By Senior Correspondent Marty Ogden, Editing and Graphics by Ron Knapp

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Connecticut has a couple of more national champions. Newington’s Kate Bohlke and Hillhouse’s Khalil Antione won the 2000m steeplechase and triple jump at the New Balance National Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Philadelphia on Saturday and several other athletes put up big performances in the second to last day of competition

Kate Bohlke came into the meet as a slight favorite with the US #1 time for 2024 and the 8th fastest high school time all time in the steeplechase. Her main rival, Lillie Bogdan from NY, took a spill over a hurdle in the 2nd lap and that allowed Bohlke to take over the lead for good. The senior, in her last race for the school she has represented so well these past four years, sailed to the win, breaking her own CT state record with a time of 6:25.93. She now has the 5th fastest high school time in history. 

Earlier in the day Khalil Antoine broke 50 feet for the first time in the triple jump on his first attempt. The senior, who will attend Holy Cross, did not compete in the Class L meet which kept him off the radar for all the championship meets. On his fourth attempt he improved upon his previous PR by just over two feet, reaching a distance of 51-6 ¼ which secured the win and is the 3rd best jump in CT history. He is also currently ranked 2nd in the nation. 

Another record breaking performance was turned in by junior Soheib Dissa of Newtown who moved up one place from last year, taking 2nd in the 2k steeplechase.in a new CT record of 5:49.15, The Nighthawk was either in or near the lead for the first three laps of the five lap race but in the end was no match for Noe Kemper of Idaho who broke the meet record with his finishing time of 5:43.50. Dissa, who still has a year left in high school, was exactly one second off Rhode Island’s Devan Kipyego’s New England All Time record in the event. 

The sheer number of girls that are running fast in the distance events in our little state is just amazing. There were four girls who finished in the top 24 in the highly competitive mile with Glastonbury’s Brooke Strauss leading the way in 16th place with a time of 4:47.61, a nearly five second PR. The junior ran a steady race on the rail in the pack of ten runners who all finished within three seconds of each other. The lessons learned in a race like this will pay off down the line as she moves into even more competitive races in the NCAA in two years. 

Conard’s Tess Sherry just barely missed her PR she set last year at NBNO by .05 seconds. She finished 2nd in her heat with a time of 4:49.25. Winning heat two was Liv Sherry who improved her PR by two seconds and finished 23rd overall in a time of 4:49.80. Her time is currently the 8th best mile time in state history. 

Lyme Old Lyme sophomore Chase Gilbert just barely missed breaking 4:50 but still set her PR, running 4:50.21 to finish 2nd in her heat and 24th overall and is now the 10th fastest miler in CT history. The PRs kept coming as the New England 3200m champion Hannah Andrejczyk of Shelton moved down in distance to finish 43rd in 4:53.82 which is the 13th fastest mile time in state history. Finally we have Juliette Forstrom of Sacred Heart Academy, who had already set a PR of 10:36.18 in the 2-mile that same morning (CT #4 all time) came back about 12 hours later to set another PR of 4:57.87 to finish 71st. She is now the 19th fastest miler in state history and she leaves next year to attend the University of Portland. 

We overlooked Bacon Academy’s Ashleen Walsh who won the freshman javelin on Thursday. Her career is off to a great start as she was 3rd in the State Open and came within three feet of her PR on her third throw which reached a distance of 122-11, two inches better than 2nd place. She had an incredible series with five of her six throws over 119 feet

Boys Championship 2 Mile Run - UNSEEDED SECTION

3rd Alex Fisher - Loomis Chaffee 9:00.33 Sophomore. 

31st Nico Boyle North Haven 9:18.10

56th Nathan Lee Brunswick 9:27.04

Girls Championship 2 Mile Run - UNSEEDED SECTIONS 

29th Lily Lyons Greenwich Academy 10:53.25

Ava Malagisi - Ridgefield DNF

Girls Freshman 100m Hurdles (33") Prelims

28th Phoebe Cora Smith - Joel Barlow 16.19

Boys Championship 110m Hurdles (39") Prelims

28th Samuel Forte - Xavier 14.33

Boys Championship 4x100m Relay Prelims

9th Danbury Tobeas Kelly, Dominic Atuahene, Nasir Ricketts, Machai Henry 41.86

14th Windsor Taeshawn Berry, Jordan Crain, Damion Sparrow, Maxim Copeland  42.05

Girls Championship 4x100m Relay Prelims

11th Bloomfield A Dream Wilson, Saphyr Brown, Nacquelia Fletcher, Sianna Lloyd 47.49

20th Windsor Destiny Ross-Bates, Tomari Gillespie, Saniah Penns, Jaida Murray 47.92

44th Bloomfield Leaghana Walker, Taylor Jackson, April Nathaniel, Anaejah Gray 49.03

Boys Freshman 100m Dash Prelims

57th Caneil Goldson - Windsor 11.73

Girls Freshman 100m Dash Prelims

7th Saphyr Brown - Bloomfield 12.32 qualified

Girls Freshman 400m Dash Final on Time

13th Paige Wilson - Windsor 57.28

21st Alexandra Golder - Hall 58.81

Boys Championship 400m Dash Final on Time

35th Lucas Figueiredo - Waterbury Career Academy 48.76

36th Michael Fisher-  Lyman Hall 48.77

44th Brenan McCabe - Immaculate 48.99

Girls Championship 400m Dash Final on Time

39th Lauren Kropo Naugatuck 56.67

47th Jahniya Barclay Bloomfield 57.65

51st Kiylah William Bloomfield 57.94

Girls Freshman 200m Dash Prelims

7th Paige Wilson - Windsor 24.89 PR qualified for Finals at 2:58 PM Sunday

9th Saphyr Brown - Bloomfield 24.94 PR

Boys Championship 200m Dash Prelims

10th Maxim Copeland - Windsor 21.37

22nd Taeshawn Berry - Windsor 21.54

54th Brenan McCabe - Immaculate 22.08

Girls Championship 200m Dash Prelims

56th Jahniya Barclay Bloomfield 25.54

Girls Freshman 100m Dash Final

5th Saphyr Brown - Bloomfield 12.16

Boys Championship 1 Mile Run

19th Alex Fisher - Loomis Chaffee 4:10.55

41st Owen Martin - Xavier 4:14.13

53rd Jack Mattingly - E.O. Smith 4:16.00

72nd Jack Ouellette - Xavier 4:19.60

Steven Hergenrother - Ridgefield DNS 

Boys Championship 2000m Steeplechase

41st Matthew Kraszewski Hale Ray  6:19.30 PR

Saturday Field Events 

Boys Championship Hammer

18th Lucas DeCrescenzo - Wallingford Lyman Hall 185-10

26th Khile Francis - Bloomfield 178-6

25th Greyson Golda - Bethel 178-9

51st Nicholas Xavier - Hall 155-4

Girls Championship Pole Vault

9th Talia Graham - Bethel 11-9 ¾

16th Jordan Carr - Joel Barlow 11-9 ¾

Girls Freshman Triple Jump

28th Jenna Luoma - Ellington 33-9 ½

Girls Championship High Jump

21st Lizzy Bidwell - Conard 5-3 ¾

24th Avery Pitts - E.O. Smith 5-3 ¾

Girls Championship Shot Put

17th Anna Siciliano - Hall 41-1 ½ 

25th Maya Quaranta - Sacred Heart Academy 39-3 ¼

44th Lauren Plummer - Loomis Chaffee 34-4

Girls Championship Hammer

10th Lauren Plummer - Loomis Chaffee  150-0

21st Maya Quaranta - Sacred Heart Academy 142-8

Boys Freshman Javelin

21st Bryson Milton - East Hampton 133-3

Boys Championship Pole Vault

25th Liam Wright - Hall 14-9

Boys Championship Shot Put

13th Chris Amy - Norwich Free Academy 58-8.75

19th Marshall Potter - Simsbury 56-8

36th Tristan Smith - Masuk 53-8.5

Girls Championship Discus

12th Hannah Graham - Norwich Free Academy 127-4

19th Lauren Plummer - Loomis Chaffee 123-3

20th Anna Siciliano - Hall 122-9

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