Suffield junior Griffin Mandirola was playing baseball last spring. “Not a bad day at all.” Suffield’s Mandirola a double winner “She ran her best time today in the hurdles and PRed in the discus and finished second in the javelin,” Hartford Public coach Cliff Thomas said.

She practiced the discus and javelin while she was out because she couldn’t run and that paid off. “My coaches were a great support, they told me to just go out and do my best so that’s what I did.” I strained my hamstring, so this is my first meet back. “You got to stay consistent and put in the work,” Clarke said.

She’s like a once in a lifetime type of athlete, along with Michael Johnson on the boys side.” Hartford Public sophomore wins two eventsĪleisha Clarke is only a sophomore at Hartford Public, but she won two events Tuesday in Class M – the 100 hurdles (14.90) and the discus (118 feet, 7 inches) – and she finished second in the javelin. “We would put her in shot put and she would win the shot put. “Gabby is the type of person we can put in any event,” Lewis Mills girls coach Jason Gonzalez said. , New Britain, Connecticut – Gabriella Zeller of Lewis Mills High School in Burlington, CT during the long jump at Class M Track Championships at Willow Brook Park.

She will likely compete in the multi-sport events at Notre Dame. Zeller has competed in the pentathlon and heptathlon and finished 11th in the pentathlon at the New Balance Indoor championships in early March. I was very nervous this is only my fourth time ever.” “It was a good race, I had good competition. “I had the worst form so I’m very surprised at my time, but I’m also very grateful,” Zeller said of the hurdle win. Zeller, a Lewis Mills senior who will compete at Notre Dame next year, also won the long jump (18-9 ½) and was the runner-up in the triple jump (36-1) by two inches. Tuesday, she won the 300 hurdles title in a personal best of 45.03. Gabriella Zeller had only competed in the 300 hurdles three times before the Class M meet. To watch your athletes be able to execute in the moment is awesome.” Lewis Mills’ Gabriella Zeller a multi-purpose athlete “It took a lot of work to get to that point. “We knew we had the ability to do it, we just had to go out and do it,” Elliott said of the relay win.

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