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Three, two, one. Those are Soheib Dissa’s finishes the last three years in the 2000m steeplechase at New Balance Nationals Outdoor in Philadelphia. After coming close the past two years, the Newtown senior finally came away with a national title and the emotions were evident as he raised his arms and pumped his fist twice in the last 100m. He may have just missed the meet record by about a half of a second but he ran the fastest time in the nation and crushed his own state record with a time of 5:43.98. His performance is also the 4th fastest time in US high school history, only three seconds more than Nathan Mountain’s national record of 5:40.72.

When asked what was going through his mind as he celebrated on the home stretch, Dissa confessed “I was just so excited and grateful to end the season with a national championship, there were just too many emotions going through my head when I crossed the line.”

Winning the first section was Hale Ray senior Matthew Kraszewski. In his last race with his dad David as his coach watching, he ran a PR of 6:05.63 to finish 12th overall and graduate as the 14th fastest steepler in state history. 

Everyone who follows CT track and field knows throwing has taken off the past four years. But even the most knowledgeable fan could not have predicted the results of the last few days. Simsbury’s Marshall Potter earned All American and broke the CT state record in the discus with his 3rd place finish on Thursday, but then on Friday the duo of Thomas Matlock of East Lyme and Norwich Free Academy’s Chris Amy took 3rd and 4th with Potter taking 10th in the shot put. 

Moving onto Saturday’s competition Potter returned and put up a prodigious hammer throw mark of 227-9 to earn his third NBNO All American medal with a new state record. To put this mark in perspective the previous CT state record in the event was AJ Guerra’s 15-year old mark of 211-2. The best word to describe this is “Beamonesque” which is a word invented after Bob Beamon's spectacular leap broke the long jump world record by nearly two feet in the 1968 Olympics. His record was thought to be unbreakable and stood for 23 years and in fact is still the 2nd best jump in history.

But that wasn’t all that happened in the hammer throw on Saturday. Bloomfield’s Khile Francis, Lucas DeCrescenzo of Lyman Hall and Matlock just missed finals and took 9th, 10th and 11th with personal record throws. Francis, who is a junior with one more year of high school, is now 4th on the CT all time list. DeCrescenzo is now tied for 10th and Matlock moves up to #11 on as the best in CT history. 

As another UConn bound senior, Glastonbury’s Brook Strauss, has provided us with exciting performances all year stretching back to last fall with her Footlocker Nationals finish followed by three state indoor track records that included a 1-mile national championship title. In her final high school outdoor season we were treated to two more state records in the 1600m and 1 mile as well as thrilling state championship races. On Saturday, Strauss put her stamp on a high school career that just missed the podium in the 1-mile championship race with a 9th place time of 4:43.17. She will return to the track later today to run the anchor leg in the distance medley relay. Finishing close behind in the standings was Lyme-Old Lyme junior Chase Gilbert with her PR of 4:47.63 that earned her 16th place and a #5 ranking in CT history. Mercy’s Sarah Roberts was another junior with a PR performance as she finished in 4:57.08. 

Fans should make sure to follow the javelin competition as Rockville’s Thomas Bannon is one of the top seeds with a chance of CT throwers earning medals in all four throwing events. The Championship javelin is set to start at 1 pm with Bannon scheduled to throw in the third and final flight around 2:30pm today. 

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More CT finishers at Saturday’s NBNO:

Girls Middle School 800m Run 

44th - Georgina Harrington, New Canaan TC - 2:21.99

Girls Freshman 100m Hurdles (33") Prelims

43rd - Kayla Berning, Canton TC - 16.39

Girls Championship 100m Hurdles (33") Prelims

80th - Vanessa Agyemang, Bloomfield - 14.96

Boys Championship 110m Hurdles (39")  Prelims

24th - Davian Johnson, East Hartford - 14.17 Final qualifier for semis

69th - William Gibson, Hillhouse - 14.67

76th - Marvin Escalera, Windsor - 14.76

87th - Rysaiah Saunders, Danbury - 14.86

107th - Jaylen Estrella, East Hartford - 16.03

– Delante Senior, Bloomfield - FS

Boys Championship 110m Hurdles (39") Semi Finals

15th - Davian Johnson, East Hartford - 13.92

Boys Freshman 110m Hurdles (39") Prelims

43rd - Bodie Yallop, Norwalk - 16.19

Boys Championship 200m Dash Prelims

44th - Luke Richardson, Bethel - 21.72

51st - Jack Davis, Fairfield Prep - 21.83

73rd - Samuel LaMalfa, Portland - 22.05

Girls Championship 200m Dash Prelims

32nd, Anya Anderson, King TC, Stamford - 24.34

47th - Samiya Eady, Manchester - 24.60

66th - Zoe Eastman-Grossel, Lyme-Old Lyme - 24.83

Girls Freshman 200m Dash Prelims

32nd -Cynthia Singleton, Naugatuck - 25.53

38th - Kyra Mclean Stratford - 25.61

41th - Ziyaumdora Hudson, Labron AC, Avon - 25.65

68th - Amaira Traynham, New Haven - 26.16

109th - Ella Barber, Greenwich TC - 26.87

112th - Aziza Macchiarulo, Bethel - 27.35

Boys Middle School 200m Dash Prelims

37th - Quincy Arnold, Central CT Jaguars, Farmington - 23.73

Girls Middle School 200m Dash Prelims

22nd - Taylor Simpson, Windsor - 25.63

Boys Championship 4x100m Relay Prelims

46th - Windsor - 42.58

67th - Fairfield Prep - 42.87

76th - Greenwich - 43.10

85th - Danbury - 43.63

Girls Championship 4x100m Relay Prelims

42nd - Hamden - 48.56

43rd - Windsor - 48.60

Boys Freshman 400m Dash 

93rd - Edgar Jimenez-Torres, Classical Magnet, Hartford - 52.75

107th -Xavier Chieffo, Guilford Grizzlies TC - 53.92

Girls Freshman 400m Dash 

27th - Amaira Traynham, New Haven AG - 58.51

30th - Danielle Wheeler, Coventry TC - 58.63

45th - Deanna Spears, Bloomfield TC - 59.54

Boys Championship 400m Dash 

17th - Samuel LaMalfa, Portland Highlanders - 47.39

32nd - Brenan McCabe, Immaculate - 47.81

Girls Championship 400m Dash 

30th - Lauren Kropo, Naugatuck - 55.62

53rd - Paige Wilson, Windsor - 56.72

Boys Championship 1 Mile Run 

21st - Alex Fisher, Loomis Chaffee - 4:10.88

59th - Teddy Hojlo, Brunswick - 4:16.66

68th - Sam Leone, East Lyme - 4:17.37

101st - Owen Martin, Xavier  -4:21.42

103rd - Christian Menounos, Woodstock Academy - 4:21.52

Girls Championship 1 Mile Run 

76th - Claire Palmer, Loomis Chaffee - 4:58.09

Mixed Championship 4x400m Relay (B-G-B-G) 

13th - Go Far TC, Coginchaug - 3:41.10

18th - Farmington TC - 3:42.56

36th - Hall - 3:45.83

Boys Championship 2000m Steeplechase 

24th - Daniel DiTunno, Rocky Hill - 6:10.81

29th - Joseph DeLuise, Oxford - 6:23.76

Girls Championship 2000m Steeplechase 

20th - Katie McMorrow, New Fairfield - 7:11.68

NBNO 2025 Saturday - Field Events

Girls Championship High Jump Finals

21st - Eloise Mulready, Glastonbury - 5-4.25

Boys Championship High Jump Finals

9th - Ethan Rich, Lyman Hall - 6-7

19th - Ethan Rowe, Bloomfield - 6-7

21st - Brodie Scott, Waterford-  6-5.5

27th - Camden Mazerolle, E.O. Smith - 6-5.5

54th - Joal Barros, Norwich Free Academy - 6-4

Boys Freshman Triple Jump Finals

5th - Luke Haslam, Rose Town TC, Cromwell - 43-10.75 (Broke a 47 year old school record.)

28th - Trae Ford, Loomis Chaffee - 39-5.75

Girls Freshman Triple Jump Finals

6th - Ziyaumdora Hudson LeBron AC, Avon - 36-5.5

10th - Nyasia Taylor, Hillhouse - 35-9.25

Boys Championship Triple Jump Finals

27th - Jessie Singleton Jr, Bloomfield - 45-5.25

Girls Freshman Javelin Finals

15th - Reese Marek, Southington TC - 97-3

16th - Hadley Fazekas, East Hampton - 96-8

36th - Alyson Titus, Norwich Free Academy - 81-10

Boys Freshman Javelin Finals

17th - Ricky Wiese, Weston TC - 137-5

21st - Alex Wiese, Weston TC - 131-11

36th - Christian Rossi, Shelton - 117-1

Boys Championship Hammer Finals

39th - Collin Cordner, Coventry - 171-9

Girls Championship Hammer Finals

10th - Lauren Plummer, Loomis Chaffee - 158-3

 

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