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05/26/2016 12:00 AMBoys’ Outdoor Track
The Indians saw two athletes claim first-place medals with another breaking a school record that had stood since well before anyone on the team was even born at last week’s SCC Championship.
Senior Shane O’Connor finished first in the shot put, junior Omar Gebril won the 400-meter dash, and senior Ryan Brennan broke North Haven’s 1,600 record while placing second in the event. North Haven finished fifth among 20 clubs by scoring 46 points at Sheehan on May 23.
O’Connor notched his seventh career postseason win by throwing the shot 50 feet-7.25 inches to defeat Amity runner-up Cameron Greifenberger (49-0.5). Gebril’s fifth postseason victory came in highly dramatic fashion as he ran 49.51 in the 400 to beat Shelton’s Patrick English (49.52) by just 0.01 of a second and defend his title. Gebril also won the 400 at last spring’s West Sectional and SCC championships to go with first-place finishes in the 600 at sectionals and the Class L State Championship during this winter’s indoor season. Meanwhile, Brennan’s mark of 4:21.89 in the 1,600 eclipsed the previous North Haven school record that had been set in 1968. Brennan placed behind Guilford’s Ben Siciliano (4:21.29) to take second. O’Connor also finished fourth in the discus (120-0) and Brennan was sixth for the 3,200 at 9:58.68.
Senior Anthony Valentino also scored points for the Indians by placing second in the javelin with a throw of 158-10, which was only behind Cheshire’s Ethan LaChance (164-6). Also scoring was the 4x400 relay of Gebril, senior Michael Greene, junior Jordan Tong, and senior Emadi Okwuosa, which recorded a mark of 3:33.73.
Additionally, senior Caleb Crosby threw to 10th place in the shot put (39-6.5) with senior Aaron Wilson in 13th (38-6.25) and sophomore Eric Millard placing 15th (38-4.5), sophomore Brad Schweikert finished 13th in the 800 (2:05.40), senior Nick McCrevan cleared 10 feet in the pole vault and took 16th place, junior Todd Richards finished 16th in the triple jump (36-4), while sophomore Brian Daly took 18th (35-6.5), and Richards was also 17th for the preliminaries of the 110 high hurdles at 18.85 with sophomore Jalon Simms in 22nd (20.16) and McCrevan in 23rd (18.29). Also, the Indians’ 4x800 relay of Schweikert, sophomore Gabe Durante, junior Forest King, and Tong finished 11th at 8:51.99.
Girls’ Outdoor Track
North Haven saw three athletes take second place at the SCC Championship with one of them breaking a school record at Sheehan on May 24.
Freshman Erica Marriott was the athlete who made history for the Indians. Marriott ran a time of 12.31 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash, which is the fastest mark in program history when using automatic timing. She then came back to run 12.45 in the finals to finish just 0.04 seconds behind Lauralton Hall’s Kathryn Kelly and take second place. Senior Sonia Atluru reached 5 feet to place second for the high jump. Kelly also won that event as both she and Atluru reached 5 feet, although Kelly won because she achieved that height in fewer attempts. Junior Sarah Vanacore matched her personal record by throwing 35 feet-3 inches for second in the shot put and only placed behind Shelton’s Samantha Stevens (41-1.5). Marriott was also third in the long jump (16-6), Vanacore placed fourth in the discus (102-0), Atluru took 17th in the long jump (14-10). As a team, the Indians scored 41 points and finished eighth out of 20 squads.
Also scoring points by posting top-eight finishes were junior Elise Symon, who was sixth in the 1,600-meter run with a personal record time of 5:17.12, plus the 4x800 relay of Symon, sophomores Macey DiCarlo and Angela Sanzari, and junior Maily Tran, who took 10th at 10:30.68.
Additionally, senior Katrisha Bell finished 11th for the shot put (31-2), junior Kayla Rodriguez took 13th in the discus (87-0), senior Kamran Burns placed 15th in the long jump (15-1) and was 20th for the triple jump (29-11), sophomore Kyla DelVecchio finished 18th in the javelin (81-2) with senior Britney Dixon in 22nd (76-3), junior Nina Maratea placed 18th in the 300 hurdles (52.50) and freshman Sarina Sandwell was 22nd (53.48) with both setting personal records. Maratea also came in 21st for the 100 hurdles prelims at 19.12, sophomore Ashley Brown was 19th in the 100 prelims at 13.52 with senior Erika Mason in 21st (13.62), and freshman Camille Sahirul placed 23rd in the long jump (13-3.25). Also, North Haven’s 4x400 relay of Brown, freshman Katie Rogers, Symon, and Marriott ran a time of 4:17.50 and finished 11th.
Boys’ Tennis
The Indians came away with a 4-3 victory at East Haven in the quarterfinals of the SCC Division II Tournament on May 23, after which they took a 4-3 versus West Haven in the semis. North Haven (10-9) competes in this week’s Class L State Championship.
North Haven was the No. 5 seed in the bracket and East Haven was seeded 4th. It was the third time the squads met this spring and the Indians took the season series with the 4-3 victory. At No. 1 singles, Johannes Eisenberg rallied for a three-set triumph versus Tony Cofrancesco by the score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Ryan Griffiths took a 6-2, 6-2 loss to Rob Proto at No. 3 singles, Nick Cristante dispatched Zack Zito 6-4, 6-0 at No. 3; and Max Petruzziello lost to Brendan So 6-3, 6-1 at No. 4. North Haven claimed victory in two of the three doubles matches. Liam Sorge and Jack Steinman won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1; Riley Powell and Quinn Dallai dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision at No. 2; and Mike Gagliardi and Bill Sgro prevailed by a 6-2, 6-3 final at No. 3.
In the West Haven contest, Eisenberg took a 6-1, 6-0 loss to John Delgado; Griffiths was defeated 6-0, 6-0 by James Delgado; Cristante dropped a 6-1, 6-1 contest versus Joseph Delgado; and Petruzziello took a 6-2, 6-0 loss to Oreo Olowe. In doubles, Steinaman and Sorge defeated Luis Alvarez and Jeremy Borelli 6-3, 7-5; Powell and Riley Carroll beat Jake Smith and Marwan Lkhal 6-4, 2-6, 10-3; and Sgro and Gagliardi were 6-4, 6-4 winners versus Charlie Sihapong and Albert Dimaisip.
Girls’ Tennis
North Haven competed in the SCC Division I Tournament as the No. 5 seed last week and took a 4-3 loss at 4th-seeded Guilford in the quarterfinal round. The Indians (11-8) are competing in the Class M State Tournament this week.
In the Guilford contest, Julia Miglorini defeated Claire Dinauer 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 singles; Olivia Hoyt dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision versus Faren Roth at No. 2; Hillary Hoyt bested Ellie Pinchbeck 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 3 match; and Rachel Petry was a 6-3, 6-2 victor versus Hannah Plaziak in No. 4 singles.
For the doubles matches, Julia Gill and Sejal Atluru lost 6-2, 6-1 to Molly Babbin and Samantha Stofflet at No. 1; Sophie Bates and Nina Padro were defeated 6-0, 6-4 at No. 2; and Amber Jean-Guillaume and Avery Hill took a 6-1, 6-2 loss against Emily Dietzko and Allie Stankewich in the No. 3 matchup.
It was also recently announced that Migliorini made the All-SCC Division I Team and was additionally named the SCC Division I Player of the Year. Migliorini, a freshman, is 17-1 this spring and avenged her only loss by beating Amity’s Daphne Kreiger in the rematch.
Girls’ Lacrosse
The Indians finished their regular season with a record of 13-3 following a 15-6 home win over Lyman Hall on Senior Night on May 24. North Haven’s next quest is the Class M State Tournament that gets underway this week.
In the Lyman Hall win, North Haven wasted little time to get its motor running by outscoring the Trojans 11-3 in the first half. Morgan Heyl scored three goals for the Indians with Catherine Babbidge, Mandy Brock, Erica Salvo, and Sam Kwieraga each netting a pair. Brock and Kwieraga both added an assist. Clara Pellegrino, Ashton Waldron, Michaela Pace, and Meg Christoforo also scored goals for North Haven, which outshot Lyman Hall 29-18 and received 12 saves from Deja Spearman. All of these athletes are seniors with the exception of Pellegrino, who’s a junior; and Christoforo, who’s in her freshman year.
Golf
North Haven completed its regular season by taking two defeats at Brownson Country Club on May 26. The Indians scored a 212 to lose to host Shelton (164) and Notre Dame-West Haven (166) and finish at 3-13.
Rocco DiTullio shot a season-low 50 for North Haven and was followed by Alex Kirtland (51), Steve Pugliese (53), and Noah Garrison (58) on the scoresheet with Matt Mezzano posting a 64.