Wlasuk Sets Record—

Newtown High Track And Field Highlights

It was a busy and successful week for Newtown High’s boys’ and girls’ track and field teams. John Wlasuk set a school record and both squads earned wins in their competitions.

Some members of the boys’ team competed in the 43rd Annual Glenn D. Loucks Games at White Plains (N.Y.) High School, this past weekend. Newtown finished tied for 22nd among 59 teams. Scoring points for Newtown was John Wlasuk who took third place in the discus with a throw of 148-05 and also placed fourth in the javelin with a throw of 167-01

Results for the Newtown competitors at the meet were as follows:

Javelin – Fourth, John Wlasuk 167-01; 22nd, Louis Fenaroli 130-09

Discus – Third, John Wlasuk 148-05; 23rd, Louis Fenaroli 109-01

3200 – 18th, Jake Feinstein 9:45.77

1600 – 33rd, Jake Feinstein 4:38.33

4x800 – 11th, 8:19.45 (Pat Sullivan, Dieter Gutbrod, Jake Feinstein, Palmer Lintz)

4x400 – 22nd, 3:40.35 (Ian McEvoy, Eric Thornberg, Adam Buccino, Ken Toal)

4x100 – 28th, 46.48 (Ken Toal, Eric Thornberg, Rockwell Anyoha, Sean Maher)

Boys Meet At Musak

The entire NHS squad competed at Masuk High in Monroe on Tuesday and defeated Masuk 88-62 and Stratford 117-32, and fell 93-57 to New Milford. John Wlasuk set a new school record in the discus with his throw of 155-1. This broke the previous record held by Shane Chontos of 152-8.5, set back in 1989.

Overall top Newtown finishers at the meet:

100 – Third, Ken Toal 11.4; Seventh, Eric Thornberg 11.9

110 high hurdles – Sixth, Chad Cullens 20.0; eighth, Scott Buchanan 21.3

1600 – Fourth, Palmer Lintz 4:41; sixth, Pat Sullivan 4:45

400 – Second, Eric Thornberg 52.3; seventh, Adam Buccino 55.8

300 Hurdles – Eighth, Chad Cullens 49.7

800 – First, Jake Feinstein 2:02; third, Dieter Gutbrod 2:07; sixth, Rob Russo 2:16; seventh, Kevin Carney 2:21

200 – Third, Ken Toal 23.3; seventh, Ian McEvoy 24.5

400 – Second, Eric Thornberg 52.3; seventh, Adam Buccino 55.8

3200 – Second, Jake Feinstein 9:55; eighth, Austin Baldour 10:36

High jump – Second, Sean Maher 5-8, fifth, Joe Pieretti 5-0

Long jump – Third, Sean Maher 18-8; sixth, Ben Miles 17-3; seventh, Rockwell Anyoha 17-0.5

Triple jump – Eighth, Chad Cullens 31-11.5

Javelin – First, John Wlasuk 158-0; third, Louis Fenaroli 130-9; fifth, Ralph Strocchia 120-10; sixth, Palmer Lintz 116-9

Shot put – First, John Wlasuk 48-5; fourth, Rockwell Anyoha 35-5; fifth, Louis Fenaroli 34-4.5

Discus – First, John Wlasuk 155-1 (New School Record); fifth, Louis Fenaroli 95-10; seventh, Ralph

Strocchia 93-5; eighth, Ken Toal 81-4

Pole vault – Second, Aaron Nezvesky 10-0; third, Shaun Mangold 10-0; fifth, Spencer Erhardt 9-0; sixth, Tom Giarratano 8-6; seventh, Harmon Coffey 8-6

4x800 – Second, 9:14 (Tom Giarratano, Vinny Brophy, Kevin Carney, Matt Bobkowski)

4x100 – Third, 46.1 (Brandon Capaldo, Evan Barreto, Eric Thornberg, Ken Toal)

4x400 – Second, 3:34 (Adam Buccino, Aaron Nezvesky, Eric Thornberg, Ian McEvoy)

Girls At Masuk

The Newtown High girls, on Monday, went to Masuk and defeated the host Panthers 79-71, knocked off New Milford 91-59, and toppled Stratford 113-57 to improve to 9-3.

Top NHS performers are as follows:

4x800 – Second, 10:09.1 (Anne Martino, Jenny VanVeen, Mara Scallon, Erin Begg)

4x100 – Second, 53.7 (Lauren O’Connell, Maggie Korth, Lauren Myer, Kyra Murray)

100 hurdles – Third, Lauren Pettinelli 16.4; fourth, Melissa Buccino 17.0

100 dash – First, Reagan Cerney 12.7; sixth Kyra Murray 13.9

1600 – First, Katie Burns 5:35; second, Erin Begg 5:38; fourth, Anne Martino 5:43

400 – First, Reagan Cerney 60.0; fifth, Mara Scallon 66.5; sixth, Emma Fiore 67.0

300 hurdles – Second, Lauren Pettinelli 49.8; fourth, Melissa Buccino 50.7; fifth, Lydia Beiter 51.0; sixth, Lilly Rodriguez 51.5

800 – Fourth, Mara Scallon 2:40, fifth; Cassie Fallon 2:42; sixth, Dani Villa 2:50

200 – Seventh Maggie Korth 29.0; eighth Lisa Klarides 29.3

3200 – First, Erin Begg 12:10.1; second, Katie Burns 12:13.1; third, Jenny VanVeen 12:34.5

4x400 – First, 4:20.7 (Lauren Pettinelli, Emma Fiore, Lilly Rodriguez, Reagan Cerney)

High jump – Second, Maggie Korth 4-08; fourth Cortney Beckett 4-08; fifth Brianna Hart 4-06

Long jump – First, Lauren O’Connell 15-08; fourth, Reagan Cerney 14-07.5; fifth, Lisa Klarides 14-02

Triple jump – Third, Anna Hodge 30-00; fifth, Katie Shirley 28-09.5

Javelin – Sixth Megan Condon 68-06; seventh Stephanie Clavette 68-00.25

Shot Put – Fourth, Katie Fragoso 26-08.5; sixth, Sara Phenix 26-00

Discus – Sixth, Stephanie Clavett 66-00

Pole vault – first, Becca Castegnar 8-00; second, Abby Keough 7-06; third, Lila Kohrman-Glaser