Lyme-Old Lyme’s Chase Gilbert Races to Victory at State Opens

Gilbert’s time of 17:50.08 made her the fastest female runner among high schools of any size at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference event.

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November 4, 2025
Lyme-Old Lyme High School Senior Chase Gilbert, seated center, joins the top 25 runners at the CIAC State Opens on Monday.

NEW BRITAIN/OLD LYME — Congratulations to Lyme-Old Lyme High School Senior Chase Gilbert for earning the Cross-Country State Open title Monday at Wickham Park!

Gilbert’s time of 17:50.08 made her the fastest female runner among high schools of any size at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference event. She also won the Class S championship at the same venue on Oct. 25 with a time of 17:51.9.

Gilbert is coached by former Olympian and world record holder Jan Merrill-Morin.

Last year, Gilbert committed to the University of Virginia.

Editor’s Note: Visit this link to read an article by Elizabeth Regan published on LymeLine.com June 8, 2025 titled, TOP STORY: Champion Lyme-Old Lyme Girls Track & Field Team is ‘A Moment in Time’, which includes additional information on Chase Gilbert’s career to date.

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Elizabeth Regan

Elizabeth started her journalism career in 2013 with the launch of The Salem Connect, a community news site inspired by digital trailblazers like Olwen Logan. Elizabeth’s earliest reporting included two major fires — one at a package store and another at a log cabin where she captured, on video, a state trooper fatally shooting the unarmed homeowner and suspected arsonist. The experiences gave her a crash course in public record searches, courthouse procedures and the Freedom of Information Act. She went on to report for The Bulletin, CT News Junkie, The Rivereast, and The Day, where she covered the Lymes and helped launch the Housing Solutions Lab on affordable housing. Her work has earned numerous awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Now, after more than a decade in digital, weekly, and daily journalism, she’s grateful to return to the place where it all started: an online news site dedicated to one small corner of Connecticut.

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