New Balance Nationals got a head start by opening their meet on Thursday and many Connecticut athletes made the trip up to The Track at New Balance in Boston. With quality performances happening in every heat, MySportsResults will do our very best compiling the results of all CT athletes over the four days in Massachusetts. Several CT athletes had big PRs in the Rising Stars and Freshman races and sent a message to the state to watch them in the future.
Thursday’s Freshman Races
The freshman races are a look at some possible future All State athletes. Notice Immaculate has the making of a solid SMR over the next couple of years and Xavier is adding some long sprinters to their already strong stable of returning distance runners. Ridgefield has only two seniors in their State Open runner up cross country team and they could be even better next year. Greenwich girls can probably score in the outdoor Class LL 4x400m with an all freshman team. In short, the future looks bright for CT track.
Boys 400 Meter Dash Freshman
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6 539 Brenan McCabe 9 Immaculate 52.07
41 596 Xavier Laudati 9 South Farms (Xavier) 55.60
46 James Adu 9 South Farms (Xavier) 55.76
53 518 Charlie Dalles 9 Go Far CT (Coginchaug) 56.53
Both Xavier runners Xavier Laudati and James Adu broke a 23 year old freshman record
Girls 400 Meter Dash Freshman
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12 347 Julia Gustafsson 9 Greenwich TC 59.73
21 365 Ella Mcgee 9 Masuk 1:01.83
29 348 Gemma Hardwick 9 Greenwich TC 1:02.48
48 349 Margaret McCooe 9 Greenwich TC 1:05.29
Girls 1 Mile Run Freshman
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25 396 Katie McMorrow 9 Rebels (New Fairfield) 5:27.25
Boys 1 Mile Run Freshman
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8 528 Matteo Chiesara 9 Greenwich TC 4:28.99
17 538 Lorenzo Lopes 9 Immaculate 4:36.03
23 479 Luke Cushing 9 Amity 4:38.35
42 586 Aidan Nelson 9 Ridgefield 4:42.50
Thursday’s Rising Star Races
Consistency seems to be the key for East Lyme sophomore Sean McCauley who has run almost all of his races in the high 9:30s to low 9:40s over the 16 lap distance. New Fairfield showed why they were sixth at New Englands in cross country. All three Rebels had significant PRs in the 2-mile and Katie McMorrow set a PR in the freshman mile. E.O. Smith’s Alexis Buskey has evolved from a solid Class level scorer to a potential State Open scorer with her 23 second lifetime best.
Boys 2 Mile Run Rising Stars
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18 3399 Sean McCauley 10 East Lyme 9:42.93
33 3007 Ryan Gruczka 12 Bears TC (Stonington) 9:48.75
40 3587 Michael Kraszewski 12 Hale Ray 9:51.81
59 3522 William Krause 12 Glastonbury 10:46.88
Girls 2 Mile Run Rising Stars
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5 1923 Ripley Penney 10 Rebels (New Fairfield) 11:12.87 (won heat 1)
6 1103 Alexis Buskey 11 EO Smith Panthers 11:13.03 (2nd heat 1)
11 809 Cam Meyer 11 Blue Wave Tr (Darien) 11:17.07
32 1922 Hanna Greco 10 Rebels (New Fairfield) 11:29.68
71 1232 Lauren Resnick 11 Greenwich TC 12:12.41
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soundRUNNER Spring Spike Month/Nights
It’s almost time for Spike Month to start at all four SoundRunner stores. Athletes and coaches will get 20% off spikes and 15% off everything in the store (unless it is already discounted) beginning March 20 through April 21.
Coaches, if you want to arrange for a Spike Night or Morning then please contact a Store Manager at your local store listed below. If your athletes cannot attend a spike night then they can come into one of four stores during those dates and get the discount as well.
Branford – dean.tresca@soundrunner.com
Fairfield – eileen.gould@soundrunner.com
Glastonbury – darren.elledge@soundrunner.com
Old Saybrook – nick.cunningham@soundrunner.com
