By Senior Correspondent Marty Ogden, Editing and Graphics by Ron Knapp

Despite many Connecticut schools being on spring break, the weekend was packed with meets across various locations. A significant number of athletes participated, taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather to deliver several outstanding performances.

New York Relays

@ Icahn Stadium at Randall's Island Park, NY

RESULTS - PDF attached

Icahn Stadium is on Randall's Island in New York City and will be the site of The 2026 USA Track & Field (USATF) Outdoor Championships, scheduled for July 23–26, 2026. On Friday and Saturday, high school athletes took the opportunity to compete in this world class facility. 

Coginchaug’s Charles Dalles had a solid season opener in the long hurdles, winning the 400m event in 53.72. It was about four tenths of a second over his PR set last year at the end of the season which is currently the second fastest time in state history. If he decides to run the Olympic distance later in the season, Aaron Hayes’ 32-year-old state record of 51.42 could be at risk.

The Danbury boys quartet was the Indoor State Open champion in the 4x200m with a school record, so it makes sense they have an outstanding 4x100m relay. In a dual meet earlier in the week, the Hatters ran a state leading time of 41.83. On Saturday they ran 42.28 in the prelims. They crossed the line first in the finals but were unfortunately disqualified with a Zone 2 violation.

The Hatters are developing some potential points in the throws from discus thrower Davion Catlin. The junior took 5th overall with a distance of 146-2 on his 2nd throw and threw 144 feet on his 3rd displaying his consistency. 

Greenwich girls made the short trip down I-95 and became the first girls team of the season to break 4 minutes in the 4x400m. The team of Nina Silver, Gemma Hardwick, Margaret McCooe and Eliana Daplyn barely broke the barrier by finishing in 3:59.63. 

In the girls shot put Theresa Knuth took 3rd for the Cardinals with a distance of 36-11.5. She already has the 2nd best throw among CIAC athletes with a distance of 37-6 from a dual meet earlier in the week. 

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Patriot Games

@ East Hartford HS, East Hartford CT

RESULTS

The home team put on a show on their own track, crushing the meet record for the 4x200m relay by nearly two seconds. The team of Davian Johnson, Kayden Williams, Curtis Barber and Isaiah Tripp went under 1:30, finishing in 1:29.91. The Hornets set their school record of 1:28.46 last year and will have another shot at the young record later in the season. 

Coginchaug had a busy and successful weekend. After competing at the New York Relays on Friday, Jacob Kosienski, Graysen Stojak, Daniel Szymanski and Charles Dalles were back in action on Saturday. The foursome broke their school record, running 1:32.57 to take 2nd in the 4x200m.

Dalles also set the meet record in the 400m, winning with a time of 49.51. Then to cap off his outstanding weekend he anchored his Swedish (100,200,300,400) Relay to another meet and school record. He was joined by Carson DiNallo, Jacob Kosienski and John Parmelee, splitting a 47.9 and helping his team to finish in 2:00.04, the 4th fastest school record in state history.

Lauren Parrett is known as a distance runner but the Glastonbury sophomore is really starting to show off her range. While she has run on successful 4x800m teams, this is one of the few times she has run the open 800m. Her winning time of 2:17.00 wasn’t only the meet record, it was the 2nd fastest time in CT this season. 

East Hartford further demonstrated its talent in the sprints. As the CT state record holder in the 55m hurdles Davian Johnson set the meet record, winning with a time of 22.17 in the 200m. He was followed by Ajani Walker of Hartford Magnet Trinity Acad (22.40) and Hornet teammate Curtis Barber (22.44) as they all were under the meet record. 

Defending Class MM discus champion Lillian Morgis of Woodstock Academy was also the State Open bronze medalist last year and has obviously put in a great deal of work since then. Earlier in the week at the Bacon Academy Invitational the senior threw 140-3 to become the 9th best discus thrower in state history. She proved that was no fluke as by setting the meet record on Saturday with a distance of 138-04. 

Hillhouse Invitational

@ Hillhouse HS, New Haven, CT

RESULTS

Any time Saphyr Brown and Lauren Kropo toe the line against each other, you know there is potential for a great race. The pair have won their fair share of Class and State Open titles and have gone back and forth the past three years. On Saturday in the 200m, Brown, the Bloomfield junior got the better of Kropo, the senior from Naugatuck, running 25.55 as Kropo followed in her season best of 25.63. The pair are sure to meet again later in the season with potentially a different result but definitely faster times. 

With Brown’s speed, it makes sense she is also a good long jumper. The New England champion this winter reclaimed the state lead for herself with a distance of 18-7.0. She finished ahead of fellow junior Mijonia Hart who jumped 18-3 for the 2nd time in four days. 

Due to an injury last year Brenan McCabe didn’t get to do a lot of racing outside of the 400m, his primary event. But if you are a mid 47 second 400m runner, you should be pretty good at half the distance. On Saturday, the Immaculate senior ran his fastest time since sophomore year, easily winning in 21.91. This was after he ran a PR of 10.78 in the prelims of the 100m and easily won the finals in 11.10. 

The 55m hurdles were a hot event this winter and it looks like there will be more of the same this spring in the 100m event. Bloomfield’s Vanessa Agyemang was 3rd at the State Open 55m hurdles this winter and runner-up last spring in the 100m hurdles. But this winter Gabriella Rivera of Brien McMahon came into her own and became State Open champion. The two met once again with Agyemang coming out of top with a season best time of 14.68 and Rivera going under 15 seconds for only the 2nd time in her career, setting a PR of 14.96. 

Phoebe Cora Smith qualified for New Englands in both hurdle events last year as a sophomore. The Joel Barlow Falcon finished 3rd on Saturday behind the two best hurdlers in the state, running 15.46 and then returned to face Naugatuck’s Cynthia Singleton for the 2nd time this season in the 300m hurdles. The pair already had the 2nd and 3rd fastest time of the season running in the 45s at the Lady Hawks Invitational last week. The pair finished in the same order with Smith running 46.31 and Singleton crossing the line only three tenths of a second behind. With two time New England champion D’Asia Duncan announcing on social media that she “will be giving my legs a break this outdoor season in preparation for my collegiate stage. I’ll be training for my multis but utilizing meets to focus on my throws” that will make the long hurdle race open to anyone at the Open and possibly even New Englands. 

The hurdles are equally competitive on the boys side this spring. Javonni Reynolds came within a couple thousandths of a second from becoming a State Open champion in the 300m hurdles as a freshman two years ago while running for Windsor. Now a junior running for Bloomfield he came away with a PR win with a time of 38.11, a new school record and 15th best time in state history. Just like he is every day in practice, he was pushed by his teammate Shaun Lazenby who went under 40 seconds for the 2nd time this season taking 2nd with a time of 39.76.

In the boys javelin, we have a new state leader. Colby Marsan of Woodland never broke 160 feet last year as a sophomore. The junior not only broke 160 feet for the first time he improved 15 feet to reach a distance of 173-11. But he will have his work cut out for him in the post season as two of his Jacked Javelin Club training partners Jacob Rogers of Bristol Eastern and Carson Bloechle of Ridgefield have also already flung the spear over 170 feet this spring. 

Wildcat Relays

@ Lyme-Old Lyme HS, Old Lyme CT

RESULTS

Twin brothers Breckin and Hayden Burke of Portland seem to do everything together and often go 1-2 in many races this year. The pair are following in their mom’s footsteps and will run for SCSU next fall. Both set PRs with Breckin winning in 9:32.99 with Hayden taking 2nd in 9:36.15. 

New Canaan’s Charles Cavanagh not only broke 10 minutes for the first time, he broke 9:50 and 4:40 as well to set a 34 second PR, taking 3rd in 9:37.66.

Juniors Maya Donzella and Briana Belanger were highly successful sophomores last year and both broke 5 minutes for the 1600m. Now the juniors are two of the state’s elite distance runners. The pair battled it out for eight laps in the 3200m with Windsor’s Donzella taking the win with a PR of 11:06.48. Belanger of Thomaston also ran her lifetime best of 11:10.52 to take 2nd. 

Stella Shaw was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the Class MM championships last spring. The North Haven sophomore took silver medals in the triple jump at the SCC and State Open championships, and the long jump at the Class MM meet. Now a junior she opened up her season with a huge PR of 37-9.5 and took over the state lead this season. 

Nisky Elite 5K 2026

@ Niskayuna HS, Niskayuna NY

Brunswick, a private school in Greenwich and a member of New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) is outside the CIAC and rarely gets to compete against the public and private schools, except at nationals or other invitations and do not count for CT state records. But that doesn’t mean these athletes can’t make state records a goal. Senior Nathan Lee, who has committed to Harvard and his teammate, Teddy Hojlo set their sights on Alex Ostberg’s CT state 5000m record of 14:16.61 set 11 years ago. The pair battled it out for 12.5 laps with Lee taking the win in 14:28.57, the 6th fastest time nationally. Hojlo was only three seconds back in 2nd with a time of 14:31.87, the 7th best time in the country. Besides Ostberg, only all time CT greats like Aidan Puffer (14:24.18) and Robbie Cozean (14:26.18) have run faster. 

Oxford’s Joe DeLuise took 4th in this highly competitive race. He finished in 14:53.82, the 15th best time in state history and 12th nationally. This just barely gets the UConn committed athlete under the NBNO automatic qualifying time of 14:55. 

It’s not too early to think about your plans for summer training that could include attending the Foss Running Camp!