New England Championship Indoor Event-by-Event Recap

Boys Distance


1000m

On the one hand, Devan Kipyego was only 9th on the seed lists coming in, but he had swept the 1000-1500-3000 trio of distance events in the RI state championships and was putting everything into the 1000m at New England's. The strategy worked well for him, and after assuming the lead from ME 800-Mile champ Zachary Barry with two laps to go, Kipyego held off all challenges to finish at 2:28.65, just ahead of fast-finishing Kaden Kluth and Barry, who both went under 2:30. The top 16 runners in the event all set big PRs.

1 	Devan Kipyego 	        11 	St. Raphael Academy 	2:28.65 
2 	Kaden Kluth 	        12 	Portsmouth High School 	2:28.72
3 	Zachary Barry 	        12 	Scarborough HS     	2:29.28 
4 	Thomas John (TJ) Carleo 12 	Newburyport HS         	2:31.45
5 	Tyler Bartlett 	        11 	Fairfield Ludlowe 	2:31.95 
6 	David Manfredi 	        11 	Weymouth High School 	2:32.03 
7 	Ryan Gruczka 	        11 	Stonington High School 	2:33.42 
8 	Griffin Mandirola 	11 	Suffield High School 	2:35.63 
9 	Adam Melnick 	        12 	Narragansett HS 	2:35.87 
10 	Ryan Orr 	        12 	Stonington High School 	2:36.06 
11 	Nathan Evans 	        11 	Lincoln High School 	2:36.25
12 	Will Ballard 	        12 	South Kingstown HS 	2:36.51 


1 Mile

In likely the most improbable win of the meet, Jacob Connolly rose from a 13th listing on the seed sheets to win the mile. Connolly sat back in 8th among ten runners for much of the race, but with two laps to go he started to make his big move, and on the final back straightaway he was powering away to the win. Nikita Omelchenko held off Evan Thornton-Sherman at the finish for the silver, late-race leader Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger took 4th. Again, it was a race of big times as the top 12 guys all set big PRs.

1 	Jacob Connolly 	                12 	East Greenwich HS 	        4:13.88
2 	Nikita Omelchenko 	        12 	Wilbur Cross HS 	        4:15.92
3 	Evan Thornton-Sherman 	        12 	St. Johnsbury Academy 	        4:15.96
4 	Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger 	12 	Nathan Hale-Ray HS 	        4:16.96
5 	Carver Morgan 	                12 	Avon High School 	        4:18.11
6 	Zach Utz 	                12 	Martha's Vineyard Regional 	4:18.28
7 	Michael Alleva 	                12 	Lunenburg High School 	        4:18.63
8 	William Calhoun 	        12 	Rham High School 	        4:20.40
9 	Charlie Collins 	        11 	Hampden Academy 	        4:23.34
10 	Ethan Mashtare 	                12 	Bellows Free Academy-St Albans 	4:23.96
11 	Jack Casey 	                12 	La Salle Academy 	        4:24.43
12 	Kai Hillier 	                12 	Champlain Valley Union HS 	4:24.63 


2 Mile

Gavin Sherry had been breaking records of one sort or another all year, and the big question here was whether the senior star could break the mark set two years ago by sophomore Gavin Sherry of 8:53.23. He got the new meet record with time to spare as his twin brother Callum took the bronze at just over 9:00 for his own PR and another CT guy Aidan Puffer was three seconds back in 4th. MA champ Samuel Burgess came in as the 2nd seed at 9:12.99, and the junior knocked more than 14 seconds off his PR to claim the silver.

1 	Gavin Sherry 	                12 	Conard High     	8:51.59
2 	Samuel Burgess 	                11 	Framingham HS 	        8:58.61 
3 	Callum Sherry 	                12 	Conard High 	        9:01.34
4 	Aidan Puffer 	                12 	Manchester HS 	        9:04.35
5 	Henry Dennen 	                12 	Cumberland 	        9:12.25
6 	Grady Satterfield 	        12 	Mt. Ararat HS 	        9:12.53
7 	Paul Bergeron 	                10 	Westford Academy 	9:18.03
8 	Evan Thornton-Sherman 	        12 	St. Johnsbury Academy 	9:24.06
9 	Albert Ferreras 	        12 	Greater Lowell Tech	9:26.51
10 	Abbott Valentine 	        12 	Hampden Academy 	9:35.65
11 	Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger 	12 	Nathan Hale-Ray HS 	9:38.59 
12 	Wilson Jablonski 	        12 	Bishop Hendricken HS 	9:40.17

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