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East Lyme Girls and NFA Boys Earn ECC Championship Titles...
(May 20, 2007 - 10:00am - By Ron Knapp)
At the Eastern Connecticut Conference Championships at East Lyme High School on Saturday May 19, 2007, both team champions had to contend with their conference competitors and less than optimal weather conditions to gain hard earned victories. The 2007 Indoor ECC and Class-L Champions East Lyme Girl's Team scored 172 points to defeat defending ECC champion Norwich Free Academy to earn the team title; NFA finished in the runner-up spot with 134.5 points. In the hunt for the Boys Team Championship, top honors were claimed by last year's winner Norwich Free Academy, as they amassed 146.5 points to outscore runner-up Ledyard with 122 points.

In the Girl's Championship competition, East Lyme received double event wins from Leah Clement in the 200m Dash (26.61) and the 400m Dash (58.59) along with Annie Scully in the 1600m Run (5:08.85) and 3200m Run (11:20.44). First place points were also garnered by Angela Anton in the 300m Hurdles (46.78); she was also second in the 100m Hurdles behind winner Julia Saccone of Ledyard (15.59). Christy Johnson and Anton scored a 1-2 finish in the Triple Jump with leaps of 34'9" and 34'5". The East Lyme 4x400m relay team also won first place honors with a 4:07.53 clocking while their 4x800m relay team was narrowly edged at the finish line by NFA, 9:50.25 to 9:50.26. Sharmaine Gregor scored a second place for East Lyme in the Shot Put behind winner Alex Barner of Woodstock Academy (35'5"). Colleen Dolan earned a second place in the 800m behind winner Shelby Donahue of Griswold (2:19.98). East Lyme also scored a 2-3 finish in the Pole Vault with Lauren Bennett and Sara Muldoon clearing 10' behind winner Jessica Sullivan who set a meet record of 10'6".

Norwich Free Academy chase for the title was fueled by first places from Lauren LePage in the 100m (13.09), Miranda Wallace in the Long Jump (16'9"), Kim Johnson in the High Jump (5'2") as well as a second place in the 4x100m relay behind winner Fitch (51.17).

Other conference champions included Kaitlin Hodge of Fitch in the Discus Throw (112'4") and Amanda Nappi of Windham in the Javelin Throw (126'5").

The chase for the Boy's Team Championship between Norwich Free Academy and Ledyard was one of team depth across events versus event champions. NFA used their team depth to score in sixteen of eighteen events to defeat Ledyard, who won six events, led by triple winner Julian Stakey in the 100m (11.04), 200m (22.38), and the 400m (50.82). NFA was led by double event winner Caleb Homiski in the Shot Put (46'1")and Discus Throw (143') and their distance crew who earned 30 point in the 1600m and 3200m races. In the 1600m, race winner Jason Cusack of Griswold (4:31.73) was followed by NFA's Jason Wagner (3rd), Luke Albertson (5th) and Andrew Cardin (6th). In the 3200m race, conference champion Shawn Mulcahy of Lyman Memorial (9:42.57) was followed across the line by NFA's Albertson (3rd), Cardin (4th), Craig Babcock (5th) and Kevin Liang (7th). NFA scored more first places with Tashon Davis in the 110m Hurdles (15.61) and their 4x800m Relay (8:07.43). Important second place points were also earned for NFA by Corey Simpson in the 100m, Mike Miner in the 400m, Miguel Colon in the Long Jump and their 4x400m team behind the winning quartet from Ledyard (3:29.80).
While Ledyard received a huge effort from Stakey, other important points came from Andrew Esposito who gained top honors in the 800m with a 1:57.15 time, a 1-2 finish in the 300m Hurdles from Josh Johnson (41.45) and Ryan Maher and a second place in the 4x100m Relay won by Bacon Academy (45.00).

More conference champions were crowned as Patrick Wascsak of Bacon Academy won the Pole Vault with a meet record of 14'1", Mile Snelgrove of Lyman Memorial in the Long Jump (21'6.5"), Tyrece Nickson of Windham in the Triple Jump (41'6.5"), Ben Latham of Fitch in the Javelin Throw (190'2") and Kyle Lane of East Lyme in the high Jump (6'2").

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