There are so many outstanding results taking place at New Balance Nationals Indoors in Boston, that if you blink you just might miss something historic. MySportsResults has you covered and continues to scour the results for our outstanding Connecticut athletes so you don’t have to. Keep reading to see what was happening on Saturday at New Balance Nationals Indoors.

History was made in only the second event of the day. Josh Mooney of Stonington, the State Open and New England 55mHH champion moved up to the international distance of 60mHH and seemed to like the extra distance. After tying Miles Bradley’s state record with a 7.26 at the State Open he claimed the 60mHH record for his own, running 7.80 to sail out of the prelims and into the semifinals with the second fastest time of the day. Bradley, one of the greatest athletes to ever come through CT, was fourth at National Scholastic Indoor with a time of 7.88 in 2005. Summing up what most CT track fans were feeling was oneTwitter user who exclaimed “Myles Bradley is a legend. What a record to break!”

The interesting thing is, in every meet Mooney has run trials and finals, he has gotten faster in the next round. In the semi finals, he duplicated his performance and will be going into the finals only .04 seconds behind top seed Abdoul Sy-Savane from Georgia.

Connecticut athletes absolutely shined in the pentathlon on Saturday. Michael Johnson used his considerable talents to score 3595 points over the five events to finish 3rd and grab an All American medal. He moved ahead of Adam Polite and Tyler Latham in the all time CT list to record the second best score among CT athletes. The only athlete ahead of him was former NCAA decathlon record holder and US national team member Brian Brophy of Manchester. The Lewis Mills senior, who is competing for the Lebron Athletic Club started off the event and added his name to the all time CT record list in the 60mHH. His time of 8.17 is the 9th fastest performance in state history. He high jumped 5’10.5, threw the shot 38’9.75 and long jumped 21’.5. Then, after a long day, he finished off with a 1000m race to test his endurance, finishing in 2:50.15.

Veteran multi event athlete Avery Cipcic improved 212 points from his score last year when he was 4th at NBNI but moved back two spots in this highly competitive field. His 6th place finish with 3485 points earned him a second straight All American season and moved him to #7 in the list of All Time CT pentathletes. The Suffield senior had a huge indoor PR in the high jump, going from 6 ft, 2 inches to 6’5.5.

State Open runner up in the 55m and long jump, Audrey Kozak used her explosive power to also earn All American status with a score of 3228, the #4 best total in CT history. The Shelton senior, competing for Lebron Athletic Club, will join Johnson and Mooney at UConn next year. She ran the 60mHH in 9.29, high jumped 5’0.5, threw the shot 24’5..5, long jumped 18’4.5” and ran the 800m in 2:30.40.

Finishing one place behind and just missing out on All American status was Bethel’s Rosie Volpintesta. She scored 3220 to become the 5th best pentathlete in CT history, Also competing for the Lebron Athletic Track Club was Lewis Mills’ Gabriella Zeller who finished 11th. Her score of 3164 was the 6th best score in state history.

State Open high jump champion Dar Jankovic of E.O. Smith came within an inch of his lifetime best, cleared 6 ft, 7 inches to become the NBNI runner up. and earn All American status.

Top 24 got to move on to Sunday’s semi finals and New England 55m champion Noble Gongon of Simsbury made his way into the semi finals with a 24th place finish in the prelims of the 60m dash. His time of 6.94 ties Bloomfield’s Kenneth Walker as the 4th fastest in state history. Cheshire’s Colin Brown just missed out on the semifinals finishing in 30th place with a time of 6.99 to become the 12 fastest runner in CT history.

Having the race of his life was Xavier junior, Stylz Mitchell who finished 2nd in the Rising Stars prelims to move onto the semifinals. Running a time of 6.96 and he now becomes the 6th fastest CT 60m runner and also made the finals to be held Sunday afternoon.

All season long, Xavier has been scoring huge points in the distance events and were crowned State Open and New England champions in the 4x800m. They proved they belong at the national level taking 4th place in the 4xmile with a time of 17:41.99. The team, running under the banner of South Farms Track Club included sophomore Owen Martin, senior Alex Ushchak, sophomore Jack Ouellette and senior Nick Cassarino broke a 10 year old school record and became the 5th fastest team in state history.

Danbury, whose 2008 team won Nationals and set the state record of 17:28.47 just missed scoring by about one second. They finished 7th with a time of 17:53.93.

The girls distance events are going to be amazing the next few years with a number of underclassmen building up incredible resumes already this season. Freshman Chase Gilbert became the 5th fastest girl in state history and she has three years to go to chase Hannah Debalsi’s state record of 16:32.26. She finished in 11th place in 17:23.23 with Cheshire junior one place behind in 17:33.54 to become the 9th ranked CT runner in this race, usually only run at Nationals.

Shelton’s Hannah Andrejczk and Chase Gilbert of Old Lyme.

If it looks like the distance events have been hot on the girls side, the middle distance runners are saying “you ain’t seen nothing yet.” State Open cross country champion Brooke Strauss is showing that she has some foot speed, running a PR of 2:11.75 to take 12th in the championship 800m. She not only took over the state lead but ran the 4th fastest time in state history. The Glastonbury sophomore will have two more years to chase Danae Rivers’ state record of 2:07.54. But if she wants to break it, she might have to battle Gabby Hernandez of E.O. Smith who is fresh off anchoring the 6th place sprint medley team the night before. The junior took 24th in 2:14.01, about a second slower than she split in the SMR. But don’t overlook sophomore Liv Sherry of Conard, who won the State Open 1000m title in her first season of indoor track. Sherry cracked into the top 10 in the All Time CT list running 2:14.10 to finish

Another all time CT performance was reached by Bloomfield’s Laniyah Henderson who triple jumped 39’1.0” to win the Rising Stars section. The senior was third at the State Open last spring and improved upon her lifetime best by nearly two feet to become the second best jumper in CT history. Only Nicole Toney’s 23 year old state record of 40’4” is in front of her on the indoor track list. But now she will set her sights on Toney’s outdoor state record of 40-4.25.

Avery Rueckert of Old Saybrook was the State Open runner up in the 300m, took 35th in the 200m with a time of 25.13. The time puts the senior in the number eight spot among CT all time bests.

By chance, Dylan Sheehan of Lyme Old Lyme had the opportunity to compete in two meets this weekend. He finished 13th at Nike Indoor Nationals in the weight throw with a throw of 61’5”. But then, the senior traveled about 3 ½ hours from the New York Armory to The Track in Boston and popped off another PR to take 11th with a throw of 63’10.5” moving him from the 11th best throw in state history to finish off his high school career at #8 All Time.

Don’t worry Nike Indoor National athletes. MSR is in the process of pulling together all the results of CT athletes in the meet at the Armory in New York City.

SATURDAY TRACK EVENTS

• 8:00 AM Boys Rising Stars 60m Hurdles Prelims (24 to Semi)

15 2943 Daniel Kim 12 Amity 8.44q

29 3596 Joe Nham 11 Hall TC 8.60

• 8:13 AM Boys Championship 60m Hurdles Prelims (24 to Semi)

2 Joshua Mooney 12 Bears TC Stonington 7.80

• 10:16 AM Boys Championship 60m Dash Prelims (24 to Semi)

24 Noble Gongon 12 Simsbury High School 6.93 q #4 CT All Time

30 Colin Brown 12 Unattached- Cheshire ] 6.99 #12 CT All Time

34 Mason Pilkington 12 Enfield TC 7.01

• 10:54 AM Boys Rising Stars 60m Dash Prelims (24 to Semi)

2 Stylz Mitchell 11 South Farms TC Xavier 6.96 q #6 CT All Time

20 Bryan McLean 11 Derby TC 7.08 q

69 Shane Pritchard 12 Money Team J Law 7.30

77 Rashard Williams 11 Southington Knights 7.42

• 11:15 AM Girls Rising Stars 60m Dash Prelims (24 to Semi)

18 Kaitlyn Fay 12 Greenwich 7.83 q

20 Avery Rueckert 12 Old Saybrook Track Club 7.84 q

46 Samantha Mancini 11 Lebron Athletic Club Loomis Chaffee 7.97

55 Sianna Lloyd 11 Bloomfield TC 8.00

57 Francine Stevens 12 Westport Track Club Staples 8.02

93 Dream Wilson 10 Bloomfield TC 8.22

99 Sofia Aguilar 12 Norwalk, CT 8.31

• 11:47 AM Boys Freshman 60m Dash Finals

31 Tyler Brown Lebron Athletic Club Newington 7.52

• 1:10 PM Boys Rising Stars 200m Dash Prelims (8 to final)

6 Maximillian Musial 12 Amity 22.57

• 1:26 PM Girls Rising Stars 200m Dash Prelims (8 to final)

35 Avery Rueckert 12 Old Saybrook Track Club 25.13 #8 CT All Time

58 Francine Stevens 12 Westport Track Club Staples 25.61

63 Kaitlyn Fay 12 Greenwich TC 25.71

67 Caleah Baker 10 Bloomfield 25.78

76 Sianna Lloyd 11 Bloomfield TC 25.86

103 Kiylah Williams 10 Bloomfield TC 26.60

• 4:17 PM Girls Championship 5000m Run Final on Time

11 Chase Gilbert 9 Unattached Old Lyme 17:23.11 #5 CT All Time

12 Alexa Ciccone 11 Unattached Cheshire 17:33.54 #9 CT All Time

20 Kathryn Marchand 11 Trumbull Track and Trail 18:00.92

• 5:37 PM Boys Rising Stars 800m Finals

4 Soheib Dissa 10 Nighthawk RC Newtown 1:56.56

9 Gabriel Sisk 11 Hall TC 1:56.92

17 Antonio Ciccarelli 11 Greenwich TC 1:58.32

22 Tyler Bartlett 12 Fairfield Ludlowe 1:59.36

24 Brendan Fant 12 East Lyme 1:59.41

33 Griffin Mandirola 11 Suffield TC 2:00.37

40 Nicholas Montana 12 Daniel Hand 2:01.82

• 5:54 PM Girls Rising Stars 800m Finals

24 Lila Garbett 10 Glastonbury TC 2:21.06

31 Leigh Foran 11 Westport TC Staples 2:22.50

32 Bria Benigni 11 Spartan TC Maloney 2:22.50

6:15 PM Boys Championship 800m Finals

73 Tristan Burke 12 Wilton Unat 1:59.88

• 6:51 PM Girls Championship 800m Finals

12 Brooke Strauss 10 Glastonbury TC 2:11.75 CT #4 All Time

24 Gabriella Hernandez 11 EO Smith Panthers TC 2:14.01

25 Liv Sherry 10 Conard 2:14.10 #10 CT All Time

65 Julia Blake 11 Blue Wave TC Darien 2:19.43

70 Grace Myers 12 Simsbury HS 2:21.56

• 7:32 PM Boys Championship 4xMile Relay Seeded Section

4 South Farms TC Xavier 17:41.99 Broke 10 year old school record, #5 CT All Time

Owen Martin, Alexander Ushchak, Jack Ouellette, Nick Cassarino

7 Danbury TC 17:53.93

Joshua Roos, Devon Rosemark, Ryan Pereira, Michael Komisky

19 New Milford TC 18:18.52

Benjamin Daniels, Ben Schipul, Andrew Taborsak, Collin Walsh Sr.

37 Westport Track Club Staples 18:32.99

William Fitch, Matthew Fleming, Morgan Samuel, Benjamin Lorenz

40 South Farms TC “B” team 18:39.10

41 Ridgefield 18:39.18

Liam Edson, Charles Lovett, Magnus Manley, Sullivan Dunn

47 East Lyme 18:53.58

Jilali Benjdid, Nathan Bergman, Sean McCauley, Matthew Carrier

SATURDAY FIELD EVENTS

• 4:00 PM Girls Championship High Jump Finals

8 Audrey Kirkutis 12 Conard 5-6

13 Tia Stapleton 12 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-4 ¼

18 Avery Pitts 11 EO Smith Panthers TC 5-4 ¼

18 Shaelyn Murphy 12 Spartan TC Maloney 5-4 ¼

18 Meg Barnouw 12 Fairfield Warde- Unat 5-4 ¼

• Girls Rising Stars Long Jump

7 Hawaye Adam 11 Hartford Public 11 17′ 5.5

33 Jayla Washington 11 East Lyme 16′ 0.5

40 Samantha Mancini 11 Lebron AC Loomis Chaffee 15′ 2.25

• 6:00 PM Boys Championship High Jump Finals

2 Dar Jankovic 12 EO Panthers TC 6-7

• 11:00 AM Girls Rising Stars Triple Jump Finals

1 Laniyah Henderson 12 Bloomfield TC 39-1

26 Kathryn Lombino 11 Lion Mode TC Sheehan 34-9

36 Savanna Bauman 12 Lion Mode Sheehan 33-8

37 Lauren Hinckley 12 East Lyme 33-6 ¾

• 6:00 PM Boys Rising Stars Long Jump Finals

6 Micah Blair 11 Amity 21-5 ½

14 Rashard Williams 11 Southington Knights 20-10 ½

18 Grant Harris 12 Windsor Track Club 20-6 ¼

• 9:00 AM Boys Rising Stars Pole Vault Finals

7 Liam Wright 11 Hall TC 14-3 ¼

• 1:00 PM Boys Championship Pole Vault Finals

24 Lucas Williams 12 Unattached Ridgefield 14-3 ¼

• 9:00 AM Boys Rising Stars Shot Put Finals

13 Quincy Davis 12 Windsor Track Club 48-6 ¼

15 Bardh Thaci 11 Old Saybrook Track Club 47-11 ¾

27 Marques Singleton 12 Norwalk 43-3

• 2:00 PM Boys Championship Weight Throw Finals

11 Dylan Sheehan 12 Lyme Old Lyme 63-10 ½

41 David Walker 12 The House Hillhouse 41-10 ¾

• Boys Pentathlon Championship 60m Hurdles

Michael Johnson 12 Lebron Athletic Club Lewis Mills 8.17

Avery Cipcic 12 Suffield Track Club 8.75

Caleb Smith 12 Nighthawk Running Club Newtown 9.53

• Boys Shot Pentathlon

Caleb Smith 12 Nighthawk RC Newtown 39-11 ¼

Michael Johnson Lebron AC Lewis Mills 38-9 ¾

Avery Cipcic 12 Suffield TC 32-4 ¼

• Boys Championship HJ Pentathlon

Avery Cipcic 12 Suffield TC 6-5 ½

Caleb Smith 12 Nighthawk RC Newtown 5-11 ½

Michael Johnson Lebron AC Lewis Mills 5-10 ½

• Boys Championship LJ Pentathlon

Michael Johnson Lebron AC Lewis Mills 21-0 ½

Avery Cipcic 12 Suffield TC 20-7 ¼

Caleb Smith 12 Nighthawk RC Newtown 18-10 ¾

• Boys Championship 1000m Pentathlon

Avery Cipcic 12 Suffield TC 2:48.44

Michael Johnson 12 Lebron AC Lewis Mills 2:50.15

Caleb Smith 12 Nighthawk RC Newtown 3:15.70

• Boys Championship Pentathlon Overall Scores

3 Michael Johnson 12 Lebron AC Lewis Mills 3595 #2 CT All Time

6 Avery Cipcic 12 Suffield TC 3485 #7 CT All Time Last year: 3273 4th

15 Caleb Smith 12 Nighthawk RC Newtown 2948

• Girls Championship 60m Hurdles Pentathlon

Audrey Kozak 12 Lebron Athletic Club Shelton 9.29

Rosa Linda Volpintesta 12 Unattached Bethel 9.32

Gabriella Zeller 12 Lebron Athletic Club Lewis Mills 9.72

• Girls Championship High Jump Pentathlon

Rosa Linda Volpintesta 12 Unat- Bethel 5-1 ¾

Audrey Kozak Lebron AC Shelton 5-0 ½

Gabriella Zeller 12 Lebron AC Lewis Mills 4-11

Girls Championship Shot Put Pentathlon

Rosa Linda Volpintesta Unat Bethel 30-1 ½

Gabriella Zeller 12 Lebron AC Lewis Mills 26-1

Audrey Kozak 12 Lebron AC Shelton 24-5 ¾

• Girls Championship Long Jump Pentathlon

Audrey Kozak Lebron AC Shelton 18-4 ½

Gabriella Zeller 12 Lebron AC Lewis Mills 17-10 ¼

Rosa Linda Volpintesta 12 Unat- Bethel 16-3 ¾

• Girls Championship 800m Pentathlon

Gabriella Zeller 12 Lebron AC Lewis Mills 2:30.40

Rosa Linda Volpintesta 12 Unat Bethel 2:33.65

Audrey Kozak 12 Lebron AC Shelton 2:36.12

• Girls Championship Pentathlon Overall Scores

6 Audrey Kozak 12 Lebron Athletic Club Shelton 3228 #4 CT All Time

7 Rosa Linda Volpintesta 12 Unattached Bethel 3220 #5 CT All Time

11 Gabriella Zeller 12 Lebron Athletic Club Lewis Mills 3164 #6 CT All Time

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