State Open Track
Morgis, D’Alleva-Bochain finish as state champions
Two members of the Woodstock Academy girls’ track and field team finished their in-state high school careers as state champions June 6.
Both Lily Morgis and Isabel D’Alleva-Bochain finished in first place at the State Open championship.
Morgis is the best in the state in the discus as she connected on a late throw to forge into the lead and held on to it.
Morgis’ fifth attempt sailed 139-feet, 4-inches which gave her the first-place finish by nearly 5 feet over Plainfield High junior Nevaeh Dailey.
“Lily was struggling to land good throws and had some fouls along the way but she connected on that fifth one and that’s all she needed,” said coach Josh Welch. “She may get another shot at (the) New England (championship) and the New Balance Nationals to close it out.”
The problem for Morgis, D’Alleva-Bochain and two other seniors who also qualified for the New England Championship, Emma Weitknecht and Avery Plouffe, is that the New England championship will be on Saturday in Maine.
There is a little conflict that the girls will have to make a choice between as graduation ceremonies at Woodstock Academy also take place on Saturday.
D’Alleva-Bochain led throughout the javelin competition with her winning throw going 135-6 which was over six-feet better than second=place finisher Ashleen Walsh of Bacon Academy.
D’Alleva-Bochain also matched her career best, 5-feet, in the high jump and placed 12th overall.
Plouffe qualified for next weekend’s New England championship in Maine as she finished second in the shotput with a throw of 37-10 and Weitknecht also qualified for New England’s with a fifth-place finish in the 100m hurdles (15.08 seconds).
Kiley Elliott finished eighth in the shotput and the 4x800m relay team of Bella Amlaw, Olivia Tracy, Claire Bruneaux and Emme Langevin placed 10th.
The Centaurs placed fourth as a team overall with 33 points behind the likes of Bloomfield, Naugatuck and Manchester.
Boys’ Track
The boys’ track and field team earned seven points at the State Open Championship. The Centaurs can thank senior Eli Manning for that.
Manning was fourth in the discus (160-5); seventh in the javelin (166-8) and 12th in the shotput (48-5 ½) to account for all of the Woodstock points and he also qualified for the New England championship in both discus and javelin.
The 4x800m relay team of Oliver Pierce, Sam Greene, Jackson Durand and Ronan Curran finished in a school record time 8 minutes, 13 seconds and placed 13th Saturday. Owen Williamson was 16th in the 300m hurdles.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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