The team, which is comprised of athletes in grades 3 through 8 from Danbury, New Fairfield, Redding, Ridgefield ,Brookfield, Bethel, New Milford, and Weston had a strong showing on Saturday at the first meet of the season, the Armory Youth Holiday Classic.
Noteworthy performances from the Flyers included:
Gold Medals:
- Corrinne Whelchel - Long Jump (10' 8.5")
- Eric Civitella - Long Jump (11' 0.0")
- Kieran Edwards - Long Jump (11' 2")
- Kieran Edwards - 55m Dash (8.43)
- Kieran Edwards - 200m Dash (30.36)
- Aaliya Novas, Sofia Whelchel, Briana Gilliard, and Madelaine Sweeney - 4x200m Relay (2:15.8)
Silver Medals:
- Kimberleigh Williams - 55m Dash (8.79)
- Kimberleigh Williams, Ruby Casey, Olivia Walters, Corinne Whelchel - 4x200m Relay (2:23.9)
- Zoe Bowman, Maya Gawley, Sophia Guevara, Vivian Mendez - 4x200m Relay (2:22.2)
- Valerie Fox, Vida Goncalves, Greta Gilbert, Abigail Mill - 4x200m Relay (2:21.0)
Bronze Medals:
- Olivia Walters - Long Jump (9' 3.0")
- Kimberleigh Williams - Shot Put (19' 8.75")
- Zoe Bowman - High Jump (3' 10.0")
- Greta Gilbert - High Jump (4' 4.0")
- Thomas Schoelkopf - Shot Put (18' 11.75")
- Kaidyn Nalley - Long Jump (9' 7.5")
- Kaidyn Nalley - 55m Dash (8.87)
- Madelaine Sweeney - 1 Mile Run (6:16.6)
- Ciara Chavana, Heather Clark, Ella Liebel, Lily Mills - 4x200m Relay (2:39.9)
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