Records Broken In SWC Track Championships

By ANDY HUTCHISON

Published: Feb 12, 2010 12:00 am

Newtown High Schoolâs girlsâ and boysâ indoor track teams participated in the South-West Conference Championships in New Haven on February 6. The girlsâ squad placedÂ fourth and boys were eighth.

The Nighthawks had some record-setting performances. John Wlasuk set the SWC record in the shot put event with a throw of 51-3.5 which also set a school record. Reagan Cerney broke her own school record in the 300 meter dash again with a time of 42.87. Lauren Pettinelli broke her own school record in the 55 hurdles with a time of 8.93. This breaks the previous school record of 9.11 that she set at last yearâs SWC Championship meet.

Newtown will compete in the state championships on February 13.

SWC Championship results are as follows:

Girls

4x800 relay: 4 Howell, Katy; OâSullivan, Scarlett; Fallon, Cassie; Villa, Dani 11:09.89

55 hurdles: 3 Pettinelli, Lauren 8.93 (School Record). 7 Buccino, Melissa 9.70. 10 Isola, Melanie 10.00. 16 Eggleston, Zoe 10.30. 17 Beiter, Lydia 10.32

55 dash: 4 Cerney, Reagan 7.74

1000: 7 Begg, Erin 3:17.81. 8 VanVeen, Jenny 3:20.03. 10 Scallon, Mara 3:23.73

1600: 7 Burns, Katie 5:50.17. 8 Scallon, Mara 5:55.31Â

1600 Sprint Medley: 6 Berko, Courtney; Connolly, Kaitlyn; Fiore, Emma; Fallon, Cassie 4:53.88

300: 3 Cerney, Reagan 42.87 (School Record). 4 Tolla, Brittany 43.82. 10 Pettinelli, LaurenÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 45.00Â Â

3200: 5 Begg, Erin 12:23.41. 6 Burns, Katie 12:44.10. 7th VanVeen, Jenny 12:52.89Â

4x400: 2 Pettinelli, Lauren; Rodriguez, Lilly; Fiore, Emma; Cerney, Reagan 4:24.83

4x200: 4 Blakeman, Abby; Beckett, Courtney; Buccino, Melissa; Tolla, Brittany 1:57.86

High Jump: 10 Hart, Brianna 4-04.00. 14 Beckett, Courtney 4-02.00. 14 Ashbolt, EmilyÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4-02.00Â

Long Jump: 13 Blakeman, Abby 13-09.75

Shot Put: 5 Phenix, Sara 27-09.00. 7 Fragoso, Katie 26-09.50

Pole Vault: 5 Keough, Abby 7-06.00. 7 Kohrman-Glaser, Lila 7-00.00Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

Boys

4x800: Bobkowski, Matt; Gutbrod, Dieter; Sullivan, Pat; Hensel, Jordan 9:13.56

55 hurdles: 3 Bonacci, Marc 8.74

55 dash: 11 Toal, Ken 7.05. 29 Mooney, Jimmy 7.38

1000: 8 Lintz, Palmer 2:47.06Â

1600: 5 Feinstein, Jake 4:41.72. 11 Sullivan, Pat 5:04.42Â

1600 Sprint Medley: 9 Bobkowski, Matt; Bonacci, Marc; Mooney, Jimmy; Lintz, Palmer 4:11.19

300: 7 Toal, Ken 38.91. 11 Miles, Ben 39.49Â

3200: 9 Feinstein, Jake 10:28.69. 10 Baldour, Austin 10:35.74Â

4x400: 8 Kerns, Peter; Cullens, Chad; Carey, Trevor; Mooney, JimmyÂ 3:56.98

High Jump: 9 Puleri, Austin 5-06.00. 13 Kerns, Peter 5-02.00Â

Long Jump: 6 Casey, Shane 18-05.00. 7 Miles, Ben 18-04.50. 8 Anyoha, Rockwell 18-00.50. 14 Gutbrod, Dieter 15-10.50Â

Shot Put: 1 Wlasuk, John 51-03.50 (School Record and SWC Championship Meet Record). 5 Anyoha, RockwellÂ 40-09.50

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