By Senior Correspondent Marty Ogden, Editing and Graphics by Ron Knapp
Ahhh, spring break. The time for students to take a breather before the final push to the last day of school in June. But for many athletes, they had their week off this week or perhaps next. But either way, many CT track and field athletes decided to stay home this weekend to put up some solid performances.
2nd Spring Break Jamboree
Friday, April 12, 2024 – Hall HS, West Hartford CT
Hall High School started this meet last year to tremendous success and several top performances were on display last Friday afternoon despite the intermittent rain showers.
The highlight of the meet had to be the girls 800m where Newington’s Kate Bohlke outlasted Conard’s Tess Sherry and Liv Sherry. Bohlke is having a dream year setting PRs almost at will. She reset her own state record in the 2000m steeplechase last weekend and this week she proved she has some speed to go with her strength.
The senior crossed the line in 2:11.40, the 12th fastest performance in state history. She knocked Tess Sherry’s time from nationals last year back one place. Tess Sherry was only a couple tenths of a second back, in 2:11.65, the 2nd time she has ever broken 2:12. Meanwhile Liv was less than a second off her Class LL winning time last year, taking third in 2:12.97.
The boys race was nearly as impressive, with defending State Open 800m champion Dan Coyne of Simsbury holding off Hall’s accomplished relay man Gabe Sisk running 1:55.47 to 1:56.59. Xavier’s Jack Ouellette, better known as a miler, went under 1:58 for the first time finishing in 1:57.37.
The girl’s shot put is already heating up. Earlier in the week in a dual meet Shalisha Robertson “The Girl Who Can Do Everything” heaved the shot 40-4. The Hillhouse senior, who will attend Temple University next year, is the top ranked shot putter in the state, 1st in the triple jump, 4th in the long jump, 10th in the 100m and even 34th in the 400m. The winner of last year’s indoor shot put championship is looking to challenge this winter’s champion Hall’s Anna Siciliano, who will compete for Yale University next year, who had a four-foot outdoor PR of 40-0.5 on Friday. The Hall school record effort was about four feet from her indoor best but these two titans will surely battle it out at the State Open.
Just like the girls, the boys shot put is shaping up into a very competitive event. There are 11 boys who reached 60-feet in CT…
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