Boys Sprints and Hurdles
55m
Top seed Ralphael Hawkins dominated the 55m a while after an astounding finish to his anchor leg of Hillhouse's gold-winning 4x200m relay. Hawkins' 6.45 chipped a little more off his PR from his 1st in the Class L meet, and Bryan McLean and Colin Brown also ran to PRs as they claimed the silver and bronze.1 Ralphael Hawkins 12 Hillhouse 6.51 6.45 10 2 Bryan McLean 10 Derby 6.59 6.52 8 3 Colin Brown 11 Cheshire 6.60 6.54 6 4 Nolan Freeman 12 New Milford 6.59 6.56 4 5 Tristan Burke 12 East Hartford 6.63 6.57 2 6 Malcolm Beckford 12 Weaver 6.58 6.59 1 7 Dangelo Aristilde 12 Norwich Free 6.61 6.65
300m
Sophomore Jonathan York knocked more than a half second off his PR to surprise the favorites in the 300m. Seeded 7th, York won the race from the second section, beating out Kanye Bailey and Paul Burkett from that race, who ended up 5th and 6th. Michael Johnson beat out Gianluca Bianchi and 55m champ Ralphael Hawkins in the seeded section, but the times trailed York's mark from the previous race.
1 Jonathan York 10 Hall 36.59 35.67 2 10 2 Michael Johnson 11 Lewis Mills 36.14 35.92 3 8 3 Gianluca Bianchi 11 Greenwich 36.22 35.98 3 6 4 Ralphael Hawkins 12 Hillhouse 35.67 36.08 3 4 5 Kanye Bailey 12 Derby 36.96 36.46 2 2 6 Paul Burkett 12 Sheehan 36.79 36.58 2 1
600m
The 600m had two dramatic finishes as Jeremy Rivera ran a 1 1/2 seconds faster than his winning time in Class M to edge out Tobias Ruffo for the gold in the seeded third section. The bronze went to Bruno Guiduli who got the extreme lean (maybe 85 degrees) on Ruffo's teammate Gabriel Sisk in the second section to capture the bronze.
1 Jeremy Rivera 12 Prince Tech 1:25.43 1:23.94 3 10 2 Tobias Ruffo 12 Hall 1:25.92 1:24.07 3 8 3 Bruno Guiduli 12 Staples 1:26.18 1:24.45 2 6 4 Gabriel Sisk 10 Hall 1:26.22 1:24.48 2 4 5 William Dalles 12 Coginchaug 1:25.34 1:24.57 3 2 6 LeoAngel Lopez 12 Naugatuck 1:26.27 1:24.79 2 1
55 Hurdles
Michael
Johnson dropped his PR down 0.05 and ran away from the field in a race that changed hugely after co-favorite Joshua Mooney had a false start. Jarrett Boxley and Blake Battaglia also set PRs to pick up the silver and bronze.
1 Michael Johnson 11 Lewis Mills 7.75 7.53 10 2 Jarrett Boxley 12 Bristol Cent 7.88 7.86 8 3 Blake Battaglia 11 Wilbur Cross 7.96 7.88 6 4 Joshua Wilkie 12 Ellington 8.17 7.95 4 5 Paul Netland III 12 Avon 8.09 8.11 2 6 Nathan Cournean 12 Canton 8.25 8.20 1 -- Joshua Mooney 11 Stonington 7.82 FS