It was another record setting day today for Staples senior Henry Wynne. At the 68th annual New England Interscholastic Championships in New Britain, he cruised to the nation’s No. 2 clocking in the 800-meter run, winning convincingly with a time of 1 minute, 49.93 seconds. Fellow Staples entrant Hannah DeBalsi, a freshman, ran a 10:10:24 3,200, placing her fourth in the country. She, Henry, and several other athletes from Staples will travel to Greensboro, N.C. next month to compete against the best runners from the country. To qualify for today’s meet, athletes first had to finish in the top five in their state class (LL) and then finish top six in the state open (all six classes combined). Also at New Britain, the 4x800m relay consisted of Walker Marsh, Peter Elkind, Luis Cruz, and Patrick Nolan; the 4x400m relay consisted of Walker Marsh, Henry Wynne, Jack Scott and Tucker Rizzi. Ct.milesplit.com photo

Senior Joey Zelkowitz (22) celebrates a Staples goal today in the Class L state championship lacrosse game against Fairfield Prep at Brien McMahon in Norwalk. The Wreckers, making their first state championship appearance snce 1999, led 7-4 in the third quarter but the Jesuits came from behind to win 14-8, clinching their second straight state title. Patrick Tewey/msgvarsity.com photo

UPDATE & CORRECT The Staples High School volleyball team tonight won its first CIAC crown since 2009, defeating top-seeded Glastonbury in the Class L state championship at Shelton. It was a come from behind 3-1 win with the Tomahawks taking the first game (24-26, 25-17, 25-13, 25-23). (CLICK TO ENLARGE) The team won the FCIAC title several weeks ago. Keith Stein for WestportNow.com

The Staples Girls’ Golf Team was runnerup in the state championships today, shooting a team score 370 at Orange Hills Country Club, 12 strokes behind Champion Berlin High School.  Pictured (l to r ) are Head Coach Bob Byiteck, Tri-Captains Faith Garcia, Christie Cantor and Erica Stein, and sophomore Mary Bennewitz, Freshman Anelise Browne, and Assistant Varsity Coach Patty Kondub. Staples actually tied with Greenwich for second place and were lead by Garcia’s individual score of 85. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Players pause for the National Anthem tonight at Little League Night at Green’s Farms Elementary School as the Staples Varsity softball team squared off against Fairfield Warde. The up and coming players and their families were treated to the Wrecker’s best win of the season with a come-from-behind victory over their next town rivals 3-2 with a two out bottom of the seventh walk off suicide squeeze. Junior Emma Moscovitz drove in the tying run with two outs and two on. Then winning pitcher senior captain Nicki Bukovsky bunted as junior Chrissy McCarthy was already streaking for home on a gutsy call made by coach Sara Holland. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Matthew Mandell for WestportNow.com

Soleil Molesworth, 11, of Westport took first place for her age group Saturday in the AAU Connecticut State gymnastics championship competition in Windsor. She took the gold with first place finishes in the floor exercise, the uneven bars, and the balance beam, and a bronze medal for the vault. Her overall scores gave her the first place finish and trophy for the best in all around honors.Ten AAU gymnastics teams from all over Connecticut competed at the event. Contributed photo

Scenes from today’s 34th annual Minute Man Race sponsored by the Westport Young Woman’s League. Click here for official results. Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

Amanda Parrish of Norwalk, an English teacher at Staples High School, was the top female finisher in today’s Minute Man 5K race in a time of 19:43. Parrish, who is also assistant coach of the Staples girls cross-country and track team, ran the Minute Man for the sixth time. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Timothy Milenkevich, 31, of Ansonia won today’s Minute Man 10K race in 33:11. He was the Minute Man 5K winner last year and today was the first time he ran the 10K race. Two weeks ago, he won the Narragansett Marathon. He works at Target Training in Westport. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com