Previewing the CIAC State Open Championship

Girls Relays


4x100m

Meet Record: 46.62     Last Year's Winner:  Windsor 49.45

Reigning champ and Class L winner Windsor set its top mark of 48.02 while winning at Middletown, and that meet's runner-up Danbury got the 2nd ranked time of 48.78. Class LL winner Amity will be challenging and has a top time of 49.50. Other teams that have done 50.02 or better include Newtown, Brien McMahon, East Hartford, Norwalk, and Weston.

4x400m

Meet Record: 3:49.59     Last Year's Winner:  Hamden 3:57.23

Class LL winner and top ranked Danbury was only 16th last year, but the Hatters sport a 3:48.97 time off of a win at Middletown. LL runner-up Ridgefield has a 3:59.64 best from a FCIAC win. 3rd ranked Weston at 3:59.98 was 2nd to Class M winner Plainfield last week, where a 4:00.27 was the top time. Three other teams expected to contend are Class S winner Bloomfield, Class L winner Windsor, and East Hartford.

4x800m

Meet Record: 9:10.65     Last Year's Winner:  Greenwich 9:13.58

The top 3 in the States Indoor race -- Immaculate (winner by .01), Ridgefield, Trumbull -- should be heavily in the mix here. Trumbull ran a state best 9:24.19 to win Class LL over Ridgefield. Immaculate has the second best time of the year from a 9:24.51 off of a 4th at Loucks. Reigning champ Greenwich was 2nd to Ridgefield in the FCIAC championship and has the 4th best time at 9:28.52. Class L winner Simsbury runs a little further back at 9:34.13.