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet website. Coaches should review the Meet Fees report for payments due by meet day as well as School Entry Lists for a listing of all athletes and events by school as well as review the Performance Lists for a complete listing of all athletes by event. Please use the Online Scratch Form to make your scratches to existing entries before 12-noon, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in order to facilitate running the meet on Saturday.

Irv Black Invite Photo Gallery Completed at Flickr Site...
(May 6, 2008-6:30am-By Ron Knapp) You are invited to view and download more than 1,500 photographs from both days of competition at the Irv Black High School Invite Meet at Trinity College from the MySportsResults.com webpage at Flickr.com. While there is no need to become a Flickr.com member to view and download any photos, you must abide by the MySportsResults.com copyright notices explained on the Copyright Notice page.

Journal Inquirer Greater Manchester Meet - Event Entry Forms Available...
(May 5, 2008-11:45pm-By Ron Knapp) The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is now available for completion for the Journal Inquirer Greater Manchester Track and Field Meet at the 27th Journal Inquirer - Greater Manchester Track and Field Invitational website. The Journal Inquirer Greater Manchester Track and Field Meet at Manchester High School in Manchester CT, is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 9:30am. Coaches who have submitted their Intent to Enter forms must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system for all entries. The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Saturday, 11:59pm, May 10, 2008, NO LATE Entries.

Featured Meet Complete Results...
(May 3, 2008-11:15pm-By Ron Knapp) The results from the competition at the MySportsResults.com Featured Meets, the Middletown Invite Varsity, Blue Devil and the 77th Greater Hartford Invite, are available at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

Cabral Earns 5k State Record at Manchester Midnight Invite...
(May 3, 2008-8:30am-By Ron Knapp) At the Manchester Midnight Invite Meet on Friday night under optimal conditions for a distance runner, Donn Cabral of Glastonbury made another mark on the state record books as he won the Boys Elite 5000m Run in a time of 14:32.60 to eclipse the former record of 14:37.83 set by Andre Laboy of Danbury in 2002. The new mark also set a meet record that was formerly held by David Krause of Amity (15:16.54). Other meet records were established by Kristen Johnson of Bloomfield in the High Jump (5'2"), the North Haven Boys team in the 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay (1:06.26) as well as record ties from Marcus Cooper of Bloomfield in the High Jump (6'6") and Jill Pizzo of Glastonbury in the Pole Vault (9'6"). In new events, meet records were established by Emily Harris of Glastonbury in the 3000m Run with a winning time of 10:44.03, Miles Snelgrove of Lyman Memorial in the Javelin (168'8"), Kristianna Ibsen of Shelton in the Javelin (133'6") as well as the 4x400m Relay teams from Bloomfield with their Boys team winning in 3:28.56 and their Girls quartet winning in 4:17.96. Complete results are available at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

Featured Meets Slated for Today and Saturday...
(May 2, 2008-9:30am-By Ron Knapp) Two of the MySportsResults.com Featured Meets, Middletown Invitational JV Meet and the Manchester Midnight Invite Meet are slated for today's meet schedule while the 77th Greater Hartford Outdoor Track and Field Meet, the Blue Devil Invitational and the Middletown Invitational Varsity Meet are scheduled for competition on Saturday. Please see the respective meet website for all meet information, including start lists and updated notices and reports:

Middletown Invitational Meet - Performance Lists Available Today...
(Apr 27, 2008-10:30pm-By Ron Knapp) The School Entry and Performance List reports for the Middletown Invitational Varsity and JV Meets are now available online at the meet website: Middletown Invite Meet website. Review the School Entry Lists for a listing of all athletes and events by school as well as review the Performance Lists for a complete listing of all athletes by event. Please use the Varsity Online Scratch and Correction Form to make your changes to existing entries before 12-noon, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 in order to facilitate running the meet on Saturday.

Manchester Midnight Invite Meet - Performance Lists Available Today...
(Apr 27, 2008-10:30pm-By Ron Knapp) The School Entry and Performance List reports for the Manchester Midnight Invite Meet are now available online at the meet website: Manchester Midnight Invitational. Review the School Entry Lists for a listing of all athletes and events by school as well as review the Performance Lists for a complete listing of all athletes by event. Please use Online Correction-Scratch Form to make your changes to existing entries before 12-noon, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 in order to facilitate running the meet on Friday.

77th Greater Hartford Invitational Meet - Performance Lists Available Today...
(Apr 27, 2008-10:30pm-By Ron Knapp) The School Entry and Performance List reports for the 77th Greater Hartford Outdoor Track and Field Meet are now available online at the meet website: 77th Greater Hartford Outdoor Track and Field Meet. Review the School Entry Lists for a listing of all athletes and events by school as well as review the Performance Lists for a complete listing of all athletes by event. Please use Online Correction-Scratch Form to make your changes to existing entries before 12-noon, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in order to facilitate running the meet on Saturday.

Ledyard Relays - Featured Meet Complete Results...
(Apr 27, 2008-11:00am-By Ron Knapp) The results from the competition at the MySportsResults.com Featured Meet 2008 Ledyard Relays are available at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

Dave Smith Rockville Relays - Featured Meet Complete Results...
(Apr 26, 2008-10:00pm-By Ron Knapp) The results from the competition at the MySportsResults.com Featured Meet 2008 Dave Smith Rockville Relays are available at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

Blue Devil Meet - Event Entry Deadline Extended to Saturday...
(Apr 26, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) Meet Director Marty Roberts has extended the online Athlete Event Entry deadline an extra day to Saturday, 11:59pm, April 26, 2008. The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is available for completion for the Blue Devil Invitational at the meet website: Blue Devil Invite. The Blue Devil Invitational at the O.H Platt High School in Meriden CT is scheduled for a 2:00pm start on Saturday May 3, 2008. Coaches of invited teams only must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system for entries.

Dave Smith Rockville Relays - Featured Meet Today...
(Apr 26, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) The MySportsResults.com Featured Meet 2008 Dave Smith Rockville Relays, originally scheduled for April 12, finally gets underway today at 10:00am at the Rockville High School Track and Field facility. Although some teams are not able to compete due to scheduling conflicts, the number of meet participants and teams remain high and should provide good competition all day. The meet offers two new events including the 100m Dash and the 4x200m Relay while offering the Distance Medley relay and a popular off-track 2-mile relay. In some events like the Long Jump and Javelin, athletes are provided with the opportunity to compete against others in their age group. All meet details are available at the meet website: 2008 Rockville Relays

Friday Night at the Penn Relays...
(Apr 26, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) On Friday night at the Penn Relays Invite, held at Franklin Field, the University of Pennsylvania, Andrew Judd of Conard-West Hartford scored a top six finish when he placed fourth in the High School Boys 3000m Championship Race with a time of 8:37.55. The race winner was Mark Dennin (Boyertown, PA) in a time of 8:30.11 with Solomon Haile (Sandy Spring, MD) in second in a time of 8:34.53 and Brad Kenimer (Alexandria, VA) in third with a time of 8:35.76. Full meet coverage with live blogs of current events are available online at the meet website: www.thepennrelays.com.

Ledyard Relays - Featured Meet Starts Today...
(Apr 25, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) The MySportsResults.com Featured Meet 2008 Ledyard Relays opens today at 3:30pm with the first of two days of competition at Ledyard High School. Meet directors Dave Tetlow and Kyle Griffin have over 1,000 athletes from nineteen Boys schools and seventeen Girls Schools participating in a few individual events but mostly relay events. Today's events include individual events such as the 300m Hurdles, the Boys 5k Run and the Girls 3200m Run and relay events; the Boys High Jump, Girls Long Jump, Boys and Girls Shot Put and Javelin as well as the Girls Pole Vault. The meet concludes on Saturday starting at 10:00am with both track and relay events that include infrequently contested events like the shuttle hurdles, distance medley, 4x1600m and sprint medley relays. The meet program and other meet information is available at the meet website: Ledyard Relays.

Blue Devil Meet - Event Entry Form Deadline is Today...
(Apr 25, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Friday, 11:59pm, April 25, 2008, NO LATE Entries.
The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is available for completion for the Blue Devil Invitational at the meet website: Blue Devil Invite. The Blue Devil Invitational at the O.H Platt High School in Meriden CT is scheduled for a 2:00pm start on Saturday May 3, 2008. Coaches of invited teams only must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system for entries.

Shields Lowers 1-Mile State Record at Penn Relays...
(Apr 24, 2008-9:30pm-By Ron Knapp) Earlier today at the Penn Relays Invite, held at Franklin Field, the University of Pennsylvania, Anna Shields of Lewis Mills lowered the Connecticut Outdoor State Record in the Girls 1-Mile Run with her fourth place finish time of 4:48.52. Shields, pictured left, placed behind winner Stephanie Morgan (Barnesville OH) who finished in a meet record time of 4:41.22, Emily Infeld (Beaumont OH) 4:43.31 and Chelsey Sveinsson (Addison TX) 4:43.51. Shields broke the former state record of 4:53.90 set by Meghan Owen of Killlingly at the 2003 AOC National Meet. Also finishing in the event were Heather Stephens of Ridgefield (10th-5:09.54) and Courtney Dinnan of Hamden (11th-5:19.64). Many high school teams from Connecticut traveled to participate in a wide variety of events at the five day meet that also includes Olympic Development, Collegiate, Prep School and Masters events. Full meet coverage with live blogs of current events are available online at the meet website: www.thepennrelays.com. The Connecticut Outdoor Track and Field Records are available at the State Records page.

Manchester Midnight Invite Meet - Event Entry Forms Available...
(Apr 23, 2008-11:00pm-By Ron Knapp) The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is now available for completion for the Manchester Midnight Invite Meet at the meet website: Manchester Midnight Invitational website. The Manchester Midnight Invite Meet at Manchester High School in Manchester CT, is scheduled for Friday, May 2, 2008 at 4:30pm. Coaches who have submitted their Intent to Enter forms must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system all entries. The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Saturday, 11:59pm, April 26, 2008, NO LATE Entries.

Hartford Public Invite Meet Update - Event Entry Forms Available...
(Apr 23, 2008-11:00pm-By Ron Knapp) The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is now available for completion for the 37th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet. The meet will once again be held at the Veterans' Stadium, located at Willowbrook Park in New Britain Connecticut on Saturday, May 10, 2008. Coaches who have submitted their Intent to Enter forms must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system all entries. The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Saturday, 11:59pm, May 3, 2008, NO LATE Entries. Entry procedures, fees, rules, records, past results and minimum standards are available at the 37th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet website.

Blue Devil Meet - Event Entry Form Deadline is Friday...
(Apr 23, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is available for completion for the Blue Devil Invitational at the meet website: Blue Devil Invite. The Blue Devil Invitational at the O.H Platt High School in Meriden CT is scheduled for a 2:00pm start on Saturday May 3, 2008. Coaches of invited teams only must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system for entries. The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Friday, 11:59pm, April 25, 2008, NO LATE Entries.

Irv Black Invite Day 2 Photo Gallery at Flickr Site...
(Apr 20, 2008-10:30pm-By Ron Knapp) You are invited to view and download the photographs from the second day of competition at the Irv Black High School Invite Meet at Trinity College from the MySportsResults.com webpage at Flickr.com. While there is no need to become a Flickr.com member to view and download any photos, you must abide by the MySportsResults.com copyright notices explained on the Copyright Notice page. Current content includes over 600 photos from Track events on Day 2 in addition to the over 300 photos from Day 1 events. Watch for an additional 600 Field and Relay event photos.

77th Greater Hartford Invitational Meet - Event Entry Forms Now Available...
(Apr 20, 2008-8:00pm-By Ron Knapp) The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is now available for completion for the 77th Greater Hartford Outdoor Track and Field Meet at the meet website: 77th Greater Hartford Outdoor Track and Field Meet website. The 77th Greater Hartford Outdoor Track and Field Meet at Simsbury High School in Simsbury CT, featuring a Small School and Large School championship, is scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 2:00pm. Coaches who have submitted their Intent to Enter forms must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system all entries. The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Saturday, 11:59pm, April 26, 2008, NO LATE Entries.

Middletown Invitational Meet - Event Entry Forms Now Available...
(Apr 20, 2008-8:00pm-By Ron Knapp) The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is now available for completion for the Middletown Invitational at the meet website: Middletown Invite Meet website. The Middletown Invitational at the Middletown High School in Middletown CT, featuring a Junior Varsity and a Varsity Meet, is scheduled for Friday-Saturday, May 2-3, 2008. Coaches who have submitted their Intent to Enter forms must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system for both Junior Varsity and Varsity meet entries. The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Saturday, 11:59pm, April 26, 2008, NO LATE Entries.

Special Performances at Early Season Irv Black Meet - Day Two...
(Apr 20, 2008-10:30am-By Ron Knapp, Updated 4/21/08) During the second day of competition at the 4th Annual Irv Black High School Invitational several athletes established early season marks that other competitors will measure themselves against as the 2008 Outdoor season continues toward the state meets in June.

Leading the sprint event highlights was Dominic Smith of Bloomfield who captured both the 100m Dash in 10.90 and the 400m Dash in 48.75. In the 100m Dash, Smith finished ahead of Bryan Bostic of Ansonia (2nd-11.24) and Tony Pastore (Seymour) and James Hodges (Wethersfield) who both finished at 11.33 for a third place tie. In the Boys 400m Dash, Smith had the lead by the half way mark and finished strong ahead in the first heat while Demitry Lewis of HPHS (2nd-51.58-Heat2) and Wilby Martin of Ansonia (3rd-51.71-Heat3) ran well to win their heats and place in the top three overall. In the 200m Dash, Marquay Wynn of Middletown edged Jacob DeValve of Manchester 22.54 to 22.61 for first place.

In the fan favorite race 3000m Steeplechase, Everett Hackett of Wm.Hall-West Hartford surged at the half way mark to win in 9:37.86 while Jason Cusack of Griswold finished second in 9:52.48. Hackett has his sights set on bettering the State Record of 9:30.20 set by Gavin Coombs of Griswold in 2003 in this infrequently contested event.

The Boys 1600m run saw the return of senior Will Griffin of East Catholic to the track scene as he used a midway surge to pull away from the field to win in 4:20.32. Andrew Judd of Conard-West Hartford was second (4:22.29) and Richard Klauber of Thomaston was third (4:25.58).

In the Boys 800m Run, senior Andrew Esposito of Ledyard took control early on the 2-lap race and surged to a larger lead with 300m remaining to finish in 1:56.05. Dan Watson of New Milford (2nd-1:58.49), Isiah Whiting of Hamden (3rd-1:58.56) and Dave Krinjak of Manchester (4th-1:59.64) were also under the 2-minute mark.

In the Boys field events, Chad Nadeau of Plainfield won the Shot Put with a toss of 53-07 as Jacob DeValve of Manchester was second (51-00.5) and John Midy of Westhill was third (50-06).

In the final Varsity Relay event of the day, AI Prince Tech used a come-from-behind effort by anchorman Josh Walton in the final 100 meters to win in 3:29.19 over runner-up Wilbur Cross (3:29.64). Wethersfield and Staples finished a close third and fourth, 3:30.35 to 3:30.98.

Other Boys event champions:

110m Hurdles, Rodrigo Sousa, Old Saybrook, 15.51
4x100m Relay, Middletown, 42.84
400m Hurdles, Josh Walton, AI Prince Tech, 57.86
3200m Run, Forest Misenti, Xavier, 9:32.97
Discus, Kyle Cholewa, Griswold 145-00
Triple Jump, Mike Hartfield, Manchester, 45-05.5
High Jump, Jacob Drodz, Seymour, 6-04
Pole Vault, Matt Alexander, Windham Tech, 15-00
JV 4x100m Relay, Berlin (47.05)
JV 4x400m Relay, AI Prince Tech, 3:46.60

In the Girls sprint events, senior Chelsea Jubrey of Rockville started her day by winning the 100m Dash in 12.23 with Shakira Edwards (Wilby) in second at 12.86 with Sonnett Bromfield of Capital Prep in third at 13.16. A short time after, Jubrey anchored Rockville's Varsity 4x100m relay team as she turned a 10-meter deficit when she took the baton into a winning time of 50.06 to defeat runner-up Bloomfield (50.36) and East Hartford (50.89).

In the Girls 1600m run, Anna Shields took the lead early and ran strong to break the 5-minute mark to win in 4:58.60. Courtney Dinnan of Hamden was second in 5:10.30 with Katherine Crabtree of Guilford in third (5:12.89).

In the Girls 400m Dash, Nicole McClintock of East Hartford won the event from heat 2 in a time of 58.54 while Leah Clement of East Lyme (59.12) and Chelsea Harris of Hamden (59.17) in heat 1 were the only other runners under the 1-minute mark.

The Girls 800m Run was highlighted by a strong 2:16.10 effort by Annelies Gamble of Amity as she surged over the final 300 meters to win over Leah Clement (East Lyme-2:18.18) and Anna Shields (Lewis Mills-2:18.36).

In the Girls field events, Athalia Smith of New Britain won the Shot Put with a toss of 39-10 while Rachel Morgan of Wm.Hall West Hartford was second (38-04.5).

The Girls 3200m Run was a three runner contest over the last four laps as Kristin Mitchell of Glastonbury prevailed for the win in 11:10.76 while teammate Kristen Malloy (11:13.54) surged past Katie Mattews of Rocky Hill (11:15.24) in the last 100 meters to take second place.

In the final Girls' Varsity Relay event of the day, Rockville led from start to finish as they crossed the finish line in 4:05.93 while Glastonbury was second in 4:08.81 and Amity was third in 4:10.07.

Other Girls event champions:

100m Hurdles, Kristen Johnson, Bloomfield, 15.39
200m Dash, Tina Thomas, Classical Magnet, 26.41
Discus, Julia Adruini, Fairfield Ward, 117-09
Javelin, Destiny Harris, Bristol Eastern (128-10)
Triple Jump, Brittany Nkounkou, Wethersfield, 34-02
High Jump, Jasmine Cribb, Naugatuck, 5-06
Pole Vault, Lauren Bennett, East Lyme, 11-00
JV 4x100m Relay, Bloomfield (53.10)
JV 4x400m Relay, Bloomfield (4:24.06)
2000m Steeplechase, Kristen Malloy, Glastonbury, 7:32.51
400m Hurdles, Allison Barwise, Amity, 1:06.30

The complete results from the 4th Annual Irv Black High School Invitational are available at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

Irv Black Meet - Complete Results Available...
(Apr 19, 2008-9:00pm-By Ron Knapp) The results from the both days of competition at the 4th Annual Irv Black High School Invitational are available at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

Irv Black Invite Day 1 Photo Gallery at Flickr Site...
(Apr 19, 2008-7:30am-By Ron Knapp) You are invited to view and download the photographs from the first day of competition at the Irv Black High School Invite Meet at Trinity College from the MySportsResults.com webpage at Flickr.com. While there is no need to become a Flickr.com member to view and download any photos, you must abide by the MySportsResults.com copyright notices explained on the Copyright Notice page.
Competition at the 4th Annual Irv Black High School Invitational resumes today at 10:00am.

Ledyard Relays - Event Entry Deadline...
(Apr 19, 2008-7:30am-By Ron Knapp) A reminder that the deadline for completion of the Athlete Event Entry forms for the 2008 Ledyard Relays is by 11:59pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008. The online Athlete Event Entry forms are now available for completion for the 2008 Ledyard Relays at the meet website: Ledyard Relays. The meet is scheduled for April 25-Friday and April 26-Saturday, at Ledyard High School. Due to the unique events offered at this meet and the special method for recording results, the Head Count system was not available for online entries. Coaches should read all the Entry Form rules and instructions in order to properly submit their entries and remember to print their Event Confirmation Page.
+ All Online Athlete Event Entries are due by 11:59pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008.

Blue Devil Meet - Event Entry Forms Now Available...
(Apr 18, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) The Athlete Event Entry registration using the Head Count system is now available for completion for the Blue Devil Invitational at the meet website: Blue Devil Invite. The Blue Devil Invitational at the O.H Platt High School in Meriden CT is scheduled for a 2:00pm start on Saturday May 3, 2008. Coaches of invited teams only must read and print the Athlete Event Entry Notice at the meet website that contains all instructions for using the Head Count system for entries. The online Athlete Event Entry deadline is on Friday, 11:59pm, April 25, 2008, NO LATE Entries.

Irv Black Meet - Day One Results Available...
(Apr 17, 2008-10:30pm-By Ron Knapp) Under sunny and warm temperatures, several notable performances provided highlights at the first day of competition at the 4th Annual Irv Black High School Invitational that resumes on Saturday at 10:00am. Starting with the first Varsity event of the afternoon, senior Rick Klauber of Thomaston captured the 5000m race with a time of 15:57.00 and was followed across the line by Breno Oliveira of Wilby in second and Chris Reynolds of Suffield in third. In the Boys 4x800m Relay, Hamden topped all entries as the quartet raced to a 8:12.86 finish time ahead of runner-up Amity (8:16.46) and third place Shelton (8:18.77). In the Girls 4x800m Relay, the top rated Glastonbury squad led early and finished with a first place time of 9:40.69 while Conard-West Hartford was the only other team able to run under the 10-minute mark with a strong second place showing in 9:53.45 as Shelton placed third in 10:01.31. In other track events, the Junior Varsity athletes had an opportunity to run against a wide array of talent from across the states as Hamden won the Boys JV 4x800m in 8:48.20 while the team from Bloomfield won the Girls JV 4x800m relay in 10:50.79. In the Boys JV 1600m Run, Ryan Pajor of Glastonbury was first in 4:44.30 and Chloe Ashcroft of Shelton won the Girls JV 1600m in 5:39.65.

In the Varsity field events, some great early season efforts highlighted the competition; Ben Latham of Fitch out distanced the competition in the Javelin with a winning toss of 212-0 with Eric Alfiere of Woodland in second with a throw of 182-05. In the Boys Long Jump, senior Mike Hartfield of Manchester leaped to victory with a 24-04 effort, more than two feet better than runner-up Andre Lawrence of Hartford Public. In the Boys Hammer Throw, Jason Moon whirled and tossed the hammer 143-03 for a first place over runner-up Chad Nadeau of Plainfield. Athalia Smith of New Britain was a double-event winner as she captured first place in both the Hammer Throw (110-10) and the Shot Put (39-10). Rachel Morgan of Wm. Hall-West Hartford was second in the Shot Put while Chantual Smith of New Britain was second in the Hammer Throw. The Girls Long Jump was won by Miranda Wallace of Norwich Free Academy with a leap of 17-03 while teammate Lauren Page placed second with a leap of 16-8.25.

The results from the first day of competition at the 4th Annual Irv Black High School Invitational at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

Update - 8th Dave Smith Rockville Relays - Coaches Note...
(Apr 17, 2008-10:30pm-By Ron Knapp) Meet Director Ray Owens has announced that the Dave Smith Rockville Relays is accepting additional athlete entries to registered teams. Owens decided to make the adjustment to the meet entries in response to pleas from several coaches to allow entry of additional athletes who were not originally submitted due to the start of the school vacation week when the meet was originally scheduled. As a registered coach of a team with existing entries for the rescheduled 2008 Rockville Relays, a coach is now able to enter additional athletes into events for the meet using an online Update Form at the meet website: 2008 Rockville Relays

Irv Black Meet - Day One Preview...
(Apr 17, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) The 4th Annual Irv Black High School Invitational, formally the Trinity High School Invite, is scheduled for Thursday and Saturday, April 17 and 19, 2008 at Trinity College in Hartford CT. Meet Director George Suitor offers one of the oldest, early season meets in Connecticut that provides junior varsity and varsity high school athletes an opportunity to compete in a large invitational atmosphere over the course of two days.

Leading off the schedule of events that start at 3:30pm today are five field events and four track events. The top seeded performers or teams in each event are:

Hammer Throw - Men (Jason Moon, Christopher Flynn-Amity, Josh Choquette-Plainfield, Josh Woodin-Woodland)
Hammer Throw - Women (Chantual and Athalia Smith-New Britain)
Javelin Throw - Men (Ben Latham-Fitch, Jeff Foster-E.Lyme, Eric Alfiere-Woodland, Aaron Nadeau-Plainfield)
Long Jump - Men (Mike Hartfield-Manchester, Ben Rosa-Staples, Andre Lawrence_HPHS, Jaime Smith-Enfield)
Long Jump - Women (Liz Galla-Woodland, Chelsea Herritt-Westhill, Amber Baker-Griswold, Christina Lavigne-Shelton, Emily Leopard-Rockville)
Shot Put - Women (Athalia Smith-New Britain, Julia Adruini-Fairfield Warde, Tiffany Hyde-NW Cath)
5000m Run - Men (Breno Oliveira-Wilby, Richard Klauber-Thomaston, Kevin Russell-Danbury)
4 x 800m Relay Varsity, M (Amity, Hamden, Shelton, Manchester)
4 x 800m Relay Varsity, W (Glastonbury, Wm Hall, Conard, Shelton)
4 x 800m Relay Junior Varsity, M (Hamden, Manchester, NFA)
4 x 800m Relay Junior Varsity, W (Bloomfield, Shelton, E.Lyme)
1600m Run Junior Varsity, M (Ryan Pajor-Glastonbury, Mike Duprey-Bristol Central,Steve Crouse-Ellington)
1600m Run Junior Varsity, W (Camryn Santos-Windham, Britteni Simpson-Capital Prep, Chloe Ashcroft-Shelton)

Please see the Irv Black High School Invitational website for all meet information.

Ledyard Relays - Event Entry Forms Now Available...
(Apr 15, 2008-9:30pm-By Ron Knapp) The online Athlete Event Entry forms are now available for completion for the 2008 Ledyard Relays at the meet website: Ledyard Relays. The meet is scheduled for April 25-Friday and April 26-Saturday, at Ledyard High School. Due to the unique events offered at this meet and the special method for recording results, the Head Count system was not available for online entries. Coaches should read all the Entry Form rules and instructions in order to properly submit their entries and remember to print their Event Confirmation Page.
+ All Online Athlete Event Entries are due by 11:59pm, Saturday, April 19, 2008.

Hartford Public Invite Meet Update - Intent to Enter Open...
(Apr 15, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) Meet Director Lindy Remgino invites all interested schools in the Northeast and Eastern seaboard, as well as Canadian schools, to the 37th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet. The meet will once again be held at the Veterans' Stadium, located at Willowbrook Park in New Britain Connecticut on Saturday, May 10, 2008.

Please note that all meet registration will be conducted online, performance marks will be validated and there will be absolutely no athlete additions or changes (except for scratches) to an event on meet day. Although a preliminary list was sent to the NHFS containing schools who have sent in their Intent to Enter forms as of 4/14/8, the online Intent to Enter form is still available online for coaches to complete. Entry Procedures will be available during the week of April 21, 2008.

Entry procedures, fees, rules, records, past results and minimum standards are available at the 37th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet website.

Irv Black Invite Meet Updates - Performance Lists Available Today...
(Apr 13, 2008-1:00pm-By Ron Knapp) The Performance List report for the 2008 Irv Black High School Invite is now available online at the Irv Black High School Invitational website. Review the Performance List for a complete listing of your athletes by event. Coaches should use the Online Scratch Form to make scratches before 12-noon, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 in order to facilitate running the meet on Thursday and Saturday.

Irv Black Invite Meet Updates - Athlete Event Entry Deadline Today...
(Apr 12, 2008-1:00pm-By Ron Knapp) All Online Athlete Event Entries are due by 11:59pm, Saturday, April 12, 2008. NO LATE ENTRIES. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY ENTRIES AFTER 11:59PM Saturday, April 12, 2008 so plan to finish before 10:00pm so that you have time to review your entries and then submit them.

Thank you to 50+ coaches who have already submitted their entries at the Head Count System!

Please read the Athlete Event Entry Notice for the 2008 Irv Black High School Invite scheduled for Thursday, April 17, 2008 and Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Trinity College in Hartford CT. MySportsResults.com has partnered with the National Scholastic Sports Foundation to use their Head Count Meet Registration system to offer you an easy, fast and secure method to register your school and athletes for all the events at this meet as well as several MySportsResults.com Featured Meets for the 2008 Outdoor season and the Nike Outdoor Nationals meet.

Please see the Irv Black High School Invitational website for all meet information and registration forms.

URGENT ALERT - 8th Dave Smith Rockville Relays - Rescheduled to Saturday-April 26, 2008...
(Apr 10, 2008-3:30pm-By Ron Knapp) Meet Director Ray Owens has announced that the Dave Smith Rockville Relays originally scheduled for Saturday, April 12, 2008 has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the same start time of 10:00am. The decision was made due to the very poor weather forecast for this Saturday that would be detrimental to athlete safety and affect expected athlete performances. Coaches of registered teams will be notified by email later today with answers to questions concerning registration status of current event entries and the same information will be posted at the meet website as well. Meet website:2008 Rockville Relays

MySportsResults.com and NSSF Head Count System for Featured Meets ...
(Apr 10, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) MySportsResults.com has partnered with the National Scholastic Sports Foundation to use their Head Count Meet Registration system to offer you an easy, fast and secure method to register your school and athletes for all the events at the remaining Featured Meets for the 2008 Outdoor season. After a few months of working with the NSSF Head Count staff to test and enable additional features of the existing system that was used for national meets, the decision was made earlier this week to forge ahead to bring coaches a more convenient meet entry service for the next several outdoor Featured Meets at MySportsResults.com.

Those features include the ability for a coach to maintain their team roster for use over several meets, no more re-entry of the same first and last name athlete data for each meet. Not only does this save a coach time during meet entry but it also decreases the error rate in misspelled athletes names and allows coaches to update athlete data before each meet.

A feature of this roster based function means that a coach can enter their roster and partial meet event entries and then logon at another time and provide additional entries...as long as a coach does everything BEFORE the posted entry deadline. A coach must complete all phases of the event entry process BEFORE the posted entry deadline since the Head Count system automatically shuts off all entries at that posted time. If a coach is a regular procrastinator for meet entries then they need to make sure to provide themselves with sufficient time to the complete the entry process.

Another feature of using the Head Count system is that it will automatically keep track of how many events an athlete is entered in and prevent a coach from accidentally inserting an athlete into more events than the particular meet allows in the meet rules. Also, since a coach has to enter the grade level of each athlete, the system will automatically select which athletes are available for an event that is grade specific, like a Freshman only race for a specific meet.

The other convenient feature of Head Count provides a coach with two forms of event registration confirmation; one at the final Success-Registration Complete step where a coach is provided with a page of all their entries for that session for a coach to print and a second confirmation is emailed to the coaches' account email address for each entry session. A coach must make sure that to finish processing their entries completely so that the Success-Registration Complete page is displayed.

An administrative function of Head Count that can also be used for a meet is the ability to track a coaches' entry fee by event or for a total meet fee. This function may be used in future MySportsResults Featured meets and is used for the Nike Outdoor Nationals meet in June.

A reminder to coaches that for MySportsResults Featured meets for the 2008 Outdoor season, only coaches are allowed to submit entries using the Head Count system. This is different than the procedure for other meets such as the Nike Outdoor Nationals meet in June.

8th Dave Smith Rockville Relays - Featured Meet Program Available...
(Apr 9, 2008-9:45pm-By Ron Knapp) The Meet Program report containing the heats and flights for the Dave Smith Rockville Relays is now available online at the meet website:2008 Rockville Relays. Coaches should note that: (1) The flights for the Class-Field Events, Javelin and Long Jump, will be setup on Saturday at the event depending on actual number of competitors. (2) A few of the running events, such as the Girls DMR and 4x800m relays have been initially setup as one heat and will be reset on Saturday depending on actual number of competitors.

Irv Black Invite Meet Updates - Athlete Event Entry Notice...
(Apr 9, 2008-6:00am-By Ron Knapp) Please read the Athlete Event Entry Notice for the 2008 Irv Black High School Invite scheduled for Thursday, April 17, 2008 and Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Trinity College in Hartford CT. MySportsResults.com has partnered with the National Scholastic Sports Foundation to use their Head Count Meet Registration system to offer you an easy, fast and secure method to register your school and athletes for all the events at this meet as well as several MySportsResults.com Featured Meets for the 2008 Outdoor season and the Nike Outdoor Nationals meet.

All Online Athlete Event Entries are due by 11:59pm, Saturday, April 12, 2008. NO LATE ENTRIES. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY ENTRIES AFTER 11:59PM Saturday, April 12, 2008 so plan to finish before 11:30pm so that you have time to review your entries and then submit them.

Please see the Irv Black High School Invitational website for all meet information and registration forms.

Irv Black Invite Meet Updates...
(Apr 8, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) The 4th Annual Irv Black High School Invitational, formally the Trinity High School Invite, is scheduled for Thursday and Saturday, April 17 and 19, 2008 at Trinity College in Hartford CT. The online athlete event entry forms will be available starting on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Please see the Irv Black High School Invitational website for all meet information and registration forms.

Hartford Public Invite Meet Update - Intent to Enter Needed...
(Apr 8, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) Meet Director Lindy Remgino invites all interested schools in the Northeast and Eastern seaboard, as well as Canadian schools, to the 37th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet. The meet will once again be held at the Veterans' Stadium, located at Willowbrook Park in New Britain Connecticut on Saturday, May 10, 2008.

Please note that all meet registration will be conducted online, performance marks will be validated and there will be absolutely no athlete additions or changes (except for scratches) to an event on meet day. Please note that due to NHFS guidelines, the online Intent to Enter Form must be submitted by April 14, 2008. The Intent to Enter form is now available online for coaches to complete.

Entry procedures, fees, rules, records, past results and minimum standards are available at the 37th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitational Outdoor Track and Field Meet website.

8th Dave Smith Rockville Relays - Featured Meet Online Reports Available...
(Apr 8, 2008-7:00am-By Ron Knapp) The School Entry and Performance List reports for the Dave Smith Rockville Relays are now available online at the meet website:2008 Rockville Relays. Review the School Entry Lists for a listing of all athletes and events by school as well as review the Performance Lists for a complete listing of all athletes by event. Please use Online Scratch Form to make your scratches before 12-noon, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 in order to facilitate running the meet on Saturday.

5th Bloomfield Invitational - Warm Weather Helps Record Setters...
(Apr 6, 2008-10:00am-By Ron Knapp) The decision by Meet Director Garfield White to change the start time from 10am to 12-noon helped several performers as twelve meet records were set or tied at the 2008 Bloomfield Invite on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Bloomfield High School. The assault on the record books started with Kristen Johnson of Bloomfield as she won the 100m Hurdles in 15.61. The Boys 100m Dash record of 10.74 set by Myles Bradley of NFA in 2005 was one of three meet records broken by Bloomfield sprinter Dominic Smith as he won with a time of 10.60. Smith also set meet records in winning performances in the 400m Dash (49.60) and the 200m Dash (22.09). More record performances in boys events came from Josh Walton of AI Prince Tech in the 300m Hurdles (41.00), Alex Zarka of Farmington in the 1600m Run (4:32.73), Adam Bolton of Naugatuck in the Pole Vault (12'6") and a record tying performance of 6'4" in the High Jump by Troy Candler of Bulkeley. In Girls events, Erica Hines of Enrico Fermi ran to a meet record of 5:13.80 in the 1600m Run while Tori Pisco of Naugatuck set a record in the 800m Run with a time of 2:33.15. Record efforts in other girls events were provided by Keyrah Williams of Naugatuck in the Discus Throw (103'9") and a tie for the High Jump record of 5'4" by Jasmine Cribb of Naugatuck.

Other event winners for girls included Tasha Etim (100m Dash) and Tina Thomas (200m), both from Classical Magnet, Whitney Holder of Middletown (400m), Jocelyn Kane of East Longmeadow MA (3200m), Kim Kyne of William Hall (300m Hurdles), Koreen Shoham of William Hall (Pole Vault), Miriam Mboya of New Leadership MA (Long Jump), Javhan Bowie of New Leadership MA (Triple Jump), Rachel Morgan of William Hall (Shot Put) and Jenna Rossi of Middletown (Javelin). In Girls relay events, Enrico Fermi captured the 4x100m, Bloomfield won the 4x400m and Naugatuck was first in the 4x800m.

The remaining event winners in boys events were Isaac Flores-Huerta of Middletown (800m), Andy Wilcoxen of University HS (3200m), Mikkel Noble of AI Prince Tech (110m Hurdles), Marcus Cooper of Bloomfield (Long Jump), Tyree Lawson of Bloomfield (Triple Jump), Jaizz Nealy of Bloomfield (Shot Put), Marcus Palmer of AI Prince Tech (Discus) and Troy Chandler of Bulkeley (Javelin). In Boys relay events, the 4x100m was won by Crosby while AI Prince Tech captured first place in both the 4x400m and 4x800m relays. Meet results are available at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

Bloomfield and East Hampton Invites Kick-off Outdoor 2008...
(Apr 6, 2008-8:00am-By Ron Knapp) After a cloudy start, the 2008 Connecticut Outdoor Track and Field Invitational meet season started on Saturday, April 5 with the Bloomfield Invite and the Bellringer Invite at East Hampton High School under sunny and warm conditions. At the Bellringer Invite, records were broken in the 4X800 Boys and Girls, Boys and girls 100, boys and girls 1600m, Boys 400m, girls 300m Hurdles, girls 800m, boys and girls 200m, boys and girls 3200m, boys 4X400m, girls Long jump, girls shot put, pole vault and high jump, boys javelin, and girls triple jump. Meet results are available at Weekly Results-CT Outdoor Track & Field 2008.

5th Bloomfield Invitational - Featured Meet Reports Posted...
(Apr 4, 2008-11:30am-By Ron Knapp) Meet Director Garfield White has changed the start time of the 2008 Bloomfield Invite on Saturday, April 5, 2008 from 10am to the new time of 12-noon.
The change should provide better conditions for competition due to the predicted poor weather forecast for the morning hours.

The School Entry and Performance List reports for the 2008 Bloomfield Invitational that is scheduled for April 5, 2008 at Bloomfield High School are available at: Bloomfield Invite Meet website.

Coaches should review the 3-Event Exception List, they can scratch athletes who are in more than 3 events on Saturday before 11:30am. Also review the School Entry Lists for a listing of all athletes and events by school as well as review the Performance Lists for a complete listing of all athletes by event. Please address all entry inquiries to Meet Director Garfield White.

8th Dave Smith Rockville Relays - Featured Meet Online Forms Available...
(Mar 26, 2008-8:45pm-By Ron Knapp) The Dave Smith Rockville Relays, now in its eighth season, is hosted by Coach Ray Owens of Rockville High School. The meet is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Rockville High School. The meet offers two new events including the elite 100m Dash and the 4x200m Relay while offering the Distance Medley relay and a popular off-track 2-mile relay. In some events like the Long Jump and Javelin, athletes are provided with the opportunity to compete against others in their age group. All meet information, including the Intent to Enter and Athlete Event Entry forms, are now available online at the meet website:2008 Rockville Relays.

Connecticut Outdoor Track and Field Records Available...
(Mar 22, 2008-1:20pm-By Ron Knapp) MySportsResults.com is please to present the Connecticut Outdoor Track and Field Records, including record performances achieved during the 2007 Outdoor Season. The records are available from the "Records" link at the top of the page or by clicking this link... Records

2008 Outdoor Track and Field Season Starts - New England Style...
(Mar 18, 2008 - 9:30pm - By Ron Knapp) The 2008 Connecticut Outdoor Track and Field season started this week in typical New England style - cool and windy with rain, snow, sleet expected mid-week. Experienced coaches and athletes will just shrug their shoulders and move on to the next workout while the neophytes wonder what happens next. The list of Featured Meets at MySportsResults is growing in the opposite column as meet directors confirm their meet information and dates. The regular list of scheduled events for the 2008 outdoor season has grown as well to over thirty events where you can find a meet to attend every week until the national championships. Stay tuned on a daily basis as more Featured Meet details are posted and Intent to Enter forms are made available.

2008 Outdoor Track and Field Season Starts March 17th...
(Feb 26, 2008 - 10:00pm - By Ron Knapp) Starting the week after the Indoor National Meets conclude, MySportsResults.com will begin a preview of several outdoor track and field meets for the 2008 Outdoor season that will be listed in our Featured Meet section in the right side column. As a service to all our readers, a continuously updated schedule of the 2008 Outdoor meets is available from MySportsResults.com at the Schedule of Events: Outdoor Track & Field - 2008 page. If your meet is not listed then see details on the Schedule page for how to submit your meet information.

In some housekeeping notes, the CIAC allows the first official practices to begin on Monday, March 17, 2008 and first contests are allowed to start on April 2, 2008. The CIAC has announced the CIAC Class and Open meet schedule as well as providing the tournament packet at their SportsCenter website.

Reminder: Finishline Archives...
(Feb 26, 2008 - 10:00pm - By Ron Knapp) All the Finishline stories that have appeared in this column are available from the Finishline Archives page. The page is accessed by clicking on the top "Archive" link.