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State and National Awards

Cabral and Shields Added to New GPY Listing in Hall of Fame...
(June 30, 2008-7:00pm-By Ron Knapp) The latest page recognizing the recipients of the Gatorade Player of the Year for Connecticut Outdoor Track and Field and Cross Country has been added to the MySportsResults.com Hall of Fame page. Click to view the Gatorade Player of the Year for Connecticut listing.

As stated at their website, Gatorade Player of the Year , "The Gatorade State Players of the Year are selected not only for their outstanding athletic excellence, but for their academic achievement and exceptional character. The selection process is administered by RISE Magazine, the nation's leading sports and lifestyle magazine for teens. Featuring an editorial staff of prep sports writers from across the nation, RISE has comprehensively covered the world of high school sports for more than a decade and its 25 regionalized editions are currently distributed in more than 6,500 high schools nationwide. In narrowing and evaluating the list of candidates for Gatorade State Player of the Year honors, RISE works with top sport-specific experts and a media advisory board of accomplished, veteran prep sports journalists."

Donn Cabral of Glastonbury High School and Anna Shields of Lewis Mills High School are the latest recipients of the Gatorade Player of the Year for Connecticut Outdoor Track and Field. Both distance runners join an elite group of athletes from Connecticut who have received the award since 1985 including last year's winners Shaniqua Burgess and Terrell Wilks of Hillhouse High School.

During his senior career as a Glastonbury High School distance runner, Donn Cabral set the current State Outdoor records in both the 5000m (14:32.60) and the 2-Mile Run (8:56.35) as well as the State Indoor 5000m record (14:44.16). Cabral also won the 2007 Gatorade State Player of the Year for Cross Country for his winning performances at the State Open, New England and Footlocker Regional Championships as well as his eighth place finish at the Footlocker National Competition. Cabral's final competition as a Connecticut high school athlete comes on July 9th as he represents the state and nation at the 2008 IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland competing in the 10,000m run.

As a junior distance runner for Lewis Mills High School this past season, Anna Shields had recorded some of the fastest times in the past several years as well as being the current record holder for the State Outdoor 1-Mile Run at 4:48.52 as well as the State Open Champion in both the 1600m and 3200m Runs. Shields set a new State Open record in the 1600m Run with a 4:55.22 effort. Earlier this year, Shields ran to the Nike Indoor National Championship title in the 5000m with a time of 17:38.57 to win by over ten seconds. With a 1600m split of 5:28 and a 3200m split of 10:59, Shields established a sizeable lead to establish the third fastest meet time for the event that was first run in 2007. Shields will enter her senior year as one of the state's best harriers for the 2008 cross country season.

The CHSCA 44th Annual Recognition Dinner
May 15, 2008 - The CHSCA's 44th Annual Recognition Dinner, sponsored by Gatorade,was held May 15, 2008 at the Aqua Turf Club. Included among the recipients of the CHSCA's coaching awards were:

• Robert Murray, Boys Cross Country-Danbury
• Arleigh Duff, Girls Cross Country-Nonnewaug
• Lee Hunt, Indoor Track-Weaver
• Thayer Redman, Boys Track-Manchester
• Gary Moore, Girls Track-Hillhouse 

State Finalists to be Honored at Wendy's High School Heisman Northeast Region Awards Dinner
(Nov, 15 2005)  Since 1994 more than 125,000 high school seniors have been nominated for the Wendy’s High School Heisman - the most prestigious high school award honoring senior female and male students who have excelled in academics, athletics and community service. The WHSH program has set the standard for high school student-citizen-athletes, and gained tremendous prestige in its own right. Each fall, the program recognizes the nation’s most esteemed high school senior men and women for excellence in academics, community service, and athletics.
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Outdoor Track and Field

Click to view CIAC State Track and Field Champions - 2007 State Open and Class Meets

Click to view MySportsResults.com 2004 Performers of the Week

Indoor Track and Field

Click to view MySportsResults.com 2004 Performers of the Week

Cross Country

A Letter of Congratulations to Coach Sue Curnias!
(October 26, 2005)  It is not very often that I have the opportunity to say congratulations to a leader among coaches and a friend who is being honored by her peers. I was first introduced to Sue McAuliffe Curnias over twenty years ago by my wife, Betty, who has been a long time friend of Sue. Through personal and coaching involvement with her, I learned enough about Sue to be impressed by her thorough commitment to her student-athletes and her coaching abilities in cross country and outdoor track and field. At the 1986 State Class XC meet, I watched her first State Class L champion Meredith Gordon run to victory and a year later her team captured the Class L title over New Milford. In her 17 years as an outdoor coach and 27 years as a cross country coach, I was always impressed by her on-field demeanor with her athletes; one that commanded respect but yet helped her athletes keep their perspective through their triumphs as well as their disappointments. Click here to read more...

2002 CHSCA All-State Awards
The Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA) celebrated the achievements of the top runners of the 2002 Connecticut cross country season at their annual awards ceremony on Monday night, November 18 at the Aquaturf Club in Southington CT. Click here to read more...     

Tributes

Carl P. Palazzotto

Joseph McClusky

Ray Crothers

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