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Girls' And Boys' Track And Field Teams Post Wins

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 27, 2016 12:00 AM

Newtown High School's girls' outdoor track and field team defeated Joel Barlow of Redding 103.5-46.5 and Stratford 143-6 at Blue & Gold Stadium on April 25, improving to 4-0. The boys' squad went to Joel Barlow in Redding on April 26 and defeated Barlow 95-55, Stratford 139-11, and Notre Dame-Fairfield 146-3 to improve to 5-0. Results are as follows:

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Girls

4x800: 1. Madison Findley, Grace Corcoran, Emily Neave, Erin Tressler, 10:32.3.

4x100: 1. Brianna Lovely, Emma Curtis, Sarah Dowling, Carly Swierbut, 52.3.

100 hurdles: 1. Makenna Cerney 16.9, 2. Lauren King 18.1, 3. Audrey Benson 18.4.

100 dash: 2. Swierbut 12.6.

1600: 1. Sarah Mawdsley 5:40.9, 3. Willow Pears 6:10.1

400: 2. Corcoran 66.0.

300 hurdles: 1. Cerney 48.4, 2. Jordan Stofko 52.9, 3. Benson 54.4

800: 1. Erin Tressler 2:31.6, 2. Maddie Findley 2:38.7, 3. Olivia Caplan 2:42.3.

3200: 1. Mawdsley 12:04.4, 2. Kelsey Miller 13:41.5.

200: 2. Swierbut 26.4, 3. Sarah Dowling 27.5.

High jump: 1. Cameron Vazquez 4-10.

Pole Vault: 2. Russo NHS 9-6, 3. Jackie Sgobbo 8-6.

Long jump: 1. Sgobbo 16-1.5, 2. Dowling 15-1.75.

Triple jump: 1. Russo 31-6, 2. Sgobbo 31-0.

Shot-put: 1. Annika Alexander 31-11.5, 3. Cohane 26-3.5.

Discus: 1. Alexander 97-2, 2. Brittany Antous NHS 61-6.

Javelin: 3. Alexander 64-0.

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Boys

4x800: Ryan Escoda, Christian Lestik, Brendan Reeds, and Joel Duval improved their Class LL championship time by running a time of 8:36.98.

4x100: Hunter Cobb, Kevin Arther, Ben Mason, and Ethan Carpenter improved their Class LL time with a time of 46.30.

4x400: Jacob Steinebrey, Richard Linley, Joel Duval and Kevin Arther ran a time 3:47.00.

110 hurdles: Cole Terry 16.26, Brett Deri 17.8, and Thomas Hartley 19.7.

100: Ethan Carpenter 11.6, Brett Deri 11.7 (qualified for SWC championships), and Hunter Cobb 11.8.

1600: Brendan Reeds 4:55.89 and Christian Lestik 4:56.78.

400: Richard Linley ran a 54.0 and qualified for the SWC championships, Joel Duval 56.6, and Dylan Lew 59.1.

300 hurdles: Brett Deri 44.95, Jacob Laros 49.8, and Thomas Hartley 51.4.

800: Dylan Bartlett 2:14.86, Ryan Escoda 2:16.77, and TJ Linse 2:22.76.

200: Brett Deri 23.8, Jermaine Anyoha 26.1, and Christian Lestik 26.3.

3200: Ethan Burg 10:19.50.

High jump: Sam Duffy 5-8, Zach Crebbin 5-4, and Jermaine Anyoha 5-4.

Long Jump: Adam Manes 19-9, and Cole Terry 17-11.

Triple jump: Sam Duffy 36-2, Adam Manes 35-3.50, and Matt Kretz 34-4.0.

Javelin: Maks Koziol 122-6, Ryan Williams 120-1, and Grant Untiedt 110-7.

Shot-put: Jack Godfrey 47-0, Ben Mason 39-11, and Erik Benson 34-0.

Discuss: Jack Godfrey 117-7, Ryan Williams 113-4, and Erik Benson 105-11.

Pole vault: Dylan Lew 11-0, Jacob Steinebrey 9-0, and Dylan Bartlett 8-6.

Audrey Benson clears a hurdle during an April 25 meet at Blue & Gold Stadium. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

Ethan Carpenter and the Nighthawks are 5-0 after defeating three opponents at Barlow on April 26. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

Adam Manes races during a meet at home last week. Manes and the Nighthawks continued their winning ways at Joel Barlow on April 26. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

Kaitlyn McNichols clears the bar during the pole vault event. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

Emily Neave runs on the track during Newtown's home meet on April 25. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

Makenna Cerney and the Nighthawks are off to a 4-0 start to the campaign. (Bee Photo, Hutchison)

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