Girls Open Championship Scorecard
The
data from the Class meets show that Class LL winner Glastonbury will be the favorite on Saturday, with Class L winner and reigning champ New Milford close behind. Glastonbury was the projected winner last year also, but the unexpected (to us) return of Green Wave star Claire Daniels helped New Milford claim the title, with Sydney Kelleher placing 3rd and entering this year's Open with the second fastest time at Divisionals behind Trumbull's Katie Marchand. Glastonbury's Brooke Strauss is the top returner from last year and recently returned to the Guardians lineup to help spur the team's winning effort behind frontrunner Kelley MacElhiney in Saturday's Class LL race.
Note that very large 1-5
splits usually means that a team's places at the back will be
accumulating a larger amount of points behind the big pack of finishers.
Here, for instance, Wilton has a lesser speed rating than New Fairfield, Cheshire, and EO Smith, but the Raiders' very close pack compression should help them do well. Guilford had a slightly lower speed rating than Pomperaug in the Class MM meet but came in 1st by 18 points because of its much better compression. There can a huge variety in the makeup in the field for a race though, and teams like Hall and Mercy in the 18th and 19th spots will actually be helped by having a looser compression as some of their top runners will score well far up in this big field.
Team | Class | Avg. Time | 1-5 Split | Estimated Speed rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Glastonbury | LL | 20:00.0 | 1:40 | 103.0 (33) |
New Milford | L | 20:11.6 | 2:20 | 99.2 (47) |
New Canaan | L | 20:26.4 | 1:31 | 94.2 (30) |
Ridgefield | LL | 20:28.8 | 2:07 | 93.4 (42) |
New Fairfield | M | 20:47.8 | 2:48 | 87.2 (56) |
Cheshire | L | 20:48.6 | 2:43 | 86.8 (54) |
EO Smith | L | 20:52.4 | 2:54 | 85.8 (58) |
Wilton | L | 20:57.6 | 1:10 | 84.0 (23) |
Trumbull | LL | 20:57.6 | 3:29 | 83.8 (70) |
Somers | S | 21:12.0 | 2:06 | 79.0 (42) |
Haddam-Killingworth | SS | 21:15.4 | 1:18 | 77.8 (26) |
Southington | LL | 21:15.8 | 2:03 | 77.8 (41) |
Greenwich | LL | 21:16.4 | 1:51 | 77.6 (37) |
Lyme-Old Lyme | S | 21:43.8 | 2:43 | 68.6 (54) |
Newtown | LL | 21:48.2 | 1:28 | 67.0 (29) |
Pomperaug | MM | 21:48.2 | 2:49 | 67.0 (56) |
Guilford | MM | 21:48.8 | 0:51 | 66.8 (17) |
Hall | LL | 21:51.8 | 2:52 | 65.2 (57) |
Mercy | M | 22:12.8 | 2:48 | 58.8 (56) |
Plainville | SS | 22:35.0 | 1:13 | 51.4 (24) |
Girls Individual Top 12 from Class Divisionals
RANK | TIME | ATHLETE/TEAM | GRADE | MEET DATE PLACE |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 19:00.00 | Trumbull High School | 2024 | |
2 | 19:07.00 | New Milford High School | 2023 | |
3 | 19:12.00 | Old Lyme High School | 2026 | |
4 | 19:15.00 | Cheshire High School | 2024 | |
5 | 19:24.00 | E.O. Smith High School | 2024 | |
6 | 19:25.00 | Ridgefield High School | 2023 | |
6 | 19:25.00 | Newington High School | 2024 | |
8 | 19:31.00 | Lauralton High School | 2023 | |
9 | 19:32.00 | Ridgefield High School | 2023 | |
10 | 19:33.00 | Wilbur Cross High School | 2024 | |
11 | 19:40.00 | New Canaan High School | 2025 | |
12 | 19:41.00 | Glastonbury High School | 2023 |