Montville High athletic director Walt Sherwin sat down in the press box and marveled at the people surrounding his track and football field.
"What a view from up here," he said several times.
Indeed, it was a pretty impressive one.
The first Eastern Connecticut Conference track championship at Montville High was blessed with great weather; sunshine along with a few clouds to dim its effects from time to time and a nice little breeze that kept everything just a little more pleasant especially for the athletes.
The press box view that Sherwin enjoyed was an active one. Athletes on the track and on the football field, either participating or warming up for their different events.
Behind each football end zone, both jump pits were busy while the field events ringed the entire complex.
And best of all, everything went off without a hitch, at times running ahead of schedule, something that's not often said at large track meets. It finished just about on time with the javelin competition holding up the final results for about 15 minutes.
Down on the track, it was Norwich Free Academy's day to celebrate as both the boys and girls brought home ECC championships.
It was the third time in a row for the Wildcat girls, the NFA boys were happy to re-take the title after Fitch went home with it a year ago. NFA boys coach Jemal Davis said winning the title, however, was not the primary motivation that his Wildcats came in with.
"What we were focusing on was getting back to a level of expectation," Davis said. "If we compete at a certain level, we know we're a very difficult team to beat. We got the numbers which help us, but we still have to come out and perform. (The championship) wasn't a focal point, but we did want them to realize the importance of this meet."
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