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Extreme weather, climate events may lead to increase in violence towards women, girls, and sexual and gender minorities
As the climate crisis leads to more intense and more frequent extreme weather and climate-related events, this in turn risks increasing the amount of gender-based violence experienced by women, girls, and sexual and gender minorities, say researchers.
In a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health, a team led by a researcher at the University of Cambridge analyzed current scientific literature and found that the evidence paints a bleak picture for the future as extreme events drive economic instability, food insecurity, and mental stress, and disrupt infrastructure and exacerbate gender inequality.
Between 2000 and 2019, floods, droughts, and storms alone affected nearly 4 billion people worldwide, costing over 300,000 lives. The occurrences of these extreme events represent a drastic change, with the frequency of floods increasing by 134%, storms by 40%, and droughts by 29% over the past two decades. These figures are expected to rise further as climate change progresses.
Extreme weather and climate events have been seen to increase gender-based violence, due to socio-economic instability, structural power inequalities, health-care inaccessibility, resource scarcity and breakdowns in safety and law enforcement, among other reasons. This violence can lead to long-term consequences including physical injury, unwanted pregnancy, exposure to HIV or other sexually transmitted infections, fertility problems, internalized stigma, mental health conditions, and ramifications for children.
To better understand the relationship between extreme events and gender-based violence, researchers carried out a systematic review of existing literature in this area. This approach allows them to bring together existing—and sometimes contradictory or under-powered—studies to provide more robust conclusions.
The team identified 41 studies that explored several types of extreme events, such as storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and wildfires, alongside gender-based violence, such as sexual violence and harassment, physical violence, “witch” killing, early or forced marriage, and emotional violence. The studies covered countries on all six of the major continents and all but one focused on cisgender women and girls.
The researchers found evidence that gender-based violence appears to be exacerbated by extreme weather and climate events, driven by factors such as economic shock, social instability, enabling environments, and stress.
According to the studies, perpetrators of violence ranged from partners and family members, through to religious leaders, relief workers and government officials. The relationship between extreme events and gender-based violence can be expected to vary across settings due to differences in social gender norms, tradition, vulnerability, exposure, adaptive capacity, available reporting mechanisms, and legal responses. However, the experience of gender-based violence during and after extreme events seems to be a shared experience in most contexts studied, suggesting that amplification of this type of violence is not constrained geographically.
“Extreme events don’t themselves cause gender-based violence, but rather they exacerbate the drivers of violence or create environments that enable this type of behavior,” said Kim van Daalen, a Gates Cambridge Scholar at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge.
“At the root of this behavior are systematic social and patriarchal structures that enable and normalize such violence. Existing social roles and norms, combined with inequalities leading to marginalization, discrimination, and dispossession make women, girls, and sexual and gender minorities disproportionately vulnerable to the adverse impacts of extreme events.”
Experiencing gender-based violence can also further increase vulnerability. When faced with the likelihood of experiencing harassment or sexual violence in relief camps, for example, some women or sexual and gender minorities choose to stay home or return to their homes even before doing so is safe, placing them in additional danger from extreme events and further restricting their already limited access to relief resources.
Extreme events could both increase new violence and increase reporting, unmasking existing violence. Living through extreme events led some victims to feel they could no longer endure abuse or to feel less inhibited to report the abuse than before the event. However, the researchers also noted that reporting remains plagued by a number of factors, including silencing of victims—particularly in countries where safeguarding a daughter’s and family’s honor and marriageability is important—as well as fears of coming forward, failures of law enforcement, unwillingness to believe victims, and the normalization of violence.
Van Daalen added, “Disaster management needs to focus on preventing, mitigating, and adapting to drivers of gender-based violence. It’s crucial that it’s informed by the women, girls, and sexual and gender minority populations affected and takes into account local sexual and gender cultures and local norms, traditions, and social attitudes.”
Examples of such interventions include providing post-disaster shelters and relief services—including toilets and bath areas—designed to be exclusively accessed by women, girls, and sexual and gender minorities or providing emergency response teams specifically trained in prevention of gender-based violence.
Likewise, empowerment initiatives for women and sexual and gender minorities that challenge regressive gender norms to reduce vulnerability could bring opportunities to negotiate their circumstances and bring positive change. For example, women’s groups using participatory- learning-action cycles facilitated by local peers have been used to improve reproductive and maternal health by enabling women to identify and prioritize local challenges and solutions. Similar programs could be adapted and applied in extreme event management to empower women as decision makers in local communities.
Case studies
Hurricane Katrina, violence and intimidation
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in August 2005, gender-based violence increased, particularly interpersonal violence or intimate partner violence, and physical victimization increased for women. Likewise, a study on internally-displaced people in Mississippi found that sexual violence and rates of intimate partner violence increased in the year following the disaster.
Furthermore, the New Orleans gay community was blamed for Hurricane Katrina, with the disaster being described as being “God’s punishment.” Same-sex couples were prevented from receiving relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, transgender people were threatened in shelters or prohibited access after a natural disaster, and LGBTQI people experienced physical harm and violence in post-disaster shelters.
Flooding and early marriage in Bangladesh
Studies suggest a link between flooding incidence and early marriage, with spikes in early marriages observed in Bangladesh coinciding with the 1998 and 2004 floods. Next to being viewed as a way to reduce family costs and safeguard marriageability and dignity, these marriages are often less expensive due to flood-induced impoverishment lowering expectations.
One study included an example of the head of a household explaining that the 2013 cyclone had destroyed most of his belongings, leaving him afraid that he would be unable to support his youngest unmarried daughter, who was under 18. Marrying off his daughters was a way of reducing the financial burden on the family.
More information:
Extreme events and gender-based violence: a mixed-methods systematic review, The Lancet Planetary Health (2022). DOI: 10.1016/PIIS2542-5196(22)00088-2
Extreme events and gender-based violence: a mixed-methods systematic review, The Lancet Planetary Health (2022). DOI: 10.1016/PIIS2542-5196(22)00088-2
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4A state track: Niwot girls continue domination and other events from Day 3
LAKEWOOD – The Niwot girls are making a habit of not only winning track and field team titles, but doing it in dominating fashion.
On Sunday, the Cougars completed yet another impressive run to the top at the Class 4A state meet at Jeffco Stadium. Niwot won its third title in a row, its second three-peat in the last nine meets (also 2013-15).
Led by individual and relay champions, the Cougars finished with 170 points to roll past second-place Mullen (61) by 109 points. Niwot won by 135 points last year and by 65 points in 2019.
“Yeah, I mean, it feels really nice,” said junior Kimora Northrup, who won the 100-meter hurdles and finished second in 300 hurdles. “We all work so hard all year long. It’s nice to win the 100 hurdles so I can contribute 10 points to the team title and then even eight with this one (300).”
Overall, Niwot won eight of the 19 events, including four wins on Sunday. In addition to Northrup’s 100 hurdles win, Madison Shults won the 400 meters (56.05 seconds), with teammate Stella Vieth in second (56.26). Eva Klingbeil won the 1,600 in 4:49.66, adding to the 3,200-meter title she won on Saturday.
Niwot also won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:55.18. Shults, a junior, teamed with sophomores Julia Rudolph and Mia Prok and freshman Bella Nelson in the 1,600 relay.
Northrup came in as the defending champion in the 300 hurdles, but was edged by Mullen’s Kilah Freelon. She did get the 100 hurdles title she missed out on last year, though. She was second in 2021.
“I had a little fire underneath me (after losing the 100 last year),” she said. “This year, I haven’t had good races in the 100s, so I had a lot of emotions. I was definitely ready for the 100s and I just didn’t have my best race today in the 300s and Kilah did amazing. I’ve got to give it to her.”
McCormick sets another record
Longmont senior Connor McCormick had a sizzling final kick in the boys 1,600-meter run, racing past Niwot’s Zane Bergen in the last 100 meters to win the title and set a 4A meet record in the process.
McCormick, who ran just behind Bergen during the first 1,500 meters, finished in 4:06.97, while Bergen was second in 4:07.72. Bergen had set the previous record a year ago with a time of 4:09.51.
McCormick also set a meet record in winning the 3,200 on Saturday. In addition, this week he was runner-up (to Bergen) in the 800 and helped Longmont to second place in the 3,200-meter relay.
Led by McCormick, Longmont won the boys team title for the first time since 2012. The Trojans finished with 76 points to outlast Cheyenne Mountain and Niwot, who tied for second (60 points each). This is Longmont’s fourth team title since 2008.
Kelleghan, Meeks repeat
Silver Creek’s Megan Kelleghan was dominant in winning the 4A girls pole vault a year ago.
On Sunday, she was dominant again.
The Raptors’ junior won her second consecutive title with a winning leap of 13-feet. Victoria Sanders of Discovery Canyon was second, at 11-9. Kelleghan came up just shy of topping the state meet record she set a year ago at 13-4.5.
Northfield’s Giovanna Meeks was a repeat champion, as well, easily winning the girls discus with a throw of 161 feet, 11 inches – nearly 41 feet ahead of Durango’s Sydney Flores (121-1).
Meeks, who won the shot put on Thursday, closes her career as a three-time champion. She won the discus in 2021, but an ankle injury prevented her from competing in the shot put.
In other individual events, Thompson Valley’s Avery Kennison won the 100 meters with a time of 12.52, just ahead of Palisade’s Gabrielle Horton (12.66); Mesa Ridge’s Janise Everett won the 200 meters in 25.03, with Discovery Canyon’s Lauren McDowell second (25.53); and Mullen’s Kilah Freelon won the 300 hurdles in 42.13, with Northrup second.
Mesa Ridge took the title in the 400 relay with a time of 48.64 seconds. Juniors Danaya Kinnard, Rimari Facey and Janise Everett teamed with freshman Olivia Clay to knock off second-place Discovery Canyon (49.06).
Blanton defends title
Justin Blanton of Grand Junction Central closed his career as a multi-year champion.
The senior successfully defended his 2021 title in the 400 meters, winning on Sunday in 47.68 seconds. Zach Ryan of Northfield was second, in 48.25. Then, he won the 200 meters in 21.99 seconds, with Ryan second (22.42).
“It just feels good, finally,” he said. “It’s something that I’ve been working for this whole year that I honestly didn’t think I was gonna get just because of times I was putting down. But, I believe my coach knew what he was doing. He said, ‘We’re just gonna tear you down for the first part of the season and have you peak at that state meet,’ and I believe him.”
Last year, Blanton won the 400 while finishing second in the 100 and 200. He narrowly lost the 100 again on Saturday.
“Defending the 400 was important, but getting that 200 also shows that, hey, I’m still one of the fastest dudes in the whole state,” Blanton said.
Widefield’s Derek Allen also won a pair of titles, taking both hurdles. He won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.07 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 38.06. Allen was the defending champion in the 300 hurdles and runner-up in the 110 hurdles a year ago.
Also in 4A boys, Erie’s Blake Barnett won the 100 meters in 11.11, just .02 of a second ahead of Blanton (11.13); Alec Falk of Palmer Ridge easily won the discus (181-8) by nearly 16 feet over Daniel Baroumbaye of Grand Junction Central (165-11); and Lucas Couron of Riverdale Ridge won the pole vault with a personal-best leap of 15-9.
Northfield won the 400-meter relay. Juniors Amarion Richardson, Zach Ryan and Karamoko Soto teamed with sophomore Isaak Easley to post a winning time of 42.21, finishing ahead of Pueblo West (42.51).
Niwot capped the meet with a win in the 1,600 meters. Bergen and fellow senior Nicholas Stade teamed with juniors Ben Classen and Eric Walker to cruise to a winning time of 3:20.84 – nearly three seconds ahead of Pueblo West (3:23.44).
‘Girls Can Fly’ event takes off this Saturday
The event aims to promote women in aviation and inspire the next generation of pilots
This Saturday, girls can tour the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre, meet inspiring female pilots and get a chance to learn more about the growing industry for their annual ‘Girls Can Fly’ event.
The free event is for girls aged 8 to 18-years-old to experience what it is like to take flight and give them a chance to learn more about aviation.
‘Girls Can Fly’ was created over 10 years ago to promote women in the aviation industry. They want to help inspire the younger generation of girls to think about a career as a pilot or in aviation.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14, everyone is invited to attend, even if registration is full for flights for a plane or helicopter ride, kids will get a chance to visit unique exhibitors, educational activities, meet women in aviation and a food truck will be on site.
Girls will get a chance to meet female pilots, flight attendants and other women who help make the industry a success.
Julie Mudry, the marketing and communications manager for the WWFC, said there a range of aviation companies coming out to help give young girls an experience in flight, including Cambridge company Great Lakes Helicopter, which will offer helicopter rides all day.
“We will have a few companies that will be conducting activities, such as creating airplanes out of cardboard boxes, that was something we did in previous years. We want them to come out and make a day of it, there will be lots for them to do.”
The Flight Centre is located at the Region of Waterloo Airport in Breslau.
“We created this 10 or 11 years ago as a way to promote women in aviation and give young girls a chance to experience what being a pilot is like, what working in aviation is like,” said Bob Connors, the General Manager at WWFC.
“We are not sure how many we’ve inspired over the years but at least one told us her first experience in planes was at one of our events when she was young.”
They are excited to be able to offer the event this year as the pandemic had put a pause on it previously.
Over the years, they have put over a thousand girls in planes, said Connors.
“Come out, even if you can’t get a flight, there will be lots on the ground for them to do.”
The ‘Girls Can Fly’ event takes place Saturday, May 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre.
Walk, special events planned in Toppenish for national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
TOPPENISH — Special events and a walk are planned Thursday on the national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
The awareness walk begins at Yakamart, 111 Fort Road, after an opening prayer and a speaker at 10:30 a.m. It ends at the Yakama Nation Cultural Center. Along with the walk, Yakama Nation Behavioral Health and the Yakama Nation Victim Resource Program will hold other events Thursday as part of the program’s REDgalia campaign.
They start at 9 a.m., also at Yakamart, with a T-shirt giveaway. People can also make posters or signs to honor a missing or murdered loved one or anything related to the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people.
After the opening prayer and remarks from a family member of a missing or murdered Indigenous person at 10:30 a.m., the walk will leave Yakamart for the cultural center at 100 Spiel-Yi Loop. Another family member, Cissy Strong Reyes, will speak there at 12:30 p.m., which will be followed by an open mic and other activities. Closing prayer is set for 2:30 p.m.
Reyes continues to seek justice for her sister, Rosenda Sophia Strong. The mother of four disappeared Oct. 2, 2018. Strong’s remains were found in an abandoned freezer outside Toppenish on July 4, 2019. Anyone with information is asked to call the Yakama Nation Police Department at 509-865-2933 or the FBI at 509-990-0857 regarding case number 18-010803.
More than 32 Indigenous women have been murdered or have gone missing on and outside the 1.3-million-acre Yakama Reservation over decades. Many men and boys have also disappeared, have been murdered or died mysteriously. Most of the cases remain unsolved.
Reyes is joined by their brother, Christopher Strong, at the many events she organizes and attends to keep their sister’s story in the public eye.
“We as a family fight every day for our sister. It’s hard and tiring at times. But we have to keep her visible so the FBI and Tribal authorities and the MMIP task force can see us and know we are still wanting proper investigation and searches,” Reyes posted Friday on Facebook. “We did not get that as a family in the beginning.”
Families of missing and murdered Indigenous people are the focus of events in Seattle on Saturday organized by Missing and Murdered Indigenous People & Families. They take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 4351 S. Othello St.
The organization founded by Roxanne White represents all missing and murdered Indigenous people with its main focus on supporting families. For more information about the Seattle events, email mmip.families@gmail.com or visit the group’s Facebook page.
CCJHA to host girls’ hockey events
HANCOCK — The CCJHA will be hosting two Introduction to girls’ hockey events on Tuesday, from 6-7:30 p.m. and on Thursday, also from 6-7:30 p.m. Both events will take place at the Houghton County Arena.
The events are being offered to all girls 5 years and up.
There is no cost to participate, and the girls are welcome to attend both events.
Equipment will be available, but kids should have their own skates.
If you have a daughter that is interested in playing hockey but is intimidated by the idea of playing with the boys, this is a great chance to get out and experience the game.
Questions about the events can be directed to CCJHA President Jon French at jfrench@up.net.
Capilano Rugby Club hosting free event for girls to try the sport
This Sunday (March 6) the North Shore’s Capilano Rugby Club will join other clubs from around the province in offering a free event for girls interested in trying the sport.
Girls Try Rugby, presented by BC Rugby, is for girls age 5-14 who have either have never played rugby, are curious about the sport, or are just starting out. Members of Capilano’s senior women’s rugby team will be running the event at Klahanie Park from 10 a.m. to noon.
The event will include an introduction to rugby skills such as passing and kicking, while also providing players and parents an opportunity to ask club members about the sport and programs offered at the club.
Participants are asked to wear comfortable active wear, dress for the weather (the forecast is looking good!), wear sneakers and bring cleats if you have them (events will be indoors and outdoors), and bring a water bottle and snack.
Pre-registration isn’t required – you can just show up and play – but there is sign-up link that will help the club know how many players to expect.
The club is located at 1910 Glenaire Drive in West Vancouver. More information is available on the BC Rugby website.
Girls gymnastics: DeKalb’s Maddy Kees wins two more events at state; sophomore Annabella Simpson grabs a third
PALATINE – DeKalb senior gymnast Maddy Kees wore three state-champion medals around her neck and a smile on her face bright enough to light up Palatine High School’s gymnasium.
Kees, who tied for the all-around title at the IHSA Girls Gymnastics State Meet on Friday, capped her high school career with titles on the uneven bars and balance beam in Saturday’s individual finals.
Sophomore Annabella Simpson took third on balance beam for her first state medal and the Barbs, a co-op team with DeKalb and Sycamore, took third as a team. Prairie Ridge co-op (148.5) was first, followed by Vernon Hills (146.7) and DeKalb (146.575).
Kees, who will compete at Northern Illinois University next year, was the only competitor to better her beam score in the finals, going from 9.4 to 9.425.
“It was always a goal of mine to win beam state champion, so to do that for my senior year, it’s amazing,” Kees said. “That was my favorite moment of the whole weekend. I’m so glad I did better than I did yesterday.”
Kees had one wobble during the routine, but regained her balance and finished strong. She made the finals in all four events, but did not medal in vault.
Barbs coach Andy Morreale really enjoyed Kees’ uneven bars routine, which scored 9.65 to give her first by .15.
“We upgraded the dismount and she stuck it,” said Morreale, as Kees improved .240 on that event. “On bars she did a perfect routine, she hit every handstand. I saw her wobble (on beam), but I knew she was OK when she pulled up. If they trust what they’re doing, they’re OK, and she did.”
Kees said winning the bars title was somewhat unexpected.
“I’m really proud of bars. I’ve come a long way in that event,” she said. “That was super-exciting to win that too. If you saw my bars last year that was nowhere near where it was today. To be able to do that was amazing.”
Simpson had to improvise a little during her beam routine, but managed to keep it together for a 9.25 to take third.
“I was a very surprised. It wasn’t my normal routine because I had a little weird aerial,” Simpson said. “I just stayed with the aerial and didn’t connect the roundoff to it. I just tried to add things to it to go with the routine so it wasn’t as noticeable. I ended up pulling it off. I was very proud of myself.”
Simpson had to go right after beam to perform on floor. It was after her floor routine when she realized she had a third-place medal.
“I did think it was a good routine, I didn’t think I was going to medal because it wasn’t as high a score as I had yesterday,” Simpson said. “I was still very happy with that. I didn’t know until after floor (I had placed).”
Class LL Indoor Track Championships: Danbury’s Smith wins 3 events, Luldowe’s Keeley 2; Hall boys, Glastonbury girls win team titles
NEW HAVEN — Alanna Smith and the Danbury girls track team kicked off the CIAC Class LL Indoor Track Championships at Floyd Little Athletic Center on Friday with a win in the 4×200 relay.
For Smith, it was the beginning of a dominant night.
The Danbury girls won the 4×200 relay in 1:46.50. Florence Dickson ran the first leg followed by Smith, Giuliana Robles and Briana Gilliard.
Smith, competing in her first state indoor track season, also contributed with wins in the 55 dash (7.14) and set a meet record when she won the 300 in 39.58. In the 55, she started strong and produced her typical surge at the end.
“This has been really exciting for me, it was great to start off with the 4×200 win and then the 55,” Smith said. “It’s always important to contribute points for your team.
“I was really excited for the 300 because I was focused on breaking the meet record. I have been working toward that all indoor season”
Smith entered the indoor season coming off an impressive outdoor track season last spring when she was named the GameTimeCT All-State Outdoor Track Player of the Year. At the 2021 Outdoor Track State Open she had three wins in the 100 (12.03), the 200 (24.49) and the 400 (56.78). At the Class LL meet she won the 200 in a meet record 24.85, won the 100 (12.25) and was second in the 400 (59.24). She ran a 200 PR/school record in 24.21 at the New York Showcase on June 18 and 100 PR (11.83) at the New York Showcase.
CROSS BOYS GET PAIR OF WINS
The Wilbur Cross boys came away with a pair of wins with Blake Battaglia winning the 55 hurdles (8:01) and Nikita Omelchenko winning the 1,600 (4:22.03).
Battaglia needed a late kick to win his event with John Regalbuti of Southington coming in a close second in 8.02.
“I was a little nervous because it was a very close race,” Battaglia said. “It was an exciting race. I needed a strong surge at the end and the lean at the finish line got the win for me.”
Elite distance runner Aidan Puffer of Manchester decided not to run the 1,600 and that opened the door for Omelchenko. He took an early lead and cruised to victory.
“The plan was to take the lead, keep a good pace and finish strong,” said Omelchenko , who has committed to UConn. “I was hoping Aidan Puffer would
“It’s been a good season and I’ve been building up my strength to go faster.”
HALL WINS BOYS TITLE, GLASTONBURY WINS GIRLS TITLE
Tobias Ruffo won the 600 (1:25.92) and the team won the 4×400 relay (3:30.02) to lead Hall to the boys team title with 88 points. Greenwich was second with 55 points and Manchster third with 46.
“We had the depth tonight and so many guys came through,” Hall boys coach Jeff Billing said. “We had a qualifier in every event and we scored points in 12 of 15 events. This is our third straight Class LL title and I am so excited for these guys.”
Brooke Strauss won the 1,000 (2:58.32) to lead Glastonbury to the girls team title with 91.5 points. Danbury was second with 63 points and Fairfield Ludlowe third with 62.
“We had a well-balanced effort tonight, that was the key for us,” Glastonbury girls coach Brian Collins said. “Our depth came through with points in 12 of 15 events and that’s what you need in a meet like this.
“Connecticut has so many great athletes, you really need to be your best to win a team title. Tonight it worked out for us.”
PUFFER LAPS THE FIELD IN 3,200
Puffer produced one of the most impressive finishes of the night, lapping the field in the 3,200 to win in 9:18.42. Zachary Taubman of Staples was second in 9:40.48. The meet record of 9:06.06 was set in 2020 by Conard’s Gavin Sherry.
Puffer skipped the 1,600 to focus on the 3,200
“When you are running past runners and the challenge isn’t there, you just let your mind go,” Puffer said. “You focus more on your splits and the pace. I actually went out a little fast the first mile and I felt it in my legs. So I slowed down to maintain a better pace.
“The focus now is to do well in the 3,200 at the State Open.”
DAPLYN GETS A PR IN THE 600
Esme Daplyn of Greenwich took the lead in the first lap and pulled away to win the 600 in a personal best 1:38.82.
“This season I’ve struggled with my starts and I’ve been working on it,” Daplyn said. “So today, I said to myself why not go for it and start out front. In the middle of the race I heard a couple of the girls coming closer to me and that pushed me for a strong finish.”
KEELEY CRUISES IN 1,600
Anna Keeley of Fairfield Ludlowe took the lead coming off the starting line in the 1600 and held on to win in 5:05.21. Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury came on strong at the end and was second in 5:05.99.
“It depends on the competition, but I like to get out front early,” said Keeley, who has committed to run at Duke. “This is a good way to start the states heading toward the State Open and New England meets.”
Keeley cruised to a win in the 3200 in 10:56.24. Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury was second in 11:16.07.
OTHER WINNERS
Steven Deitelberg of Fairfield Ludlowe won the boys pole vault (14-0), Grace Gianquinto of Amity won the girls pole vault (9-0), Marques Singleton of McMahon won the boys shot put (45-7.75), Shayna Millard of Newtown won the girls shot put (30-11), Tyler Bartlett of Fairfield Ludlowe won the boys 1000 (2:35.67), Gianluca Bianchi of Greenwich won the boys 300 (36.22), and Tia Stapleton of Faifield Ludlowe won the girls long jump (16-11.25).
CLASS LL INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
(at Floyd Little Athletic Center, New Haven)
BOYS TEAM SCORES
1) Hall 88; 2) Greenwich 55; 3) Manchester 46; 4) Wilbur Cross 42; 5) Staples 35; 6) Fairfield Ludlowe 30; 7) Norwich Free Academy 24; 8) Ridgefield 18; 8) Glastonbury 18; 10) Norwalk 16; 11) East Hartford 15; 11) Danbury 15; 13) Southington 12; 14) Fairfield Warde 11; 15) Brien McMahon 10; 15) Trumbull 10; 17) Hamden 9; 18) Fairfield Prep 7; 19) Enfield 1
BOYS TOP FINISHERS
55 Meter Dash Finals: 1. Tristan Burke, East Hartford, 6.51; 2. Dangelo Aristilde, Norwich Free Academy, 6.54; 3. Tymaine Smith, Fairfield Prep, 6.60; 4. Kyle Thomas, Danbury, 6.66; 5. Jamar Alcena, Norwalk, 6.69; 6. Mason Pilkington, Enfield, 6.75.
300 Meter Dash: 1. Gianluca Bianchi, Greenwich, 36.22; 2. Jonathan York, Hall, 36.59; 3. Michael Sardo, Glastonbury, 37.15; 4. Maximo Rivano, Fairfield Warde, 37.29; 5. Ethan Walls, Ridgefield, 37.61; 6. Liam Buckley-Robinson, Hamden, 37.74.
600 Meter Run: 1. Tobias Ruffo, Hall, 1:25.92; 2. Sean McDaniel, Hall, 1:26.03; 3. Bruno Guiduli, Staples, 1:26.18; 4. Gabriel Sisk, Hall, 1:26.22; 5. Michael Sardo, Glastonbury, 1:27.26; 6. Christopher Twombly, Danbury, 1:27.30.
1000 Meter Run: 1. Tyler Bartlett, Fairfield Ludlowe, 2:35.67; 2. Zachary Jelinek, Greenwich, 2:36.57; 3. Ryan Donovan, Ridgefield, 2:37.66; 4. Sean Barkasy, Manchester, 2:38.03; 5. Walker Beverly, Hall, 2:38.22; 6. Jamie Rendon, Hall, 2:40.66.
1600 Meter Run: 1. Nikita Omelchenko, Wilbur Cross, 4:22.03; 2. Nathaniel Aronson, Hall, 4:31.43; 3. Parker Broderick, Fairfield Warde, 4:32.22; 4. Mohammed Abunar, Trumbull, 4:32.25; 5. Ben Lorenz, Staples, 4:32.36; 6. Angel Perez, Fairfield Prep, 4:32.98.
3200 Meter Run: 1. Aidan Puffer, Manchester, 9:18.42; 2. Zachary Taubman, Staples, 9:40.98; 3. Nathan Cramer, Fairfield Ludlowe, 9:41.04; 4. Sean Barkasy, Manchester, 9:44.80; 5. Isaac Mahler, Hall, 9:47.13; 6. Joseph Accurso, Glastonbury, 9:47.38.
55 Meter Hurdles: 1. Blake Battaglia, Wilbur Cross, 8.01; 2. John Regalbuti, Southington, 8.02; 3. Zachary Carifa, Greenwich, 8.15; 4. William Reeves, Southington, 8.26; 5. Evan Dadson, Trumbull, 8.46; 6. Jonas Varnas, Staples, 8.52.
4×200 Meter Relay: 1. Hall (Jonathan York, Samuel Sandler, Thomas Nash, Charles Cameron), 1:33.32; 2. Greenwich (Thomas Foster, John Sias, Gianluca Bianchi, Harrison Goldenberg), 1:34.67; 3. Norwalk (Jamar Alcena, Sean Williams, Bailey Lewis, Jackson Luther), 1:35.35; 4. East Hartford (Darrion Wiliams, Dillon Haughton, Kameron Massey, Tristan Burke), 1:36.52; 5. Danbury (Christian Jolly, Kyle Thomas, Kyan Cazorla, Scott Gersten), 1:36.59; 6. Trumbull (Sebastian Perez, Liam O’Keefe, Freud-Williams Maignan, Elliot Miller), 1:37.40.
4×400 Meter Relay: 1. Hall (Jonathan York, Gabriel Sisk, Tobias Ruffo, Samuel Sandler), 3:30.02; 2. Staples (Samir Mott, Alex Harrington, David Sedrak, Bruno Guiduli), 3:34.11; 3. Greenwich (Zachary Carifa, Zachary Jelinek, Gianluca Bianchi, Harrison Goldenberg), 3:36.73; 4. Glastonbury (Jackson Boyd, Kevin Clarke, Dominic Pena, Michael Sardo), 3:38.24; 5. Danbury (Kyan Cazorla, Christopher Twombly, Joshua Roos, Kyle Thomas), 3:40.69; 6. East Hartford (Tristan Burke, Donnique Starks, Jahni Crawford, Jayden Brown), 3:40.88.
4×800 Meter Relay: 1. Hall (Colin Goldschmidt, Jake Ludgin, Sean McDaniel, Tobias Ruffo), 8:15.45; 2. Manchester (Sean Barkasy, Cian Grady, Caleb Curtis, Aidan Puffer), 8:15.84; 3. Danbury (Joshua Roos, Steven Confesor-Chable, Ryan Scappaticci, Devon Rosemark), 8:25.71; 4. Staples (Zachary Taubman, Matthew Fleming, Noah Robison, Rory Tarsy), 8:28.13; 5. Wilbur Cross (Wolf Boone, Hector Meza Sanchez, Sebastian Halpren, Nikita Omelchenko), 8:31.83; 6. Greenwich (Quinn Collins, Antonio Ciccarelli, Aidan Fay, Wyatt Abernethy), 8:39.11.
1600 Sprint Medley: 1. Greenwich (Thomas Foster, John Sias, Harrison Goldenberg, Zachary Jelinek), 3:41.88; 2. Wilbur Cross (Blake Battaglia, Justin Irrizary, Wayne Tolson, Nikita Omelchenko), 3:42.80; 3. Staples (David Sedrak, William Masters, Samir Mott, Rory Tarsy), 3:44.22; 4. Hall (Julian Serrano, Thomas Nash, Samuel Sandler, Jamie Rendon), 3:46.67; 5. Fairfield Ludlowe (Cooper Anderson, James Revay, Samuel Keller, Tyler Bartlett), 3:48.16; 6. Trumbull (Varujan Edwards, Jaden Marti, Sebastian Perez, Nathan Beldoro), 3:52.01.
High Jump: 1. Jamil Manu, Manchester, 6-00; 2. Duke Quermorllue, Norwalk, J6-00; 3. Zachary Carifa, Greenwich, 5-10; 4. Nicolai Yanko, Hall, J5-10; 5. Elliot Miller, Trumbull, 5-08; 6. Jonathan Wihbey, Glastonbury, J5-08.
Pole Vault: 1. Steven Ditelberg, Fairfield Ludlowe, 14-00; 2. Lucas Williams, Ridgefield, 12-06; 3. Liam Wright, Hall, 11-06; 4. Thomas Ryen, Glastonbury, 11-00.
Long Jump: 1. Jamil Manu, Manchester, 21-01; 2. Christopher Hergott, Hamden, 20-03.25; 3. Jeremaih Paul, Norwich Free Academy, 19-11; 4. Michaelly Luc, Norwich Free Academy, 19-05.75; 5. Ryder Gatenby, Fairfield Ludlowe, 19-05; 6. Aaron Sandler, Hall, 19-02.
Shot Put: 1. Marques Singleton, Brien McMahon, 45-07.75; 2. Jay Candelario Vazquez, Wilbur Cross, 45-07; 3. Jordan Ribeiro, Norwich Free Academy, 45-02.50; 4. Jaquan Johnson, Wilbur Cross, 43-11.75; 5. Liam Nguyen, Ridgefield, 43-03.50; 6. John Heitzman, Fairfield Warde, 43-02.50.
GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1) Glastonbury 91.50; 2) Danbury 63; 3) Fairfield Ludlowe 62; 4) Newtown 54; 5) Greenwich 42; 6) Hall 34; 7) Trumbull 24; 8) Amity 17; 9) Conard 16; 10) Staples 14; 11) Norwich Free Academy 11.50; 12) Southington 10; 13) Ridgefield 8; 14) East Hartford 7; 15) Wilbur Cross 5; 16) Brien McMahon 4; 17) Hamden 2
GIRLS TOP FINISHERS
55 Meter Dash Finals: 1. Alanna Smith, Danbury, 7.14; 2. Molly Harding, Glastonbury, 7.40; 3. Kaitlyn Fay, Greenwich, 7.43; 4. Florence Dickson, Danbury, 7.47; 5. Kyrah Smith, East Hartford, 7.53; 6. Jasmyn Bransford, Norwich Free Academy, 7.57.
300 Meter Dash: 1. Alanna Smith, Danbury, 39.58#; 2. Molly Harding, Glastonbury, 41.42; 3. Francine Stevens, Staples, 41.44; 4. Keira Stewart, East Hartford, 43.25; 5. Samantha DeWitt, Staples, 43.42; 6. Kyrah Smith, East Hartford, 43.51.
600 Meter Run: 1. Esme Daplyn, Greenwich, 1:38.82; 2. Riley Powers, Newtown, 1:40.96; 3. Hannah Snayd, Newtown, 1:41.05; 4. Tatum Havemann, Staples, 1:41.50; 5. Annika Paluska, Glastonbury, 1:41.53; 6. Meghan Smith, Glastonbury, 1:42.08.
1000 Meter Run: 1. Brooke Strauss, Glastonbury, 2:58.32; 2. Kali Holden, Trumbull, 2:59.03; 3. Jacqueline Izzo, Southington, 3:00.40; 4. Ava Gattinella, Glastonbury, 3:02.90; 5. Grace Moriarty, Fairfield Ludlowe, 3:07.79; 6. Jacqueline Dudus, Glastonbury, 3:11.69.
1600 Meter Run: 1. Anna Keeley, Fairfield Ludlowe, 5:05.21; 2. Brooke Strauss, Glastonbury, 5:05.99; 3. Kali Holden, Trumbull, 5:10.78; 4. Anna Omelchenko, Wilbur Cross, 5:16.25; 5. Kathryn Marchand, Trumbull, 5:23.68; 6. Emma Talon, Southington, 5:34.86.
3200 Meter Run: 1. Anna Keeley, Fairfield Ludlowe, 10:56.24; 2. Brooke Strauss, Glastonbury, 11:16.07; 3. Katherine Sanderson, Hall, 11:16.92; 4. Kali Holden, Trumbull, 11:27.72; 5. Kathryn Marchand, Trumbull, 11:30.19; 6. Anna Omelchenko, Wilbur Cross, 11:46.42.
55 Meter Hurdles: 1. Zoe Spann-McDonald, Glastonbury, 8.97; 2. Audrey Kpodar, Danbury, 9.47; 3. Jamie Adams, Newtown, 9.59; 4. Olivia Pacini, Danbury, 9.60; 5. Alyssa Andrews, Trumbull, 9.70; 6. Olivia Robles, Danbury, 9.84.
4×200 Meter Relay: 1. Danbury (Florence Dickson, Alanna Smith, Giuliana Robles, Briana Gilliard), 1:46.50; 2. Glastonbury (Hannah Caiola, Riley Carroll, Alayna Taylor, Molly Harding), 1:48.83; 3. Greenwich (Kayla Egan, Olivia Eslava, Haley Townsend, Kaitlyn Fay), 1:49.59; 4. Brien McMahon (Sofia Aguilar, Shaniya Young, Emily Legere, Jade Ferdinand), 1:49.70; 5. Staples (Molly Liles, Emma Nordberg, Samantha DeWitt, Francine Stevens), 1:49.75; 6. Fairfield Ludlowe (Coco Norman, Kayla Pattison, Charlotte Phillips, Aerin Keesser), 1:50.97.
4×400 Meter Relay: 1. Newtown (Elise Barricelli, Ally McCarthy, Riley Powers, Hannah Snayd), 4:13.92; 2. Fairfield Ludlowe (Coco Norman, Annelise Bentley, Grace Moriarty, Aerin Keesser), 4:16.59; 3. Greenwich (Haley Townsend, Olivia Eslava, Elizabeth Anderson, Kayla Egan), 4:21.31; 4. Danbury (Briana Gilliard, Audrey Kpodar, Kayla Taylor, Florence Dickson), 4:28.24; 5. Hall (Hana Roggendorf, Kathryn Moskal, Zella Jackson, Lauren Moskal), 4:29.33; 6. Amity (Gabriella Rosa, Nicole Grosso, Ella Moffett, Audrey Cummings), 4:30.91.
4×800 Meter Relay: 1. Glastonbury (Annika Paluska, Kylie Hilliard, Jacqueline Dudus, Ava Gattinella), 9:41.73; 2. Newtown (Riley Powers, Ally McCarthy, Sophia Guevara, Hannah Snayd), 9:45.27; 3. Hall (Katelyn Osoba, Madeline Peterson, Abigail Sanderson, Katherine Sanderson), 9:59.10; 4. Greenwich (Elizabeth Anderson, Cate Adorney, An Suzuki, Esme Daplyn), 10:02.51; 5. Southington (Jessica Lombardo, Madison Bafundo, Megan Wadman, Emma Talon), 10:32.39; 6. Fairfield Ludlowe (Claire Fuchs, Maggie Zaino, Jordan Stein, Emily Nolan), 10:40.85.
1600 Sprint Medley: 1. Greenwich (Kayla Egan, Olivia Eslava, Haley Townsend, Esme Daplyn), 4:20.84; 2. Fairfield Ludlowe (Mia Gurevich, Kayla Pattison, Haley Martinsen, Grace Moriarty), 4:27.27; 3. Glastonbury (Hannah Caiola, Alayna Taylor, Riley Carroll, Kelley MacElhiney), 4:27.52; 4. Newtown (Elise Barricelli, Amelia Daly, Sophia Guevara, Ally McCarthy), 4:30.35; 5. Hall (Kathryn Moskal, Hana Roggendorf, Lauren Moskal, Katelyn Osoba), 4:33.51; 6. Southington (Riley Kofsuske, Avia Burns, Megan Wadman, Jessica Lombardo), 4:40.94.
High Jump: 1. Audrey Kirkutis, Conard, 5-06#; 2. Tia Stapleton, Fairfield Ludlowe, 5-02; 3. Abigail Ball, Amity, J5-02; 4. Kailey Wackerman, Fairfield Ludlowe, J5-02; 5. Kathryn DeSousa, Glastonbury, 5-00; 6. Kayleigh Troy, Newtown, 4-10.
Pole Vault: 1. Grace Gianquinto, Amity, 9-00; 2. Alexis Boyer, Norwich Free Academy, J9-00; 3. Nora Hanlon, Hall, J9-00; 4. Sarah Christina, Glastonbury, J9-00; 5. Anna Hilary, Glastonbury, 8-06; 5. Delaney Phelps, Norwich Free Academy, 8-06.
Long Jump: 1. Tia Stapleton, Fairfield Ludlowe, 16-11.25; 2. Giuliana Robles, Danbury, 16-09.25; 3. Audrey Kirkutis, Conard, 16-07.50; 4. Kimberleigh Williams, Danbury, 16-02.75; 5. Julia Lawrence-Riddell, Hamden, 15-11.75; 6. Jasmyn Bransford, Norwich Free Academy, 15-11.25.
Shot Put: 1. Shayna Millard, Newtown, 30-11; 2. Carli Ciavarelli, Ridgefield, 30-07.50; 3. Brooke Martindale, Hall, 30-03; 4. Tessa Hache, Hall, 30-01.25; 5. Jacqueline Hamad, Hall, 29-08.25; 6. Kaelin Rising, Newtown, 29-06.25.
