Indoor Track: Little, Hale, Pruzinsky lead Derby boys to Class S title; Bloomfield wins girls title

2018 Class S champion Derby poses with its hardware (Photo via Coach Moff @Nej2575 on Twitter)

Ken Little won the 1000, Ja’kwan Hale won the high jump and Tristan Pruzinsky won the shot put to lead the Derby boys indoor track team to the CIAC Class S championship meet team title with 62 points.

Little won the 1000 in a time of 2:34.56, Hale won the high jump with height of 6 feet, 7 inches and Pruzinsky won the shot put with a distance of 51-87.5.

Derby’s Brian Jalowiec contributed to the team title with a second place in the shot put (50-2.5).

Haddam-Killingworth’s Andrew Meredith won the 3200 in 9:44.27 and teammate Jonah Spector was second in 9:50.87 to lead the Cougars to a fifth place finish with 28 points.

Old Saybrook won the 4×800 relay in 8:18.85 as the Rams ended seventh in the team standings with 24 points.

In the Class S girls, Old Saybrook’s Tyra Finkeldey won the pole vault (11-1).

2018 Indoor Track and Field Class S Championship

(at New Haven)

Boys

Team scores: 1) Derby 62, 2) Bloomfield 54, 3) Immaculate 36, 4) Montville 29, 5) Haddam-Killingworth 28, 6)Canton 25, 7) Old Saybrook 24 8) East Hampton 23, 9) Sacred Heart 22, 10) East Catholic 16 , 11) Woodland 13, 12)University 12, 12) Northwest Catholic 12, 12) Holy Cross 12, 15) Nonnewaug 11, 16) Metropolitan LC 10, 16) Career Magnet 10 , 16) Plainfield 10, 19) Innovation 9 , 20) Granby Memorial 8, 21) Coginchaug 7, 22) Public Safety 6, 22) Oxford 6, 22) Terryville 6, 25) St. Bernard 4, 26) Coventry 2, 26) Griswold 2, 26) Old Lyme 2, 26) Seymour 2 , 30) Windsor Locks 1, 30) Aerospace and Engineering 1.

4×200 relay: 1 Bloomfield (Jaylon Nealy, Shemar Stewart, Kamren Watkins-Hunter, Sean Dixon-Bode) 1:36.46; 2. Old Saybrook (Jalen Johnson, Carlos Chacon, Max Thomas, Danny Almada) 1:37.30; 3. Montville (Sean Murallo, Ethan Rose, Douglas DelaCruz, Daltyn Butler) 1:38.27; 4. Holy Cross (Marckens Auguste, Cliff Hodak, Chris Wihbey, Marckenslee Auguste) 1:38.39; 5. Woodland (Benjamin Nuss, Matthew Mills, Ryan Swanson, Maciej Lewicki) 1:38.56; 6. Northwest Catholic (Dominick Mealha, Justin Tavares, Paris Carpenter, Samuel Deveau) 1:38.63.

4×800 relay: 1. Old Saybrook (Luke Hanratty, Cooper Luciani, Xavier Rios, Eric Sultini) 8:18.85; 2. Haddam-Killingworth (Daniel Schumann, Jonah Spector, Conor McCabe, Andrew Meredith) 8:19.50; 3. Canton (James Szpekman, Andrew Obrzut, Aidan O’Donnell, Maximillian Sparks) 8:35.85; 4. Bloomfield (Jahmar Lindo, Caleb Estelle, Ray Herbert, Logan Colon) 8:38.18; 5. Innovation (Charlton Morgan, Brennan Kievman, Jesus Santiago, Anthony Corso) 8:43.95; 6. Old Lyme (Will Bartlett, Casey Blue, Samuel Roth, Trevor Wells) 8:52.53.

1000: 1 Ken Little (Derby) 2:34.56; 2. Michael Stamm (Northwest Catholic) 2:41.89; 3. Jonathan Warren (Sacred Heart) 2:42.21; 4. Teddy Nosiku (St. Bernard) 2:44.82; 5. Sean McMaster (Coginchaug) 2:45.98; 6. Will Bartlett (Old Lyme) 2:46.62.

600: 1. Evan Kennedy (East Catholic) 1:24.44; 2. Matt Christe (Immaculate) 1:25.79; 3. Matthew Luxeder (Woodland) 1:27.15; 4. Eric Sultini (Old Saybrook) 1:27.32; 5. Quentin Askew (Innovation) 1:28.38; 6. Noah Swanson (Aerospace) 1:29.12.

55 hurdles: 1. Edward Williams (Sacred Heart) 7.59; 2. Marckens Auguste (Holy Cross) 8.10; 3. Shemar Stewart (Bloomfield) 8.15; 4. Derek Strickland (Montville) 8.23 (Dead Heat); 4. Jonathan Rodriguez (Innovation) 8.23 (Dead Heat); 6. Lorenzo Garcia (Northwest Catholic) 8.42.

55: 1. Jaylon Nealy (Bloomfield) 6.61; 2. Samuel Agyei (Metropolitan LC) 6.65; 3. Chambrelle Williams (Public Safety) 6.68; 4. Kymali Hay (University) 6.69; 5. Davaughn Luty (Griswold) 6.71; 6. Bobby Melms (Seymour) 6.73.

1600: 1. Maximillian Sparks (Canton) 4:31.39; 2. Elias Field (Nonnewaug) 4:33.54; 3. Steven Stanley (Derby) 4:34.06; 4. Heath Olivieri (East Catholic) 4:35.77; 5. Taylor Ney (Coventry) 4:42.87; 6. Eddie Nicholas (Nonnewaug) 4:43.04.

Sprint medley Relay: 1. Derby (Xavier Ibrahim, Ja’kwan Hale, Bevon McLean, Ken Little) 3:43.82; 2. Immaculate (Ross Relator, Dominick Curra, Noah Shmidt, Matt Christe) 3:47.49; 3. Sacred Heart (Michael DiGiovancarlo, Mechai Hayes, Edward Williams, Jonathan Warren 3:47.84; 4. Woodland (Benjamin Nuss, Matthew Mills, Ryan Swanson, Matthew Luxeder) 3:50.57; 5. East Catholic (Brendan Truman, Joshua Duvall, Eric Wilson Jr., Evan Kennedy) 3:52.59; 6. Northwest Catholic (Dominick Mealha, Daniel Ogbonna, Aaron Belletsky Michael Stamm) 3:53.30.

300: 1. Greg Clark (Montville) 35.54; 2. Kymali Hay (University) 36.05; 3. Jason Walton (Plainfield) 36.51; 4. Jaylon Nealy (Bloomfield) J36.51; 5. Samuel Agyei (Metropolitan LC) 36.99; 6. Samuel Deveau (Northwest Catholic) 37.60.

3200: 1. Andrew Meredith (Haddam-Killingworth) 9:44.27; 2. Jonah Spector (Haddam-Killingworth) 9:50.87; 3. Connor McNerney (Immaculate) 9:56.06; 4. Corey Picard (Terryville) 10:08.34; 5. Chris Deforest (Terryville) 10:08.77; 6. Maximillian Sparks (Canton) 10:09.60.

4×400 relay: 1. Montville 3:32.69; 2. Derby 3:32.74; 3. Bloomfield 3:36.54, 4. Immaculate 3:37.75; 5. Old Saybrook 3:42.31; 6. Innovation 3:44.65.

High jump: 1. Ja’kwan Hale (Derby) 6-07.00; 2. Peter Fuller (Canton) 6-02.00; 3. Chaddane Williams (Bloomfield) 6-00.00; 4. Spencer Brown (Immaculate) J6-00.00; 5. Bryce Bauer (Nonnewaug) 5-10.00; 6. Hunter Couchon (Windsor Locks) 5-08.00.

Pole Vault: 1. Jonathan Terry (East Hampton) 13-00.00; 2. Cody Goodson (East Hampton) 12-06.00; 3. Peyton DeBowsky (East Hampton) 11-06.00; 3. Cooper Berry (Coginchaug) 11-06.00; 5. Tyler Knapp (Haddam-Killingworth) J11-06.00; 6. Craig Starkey (Woodland) J11-06.00.

Shot put: 1. Tristan Pruzinsky (Derby) 51-08.50; 2. Brian Jalowiec (Derby) 50-02.50; 3. Aaron Williams (Bloomfield) 48-00.00; 4. Dylan Glennon (Plainfield) 46-11.00; 5. Nick Campbell (Bloomfield) 46-05.25; 6. Jean Soto (Innovation) 44-05.00.

Long jump: 1 Dyshon Vaughn (Career) Magnet 23-04.75 (meet record); 2 Keon Lawrence (Granby) 21-08.50; 3. Dylan Batlle (Oxford ) 21-02.75; 4. Dominick Curra (Immaculate) 20-10.75; 5. Spencer Brown (Immaculate) 20-10.25; 6. Bobby Melms (Seymour) 20-06.75.

Girls

Team scores: 1) Bloomfield 84, 2) Immaculate 61, 3) Old Saybrook 51, 4) Plainfield 31, 5) Griswold 30, 6)Cromwell 25, 7) Northwest Catholic 21, 8) Canton 19, 9) Hale Ray 18 10) Seymour 14, 10) Haddam-Killingworth 14, 12)Morgan 13, 13) Coginchaug 10 13) Montville 10, 15) East Hampton 8.50, 16) Weaver 8, 17) East Catholic 7, 18) Somers 6, 18) Oxford 6, 18) Granby Memorial 6, 21) Coventry 5, 22) Classical Magnet 4, 23) Westbrook 2, 23) Derby 2, 23) Valley Regional 2, 23) Aerospace and Engineering 2, 23) Amistad 2, 28) Shepaug Valley 1, 28) Stafford 1 28) St. Bernard 1, 31) Portland 0.50.

4×200 relay: 1. Plainfield (Taylor Balzano, Cassandra Carleson, Kate Carleson Izzy Newbury) 1:48.37; 2 Bloomfield (Shenequa Campbell, Shante Brown, Elicia Colon, Jahleah Harris 1:50.79; 3. Morgan (Mikayla Mancini, Alyssa LeMay, Taylor Wyatt, Courtney Viglione) 1:51.86; 4. Seymour (Rebecca Johnson, Patricia Jurkowski, Ashley Sobin, McKenzie Collins) 1:52.04; 5. Northwest Catholic (Kiana Woods, Sheena Wolliston, Kalyssa Muniz, Katherine Jacobs) 1:52.59; 6. East Catholic (Rebecca Villanueva, Ava Kriak, Sophie Kisner, Natalia Allen) 1:52.92.

4×800 relay: 1. Old Saybrook (Tehra Givehand, Emily Stratton, Jessica Stratton, Grace Hanratty) 9:51.69; 2. Immaculate(Dominque Valentine, Meryl Mckenna, Molly Coyle, Emma Connolly) 9:52.03; 3. Haddam-Killingworth (Lexie Bouthillier, Kelsey D’Amico, Emma Anziano, Julianne Kelly) 10:00.66; 4. Canton (Emma Gallant, Julia Caputo, Helena Winkler, Jane Frawley) 10:33.73; 5. Cromwell (Meghan Savinelli, Allie Fabian, Taylor Santos, Shannon Morrill) 10:36.59; 6. Morgan (Delaney Mastriano, Isabella Ranaudo, Maura Kelly, Allison Gardner) 10:37.63.

1000: 1. Emily Sienna (Hale Ray) 3:03.51; 2. Cassandra Carleson (Plainfield) 3:06.64; 3. Mady Whittaker (Montville) 3:07.35; 4. Grace Hanratty (Old Saybrook) 3:08.66; 5. Celia Chacko (Aerospace) 3:08.73; 6. Molly Coyle (Immaculate) 3:12.11.

600: 1. Jillian Mars (Bloomfield) 1:37.49 (meet record); 2. Emma Connolly (Immaculate) 1:39.45; 3. Jessica Kondic (Oxford) 1:43.38; 4. Shannon Morrill (Cromwell) 1:43.45; 5. Ashley Dana (Coginchaug) 1:43.84; 6. Christina McCaffrey (St. Bernard) 1:47.00.