Up until about 3 o’ clock today, it looked like the Rockland championship meet was going to happen. But, the meet was postponed until tomorrow, starting at 10 a.m.

After watching the athletes struggle through the inclement weather last Friday at Loucks, I think pushing the meet back was a really good call. As much as it’s a pain to bring everyone back a day later, it’s dangerous to have people running and jumping in this kind of (miserable) weather. I also think that competition in good weather brings out the athletes and teams that are truly the best.

So we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see which teams prevail in Rockland. Should be a great meet, I look forward to seeing everyone out at TZ.

With the Westchester county meet only a few days away I decided to stop keeping you all in suspense. Now that I’m about to unveil my predictions (for the boys) you all can go to your nearest OTB and lock it up. That being said, I’ve been trying to come up with these predictions for a few days. This meet will be pretty tough to predict. But here we go:

1. New Rochelle – I’m sure Coach Gallino is ecstatic I picked her team to win the county (I picked them to win in the indoor season, they finished second). Sorry coach, but I just like how the team’s competing. Winning leagues was impressive, I know I’m probably putting to much stock into that one meet, but let’s roll the dice on them a litte bit. I like teams that seem to be on a roll and they look pretty good. I know they lost Lewis, but I think they’ve had a real solid season and it should continue.

Here’s a link to those rankings.

Clearly, North Rockland has the best chance to upset Suffern. But for that to happen, the Red Raiders will need to beat the Mounties head to head in any event where it’s feesible. For instance, if Britney Clarke and Jen Clayton both run the 200, Clarke needs to beat her (and finish first). The Red Raiders need every point possible to pull off the upset.

With those thoughts in mind, let me give you my top five.

1. Suffern – OK, so kill me for going chalk here. If there was any doubt about how good this team is (which I don’t think there was) it was washed away when it scored the most points of any team at Loucks. With the two Claytons and Greany, Suffern comes into a meet with star power that no team can match.

2. North Rockland – This is a really, really good team. In a lot of counties North Rockland would be a huge favorite in a meet like this. It just so happens that they compete in a county with a great team.

3. Clarkstown South – The Vikings will score their share of points because they have a few athletes who are among the best in the Section in their events. Michelle Eberhart is coming off a win in the triple jump at Loucks, and Lori Rendos (pole vault) and Devon Coulter (race walk) should finish in the top two or three in their events. Lauren Schlanger has the best discus mark in Rockland this year, so the Vikings will count on her for some points as well.

4. Pearl River – Watch out for this team in the future. A lot of coach Dan Doherty’s best talent is only in 8th or 9th grade. The Pirates are still probably too young to crack the top 3 at counties, but they have a bright future.

5. Tappan Zee – They don’t quite have the depth to compete for the title, but with Emma Miller-Bedell and Sara Graney, the Dutchies will score some points.

The Doc Rasbeck Relays were held Saturday at Irvington. The meet has good tradition and drew some excellent athletes this year. Below are the meet results for girls in Class I. Class II and II, and boys, will be up soon.

CLASS I

Team Scores:
Yorktown 120
Mahopac 114
Lakeland/Panas 96
Ossining 20
Mamaroneck 14

1. Yorktown
Abigail Winsted
Melanie Winsted
Caitlin Cuevo 58.81

2. Mahopac 59.14
3. Lakeland/Panas 1:00:76

Distance medley relay

1.Mahopac
Katie DiBello
Anne O’Conner
Kristen Nicholais
Chelsea Frenzel 14:00.68

2. Lakeland/Panas 14:15.61
3. Yorktown 15:30.27

400 relay

1. Yorktown
Caitlin Cuevo
Cassie Pettinati
Alissa Niad
Diahann Cuevo 54.55

2. Lakeland/Panas 55.53
3. Mahopac 56.88
4. Mamaroneck 57.21

3,200 team race

1. Mahopac 3 pts
Katie DiBello
Kristen Nicholais

2. Yorktown 7pts

800 relay

1. Yorktown 1:53.79
Ashlee Austin
Nadika Bhumnarain
Alissa Niad
Cassie Pettinati
2. Lakeland/Panas 1:56.40
3. Mahopac 2:01.48
4. Mamaroneck 2:07.47

3,200 relay

1. Mahopac
Katie DiBello
Anne O’Conner
Kristen Nicholais
Jess Stevenson 10:53.41

2. Lakeland/Panas 10:58.56
3. Yorktown 11:54.16

1,600 relay

1. Mahopac
Katie DiBello
Anne O’Conner
Jess Stevenson
Christine O’Gara 4:36.30

2. Lakeland/Panas 4:40.08
3. Yorktown 4;55.08

Pole vault

1. Somers
Julia Cavaliere
Crystal Contrata
Shone Craig 16’9”
2. Hendrick Hudson 10’

Triple jump

1. Mahopac
Maura Maloney
Steph Coffman
58’8”
2. Yorktown 58.4

Long jump

1. Lakeland/Panas
Jessica Meyers
Chelsea Ireland
Jenna Stewart 28’ ¾’”
2. Mahopac 27’8 ½”
3. Yorktown 25’8”

High jump

1. Yorktown
Ashlee Anston
Courtney Baker
Anjili Lani 9’
2.Lakeland/Panas 8’10”
3. Mahopac 8’6”

Discus

1. Yorktown
A.Belcastro
O.Kefauver
L.Gleason 119’
2.Mahopac 118’1”
3. Ossining 116’5”4

4. Lakeland/Panas 86’3”
Shot put

1. Mahopac
Shay Maloney
Lexy Martinez 49’
2. Ossining 44’3”
3. Yorktown 44’1”
Lakeland/Panas 41.3

Javelin

1. Yorktown
Courtney Baher
Christine Kelly
Lacey Gleason 107’3”
2. Lakeland/Panas 104’6”
3. Ossining 100’5”
Mahopac 79’6”

OK, so here are my long awaited predictions for the top five finishers on the boys side:

1. Ramapo: I know I’m really going out on a limb here. They have so much talent they will dominate a handful of events and score enough points everywhere else to win their second straight county title.

2. Suffern: That second place finish at leagues really impressed me. The Mounties have a lot of talented runners and they should score enough points to claim second place. The emergence of Dom McEnery and Jesse Sarka should give this team enough diversity to do well.

3. North Rockland: The Red Raiders haven’t had that impressive of a season. They have a lot of depth and should score in a lot of events, but I don’t know how many points they’ll score in some of these events. They will lack the big scorers needed to make a serious threat. Who will get them 20-30 points?

4. Spring Valley: Its strength is the same as Ramapo’s strength. A lot of really talented sprinters, but the Tigers should pick up points that Ramapo doesn’t get in the 1, 2, 4 and the relays.

5. Clarkstown South: The injury to Antoine McGill is brutal. I’m not sure how serious it is, but if he can’t compete then the Vikings are in trouble. You’re taking out of the lineup someone who can not only score but win three events on his own. Not to mention being a team leader.

Sorry for the late post, I went up to Boston after Loucks, and one of the city’s more famous bands, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones inspired me for the title of this post. Now The impression that I get:

Kristin Reese is on a roll. This weekend at Loucks she was running like a state champion. To win the 800 and 1,600 in back to back days is tough enough, but it’s the way that she did it. She was in control the whole way. Even yesterday with Shelby Greany running off her back shoulder, it never looked like she was in trouble. She said winning the 800 on Friday gave her confidence, now she won the 1,600 to go along with that. And both times were impressive, 2:11 in the 8 and 4:51 in the 16, she is already having a good season, but this could be a monster season.

Pole vaulting is always such a weird event. Sometimes jumpers look so good and then other times they just can’t get over the bar at any height.  Brian McGovern had that problem at Penn, but he can potentially clear 16 feet. He cleared 15-7 yesterday and looked great doing it. He cleared it on his first jump, but he no heighted at Penn and it took him three times to clear 14. Then on 15-7 he cleared it in one shot. I think by the end of the season he should be clearing 16.

You know what impresses me about Ramapo; it’s their determination. Coming down the final straight away if one of these guys are tied or close with another runner I expect them to win. It happened again yesterday in the 1,600 relay. Chidi Ezemma had the lead lost it in the first 200, it looked like he was broken, but then around the final turn he comes back and passes the kid from Colonie.

Elizabeth Mott ran two really good times in the hurdles. She is not content with her times yet this season, but she is definitely getting better each meet.

I’ll be back tomorrow to talk about counties…see you then…

League III-A championship

Boys

Team standings and key: 1. Byram Hills (BH) 178; 2. Croton-Harmon (CH) 110; 3. Westlake (Ws) 66; 4. Pleasantville (Pv) 57; 5. Kennedy (JFK) 55; 6. Putnam Valley (PV) 45; 7. Lincoln Hall (LH) 21; 8. Briarcliff (Bc) 20.

100 – 1. Miles Peterson (Pv) 11.38; 2. Tim Wuebber (BH) 11.57; 3. Jerron Willis (LH) 11.93. 200 – 1. Peterson (Pv) 23.0; 2. Wuebber (BH) 23.6; 3. Nick Dorkin (Bc) 23.6. 400 – 1. Nick Fasano (BH) 53.14; 2. James Granata (BH) 53.89; 3. Pete Skurman (BH) 55.03. 800 – 1. Fasano (BH) 2:08.60; 2. Granata (BH) 2:08.81; 3. Skurman (BH) 2:09.83. 1,600 – 1. Chris Ryan (BH) 4:49.57; 2. Jon Zupa n (PV) 4:50.46; 3.Joe Violone (BH) 4:52.08. 3,200 – 1. Violone (BH) 10:28.3; 2. Ryan (BH) 10:55.1; 3. Chris Cioffoletti (BH) 10:55.4. 110 hurdles – 1. Benson Njie (CH) 16.2; 2. Colin Powers (Ws) 17.8; 3. Dylan Schuck (JFK) 18.2. 400 hurdles – 1. Brendon O’Hara (CH) 1:00.9; 2. Schuck (JFK) 1:02.9; 3. Njie (CH) 1:04.2. Pole vault – 1. Pete Batalla (BH) 9-6; 2. Chris Peri (PV) 8-6; 3. Geoffrey Penny (Ws) 7-6. Triple jump – 1. Wuebber (BH) 39-4; 2. O’Hara (CH) 38-9 1/2 ; 3. Richard Sune (JFK) 38-5. Javelin – 1. Schuck (JFK) 151-11; 2. Shawn McDonald (BH) 145-7; 3. Bello (Ws) 121-8. Shotput – 1. Adam Bello (Ws) 45-0; 2. T.J. Hari (CH) 44-3; 3. David Hamilton (PV) 41-5 1/2 . Long jump – 1. Sune (JFK) 19-2; 2. Wuebber (BH) 18-10 1/2 ; 3. O’Hara (CH) 18-10. High jump – 1. O’Hara (CH) 6-0; 2. Max Odland (CH) 5-6; 3. Kyle Ng (Pv) 5-3. Discus – 1. Hari (CH) 119-0; 2. Bello (Ws) 116-8; 3. Brandon Sargent (CH) 108-1 1/2 . 400 relay – 1. Croton-Harmon (Alex Lozado, Ryan Sawyer, Njie, Jordan Brown) 47.27; 2. Byram Hills 47.28; 3. Lincoln Hall 47.96. 1,600 relay – 1. Byram Hills (Granata, Marshall Pollack, Andrew Cataldo, Skurman) 3:44.21; 2. Croton-Harmon 3:56.37; 3. Westlake 3:58.28. 3,200 relay – 1. Byram Hills (Alex Wilson, Eli Kominsky, Liam Weiland, Steve Blaser) 9:16.6; 2. Pleasantville 9:32.7; 3. Westlake 9:36.3.

Girls

Team standings and key: 1. Croton-Harmon (CH) 124; 2. Pleasantville (Pv) 102; 3. Westlake (Ws) 89; 4. Kennedy (JFK) 84; 5. Putnam Valley (PV) 67; 6. Byram Hills (BH) 53; 7. Briarcliff (Bc) 39.

100 – 1. Stephanie Deangelis (Ws) 13.29; 2. Amanda Howard (CH) 13.50; 3. Brittney Batalla (BH) 13.62. 200 – 1. Amy Wagner (Bc) 27.2; 2. Leomi Wright (PV) 27.3; 3. Howard (CH) 27.5. 400 – 1. Wagner (Bc) 1:04.19; 2. Caroline Spring (CH) 1:06.37; 3. Rachel Ahias (CH) 1:07.07. 800 – 1. Breeda Mannion (JFk) 2:30.06; 2. Libby Lazare (Pv) 2:33.38; 3. Beth Turchioe (BH) 2:36.02. 1,500 – 1. Mannion (JFK) 5:08.51; 2. Lazare (Pv) 5:14.42; 3. Diana Thethean (Pv) 5:32.31. 3,000 – 1. Lazare (Pv) 11:22.5; 2. Mannion (JFK) 11:49.0; 3. Thethean (Pv) 11:53.6. 100 hurdles – 1. Maggie St. Leger (CH) 16.9; 2. Mary Anderson (JFK) 17.3; 3. Julie Ledee (Ch) 18.0. 400 hurdles – 1. Anderson (JFK) 1:12.7; 2. St. Leger (CH) 1:15.3; 3. Katie Weiener (Bc) 1:16.2. Pole vault – 1. Brittany Commick (Ws) 7-6; 2. Jenny Chen (Ws) 6-6; 3. Jessica Occhipinta (CH) 6-6. Triple jump – 1. Amanda Douville (Ws) 30-10; 2. Melissa Schuck (JFK) 30-4 1/2 ; 3. Deanglis (Ws) 30-2. Shotput – 1. Kerri Lapuzzo (PV) 33-4; 2. Commick (Ws) 28-10; 3. Ruth Bluestone (CH) 26-2. Long jump – 1. Christina Villa (Pv) 14-3 1/2 ; 2. Anderson (JFK) 13-10 3/4 ; 3. Weiener (Bc) 13-10. High jump – 1. Dakota Laidman (Ws) 4-8; 2. Cassidy Danyao (Pv) 4-6; 3. Jackie D’Arco (Pv) 4-3. Discus – 1. Lapuzzo (PV) 83-6; 2. Kellianne Makinowski (CH) 77-2; 3. Chloe Gilroy (Pv) 76-8. Javelin – 1. Nicole Carey (PV) 71-0; 2. Lapuzzo (PV) 68-1; 3. Tina Elliot (Pv) 64-8. 400 relay – 1. Byram Hills (Batalla, Kristin Paresi, Rachel Schuman, Jessica Katz) 55.21; 2. Croton-Harmon 55.50; 3. Westlake 55.52. 1,600 relay – 1. Byram Hills (Turchioe, Alex Zaretsky, Batalla, Paresi) 4:29.07; 2. Croton-Harmon 4:35.85; 3. Pleasantville 4:39.41. 3,200 relay – 1. Pleasantville (Christine Miller, Claire Eichinger, Thethean, Lazare) 10:43.7; 2. Croton-Harmon 10:50.3; 3. Byram Hills 11:32.3. Race walk – 1. Sam Sanders (BH) 8:47.75; 2. Anna Drabek (CH) 9-22.53.

League III-B championship

At Edgemont

Boys

Team standings and key – 1. Eastchester (Ea) 154; 2. Edgemont (Ed) 146; 3. Rye® 120; 4. Woodlands (Wd) 64; 5. Pelham (P) 26; 6. Ardsley (A).

100 – 1. Liam Byrne (Ea) 11.6; 2. Matt Jackson (Ed) 11.6; 3. Eric Picrod® 11.7. 110 hurdles – 1. Slade Capasso (Ea) 18.3; 2. Jeff Gordon® 19.2; 3. Johnny Dorvilvus (Wd) 19.7; 200 – 1. L. Byrne (Ea) 23.5; 2. E. Picrod (RV) 23.7; 3. Franco Fleumond (Wd) 23.7. 400 – 1. Odian Smith (Wd) 51.6; 2. MacGregor® 52.9; 3. John Swikata (Ea) 53.4. 400 hurdles – 1. Ross Devore (Ed) 1:01.0; 2. J. Dorvilvus (Wd) 1:01.9; 3. Sean Fahy (Ea) 1:03.1; 800 – 1. O. Smith (Wd) 2:06.1; 2. Curtis Trueb (Ea) 2:07.7; 3. MacGregor (RZ) 2:08.0. 1,600 – 1. Dan Steinberg (Ed) 4:39.7; 2. Max Robinson® 4:41.3; 3. Mike Russo (Ea) 4:42.1; 3,200 – 1. Ben Steinberg (Ed) 10:25.4; 2. Max Robbinson® 10:27.5; 3. Andrew Silverberg (Ed) 10:34.7; 400 relay – 1. Woodlands (Essex, Smith, Booth, Fleumond) 45.7; 2. Eastchester, 46.1; 3. Rye, 46.3; 1,600 relay – 1. Woodlands, 3:40.9; 2. Edgemont 3:42.3; 3. Rye, 3:47.4. 3,200 relay – 1. Edgemont (Tahara, Silverberg, Dorzdov, Steinberg) 8:35.5; 2. Eastchester, 8:39.1; 3. Rye, 9:27.7. High jump – 1. Spence Lord (P) 5-10; 2. Max Yanker® 5-8; 3. David Manguin® 5-6. Long jump – 1. Slade Capasso (Ea) 19-7 3/4 ; 2. Selim Cjaka (P) 19-7 1/4 ; 3. Fahy (Ea) 19-3; Triple jump – 1. David Weinstein (Ed) 39-4; 2. Cjaka (P) 37-11; 3. Capasso (Ea) 37-3 3/4 . Pole Vault – 1. Adam Gelanzman (Ed) 9-6; 2. Joe Blau (Ea) 9-0; 3. Tom Jackson® 9-0; Shotput – 1. Sebasian Saunders® 40-5 1/4 ; 2. Paul Dibbini (Ed) 39-8; 3. David Jung (Ed) 38-4 1/2 ; Discus – 1. (Ea) 116-3; 2. (R) 106-10; 3. (Ed) 98-0.

Who do you think could have a big meet at Loucks this weekend?  Here are my picks of people to stand out:

Kevin Malivert: The Ramapo junior was the indoor state champion in the 55, and has the fastest time this season in the 100. He’s also on the fastest relay teams in the state.

Antoine McGill: He could be the best athlete in the section, and I don’t mean just in track and field. He is one of the top athletes in each sport he competes in. He has the potential to just explode at any meet, and this could be one of those meets.

Watch out for the pole vault. Aaron Konigsberg of Hackley and Brian McGovern of MSM will be going head to head at Loucks and this could be a preview of the state meet. McGovern has the better jumps this season, but Konigsberg may be more consistent. Aaron’s also coming off a throw of 199 feet in the javelin at Somers.

This could be the meet that Aki Bajulaiye cements himself as one of the better runners in the section.

Watch for Fordham Prep! The 1,600 relay of Wayne Seaton, Bruce Grant, Carlos Petrovic and Zach Keefer are among the best in the section. There 3,200 relay team running 7:53 at penn was no fluke either.

Julian Sheinbaum and Nelson Hall could potentially have big meets. Keep an eye out for those two.

Girls to watch for:

Jen Clayton: This is an obvious choice. She’s the best female athlete in the section. We’ll see how she does this weekend. She’s obviously the favorite heading into Loucks.

Shelby Greany: She’s such a great distance runner, and now she’s going to be running the steeplechase. She runs with such ease it’s almost a surprise when she doesn’t win.

Kristen Reese: The Carmel senior has the ability to control and dominate a race like nobody I’ve seen.

Elizabeth Mott: She should be hitting her stride by now. It seems that hurdle runners always take longer to get into a groove than some of the other athletes.

Sasha Richards: Eric really thinks she could have a big meet. She runs really well, and is always under the radar. This is the meet where she could really show her talent against some of the best runners she’ll run against.

Now that you know my predictions for the meet…. Who else should we keep an eye on?

Boys:

Team scores: 1. Monroe Woodbury 37, 2. Kingston 34, 3. Washingtonville 29, 3. Pine Bush 29, 5. Ramapo 28, 6. Cornwall 24, 7. Vernon 15, 7. Spring Valley 15, 9. Westwood 12, 9. Suffern 12, 11. Teaneck 11, 12. Beacon 10,  12. Veritas Christian Academy 10, 14. Clarkstown South 9, 14, Wallkill 9, 16. Minisink Valley 8, 17. Tappan Zee 4, 18. Townshend Harris 3, 19. Pearl River 1, 19. Goshen 1

Suffern’s DMR team of Dom McEnery, Evan Flach, Mike Pereira and James Biondi came in first in 11:12.7.

Clarkstown South’s Kyle Cranston finished fourth in the 800 in 2:02.4 and Brandan Hallas came in fifth in 2:02.7.

Kevin Malivert of Ramapo is continuing his exceptional season winning the 100 in 11.1 seconds.

In the 400 hurdles, Ryan Whitley finished first, running 55.3. This kid’s only a junior and is probably the best intermediate hurdler in the section.

Macolm Zamor, surprise, surprise another Ramapo athlete finished fourth in the long jump in 19-3.75

Ramapo had two top five finishers in the shot put, Hendrick Jean won the event throwing 52-4 and Marvin Payen came in fifth in 44-10. Mike Letizia threw 48-1, finishing second.

Jesse Sarka has thrown his name in as the best pole vaulter in Rockland. He cleared 13-0 at the meet as he came in third.

Antoine McGill won the 110 hurdles in 14.4 seconds.

Girls:

Team scores:

1. Monroe Woodbury 50, 2. Suffern 36.5, 3. Pine Bush 22, 4. NFA 19, 5. Vernon 18, 6. Cornwall 17, 6. Kingston 17, 6. Longwood 17, 9. Middletown 16, 10. Tappan Zee 11, Ramapo 9, 11. Washingtonville 9, 11. Westwood 9, 14. Clarkstown South 8.5, 15. Cicero North Syracuse 8, 16. Depaul Catholic 7, 16. Spring Valley 7, 16. Wallkill 7, 19. Minisink Valley 6, 20. Calara Barton 4, 20. Port Jervis 4, 22. Pearl River 2.

Suffern’s quartet of Carlson, Clayton, Montana and Greany won the Sprint medley in 4:15.5 and Greany, Avriles, Carlson and Soares won the DMR in 12:58.1.

Jen Clayton won the long jump in 17-10.

Michelle Eberheart won the triple jump 35-6.

Any other notable performances?