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06/16/2018 12:00 AMThe Guilford girls’ outdoor track team had quite a close to its 2018 campaign as the Indians put forth several stellar showings at the CIAC Multi-Event State Championships at Manchester High School on June 12-13, including a first-place showing by Jacqueline Guerra in the 2,000-meter Steeplechase.
Guerra placed first in the steeplechase with a time of 7 minutes and 16.97 seconds, beating out runner-up Mary Bibbey of Nonnewaug, who ran a time of 7:28.21. Guerra also set a new school record in the event with her time.
“I was hoping to pull through with something I could be proud of today. I’ve never raced the steeple, so I wasn’t really sure of what to expect, but I made it a point to just have fun,” “ said Guerra. “This was my last race, which is unreal, but I wanted to do well for myself and [Guilford girls’ indoor track Head Coach and outdoor assistant coach] Jim Ford, who has spent so much time with me the last four years and taught me so much. I’m grateful to have him as a coach and this team by my side.”
Additionally for Guilford, Sofia Migani and Julia Hyman competed in the CIAC Heptathlon. Migani placed 18th overall with a two-day scored of 3,071 points, while Hyman finished in 50th place with 1,297 points. Migani finished fifth for the long jump with a distance of 15 feet-9.75 inches. She tied for fifth for the high jump (4-10.25) and finished tied for 16th in the shot put (24-11.75). In the 200-meter dash, Migani placed 14th by running a time of 28.63 seconds. She also finished 20th for the 800 (2:49.50), 29th in the 100 hurdles (19.46), and 30th for the javelin (47-6).
Hyman finished tied for 40th with the high jump (4-2.25), 46th for the shot put (20-11.25), 48th (20.66) in the 100 hurdles, and 53rd for the 200 (31.81) for the Indians.
For the Guilford boys’ team, Connor Rose competed in the CIAC Hammer Throw on June 13 and cracked the top 10 by finishing 10th with a toss of 111 feet and 5 inches.
—John Lecardo