Mari Noble, Greenwich 4x800 relay win
On the strength of a firstplace finish from Mari Noble in the 3,200-meter run and a winning effort in the 4x800-meter relay race, the Greenwich High School girls indoor track and field team placed a strong sixth in the team standings at the CIAC Class LL Indoor Track Championships on Thursday night at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.
Noble, a junior, defended her title in the 3,200-meter run. She got off to a quick start and garnered the firstplace medal in the event with a time of 11:04.76.
Greenwich’s 4x800-meter relay team of sophomore Bianca Granitto, junior Grace Collier, senior Zoe Harris and Noble combined for a Class LL winning time of 9:24.09.
In the 1,600-meter sprint medley, Greenwich posted a third-place finish. Kayla Egan, senior Jada Williams, senior Demi Janis and Collier put together a time of 4:24.62.
The 4x200-meter relay squad of Williams, Egan, Hanna Rifkin and Alexa Brust clocked in at 1:52.15, good for eighth place at the Class LL finals.
Harris registered a thirdplace finish in the 300-meter run, posting a time of 1:39.31 and Janis placed 12th in the 1,600-meter run (1:46.56).
Victoria Liu was 13th for the Cardinals in the 3,200meter event, while Haley Townsend finished 15th in the 300 (45.02).
Egan, Brust, Granitto and Harris were seventh in the 4x400 at the Class LL finals.
On the boys’ side, Cardinals sophomore Zachary Jelinek finished fifth in the 1,000-meter run. He recorded a time of 2:3921 to earn a medal.
David Faugno, a junior, was 12th in the long jump for GHS (19-08.75). Isaac Dacres finished 16th in the 300 run in 38.59 seconds.
In the 3,200-meter event, senior Alexander Bein finished 13th in 9:55.13.
Up next for the Cardinals is next week’s State Open Championships.