NHS Track And Field —

Nighthawks Compete In SWC Championships

Newtown High School’s boys’ and girls’ outdoor track and field teams competed in South-West Conference Championships this week. The boys placed fifth among 13 schools in the meet at Weston on Tuesday, and the girls were eighth among 15 schools in the meet at New Fairfield on Monday.

The boys scored 65 points to earn a top-five finish. Powerhouse New Milford took first with 105 points, host Weston took second with 94 points, Brookfield was third with 93.5 points and Pomperaug was fourth with 77.5 points. The girls scored 31.5 points. Weston won the meet with 97.

Two new school records were set by the boys. John Wlasuk broke the shot-put record with a throw of 50-5.5 which previously had been held by Matt Regan (49-7.5 with his throw in 2002). The 4x400 relay team of Aaron Nezvesky, Adam Buccino, Eric Thornberg, and Ian McEvoy set the new mark at 3:29.56. The previous record of 3:32.17 had bet set In 2001 by Kyle Tobin, Peter Terrance, Tom Fullman, and John Ehlers.

 

Boys’ results:

4x800 – Fourth 8:17.98 (Palmer Lintz, Dieter Gutbrod, Jake Feinstein, Pat Sullivan

4x100 – Fifth, 45.00 (Rockwell Anyoha, Eric Thornberg, Aaron Nezvesky, Ken Toal)

100 Sixth, Eric Thornberg 11.61; 13. Ken Toal 11.92

1600 – Fourth, Jake Feinstein 4:32.15; 13. Pat Sullivan 4:58.77; 17. Austin Baldour 5:06.9; 18. Palmer Lintz 5:08.19

400 – Fourth, Ian McEvoy 51.64; Sixth, Eric Thornberg 51.83; 14. Aaron Nezvesky 54.65

800 – 11. Dieter Gutbrod 2:06.79; 13. Palmer Lintz 2:09.33; 16. Pat Sullivan 2:13.42

200 – Tenth, Ken Toal 24.03; 21. Brandon Capaldo 25.32; 24. Ian McEvoy 35.52

3200 – Fourth, Jake Feinstein 10:00.17; 17. Austin Baldour 10:45.76; 20. Matt Bobkowski 10:55.94; 22. Vinny Brophy 11:00.29

4x400 – Fourth, 3:29.56 (Ian McEvoy, Eric Thornberg, Adam Buccino and Aaron Nezvesky)

Long Jump – Ninth, Sean Maher 18-07

Triple Jump – Third, Rockwell Anyoha 40-1

High Jump – Tenth, Sean Maher 5-06

Pole Vault – Eighth, Aaron Nezvesky 10-06; Tenth, Shaun Mangold 10-06

Javelin – Fourth, John Wlasuk 157-10; 15. Louis Fenaroli 45-06

Shot Put – First, John Wlasuk 50-5.5 (New School Record); 14. Rockwell Anyoha 38-10.25; 15. Louis Fenaroli 38-07.25

Discus – Second, John Wlasuk 139-4

Girls’ results:

4x800 – First, 9:55.46 (Anne Martino, Erin Begg, Mara Scallon, and Jenny VanVeen)

4x100 – Seventh, 52.63 (Lauren O’Connell, Maggie Korth, Abby Blakeman, and Kyra Murray)

100 Hurdles – Fourth, Lauren Pettinelli, 16.65

100 – Fifth, Reagan Cerney, 13.14

1600 – Seventh, 5:34.67, Katie Burns

400 – Sixth, Reagan Cerney, 1:00.99

300 Hurdles – Fifth, Lauren Pettinelli, 49.16; 11. Melissa Buccino, 52.19; 13. Lilly Rodriguez, 52.42; 14. Lydia Beiter, 52.47; 16. Zoe Eggleston, 52.69

200 – 18. Kyra Murray, 28.74

3200 – Eighth, Katie Burns, 12:22.38; 10. Anne Martino, 12:27.11; 13. Erin Begg, 12:41.05; 15. Jenny VanVeen, 12:51.51

4x800 Relay – Ninth, 4:28.48 (Lauren Pettinelli, Emma Fiore, Lilly Rodriguez, and Mara Scallon)

Long Jump – Third, 16-05, Lauren O’Connell; Eighth, 15-02, Reagan Cerney; 22. 12-10.50, Lisa Klarides

Triple Jump – Ninth, Katie Shirley, 31-06; 19. Anna Hodge, 26-11

High Jump – Fourth, Maggie Korth, 4-10; Fifth, Brianna Hart, 4-08

Pole Vault – Fifth, Becca Castegner, 8-06; Seventh, Lauren O’Connell, 7-06; 11. Lila Kohrman-Glaser, 7-00