By Associate Correspondent Brynn Sherry, Senior Correspondent Marty Ogden, Editing and Graphics by Ron Knapp
Meet Info: Sunday June 1st, Field Events at 10:00 a.m, Running Events at 11:30 a.m.
The Entry Lists for the CIAC Class Championship Meets are available on Athletic Net:
CIAC Class L Girls Championship
CIAC Class L Boys Championship
Boys Defending champions: Xavier Runner up: Windsor
Girls Defending champions: Windsor Runner up: Hall
Boys Teams to Watch: Naugatuck, Windsor, Xavier
Girls Teams to Watch: Windsor, New Canaan, Naugatuck, Newtown, Wilton
Boys Events to watch:
The 2025 Class L outdoor track and field speed events will showcase new competitors following the graduation of most of last year’s senior champions. The boys 100m features one of the state’s fastest with Bunnell’s Jayson Vanterpool in the top spot at 10.38 (that was wind-aided), where he has worked his way up the ladder since the previous competition. Ranking in 2nd and 3rd are Windsor’s Elijah Fraser (10.72), and Platt’s Robert Millette (10.74), respectively. Vanterpool is listed as number one in the 200m as well at 21.51, beating his own 2024 time of 21.94, and ahead of Windsor’s Sheldon Simpson II who is listed at 22.06. This competition in the 400m promises an excitingly close race, with Farmington’s Ethan Halstead at 48.57, Bunnell’s Kaiden Nalley at 48.60, and Naugatuck’s Jaiden Roach at 48.96. Stay tuned to watch who will emerge on top for this year’s sprint champions.
Look for those same top speedsters to figure in the duel for the 4x100m titles as top seeded Windsor, 2nd ranked Bunnell and 3rd ranked Platt try to move the baton quickly around the oval. Meanwhile Farmington will try to close the gap on Windsor to reverse the recent 4x400m CCC meet results that could determine the chase for the team title with Shelton and Naugatuck lurking closely behind in the seeds.
This year’s distance events are bringing back some strong athletes, with Soheib Dissa of Newtown (seeded at 4:11.61) returning to defend his title in the 1600m after his win last year at 4:10.75. However, Jack Ouellette of Xavier will likely make him fight for it, currently seeded at 4:12.68, with teammate Owen Martin right behind 4:14.57. A possible preview of the 3 was held Thursday night where they ran the 1-mile at Ridgefield’s Nightmare Invite with Dissa clocking 4:09.94 for 1st followed by Martin in 5th (4:12.51) and Ouellette in 6th (4:17.39).
Dissa is also seeded in…
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