By Senior Correspondent Marty Ogden, Editing and Graphics by Ron Knapp
Athletes are making their final push for the championship season and with the weather finally clearing on Saturday, many Connecticut athletes put up big marks that made a huge imprint on the state, New England and national rankings. Since this is Mother’s Day weekend, MySportsResults would like to give a big shoutout to all the moms out there that support CT’s track and field athletes in so many ways. Athletes get the medals and coaches get the credit for developing the athletes, but everyone knows the importance of moms. As one famous coach, Laddie Lawrence once said, “coaches can only polish the apple, it is parents who grow the tree.” Happy Mother’s Day.
57th Glenn Loucks Games
We are going to start off highlighting the throwers at the 57th Glenn Loucks Games in White Plains, NY. They are often relegated to the far corners of the stadium, but CT athletes put up some big performances against a national class field and the award for Field Event MVP of the Meet went to Simsbury’s Marshall Potter. He had a tremendous two days coming away with victories in both the discus and shot put. The New Balance Nationals All American this indoor season set two PRs with throws of 60-6.0 in the shot put and 185-0 in the discus. His shot put toss may be #11 All Time in CT history, but he will have to set up bigger as both Chris Amy and Thomas Matlock have thrown farther than this this year, which should make it worth your while to step outside the stadium to watch the State Open Shot Put. But in the discus, the Trojan has been setting PR after PR nearly every week, but he unleashed a huge 13 foot lifetime best of 185-0 to pull out the win. That makes him 6th best discus thrower in CT history, the 5th best in meet history and takes over the New England lead for 2025.
Photo courtesy of John Nepolitan
New Canaan’s Lauren Smith also had a stellar weekend as she came away with a win in the javelin with a PR of 124-2 to move up to #6 in the New England rankings. But probably just as important she defeated CT’s top ranked javelin thrower Alexis Banks of Weston. At a dual meet this week, Banks threw 136 feet and she had to settle for 3rd on Saturday with a throw of 119-6. It was still her 2nd best throw of the season and 3rd lifetime.
Smith also had a solid day in the shot put taking 3rd in 37-0 and a PR of 126-3 in the discus, good enough for 6th….
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