Printer Friendly Version - Valley Track Represents at Final Meet of the Season; Crew Caps Off a Quality Campaign

Valley junior Addie Byars competed in the CIAC 2,000-meter Steeplechase on June 13 and finished in 27th place by recording a time of 8:36.42. Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

The Valley Regional girls’ outdoor track squad was represented by senior Maleena Frazier and junior Sydney Suedmeier at the CIAC Heptathlon at Willow Brook Park in New Britain on June 13 and 14.

Frazier took 17th place overall in the competition by scoring 3,169 points, while recording two top-10 finishes in the process. Frazier finished sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:32.82, and she was also sixth for the high jump with a height of 4 feet-10.25 inches. Frazier also finished in 18th place in the 100-meter hurdles (17.56 seconds), was 23rd in the long jump (13-11.75), placed 29th in the 200 (29.27), and took 59th place in the shot put at 19-6.75.

Suedmeier earned 50th place in the heptathlon with a total of 1,435 points in four events. In the 100-meter hurdles, the junior’s time of 18.70 earned her 31st place. Furthermore, Suedmeier placed 45th in the high jump (4-0.5), 52nd in the shot put (21-3.5), and 55th in the 200 (31.63).

Additionally, junior Addie Byars was the Warriors’ lone representative in the 2,000-meter Steeplechase, which was held at Willow Brook Park on June 13. Byars’s time of 8:36.42 earned her 27th place in the event.

Valley Regional junior Travis Baldwin represented the Warriors’ boys’ outdoor track team at the CIAC Decathlon at Willow Brook Park in New Britain on June 13 and 14. Baldwin earned 47th place overall by recording 2,276 points after competing in five of the 10 events.

In the 100-meter dash, Baldwin placed 28th with a time of 12.15 seconds. With a height of 5 feet-1.75 inches, Baldwin took 33rd placed in the high jump. In the 400, Baldwin’s time of 1:00.16 was good for 57th place. In the long jump, Baldwin finished 59th with a distance of 16-3.25. In the shot put, Baldwin placed 37th with his throw of 29-9.25.

The Valley Regional crew attended the annual Emerson Regatta hosted by Middletown’s public schools on June 3. This was the final regatta in what was a successful campaign for the Warriors’ first season as a full-fledged program, thanks in large part to them to receiving their own brand-new equipment.

At the regatta, the Valley first boat took second place, the second boat took first place, and the open-eight boat took third in the heat race and fifth in the final.

Warriors’ crew sophomore Emily Hutchison (front), freshman Emma Carey (front), senior captain Liza Miezjeski (middle) and sophomore Tessa LeMay (middle), and sophomore coxswain Courtlin Sicignamo (back) carry their boat in preparation for a race at the Emerson Regatta in Middletown on June 3. Photo courtesy of Tracy LeMay