Rockville Boys Track And Field Team Takes 3rd Straight League Crown

VERNON, CT — The Rockville High School boys track and field team Tuesday won its third consecutive team title at the North Central Connecticut Conference championship meet at Canton High School.

The Rams amassed 207 points to set a new team standard, beating the old record set by Rockville a year ago. Rockville's 4x800-meter relay team of Emmett Kristoff, Matthew Wodward, Jared Burchell and John Glidden set a meet and school record by winning the event in 8:04.9.

The team standings were:

1. Rockville 207
2. Suffield 91
3. Ellington 87.33
4. Granby Memorial 54.5
5. Stafford 53.5
6. Bolton 53
7. Somers 43
8. East Windsor 36
9. Windsor Locks 25.67
10. Canton 18
10. Coventry 18
12. East Granby 15

Ram head coach Nicholas Willette said several personal records were set Tuesday, including a shot put throw of 46 feet, 11 inches by Nehamyah Briscoe that was more than 3 feet past his previous best. He took second in the event.

Thomas and Matthew Bannon were within an inch of each other at better than 175 feet while finishing 1-2 in the javelin.

Here are the Rockville athletes making the podium in the meet.

100 Meters - 2nd, Amir Knighton, 11.17 (PR)

200 Meters - 3rd Amir Knighton, 23.05 (PR)

800 Meters - 1st, Emmett Kristoff, 2:00.39; 3rd Andrew Carangelo, 2:06.99

1600 Meters - 2nd John Glidden, 4:27.28; 3rd Jared Burchell, 4:29.11 (PR)

3200 Meters - 2nd John Glidden, 10:01.38

110-Meter Hurdles - 1st Garrett Paul, 15.09 (PR, besting a previous PR set in the prelims)

300-Meter Hurdles - 2nd Cale Wilson, 40.05 (PR)

4x100 Relay - 1st Rockville (Garret Paul, Amir Knighton, Lexington Hunter, William Davis), 44.44 (PR)

4x400 Relay - 2nd Rockville (Cale Wilson, Matthew Woodward, Jared Burchell, Emmett Kristoff), 3:32.71 (PR)

4x800 Relay - 1st Rockville (Emmett Kristoff, Matthew Wodward, Jared Burchell, John Glidden, 8:04.9 (meet and school record)

Shot Put - 2nd Nehamyah Briscoe, 46-11 (PR); 3rd Jonathan Kasamba, 42-11.5 (PR)

Discus - 2nd Thomas Bannon, 127-6.

Javelin - 1st Thomas Bannon, 175-9; 2nd Matthew Bannon, 175-8 (PR)

Pole Vault - 2nd Nathan Fateux, 12-6

Long Jump - 1st Thomas Bannon, 20-6.5 (PR)

Triple Jump - 2nd Lexington Hunter 41-0; 3rd Garrett Paul, 40-10.5

See the full meet results here, courtesy of Athletic.net.

Rockville went into the meet with a 12-0 dual meet record and, with the league meet also counting toward the duals, finished 24-0 in the NCCC, Willette said. The Rams have now gone 24-0 for three straight seasons he added.