2002 Boys SWC Outdoor Track and Field Championships

May 21, 2002
Brookfield High School, Brookfield CT

TEAM RESULTS: 1. Bethel 101, 2. New Milford 94, 3. Pomperaug 63, 4. Newtown 52, 5. Bunnell 44 ½, 6. Foran 40, 7. Jonathan Law 36, 8. Immaculate 28, 9. Weston 27, 10. Joel Barlow 23, 11. Stratford 20, 12. Brookfield 14 ½, 13. New Fairfield 12, 14. Masuk 3.

TRACK EVENTS

4x800 relay: 1. Newtown 8:20.97, 2. New Milford 8:26.10, 3. Weston 8:35.36, 4. Joel Barlow 8:36.71, 5. Pomperaug 8:39.69, 6. Brookfield 8:52.27.

4x100 relay: 1. Bethel 44.07, 2. Pomperaug 44.33, 3. Bunnell 45.25, 4. Brookfield 45.60, 5. Weston 45.81, 6. Foran 45.84.

110 high hurdles: 1. Peter Terrance (N) 15.51, 2. Mike Hamill (JB) 15.52, 3. Kevin Hanson (JL) 15.71, 4. David Janofsky (Be) 15.94, 5. Tim Keegan (P) 17.06, 6. Ian Babbington (Be) 17.29.

100: 1. Ronnie Lienhardt (Be) 11.23, 2. Andre George (P) 11.27, 3. Kevin Chapin (S) 11.34, 4. Brian LaPlante (F) 11.47, 5. Paul Jacobs (Bu) 11.52, 6. Andy Porter (W) 11.67.

1600: 1. Joe Mohn (I) 4:22.93, 2. Ken Simeone (F) 4:34.71, 3. Reid McEwan (NM) 4:38.47, 4. John Ciccarelli (P) 4:39.04, 5. Pete Matthiessen (NM) 4:47.99, 6. Ian Foley (JB) 4:49.19.

400: 1. Jason Kopp (JL) 50.57, 2. Kevin Chapin (S) 51.12, 3. T.J. Burke (Be) 51.96, 4. Ronnie Lienhardt (Be) 52.28, 5. Nathan Samuel (Br) 53.29, 6. John Lyon (NM) 53.34.

300 intermediate hurdles: 1. Mike Hamill (JB) 41.85, 2. David Janofsky (Be) 41.95, 3. Kevin Hanson (JL) 42.05, 4. David Harvey (S) 42.87, 5. Patrick Moore (P) 44.52, 6. Colin Meehan (Bu) 44.55.

800: 1. Eric Koestner (I) 2:00.55, 2. Joe Mohn (I) 2:00.68, 3. Dan Maxwell (N) 2:02.78, 4. John Ciccarelli (P) 2:05.66, 5. Alexi Laurie (P) 2:05.68, 6. Ken Hochsprung (Be) 2:05.69.

200: 1. Ronnie Lienhardt (Be) 22.76, 2. T.J. Burke (Be) 22.93, 3. Brian LaPlante (F) 22.97, 4. Andre George (P) 23.32, 5. Kevin Chapin (S) 23.33, 6. Paul Jacobs (Bu) 23.45.

3200: 1. Ken Simeone (F) 9:53.61, 2. Pete Matthiessen (NM) 10:11.83, 3. Rob Rosasco (P) 10:12.32, 4. Brendan McNeish (P) 10:16.79, 5. Reid McEwan (NM) 10:23.76, 6. David Hunt (NM) 10:24.63.

4x400 relay: 1. Weston 3:32.10, 2. Jonathan Law 3:35.33, 3. Bethel 3:37.23, 4. Pomperaug 3:37.81, 5. Newtown 3:38.53, 6. Foran 3:42.05.

FIELD EVENTS

Javelin: 1. Nick Morrill (NM) 170-11, 2. Luke Dudley (W) 170-7, 3. Matt Regan (N) 157-1, 4. Spencer Lord (NM) 155-8, 5. Jeff Cash (F) 155-6, 6. Chris Shaw (NM) 146-9.

Long jump: 1. Sean Hayes (NM) 21-1 ½, 2. Todd Ward (NM) 20-2, 3. Vladimir Foster (Bu) 19-6 ½, 4. Tim Keegan (P) 19-6, 5. Paul Jacobs (Bu) 19-5 ½, 6. Drew Shultz (Br) 18-11.

High jump: 1. Vladimir Foster (Bu) 6-2, 2. T.J. Burke (Be) 6-0, 3. Drew Shultz (Br) 6-0, 4. (tie) Steve Sanchez (NF), Tim Keegan (P) 5-10, 6. Todd Ward (NM) 5-10.

Pole vault: 1. Brett Shumate (NM) 11-8, 2. Adam Chiara (Be) 11-6, 3. Justin Slater (JL) 11-6, 4. (tie) James Turkosz (M), Andrew Dylag (P) 11-0, 6. Patrick Moore (P) 11-0.

Discus: 1. John Bara (Be) 137-5, 2. Matt Regan (N) 125-9, 3. Sean McNeill (Be) 122-11, 4. Nick Morrill (NM) 113-11, 5. Steve Malloy (Bu) 112-3, 6. Brett Schneider (NF) 111-8.

Triple jump: 1. Vladimir Foster (Bu) 43-10 ½, 2. Steve Sanchez (NF) 41-4 ½, 3. Sean Hayes (NM) 40-9 ½, 4. Todd Ward (NM) 40-5, 5. Dave Thompson (P) 39-9 ½, 6. (tie) Josh Susco (Br), Steve Malloy (Bu) 39-6.

Shot put: 1. Matt Regan (N) 49-7 ½, 2. Jeff Cash (F) 47-8, 3. Nick Morrill (NM) 44-1, 4. Tom Conroy (Bu) 43-¼, 5. Mitch Pet (NM) 41-9, 6. John Bara (Be) 41-9.

BROOKFIELD — Some things in life, like tax refunds and first kisses, are worth the wait.

On Tuesday, Bethel High added a South-West Conference Boys Track and Field Championship to that list.

The Wildcats won the SWC title with 101 points, but not before surviving a 25-minute protest in the discus. When the smoke finally cleared at Brookfield High, Foran’s Jeff Cash was disqualified and Bethel was crowned SWC champion.

New Milford finished second with 94 points. Pomperaug, which entered the meet 14-0, finished a distant third with 63 points.

“We knew this was setting up to be a competitive meet. There were too many good teams here with too many good athletes,” said Yvonne Grimes, Bethel’s fourth-year coach. “For us to win, everybody had to step up and do their best. We’re not very deep, so every person in every event was important to us.”

Bethel’s Ronnie Lienhardt and Bunnell’s Vladimir Foster were the meet’s only individual double-winners.

Foster won the triple jump at 43-10½ and the high jump at 6-2. Lienhardt, a senior, won the 100 in 11.23 and the 200 in 22.76, a personal record. He also finished fourth in the 400 in 52.28.

“This is only my second year running track, so it’s definitely satisfying. Last year, I was hurt for the SWCs, so I was really looking forward to this,” said Lienhardt, who will compete in football and track next year at Marist College.

“We all worked really hard this season, so we were pretty confident coming into the meet. We felt we could win if everything came together for us.”

After 10 events, New Milford and Bethel were tied for first with 51 points, while Pomperaug was third with 33.

After 15 events, Bethel had a 12-point lead over New Milford, but the Green Wave was counting on points in the shot put, discus and triple jump, the last three events to be scored.

Nick Morrill, who won the javelin earlier in the meet, added 10 more points with a third-place finish in the shot put and a fourth-place finish in the discus.

But it still wasn’t enough to catch Bethel.

“Winning this means so much to me. I’m so proud of these kids,” Grimes said. “The seniors and I have been together for four years. Their freshmen year, we were 4-8-1. We’ve come a long way and it feels great.”

One of the most dramatic finishes came in the 110 hurdles. Newtown’s Peter Terrance won the event in 15.51 seconds, one-hundredth of a second faster than top-seeded Mike Hamill of Joel Barlow.

But Terrance’s joy was short-lived.

After leading down the stretch of the 300 hurdles, Terrance appeared to break his arm when he crashed over the final hurdle. Somehow, Terrance managed to get up and will himself across the finish line 17th in 50.69.

Terrance was later carried off the field on a stretcher and taken to Danbury Hospital for X-rays.

Hamill, who lost for the first time this year in the 110 hurdles, won the 300 hurdles after Terrance fell.

“Obviously, you never want to see anybody get hurt,” Hamill said. “I’m happy that I won, especially after losing in the 110s, but I hope (Terrance) is OK. “

Terrance’s condition was not immediately available Tuesday night.

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