• Take 3 with Z: Maggie Vessey

  

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• ACC Indoor Championships: Watch it live

  

   Boston College will host its first ever ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the world renowned Reggie Lewis Center in Boston from Thursday, Feb. 23 to Saturday, Feb. 25. The meet, which is open to the public, kicks off on Thursday at 12 p.m. with the pentathlon and heptathlon. Events start at 11 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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• New England Rankings: 9th Release

  

  Hibernation is over and the best athletes in the region have awoken from their mid-season performance slumber to post some amazing marks in last week’s state championships. Topping the list again is Precious Holmes of Hillhouse High School (CT) who posted a US#1 time of 1:31.23 in the 600m and a US#2 time of 38.56 in the 300m at the Connecticut State Open Championships.

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• CIAC State Open Championships Highlights

  

  Precious Holmes of Hillhouse High School absolutely scorched the field and crushed the meet record with a US#1 time of 1:31.23.  The old record was 1:35.06 set back in 2008 by Annelies Gamble of Amity High School, and Holmes was previously ranked US#1 when she ran 1:32.61 at the SCC Coaches Invitational last month.  Holmes set another meet record when she crossed the line in the 300m.  Her 38.56 surpassed the 1996 record of 39.17 set by Shayla Wallace of Northwest Catholic. Holmes’ 300m time is currently US#2.

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• Henry Wynne leads Staples track and field team to State Open title

  

  NEW HAVEN -- The Staples High School boys track and field team rode "the horse" to the CIAC State Open Championship on Saturday afternoon at the Floyd Little Athletic Center, according to head coach Laddie Lawrence. Junior Henry Wynne is that horse, and he won the 1,000 meters, and was part of two first-place relays to lead the Wreckers to their first State Open title in more than 20 years. (via www.thehour.com)

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• Hillhouse Girls and Staples Boys Win State Titles

  

  Behind record-setting performances from Precious Holmes in the 300 meters and the 600 meters, the Academics captured their first State Open title since 2008 by scoring 74 points to beat Windsor (34) and Glastonbury (34 3/4). It was the sixth State Open title for Hillhouse. (via Courant.com)

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• Live Results: CIAC State Open Championships

  

  Live results will be available for all of the CIAC Open Championships scheduled for this weekend thanks to the tremendous efforts of Northeast Sports Timing. 

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• Top Titans on the track

  

  The Sheehan track program has a strong history and has produced state champions and Division I athletes at quite a good clip lately. The Titans added another pair of each on Tuesday night as Tara Lee nabbed the indoor track Class M shot put championship and Tommy Lupoli took home the Class M crown in the 1,000 meters. (via MyRecordJournal.com)

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• Take 3 with Z: Anna Pierce

  

  Coach Z breaks all the rules in this installment of Take 3-with-Z featuring professional runner Anna Pierce.  For once, he actually asks serious questions, and then he sneaks in a fourth question that clearly jinxed the Patriots and should be blamed for their demise.

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• Alumni Report: February 6, 2012 - February 12, 2012

  

  They may have graduated, but they are certainly not forgotten.  A massive number of former Connecticut high school athletes are competing collegiately, and the MileSplit network of sites tracks their progress as they succeed at the next level.

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• The Rog Blog: Soon to be teammates

  

  Connor Rog has been garnering a massive amount of headlines this year, and with good reason.  The Fairfield Prep senior earned a trip to the Foot Locker National Championships in December, was named the Gatorade Runner of the Year for Connecticut in January, and was recently invited to compete in the prestigious Millrose Games Mile. Life is rapidly changing for Connor as the milestones of his senior year begin to accumulate in the rearview mirror.   Despite the hectic schedule required to be a top tier student-athlete, Connor has agreed to chronicle his experiences for MileSplit CT in a series we are calling the “Rog Blog”.    

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• Hillhouse Sweeps Class M Track Titles

  

  Hillhouse won the Class M boys championship with 46 points overEast Lyme (38) and New Fairfield (31). It was the Academics third Class M title since 2008. (via Courant.com)

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• Hand has impressive showing in Class L meet

  

  Buoyed by two second-place finishes by senior Joya Helander, the Tigers placed sixth overall with 22 points. Darien (72.5) edged Windsor (71) for the title.  (via Connecticut weekly Newspaper)

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• New England Rankings: 8th Release

  

    The class and division meets highlighted a relatively stable week in the New England rankings.  The field events took center stage this week as Dakota Dailey-Harris continues to improve on her Rhode Island state record in the high jump, and Jake Scinto begins his post-season push in the long jump.

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• Northwest Catholic Boys, Bloomfield Girls Win Class S Track Titles

  

  Northwest Catholic boys head coach Pat Williamson darted back and forth between the scorer's table and his team, wanting to deliver good news. His team was in the lead, but knew they could be caught. (via Courant.com)

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• Class LL Championships: Staples is the best of the bigs

  

  A 'team effort' can be used as a cliché but the words ring true for the Staples High boys indoor track team.  Veteran head coach Laddie Lawrence received input from his assistant coaches and athletes on who to use in certain events and the strategy paid off tenfold with the 2011-2012 Class LL state championship Thursday night at the Floyd Little Athletic Center. (via www.thehour.com)

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• Glastonbury Girls Win Second Straight Class LL Track Championship

  

  McKenzie Hollenbaugh is not a fan of the 300 meters.She's doesn't enjoy it and she's not going to start anytime soon. It's just not her race.But Thursday, with Glastonbury battling Greenwich for the... (via Hartford Courant)

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• Simsbury puts up solid effort at Class LL championships

  

  he Simsbury indoor track and field team wasn’t going to capture any Class LL state championships on Thursday evening at the Floyd Little Athletic Center, but Trojan head coach Mike Cohen got plenty of effort out of his athletes.  (via www.foothillsmediagroup.com)

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• Markowitz and Wynne named FCIAC Players of the Week

  

  Conference track and field stars Abby Markowitz of Greenwich and Henry Wynne of Staples have been named the latest MSG Varsity’s FCIAC Players of the Week. (via www.fciac.net)

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• Alumni Report: January 30 - February 5, 2012

  

  They may have graduated, but they are certainly not forgotten.  A massive number of former Connecticut high school athletes are competing collegiately, and the MileSplit network of sites tracks their progress as they succeed at the next level.

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• NE Athletes at the Millrose Game: Watch it live!

  

  Two of New England’s best distance runners were invited to participate in the prestigious Millrose Games Mile on Saturday at 9:14pm.  Mike Marsella (Chariho, RI) and Connor Rog (Fairfield Prep, CT) will battle ten other athletes from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania for regional bragging rights. 

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• New England Rankings: 7th Release

  

  It was a high profile week in New England, with New Balance sponsoring two elite events geared towards assembling some of the fastest fields on the East Coast.  Thankfully for track fans, both events delivered as promised.

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