Girls Distance
800m
A quartet of mid distance runners from two of the Class races have claims to being the 800m favorite. Kali Holden just ran her no-holds-barred style for the top seed with a win in Class LL over top-ranked Esme Daplyn. 2nd seeded Gabriella Hernandez held off 2021 Open champ Olivia Birney in the Class L meet. Both Holden and Daplyn are entered in the 1600m, while Hernandez and Birney are anchors on their 1-2 seeded 4x800m teams, so that could factor in here.
1 Kali Holden 12 Trumbull 2:14.32 2 Gabriella Hernandez 10 E.O. Smith 2:16.12 3 Esme Daplyn 10 Greenwich 2:16.23 4 Olivia Birney 12 Simsbury 2:16.65 5 Calista Mayer 12 Tolland 2:17.43 6 Annika Paluska 10 Glastonbury 2:19.60 7 Julia Blake 10 Darien 2:19.62 8 Georgia Keller 11 Ridgefield 2:20.37 9 Grace Myers 11 Simsbury 2:20.40 10 Kaylee Gravel 12 East Hampton 2:20.53 11 Ava Gattinella 10 Glastonbury 2:20.63 12 Regan McGrath 11 Ridgefield 2:20.74 13 Ava Graham 12 Bethel 2:20.77 14 Emily Mrakovcic 12 Wilton 2:21.30 15 Kate Littler 9 Ledyard 2:21.92 16 Lauren Manning 12 Immaculate 2:22.21 17 Kayla Blackwell Blackwell 11 Hillhouse 2:22.57 18 Kelly Jones 11 Lauralton Hall 2:22.67 19 Malia Alabre 9 Windsor 2:22.91 20 Aisha Williams 10 Bloomfield 2:23.04 21 Rian Goertz 10 Weston 2:23.16 22 Olvia Platt 11 Sheehan 2:23.53 23 Rachel Bartolucci 11 RHAM 2:24.67 24 Linsey Arends 12 Woodstock Acad 2:24.71 25 Avery D'Amour 9 Somers 2:24.95 26 Cassandra Silkoff 9 Derby 2:25.09
1600m
Kali Holden is top seeded in the 800m and she is also top seeded along with being top ranked in the 1600m. One thing that seems 100% likely is that Holden will blast to the front and dare anyone to catch her. Class L winner Emily Mrakovcic seems to be a chief candidate for the chase role here as her ferocious kick on Wednesday left everyone else a ways back. 2022 indoor 1600m and Class S winner champ Rachel St. Germain could also be ready to blast below 5:00 and run off with the title as a 16th seed, though she will be supposedly running in the first section and giving Holden and Mrakovcic a time to aim at.
1 Kali Holden 12 Trumbull 4:57.49 2 Emily Mrakovcic 12 Wilton 4:58.98 3 Riley Powers 11 Newtown 5:02.41 4 Elizabeth Bigelow 12 E.O. Smith 5:02.62 5 Chloe Poulos 12 Woodland 5:03.89 6 Katherine Bohlke 10 Newington 5:04.02 7 Esme Daplyn 10 Greenwich 5:04.80 8 Hannah Stephenson 11 Farmington 5:07.05 9 Kelly Jones 11 Lauralton Hall 5:08.40 10 Abigail Miles 12 Weston 5:08.97 11 Alexis Buskey 10 E.O. Smith 5:10.86 12 Ava Graham 12 Bethel 5:11.57 13 Jordan Malloy 12 Bacon Academy 5:12.13 14 Natalia Kmita 9 Berlin 5:13.65 15 Yee-Ying Ng 11 Bethel 5:14.98 16 Rachel St. Germain 12 Somers 5:15.61 17 Marenn Ek 12 Avon 5:16.01 18 Tess Wasiolek 10 Branford 5:18.00 19 Georgia Keller 11 Ridgefield 5:19.04 20 Julia Antony 12 Guilford 5:19.71 21 Jacqueline Dudus 10 Glastonbury 5:22.69 22 Kylie Hilliard 12 Glastonbury 5:24.90 23 Kayla Ondy 12 Immaculate 5:25.08 24 Megan Minicucci 12 Bolton 5:25.70 25 Shawn Laverty 12 Portland 5:25.96 26 Keelin Bremmer 11 Immaculate 5:29.72
3200m
Should a 9th seed and 7th ranked runner be the favorite in a race? When the 9th seed is the XC and indoor 3200m champ and basically just took care of business on the melter of a day at Class S, sure. In the 3200m Rachel St. Germain will at least be in the seeded section. Top ranked Katie Marchand of Trumbull got bumped in the Class LL race and did not finish. Katherine Rector has the top seed and Katherine Sanderson has the top remaining ranking at 10:47.02, while a different set of Sherry twins, freshmen Liv and Tess, hope to make their marks at the Open at a very young age.
1 Katherine Rector 12 Ridgefield 10:58.90 2 Liv Sherry 9 Conard 11:02.13 3 Katherine Sanderson 12 Hall 11:04.02 4 Tess Sherry 9 Conard 11:04.10 5 Stephanie Queiroz 12 Danbury 11:06.05 6 Madelaine Sweeney 12 New Milford 11:11.64 7 Abigail Miles 12 Weston 11:13.97 8 Peyton Bornstein 12 Tolland 11:16.43 9 Rachel St. Germain 12 Somers 11:17.89 10 Bria Benigni 10 Maloney 11:17.96 11 Alexa Ciccone 10 Cheshire 11:21.03 12 Yee-Ying Ng 11 Bethel 11:22.83 13 Julianne Teitler 12 Darien 11:30.46 14 Isabelle Mondo 11 RHAM 11:30.76 15 Alexa Suchy 11 Guilford 11:32.41 16 Radea Raleva 9 New Canaan 11:32.74 17 Marenn Ek 12 Avon 11:36.10 18 Chloe Poulos 12 Woodland 11:40.19 19 Natalia Kmita 9 Berlin 11:40.89 20 Kayla Ondy 12 Immaculate 11:53.84 21 Megan Minicucci 12 Bolton 11:57.99 22 Isabel Berardino 11 Haddam-Killing. 12:01.99 23 Addison Labbe 10 Stonington 12:05.91 24 Keelin Bremmer 11 Immaculate 12:15.43 25 Stephanie Burzynski 9 Somers 12:33.37