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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
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Latest From StaplesRunning Twitter

    quoteTo give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the giftquote
    ~ Pre
    All athletes and their families are invited!
    Indoor Track & Field Team Banquet
    Sunday, March 21st  1:00 pm
    Norwalk Inn
    99 East Avenue, Norwalk

    Celebrate the season long efforts, hard work and
    commitment of our track and field athletes and their coaches.
     Invitations have been mailed! Any questions? Haven't received your invitation? Contact Janet Foster -
    jbfoster59@sbcglobal.net
    All New England Track & Field Athletes
    Joselyn Henry(LJ)
    Jon Heil(4x400)
    Jack Roche (4x400)
    Sean Gallagher(4x400)
    Raphael Ray(600,4x400)
    New England Championships
    Results    Photos    Flotrack
       

    Competitor/Event Place/Result
    Boys 4x400
    J Heil, S Gallagher, J Roche, R Ray
    3rd/3:27.70
    600/Raphael Ray* 5th/1:22.54
    LJ Joselyn Henry* 6th/17-04.00
    SP Joselyn Henry  10th / 36-01
    Girls 4x 800
    K. Gould K. Weiler G. Kursten E. Hanrahan
    12th/9:54.73
    *PRs!!!  

    What's Left?
    March
    10th Boys Mandatory Outdoor Meeting 2:30 Fieldhouse
    11th Girls Outdoor Track and Field Meeting
    12th-14th National Scholastic Championships Armory/NYC
    21st Banquet 1pm at Norwalk Inn
    22nd Outdoor Begins/Girls Team & Parent Meeting
    Eastern States

    Congratulations

    ...to Paul Chandler who finished 4th in the Pole Vault by clearing 14'-00" at Eastern States Meet at the Armory.
    State Open Championships


    Chandler wins the PV
    Boys 3rd  Girls 14th
    Chandler Wins Pole Vault
    Henry and Schachne set records
    Girls 4x8, Boys 4x4, Ray & Henry qualify for NEs

    Results    Flotrack   
    Photos
    Dyestat Pics
    MySportsResults Pics

    Norwalk Hour
    Conn Post

    Henry shatters the shot put record; qualifies for NEs by taking 3rd in Shot Put & 4th in the Long Jump!


    Raphael Ray places 3rd in 600m;qualifies for NEs.


    Boys 4x400 finishes 3rd; qualifies for NEs


    Girls 4x800 places 6th; qualifies for NEs


    Competitor/Event Place/Result
    300/Turner Block 14th/43.26
    300/Jack Hennessey 8th/36.68
    600/Ingrid Johnson 10th/1:40.04
    600/Raphael Ray 3rd/1:23.75
    Boys 4x200
    Hennessey, C Carroll, R.Cross, A Kleigman
    14th/ 1:37.52
    Girls 4x400
    T Block E Driscoll E Hanrahan I Johnson 
    15th/4:17.01
    Boys 4x400
    Heil, Gallagher, Roche, Ray
    3rd/3:31.76
    Girls 4x 800
    K. Gould K. Weiler G. Kursten E. Hanrahan
    6th/9:52.35
    Boys 4x800
    Foster,W. Marsh,J.Caffery,S Zorfas
    11th/8:25.67
    PV Lexie Schachne 8th / 10' - 00"
    PV Paul Chandler 1st/14' -0"
    PV Eliot Bass NH
    SP Joselyn Henry 3rd /37-02.25
    LJ Joselyn Henry 4th/17-01.00

    Class LL Championships

    Girls 4th; Boys 5th
    Chandler Wins Pole Vault
    Joselyn Henry and SMR set records
    Flotrack     Photos      Stamford Advocate
    Congratulations to our tri-medalists:
    Joselyn Henry
     Ingrid Johnson
    Raphael Ray


    Competitor/Event Place/Result
    300/Turner Block 5th / 42.67
    300/Raphael Ray 2nd/36.15
    300/Jack Hennessey 5th/36.77
    600/Ingrid Johnson 3rd/1:41.54
    600/Lucy Parkhurst 18th/1:49.91
    600/Raphael Ray 2nd/1:24.58
    600/Walker Marsh 13th/1:30.37
    600/Jeff Caffery 15th/1:30.60
    600/Henry Wynne 22nd/1:31.52
    1000/Kylie Gould 25th/3:22.87
    1600/Georgia Kursten 10th/5:35.19
    1600/Olivia Allen 13th/5:42.92
    1600/Judy Feng 17th/5:47.07
    1600/Sam Zorfas 17th/4:45.67
    3200/Ben Aldrich 13th/10:15.96
    3200/Kentaro Higuchi 15th/10:23.06
    3200/Jon Foster 16th/10:26.01
    55HH/ Robert Cross 5th/8.26
    55HH/ Eric Lubin 13th/8.86
    Girls 4x200
    T.Block, I Claveloux, J Henry, R. Kischner
    5th/1:52.06
    Boys 4x200
    Hennessey, C Carroll,S Gallgher,A Kleigman
    4th/1:37.03
    Girls 4x400
    I Johnson E Hanrahan E Driscoll K Burke
    6th/4:18.42
    Boys 4x400
    Heil, Bass,Roche, Ray
    2nd/3:31.22
    Girls 4x 800
    K Gould K Weiler C Smith E Hanrahan
    6th/ 10:04.20
    Boys 4x800
    Foster, Zorfas, Caffery, Roche
    9th/8:31.67
    Girls SMR
    I Johnson, I Claveloux E Driscoll K Burke
    2nd/4:21.07
    HJ Jon Campbell 11th/5-6.00
    PV Lexie Schachne 5th 9"-06.00'
    PV Paul Chandler 1st/14-00.0
    PV Eliot Bass 5th/11-06.00
    PV Wes Langham 9th/11-00.00
    SP Joselyn Henry 2nd 35-0.05
    SP Shannon Connors 10th 29-05.5
    SP Devin Graber 5th/45-10.50
    LJ Joselyn Henry 3rd 17-00.25


    All CIAC Class LL Track and Field Athlete
    Paul Chandler

    FCIAC Results

    Boys 2nd; Ray wins Triple Gold
    Paul Chandler sets new PV record
    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
     
    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
     
    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.
    NSIC Info
    The meet website
    Directions
    Schedule
    Entries
    Admission
    2 Day Pass: $25
    3 Day Pass: $30
    1 Day Youth(<18) or Senior(>60)$8
    1 Day Adult
     Friday $10
     Saturday $15
     Sunday $20
    Armory Cam
    While Armory Cam used to free, now for $5, you can see the all three days of coverage and the videos for up to a week.
    more info...
    Boys Info...
    - NOT participating during outdoor? Return you uniform to Laddie by 3/19.
    -Vote for captains by 3/12!!!!
    Mandatory Boys Outdoor Meeting
    Anyone planning to participate in Boys Outdoor Track and Field must attend a brief team meeting.
    Wednesday, March 10th
    2:30 Fieldhouse
    Vote for Girls Captains
    See Coach McCray - Voting for girls captains will take place starting March 11th. Coach McCray will also be hosting a pre-outdoor team meeting that day immediately after school.
    Girls Outdoor Parent Meeting
    Monday, March 22nd
    6pm in Rm 188
    After the team and parent meeting, the team will be hosting a spike night at 6:30. Parents will be able to purchase many track and field items such as spikes, training shoes, massage sticks, etc.
    Calling All Staples Alumni
    Did you compete in college?
    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.
    Meet Results
    State Entries/Results
    Opens
    Class LL
    Class L
    Class M
    Class S
    Season Info
    Records & Awards
    Henry Breaks Record AGAIN
    Yep she broke the record again... Joselyn Henry's new shot put mark at the State Open Championship was
    37' 2.25".


    Schachne At State Opens
    Schachne Set New PV Record

    Lexie Schachne cleared 10' at the CIAC Open Championships at Hillhouse!
    Girls SMR Mark Set

    Also at the Class LL meet, the relay team of Isabella Claveloux, Elizabeth Driscoll, Ingrid Johnson, Kate Burke ran 4:21.07 to break the two year old SMR record.
    Chandler Breaks PV Record
    Continuing his onslaught on the record books, Paul Chandler cleared 14' 6.0" in the FCIAC Championships at Hillhouse HS. With this height, Chandler tied the FCIAC record, set a new FCIAC meet record and set a new Staples record.
    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.
    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
    Coaches
    Captains
    Boys
    Paul Chandler, Jon Foster, Jack Hennessy, Aaron Kleigman, Sam Zorfas
    Girls
    Katelyn Burke, Kylie Gould, Gabrielle Guetta, Joselyn Henry