By Kim J. Harmon

By KIM HARMON

Published: May 02, 2001 12:00 am

By Kim J. Harmon

STRATFORD â After starting the season at 1-2, the Newtown High School girlsâ track team has taken steps to get itself above the break-even point and with a pair of wins on Tuesday at Bunnell, it did just that. With wins over Foran (91-50) and Lauralton Hall (89-48), the âHawks â who also lost to Bunnell (87-54) â inched their record to 5-4 on the season.

Allison Frobey (800 meters), Brittany Rayzor (3,200 meters), and Whitney Blanchard (discus) were all individual winners while 4x400 relay team (MacKnight, Lahey, Russell and Murphy) was also a winner.

The âHawks will be at home on Tuesday, May 8, against Bethel, Immaculate and Stratford.

Newtown 91, Foran 50

Newtown 89, Hall 48

TRACK EVENTS

4x800 relay â 1. Lauralton Hall 10:55, 2. Newtown 10:56, 3. Bunnell 11:34.

4x100 relay â 1. Bunnell 53.8, 2. Newtown 54.7.

100 high hurdles â 1. Helwig (B) 17.3, 2. Chromorski (F) 18.5, 3. Delvecchio (N) 18.8.

100 dash â 1. Helwig (B) 13.4, 2. Schwartz (F) 13.9, 3. Frobey (N) 14.0.

1,600 meters â 1. Zemfpt (B) 5:39, 2. Rayzor (N) 5:40, 3. Kostecki (N) 5:52.

400 meters â 1. Albrecht (B) 63.5, 2. MacKnight (N) 65.1, 3. Finnegan (LH) 66.2.

300 intermediate hurdles â 1. Helwig (B) 52.0, 3. Delvecchio (N) 52.7, 3. Chrimalski (F) 56.3.

800 meters â 1. Frobey (N) 2:38.0, 2. Murphy (N) 2:38.8, 3. Zempft (B) 2:40.1.

200 dash â Albrecht (B) 28.3, 2. Felix (F) 28.7, 3. Schwartz (F) 29.1.

3,200 meters â 1. Rayzor (N) 12:40.

4x400 relay â 1. Newtown 4:34, 2. Lauralton Hall 4:38, 3. Foran 4:46.

FIELD EVENTS

High jump â 1. Anewke (B) 4-10, 2. Finnegan (LH 4-8, 3. Frobey (N) 4-6.

Long jump â 1. Seabury (LH) 14-10, 2. Sullivan (B) 14-61/2 , 3. Guman (B) 13-11.

Javelin â 1. Marino (B) 100-5, 2. Guman (B) 93-10, 3. Chrimalski (F) 87-7.

Shot put â 1. Marino (B) 29-41/2 , 2. Mikan (B) 28-10, 3. Blanchard (N) 28-71/2 .

Discus â 1. Blanchard (N) 112-11, 2. Richardson (B) 94-5, 3. Marino (B) 81-10.

Triple jump - Â 1. Anewske (B) 31-10, 2. Guman (B) 29-11, 3. Delvecchio (N) 29-7.

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