Newtown Track And Field Teams Begin Season With Success

Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ track and field teams kicked off the 2010 campaign with meets at Joel Barlow High in Redding — the boys on April 15 and the girls on April 19.

The boys’ squad defeated host Barlow and lost to Weston and the girls defeated Lauralton Hall of Milford and Weston, and fell to Barlow. Both teams had several individual first-place finishes.

Boys’ Team Results

Boys’ meet team scores are as follows: Newtown 76.5, Barlow 73.5; Weston 79.5, Newtown 69.5.

Newtown’s individuals who placed among the top three are as follows:

110-meter high hurdles: Third place, Chad Cullens,. 20.7

100: First, Ken Toal, 11.6; Third, Eric Thornberg, 11.9

1600: Third, Jake Feinstein, 4:36.0

300 hurdles: Second, Ian McEvoy, 43.7

800: Third, Palmer Lintz, 2:08

200: Second, Thornberg 24.0; Third, McEvoy, 24.3

3200: Third, Feinstein, 10:11.5

High Jump: Third, Sean Maher, 5-8

Long Jump: First, Maher, 17-11; Third, Ben Miles, 16-11.5.

Triple Jump: Second, Rockwell Anyoha, 37-2.

Javelin Throw: Second, John Wlasuk, 158-9; Third, Louis Fenaroli, 136-6

Shot Put: First, Wlasuk 47-1

Pole Vault: First, Aaron Nezvesky 11; Tie for third, Sean Mangold, 9-6

Discus: First, Wlasuk, 118

4x800 Relay: Third, 9:03 (Matt Bobkowski, Pat Sullivan, Jordan Hensel, Palmer Lintz)

4x100m Relay: Second, 46.7 (Rockwell Anyoha, Eric Thornberg, Ken Toal, Sean Maher)

4x400m Relay: Second, 3:39.1 (Ian McEvoy, Eric Thornberg, Ben Miles, Ken Toal)

Girls’ Team Highlights

Girls’ meet team scores are as follows: Barlow 94, Newtown 54; Newtown 112.5, Lauralton Hall 36.5; Newtown 107, Weston 43.

Top finishers:

1600: Fourth, Burns, 6:05; Fifth, VanVeen, 6:10

400: Fourth, Fiore 68.1; Fifth, Chilson, 73.8

100 High Hurdles: First, Lauren Pettinelli, 17.1

300 Hurdles: First, Pettinelli 50.0; Third, Rodriguez, 51.8; Fourth, Eggleston, 56.2

800: Fourth, Fallon, 2:46; Fifth, Villa, 2:53

200: Second, Murray, 29.1; Fourth, Korth, 29.5

3200: Second, Begg, 12:22; Third, VanVeen, 12:59; Fourth, Burns, 13:31

High Jump: Second, Hart, 4-06; Third, Korth, 4-06; Tied for fourth, Beckett, 4-04

Long Jump: First, O’Connell, 14-07.5; Fourth, Beiter, 12-09; Fifth, Castegner, 12-08

Triple Jump: Third, Shirley, 27-06; Fifth, Castegner, 27-04.25

Javelin: Third, Clavette, 82-03; Fifth, Hutchison, 70-04

Shot Put: Third, Phenix, 26-01.5; Fourth, Condon, 25-11; Fifth, Fragoso, 24-09

Discus: Fourth, Condon, 69-08; Fifth, Clavette, 61-02, Sixth, Fragoso, 61-03

Pole Vault: Second, O’Connell, 7-06; Third, Keough, 7-00; Fourth, Castegner, 6-06

4x800 Relay: Second, 10:44.51, (Fallon, Villa, Burns, VanVeen)

4x100 Relay: Second, 54.0, (O’Connell, Korth, Blakeman, Murray)

4x400 Relay: Second, 4:28, (Rodriguez, Ashbolt, Fiore, Pettinelli)

The girls’ and boys’ track teams will compete in the O’Grady’s Relays in Danbury on Saturday, April 24.