By Associate Correspondent Brynn Sherry, Senior Correspondent Marty Ogden, Editing and Graphics by Ron Knapp
Meet Info: Monday June 2nd, Field Events at 10:00 a.m Running Events at 10:30 a.m.
The Entry Lists for the CIAC Class Championship Meets are available on Athletic Net:
CIAC Class S Girls Championship
CIAC Class S Boys Championship
Boys Defending champions: Bloomfield, Runners up: Bolton
Girls Defending champions: Old Lyme, Runners up: Thomaston
Boys Teams to Watch: Bloomfield, Coginchaug, Portland, Lyme Old Lyme
Girls Teams to Watch: Lyme-Old Lyme, Coginchaug, Haddam Killingworth
Boys Events to watch:
A key to whether Portland can dethrone Bloomfield will rest on the legs and in the heart of Samuel LaMalfa. The multi talented runner is the top seeded in the 400m with a CT#1 time of 47.22 and the 200m with another CT#1 clocking of 21.14. Since he only gets to compete in 3 events the decision to use his talents in the 800m with the top seeded time of 1:56.13 or their 4x100m or 4x400m relays.
The 100m dash is headlined by a pair of Holy Cross teammates in Dae’Sean Graves at 10.70 and Mason Rountree at 10.82 who had to forgo the NVL championship meet with a slight injury. But there are a few others, including Stafford’s Javon Stingler and Bloomfield’s Tri-kel Delaire where hundreths of a second improvement could make all the difference for a spot on the podium.
The preliminary rounds of the 110m hurdles will feature defending champion Delante Senior of Bloomfield who leads teammates Shaun Lazenby (14:46) and Jessie Singleton Jr. (14.78) with Derby’s Jaylen Titus as the only other seed under 15 seconds. A sweep of the top 3 places in this event as well as the relay events will go far in determining whether Bloomfield will defend their team title against Portland and Coginchaug.
Senior of Bloomfield returns in the 300m hurdles a second faster this year than his winning time of 39.80 in 2024 but the Warhawk will need every hundredth to get past top seeded Javon Stigler of Stafford at 38.72. Third seed Charles Dalles of Coginchaug will be nipping at their heels with his seed of 39.03 that won the Shoreline championship.
As the last of the longer track races, the 3200m is highlighted by Hale Ray’s Matthew Kraszewski and Oxford’s Joseph DeLuise. The pair are no strangers to each other as they have dueled in the steeplechase this season with Kraszewski gaining the best of DeLuise in both the 2k and 3k distances. But with no barriers in…
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