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Some thoughts on the weekend…

September

Sorry for the late post, I meant to write yesterday, but I had “family stuff” to do and by the time I got home I was beat and went straight to sleep.

I’m going to briefly run down all the meets this weekend and give you some quick highlights:

Dewitt Clinton:

Iona Prep has a very good top two runners. Sean Halpin took 5th in 17:08.22 and Kyle Shepard took 6th in 17:08.97. The team came in second, and the back runners have definitely closed the gap.

Dayton Flannery (11, 17:33.57) and Jack Hutton (19, 17:51.12) are also a good one-two for Bronxville. This weekend wasn’t a great time to run, but it was over 2 minutes since its next runner finished. That could be problematic as the team took 8th.

Katie Sullivan won another invitational. This time she finished in19:38.71. The team definitely has nice packing after her with Jackie McCarthy (12, 21:22.72) Ashley O’Sullivan (14, 21:41.08) and Carlie Brittan (16, 21.46.36). The team finished third with 60 points and could be a preview of the county meet as Bronxville (25) won the meet.

Bronxville will be extremely tough to beat. Its top five runners all run right next to eac other. Henrietta Mier, Tori Flannery, Amelia Philips, Caitlin Hudson and Meredith Rizzo went 3-7, 20:27.0 – 20:54.07.

New Balance Ocean State:

Brewster and Somers finished 4-5 in the Division 1 race. Brewster now throws its hat in the ring as a serious contender to the class title.

Charlie Carr (16, 17:30.09) led Brewster. His brother John (25, 17:42.69) was next. After that the team was able to pack it in as its last runner finished in 18:04. Real nice meet for this team.

Somers ran well, and even though the team lost to Brewster, it still was able to put its top two runners ahead of Brewster’s top guy. Rob Gorecki (6, 17:00.9) and Pat Hashmall (13,17:17.11) led the way. That should be cause for concern for Brewster.

New Rochelle took 5th in the division 2 race. Harrison Quamily (14, 17:36.24) led the team. Ruben Barajas (16, 17:47.17) was next. The team looked strong, but it needs to close the gap as the fifth runner finished almost a minute behind Barajas. This is definitely a very solid team, but since it lacks a real front runner, the New Rochelle need to pack better.

The Brewster girls made quite a statement. The team placed second in the Division I race. Miriam Munn led Brewster taking 9th in 20:15.99. Arianna Bottalico took 12th in 20:30.40 and Nicole Zazzero took 14 in 20:38.23. That’s a strong top three, but need to close the minute gap at the end of the rotation in order to give Ursuline a serious challenge.

The Somers girls are on the right track after taking 7th. Samantha Kuntz (31, 21:25.57) and Rachel O’Conell (21:15.97) were the team’s first two in.

I think that’s all of them. I went over Warwick and Gressler earlier. At Queensbury, Arlington was again very impressive. Be sure t o be back later when I’ll talk about the rankings.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 29th, 2008 at 8:25 am by Dan Marra. Print This Post | Email This Post

3 Responses to “Some thoughts on the weekend…”

phil September 29th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Why has FoxLane been without its full compliment

of runners the past week ?

Thanks in advance

cya !1
Dan Marra September 30th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Good question. I was told that they need some rest and some time off, but are not injured.
phil September 30th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Phew

I am glad to see Fox Lane finally doing well

in a sport they were so good in back in the day.

Dave Potetti, Jim Warner, Ingineri brothers, Mark

Bingham ect were monsters back when.

Potetti not only led FL to 2 straight state titles,

but he also excelled on the track, once setting a world
age group record in the 2000 yard steeplechase
He was a great 2miler, and lead FL to some great times
in the DMR at the Penn relays

cya !1

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