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    Schedule
    All dates and locations are subject to change!
    February
    13th CIAC Class LL Championships/ Hillhouse, New Haven
    20th CIAC Open Championships/Hillhouse, New Haven
    23rd Eastern States Championships(Tentative)
    March
    5th New England Championships Reggie Lewis/Boston
    12th-14th National Scholastic Championships Armory/NYC
    12th-14th Nike Indoor Nationals
    21st Banquet
    22nd Outdoor Begins
    quoteRunning* is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'quote
    - Peter Maher, Irish-Canadian Olympian
    I.Johnson battling to a new school 600 record

    FCIAC Results

    Boys 2nd; Ray wins Triple Gold
    Boys Results
    Girls 3rd; I.Johnson & Schachne set new school records
    Best Team Finish in over 10 Years
    Girls Results
    FCIAC Photos
    In the News
       Norwalk Hour   CT Post
    Raphael Ray racing for the first of three golds!
     
    Here are photos of a few of our many medalists
     from the FCIAC Championships
     
         
    All FCIAC Athletes
    Sam Zorfas
    Jeff Caffery
    Chase Tagen
    Jack Roche
    Raphael Ray
    Aaron Kliegman
    Jon Heil 
    Eliot Bass
    Joselyn Henry
    Sean Gallagher
    Kelly Bohling
    Kelly Hussey
    Elizabeth Driscoll
    Katelyn Burke
     Turner Block
    Ingrid Johnson
    Devin Graber
    Paul Chandler
     
    Our Seniors
    It's time to honor our seniors for their
    commitment to the indoor track and field teams.
    Gabrielle Guetta
    Joselyn Henry
    Kate Burke
    Kylie Gould
    Olivia Allen
    Chase Tagen
    Aaron Kleigman
    Eliott Bass
    Jon Campbell
    Wes Langham
    Devin Graber
    Michael Johnson
    Jon Foster
    Paul Chandler
    Matt Donlon
    Matt Hawes
    Sam Zorfas
    Rob Cross
    Jack Hennessy
    Casey Colasurdo
    Collin Carroll
    If your name should be on this list or it is on here and misspelled, please accept my apology, don't take it personally(I left my own son off this list once) & contact me ASAP at staplesrunning@optonline.net.

    More Results
    Western Division Championships
    Boys Win; Girls Second
    Congratulations came in from a Staples fan in Nairobi, Kenya;
    Girls PV record broken;Girls 4x240 record broken.
    Photos Results
    Boys Win FCIAC Western Division Title
    SCC Invitational
    Girls 10th; Boys 15th
    Flotrack   Photos
    Results
    Girls 4x800(Gould, Smith, Weiler, Hanrahan) runs best time of season; places 3rd.
    Competitor/Event Place
    Girls 4 x 800
    K.Gould, , C.Smith, E.Hanrahan, K.Weiler
    3rd/10:21.54
    I. Johnson/600 6th/1:42.50
    Raphael Ray/300 3rd/36.25
    Girls 4x 200
    T. Block, E. Driscoll, I. Claveloux, K.Bohling
    5th/1:52.43
    W. Langham/PV 3rd/11-06
    Yale Invitational
    Boys 4x400 wins; Girls 4x200 Shatters Record!

     Day 1 Day 2

    Photos Flotrack
    Winning 4x400 at Yale(l to r) Gallagher, Bass, Roche, Ray

    Competitor/Event Place
    Hennessy/300m 5th/36.77
    P. Chandler/PV 2nd/ 14'-00
    J.Henry/LJ 5th/ 16'-05"
    Boys DMR
    Tagen, Foster, Zorfas, Aldrich
    6th/11:30.31
    Boys 4x800
     Zorfas, Roche, Raph Ray, Foster
    3rd/8:27.03
    Girls 4 x 800
     Flaherty, Gould, E.Hanrahan, K.Weiler
    6th/10:25:63
    Boys 4 x 400
     Gallagher, Bass, Roche, Raph Ray
    1st/3:31.11
    Girls 4 x 400
     I.Johnson, E.Driscoll, L.Parkhurst, Burke
    6th/4:19.69

    Hartford Public Invitational
    Boys finish 6th; Girls 7th
    Complete Results Photos Flotrack
    Raphael Ray - 600m winner

    Competitor/Event Place
    Raphael Ray/600 1st/1:25.41
    P. Chandler/PV 1st/13' 0"
    E. Bass/PV 4th/12' 0"
    Lexie Schachne/PV
    (Tying the current school record!)
    6th/9' 0"
    I.Johnson/600 4th/1:41.79
    T.Block/300 6th/43.73
    Girls 4 x 800
    E.Hanrahan, Weiler, C.Smith, Flaherty
    4th/10:24.92
    Boys 4 x 400
    Gallagher, Foster, Bass,Ray
    3rd/3:36.19
    Girls 4 x 400
    T.Block, E.Hanrahan, E.Driscoll, I.Johnson
    2nd/4:17.58

    Over the Break
    This vacation two annual events took place...
    the Alumni Run and the Annual Alumni vs Varsity Dodgeball game.
    annual dodgeball
    Dodgeball Participants
    Alumni Run
    alumni run
    A really fun morning for a great reason. Thanks to those who came out on a beautiful December morning to see their old teammates and to support the Laddie Lawrence Scholarship Fund. Laddie announced a new course record of 9:27 set by Jason Hanrahan.
    Photos
    jason hanrahan
    Hanrahan at the finish.
    Hillhouse Meet Results
    A strong early season showing by both teams including a record setting performance by the girls 4x200 and shotputter Joselyn Henry!
    Results


    *Field athletes...Please substitute the words throwing, jumping or vaulting!
    F.Y.I.
    Did You Compete in College?
    Calling all Staples alumni who competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field. Check out Our List of College Athletes and send us your name, Staples graduation year, email address(we won't publish this) and the school(s) you attended to mshanrahan@optonline.net.   This includes those of you who are currently in college as well as those of you who graduated decades ago.
    Season Info
    Records & Awards
    Johnson Breaks 1:40 for 600
    As the first girl to break 1:40 for 600 meters in Staples history, Ingrid Johnson set a new school record at the FCIAC Championships. Her official time was 1:39.99.
    Schachne Repeats
    Lexie Schachne set another girls indoor pole vault record by clearing  9' 6" at FCIAC Championships at Hillhouse
    Another 4x240 Record
    The 4x240 relay team of T.Block, E. Driscoll, I.Claveloux & K. Bohling broke the existing record by running 2:18.67  at the Western Division Championships
    Girls 4x2 Record SHATTERED!
    4x200 relay
    Record setting relay team T.Block, E. Driscoll, K. Bohling & K.Hussey ran 1:48.70 at Yale
    Shot Put Record
    Joselyn Henry broke her own shotput record with a toss of 34-03.50.
    Coaches
    Captains
    Boys
    Paul Chandler, Jon Foster, Jack Hennessy, Aaron Kleigman, Sam Zorfas
    Girls
    Katelyn Burke, Kylie Gould, Gabrielle Guetta, Joselyn Henry