Ridgefield boys, Danbury girls teams capture crowns
NEW HAVEN—For the Ridgefield High School boys outdoor track team, it was long-awaited history.
For the Danbury High School girls outdoor track team, it was a
61⁄2-hour party.
But the results Tuesday were the same for the Tigers boys and Hatters girls: They both went home as FCIAC outdoor track champions.
Ridgefield amassed 94 points to hold off Greenwich (88), Staples (82) and Danbury (78).
“This is our first FCIAC outdoor track championship crown since
1977. That’s a long time,” sasid Ridgefield coach Bryan Kovalsky. “It’s a very emotional thing for the kids. We had good teams in the past. But this year we saw we had the type of team (lots of depth) that could get the job done. And it all fell into place today.”
Liam Byrne (discus) and Evan Wein (110 hurdles) had the first place finishes for Ridgefield. The Tigers were runners-up in both the 4x800 and 4x400 relays.
“It was about our depth. It was about our coaches crunching the numbers 100 ways,” said Ridgefield senior co-captain James Kane. “So many contributions. The cards fell into place.”
A top individual performer of the afternoon was McMahon senior Justin Forde.
Forde, who will be part of the University of Miami track team on full scholarship in the fall, broke his own FCIAC record in winning the long jump at 24 feet, 6.25 inches.
Forde defended his FCIAC triple jump title by leaping 50-feet, 10.25 inches. Forde also captured second place at 6-feet-8 in the high jump behind Staples’ Chet Ellis (6-10).
“I felt good. I’m fully healthy and I’ve been setting personal bests each time out in the long jump,” Forde said. “I want to end my senior year on a very high note.”
The boys crowned FCIAC individual champions Tuesday included Liam Byrne (Ridgefield, discus), Jackson Hemphill (Ludlowe, pole vault), Austin Hutchens (Warde,
1600), Chet Ellis (Staples, high jump), Ryan Raybuck (Greenwich,
100 dash, 200), Evan Wein (Ridgefield, 110 hurdles), Malcolm Going (Danbury, 400), Matthew Chalon (New Canaan, 300 hurdles), George Lepska (Staples, 800), Morgan Fierro (Staples, 3200), Zach Gladstone (Staples, shotput), Reynell Burke (Westhill, javelin).
Danbury girls amassed 180.5 points to outdistance runnerup
Greenwich 76.5.
On the girls side, a freshman shall lead them.
For Danbury, freshman Alanna Smith made her first FCIAC Championship an unforgettable event.
Smith won the 100 meter dash (12.17 seconds), the 400
(56.36) and the 200 (25.02). “It was a really special day,” Smith said. “I had personal best times in the
100 and 200. I just love this team.”
Leading the Hatters in the field events was junior Meilee Kry. She is FCIAC champion in the triple jump (36feet-7) and the long jump
(18-9.50).
“Our group has a world of potential. We had top seeds everywhere,” Kry said. “My long jump was a personal best by 8 inches. It was cool to see the success keep rolling all day long.”
Other girls crowned FCIAC individual champs Tuesday included Hailey Angelucci (Trumbull, javelin), Daphne Cutler (Darien,
1600), Tess Stapleton (Ludlowe, 100 hurdles), Caitlyn Filloramo (Ludlowe, discus), Alex Misiewicz (Trumbull, pole vault), Emily Alexandru (Trumbull, 800), Tianna Rogers (Danbury, shotput), (3200), Savannah Bromley (McMahon, high jump),
FCIAC TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS RESULTS
Team Scores: 1, Ridgefield 94 points; 2, Greenwich 88; 3, Staples 82; 4, Danbury 78; 5, Ludlowe 70; 6, McMahon 63; 7, Norwalk 44.5; 8, Darien, Trumbull 35; 10, New Canaan 22; 11, Warde 21; 12, St. Joseph 20; 13, Wilton 19.5; 14, Central 15; 15, Westhill 14, 16, Stamford 1.
4x800 meter relay: 1, Danbury 8:02.99; 2, Ridgefield 8:04.64; 3, Staples 8:05.78; 4, Ludlowe 8:18.21; 5, Trumbull 8:19.77; 6, Greenwich 8:20.77.
4x100 relay: 1, Greenwich 43.11; 2, Danbury
44.12; 3, Norwalk 44.45; 4, McMahon 44.83; 5, Darien 44.96; 6, Wilton 45.10.
Discus: 1, Liam Byrne (Ridg) 138-feet-07; 2, Jeff Theirsaint (McM) 138-02; 3, Jake Northrop (Lud)
120-10; 4, Shaquille White (Central) 119-06; 5, Henry Pohle (NC) 118-10; 6, Matthew Smith (Lud) 118-05.
Pole Vault: 1, Jackson Hemphill (Lud) 13-feet-0;
2, Emmet Towey (McM) 12-6; 3, Kieran Daly (Dar) 12-0; 4, Zach Iannucci (Trum) 12-0; 5, Aidan Hills (Dar) 11-6; 6, Andrew Charkales (NC)
11-6.
High jump: 1, Chet Ellis (Stap) 6-feet-10; 2, Justin Forde (McM) 6-8; 3, (tie), Owen Bianchi (Gr), Duke Quermorllue (Nor) 5-10; 5, Tony Deluca (Gr) 5-10; 6, Ben Funk (Lud) 5-10.
1,600: 1, Austin Hutchens (Warde) 4:26.27; 2, Morgan Fierro (Stap) 4:28.28; 3, Jacob Hefele (Danb) 4:28.94; 4, Nick Taubenheim (Stap)
4:29.67; 5, Ted O’Kane (Stap) 4:31.85; 6, Jack Watson (Danb) 4:32.62. Long Jump: 1, Justin Forde (McM) 24-feet-6.25 (breaks his own FCIAC record); 2, Owen Bianchi (Gr) 22-1.25; 3, Kurt Monahan (Ridg) 21-5.25; 4, Wooder Tuoby (Wilt) 21-2.25; 5, Carter Lambo (Lud) 20-11.25; 6, Dave Faugno (Gr) 20-6.50.
100 meter dash: 1, Ryan Raybuck (Gr) 11.0; 2, Malique Stevens (Nor) 11.22; 3, Raheem Thompson (Cent) 11.23; 4, Chris Wint (Gr)
11.25; 5, Blaise Mazurkiewicz (McM) 11.36; 6, Jack Myers (Wilt)11.43.
110 meter hurdles: 1, Evan Wein (Ridg) 15.94; 2, Tahzir Fulton (Nor) 16.02; 3, Shay Fahsbender (Danb) 16.12; 4, Nigel Hayes (Tr) 16.36; 5, Sam McDonough (Ridg) 16.37; 6, Simon Alexander (Wilt) 16.44.
400: 1, Malcolm Going (Danb) 49.50; 2, Simon Jupp (Ridg) 50.20; 3, James Kane (Ridg) 52.38;
4, Nick Rullo (Lud) 52.69; 5, Ed Hurdle (Danb)
52.98; 6, Jack Holly (Dar) 53.17.
300 Hurdles: 1, Matthew Chalon (NC) 41.83; 2, Greg Foster (Nor) 42.04; 3, Amit Markos (Ridg)
42.07; 4, Alex Beiku (Danb) 42,48; 5, Nigel Hayes (Trum) 42.98; 6, Demitrius Whitshire (Danb)
43.52.
Triple Jump:1, Justin Forde (McM) 50feet-10.25; 2, Owen Bianchi (Gr) 43-10.50; 3, Carson Depp (Dar) 41-3.75; 4, Ryan Ferris (Trum) 39-7.75; 5, Andy Spillane (Trum)
39-7.25; 6, Joshua Salem (Trum) 39-5.75. Shot Put: 1, Zach Gladstone (Stap) 50feet-8.50; 2, Louis Tuccio (St.J) 48-8.75; 3, Jake Northrop (Lud) 46-6.25; 4, Liam Byrne (Ridg)
44-11; 5, Marcellous Bell (West) 44-6.25; 6, Shaquille White (Cent) 43-5.
Javelin: 1, Reynell Burke (West) 169-feet-0; 2, Dan Criscio (StJ) 158-10; 3, Kelete Sherald (McM) 153-04; 4, Liam Byrne (Ridg) 145-05; 5, Joe Kraninger (Gr) 144-02; 6, Eric Harvey (Trum)
141-01.
800: 1, George Lepska (Stap) 1:58.89; 2, Charles Coffin (Ridg) 1:59.22; 3, Henry Haas (Stap)
2:02.56; 4, Colin Agostisi (Lud) 2:03.30; 5, Gabriel Kwarteng (Danb) 2:03.41; 6, Ryan Muhlenbrg (Warde) 2:03.63.
200: 1, Ryan Raybuck (Gr) 22.38; 2, Jadyn Tabois (Lud) 22.47; 3, Simon Jupp (Ridg) 22.61; 4, Malique Stevens (Nor) 22.74; 5, Malik Thomas (Danb) 22.88; 6, Jack Myers (Wilt) 22.90.
3200: 1, Morgan Fierro (Stap) 9:42.03; 2, Dylan Pomer (Lud) 9:42.12; 3, Kabir Chavan (Lud)
9:44.77; 4, Mayo Smith (Stap) 9:46.86; 5, Alex Bein (Gr) 9:47.30; 6, Jacob Hefele (Danb)
9:50.53.
4x400 relay: 1, Danbury 3:26.76; 2, Ridgefield
3:28.84; 3, Ludlowe 3:34.35; 4, Greenwich
3:36.06; 5, Darien 3:38.38; 6, Staples 3:40.87. GIRLS RESULTS
Team Scores: 1, Danbury 180.5; 2, Greenwich
76.5; 3, Ridgefield 75; 4, Trumbull 69; 5, Ludlowe
64.5; 6, McMahon 45; 7, St. Joseph 37; 8, Westhill 33.5; 9, Darien, Wilton 32; 11, Norwalk
31; 12, New Canaan 17; 13, Staples 6; 14, Stamford 3.
4x800 meter relay: 1, Ridgefield 9:27.80; 2, Greenwich 9:28.52; 3, Trumbull 9:33.09; 4, Ludlowe 10:01.02; 5, McMahon 10:02.81; 6, Danbury 10:14.27.
4x100 relay: 1, Danbury 49.74; 2, McMahon
50.05; 3, Greenwich 50.19; 4, Norwalk 50.44; 5, Ridgefield 50.60; 6, Ludlowe 50.63. Javelin: 1, Hailey Angelucci (Trum) 120-feet-07;
2, Sophia Thagouras (West) 102-05; 3, Yeimy Gonzalez (West) 98-02; 4, Julia Marin (Trum)
90-08; 5, Lauren Haslam (Trum) 89-05; 6, Emilia Thornton (Gr) 89-03.
1,600: 1, Daphne Cutler (Dar) 5:23.87; 2, Amanda Graham (McM) 5:28.66; 3, Abigail Hart (Warde) 5:29.73; 4, Ivy Zingone (Stam) 5:30.50;
5, Kiera Hynes (NC) 5:32.52; 6, Imogen Rawlings-Green (NC) 5:33.52.
100 meter dash: 1, Alanna Smith (Danb) 12.17;
2, Jada Williams (Gr) 12.61; 3, Shanell Stewart (Danb) 12.68; 4, Shelby Dejana (Wilt) 12.73; 5, Peyton McNamara (McM) 12.81; 6, Maya Mocarski (Lud) 12.91.
100 meter hurdles: 1, Tess Stapleton (Lud) 14.64 seconds; 2, Kayla Clark (StJ) 14.80; 3, Shelby Dejana (Wilt) 15.40; 4, Jaylyn Carter (Danb)
15.40; 5, Gloria Twum (West) 15.70; 6, Nia Christie (StJ) 15.70.
400: 1, Alanna Smith (Danb) 56.36; 2, Natalee Seipio (Danb) 58.72; 3, Laura Turner (Nor)
59.68; 4, Charlotte Sulger (Dar) 1:00.62; 5, Briana Gilliard (Danb) 1:01.07; 6, Jordan Numme (Gr) 1:02.04.
Long Jump: 1, Meilee Kry (Danb) 18-feet-9.50;
2, Tess Stapleton (Lud) 18-5.50; 3, Giuliana Robles (Danb) 17-10.50; 4, Peyton McNamara (McM) 17-10.0; 5, Olivia Johnson (StJ) 17-9.25;
6, Emily Souza (Danb) 17-5.50.
Discus: 1, Caitlyn Filloramo (Lud) 96-feet-09; 2, Serenity Mayhew (Nor) 93-08; 3, Toni-Ann Parkinson (Danb) 90-11; 4, Alexis Chikezie (Danb) 90-02; 5, Margaux Brennan (NC) 86-06;
6, Neisha Boiteux (Stam) 84-03.
Pole Vault: 1, Alex Misiewicz (Trum) 9-feet-0; 2, Anna Rava (Wilt) 9-0; 3, Kylie Roth (West) 8-6;
4, Emerson Raymond (Lud) 8-6; 5, (tie) Vida Goncalves (Danb), Maya Manders (West) 8-0.
300 meter hurdles: 1, Emma Langis (Ridg)
44.41; 2, Christline Edward (Nor) 45.42; 3, Sophia Bastek (Gr) 46.80; 4, Alexa Brust (Gr)
47.50; 5, Erin Daugherty (Ridg) 47.79; 6, Paige O’Connell (Lud) 48.01.
Triple Jump:1, Meilee Kry (Danb) 36-feet-7; 2, Emilly Souza (Danb) 35-5.50; 3, Kayla Clark (St. Joseph) 35-5; 4, Olivia Johnson (St. Joseph)
35-3.50; 5, Gloria Twum (West) 34-1; 6, Leah Moroknek (Ridg) 33-6.50.
Shot Put: 1, Tianna Rogers (Danb) 39-feet-1; 2, DiLayni Dorce (McM) 35-feet-2; 3, Celia-Ann Chikezie (Danb) 34-9; 4, Hailey Angelucci (Trum)
33-7.75; 5, Emma Gibbens (NC) 32-9.25; 6, Taylor Symonette (Stap) 32-5.50.
800: 1, Emily Alexandru (Trum) 2:19.55; 2, Grace Michalowski (Ridg) 2:21.23; 3, Zoe Harris (Gr)
2:22.55; 4, Riley Stenger (McM) 2:24.54; 5, Rory McGrath (Ridg) 2:24.86; 6, Maya Gawley (Danb)
2:25.90.
High Jump: 1, Savannah Bromley (McM)
5-feet-4; 2, Nia Christie (St. Joseph) 5-2; 3, Chelsi Chevannes (Dar) 5-2; 4, Charlotte Sulger (Dar) 5-0; 5, Naeva Rene (Nor) 4-10; 6, Maria DeSouza (Danb) 4-10.
200: 1, Alanna Smith (Danb) 25.02; 2, Tess Stapleton (Lud) 25.56; 3, Claudia Nanez (Wilt)
26.69; 4, Jada Williams (Gr) 26.85; 5, Emma Aurillo (Lud) 27.08; 6, Shelby Dejana (Wilt)
27.31.
3200: 1, Tess Pisanelli (Ridge) 11:06.84; 2, Caroline Webb (Gr) 11:09.33; 3, Daniella Grullon-Pena (Danb) 11:12.51; 4, Stephnie Quieroz (Danb) 11:13.29; 5, Alessandra Zaffina (Trum) 11:21.65; 6, Kali Holden (Trum)
11:34.27.
4x400 relay: 1, Ridgefield 3:59.64; 2, Danbury
3:59.76; 3, Greenwich 4:07.25; 4, Darien 4:09.64;
5, Trumbull 4:11.56; 6, Ludlowe 4:15.50.