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

RESULTS

MSR Photo Galleries at NBNI Friday

Boys 1600m Sprint Medley Relay

Good things come to those who wait… and work and work. For the past two years, Lyman Hall boys have targeted Danbury’s state record of 3:28.36 in the sprint medley. Last year they were a little over two seconds off the record when they finished 5th at NBNI to earn All American. This year was much more competitive and the team of Aaron Rich, Owen Rich, Thomas Conklin, Timothy Conklin teamed up to not only break the state record, they and four other teams, went under the old meet record. State Open 600m champion Thomas Conklin battled for the lead almost his entire four lap leg in the 2nd fastest heat and eventually pulled away over the final 100m. He had a PR split of 1:52.67 to win the heat. 

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The New Britain team of Cory Bates II, Emmanuel Rivera, Ivan Suarez and Yendri Ruiz finished 17th in a time of 3:32.49 which is the 6th fastest time in state history. Newtown’s team of Danniel Teixeira, Bryce Maddox, Elias Brady and Soheib Dissa was 21st in 3:33.32, the 8th fastest time all time in CT. Dissa, the State Open champion in the 1000m, split a 1:53.24 for his 800m anchor leg. 

Bullis of Maryland continued to dominate on the track, setting the national high school record with their time of 3:23.41 to grab the win. 

Girls Championship Pentathlon 

Much like the Lyman Hall boys, D’Asia Duncan will have to wait another year. The multi talented junior has had her sights set on Nicolette Chambers’ state record in the pentathlon of 3558 points. After an injury plagued season that still saw her make significant contributions to Bloomfield’s Class S and State Open titles, she finished 10th in the five event competition with 3347 points which is the 2nd best score all time in CT history. 

Duncan started off the day running the seldom run 60m hurdles in 8.99 which is the 9th best time in state history. She jumped 5-1.0 in the high jump which was an indoor PR and threw the shot 27-9.25. The long jump was measured at 16-9.25 and while most multi athletes dread the 800m, the State Open runner-up in the 600m looked forward to it and ran 2:26.39. With one year to go in high school she has time to improve 211 points to claim the state record in 2026. 

Boys 2-mile

Everyone has been talking about how fast all events in track and field have become and especially the distance events. In 2004 Gavin Coombs won the National Scholastic Indoor Championships in 9:13.08. Three years later future Olympian Donn Cabral did the same in a time of 9:10.56. Jump ahead to 2022 for the state record of 8:48.59 by Conard’s Gavin Sherry that was also a winning time at NBNI. 

Fast forward a few years and we saw Owen Martin of Xavier break his school record and became the 6th fastest in state history finishing in 9:00.33 but finished 16th place overall. He ran brilliantly to blow his heat away over the last three laps, running 1:34.5 for the last 600m and 2:08.5 for the last 800m to improve his PR 12 seconds from two weeks ago at New Englands. 

His in-state rival Sean McCauley of East Lyme also broke into the CT all time list by running 9:05.50 to take 19th overall. His time pushed CT distance legends Drew Thompson, Eric van der Els and Connor Rog back a spot and he was able to claim the ECC record. 

There were also a pair of CT residents that compete in the NEPSTA for private schools that also should be mentioned. Nathan Lee, running for Brunswick School, ran the fastest time for CT in 2025 with his time of 8:57.16 to take 11th place and his teammate Teddy Hojlo, only a sophomore, ran 9:08.01 to take 26th. 

Girls 400m

Lauren Kropo continued her outstanding season by finishing 13th in the prelims of the 400m, just missing finals by a half of a second. The junior finished 3rd in her heat with a time of 55.53, which makes her the 2nd fastest CT girl in state history with only Precious Holmes’ state record of 53.43 in front of her. The New England 600m champion still has one more year to break that 12 year-old record. 

Boys Championship Long Jump Finals

Honors keep coming Michael Ahoua’s way this season. The Torrington senior has won 10 straight long jump competitions including the Millrose Games, State Open and broke the New England meet record. It took the national championship to finally find someone who can out leap him. The Raider went over 24 feet for the 4th time this season to take 2nd in 24-00.25. 

Boys Championship Shot Put

It has been well documented that CT shot put has definitely risen to new levels the past few years. East Lyme’s Thomas Matlock and Chris Amy of Norwich Free Academy have been going back and forth consistently going over 60 feet while Simsbury’s Marshall Potter has also gone over the 60 foot mark but always seems to come up short. Keeping up the theme of “good things come to those who wait”, Potter popped out a big throw on the biggest stage, with all six throws going over 60 feet and setting a PR of 63-4.75 on his 4th throw to earn a podium spot with a 5th place medal. At the ThrowHawks meet last week he told MSR “good things are coming in the shot”. His throw moves him past Mel Taylor, who held the state record for 53 year, into #4 in CT history. 

State Open champion Chris Amy made the finals but just missed a medal, finishing 7th with a toss of 62-08.75 while Tom Matlock was a little off, taking 14th place with a mark of 59-01.25.

New Balance Nationals Indoor 

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Freshman Girls 800m

15th Madeline Garguilo Woodbury TC Nonnewaug 2:19.98 CT #2 PR

Freshman Boys 800m

50th Nico Cardello East Lyme 2:05.81

67th Nolan O'Connor South Farms TC- Xavier 2:08.67

74th Holden Hines South Farms TC- Xavier 2:11.77

Boys 400m Prelims

66th Samuel LaMalfa Portland High School 49.55   #17 CT All Time

71st Charles Dalles Go Far TC 49.68                      #19 CT All Time

92nd Yendri Ruiz New Britain 49.98

102nd Sebastian Perez Trumbull Track & Trail 50.09

Boys Championship 2 Mile Run

66th Ouellette, Jack 12 South Farms - Xavier  9:17.05

115th Samuel  Zwick-Lavinsky,12 Fleet Feet - Staples 9:29.40

Girls Championship 2 Mile Run  

83rd Charlotte Murphy Southbury- Taft School 10:58.47  CT #1 for 2025

93rd Sarah Roberts South Farms- Mercy 11:03.53

104th Lily Lyons  11 Darien - Greenwich Academy 11:06.87

Boys Championship 4x200m Relay Prelims (8 to final)

22nd Windsor Track  1:29.17 Elijah Fraser, Shelldon Simpson II, Jaylen Wesley, Jaden Langford

59th Danbury Track  1:31.11 Rysaiah Saunders, Julian Farmer Campbell, Dominic Atuahene, Tobeas Kelly

68th Hand TC 1:31.64 Aedan Virgulto, Lucas Nolte, Stone Leckey, John Daniels

Girls Championship 4x200m Relay Prelims (8 to final)

23rd Bloomfield TC 1:42.16 Anaejah Gray, Indya Norman, April Nathaniel, Soleigh Dixon

24th Windsor Track 0695 1:42.17 Paige Wilson, Tomari Gillespie, Grayson Harris, Jordyn Williams

32rd Hamden Dragons TC 1:43.11 PRMegan Stallworth, Siobhan Diggs, Shanez De Roche, Chyle Bond

34th Redhawk Track - Manchester 1:43.36 Dolche Monroe Fryer, Myah-Nicole Johnson, Emeliana Christy, Samiya Eady

52nd Bloomfield TC - B 1:44.85 Saphyr Brown, Kiylah Williams, Nacquelia Fletcher, Caleah Baker

58th Avon TC- 1:44.99 Julia Freeman, Lauren Edge, Ziyaumdora Hudson, Kathryn Martin

Boys Championship DMR (12-4-8-16) 

8th Ridgefield TC 10:11.27        CT #1 for 2025

Magnus Manley (3:05.85), Pierce Graber (48.23), Trevor Fuller (2:00.37), Charles Lovett (4:16.80)

17th Danbury TC 10:23.63

Kyle Jeffers, Alexander Hannon, Owen Tomasik, Michael Komisky

28th Greenwich TC  10:33.78

Benjamin Hayes, Cameron Williams, Ryan Newcomb, Dylan Jelliffe

Girls Championship DMR (12-4-8-16)

36th South Farms TC- Mercy 12:36.45 C. Wasiolek, C. Nephew, B. Perrault, S. Roberts

Boys Championship SMR (2-2-4-8)

38th Hamden Dragons TC 3:36.89

44th Bethel 3:37.97

55th Hall TC 3:39.66

71st South Farms- Xavier 3:41.80

72nd Greenwich TC 3:41.80

85th Hall TC 3:44.54

Girls Championship SMR (2-2-4-8)

12th Conard TC 4:10.70                      CT #1 for 2025

19th Windsor Track  4:13.00

22nd Ridgefield 4:14.10

31st Glastonbury TC 4:16.45

32nd Woodbury TC- Nonnewaug 4:16.78

48th Avon TC 4:20.20

57th E.O. Smith 4:24.27 

Friday - Field Events

Boys Championship High Jump 

43rd Joal Barros, Joal 12 Norwich Free Academy TC 6-02.0

37th Compton, Jayden 10 Windsor Track 6-04.0

9th Ethan Rich Wallingford- Lyman Hall 6-06.00

Boys Championship Long Jump Finals

11th Aaron Rich Wallingford- Lyman Hall 22-10.75

42nd Elias Brady Sandy Hook TC- Newtown 21-08.00

68th Oliver Guzy South Farms TC- Xavier 20-07.00

77th Mason Sweeney Trumbull Track & Trail 19-04.25

Girls Championship Long Jump

17th Vanessa Agyemang,11 Bloomfield TC 17-00.0 

Boys Championship Shot Put

26th Liam Sweeney Colchester- Bacon Academy 55-07.75

43rd Khile Francis Bloomfield TC 52-10.00

52rd James Oberg GUILFORD GRIZZLIES TC 48-08.25

Nike Indoor Nationals

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RESULTS

 

Boys 2 Mile Championship

20th Alex Fisher Berlin - Loomis Chaffee 9:04.09

Girls 4 x 200m Emerging Elite

2nd Hillhouse 1:44.55  CT #5 in 2025

13th Fleet Feet Racing- Staples 1:47.39

16th The Trojans TC- Simsbury 1:47.47

28th Rockville TC 1:49.35

30th East Hartford TC 1:50.73

Boys 4 x 200m Emerging Elite

5th The House TC- Hillhouse 1:31.20 CT #4 in 2025

9th East Hartford TC 1:32.21

16th Lion Mode TC- Sheehan 1:32.74

Girls 4x200m Championship 

19th Danbury TC  S. Porto, M. Nascimento, K. Taylor, A. Cook 1:47.93

Boys 1600m SMR Championship

DQ Rockville TC   W. Davis, D. Bariffe, O. Pinto, E. Kristoff 3:37.15

Boys Weight Throw Championship

20th Lucas DeCrescenzo Wallingford TC Lyman Hall 58-10.75

Girls Emerging Elite Pole Vault

4th Liliana Quill Woodbridge TC- Amity 12-00.50  CT #12 All Time

26th Kaylin Diglio Guilford Grizzlies TC 10-06.75

Boys Weight Throw Emerging Elite

30th Joshua Keaton East Hartford TC 50-01.75

35th Warren Pelletier Canton TC 46-08.75

Girls High Jump Emerging Elite

14th Jenna Luoma Ellington TC 5-01.00

22nd Hayli Graham Suffield TC 4-11.00

Girls Triple Jump Emerging Elite

20th Isabella Aldi Woodbridge TC- Amity 34-07.75 School Record