Congrats to UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week
Spencer Brown, Wilton track
June 9, 2015
Spencer Brown, a senior runner on Wilton High’s boys track team, has been voted our ninth UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week for the spring 2015 season!
Spencer swept the 800 and 1,600 meters with record times in the Class L meet last week. He won the 1,600 in the pouring rain, finishing in 4:13:29, and took the 800 in 1:50.88.
Spencer, who will attend Georgetown University, capped off a dominant senior year June 8 by winning the 800 and finishing second in the 1,600 at the State Open, which will be shown by CPTV Sports Sunday June 14 at 8:00pm.
In the fall, Spencer was second in the Class L cross country meet and third in the State Open. In the winter, he won the 1,600 in the Class L and State Open meets.
It is the second consecutive week a Wilton High athlete won the award. Last week, Warriors pitcher JT Morin was honored for leading Wilton to the FCIAC baseball tournament title.
Our previous spring honorees: Shelton pitcher Mike Cowell, Amity softball player Katie Koshes, New Milford girls lacrosse player Marisa McLaughlin, North Branford softball player Lindsay Golia, Northwest Catholic girls lacrosse player Lauren Cenci, Middletown softball player Kelsey White and Joel Barlow-Redding pitcher Mark Raymond Check CPTVSports.org this weekend for our next slate of UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week nominees.
Our UChoose Student-Athletes of the Week for winter 2014-15:
Greenwich boys basketball player Conor Harkins, Holy Cross-Waterbury girls basketball player RaShana Siders, Fairfield co-op boys hockey player Jake Fuss, Northwest Catholic boys hockey player Anthony Ceolin, Northwest boys basketball player Christian Thomas, Masuk-Monroe boys basketball player Bryan Acevedo, New Fairfield/Immaculate hockey player Peter Masi, Simsbury boys basketball player Rayon Christie, Greenwich boys hockey Matt Lodato, Wilbur Cross runner Danae Rivers and Notre Dame-Fairfield girls basketball player Kayla Croswell, Simsbury boys hockey player Ben Levin and Canton girls basketball player Emily Briggs. Our athlete of the winter was Branford boys hockey player Tyler Criscuolo.
Our fall 2014 winners:
Fairfield Warde girls soccer player Taylor Gabrenas, Cheshire girls volleyball player Jillian Haberli, Torrington boys soccer player Kevin Vaca, Cheney Tech-Manchester quarterback Rafael Lebron, Maloney-Meriden soccer player Ricardo Lopez, Danbury boys soccer goalie Ian Shannon, Northwest Catholic-West Hartford running back Delano Robinson, Derby’s Ben Slowik, Norwich Free Academy’s Jawaun Johnson, Valley Regional’s Andrew Tuscano, Windsor’s John Nolan.
Click here on our guidelines for the award.
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