NEW HAVEN — Kenneth Little Jr. won two individual events and ran on one first-place relay to lead Derby to the team title at the NVL indoor track championships Monday afternoon at the Floyd Little Athletic Center.
Little Jr. won the 1000 (2:38.13) and 3200 (10:32.21) and anchored the Red Raiders’ winning 1600 sprint medley, as Derby finished with 96 points. Jakwan Hale won the high jump (6-0) and ran on the Red Raiders’ first-place 4×400 relay and Tristan Pruzinsky won the shot put (50-7.5).
The Oxford boys were seventh and the Seymour boys finished 10th, led by Bobby Melms’ meet record distance of 22-5.5 to win the long jump.
Woodland won the girls team crown with 108 points. Seymour and Derby placed third and fourth, respectively, and Oxford was seventh.
Regional first place finishers were Derby’s Ashia Cooper in the 300 (43.76) and high jump (5-0) and Rachel Fleischer in the long jump (17-0, meet record), Seymour’s Patricia Jurkowski in the 55 dash (7.48) and the Wildcats’ 4×200 relay of McKenzie Collins, Rebecca Johnson, Ashley Sobin and Suzana Imetovski and Oxford’s 1600 sprint medley team of Kayle Golding, Leanne Sepanek, Audrey Robinson and Jess Kondic.
NVL championships at Floyd Little Athletic Center
Boys
Team scores: 1. Derby 96, 2. Naugatuck 56, 3. Woodland 47, 4. Torrington 42, 5. Sacred Heart 41, 6. Watertown 40, 7. Oxford 33, 8. Crosby 32, 9. Wolcott 29, 10. Seymour 25, 11. Kennedy 13, 12. Holy Cross 11.
Winner in each event and regional finishers among top six
55 dash: 1. Dylan Myrie (Torrington) 6.66; 2. Bobby Melms (Seymour) J6.66; 5. Dylan Batlle (Oxford) 6.76; 300: 1. Aren Seeger (Naugatuck) 36.49; 600: 1. Matthew Luxeder (Woodland) 1:27.26; 3. Joseph Curtiss (Oxford) 1:29.69; 1000: 1. Kenneth Little Jr. (Derby) 2:38.13; 1600: 1. Jonathan Warren (Sacred Heart) 4:39.41; 2. Steven Stanley Jr. (Derby) 4:49.71; 5. Joshua Tallcouch (Seymour) 4:52.29; 3200: 1. Kenneth Little Jr. (Derby) 10:32.21; 2. Steven Stanley Jr. (Derby) 10:39.34; 5. Joshua Tallcouch (Seymour) 10:54.48; 6. Daniel Bouzolin (Seymour) 11:00.65; 55 hurdles: 1. Edward Williams (Sacred Heart) 7.52 (meet record); 4×200 relay: 1. Torrington 1:35.20; 2. Oxford (Dylan Batlle, Joseph Curtiss, Julian Ferrante, Drew Adams) 1:36.59; 5. Derby (Xavier Ibrahim, Michael Broadie, Rocco Samoker, Bevon Mclean) 1:38.45; 4×400 relay: 1. Derby (Evan Sharpe, Bevon Mclean, Javan Guevara-Cragwell, Jakwan Hale) 3:41.64; 4×800 relay: 1. Watertown 8:54.24; 2. Derby (Evan Sharpe, Javan Guevara-Cragwell, Adrian Aleksiejczuk, Steven Stanley Jr.) 9:20.23; 3. Oxford (William Qualls, Andrew Gee, Jared Poulsen, Peyton Mowry) 9:28.24; 1600 sprint medley: 1. Derby (Xavier, Ibrahim, Bevon Mclean, Jakwan Hale, Kenneth Little Jr.) 3:46.80; 6. Oxford (Lee Braley, Julian Ferrante, Drew Adames, Joseph Curtiss) 4:08.50; high jump: 1. Jakwan Hale (Derby) 6-0; 5. Brian Jalowiec (Derby) J5-8; pole vault: 1. Craig Starkey (Woodland) 12-0; 5. Kyle Baxter (Seymour) J10-6; long jump: 1. Bobby Melms (Seymour) 22-5.5 (meet record); 3. Dylan Batlle (Oxford) 20-10; shot put: 1. Tristan Pruzinsky (Derby) 50-7.5; 2. Brian Jalowiec (Derby) 49-2; 4. Dylan Pudelka (Oxford) 42-2.5.
Girls
Team scores: 1. Woodland 108, 2. Watertown 80, 3. Seymour 73, 4. Derby 68, 5. Naugatuck 40, 6. Oxford 39, 7. Wolcott 22, 8. Torrington 14, 9. Sacred Heart 13, 10. Kennedy 8.
Winner in each event and regional finishers among top six
55 dash: 1. Patricia Jurkowski (Seymour) 7.48; 3. (tie) Suzana Imetovski (Seymour) 7.84; 300: 1. Ashia Cooper (Derby) 43.76; 2. Patricia Jurkowski (Seymour) 43.77; 6. Jess Kondic (Oxford) 45.57; 600: 1. Emma Zaccagnini (Watertown) 1:44.51; 2. Jess Kondic (Oxford) 1:44.52; 3. Rachel Fleischer (Derby) 1:44.78; 1000: 1. Jenna French (Sacred Heart) 3:14.95; 4. Annaly Khanthaphixay (Derby) 3:21.42; 5. Emma Lobraico (Oxford) 3:31.67; 1600: 1. Kathryn Rodrigues (Wolcott) 5:28.66; 4. Nicole Rizzo (Derby) 5:49.45; 5. Sabrina Hanock (Derby) 5:59.63; 3200: 1. Kathryn Rodrigues (Wolcott) 11:56.35; 3. Nicole Rizzo (Derby) 12:50.90; 3. Sabrina Hanock (Derby) 13:03.22; 55 hurdles: 1. Makayla Teixeira (Naugatuck) 9.70; 5. Leanne Sepanek (Oxford) 10.28; 4×200 relay: 1. Seymour (McKenzie Collins, Rebecca Johnson, Ashley Sobin, Suzana Imetovski) 1:53.14; 5. Oxford (Kayle Golding, Leanne Sepanek, Olivia Lombardi, Audrey Robinson) 1:58.16; 4×400 relay: 1. Woodland 4:31.10; 2. Seymour (Rebecca Johnson, Ashley Sobin, Faith Rousseau, McKenzie Collins) 4:33.32; 4. Derby (Rachel Fleischer, Ashia Cooper, Annaly Khanthaphixay, Kaitlyn Gerckens) 4:35.98; 4×800 relay: 1. Woodland 11:03.46; 3. Derby (Nicole Rizzo, Sabrina Hanock, Kaitlyn Gerckens, Sara Gerckens) 11:08.38; 4. Seymour (Madeline Sheehan, Erin Cronin, Kayla Pollman, Maya Pekarek) 11:33.08; 1600 sprint medley: 1. Oxford (Kayle Golding, Leanne Sepanek, Audrey Robinson, Jess Kondic) 4:47.18; 3. Seymour (MacKenzie Lucas, McKenzie Collins, Suzana Imetovski, Maya Pekarek) 4:54.35; high jump: 1. Ashia Cooper (Derby) 5-0; 2. Olivia Lombardi (Oxford) J5-0; 3. Faith Rousseau (Seymour) 4-10; 5. Annaly Khanthaphixay (Derby) 4-6; 6. Rebecca Findley (Seymour) J4-6; pole vault: 1. Kelsey DeJesus (Watertown) 9-3; 4. MacKenzie Lucas (Seymour) J7-0; 5. Jenna Baxter (Seymour) 6-6; long jump: 1. Rachel Fleischer (Derby) 17-0 (meet record); 2. Patricia Jurkowski (Seymour) 16-3.25; 6. Rebecca Johnson (Seymour) 15-1.75; shot put: 1. Alexia Fox (Torrington) 35-9.75; 3. Kaylan O’Banner (Oxford) 31-11.5; 6. Brianna Rivera (Seymour) 29-6.