CIAC Open Championship Preview: Event-by-Event Blowout

Girls 1000m



Meet Record: 2:50.26  State Record: 2:49.68  Last Year's Winner: Grace Hanratty (Old Saybrook) 2:58.14

Reigning champ Grace Hanratty is still well positioned for a shot at a repeat title after a very comfortable win in the S meet, but this year her task appears to be a lot tougher than last year when she was seeded far ahead of the rest of the field and won by more than two seconds. Julia Rosenberg and Elizabeth Stockman pushed each other below 3:00 while battling for the M crown, and they are the top seeds this time. Edith Walker saw her PR dip more 5 seconds while placing 3rd in M, while 5th seeded Kayla Park breezed to a win in the LL.

Record Hunt: Another legend named Danae Rivers bursts into the record books at this point from races in 2015 and 2016, and there's little chance of approaching those times.