SCC Boys and Girls Preview

May 21, 2018

If you want to follow the battle for the boys SCC championships, you should keep your eyes on the field events. If you only watch the track, you will see Hillhouse rack up the points in multiple events. Led by the state leader in the 400m, Deshaune Poole, the Academics will score all their points on the oval.

But defending champion Daniel Hand High School will be right up in the standings scoring a lot of 5th-8ths on the track, but it is off the track where they will really set themselves apart. Mike Burchell is the top seed in the shot put and discus and sophomore Isaiah McNeilly is favored to win the javelin.

In the girls meet, it could also be another nail biter. Hillhouse will have a balanced attack, relying on their sprints, jumps, relays and throws. Junior Ayesha Nelson is seeded very high in the 100m, 100HH and 300IH. Jada Boyd is the top seed in the 400m and will be a big part of the 4 x 400m and 4 x 800m and freshman thrower Leah Moore is the top seed in the shot put.

Guilford's points will be much more obvious to the causal fan because their point will come in the distance events. Meredith Bloss and Jacqueline Guerra are the top two seeds in the 1600m and 3200m and the duo could also contribute points to the 4 x 800m.

In other events cross country All American Drew Thompson of Fairfield Prep will be taking his last laps around the track against his SCC brothers. The Dartmouth committed athlete will have his hands full with some up and coming runners who will try to establish a name for themselves. Amity junior has already run a state leading time of 15:09 in the 5000m and has been improving by leaps and bounds the past few weeks. And then there is Branford junior Marzio Mastroianni who defeated Thompson last week in the SCC Western Sectional meet in the 1600m and is looking to do the same this week.

New Balance Indoor National champion Dyshon Vaughn has been quiet this season, only competing in SCC dual meets. But he showed he still has pop in his legs when he jumped 24'1.5 at his sectional meet last week.

Defending State Open 400m champion Aisha Gay of Hamden will have her hands full with top seeded Boyd in the 400m and Erica Marriott who is only a step behind in the 200m. North Haven's Marriott is also the defending champion in the long jump and will be looking to add to her collection of medal.

SCC Boys and Girls Performance List

SCC Boys Projected Team Scores

The following projections are bases on results submitted to CT.Milesplit.

PLACE		TEAM	POINTS	SPRINTS	DISTANCE	RELAYS	JUMP	THROWS	HURDLES
	1	Daniel Hand High School	79.5	4	8	15	5	39	8
	1	Hillhouse High	79.5	26	14	20	9	0	10
	3	Lyman Hall High School	61	13	5	13	18	0	12
	4	Hamden High School	54.5	24	0	10	16	4	0
	5	Shelton High School	45	14	7	12	0	11	0
	6	Amity High School	39	0	8	8	9	1	13
	7	Fairfield Prep High School	38.5	5	24	5	4	0	0
	8	Notre Dame-West Haven	37	6	0	4	9	8	10
	9	Xavier High School	35.5	3	20	5	3	4	0
	10	Wilbur Cross High School	35	0	6	4	5	20	0
	11	Branford High School	31.5	0	17	1	13	0	0
	11	Johathan Law High School	31.5	3	0	7	8	6	7
	13	Cheshire High School	30	10	8	0	0	12	0
	14	Foran High School	24	0	0	0	23	0	0
	15	Career High School	20	0	0	0	20	0	0
	16	North Haven High School	14	0	0	0	2	9	3
	17	East Haven High School	13	0	0	8	0	0	5
	17	West Haven	13	0	0	3	0	0	10
	19	Sheehan High School	10.5	0	0	0	8	2	0
	20	Guilford High School	10	8	0	2	0	0	0

Girls SCC Projected Team Scores

The following projections are bases on results submitted to CT.Milesplit.

PLACE		TEAM	POINTS	JUMP	DISTANCE	THROWS	SPRINTS	HURDLES	RELAYS
	1	Hillhouse High	145.5	31	7	22	52	8	25
	2	Guilford High School	88	10	58	0	1	5	14
	3	Hamden High School	62.5	0	12	0	25	3	22
	4	North Haven High School	58.5	24	0	3	11	10	10
	5	Sheehan High School	58	22	12	7	7	4	6
	6	Shelton High School	50	7	8	24	1	6	4
	7	Wilbur Cross High School	48	10	4	27	0	0	7
	8	Sacred Heart Academy	42.5	12	0	8	5	1	16
	9	East Haven High School	23.5	11	0	5	5	2	0
	10	Daniel Hand High School	17	3	4	0	9	0	1
	11	Cheshire High School	15.5	1	11	0	0	0	3
	12	Amity High School	13	3	0	6	0	0	4
	13	Jonathan Law High School	11	0	0	8	0	0	3
	14	Branford High School	10	8	0	0	0	0	2
	15	Lyman Hall High School	8.5	1	0	7	0	0	0
	16	Mercy High School	7.5	6	1	0	0	0	0
	17	Career High School	4	4	0	0	0	0	0