Sean Campbell ’10 set NE record in long jump.

Hyde Woodstock hosted the NEPSTA Division III Championship on Saturday, May 15^th.  Nineteen boy’s teams and sixteen girls teams attended the biggest meet of the season and Hyde CT’s guys and girls both had very respectable results with the boy’s tying Canterbury School for 7^th and the girls taking 10^th.   The boy’s had a comfortable 10 point lead on our sister school and rival Hyde School of Bath, ME, while the girls were edged out by 1 point.

Tim Hallenbeck ’10 set a personal record in the high hurdles at NEPSTA D3.

There were several standout performances from Hyde CT on both the guys and girls teams with the standout being Shawn Campbell (PG) who took home the gold in three events and set a NEPSTA DIII record in the long jump.  Shawn took first in the 100m, the 200m and the long jump, where his jump of 23′ 2″ surpassed the previous league record by 9″.  Shawn performance resulted in 30 of the teams 34 points.  The remaining four points were scored by Mac McGuire (2011) who took fourth in the pole vault with a personal record of 9′6″.  While only two athletes scored several others left everything they had on the track.  Kevin Blanco (2010) took 8^th place with a personal record of 2:14 in the 800m trailing just behind Zach Pfosi his Hyde ME rival.  Tim Hallenbeck (2010) set his PR in the 110m high hurdles.  Matt Wysocki fought hard to break down a wall and run under 5:00 in the 1500m but fell short but certainly not due to any lack of effort.  Ari Goldman (2010) threw a respectable 129′9″ to place 7^th in the javelin throw and jumped 38′10″ to place 8^th in the triple jump.  Dan Drayton (PG) ran his best of the season in the 400m at 53.99.  While Ewart Guinier (2010) had a rough time with the high jump clearing 5′6″ well below his best of 5′10″ his focus and his spirit was a great addition to his team’s performance.

Nora Curran ’10 won the women's high jump and set a school record at 8 feet.

On the girls end Nora Curran (2010) led the way by winning the pole vault with a personal best and new school record of 8′ scoring ten out of the teams 14 points.  The remaining four points were earned by Lexi Burke (2010) who took 4^th place in the shot with a throw of 28′11.5″ a personal record by more than a foot.  Other competitors put forth great efforts and attained personal records.  In the 400m, Simi DeAngelis (2010) ran a 1:08.76 while Lori Allen (2011) ran 14.88 in the 100m. Senior Caitlin Yablonski threw the javelin 57′ 9″.  These women represented the efforts of more than a dozen female athletes whose season had already concluded.

Hyde Woodstock looks forward to hosting the 2011 New England Championship in partnership with Chesire Academy.  Together both schools hope to continue the tradition of excellence and camaraderie started over twenty years ago.  See you next year!