New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
Moore and more
Record day for Hillhouse senior, Academics win title
NEW HAVEN — Gary Moore Jr. came away with wins in the shot put, discus and javelin, including two meet records, to lead the Hillhouse boys track team to the team title with 122 points at the Southern Connecticut Conference Outdoor Track Championships at Bowen Field on Tuesday.
Moore won the shot put in a meet-record 65 feet. A week ago, he set the state record in the shot put with a throw of 66-4.75 at the SCC Western Sectional meet. At the SCC Championship meet he won the discus in a meet record 186-8 and also won the javelin (175-11).
“You always want to do well and contribute to the team’s success,” said
Moore, named the SCC boys meet Most Outstanding Athlete. “I was really confident going into the shot put and discus. I was a little worried about the javelin because I had a rough start with it this season. But it’s getting better, all my events have been getting better the last couple of weeks.
“Last year my season started getting better once the SCC meets started and the same thing is happening this season. That 66 for the state (record) seemed to come out of nowhere. Up to that point I was throwing 55s and 57s.”
Xavier ended up second in the boys team results with 81 points and Hand was third with 64.
“This was an amazing meet for us,” said Hillhouse boys outdoor track coach Michele Moore, who is also Gary Moore Jr.’s mother. “This was one of the most complete teams we have had here since I stated coaching in 1995. The athletes contributed in every phase, from the runners and hurdlers to the field events, with the throwers really being a standout for us today.”
Also contributing wins
for Hillhouse were Zyair Wali in the high jump (6-4) and Tremayne Sweat in the pole vault (12-0).
WINTERS LEADS SHEEHAN GIRLS TO REPEAT TITLE
Avery Winters, named the girls SCC meet co-Most Outstanding Athlete, won the 400 (58.52) and 200 (25.87) to lead the Titans to their second straight SCC Outdoor Track Championship title with 141 points. Shelton was second with 81 points and Hillhouse was third with 69. Sheehan won its first SCC outdoor title in 2021. “Avery had a great meet, but everyone did a little it to get us where we are today,” Sheehan girls outdoor track coach Charles Farley said. “Avery Winters won the 400 (58.52) and 200 (25.87) and Amanda Castaldi won the 100 (13.01). We also had depth in almost every event.”
INTERESTING DAY FOR KOZEK
It was an interesting day for Audrey Kozek of Shelton who showcased both her maturity and talent to overcome adversity. In both the long jump and triple jump, it came down to her final jump to qualify for the finals and her final jump in the final round to win both events. She won the long jump (18-3), triple jump (36-10.5) and high jump (5-3). “I came into this meet really optimistic and confident I would do well,” said Kozek, named the girls SCC meet co-Most Outstanding Athlete. “When it came down to the final jumps to get in the finals and win the final, all that optimism went out the window. Each time I told myself I could do it and was determined to get the win. “I’ve also had a mental block in the high jump this year but was able to pull that off and win it.” GOOD DAY FOR HILLHOUSE GIRLS Olivia O’Connor of Hillhouse came away with two wins for the Academics in the shot put (37-10.75) and a meet record in the discus (130-11). Leonaya Knox won thd 100 hurdles (15.07). “I’m happy I won both events, it means everything to me,” O’Connor said. “After today I’m going to keep working on the shot put and get my distance back up to 38 or 39.”
CLOSE ONE IN THE BOYS 100
Colin Brown of Cheshire and Ralphael Hawkins of Hillhouse produced the closest finish of the day in the 100 dash. Brown won with a time of 11.113 and Hawkins was second in 11.116. “I planned to stay behind the leaders, but everyone went out slow,” Brown said. “I went out in front and just ran hard the whole way. I didn’t know how close it was until we crossed the finish line.”
SCC Outdoor Track Championships
Boys Team results: 1 Hillhouse 122, 2. Xavier 81, 3. Hand 64, 4. Law 50, 5. Amity 43, 6. Hamden 39, 7. Foran 34, 7. Branford 34, 9 Guilford 33, 10 Wilbur Cross 30, 10. Shelton 30, 12 Fairfield Prep 28, 13. North Haven 25 14 Cheshire 24, 15 West Haven 19, 16. Notre Dame-West Haven 15, 16 Lyman Hall 15, 18 Sheehan 8, 18 East Haven 8. Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals (w: -1.8) 1, Brown, Colin, Cheshire, 11.12. 2, Hawkins, Ralphael, Hillhouse, 11.12. 3, Smith, Tymaine, Fairfield Pr, 11.37. Boys 200 Meter Dash 1, Brown, Colin, Cheshire, 22.64, w:-2.3. 2, Klein, Samuel, Shelton, 22.77, w:-2.3. 3, Hawkins, Ralphael, Hillhouse, 22.78, w:-2.3. Boys 400 Meter Dash :1, Iddriss, Basit, Foran, 50.54. 2, Bretthauer, Thomas, Jonathan Law, 50.87. 3, Hoffman, Kyle, Daniel Hand, 51.01. Boys 800 Meter Run: 1, Zdunek, Patrick, Branford, 1:58.64. 2, Burke, Eamon, Xavier (Ct), 1:59.23. 3, Shiffrin, Justin, Guilford, 1:59.55. Boys 1600 Meter Run 1, Burke, Eamon, Xavier (Ct), 4:15.63#. 2, Omelchenko, Nikita, Wilbur Cross, 4:16.94. 3, Beaudette, Mason, Amity, 4:22.97. Boys 3200 Meter 1, Santagata, Brody, Xavier (Ct), 9:39.16. 2, Ushchak, Alexander, Xavier (Ct), 9:44.02. 3, Lesniak, Joshua, Xavier (Ct), 9:49.42. Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals (w: -2.6) 1, Battaglia, Blake, Wilbur Cross, 15.78. 2, Smith, Connor, Fairfield Pr, 16.01. 3, Warters, Jackson, Jonathan Law, 16.32. Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 1, Warters, Jackson, Jonathan Law, 40.67. 2, Rodney, Dante, West Haven, 42.28. 3, Huebner, Nathanael, Foran, 42.42. Boys 4x100 Meter Relay 1, Fairfield Prep ‘A’ (Young, Robert 12, Morris, Jon 10, Walinowski, Konrad 10, Smith, Tymaine 12), 43.24. 2, Hamden ‘A’ (Mills, Naeem 10, Lefers, Andrew 12, Buckley-Robinson, Liam 9, Calderon II, Luis 11), 43.45. 3, Jonathan Law ‘A’ (Garnett, Gabe 11, Bretthauer, Thomas 12, Barnes, Dimitri 12, Pritchard, Shane 11), 43.53. Boys 4x400 Meter Relay 1, Foran ‘A’ (Lahav, Jonathan 12, Defreitas, Joseph 11, Huebner, Nathanael 12, Iddriss, Basit 12), 3:29.25. 2, Branford ‘A’ (Zdunek, Patrick 12, Wu, Cheng 12, Meli, Cameron 12, Moriarty, Peyton 12), 3:30.41. 3, Daniel Hand ‘A’ (Odyniec, Paul 12, Hilmer, Daniel 12, Montana, Nicholas 11, Hoffman, Kyle 10), 3:30.69. Boys 4x800 Meter Relay 1, Xavier (Ct) ‘A’ (Ushchak, Alexander 11, Kirejczyk, Jacob 12, Lesniak, Joshua 12, Santagata, Brody 12), 8:11.04. 2, Amity ‘A’ (Lu, Brodey 12, Frazer, Benjamin 11, Nichol, James 12, Paragas, Parker 12), 8:15.39. 3, Daniel Hand ‘A’ (Grenier, Harrison 11, Bonavita, Christopher 10, O’Keefe, Jack 12, Montana, Nicholas 11), 8:16.49. Boys High Jump 1, Wali, Zyair, Hillhouse, 6-04. 2, Veth, Morgan, Daniel Hand, 6-02. 3, Antoine, Khalil, Hillhouse, 600. Boys Pole Vault 1, Sweat, Tremayne, Hillhouse, 12-00. 2, King, Aidan, Jonathan Law, 11-06. 3, Kropiwnicki, Ryder, Branford, 11-00.Boys Long Jump 1, Hergott, Christopher, Hamden, 21-07, w:NWI. 2, Veth, Morgan, Daniel Hand, 20-10.25, w:NWI. 3, O’Brien, Ethan, Daniel Hand, 2008.50, w:NWI. Boys Triple Jump 1, Wali, Zyair, Hillhouse, 44-01.75, w:NWI. 2, Calderon II, Luis, Hamden, 43-02.50, w:NWI. 3, Kasper, Matt, Daniel Hand, 43-01, w:NWI. Boys Shot Put 1, Moore Jr., Gary, Hillhouse, 65-00#. 2, Athis, Jquan, Hillhouse, 48-04. 3,Candelario Vazquez, Jay, Wilbur Cross, 45-03.50. Boys Discus Throw 1, Moore Jr., Gary, Hillhouse, 186-08#. 2, Athis, Jquan, Hillhouse, 135-03. 3, Anderson, Ethan, North Haven, 130-09. Boys Javelin Throw 1, Moore Jr., Gary, Hillhouse, 17511. 2, Roy, John, Xavier (Ct), 158-07. 3, Salato, Dominic, East Haven, 158-04. Girls Team results: 1. Sheehan 141, 2 Shelton 81, 3 Hillhouse 69, 4. Cheshire 54, 5 Guilford 50, 6 Mercy 40, 7 Lauralton Hall 39, 8 Amity 36 50, 9. Career Magnet 33, 10 Branford 32, 11 Sacred Heart Academy 30, 12 East Haven 27, 13 Law 21, 14 Hamden 14 50, 15 Hand 14, 16 Foran 8 17. West Haven 5 18. North Haven 3, 19 Wilbur Cross 2 19. Lyman Hall 2. Girls 100 Meter Dash Finals (w: -3.3) 1, Castaldi, Amanda, Sheehan, 13.01. 2, Kane, Marie, Mercy (Ct), 13.01. 3, Mansfield, Patrice, Sheehan, 13.31. Girls 200 Meter Dash 1, Winters, Avery, Sheehan, 25.87, w:-2.0. 2, Kane, Marie, Mercy (Ct), 26.73, w:-2.0. 3, Nwagboli, Sara, Branford, 27.23, w:-2.0. Girls 400 Meter Dash 1, Winters, Avery, Sheehan, 58.52. 2, Farrell, Leah, Cheshire, 58.82. 3, Kane, Marie, Mercy (Ct), 1:00.12. Girls 800 Meter Run 1, Wasiolek, Tess, Branford, 2:22.22. 2, Platt, Olivia, Sheehan, 2:23.28. 3, Vientos, Mia, Cheshire, 2:25.95. Girls 1600 Meter Run 1, Jones, Kelly, Lauralton Ha, 5:13.65. 2, Wasiolek, Tess, Branford, 5:15.65. 3, Antony, Julia, Guilford, 5:18.21. Girls 3200 Meter Run 1, Jones, Kelly, Lauralton Ha, 11:37.91. 2, Andrejczyk, Hannah, Shelton, 11:53.59. 3, Suchy, Alexa, Guilford, 11:55.91.Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals (w: -1.9) 1, Knox, Leonaya, Hillhouse, 15.07. 2, Castaldi, Amanda, Sheehan, 15.28. 3, Baisley, Katherine, Lauralton Ha, 15.99 Girls 300 Meter Hurdles 1, Salado, Macie, Amity, 46.82. 2, Zawalich, Kira, Cheshire, 47.01. 3, Mansfield, Patrice, Sheehan, 47.08. Girls 4x100 Meter Relay 1, Sheehan ‘A’ (Mansfield, Patrice 12, Castaldi, Amanda 12, Wresien, Maya 11, Winters, Avery 12), 49.34. 2, Hillhouse ‘A’ (Mabry, Taniyah 11, Townsend, Ne’riah 12, Ellis, Amaiya 9, Knox, Leonaya 10), 50.44. 3, Career Magnet ‘A’ (Best, Laila 10, Murray, Sarah 11, Jackson, Shania 12, Bryan, Imani 10), 50.63. Girls 4x400 Meter Relay 1, Guilford ‘A’ (Selig, Daniella 9, Antony, Julia 12, Heckler, Ella 9, Hickey, Riley 9), 4:07.19. 2, Cheshire ‘A’ (Lanz, Molly/Squirrel 10, Farrell, Leah 9, Vientos, Mia 10, Zawalich, Kira 12), 4:09.19. 3, Shelton ‘A’ (Chen, Mia 12, Codere, Emily 11, Johnson, Malaikah 9, Ostrosky, Taylor 11), 4:14.62. Girls 4x800 Meter Relay 1, Cheshire ‘A’ (Farrell, Leah 9, Georgescu, Meghan 12, Ciccone, Alexa 10, Vientos, Mia 10), 9:44.82. 2, Guilford ‘A’ (Gahm, Clara 10, Skapczynski, Olivia 12, Suchy, Alexa 11, Antony, Julia 12), 9:50.35. 3, Lauralton Hall ‘A’ (Jones, Kelly 11, Cook, Carys 12, Umbricht, Amanda 10, Vitti, Lauren 11), 9:59.87. Girls High Jump 1, Kozak, Audrey, Shelton, 5-03. 2, Ball, Abigail, Amity, 5-00. 3, Solecki, Hayden, Sacred Heart, J5-00. Girls Pole Vault 1, Brennan, Erin, Sheehan, 11-01. 2, Steigbigel, Ava, Foran, 9-06. 3, Ouloul, Aida, Shelton, 9-00 Girls Long Jump 1, Kozak, Audrey, Shelton, 1803, w:NWI. 2, Brennan, Erin, Sheehan, 1707.75, w:NWI. 3, Robertson, Shalisha, Hillhouse, 17-05.50, w:NWI. Girls Triple Jump 1, Kozak, Audrey, Shelton, 36-10.50, w:NWI. 2, Best, Laila, Career Magne,3607.75, w:NWI. 3, D’Auria, Morgan, East Haven, 34-11, w:NWI. Girls Shot Put 1, O’Connor, Olivia, Hillhouse, 37-10.75. 2, Jagrosse, Darla, Sheehan, 37-01.50. 3, Robertson, Shalisha, Hillhouse, 35-00.50. Girls Discus Throw 1, O’Connor, Olivia, Hillhouse, 130-11#. 2, Jagrosse, Darla, Sheehan, 114-09. 3, DiPasquale, Madison, Sheehan, 110-00. Girls Javelin Throw 1, Stettinger, Alice, East Haven, 122-05. 2, Savoie, Emma, Jonathan Law, 96-05. 3, Ennis, Caroline, Hamden, 91-05.