Submitted by Bailey Thayer
Coginchaug’s Indoor track team had quite the performance on Saturday’s Class S State Championship meet at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Impressive girl performances include sophomore Jess Drop’s 1st place finish in the 1000m run with a time of 3:03 and junior Bailey Thayer’s 3rd place finish in the 600m run with a time of 1:43.03. Senior Bailey Maus finished 4th in both the 55m hurdles and long jump and sophomore Sam Drop finished 6th in the 1600m run with a time of 5:34.64. All the relay teams performed exceptionally. The 4 by 800m and 4 by 400m both finished 3rd. 4 by 800 members include captain Tara Dandelski, Bailey Thayer, Sam Drop and Jess Drop. The 4 by 400 members were Bailey Thayer, Janelle Berry, Bailey Maus and Jess Drop. Finishing 13th, the 4 by 200m team consisted of Kasi and Shaun Whitaker, Megan Decker and captain Megan Sirois. Other notable performances include freshmen Megan Decker’s 12th place finish in the 55m dash and 15th place finish in the 300m run. Freshmen Ali Alsup finished 14th in the 1600m run and sophomore Sam Vigue finished 13th in the 3200m run. With all their hard work and commitment, the Coginchaug girls earned themselves a 4th place finished out of over 30 schools.
As for the Coginchaug Boys, great performances include senior Tyler Meeker and senior Michael Decker’s 300m run, finishing 5th and 7th. Sophomore Alec Bogan finished 7th in high jump with a final jump of 5’8” and senior Jack Temple finished 11th in the 600m run with a time of 1:31. 72. The 4 by 400m relay team, including Tyler Meeker, Zach Taylor, Jake Ober and Michael Decker, finished 10th and the Sprint Medley relay, including Zach Lein, West Benjunas, Ty Kartiganer and Jack Temple finished 11th. Alec Bogan, Ryan Bogan, Kyle Farrell and captain Christian Adams made up the 13th place 4 by 200m team. Other notable performances include Christian Adams’ 14th place finish in long jump with a jump of 18’6” and Nathaniel Weir’s shot put throw of 37’11”. Junior Christian Alberico was seeded to win the 1600m run, finish 3rd in the 3200m run and 10th in the 1000m run, but unfortunately could not race due to injury.
Overall it was a day to remember for Coginchaug athletes and everyone is looking forward to the start of a successful outdoor track season. The girls 4 by 800m relay team will be competing in the state open championship next weekend.
Coginchaug’s Indoor track team had quite the performance on Saturday’s Class S State Championship meet at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Impressive girl performances include sophomore Jess Drop’s 1st place finish in the 1000m run with a time of 3:03 and junior Bailey Thayer’s 3rd place finish in the 600m run with a time of 1:43.03. Senior Bailey Maus finished 4th in both the 55m hurdles and long jump and sophomore Sam Drop finished 6th in the 1600m run with a time of 5:34.64. All the relay teams performed exceptionally. The 4 by 800m and 4 by 400m both finished 3rd. 4 by 800 members include captain Tara Dandelski, Bailey Thayer, Sam Drop and Jess Drop. The 4 by 400 members were Bailey Thayer, Janelle Berry, Bailey Maus and Jess Drop. Finishing 13th, the 4 by 200m team consisted of Kasi and Shaun Whitaker, Megan Decker and captain Megan Sirois. Other notable performances include freshmen Megan Decker’s 12th place finish in the 55m dash and 15th place finish in the 300m run. Freshmen Ali Alsup finished 14th in the 1600m run and sophomore Sam Vigue finished 13th in the 3200m run. With all their hard work and commitment, the Coginchaug girls earned themselves a 4th place finished out of over 30 schools.
As for the Coginchaug Boys, great performances include senior Tyler Meeker and senior Michael Decker’s 300m run, finishing 5th and 7th. Sophomore Alec Bogan finished 7th in high jump with a final jump of 5’8” and senior Jack Temple finished 11th in the 600m run with a time of 1:31. 72. The 4 by 400m relay team, including Tyler Meeker, Zach Taylor, Jake Ober and Michael Decker, finished 10th and the Sprint Medley relay, including Zach Lein, West Benjunas, Ty Kartiganer and Jack Temple finished 11th. Alec Bogan, Ryan Bogan, Kyle Farrell and captain Christian Adams made up the 13th place 4 by 200m team. Other notable performances include Christian Adams’ 14th place finish in long jump with a jump of 18’6” and Nathaniel Weir’s shot put throw of 37’11”. Junior Christian Alberico was seeded to win the 1600m run, finish 3rd in the 3200m run and 10th in the 1000m run, but unfortunately could not race due to injury.
Overall it was a day to remember for Coginchaug athletes and everyone is looking forward to the start of a successful outdoor track season. The girls 4 by 800m relay team will be competing in the state open championship next weekend.