Nineteen athletes from the Wilton Running Club were chosen to compete in the first Western Connecticut Conference Middle School Track and Field Championship to be held at Newtown High School on Wednesday. The Western Connecticut Conference is made up of 11 teams from Fairfield County. It was formed in 2009 by coaches from Wilton and New Fairfield and includes teams from eight towns throughout the county.
The WRC has seeded athletes chosen in the following events:
Girls:
60M H Samantha Deenihan #8 seed 11.44
100M - Megan Cunningham - #1 seed 13.2
200M Megan Cunningham - #1 seed 29.03
400M Sarah Battapaglia - #2 seed 67.1; Madison Peraino #3 seed 67.2
800M Sarah Battapaglia - #4 seed 2:43.20
Long jump Madison Periano - #5 seed 12 feet, 3 inches
4x100 relay - #3 seed
4x400 relay - #4 seed
Boys:
100M Kullan Warner - # 3 seed 12.6
200M Kullan Warner - #3 seed 26.4
400M Spencer Brown - #1 seed 59.8
800M Spencer Brown - #1 seed 2:18.6; Alex Ostberg - #2 seed -2:18:7; Clint Corso - # 4 seed 2:24.8
1,600M Alex Ostberg - #1 seed 4:56: Spencer Brown - #2 seed 4:58; Clint Corso - #3 seed 5:08
Long jump Kullan Warner- # 4 seed 14 feet, 5 inches
4x400 relay - #1 seed
At-large bids were given to the following athletes:
Hurdles: Maya Borrero and Jesse Ward
100M: Jesse Ward
200M: Maya Borrero and Jesse Ward
400M: Ali Fleitz and Aaron Breene
800M: Anna Eichorn
1,600M: Rachel Binney
Long jump: Madison Gillespie and Quinn Reedy
High jump: Zinnia Upson and Quinn Reedy
Shot put: Meghan Reeve and Josh Reeve
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