Wreckers rule the West

The Staples boys indoor track team won the Western Division title last Saturday with 168 points. Danbury (163) took second and was followed by Trumbull (46) and Bridgeport Central (44).

Junior Raphael-Andre Ray won the 300-meter dash with a time of 37.13 and 600 meters (1:25.60). Senior Robert Cross (7.64) won the 50-meter high hurdles.

In the 1,000 meters, senior captain Jonathan Foster (2:42.32) took second and junior Jack Roche (2:48.94) placed fourth. Senior captain Sam Zorfas (4:48.00) took third in the 1,600 meters. Junior Ben Aldrich (10:21.51) and Foster (10:27.82) placed third and fourth, respectively, in the 3,200 meters.

Additionally, Staples was almost flawless in relays. The Wreckers won the 4x240 meter (2:00.88), 4x400 meter (3:38.08) and sprint medley relays (4:00.10) and took second in the 4x800 meter relay (9:03.66).

Staples took second, third and fourth places in the high jump behind junior Chris Coyne (5-6) and senior captain Paul Chandler (5-2) and freshman Ethan Bradeen (5-2). Chandler (13-6) won the pole vault.

Coyne (44-1) and senior Eliot Bass (42-4) took third and fourth in the shot put,

Wreckers Coach Laddie Lawrence said, "We did well because this team has a great group of returning athletes who have trained hard for the championship season. As a result they scored several first places and backed that up with some good depth in several events."

The championship season is here and Staples hopes to excel in the upcoming meets.

"With several weeks remaining in the season, we hope to be very competitive in all of the remaining championship meets: FCIAC, Class LL State Open, New Englands and Nationals," Lawrence said.