Celeste Halliday's Daughter Wins Connecticut 800 State Title

Sydnee Over, a junior at Connecticut's South Windsor High School, and daughter of former Villanova All-American Celeste Halliday, took the state title in the 800 meters Saturday in 2:11.85. She finished 2nd in the 400 meters as well, in 54.60. She's been credited with a 2:04 leg in the 4 x 800 meter relay. Here are the results of the 800 meter final:

Girls 800 Meter Run
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 Open Record: # 2:07.19  1992        Liz Mueller, Waterford                    
    Name                    Year School            Seed     Finals  Points
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  1 Sydnee Over               11 Windsor           2:17.71    2:11.85  10
  2 Kellie Davis              11 Hillhouse         2:15.61    2:13.72   8   
  3 Abigail Markowitz         12 Greenwich         2:15.66    2:14.62   6   
  4 Sarah Gillespie           11 Northwest CA      2:11.06    2:15.01   5   
  5 Briana Lenehan            11 Norwich Free      2:15.97    2:16.68   4   
  6 Reagan Cerney             11 Newtown           2:18.56    2:17.48   3   
  7 Medinah Nabadduka         12 Windsor           2:20.50    2:19.19   2   
  8 Allison Gates             12 Valley Regio      2:21.04    2:19.49   1   
  9 Ashley Piccirillo-Horan   11 Granby Memor      2:25.81    2:22.59  
 10 Lauren Scahill            10 Ledyard           2:22.21    2:22.64  
 11 Maggie Christe            11 Immaculate        2:19.06    2:22.68  
 12 Corinne Stockmal          12 St. Joseph        2:24.03    2:23.31  
 13 Anna Oreintale            11 Glastonbury       2:20.56    2:23.45   
 13 Alexandra Popkin          12 Staples           2:20.22    2:23.45  
 15 Rebecca Race              12 Amity             2:20.60    2:24.34  
 16 Melissa Cummings          11 Bristol Cent      2:23.64    2:24.43  
 17 Caroline Weihs            11 Darien            2:24.58    2:24.69  
 18 Raquel Pouliot            10 Coventry          2:23.28    2:25.16  
 19 Alex Carbonell            12 Berlin            2:23.70    2:25.75  
 20 Cameron Chaplen           11 Thomaston         2:24.02    2:26.06  
 21 Kathleen Wysocki          10 Northwestern      2:25.56    2:29.13  
 22 Becky Perugini            10 Thomaston         2:25.26    2:32.66  
 -- Kristen Jovanelly         12 RHAM              2:23.79        DNS  
 -- Christine Bendzinski      10 RHAM              2:24.15        DNS  
 -- Grace Loh                 11 Darien            2:24.94        DNS  
 -- Emily Howard              12 Tolland           2:17.08        SCR