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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 of The Journal News’ three Rockland Athletes of the Season – won the long jump, breaking her own Section 1 record by jumping 20-9 3/4 . She also took first in the triple jump at 39-0 1/4 . Both girls advance to the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships, to be held at Burke High School in Omaha, Neb., July 22-July 27.

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But I’ll try and keep you up to date on how they do. Layne will be trying to qualify in the 100 and possibly the 200, while Knight will be competing in the high jump. Layne will begin her competition tonight in the qualifying round of the 100, tomorrow are the semis and finals. While Knight has until Monday before her competition kicks off.

Here’s the link to check out when the trials will be on TV:

http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/TVSchedule.asp

First, when will this thing come closer to home? I’m looking at you White Plains. I don’t mind going on road trips, but it would be nice to be able to just walk to the track from the office. I’d just thought I’d throw it out there. I guess next year we’re up in Syracuse that’s a little better.

It was a rough weekend for the boys in Section 1. They had so many second and third place finishes in either the state or the federation race. They ran well, but came out just short.

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 try to give you my opinions on them, which I’m sure will be horribly incorrect.

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I guess I shouldn’t be though, because the girl just keeps breaking records and doing extraordinary things. Clayton will move on to the regional qualifier now, which will be held July 11-13 at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island.

Clayton now owns the outdoor sophomore state record, and the indoor national sophomore record. She also holds the Rockland and Section 1 records in the long jump for both seasons. The jump of 20-4 1/2 is second best in the U.S. this season, and she had the No. 1 jump in the winter.

The scariest part: this girl is still 15.  Personally, I feel lucky to be watching her, because I think we could be seeing someone who might do some really special things moving forward.  Anyone who watches her can see that Clayton doesn’t even really have her jumping technique down yet. She’s still pretty inconsistent with her steps. She has two years to work on that, and when it happens, who knows what we might see.

I give the athletes who competed a ton of credit for braving the heat. I’ll run through some of the meet’s highlights:

Caitlin Hudson continues to get better for Bronxville. She won the 800 yesterday with another PR, 2:14.70. I think Hudson is peaking at just the right time to run a great race at states.

The 1.600 was a great race also. Freshman Gina Talt edged out Tori Flannery by a mere half-second, and we may be looking at another up-and-comer in Section 1 distance running in Talt. It seemed like she surprised herself with the win, but she showed a lot of guts down the stretch running in extreme heat against an excellent runner in Flannery.

Jen Clayton picked up the triple jump early in the season and has taken just weeks to become a contender for a state title. The girl is just an unbelievable athlete. She jumped 38-10 to win yesterday, and she did something even better today, which I’ll have a blog post on a little later (so stay tuned). Dan and I thought she might not have been permitted to compete yesterday due to tardiness at school, but apparently everything got worked out.

One scary moment occurred just after the 400, when Elizabeth Mott had to be taken from the track in an ambulance and taken to Sound Shore Hospital due to heat exhaustion.  Mott won the race in 55.01, and seemed fine talking to reporters afterwards. But as soon as she sat down the heat seemed to really hit her hard, and she started feeling dizzy and nauseous.

There were some other good performances as well. New Rochelle’s Charlotte won the shot put in 37-6 1/4, and the Suffern 4 x mile of Carol Duganzic, Jana Soares, Sam Randazzo and Shelby Greany won in 21:17.8.

Let’s review what happened yesterday on the boys side:

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 prom and the playoffs. You can read it here: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806030392

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 those fast times somehow.

Here’s a look at what happened yesterday:

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Now for day two. I hardly know where to start.

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 of New Rochelle finished in 1:56 and was right there with him, but he was never able to make a serious run at the Peekskill senior. But they both qualify for states.

Before I go down my list I want to go over the ground rules of how I picked them. Anyone who was hurt for any part of the season, but was a big time athlete in the winter or the fall does not qualify. Anyone who was on the all county or all star first team for individual events does not qualify. I hope that helps.

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 same thing at every meet, he wins the event, sets the meet record and then goes for the state record. I think that’s great, and one of these times he’s going to set the state record. I thought he had it yesterday. On his second attempt to clear 16-6, he was definitely over the bar and on the way down he clipped it whit his elbow.

Boys points:

Ramapo won the section as the team continued its success from the winter. Even with the team not performing to expectations they still won. Mike Abelard still isn’t 100 percent, but he ran admirably. Then you have Kevin Malviert. He ran well, but had a tight hamstring most of the day. He lost out to Jesse Drinks of Ossining which was one of the bigger surprises of the meet. Drinks has been having a good season, but he ran great today, To win in 10.5 is exceptional. Then to have Zach Curtin win the 200 was another shocker. Again, the Yorktown runner has been having a good season, but that was a great race, 21.9. Those two guys ran great and there’s nothing Ramapo could have done about those races, but to still come away with the victory is impressive.

Both Jen and Janelle Clayton were attending their brother’s college graduation and were not at the meet. When I left, New Rochelle looked to be in good position to take the team title, and that’s no surprise considering how many points the Mounties figure to lose not having Jen and Janelle.

Speaking of New Rochelle, coach Andy Capellan recently let me know that Aisha Chisholm will attend Robert Morris next year on a full scholarship. Chisholm is an excellent jumper and a versatile athlete. I’m sure she’ll do great next year. As for Cap, he just keeps churning out these high quality track and field athletes.

Dan will post his thoughts on the meet later tonight, so stay tuned!

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 come away with another victory.

2. Harrison – Very much like Somers, this team just got back a valuable athlete in Claudio Delli Carpini. This team probably has the best sprinters in class B and they should be able to accumulate a lot of points in that and the field events. Thirty seven of the 39 points the team scored out counties came in either the sprinting events (any event under 400 meters) and the field events, specifically the long jump and triple jump. Don’t be surprised if they beat Somers, they were close last week and could pull off the upset.

1. Ramapo: The team won the county title without Abelard and if he runs at sectionals there would just be a larger margin of victory. Malivert, Padilla, Chidi and Dozie Ezemma, Hendrick, Payen they’re among the best in the section in their events. This was an easy pick.

2. Suffern: The Mounties had a great county meet making it a lot closer than what was expected. Sectionals will be tougher because they are going against a lot of really good distance runners, most notably Scarsdale. They have had a real good season and I see no reason why it shouldn’t continue.

3. Scarsdale: It will be between them and Suffern for second place. This should be a really interesting match up because both teams have a similar strength, distance. Obviously the two teams have quality athletes in the sprinting and field events, which could determine who comes out on top.

4. New Rochelle: It had a rough day at counties, but with a full roster this team should be able to compete. They have a lot of athletes so getting points won’t be a factor, but its strength is Ramapo’s strength so that could hurt this team.

5. North Rockland: Having athletes place won’t be a problem, but like last week, this team will have a tough time getting a lot of points. The Red Raiders will be up there in because they will have a lot of athletes scoring, but it probably won’t be enough.

Let’s see if I have better luck this time than last week. See you at White Plains…

Kristin Reese, Carmel (Stanford)

Elizabeth Mott, New Rochelle (North Carolina)

Josalyn White, Ossining (Vanderbilt)

Avery Faeth, Somers (Virginia)

Megan Faeth Somers, (Dartmouth)

Heidy Palacios, Saunders (Manhattan)

Britney Clarke, North Rockland (Miami)

Here’s another one I just received word on:

Lori Rendos, Clarkstown South (West Virginia)

And as you can see below, another Clarkstown South athlete will be competing in the fall:

Michelle Eberhart, Clarkstown South, Binghamton

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 attend its school. While these other teams are relegated to its specific area. Scarsdale can only get athletes from Scarsdale, New Rochelle from New Rochelle and so on.

However, when Iona Prep is bad or Kennedy is bad no one cares. It’s only when these teams are good that people knock them. The Gaels have a good team, but they’re not unbeatable. This past weekend the team had a great meet. They dominated from beginning to end. The indoor season was real close, and New Rochelle or Scarsdale could have easily won that meet.

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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 is what I had: New Rochelle, Iona Prep, Scarsdale, Mount Vernon and then Somers.

This is the order the teams finished: Iona Prep, Scarsdale, New Rochelle, Roosevelt, Mount Vernon; Somers finished sixth.

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.

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.

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.

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”

Class II

Team Scores:

Somers    132
Ardsley    94
Hendrick Hudson    70
Hackley    50
Port Chester    44

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1. Somers
Jacilyn Almodavar
Sam Kuntz
Lorraine Ramirez    55.60
2. Hendrick Hudson    59.66
3. Ardsley    1:02.71

Sprint Medley Relay

1. Somers
Jacilyn Almodavar
Avery Faeth
Katy Kleinburg
Holly Ferguson    1:59.23
2. Port Chester    2:00.58
3. Ardsley    2:04.47
4. Hackley    2:07.81
5. Hendrick Hudson    2:13.13

Distance Medley Relay

1. Somers
Sam Kuntz
Rachel O’Connel
Julia Caraliere
Lindsey Craig    13:46.77
2. Ardsley    14:29.73
3. Port Chester    15:01.97
4. Hackley    15:05.38
5. Hendrick Hudson    15:07.65

400 relay

1. Hackley
Breanna Millette
Adjoa Boating
Huda Muhammad
Anjelique Parnell    53.70
2. Somers    54.57
3. Port Chester    57.79
4. Ardsley    64.5
5. Hendrick Hudson    65.4
3,200 team race

1. Somers
Crosby Tillman
Julia Cavaliere    3pts
2. Ardsley    7pts
3. Hendrick Hudson    11pts

800 relay

1. Hackley
Breanna Millette
Adjou Boating
Nuda Muhammad
Anjelique Parnell
1:54.23
2. Ardsley    1:55.53
3. Port Chester    2:02.83
4. Somers    2:05.53
5. Hendrick Hudson    2:08.43

3,200 relay

1. Ardsley
Hailey Still
Darya Valvyskaya
Nikki Heuver
Ali Gold    11:48.41
2. Hendrick Hudson    12:04.64
3. Somers    12:09.89
1,600 relay

1. Ardsley
Jamela Joseph
Rike Franklin
Hailey Still
Emily Taussig    4:25.76
2. Hackley    4:28.01
3. Somers    4:28.74
4. Hendrick Hudson    4:43.9
5. Port Chester    5:14.5

Pole vault

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

Triple jump

1. Somers
Shona Craig
Holly Ferguson
D. Kolar    63’2”
2. Hendrick Hudson    51’6”
3. Ardsley    49’11”
4. Hackley    44’8”

Long jump

1. Hackley
Anjelique Parnell
Breanna Millette    29’6 ½”
2. Somers    28’1”
3. Ardsley    23’7”
4. Hendrick Hudson    21’8 1/2”

High jump

1. Somers
Avery Faeth
Linda Craig
Laura Haley    9’6”
2. Hendrick Hudson    8”8”

Discus

1. Somers
Hanna Munte
Lauren Campbell
Yasha Stine    160’4”
2. Ardsley    129’2”
3. Port Chester    96’7”
4. Hendrick Hudson    75’7”

Shot put

1. Somers
Hanna Monte
Lauren Campbell
Anna Wortner    66’1”
2. Ardsley    47’7 ½”
3. Port Chester    40’ ¼”
4. Hendrick Hudson    39’71/2”

Javelin

1. Somers
Avery Faeth
Hanna Monte
Lauren Campbell    131’6”
2. Ardsley    120’3”
3. Hendrick Hudson    101’0
4. Port Chester    60’7”

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.

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…

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.

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?

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?

Boys

Team key and scoring: 1. Arlington (Arl) 74, 2. Lakeland/Panas (Lk/Pn) 67, 3. Iona Prep (IP) 62, 4. Yorktown (Yk) 40, 5. Mount Vernon (MV) 39, 6. Brewster (Bw) 37, 7. Pawling (Pw) 35, 8. John Jay-East Fishkill (JJEF) 31, 9. Somers (S) 29, 10. Hackley (Hk) 26, 11. Byram Hills (BH) 23, 12. Roosevelt (Rs) 22, 12. Lincoln/Gorton (Ln/G) 22, 14. Croton-Harmon (CH) 18, 15. Peekskill (Pk) 17, 16. Ossining (O) 16, 17. Hen Hud (HH) 14, 18. Carmel© 12, 18. Sleepy Hollow (SH) 12, 20. Horace Greeley (HG) 11, 21. Kennedy (JFK) 8, 21. Westlake (Ws) 8, 21. Bronxville (Bv) 8, 24. Valhalla (V) 7, 25. Fox Lane (FL) 6, 26. Pearl River (PR) 4, 26. New Rochelle (NR) 4, 26. Mahopac (M) 4, 29. Beacon (Bc) 2, 30. Albertus Magnus (AM) 1, 31. Millbrook (Mb) 1.

100 – 1. Danny Alves (SH) 11.2; 2. Mile Peterson (Pv) 11.2; 3. Andrew Ricketts (AS) 11.2. 200 – 1. Jack Curtain (Yk) 22.0; 2. Chris Davis (Rs) 22.9; 3. Jonathan Gaston (Ln/G) 23.2. 400 – 1. Lawrence Campbell (Pk) 51.0; 2. Chris Davis (Rs) 52.0; 3. Gaston (Ln/G) 52.6. 400 hurdles – 1. Steve Carey (Pw) 59.1; 2. Max Grossman (Lk/Pn) 60.8; 3. Scott Peragine (Lk/Pn) 61.1. 800 – 1. Sean Halpin (IP) 1:57.9; 2. Pat Porteus (S) 1:58.6; 3. Jesse McCormick (O) 1:59.8. 1,600 – 1. Chris Mezias (HG) 4:35.7; 2. Brandon Freyer (Bw) 4:38.1; 3. Ben Brink (IP) 4:38.9. 3,200 – 1. Colby DelBenee (Pw) 9:25.6; 2. Mark Castelli© 9:59.6; 3. Dan Kane (Arl) 9:59.8. 800 relay – 1. Mount Vernon (Harrison, Henry, Pollack, Williams) 1:32.5; 2. Lincoln/Gorton 1:36.4; 3. Lakeland/Panas 1:36.7. 1,600 relay – 1. Mount Vernon (Harrison, Siva, Winslow, Williams) 3:35.0; 2. John Jay-East Fishkill 3:35.4; Peekskill 3:38.4. 3,200 relay – 1. Arlington (Muller, Howard, Leslie, Doherty) 8:16.5; 2. Byram Hills 8:24.5; 3. Pawling 8:33.5. Sprint medley relay – 1. John Jay-East Fishkill (Joyce, Bunce, Clifford, Gomba) 3:40.0; 2. Byram Hills 3:42.9; 3. Lakeland/Panas 3:45.2. 4 mile relay – Arlington 18:06.1; 2. Iona Prep 18:16.2; 3. Fox Lane 18:59.3. High jump – 1. Sean Riley (Arl) 6-8; 2. Jordan Pollock (MV) 6-0; 3. Spencer Lord (Pl) 5-10 Long jump – 1. Myles Thomas (O) 20-3; 2. Mike Thomas (Bw) 19-2; 3. Aaron Hernandez (HH) 18-10 3/4 . Triple jump – 1. Jordan Pollock (MC) 42-4 1/4 ; 2. Alfsono Scannapicco (Lk/Pn) 41-9 1/4 ; 3. Tim Weeber (BH) 41- 3/4 Pole vault – 1. Aaron Konigsberg (Hk) 13-6; 2. Michael Berg (IP) 11-0; 3. Alfonso Scannapieco (Lk) 11-0. Discus – 1. Matt Hudson (Arl) 140-2; 2. Teddy Mottola (IP) 131-3; 3. Stu Meissner (Bw) 127-2. Javelin – 1. Aaron Konigsberg (Hk) 199-10; 2. Andrew Bocskocosky (Lk/Pn) 165-0; 3. Dylaan Schuck (JFK) 158-1. Pentathalon – 1. Will Johnson (Arl) 2,660; 2. Peter Frank (Yk) 2,627; 3. Derek Toub (Yk) 2,063. Shot put – 1. Matt Hudson (Arl) 45-5; 2. T. J. Hair (CH) 43-3 3/4 ; 3. Adam Bello (Ws) 42-4 3/4 . Hammer throw – 1. Brian Bourque (IP) 157-1; 2. Eric Vergo (Yk) 148-2; 3. Teddy Mottola (IP) 134-5.

Girls

Team key and scoring: 1. Arlington (Arl) 102; 2. Mount Vernon (MV) 94; 3. Somers (S) 93; 4. Bronxville (Bx) 84; 5. Peekskill (Pk) 32; 6. Carmel© 26; 6. Brewster (Bw) 26; 8. New Rochelle (NR) 25; 9. Ursuline (U) 24; 10. Harrison (H) 21; 11. Port Chester (PC) 20; 12. Hackley (Hk) 18; 13. Albertus Magnus (AM) 16; 13. Hen Hud (HH) 16; 14. John Jay-East Fishkill (JJEF) 15; 14. Mahopac (M) 15; 15. Sleepy Hollow (SH) 11; 16. Saunders (Sn) 10; 17. Hastings (Hs) 8; 17. Yorktown (Yk) 8; 19. John Jay (JJ) 6; 19. Rhinebeck (Rb) 6; 21. Pleasantville (Pv) 4; 22. Pawling (Pw) 3; 22. New Fairfield (NF) 3; 24. Pearl River (PR) 2; 24. Panas (Pn) 2; 24. Kennedy (JFK) 2; 27. Fox Lane (FL) 1; 27. Millbrook (Mb) 1.

100 – 1. Sasha Richards (MV) 11.9; 2. Anjelique Pamell (Hk) 12.7; 3. Kenina Bonner (MV) 12.9 200 – 1. S. Richards (MV) 24.7; 2. Karlie Dean (JJ-EF) 25.4; 3. Shamika Mindingall (MV) 26.7. 400 – 1. Heidy Palacios (Sn) 58.6; 2. Vanessa Crump (MV) 59.8; 3. Julia Miller (MV) 61.6. 400 hurdles – 1. Rachel Kim (Bx) 67.5; 2. Sereta Steen (MV) 69.2; 3. Cynthia Heriveaux (Arl) 69.5. 800 – 1. Kristin Reese© 2:14.1; 2. Andi DeFonce (H) 2:19.2; 3. Hayley McMahon (Arl) 2:19.7. 1,500 – 1. Caitlin Hudson (Bx) 4:50.5; 2. Gabby Gjonaj (Arl) 4:55.2; 3. Rachel Sorna (Arl) 4:57.1. 3,000 – 1. Emma Clarke (Bx) 10:37.1; 2. Jackie McGowan (AM) 10:38.8; 3. Sami Jorgensen (Pw) 10:43.3 800 relay – 1. Mount Vernon (Mindingall, Richards, Bonner, Crump) 1:44.4; 2. Peekskill 1:52.1; 3. Bronxville 1:52.1 Sprint medley relay – 1. Carmel (Maurer, Comiskey, Montana, Reese) 4:07.8; 2. Bronxville 4:12.7; Ursuline 4:16.5. 1,600 relay – 1. Bronxville (Goff, Miers, Hudson, Bruton) 4:08.0; 2. Arlington 4:14.7; 3. Carmel 4:14.9. 3,200 relay – 1. Bronxville (Murray, Dawson, Clarke, Flannery) 9:43. 2. Arlington 9:56.9; 3. Rhinebeck 10:12.6. 4 mile relay – 1. Bronxville 21:16.1; 2. Arlington 21:31.4; 3. Mahopac 23:36.6. High jump – 1. Avery Faeth (S) 5-0; 2. Lauren Galasso (PC) 5-0; 3. Laura Olson (JJ) 5-0. Long jump – 1. M. Parnell (Hk) 16-6; 2. Genevieve Ruppel (SH) 16-1; 3. Michelle McCrae (MV) 15-8 1/2 . Triple jump – 1. M. McCrae (MV) 33-4; 2. Sasha Tharani (H) 32-5; 3. Maura Maloney (M) 31-10 1/4 . Pole vault – 1. Shona Craig (S) 9-3; 2. Michelle Walters (AM) 9-0; 3. Fiona Nugent (U) 8-6. Discus – 1. Sam Spindel (Bw) 116-6; 2. Henna Monte (S) 91-2; 3. A. Pehmoeller (Arl) 89-7. Hammer – 1. Alyssa Pehmoeller (Arl) 133-10; 2. Charlotte Pope (NR) 128-9; 3. Katrina Anderson (NR) 102-8 Race walk – 1. Catie Davis (Pk) 7:56.8; 2. Becca Katz (Hs) 8:17.4; 3. Crosby Tillman (S) 8:35.8. Shotput – 1. A. Pehmoeller (Arl) 34-7 1/2 ; 2. Lauren Campbell (S) 34-7; 3. Megan Faeth (S) 33-10. Pentathlon – 1. Ashley Ramsay (Pk) 2,699; 2. Alice O’ Dell (HH) 2,394; 3. Abigail Winsted (Y) 1,572. Javelin – 1. M. Faeth (S) 116-8; 2. A. Faeth (S) 102-7; 3. Nicole Kosko (JJ) 101-7.

     I was very impressed with the Somers girls, who did quite well at their home meet. Megan and Avery Faeth led the way, and the Tuskers’ performance really convinced me that they will be a factor in the Westchester County meet. Somers is really solid in a number of field events (Like javelin) where a lot of other teams are week. This means Somers has the ability to score a lot of points and might sneak up on some people as a real contender at the county championships.

     Mount Vernon’s Sasha Richards had another excellent day, winning the 100 and 200 meter dash. Richards might be the best pure sprinter in Section 1. She’s a lot of fun to watch.

     I know I’ve said this before, but Bronxville’s distance runners just continue to amaze me. That such a small school could come to a meet and just completely dominate every distance race is phenomenal. It’s really a credit to Bronxville coach Jim Mitchell.

   I should also mention Ashley Ramsay, Sam Spindel, and Kristin Reese, who were all solid in winning the pentathlon, discus, and 800 meters respectively. I’m going to try to post the full meet results tomorrow for your viewing pleasure.

     Before I go I must say that Dan and I are really excited for the county and sectional meets, and, of course, for states later on. We have some amazing athletes in Section 1, and I have a feeling we’ll see a few state champions. Until next time, I’m Jose Reyes, signing off. Oh wait, no, I’m Eric Lebowitz…still signing off.

Ramapo is still the team to beat on the boys side and Suffern for the girls. While I’m not sure how serious the injury to Abelard and Kevin Malivert didn’t run they were able to plug in Aaron Thevenin and Jermaine Ricketts and still pick up the win.

Brewster  has some promising young talent, especially in the long jump with James Courte (20-1) and Mike Thomas (19-10). That was a surprising and an impressive win for the Brewster boys track team over Somers. However, Somers is still one of the top five or six teams the county and probably the top B school. But I think Harrison can give Somers a run for its money at the county meet. I would still rank Somers ahead of Harrison, but it’s a lot closer than in the indoor season.

The New Rochelle boys track team will come away with the county title. I’m going on a hunch here, but this team has been impressive this season. Chris Rones, Pierre Eliezer, Aki Bajulaiye and Shawn Day have really stepped up their game. If I had a guess of how the county meet will play out in Westchester it will be: New Rochelle, Iona Prep, Scarsdale and Mount Vernon, in that order. Pollack, Williams, and Henry have been real impressive for Mount Vernon, but I think they lack the depth to keep up with the other teams in the county. But they will be my sleeper pick. If there’s a team that can surprise and win the county it’s Mount Vernon.

I’m not sure what’s up with Tewado Latty of White Plains. I saw him run at the Penn Relays and he looked good, but I haven’t seen him anywhere else.

Are there any other surprises or items worth noting from the league meets?

League I-B championships

Team team and scoring: 1. Ramapo (Ram) 148 5/6; 2. Suffern (Sf) 120; 3. North Rockland (NRk) 107 5/6; 4. Clarkstown South (CS) 92 1/2 ; 5. Clarkstown North (CN) 54 5/6.

100 – 1. Nick Padilla (Ram) 11.0; 2. Chidi Ezemma (Ram) 11.2; 3. Dom McEnery (Sf) 11.3. 200 – 1. D. McEnery (Sf) 22.5; 2. C. Ezemma (Ram) 22.7; 3. N. Padilla (Ram) 22.7. 400 – 1. C. Ezemma (Ram) 49.6; 2. Dozie Ezemma (Ram) 50.9; 3. John Taylor (CS) 52.0. 800 – 1. Evan Flach (Sf) 1:59.3; 2. Christopher Carrington (NRk) 2:00.8; 3. Kyle Cranston (CS) 2:03.1. 1,600 – 1. C. Carrington (NRk) 4:30.3; 2. Nick Hughes (NRk) 4:33.2; 3. Mike Pereira (Sf) 4:34.1. 3,200 – 1. N. Hughes (NRk) 9:54.0; 2. Terrence Galasso (Sf) 10:08.1; 3. Tyler Frigge (Sf) 10:13.1. 110 hurdles – 1. Antoine McGill (CS) 14.7; 2. Ryan Whitley (Ram) 15.7; 3. Anthony Congress (NRk) 16.1. 400 hurdles – 1. R. Whitley (Ram) 57.2; 2. A. Congress (NRk) 59.5; 3. Dasheen Ellis (NRk) 60.5. Pole vault – 1. Jesse Sarka (Sf) 11-6; 2. Rich Desimone (Sf) 106; 3. Sam Goldman (Sf) 10-6. Triple jump – 1. Eric Chacko (CN) 42-6 1/4 ; 2. A. McGill (CS) 42-1 1/4 ; 3. Alex Maisonette (NRk) 30-4. Shotput – 1. Hendrick Jean (Ram) 54-1; 2. Marvin Payen (Ram) 45-7 1/2 ; 3. Shane Jacobs (CN) 44-7. Long jump – 1. A. McGill (CS) 21-4 3/4 ; 2. Al Kleber (Sf) 18-11 1/2 ; 3. Malcolm Zamor (Ram) 18-7. High jump – 1. M. Zamor (Ram) 5-10; 2. A. Maisonette (NRk) 5-8; 3. Kyle Sanders (CS) 5-6. Discus – 1. H. Jean (Ram) 133-5; 2. S. Jacobs (CN), 131-0; 3. Stanley Tyrell (Sf), 124-0. 400 relay – 1. Ramapo (Shaq Belizaire, Aaron Thevenin, Jermaine Ricketts, N. Padilla) 44.7; 2. Clarkstown North 45.1; 3. North Rockland 45.3. 1,600 relay – 1. Ramapo (R. Whitley, D. Ezemma, Jean Solon, C. Ezemma) 3:28.5; 2. Clarkstown South 3:33.6; 3.Suffern 3:37.8. 3,200 relay – 1. Clarkstown South (J. Higgins, B. Hallas, J. Taylor, K. Cranston) 8:26.0; 2. Suffern 8:27.1; Clarkstown North 8:40.6.

Girls

League I-B championships

Team team and scoring: 1. Suffern (Sf) 220 1/3 ; 2. North Rockland (NRk) 155 1/2 ; 3. Clarkstown South (CS) 80 1/2 ; 4. Ramapo (Ram) 42; 5. Clarkstown North (CN) 34 5/6.

100 – 1. Jen Clayton (Sf) 12.3; 2. Tamikah Montama (Sf) 12.8; 3. Ruth Alexandre (Ram) 12.9. 200 – 1. J. Clayton (Sf) 24.8; 2. Britney Clarke (NRk) 24.8; 3.T. Montama (Sf) 26.4. 400 – 1. Gayle Walters (Sf) 60.0; 2. Nicole Landis (NRk) 60.8; 3. S. Flood (CS) 61.1. 800 – 1. Shelby Greany (Sf) 2:19.2; 2. Lisa Lungaro (NRk) 2:21.2; 3. Katherine Hekker (NRk) 2:22.2. 1,500 – 1. S. Greany (Sf) 4:47.1; 2. L. Lungaro (NRk) 4:48.7; 3. K. Hekker (NRk) 4:53.6. 3,000 – 1. S. Greany (Sf) 10:34.4; 2. Jackie Gamboli (NRk) 10:37.7; 3. Jana Soares (Sf) 10:44.5. 100 hurdles – 1. B. Clarke (NRk) 16.0; 2. Amber Stephens (NRk) 17.5; 3. Jamie Etkind (CN) 18.0. 400 hurdles – 1. Janelle Clayton (Sf) 69.0; 2. Liz Cangialosi (NRk) 69.6; 3. Ann Marie Aviles (Sf) 72.3. Triple jump – 1. Michelle Eberhart (CS) 35-4 1/2 ; 2. Ja. Clayton (Sf) 32-10 1/3 ; 3. L. Cangialosi (NRk) 31-7 1/3 . Shotput – 1. T. Montama (Sf) 32-11; 2. B. Clarke (NRk) 31-11 3/4 ; 3. sabrina Legros (NRk) 31-3. Long jump – 1. J. Clayton (Sf) 17-1; 2. B. Clarke (NRk) 16-8 1/2 ; 3. Michelle Eberhart (CS) 15-2 1/4 . High jump – 1. Ja. Clayton (Sf) 5-0; 2. A. Stephens (NRk) 4-10; 3. F. Consiglio (Sf) 4-8. Discus – 1. Lauren Schlanger (CS) 87-0; 2. Miranda Nortey (Ram) 77-7; 3. Brooke Fischer (CN), 72-5. 400 relay – 1. Suffern (T. Montama, Ja. Clayton, Jenna Schafer, Gayle Walters) 50.4; 2. Ramapo 50.4; 3. North Rockland 52.5. 1,600 relay – 1. Clarkstown South (Shannon Flood, Yazmin Seymour, Taylor Quilty, Francesca Jean Charles) 4:10.6; 2. North Rockland 4:12.4; 3. Suffern 4:21.0. 3,200 relay – 1. Suffern (Nicole Tassello, Carol Duganzic, Christy Goldman, Allie Carlson) 9:38.5; 2. North Rockland 9:39.9; Clarkstown North 10:42.1.

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The League 1-A meet results will be in tomorrow’s paper, but here are the team scores, first for the girls:

1. New Rochelle 254, 2. Mount Vernon 158, 3. Scarsdale 71, 4. White Plains 60, 5. Mamaroneck 28

Boys:

1. New Rochelle 194, 2. Scarsdale 181, 3. Mount Vernon 145, 4. White Plains 42, Mamaroneck 12

I know it’s still some time away, but I think this could be interesting. The league meets have been or will be getting under way within the next week or so and I feel like they are a decent indicator of where a team stands. That being said, I will start handicapping the favorites heading into counties.

I’ll focus on the Rockland boys today and then we’ll go from there over the next few weeks, with a break for Loucks, which is only next week.

Heading into this weekend, I believed that Ramapo was the best team in the county and probably the section. Now, as I’m sure most of you have heard, Mike Abelard, one of the team’s best runners, hurt his hamstring in the 400 relay on Friday. It might be a minor injury and he could be back in a week, but we don’t know.

This is a big blow to the Gryphons, he was one of the best runners on the team, and now the team, instead of finishing 1-2-3 in the sprints, they might only finish 1-2.

Are they still the best team in Rockland? Can a North Rockland or a Clarkstown South or even a Suffern throw its names into contention?

Personally, I think Ramapo is still the best team, even if Abelard doesn’t run again this season. They still have too many quality athletes and they will still win most of the sprinting events and all the relays, except the 3,200.

This is my problem with picking any team besides Ramapo, the distance events. There are too many quality runners that run the 800, 1,600, 3,200, or 3,200 relay for one team to sweep those events. Ramapo’s strength is its domination in one area. Then it’ll probably win the shot put, and no team will win enough points in the distance or field events to catch them.

If we look at the field events, again we see that the quality is spread throughout the county. You have McGill, Fowler, Carroll, and a few others who will win or place in their events. I think the injury to Abelard has moved Ramapo closer to the pack, but they are still the team to beat. N. Rockland has so many athletes that they will be right with Ramapo, but can they place in enough events? C. South will win its share of events, especially McGill, but Cranston and Sheppard among others will score points, but will it be enough?

What do you think? We’ll revisit Rockland as the meet gets closer and talk about Westchester later this week, but I thought with leagues coming up it would be an interesting topic to discuss.

     I have to say the atmosphere at Franklin Field was different from any meet I’ve been since I’ve been on the track and field beat. Attendance was over 23,000 today, and the crowd was into every event.

     Congrats to the Mount Vernon girls 4×100 relay team of Shamika Mindingall, Sasha-Gay Richards, Michelle McCrae, and Kenina Bonnerfor taking its heat.  The Knights narrowly missed qualifying for the championship race but they will compete in the large school final later today. Dan Marra will be keeping an eye on that race and all the action later today before he heads down to Philadelphia on Saturday.

     The Urusuline 4×800 relay also missed qualifying for the championship race by a whisker. Just .08 seconds kept the Koalas from running in that race later today. Still, an impressive time of 9:14.61 for Rosie Crean, Katie Sullivan, Jackie McCarthy and Meghan Brown.

     Jen Clayton placed third in the long jump, her best jump a 5.91-meter leap. Clayton was definitely nervous competing in front of so many people but her long-jumping is clearly getting more consistent. Clayton’s fellow Mounty Shelby Greany ran a strong race in the 3,000, finishing 5th. Greany is really off to a good start in the outdoor season and I have a feeling we may see her post some spectacular times later on. She told me after the race she’s especially looking forward to the steeplechase later this season….WATCH OUT!

OK, I’m probably going to make another post tomorrow, but after driving back and forth to Philly today I am TIRED so I’m going to catch some zzzzzzs

Other notes:

Elizabeth Mott continues to impress as she won the 400 hurdles and anchored the 1,600 relay team that won.

Aki Bajulaiye continues to look very strong in the spring season, winning another event, this time it was the 800. He was able to use a late push and then hold off Pat Porteus of Somers. These two could be battling it out the rest of the season in the event.

All the credit in the world to Britney Clarke of North Rockland and Mike Carroll of Nanuet for winning the pentathlon, an event I would never dream of competing in. The running stuff I could do, but the jumping that’s a little different. I have a hard enough time jumping into bed (my wife and I have it on lifts so we can cram more junk underneath). Then the shot put. I know I must look pretty physically fit to most of you, but picking up a weighted ball and throwing it, that surprisingly is not one of my stronger attributes.

Kristin Reese looked real strong in the 800. That whole race, even though she didn’t take the lead until the final 100 meters, she looked like she was in complete control.

I just wanted to mention this because I’m sorry I missed it, Nelson Hall clearing 6-8 in the high jump, congratulations. I know he’s been working hard and he deserves it. That’s a great jump, and I think he could continue to get better.

Alright, that’s all for now. I will see you all in the City of Brotherly Love. I’m thinking about wearing my Antonio Pierce jersey or maybe Eli Manning? I could go out and get a T.O. jersey for the trip. Any suggestions?

     Scarsdale had a impressive first day as well. Julian Sheinbaum and Jacob Wexler took first and second place in the boys 1,600 respectively, and Nelson Hall took first place in the high jump, clearing a personal best 6 feet, 8 inches.

      For the second year in a row Carmel’s Kristin Reese took the girls 3,200 title, and Suffern was 1-2 in the boys 5,000 with Evan Flach and Mike Pereira respectively.

     Tomorrow all the sprint finals will be held, as well as most of the relays, more field events, and the completion of the boys and girls penthathons. It should be another tremendous day of competition. Dan Marra will be out at North Rockland tomorrow, so be sure to check out the blog tomorrow night for Dan’s take on all tomorrow’s action. Talk to you all soon!

-Eric

The meet was pretty good. It honored Coach Fulton of Harrison for his 18 years of service, and it had some pretty good performances. I am constantly being impressed to the start of the season that New Rochelle is having. They have three athletes in particular who look impressive, and are constantly getting better, Chris Rones, Aki Bajulaiye and Deon James. Only Aki’s a junior, the other two are sophomores. This team could be pretty good next year.

And Harrison, especially the girls really impressed me. Clare McManus looks to be a triple threat in the 200, long jump and the 4×4. They also had this runner, Nina Sarmienta, who ran the 800 and for the first 4-500 meters was stride for stride with Tori Flannery of Bronxville. She eventually hit a wall, but with little training in the event and to do that well is pretty impressive. Apparently Sarmienta had been running modified and then they moved her up.

This Saturday is Nanuet and then next week is the Red Raider Relays. The track season should be getting into full swing. Just an fyi, track notebooks  are coming out this Wednesday, keep an eye out.

-Eric

Anyway, the meet was fun. New Rochelle has a beautiful set up. The track and the artificial turf look amazing. I heard some complaints