By Michael Letendre

BRISTOL – The Bristol Central boys track and field squad nearly won the CCC South title on May 25.

In fact, the Rams just missed out on first place by four points as Middletown won the CCC South Divisional Conference title, besting Central, 162-158, to win the league.

“Congrats Bristol Central Boys track and field,” said Central coach Tamara Stafford-Kirk via Twitter. “Great season [and] great memories.” 

Bristol Eastern placed seventh overall behind a 44-point effort.

The Rams had several dual winners which included Nate DeAngelo as the senior standout took three races.

DeAngelo won the 800 meters (1:59.69), the mile (4:25.62) and two mile challenges (9:51.07) over another huge effort.

And junior Victor Rosa pulled off the same feat, taking the 100 meters (11.12 seconds), 200 meters (22.75 seconds) and made up one of legs of the winning 4×100 relay team along with Nick Jones, Jarrett Boxley, and Xavier Browne (45.11 seconds).

And then Central made several second place finishes along the way.

Sophomore Frankie Porrini was the runner-up in the 800 (2:00:45) and 1600 (4:31.76) while earning third place in the high jump (five feet, eight inches).

The combination of Austin Freve, Noah Conrod, Mitchell Peterson, and Ramon Peters took second place in the 4×400 relay (3:39.85).

Jakob Salinas made a toss of 158 feet, seven inches for second place in the javelin.

The combination of Ramon Peters, Freve, Chris Roy, and Ryan Sarmiento grabbed third place in the 4×800 relay (8:43.75) while Daniel Lauretti was third in the discus (126 feet, nine inches)

All-Conference honors were earned by Rosa, DeAngelo, Freve, Porrini, Breland, T. Jones, Browne, Conrod, Peterson, Peters, and Salinas for their efforts at the CCC South meet.

“Seniors, thank you,” said Stafford-Kirk. “You’re legacy will live on through your track and field brothers.”

For Eastern, Dante Marciano won the 400 meters (51.92 seconds) while Carter Harris took the pole vault event with a successful make of 10 feet, six inches.

And Ray Williams earned second place in the triple jump (39 feet, one inch).

Those three athletes from Eastern took home CCC South All-Conference honors.

Here are the results of the meet, featuring Bristol Central’s and Bristol Eastern’s top-eight finishers.

CCC South Boys Division Conference Championships

from Bristol Central – May 25, 2021

Boys Scores – Overall

Place/Team Points

1. Middletown    162

2. Bristol Central 158

3. Plainville    100

4. Lewis Mills     77.5

5. Maloney     67

6. Berlin     51.5

7. Bristol Eastern  44

8. Platt          17 

100 Meters – Finals 

Victor Rosa (Bristol Central, first place), 11.33 seconds

200 Meters – Finals

Victor Rosa (Bristol Central, first place), 22.75 seconds      

Xavier Browne (Bristol Central, fifth place), 24.14 seconds

400 Meters – Finals

Dante Marciano (Bristol Eastern, first place), 51.92 seconds

Noah Conrod (Bristol Central, sixth place), 56.03 seconds

800 Meter – Finals

Nate DeAngelo (Bristol Central, first place), 1:59.69  

Frankie Porrini (Bristol Central, second place), 2:00.45 

Logan Crowley (Bristol Eastern, fourth), 2:06.73 

Austin Freve (Bristol Central, sixth), 2:07.69

1600 Meter – Finals

Nate DeAngelo (Bristol Central, first place), 4:25.62   

Frankie Porrini (Bristol Central, second place), 4:31.76    

Ean Newman (Bristol Eastern, eighth place), 4:56.38     

3200 Meter – Finals

Nate DeAngelo (Bristol Central, first place), 9:51.07

Christopher Roy (Bristol Central, fifth), 10:37.91   

110 Meter Hurdles – Finals

Josh Poulin (Bristol Central, seventh place), 21.82 seconds

4×100 Meter Relay – Finals

Bristol Central (first), 45.11 seconds – Nicolas Jones, Jarrett Boxley, Xavier Browne, and Victor Rosa

4×400 Meter Relay – Finals

Bristol Central (second), 3:39.85 – Austin Freve, Noah Conrod, Mitchell Peterson, and Ramon Peters

Bristol Eastern (third), 3:45.24 – Logan Crowley, Jack Mulcunry, Treyvon Daniel and Dante Marciano

4×800 Meter Relay – Finals

Bristol Central (third), 8:43.75 – Ramon Peters, Austin Freve, Christopher Roy, and Ryan Sarmiento

Shot Put – Finals

Malachi Jones (Bristol Central, fifth), 44 feet, five inches

Discus – Finals

Dan Lauretti (Bristol Central, third), 126 feet, nine inches

Javelin – Finals

Jakob Salinas (Bristol Central, second), 158 feet, seven inches

Casey Quirion (Bristol Central, fourth), 130 feet, four inches

High Jump – Finals

Frankie Porrini (Bristol Central, third), 5-feet, eight inches

Treshawn Blair (Bristol Central, fourth), 5-feet, eight inches

Pole Vault – Finals

Carter Harris (Bristol Eastern, first), 10-feet, six inches

Long Jump – Finals

Treshawn Blair (Bristol Central, fourth place), 19 feet, 5.5 inches   

Nick Jones (Bristol Central, fifth place), 19 feet, one inch   

Rashard Williams (Bristol Eastern, seventh place), 18 feet, 11 inches   

Triple Jump – Finals

Rashard Williams (Bristol Eastern, second place), 39 feet, one inch   

Treshawn Blair (Bristol Central, fourth place), 38 feet, three inches   

Nick Jones (Bristol Central, fifth place), 36 feet, 6.75 inches   

Isiah Lawrence-Bynum (Bristol Eastern, seventh place), 36 feet, 1.5 inches