West Hartford Students Excel at Greater Hartford Invitational

The weather for Saturday's 81st Greater Hartford Invitational was warm and sunny – the kind of weather that has eluded most of the track athletes during this spring season.

At the end of the day, the warmth and sunshine proved friendly to several West Hartford teams.

The day was filled with success for the boys, who finished second in the "Large Schools" division. Ezra Holmes claimed first place in both the triple jump (43-08.25) and high jump (6-02.00) and second place in the long jump. Conard's Ned Wilson finished second in the 3200m and fourth in the 1600m, and Owen Dawson was third in the shot put and fourth in the discus throw.

also took home numerous medals. Overall, the boys finished second in the "Small Schools" division and the Northwest girls were third.

NWC's Sarah Gillespie took home first place in the girls 1600m (4:58:54) and Brian Poirier crossed the finish line first in the boys 1600m (4:23.96).

Northwest's Galo Rodriguez was second in the boys 100m hurdles, Jared Delane was second in the boys 200m, and the NWC girls 4x800m relay team also finished in second place. Poirier was third in the boys 800m, and Delane finished third in the boys 100m.

The Conard girls ended the day in fourth place among large schools, with a notable first place finish for Lily Harrington in the 3200m. Harrington was second to Northwest's Gillespie in the 1600m, and Conard's Ellen Bridgman took home a silver medal in the high jump and finished third in the triple jump.