Windham's Evan Rouse had been stuck below 22 feet in the long jump for most of the indoor track season.

So when he cleared 23 feet, 1 inch at the Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium/Small Division championship Saturday at the Coast Guard Academy, he had a decision to make.

He didn't have to make his final jump because he had already won the event and had a tough 300-meter still to come. But he asked coach Becky Howard, "What's the record?"

"I told him, ?An inch and a half, and you got the record, buddy,' " Howard said.

He did more than that, clearing 23-43⁄4 for a meet record, and followed that up with a meet record in the 300. Add to it a first-place in the high jump, and it was the best individual effort of the day in either the Large or Medium/Small competitions.

The team competition, as expected, went to Griswold, which won for a second year in a row, 98-81 over Stonington.