Sorry for the late post. I was going to post early, but I got sucked into the Met game. And I’m not even a Met fan, but since the Yankees can’t seem to get a big hit or shut down a Red Sox lineup that has less power than I do I’m forced to watch [...]

As I sit here tonight with my lovely wife playing Come All Ye Faithful in the background on the piano (According to her it’s never to early for Christmas music and while I disagree, I was yet again outvoted. I was more outmanned when we saw the Santa Clause II with Tim Allen on TV. [...]

Before I go out on a limb with my preseason picks, let’s hear what you think. What teams are going to be crowned sectional champs in November? You can either post a comment or vote at the poll on the right on which team has the best chance to repeat as sectional champs.

Former North Rockland track and field standout, Ryan Dall was named the head coach of the track and field program at Texas A & M, Kingsville. The school is a Division II program situated southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas. Ryan is the son of North Rockland coach Gene Dall.

Now that I’m back from my vacation we can begin to look toward the cross country season.

As a mini preview to the fall season, I wrote a story focusing on running camps and how athletes use them to prepare for the cross country season. You can check it out here.

A number of area athletes have found some success at the Empire State Games.

Sasha Richards won the 100 in 12.1 seconds. My colleague, Tony Pinciaro, wrote an article about her race. I definitely suggest you check it out.

Jesse Drinks has continued his success from the spring to the summer. He won the 100 yet again. [...]

The Clayton sisters fared pretty well at the Junior Olympics this past weekend out in Omaha, Nebraska. While neither of them brought home a gold, they did grab a total of three medals.

Janelle Clayton took home third place in the young women’s (ages 17 and 18) high jump as she cleared five feet, seven inches [...]

After a stellar spring season, Elizabeth Mott was rewarded by being named to the all-USA team. She set the section 1 record in the 400 hurdles in 58.01 seconds, placing first at Nationals. The time is the second fastest in the country this season. She also finished second at the state meet. Mott will be [...]

It’s that time of the year again.

We have two reporters up at Binghamton covering the games. To take a look at their articles Click here.

To take a closer look at some of their thoughts, try reading their blog.

The regular track season may be over, but the Clayton sisters continue to break records and open eyes.

At the Region I Junior Olympic meet at Icahn Stadium, Janelle Clayton won the Young Women’s (17-18) division in the high jump with a leap of five feet, 7 3/4 inches. Jen Clayton – recently selected as one [...]

In case you have not taken a look at the all star and all county selections, check below:

Westchester/Putnam

Rockland

Since I just started working at the Journal News about a year ago, I never got to see Lynn Layne or Carin Knight compete at New Rochelle High School, but I spoke to them the other day about heading over to Oregon to compete in the trials. They were predictably pretty excited about the possibility [...]

Suffern’s Shelby Greany finished first in the steeplchase in 6:42.86, a PR and the third fastest time in the country as she won the national title in North Carolina. She finished second last year at nationals, but this year she came through and sprinted to the finish line. Emma Miller-Bedell of Tappan Zee claimed fourth [...]

I can’t believe I finally made it back home. It’s been a while since I posted, but I’m back home nestled very comfortably on my bed listening to the rain outside. That’s a long drive up to Buffalo and man do I hate that route 17, I might need to go back up to Broome [...]

I hope everyone’s ready for the state meet, can’t wait to head up to Buffalo. I just keep looking at mapquest and marveling at how far away this city is and it’s still in New York. But who are we kidding, it’s really in Canada.
Now I’m going to take a look at each event and [...]

There’s a new poll over to the right. Check it out and write in or vote for the section 1 athletes that you think have the best chance of bringing home a state (Division I/Division II) title.

Yesterday at Iona Prep was brutal. The heat was suffocating. I really don’t know how anyone was able to run. I noticed a lot of athletes scratched, and I would assume that had a lot to do with the heat. And I really can’t blame them. But those thah ran, ran well and they should [...]

With the state meet a little more than a week away and Eastern States coming up this weekend, I thought we could talk about what to expect next weekend in Buffalo.

Before Eric and I make our predictions on state champions, I don’t know if anyone saw the article that my colleague, Harold Gutmann, wrote about [...]

Tonight’s meet at Warwick High School was pretty impressive. The school is up in the middle of nowhere, I felt like that route 17 never ended, but I finally made it home. The track is great, even though rumor has it that it may only be 390 meters, but I guess they have to get [...]

Okay, so we’re pretty much set on who’s going to be making the state meet, here are some of my thoughts on yesterday’s races:

After a busy day yesterday, let’s take a look and see what happened at qualifiers yesterday as we prepare for today’s events:

Lawrence Campbell looks like he’s peaking at the right time again. The 1:54 he ran yesterday in the 800 was real impressive. He jumped out to the lead and just controlled race. Aki Bajulaiye [...]

With state qualifiers coming up at the end of the week, I figured we could take a look at some of the more surprising stars of the season. I tried to limit my number to five athletes, so if there is anyone you think should be mentioned, feel free to write them down.

Before I go [...]

Alright, so yesterday was the CHSAA intersectional championships down at Icahn stadium. I’ve beento Randall’s island, but never the stadium, it’s pretty nice.

At the meet yesterday Brian McGovern again showed why he is the heavy favorite to win the state title in the pole vault. He cleared 16 feet with no problem. He does the [...]

So, what to make of the Class A meet? Well, for one it was pretty long. And there are a lot of Class A schools in section 1, a lot more than you realize, but that makes for a lot of talent and very good meet.

Boys points:

Ramapo won the section as the team continued its [...]

Here we go, my picks for the Class B meet (boys):

1. Somers – The team barely got by Harrison in the county meet and with John Turro back at full strength or close to full strength and with Pat Porteus, Viny Cascio, Todd Apgar, and Pat Hashmall this team should have enough distance runners to [...]

Okay, here we go, round two of my picks. Last week I wasn’t great in Westchester, but I was pretty decent in Rockland, now let’s mix the two together and see what we come up with:

1. Ramapo: The team won the county title without Abelard and if he runs at sectionals there would just be [...]

I noticed that people were not to happy about Iona Prep winning the county title. I figured I’d give you my opinion on the blog and see what you think.

I completely understand where the public schools are coming from. Iona is a Catholic school that can get students all throughout Westchester and the Bronx to [...]

Yesterday was a rough day, I’m speaking of course about myself.

First, I locked myself out of my apartment, and my cell phone is inside so I have no means of contacting anybody, then I go to the Westchester county meet, where I’m hoping my prediction on the boys side hold true. Just a reminder this [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]