With the winter vacations over many teams are into the heart
of their seasons. Teams from all over the
state
came to the Southern Connecticut Conferences Coaches Invitational at Floyd Little Athletic Center to face
some of the best athletes in Connecticut and get qualifying performances for
the end of the season championships. Some
athletes got more than that and came home with school records and even
nationally ranked times.
The SCC coaches awarded The Track Performer of the Meet to Alexander Korczysnki of Windham. The senior who has committed to Northeastern
University in Boston, came into the meet with a game plan to "let it go in the
1000m and target a respectable time in the 3200m" according to his coach James
Thompson. What turned out to be one of
the best races of the day, Korcynski was pushed the entire way by Weston's Tim
Lautenback and Tyler Rubush of Trumbull.
Korczysnki broke the tape with a Windham school record of 3:31.98 and
Lautenback was less than ½ second back.
Both made the New Balance Indoor Emerging Elite standard and are ranked
10th and 12th respectfully in the US.
Korczynski, who was last year's State Open champion in the
1600m, came back and went above his normal distance to try for a fast time in
the 3200m. He faced Cheshire's Brendan
Murray who was 2nd at the cross-country State Open championship and
has a 9:06 3200m to his credit. The Windham
senior plays soccer in the fall which doesn't allow him to build a distance base
that most distance runners need. With
both of them only inches apart most of the way, Korczynski used his superior
mile speed and came away with another school record, running 9:25.41 with Murray
just two seconds back.
Records were made to be broken and Danbury's sprint medley
did just that with a new meet record of 
3:37.67. The old record of 3:39.68 was anchored by
Wilbur Cross' Cas Loxsom who has since gone on to a profession career and broke
the world record in the 600m last winter.
The Danbury team made up of Chris Cledera, Malachi Lorick Sean-Michael Parkinson
and Malcolm Going just missed their goal of making the NBIN championship standard
of 3:37.00 but still managed to come away with an Emerging Elite qualifying
performance and the 9th best time in the country.
Southington's Zach Burleigh is now the 5th CT athlete
over 13'6 in the pole vault this winter and tied his school record in the
process. Nicholas Petruzzelli of Notre Dame West Haven also cleared 13'6, but
it took him two attempts with Burleigh getting it on his first. With his win, the SCC Coaches presented
Burleigh with the trophy for Field Event Performer of the meet to match his
classmate Megan Bisiglio's award for winning the girl's vault earlier in the
day.
In the 55HH, junior Edward Williams of Sacred Heart Academy
in Waterbury, continued his undefeated season in the event with a new personal
record and state leading time of 7.61. Williams
was State Open champion in the 110HH last spring and is looking to knock off
.07 seconds to punch his ticket to Nationals this winter.
While there are plenty of fast athletes in other sports, it
usually takes them a while to become "track fast". Erik Lorent of Shelton came out for indoor
track to stay in shape for soccer. Well,
he quickly become an impact performer on the indoor oval along to go along with
his talent on the outdoor pitch. He has
won both 55m races he has entered with state leading times and lowered his PR
to a 6.55 with his victory on Saturday.
In a very tight battle for the team title, Staples came away
with a one- point win over Glastonbury 37-36. The Wreckers got most of their
points from Chet Ellis' 6'4 win in the high jump and 15 more points from the
three longer relays. Add in a third
place for Ben Seiple in the 3200m and Hall of Fame Coach Laddie Lawrence will
have another trophy to display in his track office on Monday.
The following performances met the MileSplit US Second Team
standard:
With the winter vacations over many teams are into the heart
of their seasons. Teams from all over the
state came to the Southern Connecticut Conferences Coaches Invitational at Floyd Little Athletic Center to face
some of the best athletes in Connecticut and get qualifying performances for
the end of the season championships. Some
athletes got more than that and came home with school records and even
nationally ranked times.
The SCC coaches awarded The Track Performer of the Meet to Alexander Korczysnki of Windham. The senior who has committed to Northeastern
University in Boston, came into the meet with a game plan to "let it go in the
1000m and target a respectable time in the 3200m" according to his coach James
Thompson. What turned out to be one of
the best races of the day, Korcynski was pushed the entire way by Weston's Tim
Lautenback and Tyler Rubush of Trumbull.
Korczysnki broke the tape with a Windham school record of 3:31.98 and
Lautenback was less than ½ second back.
Both made the New Balance Indoor Emerging Elite standard and are ranked
10th and 12th respectfully in the US.
Korczynski, who was last year's State Open champion in the
1600m, came back and went above his normal distance to try for a fast time in
the 3200m. He faced Cheshire's Brendan
Murray who was 2nd at the cross-country State Open championship and
has a 9:06 3200m to his credit. The Windham
senior plays soccer in the fall which doesn't allow him to build a distance base
that most distance runners need. With
both of them only inches apart most of the way, Korczynski used his superior
mile speed and came away with another school record, running 9:25.41 with Murray
just two seconds back.
3:37.67.
While there are plenty of fast athletes in other sports, it
usually takes them a while to become "track fast".
came to the Southern Connecticut Conferences Coaches Invitational at Floyd Little Athletic Center to face
some of the best athletes in Connecticut and get qualifying performances for
the end of the season championships. Some
athletes got more than that and came home with school records and even
nationally ranked times.