Girls Sprints and Hurdles
55m
Alanna Smith is the big favorite here to add another title to the four in her outdoor States Open collection, and her SB is 7.12. Class L champ Nyasia Dailey and Class S winner Nancy Inthasit occupy the next two seed spots.Shelby Dejana was the winner in 2020 at 7.15.
1 Alanna Smith 12 Danbury 7.14 2 Nyasia Dailey 12 Middletown 7.27 3 Nancy Inthasit 12 Stonington 7.35 4 D'Jior Delisser 12 Bloomfield 7.36 5 Anna-Sashia Jones 12 Weaver 7.37 6 Jalena Martin 10 Ellington 7.39 7 Molly Harding 12 Glastonbury 7.40 8 Amanda Castaldi 12 Sheehan 7.40 9 Emily Mulhern 12 Joel Barlow 7.43 10 Kaitlyn Fay 11 Greenwich 7.43 11 Audrey Kozak 11 Shelton 7.44 12 Leila Gary 12 Simsbury 7.46 13 Katharine Bruno 12 Seymour 7.46 14 Victoria Francis 11 Simsbury 7.47 15 Florence Dickson 12 Danbury 7.47 16 Avery Winters 12 Sheehan 7.48 17 Brylee Montanari 12 East Hampton 7.49 18 Ne'riah Townsend 12 Hillhouse 7.52
300m
If the race goes to form, Alanna Smith will be well out in front but there will be a spirited battle for 2nd between seven runners who have gone under 42.10, and Mariella Schweitzer ran a 40.32, though on the faster Armory track. The second section that will likely have 7th-8th-9th seeds Avery Winters, CT #4 Anna-Sasha Jones, and Brittani Westberry could be very dangerous. Hillhouse's Precious Holmes owns the 2012 Open mark at 38.56, and Wilbur Cross's Nyia White was the 2020 champ.
1 Alanna Smith 12 Danbury 39.58 2 Molly Harding 12 Glastonbury 41.42 3 Francine Stevens 11 Staples 41.44 4 Mariella Schweitzer 12 Joel Barlow 41.67 5 Avery Rueckert 11 Old Saybrook 41.79 6 Victoria Francis 11 Simsbury 42.02 7 Avery Winters 12 Sheehan 42.09 8 Anna-Sashia Jones 12 Weaver 42.26 9 Brittani Westberry 11 Windsor 42.34 10 Olivia Walters 10 Brookfield 42.55 11 Jessica Starr 12 East Hampton 42.74 12 Allison Murphy 12 Naugatuck 42.76 13 Katharine Bruno 12 Seymour 42.86 14 Aria Gray 10 Bloomfield 42.88 15 Kate Demark 11 Darien 43.18 16 Kiylah Williams 9 Bloomfield 43.25 17 Keira Stewart 10 East Hartford 43.25 18 Sianna Lloyd 10 Bloomfield 43.39
600m
Esme Daplyn has run the two fastest times here among the runners in the Open field as CT # 2 Gabriella Hernandez of EO Smith missed the cut after a 4th place finish in Class L. Kate Demark and Brittani Westberry had a tremdous duel in the L race, and Demark has gone under 1:40.00. No one will be challenging Precious Holmes' 2012 Open record of 1:31.23, and Simsbury's Elsa Martin was the 2020 winner.
1 Esme Daplyn 10 Greenwich 1:38.82 2 Kate Demark 11 Darien 1:40.12 3 Brittani Westberry 11 Windsor 1:40.20 4 Julia Blake 10 Darien 1:40.67 5 Riley Powers 11 Newtown 1:40.96 6 Hannah Snayd 11 Newtown 1:41.05 7 Lauren Manning 12 Immaculate 1:41.15 8 Kiylah Williams 9 Bloomfield 1:41.40 9 Tatum Havemann 12 Staples 1:41.50 10 Annika Paluska 10 Glastonbury 1:41.53 11 Kate Littler 9 Ledyard 1:41.55 12 Kyleigh Miller 10 Windham 1:41.76 13 Olvia Platt 11 Sheehan 1:41.97 14 Anna Brodeur 12 Old Saybrook 1:42.05 15 Meghan Smith 12 Glastonbury 1:42.08 16 Alexandra Edwards 10 Glastonbury 1:42.13 17 Evelyn Marchand 12 Trumbull 1:42.86 18 Abigail Miles 12 Weston 1:43.26
55 Hurdles
CT #1 and 2021 outdoor Open double hurdles champ Mariella Schweitzer has to be considered the favorite here as she did 8.44 here in the SWC League meet. Shani Smith is not far behind though after an outside-lane Class L win, and this is in an event where one uncooperative hurdle can spell the difference. The top ten seeds all come from Classes L-M-S, as LL champ Zoe Spann-McDonald is seeded 11th, though she ran faster at the CCC championship. Fairfield Ludlowe's Tess Stapleton was the 2020 winner with an Open record 8.04, one week after she ran 7.96 in the LL meet, with a followup of 7.88 at New England.
1 Shani Smith 12 Windsor 8.50 2 Mariella Schweitzer 12 Joel Barlow 8.52 3 Amanda Castaldi 12 Sheehan 8.62 4 Caden Simpson 10 Jonathan Law 8.75 5 Grace Stephens 12 Masuk 8.82 6 Katherine Baisley 11 Lauralton Hall 8.87 7 Maddie McLeod 10 Ledyard 8.88 8 Brylee Montanari 12 East Hampton 8.88 9 Leonaya Knox 10 Hillhouse 8.89 10 Lily Jason 9 Naugatuck 8.92 11 Zoe Spann-McDonald 11 Glastonbury 8.97 12 Jessica Starr 12 East Hampton 9.00 13 Rosa Linda Volpintesta 11 Bethel 9.01 14 Johniece Jones 12 Bloomfield 9.07 15 Kareema McKenzie 10 Windsor 9.12 16 Allsion Barton 11 St. Paul Cat 9.13 17 Aida Ouloul 12 Shelton 9.27 18 Alana Martin 11 Windsor 9.29