I don’t know how may of you have seen this, but over at dyestat they previewed the Fast Times meet, If you haven’t seen it, click here to check it out. It’s pretty good.

I won’t waste a lot of time since there’s a bunch of stuff to get too. Although, how about Ramapo’s 1,600 relay team? Wow – 3:16.50 at Grand Prix. What else can you say about that team. That time was good for third at the meet. That team just gets better and better. It’s really impressive.

Now onto the qualifiers:

Boys

200 – Mike Abelard just continues to get better. He ran a 21.58 to win the 200 and was very impressive in doing so. He has an outside shot to win two state titles, although he definitely has a better chance to win the 200. And let’s not forget that 1,600 relay team. Unfortunately Jesse Drinks pulled up about 60 meters from the finish line. It didn’t look like a straight pull and he did finish the race. He seemed to be walking around OK afterwards, so hopefully it was just a cramp.

Here’s some info from the meet down at Icahn Stadium: Sean Halpin won the open 800 with a time of 1:54.9. He was near the middle of the pack the majority of the race and with 200 to go he made his move for the lead and held on for the win. Sean Atkinson of Nazareth was second in 1:55.60.

Bronxville’s Henrietta Miers also ran in the open 800 and finished in 2:21.48. The winning time was a pretty speedy 2:09.72 by Claudia Francis of Cardozo.

Since there’s a lot of stuff to talk about from the past few days I’m going to break it up into two different posts. We’ll start with the results from Day 1 at Arlington and then we’ll make our way down to White Plains.

As most of you have read and I’m sure a number of you saw first-hand it was quite a busy day at Arlington. It was a tough two days of running I thought. The weather really wasn’t the greatest to run in. It was cold, you were waiting for it to rain, both days were kind of like that.

Anyway, congratulations to the athletes who qualified for the state meet ad here are some of the highlights from the first day’s competition:

This was a very long night. I’m just going to throw up some of the highlights from the meet. I’m still not sure why this meet can’t be run on a Saturday. I’m sure there’s a reason, but for us media types it’s tough when the meet goes late because we have to leave before all the events are compeleted in order to file our stories by deadline.

Anyway, it was a real exciting meet.

Mike Abelard looks rediculously fast. To win the 200 in 21.58 – not bad.

The 400 was one of the more impressive events. There’s Chris Davis (48.83) from Roosevelt and Alex Petit-Frere (50.16) both qualify for states. Davis looked really strong. And then you have Kevin Sainvil win the D 2 400 breaking 50 and he qualified in the 200.

Sticking with Woodlands there’s Alexis Easterling – 56.62 and 25.32. Apparently she’s given up on the jumps and is focusing on just the running. It’s definitely working. She looks phenominal running.

Joe Fox and Charlotte Pope dominated the throws these past two days. They are the by far the best in the section.

Dasheen Ellis – 45 9 1/2 nice triple jump. Then of course there’s Sean Reilly jumping 47. Reill’y an increible athlete, but that was a big jump for Ellis.

The 3,200 relay was exciting with New Rochelle breaking 7:50 and edgint out Arlington. Fox Lane made a late charge, but just fell short. Irvington had a late rally to win D 2 as Julian Saliani will be competing at states in the relay and the 1,600 after he won that in about 4:30.

How about a freshman – Nina Sarmiento from Harrison running the 400 hurdles in 64 seconds. Her coaches kept telling me she’s an extraordinary athletes. She proved that tonight.

Shelby Greany easily won the steeple and ran in the 3,200 relay, which saw North Rockland win in 9:17. Suffern and Bronxville were right behind them. Bronxville will be able to try and put an outdoor state/federation title with its indoor one.

Nat Recine was impressive qualifying in both the 100 and 200 for Bronxville.

After not qualifying in the 3,000 yesterday, I was happy to see Megan Young win the 1,500 to make the state meet. She’s to talented a runner to keep out of the meet.

I know there’s other stuff to be mentioned, and I’ll be back on tomorrow after some sleep to talk about both days of qualifiers. In the mean time, please feel free to talk about whatever else you want to from the qualifiers.

It’s late, and I’m a little tired and for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to wear shorts to Arlington – it wasn’t, so this will be a short little post.

Some of the highlights from Day 1:

Jen Clayton won both the long jump and 100 dash. The 100 was stacked with Clayton winning, Tanaya Yarde was second with Tori Alexander and Shilesha Johnson the next two.

Jesse Drinks beat out Mike Abelard in the 100 – 10.94-11.15. Round 2 will be tomorrow in the 200.

800 was stacked – Aki Bajulaiye (1:54.34) beat out Lyle Haywood. Mike Dapice and Ryan Gomba just missed out – 1:56.98 was Gomba’s time and he was fourth.

Katie Sullivan was impressive in the 3,000 running away with it in 10:14

Mike Hickey won the 3,200 – 9:23.

Jarman Esperance won the 110 hurdles, Ryan Lacossade edged out Ryan Whitley, 14.80-.81.

Carissa Leonardi – a sophomore – won the pole vault clearing 11-0.

In Division 2, Jon Filipe for Valhalla won the 800 in 2:02 and Diana Sainvill of Woodlands won both the 100 hurdles and 100 dash.

Jessica Kendzor of Kennedy won the 800 in 2:19.17. Patrick Wortner of Dobbs Ferry took first in the 3,200 in 9:59.65.

Nat Recine won the D-2 100 dash.

That’s all the stuff I have on me, I’ll have more info tomorrow. Hopefully it doesn’t rain. Let me know what you think of some of the first day’s results.

I figured with state quals tomorrow, I would attach the schedule of events for the meet. So, here it is:

THURSDAY – 6:00 PM– TRACK        ARLINGTON HS

1.      Pent 110 Hurdles (B)
2.      110 Hurdles (S-F) (B)
3.      Pent 100 Hurdles (G)
4.      100 Hurdles (S-F) (G)
5.      100 Meter Dash (S-F) (B)
6.      100 Meter Dash (S-F) (G)
7.      800 Meter Run (B)
8.      800 Meter Run (G)
9.      3200 Meter Run (B)
10.      3000 Meter Run (G)
11.      100 Meter Hurdles (F) (G)
12.       110 Meter Hurdles (F) (B)
13.      100 Meter Dash (F) (B)
14.     100 Meter Dash (F) (G)

This week’s gameface is up. Make sure you click here in order to go and vote. This week there are two track athletes up for nomination. You should either vote for Tameekia Cooper of New Rochelle or Christi Marracini of Harrison.

It is time for a new poll, and I posted it over on the right. In our last poll, Lakeland/Panas edged out the Pearl River boys 15-14 percent. Both teams had exceptional sectional meets, with the Pearl River boys winning the sectional title holding off Nyack. Obviously we can’t discount the strong performance of the Lakeland team as well. The next two closest teams were Tappan Zee, which is another team that has had a strong season, and Spring Valley that has really built up a nice program and is definitely a team on the rise.

Now for our new poll I want you to tell me what event you think is going to be the toughest to qualify in. It can be for either division and any event. So, what do you think? I’ve made some of my thoughts pretty clear on some of the events I’m looking forward to. But what events do you think will have pretty tough battles. I know there are a few more events then the ones I have listed, so feel free to vote and add any other event that you think will be pretty competitive. And as always thanks fo voting.

I’m back from my little Boston vacation. Unfortunately I was unable to get access to a computer, but I’m back now. I obviously wasn’t at the Class A meet or the CHSAA meet, but between what I heard and read I figured it’s enough to make a post. And if there’s anything that you want to talk about from anything over the weekend then please let me know and post a comment below.

Now with championship week over, our next big day begins this week really on Thursday and Friday with the state qualifiers (I don’t count Wednesday because the events can’t qualify for the state meet). After today we will begin to turn our attention on the state qualifiers and state meet.

After Bronxville won titles in both the boys and girls, now it’s Pearl River’s turn to win both titles. It was the boys first title since 1994, while the girls have won four in a row.

It was close though for the boys as Nyack – which may have had one of the most underrated teams in the sectiion – finished second.

Mike Hickey obviously had a very impressive meet winning the 1,600 and 3,200. He needed to have a big meet in order for this team to have a chance. But one of the realy keys to the Pirates victory was senior sprinter Rich Ricca. Winning the 100 and 200 were crucial to Pearl River’s win.

And then of course you have the team’s plethora of pole vaulters. In case you lost count -it’s up to three the number of athletes they have that can clear 12 feet. You have Chris Spadaccini, Pat Scognamiglio and Frances Depinto.

Hey bloggers,

So, just wanted to give some more highlights from Class C yesterday.

First off, in the boys 400 relay, four teams were disqualified, including Valhalla, who had a photo finish with Bronxville. The Broncos wound up taking first place with a 44.6.

Pat Wortner from Dobbs Ferry ran an impressive 10:09.7. Wortner was more than in the lead the entire race. His brother Brendan Wortner took second with a 10:47.2.

Paolo Luciano had a great night for Valhalla, finishing second in the 110 hurdles with a 17.3 and second in the 400 hurdles with a 1:01.7. Luciano also took first place in the pole vault with a height of 9-6.

Tyonna Smith from Hamilton did well taking second in the 100 hurdles with a 16.0. Teammate Tameeka Smith took second in the 100 witth a 12.4 and third in the 200 with a 27.0.

The Bronxville girls 1,600 relay team ran a 4:04.9, beating out Woodlands in the final lap. The Falcons finished with a 4:06.2.

We’ll keep you updated on the steeplechase tomorrow!

Casey

Then the girls went out and dominated the meet. You knew the Huguenots would have a better chance in the outdoor season because there were more throwing events and they certainly took advantage of that. Charlotte Pope was clearly the star of the meet. She won the shot put, discus and the hammer. Actually in the hammer, New Rochelle scored 28 points alone.

I think it was clear that New Rochelle was on top of its game right from the ver beginning. When Amanda Egbuta won the 100 hurdles – beating out Tameekia Cooper and Aesiha McDavid. That gave New Rochelle a real big boost and from there the team just took off.

Since the start of the season the New Rochelle boys track and field team has been talking about winning the triple crown – leagues, counties and sectionals. Well, they’re one meet away from that goal. And what an impressive accomplishment that will be. But I’ll try to avoid looking ahead to much. Anyway, what an intense meet.

After that great 1,600 relay run by Iona Prep where it edged out New Rochelle at the finish line, I thought it was over. The one problem with track is that you never really know the score. You have everyone looking at the score sheet trying to add up the scores and you just don’t know. Coach Gallino of New Rochelle had an excellent quote when she said, “It’s important to remember that this is track and field and what happens out of sight still counts.” And that was absolutely the difference on Saturday.

This meet is always tough on Iona Prep as the team has the prom the night before every year. It’s obviously not the ideal situation, but the Gaels made a run at yet another county title. Sean Halpin attempted an insane quadruple – 800, 1,600, 3,200 and 4×4. He was pushed in th800 by Aki Bajulaiye and Jamie Mitchell of Fox Lane, but still took first in 1:56. He nearly ran three miles of competitive racing the night after the prom where Im sure he didn’t get much sleep. That was a gutsy performance by Halpin and an excellent job.

Sorry for my absence on Sunday, covering two meets on back-to-back days wiped me out. But it was quite the exciting weekend. I’ll talk about Rockland first, then Westchester. It’s so much better when these meets are close, and I’ve been pretty lucky the past few years covering track and cross country where the winner isn’t determined until the last event or last runner finishes.

It was the same Friday night with North Rockland and Ramapo. I have to admit, about a week ago I thought North Rockland would win – it would be close, but I thought it would be able to put Ramapo away. Then the news came about Nick Hughes not being able to compete and I thought Ramapo had a shot. But then you didn’t know what Clarkstown South or Suffern were capable of. Suffern beat Ramapo at the league meet, but lost to North Rockland.

Below are a few thoughts I have about the meet:

New Rochelle pulled it out in both the boys and girls meet. The boys had to sweat it out as they got a 3-point victory. It came down to the hammer and the long jump – the two last events to be counted. Iona had a nine point lead late, but New Rochelle rallied to win.

The girls were really imoressive as they beat out Ursuline and Mount Vernon. The girls looked focus from the very beginning and the meet never really got that close as New Rochelle looked much better in the relays this season than they did in the winter. Congratulations to all the county winners. I’ll be back with more later.

This was a pretty exciting meet. There were a lot of high quality performances, but in the end it was the North Rockland boys that held on to capture the county title of Ramapo. It wasn’t until the last event had completed – the 1,600 relay, that North Rockland had officially won. The team had a great meet. But so did Ramapo who performed exceptionally well at the meet, but came in second.

It was Suffern on the girls side that took first place. The team received the typical performances from Shelby and the Claytons, but it was the Goldmanns and the Bowens that helped the Mounties beat out a very strong North Rockland team. Like I said, this meet had some increible performances. I’ll talk more about the meet tomorrow after I get back from the Westchester championships.

As someone posted earlier Suffern’s Kevin McKenna took first in the steeplechase running 6:08.4. Tappan Zee took second and third as Danny Kane (6:15.8) and Matt Panebianco (6:24.2) continue to have big-time seasons. North Rockland took fourth and fifth as James Naglieri finished in 6:25.9 and Nick Hughes followed him in 6:28.7. Good start to the meet for Suffern. It needed to get a win in this event and McKenna got it.

In the shot put, no surprise as Joe Fox continues his strong season winning the event with a throw of 54-4 3/4. Abel Gilet of Clarkstown North took second, followed by Gabe Felix of Spring Valley. North Rockland got on the board as James Casey finished fourth for North Rockland.

For the girls, no surprise as Shelby Greany took first in a more-pedestrian-like 6:51.9. Jackie Gamboli picked up a big second place finish for North Rockland running 7:10.6, beating out Jessica Tobin (7:17.3). Christy Goldmann came up big for Suffern as the senior took fourth in 7:22.7, beating out North Rockland’s Alexis Hatcher (7:26.6).

Little surprise as Lauren Schlanger of Clarkstown South won the discus witha throw of  96-4. North Rockland took second with Luz Viana throwing 92-6. Gianna Reimer ofPearl River finished third and Suffern’s Desiree Roberts took fourth.

Suffern got off to a good start in both the boys and girls, but we’re only through two events. We’ll see what happens today, should be interesting.

As the Rockland County meet gets under way today, we’re only two days away from the Westchester meet. This should be another interesting day. Both the boys and girls meets should be pretty close. I’ve been going back and forth between who I think is going to win, and I still have no idea.

The girls meet will have more teams involved and I think is more of a toss up, so we’ll start there.

Girls

Heading into Friday I think it’s clear the top teams are Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Bronxville and Ursuline. Then you have Lakeland/Panas that will be somewhat of a sleeper team. Mount Vernon should be the favorite to win the meet. The team won the county title over the winter and has the same group of athletes competing again in the spring.

Tanaya Yarde has proven to be one of the top sprinters in the section. She is one of the keys for the Knights. She is the clear favorite in the 100, especially now that Hackley and Anjelique Parnell won’t be competing in the meet. Then of course you have Shamika Mindingall, Breanda Crump, Kenina Bonner and Julia Miller sprinkled in every event from the 100 up to the 800. That’s a pretty good core group of athletes to be starting off with.

Then with the javelin you have Vanessa Crump who is the best in the county and let’s not forget Michelle McCrae in the jumps. Obviously Mount Vernon will have plenty of competition in those events with Alexis Easterling (Woodlands) and Genevieve Ruppel (Sleepy Hollow) who are two of the top jumpers in the county. Ruppel can win both the long and triple jump, while placing in the dash if she chooses to do that event.

And let’s not forget what Mount Vernon can do in the relays. There depth and talent in the 800 and 1,600 relays are what gave them the county title in the winter. And it should greatly help again in the spring.

Bronxville is an interesting team. It was right there in the winter and it should be the same this spring. There’s obviously a lot of talent on this team. The Broncos will be able to score plenty of points just off their core group of runners – Henrietta Miers in the 400, Tori Flannery in the 3,000, Caitlin Hudson in the 1,500 and Olivia Brutton in the 800. Bronxville may not win all those events, but it will get plenty of points.

Then you have really strong runners in Rachel Kim, Charlotte Rizzo and Mary Cain. Obviously you have other talented runners like Gina Talt (Mamaroneck) or Libby Lazare (Pleasantville) competing in some of those events. Besides Leigh Dannhauser in the throws, the team doesn’t have that much depth in the field. But you have to give them the 3,200 relay and some points in the 1,600 relay. Bronxville could very well come away with the title.

New Rochelle came up just short in the winter, but it definitely has a better chance this spring. Charlotte Pope is the top thrower in the section. The discus, shot put and javelin she can score in, if not win. Lexia Robinson of Woodlands can challenge her in some of those throws.

Tameekia Cooper is a very talented hurdler and will be needed to score a decent amount of points. Amira Yesir is also another one of those quality hurdlers that New Rochelle seems to turn out every year. Yesir is also a good high jumper. Obviously, Pelham has Brittany Brown who can win the high jump and hurdlers. She could definitely steal some points away.

New Rochelle could be hurt in the distance events, but Christina Hamilton is a very taltented athlete that could get the Huguenots points in the sprints as well as the jumps. What hurt New Rochelle in the winter was it’s inability to score enough points in the relays. It’s going to be the same concern on Saturday. If it comes down to the relays, does New Rochelle have enough?

Then there’s Ursuline. This is a good team. It lost to New Rochelle in the league meet, but Ursuline is still very capable of winning the county meet. Aeisha McDavid is going to be heavily relied on. She is one of the best hurdlers in the county. Shanel Golding can score points in the 400 and 800. Kaitlin Mallinson really came on at the end of the winter and is a very promising young runner.

Then of course Katie Sullivan is still one of the top distance runners in the county. She is one of the best steeple chasers and 3,000 runners in the county. Obviously there’s a lot of talent in the distance, but Sullivan is more than capable of winning her share of events. There’s also a lot of depth on this team with Jackie McCarthy and Mary O’Shea. While neither may win, they will need to get some much-needed points.

In the field, Meg Smith is a very good thrower. She’s not on the same level as Pope, but she will get Ursuline some points. Then you have Claire Murphy and Fiona Nugent who are more than capable of winning the pole vault.

Now we have Lakeland/Panas. Brie Roller is a fast-rising star. She can very easily win the 200, 400 and 800. It will be tough for her to win three events – I know, but she will be in contention in all three. Sarah Biggers is another quality Lakeland mid-distance runner.

Carissa Leonardi is also more than capable of winning the pole vault for the Rebels. She has the top height in the county, clearing 10-7. This is a  very talented team and I still think it’s a year away from seriously challenging for a title, but this is a good team.

Boys

This is more of a two-team meet. There’s New Rochelle and Iona Prep as the two favorites, followed by Mount Vernon as a potential sleeper team. There’s a lot of talent on the boys’ side, which is going to make this meet a lot more interesting. Look at some of these sprinters: Jesse Drinks (Ossining), Zack Curtin (Yorktown), Miles Peterson (Pleasantville), Kem Ogbuagu (Lincoln), Nat Recine (Bronxville), Casey Williams (Mount Vernon).

New Rochelle has a lot of talent in the hurdles and will score plenty of points in those two events. Chris Rones, Andres Montalvo, Deon James, Shawn Day are all very talented hurdlers, but if Claudio Delli Carpini is healthy enough to compete he should win the 110 hurdles and long jump. On the ourskirts in the 400 hurdles will be Arthur Whyte of Scarsdale who could take some of those points from New Rochelle.

New Rochelle has really improved its distance and mid-distance team and it starts with Aki Bajulaiye. He will probably run the 400, but there’s a lot of talent in that event with Justin Allen (Mount Vernon), Chris Davis (Roosevelt) and Zach Weisbrot (Hen Hud). And Weisbrot is probably the favorite to win the 400 hurdles.

There is a lot of talent on New Rochelle though. Besides Bajulaiye who could run the 400 and 800, but you have Ruben Barajas, Daquan Oliver and Harrison Quamily all could run sub-2 in the 800. The 800 will be pretty stacked though – Michael Dapice (White Plains) and Jamie Mitchell (Fox Lane) are going to be near the front of the pack.

Jeremy Days is New Rochelle’s top thrower, but there’s a lot of competition. Kaydon Davis from Mount Venron is probably the best thrower in the county. Marc Troiani of Valhalla is right behind Davis. John Henry performed well for New Ro in the winter in the high jump, but Rye’s Max Yanker has really taken off in the event, clearin gc ounty-best 6-5 this season.

Then of course you have the defending champion – Iona Prep. We all know what Sean Halpin can and probably will do. He sets the tone for this team. But there’s a lot more talent on this team. Kyle Shepard is the best steeplechaser and one of the best distance runners in the county. But again, there’s a lot of competition. Manu Kumar, Julian Saliani and Cord Sgaglio are all among the top distance runners in the county. And each one has gotten better as the season has progressed.

Henry Koster of Greeley has performed well of late in the 3,200 and then you have the Scarsdale runners – Ilkyu Lee and Sam Kohn that can get some points in the distance events as well.

Iona Prep has really developed some quality runners. Nick Athanisidy, Ayo Bajulaiye, Sean Fuster are some of the runners that will get the Gaels some much-needed points. But Iona has some real talent in the field. Teddy Mottola is one of the top throwers in the county and Shioma Obemeata is the top triple jumper in the county. He can also score points in the high jump and the long jump.

Then you have Michael Berg and Vincent Fellagara who will most likely place 1-2 in the pole vault, especially since Aaron Konigsberg and Hackley won’t be participating in the meet.

It could very well come down to the relays between Iona Prep and New Rochelle. But you have Mount Vernon with Williams, Allen, Winslow, Davis that will all score points in either the sprints or the throws. And Mount Vernon probably has the best 1,600 relay team and one of the top 400 relay teams. Lincoln with the Ogbuagu brothers and Jonathan Gaston have one of the better 400 relay teams.

And in the 3,200 relay Iona and New Rochelle may have the two best, but Fox Lane and Rye will be right there. Imagine the meet coming down to Halpin vs. Bajulaiye in the anchor of the 3,200 relay. I could see it happening. Both those teams are that close. But there’s just so much talent in the county it’s tough to predict.

OK, that’s all for now. I guess we’ll see what happens starting tomorrow. Let me know if you have anything else to bring up.

I saw this at armorytrack.com. I wasn’t really quite sure what to make of it. It’s a little odd to say the least. Apparently The Purple Wave Foundation is willing to pay $1,000 to the first runner to run under 4:00 at the Fast Times meet. You can take a look at the rest of the information by clicking here.

The first of the three county championships begin tomorrow over at Suffern Middle School. There are only a handful of events, the most notable being the steeplechase. The real fun gets under way on Friday, followed by the two county championships on Saturday.

This meet could be pretty interesting, especially on the boys’ side. I’m going to start there first and then talk about the girls meet.

Today is the final day of our notebooks for the spring season. They look ahead at the championship meets beginning this week. Casey Tolfree’s Rockland notebook talks about how Suffern seems to be hitting its stride just in time for the championship part of the season. In Westchester/Putnam it’s still jumbled up, but Mount Vernon and New Rochelle seem to be the top two teams with Bronxville, Lakeland/Panas and Ursuline all in them mix.

For the boys, it’s all about Iona Prep trying to defend its county title, while New Rochelle will be trying to take it. Not forgetting the Northern Counties where Brewster will be looking to give Arlington a scare. In Rockland, it looks as though North Rockland could be ready to take the county title back from Ramapo.

I’m going to have a post on the counties tomorrow and some things to look for, but until then, I posted a new poll over on the right. On our last poll the majority of you said that last weekend’s Loucks Games were the meet that you looked forward to the most. That was followed up by the county meets this weekend and Penn Relays which finished in a tie.

As for this poll, before I give you my thoughts on the county championships, I want to know what you think. What teams should we keep an eye on this weekend? What teams could be in for a big weekend, not necessarily win, but perform surprisingly well? You can either vote on the poll or post your thoughts on the blog. As always, feel free to add choices to the blog.

There are more game faces for you to vote on. You can click here to log on and vote. There are two track athletes up for your consideration – Tameekia Cooper (New Rochelle) and Zach Curtin (Yorktown). Be sure to cast your vote.

I think we learned a lot about Suffern. Like, maybe it is the best team in the county and the section. It looked as though the Mounties had the full compliment of athletes back competing and they all looked very impressive. It seems as though Jen and Janelle Clayton are well enough from their injuries to help Suffern out as the championship meets will be starting this week. And of course you have Mount Vernon peaking out the right time.

Here are some of my thoughts on the girls’ races:

What a weekend. I;m not even sure where to begin. There were some pretty impressive performances. This is always one of the best meets of the year and the meet definitely lived up to expectations. Luckily it didn’t rain and I truly believe White Plains has one of the if not the top facilitiy in the state. The track is great, the jump pits are away from the track and there’s so much room for everything else to go off. Of course, let’s not forget about those trophies. Winning one of those things is pretty cool.

Anyway, here are some of the highlights from the weekend and some of my thoughts. Let me know what you think.

I’ll be back with a summary of the weekend’s meets, but while most of you are enjoying Mother’s Day, if you have some free time there’s a whole bunch of track stuff for you to loook at. Here’s my Rockland story on everything from Shelby Greany to the Ramapo relays domination over the weekend. Over in Westchester we had a Section 1 record broken by the Mount Vernon 1,600 relay combing with Aaron Konigsberg getting back on the right track clearing 14-6.

I don’t know how many of you saw this, but the other day our parent paper, USA Today, wrote an article on Greany and her national record in the steeplechase along with her overall success during her high school career. If you haven’t seen it, click here to take a look.

After a 12 hour day I’m a little tired, so this will be a quick post, but I’ll be back on tomorrow to give you some of my thoughts on the weekends results. Since I’ve been on the track and field scene this was by far the most impressive weekend of overall performances by Section 1. We all know about the Claytons, Greanys, Drinks and Carringtons, but what about a Joe Fox from Clarkstown South throwing 56 feet or Brittany Brown (Pelham) and Mike Carroll (Nanuet) both scoring well over 3,000 points in the pentathlon. All three marks were New york number ones by the way.

The list goes on, from Mount Vernon’s 1,600 relay to Bronxville’s 3,200 relay. Mount Vernon’s Justin Allen taking second in the 400 from the third fastest heat by going well under 49 seconds. Unreal.

It was quite an impressive weekend. As for now, I am very tired and will probably head off to bed. I also need to get up early to get a mother’s day gift for my wife. If you didn’t see yesterday’s article on Jen Clayton’s back-to-back 20 foot jumps, click here. I’ll be back tomorrow with some more stuff.

The rain didn’t stop the competition yesterday as the first of the three-day long Loucks Games commenced. Shelby Greany used her 4:47.6 anchor leg to help her team of Christy Goldmann (3:40.7), Faith Consiglio (59.2) and Nicole Tassello (2:21.9) take first in the DMR in 11:49.37, beating out Bronxville (11:59.86). My colleague Jane McManus has the story.

I’ll be at White Plains today and tomorrow. If you can’t make it today be sure to check out our live Web cast of the event at http://www.mogulus.com/lohudliveu.

More results as promised. I pulled this off Armory Track so if there were more events let me know and I’ll update it again!

Casey

7th Annual Westchester Catholic Championships
At Iona Prep
Tuesday
Team scoring and key — Ursuline (U) 225, Holy Child (HC) 120, Our Lady of Victory (OLV) 64, Good Counsel (GC) 6.
100 — 1. Katelyn Racanelli (HC) 12.5. 400 — 1. Racanelli (HC) 59.7. 800 — 1. Katie Amadio (HC) 2:40.6. 1,500 — 1. Amadio (HC) 5:31.6. 3,000 — 1. Ashley O’Sullivan (U) 11:59. 1,600 relay — 1. Our Lady of Victory A 4:38.8. 3,200 relay — 1. Ursuline A 54.8. High jump — 1. Marie Mekolo (U) 4-3.  Triple jump — 1. Quinn Freeman-Roche (U) 26-6. Long jump — 1. Hanna Rodriguez (OLV) 13-3. Discus — 1. Smith (U) 95-5. Shotput — 1. Smith  (U) 37-8.

Hey bloggers!

Hopefully there will be a lot of results today. Here are the results from the League III-C event.

I have a few more results to type up as the day goes on too.

Casey

Boys League III-C Championships
At Pearl River
Team scoring and key — Pearl River (PR) 164, Nanuet (N) 149, Irvington (Irv) 146, Sleepy Hollow (SH) 44, Hastings (Hs) 1, Albertus Magnus (AM).
100 — 1. Rich Ricca (PR) 11.1. 110 hurdles — 1. Michael Carroll (N) 15.8. 200 — 1. Ricca (PR) 23.8.  400 — 1. Francis DePinto (PR) 52.0. 400 hurdles — 1. Nick Steel (N) 58.6. 800 — 1. Pat Keane (PR) 1:59.9. 1,600 — 1. Mike Hickey (PR) 4:31. 3,200 — 1. Ryan McKallen (PR) 10:14.3. 400 relay — 1. Sleepy Hollow 46.6.  1,600 relay — 1. Nanuet 3:38. 3,200 relay — 1. Pearl River 8:31.1. High jump — 1. Carroll (N) 6-2.  Triple jump — 1. Carroll (N) 39-4. Long jump — 1. Carroll (N) 20-8.5. Pole vault — 1. Chris Spadaccini (PR) 13-0. Discus — 1. Carraro (SH) 113-0. Shotput — 1. Nick Carraro (SH) 41-5.
Girls League III-C Championships
At Pearl River
Team scoring and key — Pearl River (PR) 202.5, Irvington (Irv) 130, Nanuet (N) 78.5, Sleepy Hollow (SH) 47, Albertus Magnus (AM) 26, Hastings (Hs).
100 — 1. Genevieve Ruppel (SH) 12.5. 100 hurdles — 1. Megan Talay (Irv) 17.0. 200 — 1. Nicole Weir (PR) 28.1.  400 — 1. Ailish Rowley (PR) 1:01 400 hurdles — 1. Talay (Irv) 1:10.9. 800 — 1. Annie Field (Irv) 2:24.9. 1,500 — 1. Megan Young (N) 4:48.8 3,000 — 1. Young (N) 10:38.9. 400 relay — 1. Sleepy Hollow 55.8.  1,600 relay — 1. Pearl River 4:22.3. 3,200 relay — 1. Pearl River 10:16.2. High jump — 1. Talay (Irv) 4-10.  Triple jump — 1. Ruppel (SH) 35-5. Long jump — 1. Ruppel (SH) 17-5.75. Pole vault — 1. Angelica Gilsenan (PR) 10-3. Discus — 1. Gianna Reimer (PR) 83-11. Shotput — 1. Chelsea Zeig (PR) 28-11.5.

It should be an interesting week next week with county meets coming up. Today in the paper we have our weekly notebooks. In Westchester, Casey has Mount Vernon on top with New Rochelle, Bronxville and Ursuline close behind. I would be on the look out for an ever-improving Lakeland/Panas team. In Rockland, the situation became very interesting. North Rockland is in the top spot by virtue of its league win, but Suffern is still the most talented team in the section.

In Westchester, there has been little North Rockland retaining the top spot as the Red Raiders beat out Suffern and Ramapo in the league meet. This promises to be an intense county meet.