Athletes from Crosby, Holy Cross, Kennedy, St. Paul, WCA, Wilby and Wolcott competed in the NVL track and field championship meet Saturday at Torrington High School.
Four locals won gold medals during the meet. They were Holy Cross senior Michael Weglarz in the long jump (21 feet, 8½ inches), Kennedy senior Reis Muccino in the javelin (152-0), WCA senior James Feliciano in the 110-meter hurdles (15.13 seconds) and Crosby junior Brian Dessalines in the 100 dash (10.93).
Muccino was a silver medalist in the shot put (129-9), and Dessalines helped Crosby captured silver in the 4×100 relay. Two St. Paul athletes, seniors Owen Wood in the pole vault (12-0) and Nicholas Mirabilio Mulhall in the javelin (146-2), also claimed silver.
Muccino also claimed a bronze medal, doing so in the shot put (42-11). Kennedy senior Chauncey Hicks grabbed bronze in the high jump (6-0) and triple jump (41-7). Kennedy junior Ariana Schofield took bronze in both the 100 (12.91) and 200-meter dashes (26.68). Wilby junior Ruben Navarro garnered bronze in the long jump (20-9) and St. Paul junior Allison Barton claimed bronze in the 100 hurdles (16.52). WCA sophomore Lucas Figueiredo took bronze in the 400 (51.73). The Holy Cross boys 4×800 (8:41.67) also took bronze.
The Holy Cross boys had the best local team finish, claiming fourth. The Naugatuck boys and Woodland girls won their second straight NVL titles. Local results from the meet are below. The top 8 (those who scored points for their team) are included.
GALLERY: Here are my photos from the meet.
PHOTO CAPTION: Holy Cross senior Michael Weglarz won the long jump during Saturday’s NVL track and field championship meet in Torrington. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69)
NVL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, Torrington High School
GIRLS
100: 3. Ariana Schofield (Kennedy) 12.91; 7. Kaianni Jones (Kennedy) 13.02; 8. Candies Allen (Crosby) 13.27.
200: 3. Schofield (Kennedy) 26.68; 5. Jones (Kennedy) 26.88; 6. Allen (Crosby) 27.02; 8. Chelsea Allen (Wolcott) 27.72.
400: 4. Jones (Kennedy) 1:02.44; 7. Olivia Reynolds (Crosby) 1:05.47.
800: None.
1,600: 7. Jessica Coyt (WCA) 6:08.09.
3,200: None.
100 hurdles: 3. Allison Barton (SP) 16.52; 8. Mackayla Baxter (SP) 18.02.
300 hurdles: 4. Mahasin Gudaf (Crosby) 50.42; 7. Schofield (Kennedy) 51.11; 8. Jasmine Ogando (Kennedy) 52.23.
4×100 relay: 6. Crosby (Allen, Ziera Bryan, Zaria Thomas, Reynolds) 53.82; 8. Holy Cross (Kaitlyn Alagno, Shantavia Bennett, Samantha Dupre, Cayla Howard) 55.73.
4×400: 6. Wilby (Mariah McMahon, Michaela McMahon, Amaya Anthony, Alicea Lopez; Linda Cisneros) 4:37.36; 7. Crosby (Abbygail Berrios, Gudaf, Thomas, Kamiiyah King-Johnson; Reynolds) 4:51.82; 8. WCA (Shantasia Lamar, Zaenab Abdulrazak, Kassandra Bettencourt, Anjali Gowkaran; Alexsandria Ortiz, Gabrielle Hamer, Jordyn Lavoie, Lisa Serrano) 5:08.35.
4×800: 5. Holy Cross (Brooke Ferrare, Isabella Lombardo, Brianna Trosky, Ava Purcaro; Caitlin Cruess) 11:06.90; 7. WCA (Abdulrazak, Coyt, Gowkaran, Gabrielle Hamer; Serrano, Khloe Glenn, Nassara Dacosta) 12:33.73.
High jump: 7. Mikayla Green (WCA) 4-6.
Pole vault: None.
Long jump: None.
Triple jump: None.
Shot put: 6. Jasmine Pena (Crosby) 29-3.
Discus: None.
Javelin: 7. Jordyn Lavoie (WCA) 86-0.
BOYS
100: 1. Brian Dessalines (Crosby) 10.93; 4. Michael Greene (Wolcott) 11.30; 5. Jashua Sanabria (Crosby) 11.32.
200: 4. Lucas Figueiredo (WCA) 23.09; 6. Sanabria (Crosby) 23.11; 7. Tyler Turner (St. Paul) 23.31; 8. Greene (Wolcott) 23.39.
400: 3. L. Figueiredo (WCA) 51.73; 7. Jeffrey Burke (Crosby) 52.73; 8. Ethan Mazza (Wolcott) 53.63.
800: 8. Aiden Hebb (Holy Cross) 2:12.81.
1,600: None.
3,200: 8. Garrett Girgasky (Holy Cross) 12:14.44.
110 hurdles: 1. James Feliciano (WCA) 15.13.
300 hurdles: 5. Joseph Dane (Holy Cross) 44.27.
4×100: 2. Crosby (Dessalines, Tanner Leo, Sanabria, Burke; Taji Blizzard) 44.54; 4. Wolcott (Greene, Alex Forte, Mazza, Quentin Outlaw; Daniel Cleary, Nathan McNiel) 44.92; 5. Holy Cross (Ryan Dattilo, Mason Artman, Ashton Sannasi, Nicholas Turner; Derek Caouette, Nathan DiMatteo) 45.65; 7. Wilby (Alexis Aviles, Ruben Navarro, Kingston Simister, Aaron James; Jaremiah Coleman) 46.48; 8. St. Paul (James Eady, Jeremy Taveras, Jayden Thomas, Turner; James Naples) 46.92.
4×400: 4. WCA (Alexander Martinez, L. Figueiredo, Mikael Isaacs, Ermis Paguada; Micah Chen, Will Mowrey, Jayvon Morais, Feliciano) 3:43.61; 8. Crosby (Leo, Burke, Jireh Rawlison, Steven Dunbar; Courdel Mclarty,, Blizzard, Jonathan Feliciano-Garcia, Justin Coggins) 3:59.04.
4×800: 3. Holy Cross (Girgasky, Hebb, Trevor Warren, Dane; Michael Donnelly, Brendan Thomas) 8:41.67; 6. WCA (Peter Vaichus, Antonio Casiano, Martinez, Jayden Taylor; Alexander Felix, Newman Reeves) 9:04.36.
High jump: 3. Chauncey Hicks (Kennedy) 6-0; 4. Alexander Figueiredo (WCA) 5-10; 5. Matthew Cole (Wolcott) J5-10; 6. Bryan Elliott (Holy Cross) J5-10; J = tiebreaker – number of jumps missed.
Pole vault: 2. Owen Wood (St. Paul) 12-0; 5. DiMatteo (Holy Cross) 10-6.
Long jump: 1. Michael Weglarz (Holy Cross) 21-8½; 3. Navarro (Wilby) 20-9; 4. Turner (St. Paul) J20-9; 6. Hicks (Kennedy) 19-2½; 8. Elliott (Holy Cross) 19-1; J = tiebreaker – number of jumps missed.
Triple jump: 3. Hicks (Kennedy) 41-7; 5. Alex Forte (Wolcott) 41-3; 6. Weglarz (Holy Cross) 40-9; 7. Elliott (Holy Cross) 40-7½.
Shot put: 3. Reis Muccino (Kennedy) 42-11; 6. Nicholas Murabilio Mulhall (St. Paul) 39-3; 7. Tristian Berdan (WCA) 38-3½.
Discus: 2. Muccino (Kennedy) 129-9; 3. Roehn Maldonado (Holy Cross) 120-7; 6. Berdan (WCA) 105-5; 8. Dezmond Foster (Kennedy) 99-3.
Javelin: 1 Muccino (Kennedy) 152-0; 2. Murabilio Mulhall (St. Paul) 146-2; 7. Angelo DiGiovancarlo (Holy Cross) 128-9.
GIRLS TEAM RESULTS
7. Kennedy 34; 9. Crosby 19; 10. WCA 9; 11. St. Paul 7; 12. Holy Cross 5; 13. Wilby 3; 14. Wolcott 1
BOYS TEAM RESULTS
4. Holy Cross 47; 6. Kennedy 40; 7. WCA 39; 8. Crosby 28; 9. St. Paul 27; 10. Wolcott 20; t14. Wilby 8
