Newtown High School’s girls’ indoor track and field team won the South-West Conference Championship at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven on February 11. The meet, originally scheduled for February 8 at the Floyd Little Athletic Center, was rescheduled because of the snowstorm.

The Nighthawks rolled to victory with 103.5 points; their closest competitor, Joel Barlow of Redding, had 66. There were 13 schools represented on both the girls’ and boys’ sides. Newtown’s boys’ squad came in fourth with 41 points behind Bethel (164), Bunnell of Stratford (64), and Weston (54).

In the girls’ competition, Newtown’s 4x800 relay team of Teegan Svendsen, Natalie delCampo, Rachael Albrecht, and Clare Csazar was first in 10:36.08. The Sprint Medley relay comprising Abigail Manka, Jessie Moore, Albrecht, and delCampo was first in 4:31.44.

The boys were led by high jumper Owen Sullivan with a 6-foot leap for first place and Elias Brady with a 22-foot-7.5 long jump first-place effort.

Read more about the championships, including Newtown’s many top-five times and distances, in the February 14 print edition of The Bee.

Sports Editor Andy Hutchison can be reached at andyh@thebee.com.