A Cadre Of Sullivan County Kids Qualify For State Track Meet Joining The Rest Of Section Nine Elites Heading To Syracuse
By RICHARD A. ROSS
KINGSTON, NY—This is what it’s all about when it comes to being classified as an elite competitor, namely to qualify for states to earn the right to represent one’s school, community and Section and to vie with the best of the best in New York State.
It’s a privilege only accessible to the top finishers at the state qualifier in Division I (Schools with 600 students or more grades 9-11) and Division II (those with fewer than 600). In addition, one more can make it by dint of having surpassed the state standard in his or her event.
This year the list of state qualifier from Sullivan County burgeoned. Swamped as I am at the moment with preparing for five school slide show presentations with four of them in the coming week, I am not at liberty to write the kind of lengthy tribute these kids so rightfully deserve, but I will before this spring is in the books.
For now I’ll just list their names and events with their times/distances at the state qualifier. I hope to find the time this week to add a photo panel at the top of this piece that depicts each and every one in their events. I’ve got pictures of all of them. Of course I do. That’s a benefit of covering this sport to the extent that I do.
So here they are:
Liberty’s Kane Sauchuck in the 110 hurdles (15.48) and the 400 hurdles (56.25); Eldred’s Hunter Proscia in the 3000 Steeplechase (9:53.64); Sullivan West’s Mitch Paciga in the high jump (5-10); Liberty’s Kenny Jaycox in the long jump (21.7.25); Fallsburg’s Michael Robinson in the triple jump (44-9); Liberty’s Mike Hinton in the discus (143-7); Liberty’s Peter Koval in the javelin which is not a state event (144-5); Fallsburg’s Candhace Forrest in the 100 (13.03); Tri-Valley’s Mareena DiMilia in the 100 hurdles (16.03) and the shot put (34-10); Tri-Valley’s Katlynn Greffrath in the pentathlon (2, 230 points); Tri-Valley’s Dominique Darby in the shot put (36-1); Eldred’s Breanna Brucher in the pole vault (10-3).
Tri-Valley’s Jimmy Bernstein missed the state meet by two hundredths of a second in the 1600 but recorded a PR of 4:26.24 which qualifies him for Eastern States. Eldred’s Hunter Proscia missed out in the 3200 by four hundredths of a second.
Special congratulations to Ellenville’s Tyler O’Bryant who won the 100 in 11:06 fighting his way back from a hamstring injury incurred during his win in the 200 at the MHAL championships. O’Bryant had to withdraw from the 200 at the state qualifier to insure that he’d make it in the 100. He is the defending state champion in the 200 and just missed winning the 100 at states last year by the narrowest of margins.
NYS qualifying standards for track and field 2012
Here are the results from the state qualifier meet. Congratulations to all of the runners, jumpers and throwers who will represent Section Nine at North Cicero High School in Syracuse on June 8-9. An asterisk (*) denotes having met the state meet standard and qualifying thereby. First place finishers in Division I and II go to states.
100 meters: Div. I – 1. Tony Patrignelli* (MW) 11.32; 2. Anthony Hall* (Corn) 11.46; 3. Matt Mungo (Gosh) 11.62. Div. II – 1. Tyler O’Bryant# (Ell) 11.06; 2. Jonathan Carpenter# (JIO) 11.22; 3. Craig Burns (Eld) 11.49.
110 hurdles: Div. I – 1. Eric Wellmon* (Wall) 15.06; 2. Orion Brown (King) 15.83; 3. Dennis King (War) 16.02. Div. II – 1. Kane Sauchuk# (Lib) 15.48; 2. Adrian Krzysztofowicz (Eld) 16.49; 3. Mitch Paciga (SW) 16.88; DQ. Ben Nadareski# (NP), ran through hurdle.
200: Div. I – 1. Darnell Lubin* (Wash) 22.58; 2. Taylor Onique (Mont) 22.97; 3. Latique Floud (Mid) 23.25. Div. II – 1. Jonathan Carpenter# (JIO) 22.93; 2. Jeremy Key (JIO) 23.44; 3. Craig Burns (Eld) 23.65.
400: Div. I – 1. Taariq Jones* (King) 48.39; 2. T.J. Santiago* (Wash) 49.88; 3. Taylor Onique (Mont) 50.50. Div. II – 1. Adrian Climer# (NP) 50.23; 2. Marco DiBella (JAC) 50.30; 3. Tashan Beaupierre (Ell) 51.62.
400 hurdles: Div. I – 1. Shaquille Wimberly* (NFA) 55.17; 2. Amin Tmimi* (MW) 55.62; 3. Mike Corlett (NFA) 58.75. Div. II – 1. Kane Sauchuk# (Lib) 56.25; 2. Wayne Bowden# (Spac) 56.61; 3. Paul LaMarche (NP) 56.82.
1,600: 1. Devin DeJoode# (PP) 4:24.84; 2. Jim Bernstein (TV) 4:26.24; 3. Eric Albino* (MV) 4:29.04; 4. Austin Mermell (PB) 4:29.84; 5. Alex Shodai (Mid) 4:32.44; 6. Ryan Jelinek (Spac) 4:32.54.
3,000 steeplechase: 1. Paddy Grandinali* (War) 9:27.14; 2. Hunter Proscia# (Eld) 9:55.64; 3. Tanner Senius (War) 10:03.44; 4. Kyle Marquis (Marl) 10:10.34; 5. Rodolfo Nieto (Mid) 10:22.14; 6. Hauk Boyes (TV) 10:34.44.
400 relay: Div. I – 1. Kingston* (Orion Brown, Myles Santiago, Qiyam Green, Taariq Jones) 42.87; 2. Washingtonville (Nick Julian, Jeremy White, Darnell Lubin, T.J. Santiago) 43.41; 3. Cornwall (Ray Isales, Anthony Vega, Marcus Louis, Anthony Hall) 43.46. Div. II – 1. New Paltz# (Ben Nadareski, Romikeo Duzant, Joey Fitzpatrick, Seth Odari) 44.94; 2. Ellenville (Naheem Brown, Tashan Beaupierre, Jimmy Quiceno, Marco Torres) 44.96; 3. Spackenkill (Tre Wilson, Ibraheem Saafir, Wayne Bowden, Mike Clear) 45.45.
800: 1. Patrick Rooney* (M-W) 1:55.2, 2. Shane Lopez* (M-V) 1:55.7, 3. David Hadeller (M-W) 1:56.0, 4.Octavious Wilborn (Mid) 1:56.3, 5. Marco DiBella* (JACC) 1:56.8, 6. Connor Quinn (Wash) 1:58.7.
1,600 relay: 1. Monroe-Woodbury* (David Hadaller, Patrick Rooney, Amin Tmimi, Thomas Papazicos) 3:20.59; 2. Newburgh* (Roberto Joseph, Terrell Moore, Isaiah Valentine, Shaquille Wimberly) 3:21.25; 3. Washingtonville (T.J. Santiago, Jeremy White, Darnell Lubin, Ryan Nguyen) 3:24.30. Div. II – 1. New Paltz# (Austin Stewart, Seth Odari, Paul LaMarche, Adrian Climer) 3:27.86; 2. Spackenkill (Tre Wilson, Tommy Fink, Ryan Jelinek, Wayne Bowden) 3:29.78; 3. Coleman (Marco DiBella, Nico Catalano, Evan Ducker, Jace VanSteenburg) 3:31.34.
3200: 1. Johnny Marvin# (Rhinebeck) 9:34.2, 2. Hunter Proscia (Eld) 9:38.9, 3. Luke Vasadi* (Wash) 9:44.1, 4. Eric Albino (M-V) 9:45.5, 5. David Busby (NP) 9:47.0, 6. Alex Shodai (Mid) 9:52.8. 11. Paddy Grandinali* (War) 10:10.8.
3,200 relay: 1. Warwick* (Grant Parrelli, Jordan Burton, Aaron Peterson, Paddy Grandinali) 7:55.63; 2. New Paltz# (Matt Hasbrouck, Lorenzo Mazzuca, David Busby, Alfredo Mazzuca) 8:08.24; 3. Washingtonville (Dan Cocchiara, Luke Vasadi, Brett Nguyen, Connor Quinn) 8:08.67; 4. Rhinebeck# (Johnny Marvin, Christian Gonzalez, Dante Penepent, Dave Williams) 8:10.91; 5. Kingston 8:11.39; 6. Pine Bush 8:25.07.
High jump: 1. (tie) Xaivier McAllister* (NFA) and Jonathan Carpenter# (JIO) 6-2; 3. Rob Gamble* (MW) 6-0; 4. Alex Corrado (Wall) 6-0; 5. Vincent Biunno (VC) 6-0; 6. (tie) Mitch Paciga# (SW) and Brandon Richardson (MW) 5-10.
Long jump: 1. Tony Patrignelli* (MW) 21-10.25; 2. Kenny Jaycox# (Lib) 21-7.25; 3. Da’Von Adamson (PJ) 21-2.75; 4. Qiyam Green (King) 21-1.75; 5. Jamal Bynum* (Mid) 20-8.5; 6. Nick Occhi (Ont) 20-2.
Triple jump: 1. Jamal Bynum* (Mid) 46-3; 2. Darrell Jones (MW) 44-9.5; 3. Mike Robinson# (Fall) 44-9; 4. Collin Sears (VC) 44-4; 5. Jacob Combe (Ont) 43-8.5; 6. Dylan Wellmon (Wall) 43-4.
Shot put: 1. Randy Hinds* (King) 49-6.5; 2. Garrett Lapolt (Mont) 49-4.25; 3. John Winters (Saug) 45-11; 4. Ryan Parino (MW) 44-9.5; 5. Zach Sherry (VC) 43-7; 6. Ryan Hickey# (Ont) 43-5.
Discus: 1. Randy Hinds* (King) 160-6; 2. Michael Hinton# (Lib) 143-7; 3. David Carlson (King) 135-4; 4. Jeff Nunez# (Ell) 134-5; 5. Tanner Tenhagen (Corn) 133-9; 6. Corey Keeling (RH) 129-2.
Pole Vault: 1. Amin Tmini* (M-W) 14-0, 2. Todd Uckermark* (War) 13-6, 3. Roger Gutierrez (Kingston) 12-6. Div II: 1. Aric Canevari# Pine Plains 13-0, 2. Rich Barley# (Marlboro) 12-6, 3. Eugene Morton (T-V) 12-6
Pentathlon: 1. Lucas Messina (War)* 3,015 points; 2. Alejandro Ayala# (PP) 2,963; 3. Kieran Brown (MW) 2,924; 4. Jonah Staires (Rhb) 2,825; 5. Luke Zsido (Cor) 2,673; 6. Stephen O’Shea (MW) 2,329.
Javelin (non-state event): Div. I – 1. Daniel Shambo (King) 145-1.5; 2. David Carlson (King) 141-3; 3. Billy Stahlmann (Gosh) 126-10. Div. II – 1. Peter Koval (Lib) 144-5; 2. Vinny Webbe (Lib) 105-7; 3. Chris Lang (SW) 91-9.5.
Hammer (non-state event): not contested.
Girls’ results
100 meters: Div. I – 1. Kalissa Caesar* (PJ) 12.55; 2. Britt Roser (King) 13.16; 3. Jonel Henry (Mid) 13.25. Div. II – 1. Candhace Forrest# (Fall) 13.02; 2. Shasche Allen# (Spack) 13.03; 3. Diamond Wiley (JIO) 13.13.
100 hurdles: Div. I – 1. Aliyah Matta* (NFA) 15.31; 2. Chantal Vital* (PB) 15.68; 3. Danielle Coburn (PB) 16.43. Div. II – 1. Courtney Warden# (Marl) 15.57; 2. Mareena DiMilia# (TV) 16.03; 3. Grace Weisbecker (RH) 16.38.
200: Div. I – 1. Dymonique Burke* (PJ) 27.12; 2. Alana O’Neill (Wash) 27.13; 3. Alex Baselice (Gosh) 27.32. Div. II – 1. Shasche Allen# (Spac) 26.55; 2. Diamond Wiley (JIO) 27.17; 3. LaraJane Heslop (Lib) 27.28.
400: Div. I – 1. Sara Flores* (King) 56.85; 2. Shannon Averill (Saug) 59.49; 3. Kelly Ann Averill (Saug) 60.83; Div. II – 1. Claire Markonic# (Web) 59.89; 2. Kaitlyn King (Ont) 59.99; 3. Mallory Peterson (Mill) 60.72.
400 hurdles: Div. I – 1. Christina Zelenoy* (MW) 64.02; 2. Elena Rudy (Cor) 65.04; 3. Adrienne Scrima (MV) 67.37. Div. II – 1. Naomi Bouchard-Gordon# (NP) 67.34; 2. Kate Shults (JAC) 70.31; 3. Kristine Sumfleth (SW) 72.13.
800: 1. Amber Goodspeed*(Mid) 2:14.6, 2. Shannon Averil (Saug) 2:16.5; Jillian Decker*(Cornwall) 2:18.7. 4. Mallory Peterson# (Millbrook) 2:19.8, 5. Lauren Hehir (Wash) 2:21.4, 6. Kristen Borriello (VC) 2:21.8
1,500: 1. Holly Cavalluzzo* (VC) 4:40.82; 2. Emily Waligurski# (Ont) 4:46.10; 3. Lauren Hehir (Wash) 4:52.71; 4. Julia Rubin-Armstrong (Ont) 4:55.02; 5. Kelly Burke (King) 4:57.92; 6. Agnes Eigo (War) 4:58.11.
3000: 1. Holly Cavalluzzo*(VC) 10:02, 2. Gianna Frontera* (NFA) 10:05.4, 3. Emily Waligurski# (Ont) 10:35.5, 4. Camryn Johnson (Mont) 10:49.2, 5. Autumn Bender (TV) 10:54.2, 6. Kalleigh Forester (NFA) 11:09.7.
2,000 steeplechase: 1. Amber Goodspeed* (Mid) 7:03.44; 2. Kalleigh Forrester (NFA) 7:15.57; 3. Meaghan Ventarola (MW) 7:29.03; 4. Kate Shults# (JAC) 7:36.79 (scratching from states); 5. Megan McGowan# (CF) 7:47.64; 6. Michelle Lujan (Cor) 7:54.57.
400 relay: Div. I – Newburgh* (Kristina Smith, Aliyah Matta, Nicole McRae, Melisande Corlett) 50.42; 2. Pine Bush (Nicolette Zeigler, Chantal Vital, Hope Ebert, Ashley McCabe) 50.67; 3. Middletown (Chekasa Hampton, Jonel Henry, Tia Walker, Lillian Samuel) 51.39. Div. II – 1. Rondout Valley# (Amanda Mondini, Jaime Winnie, Victoria Ospina, Christine Kelly) 51.42; 2. O’Neill (Diamond Wiley, Bayyinan Kareem, Maddie Watts, Ayanna Satterfield) 51.61; 3. Liberty (Amanda Bertholf, Nikole Snyder, Rebeccah Harman, LaraJane Heslop) 52.13.
1,600 relay: Div. I – 1. Newburgh* (Saleen Matta, Kayla Phipps, Aliyah Matta, D’Yanna McCaskill) 3:56.18; 2. Monroe-Woodbury (Morgan Menzzasalma, Alanah Hurse, Denise Encarnacion, Christina Zelenoy) 3:59.99; 3. Middletown (Amber Goodspeed, Jonel Henry, Akua Williams, Becky Dionisio) 4:02.55. Div. II – 1. Rondout Valley# (Victoria Ospina, Alex Hardy, Jaime Winnie, Christine Kelly) 4:07.61; 2. Spackenkill (Shasche Allen, Taylor Carlin, Seana Tully, Melissa Donovan) 4:07.97; 3. Red Hook (Grace Weisbecker, Olivia Popovitch, Brenna Dolen, Rachael Seymour) 4:23.38.
3,200 relay: 1. Warwick* (Charlotte Brunjes, Jessica Stokkeland, Megan Reilly, Katie FitzGerald) 9:16.54; 2. Washingtonville (Kerry Connors, Jenn Boerke, Debbie Boerke, Lauren Hehir) 9:21.82; 3. Cornwall (Beatrice Boylan, Michelle Lujan, Dara Cuffe, Ashley Wallace) 9:30.04; 4. Monroe-Woodbury 9:30.27; 5. Valley Central 9:40.25; 6. Kingston 9:53.82; 8. Millbrook# (Mary-Kate Bida, Mallory Peterson, Emily Koehler, Kyla Kartjen) 9:59.67.
High jump: 1. Jessica Armand* (War) 5-2; 2. Rebecca Drake (Wall) 5-1; 3. Marie Johnson (Mid) 4-10; 4. (tie) Taylor Carlin# (Spac) and Daria Christiana (King) 4-8; 6. (tie) Savannah Nobre (Marl), Maddie Watts (JIO), Michaela McBride (Gosh) and Lindsay Jackson (Gosh) 4-8. NH. Hannah Baker# (Marl) no height.
Long jump: 1. Brittany Bryant* (Cor) 19-1.75; 2. Cora Butler# (NP) 17-3.75; 3. Avery Maillet# (Ont) 17-0; 4. Mareena DiMilia (TV) 16-2; 5. Sara Mazzella (High) 15-8.25; 6. Ciarra Holmes (Wall) 15-6.5.
Triple jump: 1. Cora Butler# (NP) 36-10; 2. Christine Kelly (RV) 35-4; 3. Nicole McRae* (NFA) 35-1.75; 4. Danielle Coburn (PB) 34-8.25; 5. Erin Lutley (MW) 34-7; 6. Hannah Baker (Marl) 33-0.
Shot put: 1. Aliyah Pittman* (NFA) 38-11.5; 2. Katherine Mollahan (Cor) 36-11.5; 3. Dominique Darby# (TV) 36-1; 4. Mareena DiMilia# (TV) 34-11; 5. Valerie Hinds (King) 34-6.5; 6. Rebecca Rich (King) 34-5.5.
Discus: 1. Danielle Borriello# (Ell) 117-11; 2. Stephanie Catalioto* (Cor) 116-7; 3. Carly Markos (Wall) 105-7; 4. Madison Suardy (King) 104-11; 5. Dominique Darby (TV) 103-9; 6. Alyssa Brown (Marl) 98-11.
Pole Vault: 1. Breanna Brucher# (Eld) 10-3, 2. Grace Weisbecker# (Red Hook) 10-0, 3. Marissa Robbins* (Goshen) 9-9, 4. Gabby Agostaro (RV) 9-3, 5. Amanda Bertholf (Lib) 9-3, 6. Erin Leahey (Warwick) 9-0.
Pentathlon: 1. Meredith Przybocki* (PB) 2,691 points; 2. Sarah Williams (NFA) 2,589; 3. Maddie Daches (MW) 2,386; 4. Ashlyne Sullivan (MW) 2,296; 5. Kassi Ellsworth (King) 2,271; 6. Katlynn Greffrath# (TV) 2,230.
Javelin (non-state event): Div. I – 1. Madison Suardy (King) 89-4; 2. Rebecca Rich (King) 82-7.5; 3. Amanda Demeter (King) 73-3.5. Div. II – 1. Moona Guo (Mll) 54-10.5.
Hammer (non-state event): not contested.
