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The Spring Schedule for the 2010 Boys and Girls Track Teams is posted on the site.  All dual  meets are coed and just about every meet is a dual meet (meaning only two schools are competing).  This should be interesting and represents a major change from the way meets were run in the old NWC.  The season kicks off with a home meet v. Middletown on Wed. April 7, 2010.  No time to warm up - with old NWC rival Middletown as our first meet of the season.  This will make our pre-season preparation even more crucial.  To see the schedule Click Here

Senior, Justin Roncaioli followed up his victory in the 2008 2000 m Steeplechase by placing 6th at the CIAC State Open 3000 m Steeplechase, contested at Willow Brook Park on Wed. June 17.   Justin's time of 10:12 was just a few seconds off the school record held by Chris Green.  In the 2000 m Steeple, Junior Rick Lewandowski ran 6:38 to take third place.  Rick was just three seconds off Justin's school record in the 2000m Steeplechase.  See the Results

The Annual Track Picnic and Traditional Container Painting will take place, on the track after school, on Monday June 15, at 2:45 PM.  We will start cooking the traditional Hot Dogs and Gatorade at 3:00 and Painting will begin as soon as all the hurdles are stored away.  We will be painting "NWC Champions 2009" in big white letters and then everyone can paint their names around those words in blue or white.   Come and join us for this annual event, which is made special by our boys' and girls' teams winning the NWC Championship.

Ryan Bisson tied the Pole Vault record held by Dan Neilan at 12-0 at the CIAC Class MM meet placing 10th.   Ryan's pervious best was 11-0 set while winning the NWC meet.  On the track, the 4 x 800 m relay team of Justin Roncaioli, Connor Hilbie, Sean Buehler, and Rick Lewandowski set a new school record running 8:32.74.  This broke another record of Neilan's set in 2001 by Dan Neilan, Pat Mahoney, Colin Morel, and Dan Gonsalves.   The 4 x 800 team placed 8th at the meet.  
Discus Thrower Nick DeLoia qualified for the State Open, taking 5th place in the Discus.
For Full Meet Results Click Here
Congratulations to our new record holders.

On Wed. May 20, 2009, the Boys Track team did what no other BHS boys track team has done before - WIN the NWC Championship!!!  To see the full results CLICK HERE  Some of the highlights for Berlin, were double winner Steve Nelson, who is the NWC Champion in the Shot Put and the Discus throw,  Steve DeLoia, who made all conference in the Discus and the Javelin, Ryan Bisson who is the NWC Champion in the Pole Vault, Mark Jolley, who tied a school record in the High Jump as well as becoming a NWC Champion. 

With victories over RHAM and Plainville, the BHS Boys Track Team finished the regular dual meet season with a 7-1 record in the Northwest Conference.  "This is the best finish, in the NWC, since I have been at Berlin."   Berlin is in second place going into the NWC Championship Meet which will be contested at the Biscoglio Track in Berlin on Wed. May 20, 2009.   A top finish at the Conference Championships on Wed, will give the Redcoats at least a share of the Conference Title.  There are several scenarios but the long and short of it is:  Berlin must finish ahead of East Catholic to force a tie and no more than two places behind Middletown.  We're going to try to win it all, so that we don't need to depend on another team to help us.  It would be a fitting end to the NWC, which holds it final championship meet at Berlin.  The new track surface has been great, and our kids have performed well - improving each meet.  "It's a big advantage for our jumpers and throwers to be competing at home.   We haven't had to compete at a conference meet, away from the Biscoglio Track, all season.  That has certainly been an advantage for us, that we hope will continue as we host the Championships next week."