Boys Sprints and Hurdles
55m
Speed is of the essence here as CT #1 and Class S winner Malcolm Beckford is only seeded 5th though he has the best time on the season at 6.43. Class M winner and top seed Ralphael Hawkins along with that race's runner-up Colin Brown and the LL 1-2 duellists Tristan Burke and Dangelo Aristilde should all be lining up for Finals. SMSA's Keith Berrouet won in 2020, and the meet record is 6.23 by Sheldon Simpson of East Hartford in 2000.
1 Ralphael Hawkins 12 Hillhouse 6.48 2 Tristan Burke 12 East Hartford 6.51 3 Dangelo Aristilde 12 Norwich Free 6.54 4 Colin Brown 11 Cheshire 6.54 5 Malcolm Beckford 12 Weaver 6.57 6 Tymaine Smith 12 Fairfield Prep 6.60 7 Nolan Freeman 12 New Milford 6.61 8 Joshua Mooney 11 Stonington 6.63 9 Maxwell Warren 12 St. Joseph 6.64 10 Kyle Thomas 12 Danbury 6.66 11 Bryan McLean 10 Derby 6.66 12 Jamar Alcena 11 Norwalk 6.69 13 Roberto DaCosta 12 St. Joseph 6.69 14 Dimitri Barnes 12 Jonathan Law 6.70 15 Maximilian Musial 11 Amity 6.71 16 Evan Belabe 12 Conard 6.71 17 Mason Pilkington 11 Enfield 6.75 18 Jaden Wynn 11 Cromwell 6.77 19 Charles Tarbox 11 Fitch 6.77
300m
Again in the 300m, top seed and Class L winner Ralphael Hawkins will be facing off against CT #1 and Class S winner Malcolm Beckford, who pounded out a 34.98 back in mid December at the Hillhouse Invite. Class M champ Michael Johnson and LL winner Gianluca Bianchi have also looked very good recently, so this will certainly be a race to watch. Wilbur Cross's Caleb Owen won in 2020, and the MR was set by Weaver's Daundre Barnaby in 2010 at 34.10.
1 Ralphael Hawkins 12 Hillhouse 35.67 2 Malcolm Beckford 12 Weaver 36.09 3 Michael Johnson 11 Lewis Mills 36.14 4 Gianluca Bianchi 11 Greenwich 36.22 5 Nolan Freeman 12 New Milford 36.29 6 Eamon Conneely 12 Xavier 36.32 7 Jonathan York 10 Hall 36.59 8 Thomas Bretthauer 12 Jonathan Law 36.73 9 Paul Burkett 12 Sheehan 36.79 10 Jaden Wynn 11 Cromwell 36.94 11 Kanye Bailey 12 Derby 36.96 12 Michael Sardo 12 Glastonbury 37.15 13 Isaiah Smallhorn 12 Parish Hill 37.24 14 Maximo Rivano 12 Fairfield Wa 37.29 15 Joshua Mooney 11 Stonington 37.41 16 Cameron Reynolds 12 Ledyard 37.51 17 Ethan Walls 11 Ridgefield 37.61 18 Colin Brown 11 Cheshire 37.62
600m
This could be the most difficult race to have a conjecture on. CT #1 Tobias Ruffo was the Class LL champ and is CT #1, but he has an anchor leg to run beforehand for Hall's top-seeded 4x800m team. 2nd and 3rd seeded Jeremy Rivera and Basit Iddriss battled to the end in Class M with Jack Mattingly a step or two behind, S winner William Dalles breezed in Class S, and 10th seeded Leoangel Lopez squeezed by Connor Sterling in Class L. Throw in the other Hall guys, Sean McDaniel and Gabriel Sisk, and Staples' Bruno Guiduli, and you have a lot of guys who have run pretty similar times in the 600m this year. Whoever wants it most. Ryan Farrell of Cheshire won it in 2020, and Daundre Barnaby of Weaver got his double in 2009 with a 1:20.29 for the MR.
1 William Dalles 12 Coginchaug 1:25.34 2 Jeremy Rivera 12 Prince Tech 1:25.43 3 Basit Iddriss 12 Foran 1:25.48 4 Jack Mattingly 10 E.O. Smith 1:25.72 5 Tobias Ruffo 12 Hall 1:25.92 6 Sean McDaniel 12 Hall 1:26.03 7 Bruno Guiduli 12 Staples 1:26.18 8 Gabriel Sisk 10 Hall 1:26.22 9 Vincent Sivo 12 Ellington 1:26.26 10 LeoAngel Lopez 12 Naugatuck 1:26.27 11 Connor Sterling 11 New Milford 1:26.29 12 Matthew Davis 12 Bloomfield 1:26.30 13 Jevonte Eaves 12 Avon 1:26.32 14 Owen Delisle 12 Portland 1:26.97 15 Michael Sardo 12 Glastonbury 1:27.26 16 Christopher Twombly 12 Danbury 1:27.30 17 Peyton Moriarty 12 Branford 1:27.49 18 Nathan Swercewski 12 Woodland 1:27.53
55 Hurdles
Michael Johnson has been tearing things up recently and sits on the lead as the Class M champ. Class S champ Joshua Mooney is very close though, so the battle of the small Class winners is dialed in here. Enrique Lopez Garcia of Windham won in 2020, and Myles Bradley of Norwich Free Academy holds the the record of 7.26 in 2005.
1 Michael Johnson 11 Lewis Mills 7.58 2 Joshua Mooney 11 Stonington 7.60 3 Jarrett Boxley 12 Bristol Cent 7.97 4 Blake Battaglia 11 Wilbur Cross 8.01 5 John Regalbuti 12 Southington 8.02 6 Joshua Wilkie 12 Ellington 8.04 7 Joshua Clarke 12 Windsor 8.08 8 Zachary Carifa 12 Greenwich 8.15 9 Dillon Luke 12 Xavier 8.15 10 Paul Netland III 12 Avon 8.17 11 Chakour Biao 11 Hillhouse 8.18 12 Mitchell Dipalma 12 Old Saybrook 8.25 13 Jacob Seamans 12 Lyman Hall 8.25 14 William Reeves 11 Southington 8.26 15 Nathan Cournean 12 Canton 8.28 16 Eric Meade 12 Woodland 8.29 17 Jackson Warters 12 Jonathan Law 8.30 18 Jacob McGeary 12 Daniel Hand 8.36