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Last Update: Sunday, March 18, 2007 |
Bethel 24, Foran 33 Bethel 16, Notre Dame-Fairfield 47 Bethel 17, Stratford 46 Foran 18, Stratford 42 Foran 17, Notre Dame-Fairfield 44 Stratford 23, Notre Dame-Fairfield 34 Fairfield 16, St. Joseph 47 Fairfield 16, Westhill 47 Fairfield 15, Harding 50 St. Joseph 17, Westhill 41 Harding 22, Westhill 36
Meet Conference: SWC Weston 44 - Bunnell 19 Weston 45 - New Milford 18 Weston 46 - Pomperaug 17 The 3 races above were held at Pomperaug.
Meet Conference: NCCC Ellington - 20 Suffield - 38 Ellington - 15 Enfield - 48 Ellington - 15 Canton - 48 Canton - 27 Enfield - 29 Suffield - 20 Canton - 39 Suffield - 17 Enfield - 46
Fairfield 15, St. Joseph 45 Fairfield 15, Westhill 45 Fairfield 15, Harding 50 St. Joseph 15, Westhill 50
Meet Conference: SWC Weston 33 - Bunnell 25 Weston 42 - New Milford 19 Weston 46 - Pomperaug 15 The 3 meets above were held in Pomperaug.
Meet Conference: NCCC Suffield - 18 Ellington - 37 Suffield - 15 Canton - 49 Ellington -15 Canton - 50 Winner: Melanie Schoor, Suffield, 19:08 for 2.9 miles at Suffield
At Guilford, the Guilford Indians swept the boys' and girls' team competition at the Guilford Invitational.
Guilford's Justine Caplan won the 2.5-mile girls' race in 17 minutes, 10 seconds, which was 5 seconds better than runner-up Merelyn Vega of Wilbur Cross.
Old Saybrook's Matt Termine won the 3.1-mile boys' race in 17:59, but Guilford's Pat Gann, Natali Acuil, Tony Mancini and Ben Malvezzi took the next four spots in the race to easily win the team title.
Sheehan Invitational: Coginchaug opened their season in style, dominating the class 'S' division, and coming away with a tie against class 'L' powerhouse Hall in the seventeen-team invitational meet in Wallingford.
The Blue Devils' Patrick Dooley was second overall, while teammates Drew Croteau, and Dan Ryanski finished seventh and 11th respectively.
East Hampton placed second in class 'S', and Portland also had a good showing placing fourth in the small school division.
The Bellringers' Ryan Hammond finished third overall, and teammate Blake Haveston finished sixth.
WALLINGFORD -- Jillian Sullivan repeated as champion for Bristol Central at the Sheehan Invitational in Wallingford. She ran a 15:01 over the 2½-mile course, just :09 off the course record that she set last year. Complete results were not available after the race, but Central coach Tamara Stafford said there were at least 75 runners in the girls' race and more than 100 in the boys' race, with more than 10 teams participating.
Other top finishers for Central in the girls' race were: Darla Slipke (17:28), Erin Piper (18:58), Julie Wargo (19:01), Amanda Chromy (19:55) and Jess Godbout (20:52). As a team, the Central girls placed third in the L/LL division.
Times for the Rams in the boys varsity race (3.1 miles) were: Sam Bourret, 19:21; Mike Niedzwiecki, 19:23; Mike Cifone, 19:59; Tom Godbout, 20:02; Tom Cyr, 20:04; Eric Douyard, 21:18; Mike Quinto, 21:34; and Jason Dunn, 21:59.
Bristol Eastern 16, Kaynor Tech 37: The Lancers captured the top four spots and cruised to a 21-point win over the Panthers at Black Rock Park.
Kevin Rivard led the way on the 3.1-mile course, finishing in a time of 18 minutes, 21 seconds. He was followed, in order, by Eric Garren (18:27), Jason Pipitone (18:40) and Justin Garron (19:05). Matt Pipitone rounded out the Lancers top five with a ninth-place finish.
Terryville, Nonnewaug, Litchfield at Lewis Mills: The Chiefs took the top four spots en route to a trio of wins in a quad meet in Burlington. Lewis Mills scored one win, a 24-33 decision over Terryville. The Kangaroos went winless.
Jason Riccio was the top finisher for the Spartans, placing sixth with a time of 20:10 on the 3.4-mile course. Doug Pickard (19th), Brian Turner (23rd), Jason Cody (26th) and Michael Weaver (29th) rounded out top five Mills' runners.
Terryville's top finishers were Matt O'Reilly (7th), Dan Selander (13th), Justin Welch (17th) and Jim Galvin (27th).
Bristol Eastern 25, Kaynor Tech 31: Laura Bredehorst took the top spot and was followed immediately by two teammates as the Lancers downed the Panthers at Black Rock Park.
Bredehorst finished the 2.4-mile course with a time of 18:17. Randi Ferguson (18:18) and Liz Vennero (19:11) placed second and third respectively. Christina Bordeti placed eighth.
Terryville, Nonnewaug, Litchfield at Lewis Mills: The Kangaroos Emily Miller placed third and the Spartans Kim Wartschow placed fourth, but the Chiefs were too powerful as they gained a trio of victories in a quad meet in Burlington.
Terryville scored one win, a 26-29 decision over Mills. The Spartans went 0-3.
Other finishers for Terryville included Stephanie Konopaske (16th), Brittany Senick (19th), Rebecca Mitchell (20th) and Brianna Miller (21st).
Mills top finishers following Wartschow included Lindsay Boucher (9th), Abby Crowley (17th), Caitlin Crowley (22nd), and Jesse Blais (25th).
Ledyard Ledyard High School's boys' cross country team accomplished something Wednesday no other Eastern Connecticut Conference team had done since 1997:
Beat Fitch in a conference meet.
Ledyard prevailed 28-29 Fitch's first loss since Sept. 23, 1997, a span of 27 straight meets. The Colonels won the season-opening tri-meet, also defeating Wheeler, 15-50.
We had seven finish before their fifth did, Ledyard coach Charlie Ewers said.
Mike Sedlack, who finished second overall in 16:39, led the top seven Ledyard finishers. Mike Scott, David Holliday, Neil Bajorin, Rob O'Donnell, Kyle Sweet and Ryan Moore all finished in the top 11.
Fitch's Mark Olivier won the race in 16:25. Fitch defeated Wheeler, 15-48.
Griswold took early command in the ECC Small Division with victories over Stonington (15-42) and Marianapolis (15-50). Billy Preston, Mike Charron, Reynolds Chapman, Gavin Coombs and Brian Laguerre all ran the same time of 16:32, occupying the top five spots. Mark Brissette finished sixth overall, leading Stonington to a 16-45 win over Marianapolis.
Seven East Lyme runners finished in the top 10, helping the Vikings to wins over Old Lyme, 18-44, and Killingly, 18-43. Old Lyme edged Killingly, 27-29. East Lyme's Craig Moore won the race in 17:14, followed by teammate Andrew O'Reilly. Brad Bourtois, third overall, paced the Redmen, while Branden Atkins, who finished fourth, led the Wildcats.
Matt Liebal finished second overall to lead Montville to a quad-meet victory at Bacon Academy. The Indians beat Bacon (25-30) and Waterford (24-32) in the ECC Small Division, and edged Lyman Memorial of Lebanon (25-30). Bacon beat the Lancers (26-31), but lost to Lyman (28-29). Waterford also lost to Lyman (28-31). Colin Raunig, a one-man team for New London, was the individual winner in 17:23, breaking the 3.1-mile course record set by Griswold's Mike Charron in 2000 (18:12). Liebal finished in 17:27. Brian Cull was Bacon's top finisher (third in 17:36) while Waterford's Kyle Pias finished fifth in 19:04.
J.P. Mandelburg won the race in 16:38 and Norwich Free Academy edged Woodstock Academy, 24-31, in the ECC Large Division. Matt Ross finished third and Zack Clark fourth for the Wildcats (1-0, 1-0). John Graham finished second overall for the Centaurs (0-1, 0-1).
Fitch opened defense of its ECC title by rolling to a 15-49 win over host Ledyard in an ECC Large Division meet. The Falcons also beat Wheeler, 15-49, in a nonleague meet, while the Lions edged Ledyard, 27-28. Betsy Boucher was the first of six straight Fitch finishers in 15:54, three seconds faster than Blair Kauffman. Emily Watson was third, Amanda Zike fourth and Margo Ward fifth. Nicolette Parlories led Wheeler with a seventh-place finish while Ledyard's top finisher was Sophia Holly in eighth
Defending Class LL champion NFA opened with a 20-41 ECC Large Division win at Woodstock Academy. After the Centaurs' Amy Hicks won individual honors in 15:54 over the 2.5-mile course, the Wildcats took the next five spots. Mallory Keegan finished second, Dana Merise third, Hannah Shepherd fourth, Jessie Marshall fifth and Kristin Kropp sixth.
Erin O'Connell, Kathryn Brubaker and Rachel Wong finished in the top five as East Lyme defeated Killingly, 24-36, in the ECC Large Division, and Old Lyme, 16-47. Killingly defeated Old Lyme, 18-37. Killingly's Meghan Owen won the race in 14:39, while teammate Ali Bernier was third. Maggie Atkins led the Wildcats with a seventh-place finish.
Waterford's Carrie Ritter broke her own course record at Bacon Academy, winning in 20:02, but the Bobcats pulled out wins over Montville, Waterford and Lyman Memorial. Bacon beat Montville via the tiebreaker, placing its sixth-place runner higher, after the teams tied 28-28. The Bobcats beat Waterford, 26-30, and Lyman, 17-42. Bacon's Stephanie Lepine finished second overall in 21:49. Montville beat Lyman, 17-38, and ECC Medium Division rival Waterford, 25-30, while Waterford defeated Lyman, 27-30. The one-person team of Erin Landon from Parish Hill was third in 22:12, followed by Montville's Kala Lathrop in 22:30 and Bacon's Lylette Ozimek in 22:41.
Montville If you listen to St. Bernard High School cross country coach Doug Sharples, the most exciting part of his day came in the morning when his 14-year-old cocker spaniel was hit by a post office truck and then bit Sharples when he came to the dog's aid.
Miraculously, the dog escaped with only minor injuries. And Sharples, whose hand started to swell just before his team's meet Wednesday afternoon, had his hand checked out by a doctor later in the day and was pronounced fit after being issued an antibiotic.
In between, the Saints helped their coach record his 400th career victory by sweeping Plainfield (23-34), Tourtellotte Memorial (15-50) and St. Thomas More (24-32) in the boys' cross country season opener.
I didn't even tell the kids until is was over, said Sharples, who retired from teaching this year but returned to lead St. Bernard for the 34th year.
Those kids don't care what happened to me 30 years ago, so why make a big deal about it?
Sharples needs just two more wins to reach 500 victories overall, counting his 98 from track and field. He's been the National coach of the year, two-time New England coach of the year and two-time Connecticut coach of the year. He's coached three State Open team winners, 12 class champions, eight runner-ups and seven third-place finishes. He was inducted into the Connecticut Coaches Hall of Fame last year.
All of which along with his 400th victory he shrugs off.
My kids have gotten me every honor a coach can get, Sharples said. I'm really not that interested in making a big deal about that.
What he wanted to make a big deal about was the fact that his runners Ryan Gauthier, T.J. Dyer and Tim Benway took first, third and fourth against each team the Saints ran against Wednesday.
The St. Bernard girls, now also coached by Sharples, also beat Plainfield (20-36) and Tourtellotte (15-50) in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Small Division meet behind the 1-2 finish of Emily Bouty and Dana Williams.
Gauthier was the top overall boys' finisher in 15 minutes, 35 seconds Tourtellotte's Chad Tatsey was second (15:55), followed by Plainfield's Charlie Hansen (16:32) and St. Thomas More's Jordan Way (17:45).
Dyer and Benway finished with a second of each other (17:55 and 17:56).
Tourtellotte beat Plainfield, 28-29.
Bouty's winning time of 16:53 was 37 seconds faster than teammate Williams (17:30). Williams, in turn, was 48 seconds faster than Plainfield's Nicole Ruffo (18:18). Also for St. Bernard, Talia Pettini was fourth in 18:23, Rebecca Coen was sixth in 19;34 and Erin McCafferey was seventh in 19:41. Plainfield's Sarah Langlois was fifth in 19:03 as the Panthers beat Tourtellotte, 15-50.
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