Tri-Valley Girls Bestow Seventh Consecutive Section IX Class C Track And Field Title On Outgoing Coaches Joe and Missy Iatauro; New Paltz Outpoints Monticello In Much-Anticipated Boys ‘B’ Fray; Rondout Girls Are ‘B’ Champs; Dover Boys Rule ‘C’; Eldred’s Boys and Girls Are ‘D’ Champs Once Again (6^th and 5^th Straight Years Respectively). Monroe-Woodbury Dominates ‘A” World

.Class A boys Team standings and key: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (MW) 150 points; 2. Warwick (War) 147; 3. Cornwall (Cor) 72.5; 4. Middletown (Mid) 70.5; 5. Valley Central (VC) 59; 6. Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) 54; 7. Kingston (King) 51; 8. Washingtonville (Wash) 38; 9. Pine Bush (PB) 34; 10. F.D. Roosevelt (FDR) 27; 11. Wallkill (Wall) 18; 12. Minisink Valley (MV) 17; 13. Saugerties (Saug) 3.

Class A girls Team standings and key: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (MW) 158.5 points; 2. Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) 103.5; 3. Cornwall (Cor) 92; 4. Warwick (War) 86; 5. Middletown (Mid) 56; 6. Kingston (King) 54.5; 7. Pine Bush (PB) 49; 8. Washingtonville (Wash) 43; 9. Saugerties (Saug) 32; 10. Wallkill (Wall) 28.5; 11. Valley Central (VC) 21; 12. Minisink Valley (MV) 14; 13. F.D. Roosevelt (FDR) 2.

Class B boys Team standings and key: 1. New Paltz (NP) 195 points; 2. Monticello (Mont) 157; 3. Port Jervis (PJ) 88; 4. Marlboro (Marl) 74; 5. (tie) Rondout Valley (RV) and Ellenville (Ell) 52; 7. Highland (High) 40; 8. Red Hook (RH) 37; 9. Spackenkill (Spac) 35; 10. Goshen (Gosh) 10.

Class B girls Team standings and key: 1. Rondout Valley (RV) 149.5 points; 2. Marlboro (Marl) 105; 3. (tie) Port Jervis (PJ) and Monticello (Mont) 80; 5. Red Hook (RH) 76; 6. New Paltz (NP) 74; 7. Highland (High) 53.5; 8. Goshen (Gosh) 51; 9. Spackenkill (Spac) 36; 10. Ellenville (Ell) 35.

Class C boys Team standings and key: 1. Dover (Dov) 185 points; 2. Tri-Valley (TV) 110.5; 3. Rhinebeck (Rhb) 106; 4. Sullivan West (SW) 75; 5. Onteora (Ont) 63; 6. James I. O’Neill (JIO) 62.5; 7. Pine Plains (PP) 38; 8. John S. Burke Catholic (JSB) 35; 9. Liberty (Lib) 34; 10. Fallsburg (Fall) 18; 11. Millbrook (Mill) 12.

Class C girls Team standings and key: 1. Tri-Valley (TV) 194.5 points; 2. Onteora (Ont) 148.5; 3. Dover (Dov) 87; 4. Sullivan West (SW) 74; 5. James I. O’Neill (JIO) 60; 6. Fallsburg (Fall) 53; 7. Liberty (Lib) 33; 8. Rhinebeck (Rhb) 32; 9. Millbrook (Mill) 23; 10. (tie) Chester (Ches) and John S. Burke Catholic (JSB) 10; 12. Pine Plains (PP) 9.

Class D boys Team standings and key: 1. Eldred (Eld) 216 points; 2. Chapel Field (CF) 124; 3. Livingston Manor (LM) 96; 4. John A. Coleman Catholic (JAC) 92; 5. Webutuck (Web) 75.

Class D girls Team standings and key: 1. Eldred (Eld) 216 points; 2. Chapel Field (CF) 158; 3. John A. Coleman Catholic (JAC) 145; 4. Livingston Manor (LM) 86; 5. Webutuck (Web) 24.

By RICHARD A. ROSS

rross@sportsinsightsny.com

Class B and C photos at www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com

1. Start of the 3000; 2. T-V’s Autumn Bender. 3. Sullivan West’s Matt Cardona. 4. T-V’s Ali Reynolds. 5. T-V’s Mareena DiMilia. 6. T-V group hug with Coach Missy Iatauro. 7. T-V’s Zach Nilsen. 8. Monticello’s Mike Rogers. 8. Ellenville’s Justin Farrenkopf. 10. Monticello’s Shane Jackson. 11. Sullivan West’s Mitch Paciga. 12. The Tri-Valley Girls Section Nine Class C Champions. 13. New Paltz’s Lorenzo Mazzuca. 14. Sullivan West’s Dani Myers. 15. Eldred boys and girls Class D champons 16. Onteora’s Julia Rubin-Armstrong. 17. Onteora’s Emily Waligurski 18. New Paltz Class B champions 19. Fallsburg’s Candhace Forest. 20. Sullivan West’s Courtney Meyerer

KINGSTON, NY—Over the years when it has come to summing up the Section Nine Class B/C track and field championships I have written volumes. I am an unabashed devotee of track and I make no excuses for my unbridled respect and awe of runners, jumpers and throwers.

That’s not a slight against the panoply of others sports I cover during the school year, just a fact of life. I suppose in some kind of photo/journalistic idealized world I’d have a perfect balance in terms of the weight I give sports. I don’t and I’m not apologizing for it.

That said, I have now reached a new phase of my career and for all of my narrative and expository skills I find I must write far less, if at all. I make my living as a photographer and either my fans will buy my pictures or engage me to shadow athletes for compensation or my tenure in this field will be coming to an end at some point in the not-too-distant future.

I don’t need any more awards or pats on the back to tell me what a great job I do. I need money just like everyone else does and it’s not coming from these storied epic free blogs. So I’m not going to cite chapter and verse about this year’s Class B and C Championships…just drop short notes on what I consider the salient highlights. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves, the nearly 700 of them that inhabit the album on www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com. Buy them and insure that my tireless coverage will continue..view them for free and find another person to do what I do. Good luck in that quest.

Of course nowadays everyone has a digital camera and throws their pictures up on Facebook, but I’m a professional and a darn good one at that. Get your free pix from your cousin Bernie or your mom’s cell phone camera. If you want the kind of stunning freeze frame action of a professional then honor him with your patronage. Nuff said.

There were certainly many individual milestones at this meet in terms of personal bests and records broken but from my standpoint there were two overriding stories. The first was the one centering on Tri-Valley’s girls and their goal to present a seventh consecutive Class C title to their coaches Joe and Missy Iatauro on the occasion of their imminent retirement following decades of unmatched dedication and mentoring of hundreds and hundreds of young men and women.

Mission accomplished on that score as T-V once again used its commanding depth to outpoint competitive Onteora, its closest contender.

The other central story involved the question as to whether the Monticello boys team , arguably its best ever, had enough sprint, jumping and relay strength to offset New Paltz’s commanding distance running talent pool coupled with its ability to garner points in pole vault, pentathlon etc.

Were Monticello to get all it needed from its star athletes in every event and were New Paltz to falter slightly or be beaten back in key point categories by other schools like Port Jervis, Goshen etc, it might have been possible. But it didn’t shake out that way and the Monties who won four consecutive Division III titles went home shy of their ultimate team goal of the season, to win a first ever Section IX title.

One day earlier Eldred’s girls won tier sixth straight Section Nine D crown and the boys claimed their fifth straight in yet another pair of track and field milestones. I’ve never done two days of sectionals in a row because of the impossibility of the workload and so Eldred being a part of the A/D configuration gets my props but none of my photos. I’m always glad to post those contributed by others including those donated by Tom Brucher over the years.

Congratulations to the Yellow Jackets as well as to the other team winners on the two day Section IX tour de force.

Below you will find the results listed by Class and gender.

Class D girls Team standings and key: 1. Eldred (Eld) 216 points; 2. Chapel Field (CF) 158; 3. John A. Coleman Catholic (JAC) 145; 4. Livingston Manor (LM) 86; 5. Webutuck (Web) 24.

Individual events

100 meters: 1. Kally Vellenga (CF) 13.34; 2. Ami Calo (LM) 13.36; 3. Amy Malik (JAC) 14.14; 4. Erika Poston (Eld) 14.41; 5. Brianna Haight (JAC) 14.60; 6. Annaliese Gorr (LM) 14.71.

200: 1. Claire Markonic (Web) 27.48; 2. Kally Vellenga (CF) 28.12; 3. Maggie McDermott (CF) 28.13; 4. Candace Vellenga (CF) 29.70; 5. Talia Murphy (JAC) 30.16; 6. Amy Malik (JAC) 31.03.

400: 1. Maggie McDermott (CF) 63.54; 2. Sarah Malzahn (Eld) 65.44; 3. Corin Mosak (JAC) 65.94; 4. Annaliese Gorr (LM) 67.44; 5. Niki Yadav (CF) 73.94; 6. Anna Petrowski (Eld) 75.24.

800: 1. Heather St. Germain (CF) 2:31.53; 2. Shannon GIldea (JAC) 2:35.66; 3. Kayla Maas (Eld) 2:39.52; 4. Abby Hastings (CF) 2:50.98; 5. Jessica Davis (Eld) 2:52.60; 6. Jessica Ships (Eld) 3:03.61.

1,500: 1. Megan McGowan (CF) 5:24.72; 2. Shannon Gildea (JAC) 5;25.20; 3. Kayla Maas (Eld) 5:36.41; 4. Abby Hastings (CF) 5:56.33; 5. Jessica Davis (Eld) 6:06.24; 6. Jessica Schips (Eld) 6:45.85.

3,000: 1. Kayla Maas (Eld) 12:10.80; 2. Abby Hastings (CF) 12:29.74; 3. Jessica Davis (Eld) 12:59.92; 4. Jessica Schips (Eld) 14:01.02; 5. Marisa Jankowski (JAC) 15:11.92.

100 hurdles: 1. Sara Rutigliano (JAC) 16.81; 2. Erika Poston (Eld) 18.41; 3. Selena Hudak (Eld) 18.77; 4. Shannon Brucher (Eld) 19.39; 5. Shannon Wood (Web) 20.25; 6. Brenda Calderon (Web) 21.62.

400 hurdles: 1. Sara Rutigliano (JAC) 1:14.03; 2. Candace Vellenga (CF) 1:18.50; 3. Sarah Malzahn (Eld) 1:19.46; 4. Shannon Wood (Web) 1:21.63; 5. Missy Vanseggen (Eld) 1:28.16; 6. Heather Hallock (Eld) 1:38.92.

2,000 steeplechase: 1. Megan McGowan (CF) 8:03.36; 2. Sara Jane Drewett (Eld) 9:22.17; 3. Marisa Jankowski (JAC) 10:27.90.

400 relay: 1. Chapel Field (Kally Vellenga, Candace Vellenga, Heather St. Germain, Maggie McDermott) 53.31; 2. Coleman (Brianna Haight, Talia Murphy, Corin Mosak, Amy Malik) 56.17; 3. Livingston Manor (Ami Calo, Annaliese Gorr, Tristen Perez, Krystal Lugo) 56.88; 4. Eldred 60.66.

1,600 relay: 1. Chapel Field (Maggie McDermott, Megan McGowan, Candace Vellenga, Heather St. Germain) 4:28.34; 2. Eldred (Heather Hallock, Missy Vanseggen, Sarah Malzahn, Haley Tufano) 5:04.84.

3,200 relay: 1. Eldred (Sara Jane Drewett, Selena Hudak, Jessica Davis, Kayla Maas) 11:34.61; 2. Chapel Field (Ha Dao, Abby Hastings, Niki Yadav, Susie Krupp) 12:30.24; 3. Coleman (Rebecca Albrecht, Molly Brown, Kameron Morse, Marisa Jankowski) 15:08.15.

High jump: 1. Ami Calo (LM) 4-6; 2. Erika Poston (Eld) 4-6; 3. Sara Rutigliano (JAC) 4-0; 4. Sara Jane Drewett (Eld) 4-0; 5. Heather Hallock (Eld) 3-9; 6. Kaliee Gorr (LM) 3-9;

Long jump: 1. Heather St. Germain (CF) 14-8.25; 2. Selena Hudak (Eld) 13-8; 3. Kally Vellenga (CF) 13-5.5; 4. Melissa McMonagle (Eld) 12-10.5; 5. Krystal Lugo (LM) 12-9.5; 6. Brianna Haight (JAC) 12-8.5.

Triple jump: 1. Ami Calo (LM) 33-2.75; 2. Megan McGowan (CF) 30-10.75; 3. Shannon Gildea (JAC) 28-0; 4. Selena Hudak (Eld) 27-8.5; 5. Melissa McMonagle (Eld) 26-11; 6. Cindy Zheng (LM) 26-3.5.

Shot put: 1. Katherine Ellis (LM) 27-4.5; 2. Rebecca Albrecht (JAC) 24-11; 3. Angie Schadt (Eld) 23-7.5; 4. Lacie Callahan (JAC) 22-8.5; 5. Tristen Perez (LM) 21-9; 6. Missy Vanseggen (Eld) 21-6.25.

Discus: 1. Katherine Ellis (LM) 68-3; 2. Lacie Callahan (JAC) 67-1; 3. Rebecca Albrecht (JAC) 62-1; 4. Shannon Brucher (Eld) 58-6; 5. Angie Schadt (Eld) 57-11; 6. Susie Krupp (CF) 57-6.

Pole vault: 1. Melissa McMonagle (Eld) 7-0; 2. Sara Jane Drewett (Eld) 7-0; 3. Sara Rutigliano (JAC) 6-0.

Pentathlon: 1. Quinn Coughlin (JAC) 1,291 points; 2. Natalie Gonzalez (Eld) 534.

Hammer (non-scoring): No contestants

Javelin (non-scoring): No contestants

Class D boys Team standings and key: 1. Eldred (Eld) 216 points; 2. Chapel Field (CF) 124; 3. Livingston Manor (LM) 96; 4. John A. Coleman Catholic (JAC) 92; 5. Webutuck (Web) 75.

Individual events

100 meters: 1. Doug Leek (Eld) 11.68; 2. Julian Gottlieb (Eld) 11.95; 3. Brian Eskeridge (LM) 12.16; 4. Robert Rinaldi (Web) 12.26; 5. Joe Vazquez (JAC) 12.87; 6. Giovanni Gillmore (CF) 13.14.

200: 1. Doug Leek (Eld) 23.73; 2. Julian Gottlieb (Eld) 24.45; 3. Brian Eskeridge (LM) 24.66; 4. Joe Baker (CF) 24.78; 5. Jonathan Davidson (JAC) 26.00; 6. Micah Simmons-Smalls (JAC) 26.02.

400: 1. Nico Catalano (JAC) 52.34; 2. Matt McGowan (CF) 53.44; 3. Peter Vorstadt (Eld) 54.04; 4. Joe Baker (CF) 54.54; 5. Matt Janik (LM) 57.14; 6. Coco Meredino (Eld) 59.94.

800: 1. Jesse Capellaro (Web) 2:11.14; 2. Matt McGowan (CF) 2:17.04; 3. Thomas Heidcamp (JAC) 2:26.74; 4. Fabian Vega (Web) 2:27.14; 5. Billy Yorke (Eld) 2:27.24; 6. Justin Agostini (Web) 2:36.04.

1,600: 1. Brian Falkena (CF) 4:53.80; 2. Owen Lynch (Web) 5:03.69; 3. Andrew Hoke (Web) 5:16.28; 4. Manny Bayron (CF) 5:16.71; 5. Jake Willoughby (Eld) 5:23.38; 6. Kevin Maas (Eld) 5:27.54.

3,200: 1. Jesse Capellaro (Web) 10:21.03; 2. Brian Falkena (CF) 10:47.30; 3. Manny Bayron (CF) 11:28.07; 4. Jake Willoughby (Eld) 11:35.70; 5. Kevin Maas (Eld) 11:40.04; 6. Zac Cope (Web) 12:17.58.

110 hurdles: 1. Doug Leek (Eld) 17.63; 2. Julian DeLeon (Eld) 17.92; 3. Kyle Sherwood (LM) 20.46; 4. Adrian Seninde (JAC) 20.83; 5. Andrew Halloran (Eld) 21.66; 6. Kyle Banks (LM) 22.53.

400 hurdles: 1. Peter Vorstadt (Eld) 66.00; 2. Austin Hunt (JAC) 70.56; 3. Andrew Halloran (Eld) 71.47; 4. Julian DeLeon (Eld) 73.62; 5. Adrian Seninde (JAC) 75.38.

3,000 steeplechase: 1. Jared DeLeon (Eld) 12:14.16; 2. Zac Cope (Web) 13:12.44.

400 relay: 1. Coleman (Jonathan Davidson, Micah Simmons-Smalls, Joe Vazquez, Nico Catalano) 47.96; 2. Livingston Manor (Brian Eskeridge, Demetrius Okereke, Tyler Tirelli, Sean O’Brien) 48.96; 3. Eldred (Noah Clemmons, Coco Merendino, Logan McDonnell, Doug Leek) 49.32; 4. Chapel Field 51.71.

1,600 relay: 1. Eldred (Andrew Halloran, Dylan Wolff, Julian DeLeon, Julian Gottlieb) 3:59.71; 2. Livingston Manor (Brian Eskeridge, Matt Janik, Demetrius Miranda, Nik Zayas) 4:03.09; 3. Coleman (Micah Simmons Smalls, Thomas Heidcamp, Joe Vazquez, Nico Catalano) 4:04.04;

3,200 relay: 1. Chapel Field (Manny Bayron, Brian Falkena, Matt McGowan, Nathanial Jordan) 9:43.09; 2. Eldred (Kevin Maas, Peter Vorstadt, Billy Yorke, Robert Andersen) 10:22.31.

High jump: 1. Micah Simmons-Smalls (JAC) 5-3; NH. Dylan Wolff (Eld) , Austin Hunt (JAC) , Noah Clemmons (Eld), Andrew Halloran (Eld) no height.

Long jump: 1. Peter Vorstadt (Eld) 18-11; 2. Matt Janik (LM) 18-0.5; 3. Nico Catalano (JAC) 17-11.5; 4. Joe Baker (CF) 17-9.25; 5. Owen Lynch (Web) 17-1.25; 6. Coco Merendino (Eld) 16-8.25.

Triple jump: 1. Nico Catalano (JAC) 37-7.5; 2. Peter Vorstadt (Eld) 35-5.5; 3. Matt McGowan (CF) 35-2.75; 4. Kyle Sherwood (LM) 33-10.5; 5. Thomas Heidcamp (JAC) 31-10; 6. Joe Baker (CF) 30-9.5.

Shot put: 1. Robert Detz (CF) 43-7.75; 2. Jesse Jurgens (LM) 36-0; 3. Matt McRell (LM) 35-0; 4. Mike Gentile (CF) 32-9.75; 5. Johan Gonzalez (Web) 31-8.25; 6. Kristian Gillmore (CF) 31-4.75.

Discus: 1. Jesse Jurgens (LM) 119-3; 2. Robert Detz (CF) 113-6; 3. Matt McRell (LM) 99-2; 4. Kristian Murtagh (Web) 97-10; 5. Giovanni GIllmore (CF) 87-11.6. Mike Gentile (CF) 84-9.

Pole vault: 1. Julian Gottlieb (Eld) 11-0; 2. Julian DeLeon (Eld) 10-0; 3. Demetrius Miranda (LM) 9-0; 4. Sean Mock (LM) 8-0.

Pentathlon: 1. Tim Worzel (Eld) 1,403 points; 2. Jackson McGrail (Eld) 967.

Hammer (non-scoring): No contestants

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. Scott VanTuyl (Eld) 60-3; 2. Ty Kunkeli (Eld) 57.4.

Class B girls Team standings and key: 1. Rondout Valley (RV) 149.5 points; 2. Marlboro (Marl) 105; 3. (tie) Port Jervis (PJ) and Monticello (Mont) 80; 5. Red Hook (RH) 76; 6. New Paltz (NP) 74; 7. Highland (High) 53.5; 8. Goshen (Gosh) 51; 9. Spackenkill (Spac) 36; 10. Ellenville (Ell) 35.

Individual events

100 meters: 1. Kalissa Caesar (PJ) 12.67; 2. Courtney Warden (Marl) 13.18; 3. Amanda Mondini (RV) 13.34; 4. Halia Scott (High) 13.35; 5. Genece May (Ell) 13.38; 6. Caleigh Duggan (High) 13.39.

200: 1. Kalissa Caesar (PJ) 26.30; 2. Halia Scott (High) 27.07; 3. Genece May (Ell) 27.67; 4. Mecca Walter (RV) 27.68; 5. Rachael Seymour (RH) 28.01; 6. Dymonique Burke (PJ) 28.06.

400: 1. Shasche Allen (Spac) 59.15; 2. Halia Scott (High) 60.05; 3. Rachael Seymour (RH) 60.69; 4. Jaclyn Bellamy (Mont) 62.20; 5. Stephanie Popovitch (RH) 63.18; 6. Hannah Takacs (NP) 64.36.

800: 1. Jillian Eggers (RV) 2:26.88; 2. Rachael Seymour (RH) 2:28.69; 3. Julia McGuire (Gosh) 2:29.25; 4. Miranda Davenport (RV) 2:32.9; 5. Brianna Worden (PJ) 2:32.67; 6. Chanel Meyer (PJ) 2:34.18.

1,500: 1. Julia McGuire (Gosh) 4:58.43; 2. Martha Mihm (RV) 5:07.72; 3. Brittany Fuller (PJ) 5:11.04; 4. Jules Picuri (RV) 5:16.80; 5. Sydney Johnson (Mont) 5:17.27; 6. Angelique Atlas (Gosh) 5:19.97.

3,000: 1. Brittany Fuller (PJ) 11:02.15; 2. Martha Mihm (RV) 11:08.25; 3. Sydney Johnson (Mont) 11:13.37; 4. Angelique Atlas (Gosh) 11:20.22; 5. Amanda Forrester (PJ) 11:41.57; 6. Eden Zickler (RV) 11:42.83.

100 hurdles: 1. Courtney Warden (Marl) 15.40; 2. Grace Weisbecker (RH) 16.15; 3. Jordan Fredell (Mont) 17.40; 4. Laynie Callo (Marl) 17.72; 5. Rebecca Norton (Gosh) 17.82; 6. Megan McGrath (High) 17.89.

400 hurdles: 1. Laura Doherty (Mont) 68.39; 2. Jordan Fredell (Mont) 69.83; 3. Honour Butler (NP) 71.56; 4. Laynie Callo (Marl) 72.06; 5. Adelai Spiegler (RV) 72.23; 6. Victoria Ospina (RV) 73.32.

2,000 steeplechase: 1. Georgia Houghton (Marl) 7:51.61; 2. Brittany Rupp (Mont) 8:01.78; 3. Skylar Kortright (RV) 8:11.39; 4. Gisele Trivino (NP) 8:35.58; 5. Onnika Gullickson (RV) 8:47.95; 6. Jessica Cohen (NP) 8:50.09.

400 relay: 1. Port Jervis (Kalissa Caesar, Maria Barbone, Dymonique Burke, Niambi Green) 52.11; 2. Spackenkill (Sara Friedland, Taylor Carlin, Amy Moren, Shasche Allen) 52.59; 3. Highland (Caleigh Duggan, Sara Mazzella, Megan McGrath, Halia Scott) 53.29; 4. Rondout Valley 53.77; 5. Marlboro 53.78; 6. Ellenville 53.83.

1,600 relay: 1. Spackenkill (Melissa Donovan, Isabel Cirilli, Taylor Carlin, Shasche Allen) 4:07.85; 2. New Paltz (Kristen Rosario, Honour Butler, Hannah Takacs, Cora Butler) 4:08.91; 3. Monticello (Jaclyn Bellamy, Domonique Simms, Jordan Fredell, Laura Doherty) 4:10.56; 4. Rondout Valley 4:16.78; 5. Marlboro 4:20.35; 6. Ellenville 4:25.15.

3,200 relay: 1. Port Jervis (Skyler Fisher, Brianna Worden, Chanel Meyer, Brittany Fuller) 10:26.34; 2. Monticello (Sydney Johnson, Jordan Fredell, Brittany Rupp, Katrina Zicot) 10:31.74; 3. Red Hook (Olivia Popovitch, Stephanie Popovitch, Rachael Seymour, Kaitlin McGovern) 10:37.04; 4. Spackenkill 10:37.54; 5. Goshen 10:41.24; 6. Rondout Valley 10:51.14.

High jump: 1. Hannah Baker (Marl) 5-4; 2. (tie) Laura Doherty (Mont) and Savannah Nobre (Marl) 4-8; 4. Rebecca Norton (Gosh) 4-8; 5. Taylor Chappel (Ell) 4-6; 6. Jessica Gallo (Marl) 4-6.

Long jump: 1. Cora Butler (NP) 17-4.75; 2. Caitlyn Schmitz (RH) 16-6.75; 3. Jaime Winnie (RV) 15-6.5; 4. Sara Mazzella (High) 15-2.75; 5. Megan McGrath (High) 14-11.75; 6. Sophia Alter (RV) 14-11.25.

Triple jump: 1. Cora Butler (NP) 35-7.5; 2. Hannah Baker (Marl) 33-7.75; 3. Kaitlin McGovern (RH) 31-11; 4. Sophia Alter (RV) 31-6.5; 5. Jaime Winnie (RV) 31-3; 6. Honour Butler (NP) 30-9.5.

Shot put: 1. Alyza Countryman (RV) 29-8; 2. Adrianna Hinsey (Marl) 29-0.5; 3. Bianca Toscano (Marl) 28-8.75; 4. Natalie Lugo (Ell) 28-6; 5. Nicole Komonczi (PJ) 28-4; 6.Kaitlyn Lane (PJ) 27-4.25.

Discus: 1. Alyza Countryman (RV) 97-8; 2. Madison Carroll (NP) 90-10; 3. Adrianna Hinsey (Marl) 87-0; 4. Andrea Wasylyk (RV) 84-5; 5. Heather Giza (Mont) 78-4; 6. Brynn Eckert (NP) 78-1.

Pole vault: 1. Marisa Robbins (Gosh) 12-1; 2. Grace Weisbecker (RH) 11-6; 3. Maria Barbone (PJ) 9-0; 4. Gabriella Agostaro (RV) 8-6; 5. Samantha Kaplan (NP) 8-0; 6. Honour Butler (NP) 8-0.

Pentathlon: 1. Sarah Wohlfarht (RH) 2,097 points; 2. Leslie Chardon (High) 1,935; 3. Kristen McEneaney (Mont) 1,837; 4. Willa Butler (NP) 1,722; 5. Jordan Earl (RV) 1,654; 6. Chelsea Hart (NP) 1,641.

Hammer (non-scoring): Not contested.

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. Yami Reyes (Mont) 86-3; 2. Natalie Lugo (Ell) 76-10; 3. Domonique Simms (Mont) 63-6; 4. Heather Giza (Mont) 63-2.

Class C girls Team standings and key: 1. Tri-Valley (TV) 194.5 points; 2. Onteora (Ont) 148.5; 3. Dover (Dov) 87; 4. Sullivan West (SW) 74; 5. James I. O’Neill (JIO) 60; 6. Fallsburg (Fall) 53; 7. Liberty (Lib) 33; 8. Rhinebeck (Rhb) 32; 9. Millbrook (Mill) 23; 10. (tie) Chester (Ches) and John S. Burke Catholic (JSB) 10; 12. Pine Plains (PP) 9.

Individual events

100 meters: 1. Candhace Forrest (Fall) 12.73; 2. Avery Maillet (Ont) 13.23; 3. Amber Toupe (JIO) 13.49; 4. Kate Greffrath (TV) 13.67; 5. Sierra Thomas (Lib) 14.13; 6. Mariah Brickhouse (Lib) 14.46.

200: 1. Candhace Forrest (Fall) 27.05; 2. Avery Maillet (Ont) 27.32; 3. Kristin Butts (Dov) 27.36; 4. Amber Toupe (JIO) 28.17; 5. Kate Greffrath (TV) 28.33; 6. Sara Dertinger (TV) 28.44.

400: 1. Kaitlyn King (Ont) 60.13; 2. Courtney Meyerer (SW) 61.40; 3. Natalie Tyce (JIO) 62.06; 4. Briana Santo (Rhb) 62.39; 5. Sara Dertinger (TV) 63.23; 6. Jennifer Joseph (Dov) 64.59.

800: 1. Emily Waligurski (Ont) 2:16.97; 2. Sarah Rudge (Ont) 2:27.50; 3. Courtney Meyerer (SW) 2:28.51; 4. Julia Ryan (Ches) 2:29.08; 5. Autumn Bender (TV) 2:30.87; 6. Emily Koehler (Mill) 2:31.18.

1,500: 1. Emily Waligurski (Ont) 4:47.25; 2. Autumn Bender (TV) 5:00.40; 3. Mary-Kate Bida (Mill) 5:01.25; 4. Julia Ryan (Ches) 5:15.74; 5. Brooke Gillette (TV) 5:18.74; 6. Dakota Sabotka (JIO) 5:22.28.

3,000: 1. Julia Rubin-Armstrong (Ont) 10:14.92; 2. Mary-Kate Bida (Mill) 10:33.71; 3. Autumn Bender (TV) 10:41.88; 4. Brooke Gillette (TV) 11:22.95; 5. Danielle Graham (TV) 11:29.47; 6. Cameron Daddis (JIO) 11:32.88.

100 hurdles: 1. Mareena DiMilia (TV) 15.73; 2. Vicky Tingley (TV) 17.23; 3. Jayco Krebs (Lib) 17.90; 4. Diana Saravia (JSB) 17.91; 5. Hannah Feinman (SW) 18.38; 6. Melissa Symanski (SW) 18.38.

400 hurdles: 1. Sarah Haley (Dov) 67.30; 2. Caroline Martin (TV) 70.75; 3. Sabrena Smith (TV) 73.78; 4. Avi Kleine (Ont) 74.37; 5. Vicky Tingley (TV) 74.48; 6. Summer Bitjeman (Lib) 76.59.

2,000 steeplechase: 1. Julian Rubin-Armstrong (Ont) 7:16.80; 2. Brenna Yearick-Riley (Ont) 7:59.92; 3. Ellie Donlon (Dov) 8:15.71; 4. Corrine VanWagner (SW) 8:27.22; 5. Danielle Graham (TV) 8:29.02; 6. Ali Reynolds (TV) 8:29.06.

400 relay: 1. Dover (Kristin Butts, Sarah Haley, Jennifer Joseph, Kayla Moccio) 52.56; 2. Tri-Valley (Mareena DiMilia, Sara Dertinger, Jess Gozzqa, Caroline Martin) 53.63; 3. Onteora (Avery Maillet, Raegen Loheide, Stephanie Tillinghast, Stephanie Walkowiak) 54.85; 4. Liberty 55.10; 5. O’Neill 55.19; 6. Fallsburg 56.92.

1,600 relay: 1. Dover (Sarah Haley, Sydney Heidt, Jennifer Joseph, Kristin Butts) 4:20.2; 2. Sullivan West (Rosa Martinez, Megan Robisch, Courtney Meyerer, Erin Sumfleth) 4:21.28; 3. Tri-Valley (Kate Greffrath, Sara Dertinger, Vicky TIngley, Sabrena Smith) 4;25.72; 4. O’Neill 4:32.82; 5. Onteora 4:36.46; 6. Liberty 4:58.64.

3,200 relay: 1. Onteora (Julia Rubin-Armstrong, Katilyn King, Sarah Rudge, Emily Waligurski) 9:52.84; 2. Tri-Valley (Autumn Bender, Brooke Gillette, Danielle Graham, Sabrena Smith) 10:27.14; 3. O’Neill (Kelsey Waters, Natalie Tyce, Cameron Daddis, Dakota Sabotka) 10:45.24; 4. Sullivan West 11:04.34; 5. Millbrook 11:21.74; 6. Liberty 11:25.44.

High jump: 1. Kate Greffrath (TV) 4-8; 2. Ali Reynolds (TV) 4-8; 3. Sydney Heidt (Dov) 4-6; 4. Kelsey Moody (Fall) 4-6; 5. (tie) Sabrena Smith (TV) and Kelsey VanEtten (Ont) 4-3.

Long jump: 1. Avery Maillet (Ont) 16-11.75; 2. Mareena DiMilia (TV) 15-0.5; 3. Bridget Chartrand (Ont) 14-9.75; 4. Jennifer Joseph (Dov) 14-9; 5. Hannah Feinman (SW) 14-8.75; 6. Amber Toupe (JIO) 14-6.

Triple jump: 1. Kaitlyn King (Ont) 31-5.25; 2. Hannah Feinman (SW) 31-4.5; 3. Carmel Joseph (Dov) 30-9.5; 4. Bridget Chartrand (Ont) 30-7.5; 5. Kali Seastrand (Fall) 29-3; 6. Kayla Moccio (Dov) 29-0.25.

Shot put: 1. Mareena DiMilia (TV) 37-2.25; 2. Breahanna Schwartz (Rhb) 31-7.25; 3. Dalisia Moore (JIO) 30-4.5; 4. Maiya Mohammed (JIO) 30-1; 5. Brittany Butts (Dov) 29-9.75; 6. Claire Tierney (TV) 29-4.5.

Discus: 1. Colleen Jones (TV) 106-4; 2. Brittany Butts (Dov) 97-2; 3. Sarah Coney (TV) 87-3; 4. Donovan Hughes (PP) 86-8; 5. Shannon Smith (TV) 81-7; 6. Kelsey Moody (Fall) 80-1.

Pole vault: 1. Sarah Haley (Dov) 10-0; 2. Kali Seastrand (Fall) 7-6; 3. Maegan Hurtwitz (Fall) 7-6; 4. Vicky Tingley (TV) 7-0; 5. Autumn Thiele (SW) 6-0; 6. Taylor Hillriegel (SW) 6-0.

Pentathlon: 1. Barr Lavi-Romer (Rhb) 1,963 points; 2. Alex Brooks (TV) 1,923; 3. Sarah Berhman (Ont) 1,826; 4. Natalie Hutchins (Rhb) 1,638; 5. Tania Gomez (PP) 1,502; 6. Kelly Worker (JIO) 1,492.

Hammer (non-scoring): Not contested

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. Ann Walker (JSB) 94-3; 2. Olivia Grady (SW) 58-4; 3. Ivonne Serapio (Lib) 43-9.5; 4. Gabrielle Crawson (SW) 39-2; 5. Mandilyn Lounsbury (Lib) 39-0.

Class B boys Team standings and key: 1. New Paltz (NP) 195 points; 2. Monticello (Mont) 157; 3. Port Jervis (PJ) 88; 4. Marlboro (Marl) 74; 5. (tie) Rondout Valley (RV) and Ellenville (Ell) 52; 7. Highland (High) 40; 8. Red Hook (RH) 37; 9. Spackenkill (Spac) 35; 10. Goshen (Gosh) 10.

Individual events

100 meters: 1. Zack Warden (Marl) 11.53; 2. Alex Smith (PJ) 11.53; 3. Rahzel Smith (Mont) 11.61; 4. Dontay Walker (Marl) 11.62; 5. Mistah Alli (Mont) 11.63; 6. Naheem Brown (Ell) 11.65.

200: 1. Terry Duncan (Mont) 22.70; 2. Shane Jackson (Mont) 23.03; 3. Zack Warden (Marl) 23.03; 4. Alex Smith (PJ) 23.07; 5. Nicholas LaBarbera (RH) 23.60; 6. Rahzel Smith (Mont) 23.73.

400: 1. Shane Jackson (Mont) 50.32; 2. Steven Branham (PJ) 51.21; 3. Alex Gilbert (RH) 51.56; 4. Austin Stewart (NP) 51.84; 5. Terry Duncan (Mont) 52.63; 6. Jake Hammond (RV) 54.05.

800: 1. Alfredo Mazzuca (NP) 1:58.53; 2. Hans Zanger (PJ) 1:59.36; 3. John Fullam (NP) 2:03.05; 4. Alex Gilbert (RH) 2:04.35; 5. John O’Donnell (NP) 2:06.75; 6. Austin Trainor (PJ) 2:09.01.

1,600: 1. Alfredo Mazzuca (NP) 4:25.99; 2. Lorenzo Mazzuca (NP) 4:26.88; 3. Dave Busby (NP) 4:29.77; 4. Hans Zanger (PJ) 4:31.95; 5. Kobie Lane (PJ) 4:39.25; 6. Ryan Jelinek (Spac) 4:41.92.

3,200: 1. Dave Busby (NP) 9:36.63; 2. Kobie Lane (PJ) 9:45.15; 3. Joseph Klein (Mont) 10:29.31; 4. Seamus Trzwik-Quinn (NP) 10:32.28; 5. Avery Davenport (RV) 10:49.26; 6. Tyler Foxwell (Mont) 10:56.79.

110 hurdles: 1. Terrence Lawrence (High) 15.82; 2. Aodhan Fogarty (NP) 16.60; 3. Emile Kuyl (NP) 16.77; 4. Mike Rogers (Mont) 17.50; 5. Ross Kiel (Gosh) 17.50; 6. Jacob Lilley (Mont) 17.66.

400 hurdles: 1. Austin Stewart (NP) 57.42; 2. Wayne Bowden (Spac) 57.52; 3. Mike Rogers (Mont) 60.09; 4. Austin Trainor (PJ) 61.03; 5. Emile Kuyl (NP) 61.57; 6. Sergio Nazaire (NP) 61.64.

3,000 steeplechase: 1. Lorenzo Mazzuca (NP) 10:10.64; 2. Joseph Klein (Mont) 10:37.68; 3. Sam Heraughty (Spac) 10:40.59; 4. Brandon Zapotoski (NP) 11:03.36; 5. John Niemynski (RV) 11:18.21; 6. Chris Maroldi (Mont) 11:34.93.

400 relay: 1. Monticello (Terry Duncan, Mistah Alli, Rahzel Smith, Trevon Rainey) 45.09; 2. Marlboro (Dontay Walker, Deforest Gatewood, Dustin Eyerman, Zack Warden)45.54; 3. Port Jervis (Shane McCooey, Matt Reiley, Matt Rockey, Alex Smith) 46.21; 4. New Paltz 46.78; 5. Rondout Valley 49.43; 6. Goshen 49.87.

1,600 relay: 1. Spackenkill (Ib Saafir, Trevor Dolan, Joe Mills, Tom Fink) 3:30.11; 2. New Paltz (John O’Donnell, Romikeo Duzant, Sergio Nazaire, Austin Stewart) 3:33.97; 3. Monticello (Terry Duncan, Rahzel Smith, London Gandy, Shane Jackson) 3:37.66; 4. Red Hook 3:41.44; 5. Port Jervis(PJ) 3:44.47; 6. Rondout Valley 3:45.92.

3,200 relay: 1. New Paltz (John Fullam, Lorenzo Mazzuca, Dave Busby, Alfredo Mazzuca) 8:25.89; 2. Port Jervis (Troy Zanger, Kobie Lane, Mackenzye Leroy, Hans Zanger) 8:27.18; 3. Monticello (Joseph Klein, Chris Maroldi, C.J. Forresst, Bryan Gil) 9:00.26; 4. Red Hook 9:07.97; 5. Ellenville 9:16.84; 6. Marlboro 9:29.31.

High jump: 1. Terrance Lawrence (High) 6-2; 2. Sawyer Stanton (High) 5-10; 3. Romikeo Duzant (NP) 5-6; 4. Jake Hammond (RV) 5-6; 5. Josh Joseph (NP 5-3; 6. Justin Farrenkopf (Ell) 5-3.

Long jump: 1. Brandon Thompson (Marl) 20-8.25; 2. Mistah Alli (Mont) 20-6.75; 3. Anthony Bonilla (NP) 20-1; 4. Lah-Juan Drayton (Mont) 19-10.5; 5. Alex Smith (PJ) 19-8.5; 6. Jordan Gwynn (RV) 19-1.5.

Triple jump: 1. Brandon Thompson (Marl) 43-3; 2. Lah-Juan Drayton (Mont) 42-4; 3. Anthony Bonilla (NP) 42-1; 4. Mistah Alli (Mont) 41-5; 5. Steven Branham (PJ) 40-1.5; 6. Bakari Berry (Spac) 38-5.25.

Shot put: 1. Donovan Li (RV) 44-8.5; 2. Trevon Rainey (Mont) 44-3.5; 3. Jeffrey Nunez (Ell) 42-0.5; 4. Elijah Dones (NP) 41-4; 5. Brian Stickle (Mont) 40-7.5; 6. Nick Martarano (High) 39-6.5.

Discus: 1. Jeffrey Nunez (Ell) 145-10; 2. Franco Julia-Wise (NP) 144-9; 3. Jed Sarabia (RH) 126-5; 4. Gary Gaeta (Ell) 120-1; 5. Aidan O’Callaghan (RH) 120-0; 6. Donovan Li (RV) 114-3.

Pole vault: 1. Justin Farrenkopf (Ell) 14-0; 2. Whitman Oehler-Marx (NP) 13-6; 3. Mike Rogers (Mont) 12-6; 4. Mackenzye Leroy (PJ) 11-6; 5. Dylan Dederick (Marl) 11-6; 6. Deforest Gatewood (Marl) 11-0.

Pentathlon: 1. Kyle Marquis (Marl) 2,942 points; 2. Mateo Julia-Wise (NP) 2,283; 3. Andrei Bicknese (RV) 2,047; 4. Lincoln Kelly (NP) 2,040; 5. Nelson Rodriguez (Ell) 1,969; 6. Austin Colon (Mont) 1,942.

Hammer (non-scoring): Not contested.

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. Gary Gaeta (Ell) 132-7; 2. Donovan Li (RV) 126-1; 3. Jeff Nunez (Ell) 98-4; 4. Tom Grasso (Gosh) 93-1; 5. Joe Katrib (Marl) 89-9; 6. Travis Bauer (Gosh) 77-6.

Class C boys Team standings and key: 1. Dover (Dov) 185 points; 2. Tri-Valley (TV) 110.5; 3. Rhinebeck (Rhb) 106; 4. Sullivan West (SW) 75; 5. Onteora (Ont) 63; 6. James I. O’Neill (JIO) 62.5; 7. Pine Plains (PP) 38; 8. John S. Burke Catholic (JSB) 35; 9. Liberty (Lib) 34; 10. Fallsburg (Fall) 18; 11. Millbrook (Mill) 12.

Individual events

100 meters: 1. Richard Eldridge (Dov) 11.69; 2. Daril Turnbull (Dov) 11.75; 3. Jerry Nasi (JIO) 11.76; 4. Abram Bryan (Fall) 11.77; 5. Devon Clark (Lib) 11.96; 6. Henry Cardinal (Mill) 12.06.

200: 1. Daril Turnbull (Dov) 23.59; 2. Richard Eldridge (Dov) 23.82; 3. Jerry Nasi (JIO) 23.90; 4. Matt Przybocki (JSB) 24.20; 5. Devon Clark (Lib) 24.78; 6. Connor Bolton (Rhb) 25.07.

400: 1. Brandt Slayton (Rhb) 50.88; 2. Kevin Musick (JIO) 53.13; 3. Michah Yannatos (Ont) 53.48; 4. Aidan Woolsey (TV) 53.67; 5. Alex Slayton (Rhb) 54.44; 6. Connor Bolton (Rhb) 54.75.

800: 1. Peter Sander (Dov) 2:00.58; 2. David Williams (Rhb) 2:03.02; 3. Nir Lavi-Romer (Rhb) 2:03.82; 4. Kevin Musick (JIO) 2:04.93; 5. Kevin McMorrow (Dov) 2:08.68; 6. Luiciano Migliori (Mill) 2:09.28.

1,600: 1. Matt Lee (Dov) 4:41.53; 2. Peter Sander (Dov) 4:41.57; 3. Reed Scott (SW) 4:44.96; 4. Dante Penepent (Rhb) 4:54.67; 5. Luiciano Migliori (Mill) 4:54.97; 6. Hauk Boyes (TV) 4:58.82.

3,200: 1. Matthew Lee (Dov) 9:39.74; 2. Reed Scott (SW) 9:43.81; 3. Zach Karas (Rhb) 9:54.00; 4. Colin Beasor (Rhb) 10:30.51; 5. Hauk Boyes (TV) 10:46.00; 6. Brendan Long (PP) 10:52.86.

110 hurdles: 1. Mitch Paciga (SW) 16.27; 2. Zach Nilsen (TV) 16.70; 3. Jonah Staires (PP) 17.04; 4. Anders Hade (Dov) 17.20; 5. Nate Bender (TV) 18.35; 6. Jayson Strother (Dov) 18.94.

400 hurdles: 1. Zach Nilsen (TV) 58.06; 2. Anders Hade (Dov) 60.20; 3. Jonah Staires (PP) 62.54; 4. Mike Shultis (Ont) 62.58; 5. Alex Slayton (Rhb) 62.66; 6. Nate Bender (TV) 65.41.

3,000 steeplechase: 1. Rowan Cruickshank (Ont) 10:24.36; 2. Eric London (Dov) 10:37.62; 3. Hauk Boyes (TV) 11:00.29; 4. Luis Campos (Lib) 11:03.26; 5. Pat Michon (JIO) 11:07.78; 6. Andrew Lee (Dov) 11:08.68.

400 relay: N.A.

1,600 relay: 1. Dover (Peter Sander, Matt Lee, Anders Hade, Daril Turnbull) 3:35.79; 2. Rhinebeck (David Williams, Nir Lavi-Romer, Dante Penepent, Brandt Slayton) 3:39.02; 3. Tri-Valley (Aidan Woolsey, Zach Nilsen, Justin Weintraub, Tyler Greffrath) 3:43.84; 4. Onteora 3:46.52; 5. O’Neill 3:47.54; 6. Liberty 3:49.65.

3,200 relay: 1. Dover (Andrew Lee, Enrico Alarcon, Eric London, Kevin McMorrow) 8:36.07; 2. Onteora (Micah Yannatos, Andy Meci, Jordan Milite, Rowan Cruickshank) 8:44.22; 3. Rhinebeck (David Williams, Brandt Slayton, Dante Penepent, Nir Lavi-Romer) 8:45.89; 4. O’Neill 8:52.68; 5. Tri-Valley 9:15.25; 6. Sullivan West 9:44.52.

High jump: 1. Matt Przybocki (JSB) 6-2; 2. Mitch Paciga (SW) 6-2; 3. Tim Shultis (Ont) 6-0; 4. Jonah Staires (PP) 5-6; 5. Matt Cardona (SW) 5-6; 6. Mike Shultis (Ont) 5-6.

Long jump: 1. Tim Shultis (Ont) 20-3; 2. Matt Przybocki (JSB) 20-2.5; 3. Jonah Staires (PP) 20-2.25; 4. Richard Eldridge (Dov) 19-5.5; 5. John Ackerman (Dov) 18-2; 6. Jacob Euell (Rhb) 17-11.

Triple jump: 1. Matt Przybocki (JSB) 40-6; 2. John Ackerman (Dov) 38-11.5; 3. Nick Rios (TV) 37-1.5; 4. Matt Cardona (SW) 37-7; 5. Chris Cassano (Rhb) 36-11.5; 6. Brendan Long (PP) 36-5.

Shot put: 1. Aric Boyes (TV) 47-4; 2. Shakim Futrell (Dov) 44-1; 3. Andrew Chardavoine (Rhb) 42-0.75; 4. Eric Wallace (JIO) 41-8.5; 5. Kyle Burkey (TV) 40-1.5; 6. Sean Hickey (Ont) 39-11.25.

Discus: 1. Anthony Rydell (SW) 135-9; 2. Shakim Futrell (Dov) 134-9; 3. Andrew Chardavoine (Rhb) 132-4; 4. Jacob Euell (Rhb) 119-2; 5. A.J. Peterson (Dov) 113-4; 6. Patrick O’Loughlin (Dov) 107-11.

Pole vault: 1. Aidan Woolsey (TV) 11-6; 2. Adam Hurwitz (Fall) 11-0; 3. Mitch Paciga (SW) 10-6; 4. Nate Bender (TV) 10-0; 5. (tie) Phil Loverro (Dov), Tom Hales (JIO), Travis Roeder (SW) 8-0.

Pentathlon: 1. Gavin Dubois (TV) 2,269 points; 2. Tyler O’Leary (Dov) 2,194; 3. John Njoga (JIO) 1,978; 4. Dylan Lawless (PP) 1,923; 5. James Tierney (TV) 1,908; 6. Andrew Siegel (SW) 1,861.

Hammer (non-scoring): not contested.

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. Josh Winters (TV) 151-1; 2. Mantee Williams (Fall) 108-1; 3. Greg Mednick (TV) 105-9; 4. Patrick O’Loughlin (Dov) 101-0; 5. Tyler Burgos (SW) 94-7; 6. German Castano (Lib) 897-.

Class A boys Team standings and key: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (MW) 150 points; 2. Warwick (War) 147; 3. Cornwall (Cor) 72.5; 4. Middletown (Mid) 70.5; 5. Valley Central (VC) 59; 6. Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) 54; 7. Kingston (King) 51; 8. Washingtonville (Wash) 38; 9. Pine Bush (PB) 34; 10. F.D. Roosevelt (FDR) 27; 11. Wallkill (Wall) 18; 12. Minisink Valley (MV) 17; 13. Saugerties (Saug) 3.

Individual events

100 meters: 1. Anthony Hall (Cor) 11.11; 2. Roberto Joseph (NFA) 11.29; 3. Chris Osterman (FDR) 11.31; 4. Tom Reilly (War) 11.35; 5. Seth Wilson (MW) 11.36; 6. Ashawn Bryan (Mid) 11.49.

200: 1. Anthony Hall (Cor) 22.21; 2. Roberto Joseph (NFA) 22.32; 3. Tom Reilly (War) 22.55; 4. Kendell Ebron (MW) 23.01; 5. Ryan Forte (PB) 23.02; 6. Seth Wilson (MW) 23.35.

400: 1. Ahkeil Savage (NFA) 49.34; 2. T.J. Santiago (Wash) 49.54; 3. Khari Harris (VC) 50.04; 4. Phil Hurtault (VC) 50.24; 5. Jack Grace (War) 50.94; 6. Dan Kelly (War) 51.04.

800: 1. Jordan Burton (War) 1:55.48; 2. Connor Quinn (Wash) 1:55.58; 3. Alex Combs (Cor) 1:57.07; 4. J.T. McEntyre (MW) 1:59.10; 5. Sean Halligan (War) 1:59.60; 6. Steve Biondi (PB) 2:00.07.

1,600: 1. Jordan Burton (War) 4:26.80; 2. J.T. McEntyre (MW) 4:28.02; 3. Tanner Senius (War) 4:28.51; 4. Grant Parrelli (War) 4:30.29; 5. Brendan Davis (Cor) 4:30.72; 6. Thorr Trowbridge (King) 4:35.67.

3,200: 1. Kevin Vinolas (MV) 9:38.03; 2. Leroy Meirer (King/Mount Academy) 9:38.94; 3. Thorr Trowbridge (King) 9:44.16; 4. Dan Peterson (War) 9:54.94; 5. John Guaragno (VC) 9:56.16; 6. Mike Vecchio (Cor) 9:56.19.

110 hurdles: 1. Amin Tmimi (MW) 15.37; 2. Jonathon Pierre (Mid) 15.62; 3. Daniel Genender (Mid) 15.67; 4. Ishmeal Anderson (VC) 15.74; 5. Dylan Wellmon (Wall) 15.88; 6. Myles Clark (FDR) 15.90.

400 hurdles: 1. Amin Tmimi (MW) 55.53; 2. Ishmeal Anderson (VC) 57.11; 3. Sam Otuonye (VC) 57.25; 4. Lucas Messina (War) 57.29; 5. Dylan Soder (MW) 58.19; 6. Casey Burley (War) 59.29.

3,000 steeplechase: 1. Alex Shodai (Mid) 10:02.17; 2. Rufus Wareham (King/Mount Academy) 10:05.59; 3. Dan Peterson (War) 10:19.24; 4. Aaron Peterson (War) 10:33.28; 5. Matt Adolph (War) 10:38.39; 6. Hunter Igoe (Saug) 10:41.97.

400 relay: 1. Newburgh (Jahnique Dessaline, Roberto Joseph, Karmone Malcolm, Ahkeil Savage) 43.24;

2. Valley Central (Sam Otuonye, Wanyae Reed, Michael Majors, Ishmeal Anderson) 43.33; 3. Cornwall (Sean Meade, Anthony Hall, Ray Isales, Anthony Vega) 43.39; 4. Monroe-Woodbury 43.57; 5. Pine Bush 43.65; 6. Middletown 44.12.

1,600 relay: 1. Newburgh (Kindred Gaynor, Ahkeil Savage, Roberto Joseph, Erit Perez) 3:20.12; 2. Washingtonville (Connor Quinn, Jeremy White, T.J. Santiago, Darnell Lubin) 3:20.67; 3. Cornwall (Ray Isales, Alex Combs, Anthony Hall, Anthony Vega) 3:21.59; 4. Monroe-Woodbury 3:26.32; 5. Pine Bush 3:29.80; 6. F.D. Roosevelt 3:31.40.

3,200 relay: 1. Warwick (Eric Barron, Christian Schmitt, Sean Halligan, Grant Parrelli) 8:09.93; 2. Monroe-Woodbury (J.T. McEntyre, Daniel Boyhan, Dylan Eldred, John Dove) 8:14.40; 3. Pine Bush (Steve Smith, Adam Alharaizeh, Steve Kennelty, Steve Biondi) 8:25.19; 4. Valley Central 8:27.65; 5. Cornwall 8:29.80; 6. F.D. Roosevelt 8:35.59.

High jump: 1. Brandon Richardson (MW) 6-2; 2. Daniel Pierre (Mid) 6-0; 3. Francis Okereke (MV) 5-10; 4. (tie) Milton Dorceus (Mid), Daniel Boyhan (MW), Calvin Crawford (VC) 5-6.

Long jump: 1. Darrel Jones (MW) 21-2.75; 2. Tom Reilly (War) 20-6; 3. Jamal Bynum (Mid) 20-4; 4. Casey Burley (War) 20-3.75; 5. Brandon Richardson (MW) 20-3.25; 6. Gage Wellmon (Wall) 19-7.75.

Triple jump: 1. Darrel Jones (MW) 47-3; 2. Casey Burley (War) 43-9.75; 3. Tommy Reilly (War) 42-10.5; 4. Isaiah Berrios (Wall) 42-7.25; 5. Ryan Forte (PB) 42-3.5; 6. C.J. Clark (Mid) 42-3.

Shot put: 1. Joe Ciampaglione (FDR) 52-2.25; 2. Ryan Parino (MW) 49-2; 3. Randy Hinds (King) 47-10; 4. Antonio Brown (PB) 46-9.5; 5. Tim Wilson (Wash) 44-0; 6. David Carlson (King) 43-0.

Discus: 1. Randy Hinds (King) 147-0; 2. Ryan Parino (MW) 131-8; 3. Tim Wilson (Wash) 131-5; 4. Dan Marvin (VC) 130-4; 5. Aaron Forbes (NFA) 130-1; 6. David Carlson (King) 128-9.

Pole vault: 1. Todd Uckermark (War) 13-0; 2. Amin Tmimi (MW) 12-0; 3. Brandon Nebiker (MW) 12-0; 4. Ivan Mieses (Mid) 11-6; 5. Matt Delorenzo (Wall) 11-6; 6. Illich Andino (Mid) 11-0.

Pentathlon: 1. Luke Zsido (Cor) 2,949 points; 2. Tom Boucher (Cor) 2,769; 3. Colin Maggiolo (War) 2,745; 4. Frankie Roman (MW) 2,723; 5. Branden Stein (Wash) 2,589; 6. Stephen O’Shea (MW) 2,421.

Hammer (non-scoring): 1. Tim Wilson (Wash) 173-10; 2. Randy Hinds (King) 153-0; 3. Justin Watson (King) 98-7; 4. Tim Wade (Mid) 93-6; 5. Kenny Hand (MW) 90-4; 6. Charlye Hernandez (MW) 81-8.

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. David Carlson (King) 151-11; 2. Garrett Betcher (Wall) 124-7; 3. Dan Tarallo (MV) 120-2; 4. Ian Curran (Saug) 112-4; 5. Jason Sigman (Mid) 109-3; 6. Andrew Allwood (Mid) 106-2.

Class A girls

Team standings and key: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (MW) 158.5 points; 2. Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) 103.5; 3. Cornwall (Cor) 92; 4. Warwick (War) 86; 5. Middletown (Mid) 56; 6. Kingston (King) 54.5; 7. Pine Bush (PB) 49; 8. Washingtonville (Wash) 43; 9. Saugerties (Saug) 32; 10. Wallkill (Wall) 28.5; 11. Valley Central (VC) 21; 12. Minisink Valley (MV) 14; 13. F.D. Roosevelt (FDR) 2.

Individual events

100 meters: 1. Sara Flores (King) 12.41; 2. Dayzondra Gonzalez (MW) 12.57; 3. Delany Williams (Wash) 12.94; 4. Alisa Vasquez (Wash) 13.05; 5. Hope Ebert (PB) 13.13; 6. Greer Ligouri (War) 13.17.

200: 1. Sara Flores (King) 25.19; 2. Christina Zelenoy (MW) 25.67; 3. Dayzondra Gonzalez (MW) 26.03; 4. Jonel Henry (Mid) 26.24; 5. Jessica Stokkeland (War) 26.74; 6. Ahnrea McCaskill (NFA) 26.88.

400: 1. Jillian Decker (Cor) 57.34; 2. Morgan Menzzasalma (MW) 58.24; 3. Kayley Jansen (King) 59.94; 4. Kellyann Averill (Saug) 60.14; 5. Keyanna Zollner (Mid) 60.54; 6. Becky Dionisio (Mid) 60.74.

800: 1. Katie FitzGerald (War) 2:17.20; 2. Holly Cavalluzzo (VC) 2:17.61; 3. Shannon Averill (Saug) 2:18.13; 4. Gianna Frontera (NFA) 2:18.38; 5. Kristen Borriello (VC) 2:18.58; 6. Darby Ginley (War) 2:21.15.

1,500: 1. Gianna Frontera (NFA) 4:41.28; 2. Megan Reilly (War) 4:46.89; 3. Darby Ginley (War) 4:56.52; 4. Ashley Wallace (Cor) 4:57.73; 5. Agnes Eigo (War) 4:59.98; 6. Jessica Cueva-Scarpelli (MW) 5:02.12.

3,000: 1. Gianna Frontera (NFA) 9:57.35; 2. Megan Reilly (War) 10:13.15; 3. Beatrice Boylan (Cor) 10:29.10; 4. Ashley Wallace (Cor) 10:30.32; 5. Kathryn Munks (MW) 10:44.20; 6. Victoria Caroli (Cor) 10:57.60.

100 hurdles: 1. Ciarra Holmes (Wall) 15.21; 2. Christina Zelenoy (MW) 15.23; 3. Michelle Mitchell (MW) 15.93; 4. Melisande Corlett (NFA) 16.27; 5. D’Yanna McCaskill (NFA) 16.38; 6. Jenn Boerke (Wash) 16.61.

400 hurdles: 1. Christina Zelenoy (MW) 62.11; 2. Debbie Boerke (Wash) 63.39; 3. Jenn Boerke (Wash) 63.89; 4. D’Yanna McCaskill (NFA) 65.87; 5. Elena Rudy (Cor) 66.24; 6. Akua Williams (Mid) 66.80.

2,000 steeplechase: 1. Beatrice Boylan (Cor) 7:25.73; 2. Taylor Creagh (PB) 7:35.45; 3. Allison Davis (MV) 7:40.07; 4. Katie Kern (MW) 7:47.75; 5. Michelle Lujan (Cor) 7:51.94; 6. Kate Donnelan (MW) 7:59.82.

400 relay: 1. Washingtonville (Alisa Vasquez, Jenn Boerke, Debbie Boerke, Delany Williams) 49.44; 2. Monroe-Woodbury (Dayzondra Gonzalez, Morgan Menzzasalma, Courtney Sercander, Olivia Gibson) 49.51; 3. Pine Bush (Mackenzie Mitchell, Kiara Alfonseca, Hope Ebert, Malaika Palacios) 50.36; 4. Middletown 51.26; 5. Cornwall 51.67; 6. Valley Central 52.69.

1,600 relay: 1. Monroe-Woodbury (Morgan Menzzasalma, Alanah Hurse, Olivia Gibson, Christina Zelenoy) 3:55.84; 2. Middletown (Becky Dionisio, Jonel Henry, Akua Williams, Keyanna Zollner) 4:00.94; 3. Newburgh (Sha’Kira Garner, Ahnrea McCaskill, D’Yanna McCaskill, Kristina Smith) 4:02.64; 4. Warwick 4:06.44; 5. Cornwall 4:08.94; 6. Washingtonville 4:09.04.

3,200 relay: 1. Warwick (Agnes Eigo, Shannon Bauer, Darby Ginley, Erin Leahey) 9:39.61; 2. Monroe-Woodbury (Melissa Ganz, Kat Frey, Noelle LaDue, Jessica Cueva-Scarpelli) 9:46.14; 3. Cornwall (Ashley Wallace, Beatrice Boylan, Michelle Lujan, Dara Cuffe) 9:48.71; 4. Valley Central 9:50.86; 5. Newburgh 10:17.49; 6. Minisink Valley 10:32.68.

High jump: 1. Jessica Armand (War) 5-0; 2. Marie Johnson (Mid) 5-0; 3. Erica-Lyn Russell (NFA) 4-10; 4. Eileen VanVorst (MV) 4-10; 5. Rebecca Briggs (PB) 4-8; 6. (tie) Renee Williams (King) and Caoimhe Bowden (MW) 4-6.

Long jump: 1. Malaika Palacios (PB) 17-8.5; 2. Saleen Matta (NFA) 17-3; 3. Sha’Kira Garner (NFA) 16-4; 4. Erin Lutley (MW) 15-7; 5. Hope Ebert (PB) 15-7; 6. Kristina Smith (NFA) 15-4.5.

Triple jump: 1. Marie Johnson (Mid) 34-2.75; 2. Denise Encarnacion (MW) 33-8.25; 3. Erin Lutley (MW) 32-10.5; 4. Ashlie Senior (NFA) 32-6; 5. Saleen Matta (NFA) 32-5.5; 6. Angelica Butler (Mid) 32-0.5.

Shot put: 1. Valerie Hinds (King) 37-9.25; 2. Katherine Mollahan (Cor) 37-2; 3. Emmani Robinson (NFA) 36-0.5; 4. Endi Nardi (King) 32-4; 5. Denaia Flanders (MW) 31-8; 6. Sami Kanterman (MW) 31-3;

Discus: 1. Megan Rom (Saug) 105-3; 2. Carly Markos (Wall) 104-8; 3. Valerie Hinds (King) 99-1; 4. Meghan Creen (Saug) 98-1; 5. Sami Kanterman (MW) 95-4; 6. Katherine Mollahan (Cor) 94-2.

Pole vault: 1. Erin Leahey (War) 11-0; 2.. Sam Beyar (MW) 9-9; 3. Andie Dolan (Wall) 8-6;4. Alexis Finn (MW) 8-6; 5. Katarina VanLedtje (Cor) 8-6; 6. Ashleigh Peterson (Saug) 8-0.

Pentathlon: 1. Meredith Przbocki (PB) 2,968 points; 2. Madison Daches (MW) 2,731; 3. Christa Sidoti (Cor) 2,622; 4. Katie Murphy (Cor) 2,301; 5. Sarah Cordes (NFA) 2,225; 6. Kassidy Murtaugh (Cor) 2,057.

Hammer (non-scoring): 1. Denaia Flanders (MW) 106-4; 2. Rachel Campo (MW) 104-4; 3. Abigail Boughton (King) 91-7; 4. Valerie Hinds (King) 86-0; 5. Madison Swardy (Saug) 82-0; 6. Meghan Creen (Saug) 81-8.

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. Madison Swardy (Saug) 97-7; 2. Jean Ann Korona (Wash) 89-8; 3. Heather Rysinger (MV) 73-3; 4. Valerie Hinds (King) 69-11; 5. Sarah Lalumiere (War) 67-8; 6. Denaia Flanders (MW) 66-10.

Barnstorm Five Day Tour Of Major Spring Sports Events Yields Thousands Of Photos 

By RICHARD A. ROSS

rross@sportsinsightsny.com

Photos at www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com

You have to be driven to cover all of this in the span of five days. Mea Culpa.

THE WORLD OF SECTION NINE—What a week it’s been trying to keep up with the whirlwind of sports. In the course of the past five days I’ve shot close to 2000 photos but haven’t written a word about all of the remarkable things I’ve been privy to. There just isn’t any time to write these days and since my income is totally predicated on my photography, I have just had to sacrifice my love of the written word in order to keep up with the cascade of photos I’ve taken.

The week began at the OCIAA Throwing Pentathlon and Hammer Throw Championships staged at Monroe-Woodbury. Tri-Valley senior Mareena DiMilia who just this week signed her letter of intent to attend Sacred Heart University in Connecticut was the girls victor in the throwing pentathlon.  Washingtonville’s Tim Wilson was the boys winner. He also captured the hammer throw championship. Watching the 60 athletes rotate through the shot put, javelin, weight throw, discus and hammer throw was a unique and wonderful experience. I plan on attending it every year from  now on.

Results were as follows:

Boys: Wilson posted 3,290 points in the event that included shot put, discus, javelin, weight throw and hammer. He threw the hammer 177 feet, 11 inches. Randy Hinds of Kingston and Aric Boyes of Tri-Valley finished 2-3 in both events.

Hammer: 1. Tim Wilson (Washingtonville) 177-11; 2. Randy Hinds (Kingston) 162-2; 3. Aric Boyes (Tri-Valley) 145-11; 4. Zach Roberts (Tri-Valley) 112-4; 5. Justin Watson (Kingston) 107-6; 6. Mohib Khan (Tri-Valley) 98-0.

Throwing pentathlon: 1. Wilson (Washingtonville) 3,290 points; 2. Hinds (Kingston) 3,276; 3. A. Boyes (Tri-Valley) 3,139; 4. Dave Carlson (Kinston) 2,915; 5. Myles Harris (Kingston) 2,366; 6. Khan (Tri-Valley) 2,212.

Girls: DiMilia won the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association throwing pentathlon in Central Valley. DiMilia amassed 2,429 points in the event that included shot put, discus, javelin, weight throw and hammer.

Denaia Flanders of Monroe-Woodbury won the hammer event at 104 feet, 4 inches.

Hammer: 1. Denaia Flanders (Monroe-Woodbury) 104-4; 2. Rachel Campos (Monroe-Woodbury) 96-2; 3. Abigail Boughton (Kingston) 87-3; 4. Colleen Jones (Tri-Valley) 82-1; 5. Valerie Hinds (Kingston) 80-11; 6. Shannon Smith (Tri-Valley) 78-2.

Throwing pentathlon: 1. Mareena DiMilia (Tri-Valley) 2,429 points; 2. Valerie Hinds (Kingston) 2,352; 3. Abigail Boughton (Kingston) 1,907; 4. Shannon Smith (Tri-Valley) 1,904; 5. Sami Kanterman (Monroe-Woodbury) 1,732; 6. Heather Rysinger (Minisink Valley) 1,724.

On Tuesday it was on to Grossingers for the OCIAA Golf Championships. Eldred Freshman David Powers emerged victorious in the glorious event which acts as a qualifier for the Section Nine tourney with the top 29 and ties advancing to the first round slated for Mansion Ridge. Here are the results:

(at Grossinger Country Club, Liberty, par 71)

David Powers (Eldred) 36-40-76; Ryan Rodriguez (Cornwall) 38-39-77; Sean Ginley (Warwick) 39-40-79; Drew Billard (Sullivan West) 39-42-81; Grant Gadomski (Warwick) 38-43-81; Blake Waaland (Washingtonville) 39-42-81.; Nick Hoffstatter (Kingston) 38-45-83; Justin Pitman (Pine Bush) 42-41-83; Jack Donnellan (Monroe-Woodbury) 41-43-84; Jason Dolney (Goshen) 41-44-85; Matt Biagi (Goshen) 50-36-86; Andrew Barone (Valley Central) 43-44-87; Russ Auth (Warwick) 42-46-88; Mike Friedman (Monroe-Woodbury) 44-44-88; David Gates (Family School) 45-43-88; Nick Miglione (Cornwall) 44-44-88; Bradley Miller (Valley Central) 44-44-88; Nikolai Quigley (Warwick) 43-45-88; Michael Quinn (Port Jervis) 44-44-88; James Purcell (Monroe-Woodbury) 47-41-88; Brendan Riley (James I. O’Neill) 48-40-88; Kyle O’Connell (Cornwall) 45-44-89; Dan Pavlu (Monroe-Woodbury) 44-46-90; Brandon Coombs (Newburgh Free Academy) 49-42-91; Andre Manginelli (Kingston) 42-49-91; Jason Seitz (Newburgh Free Academy) 44-47-91; Justin Theilig (Kingston) 44-47-91; Matt Donnelly (Eldred) 49-44-93; Matt Mattola (Monroe-Woodbury) 44-49-93; Angelo Niforatos (Monticello) 44-49-93; Jake Porada (John S. Burke Catholic) 42-51-93.

Missed the cut: Jake McManus (Kingston) 46-48-94; James Sullivan (Port Jervis) 47-47-94; Nick Garofalo (Minisink Valley) 46-49-95; Aaron Goyzueta (Goshen) 44-51-95; Pat Morris (Monroe-Woodbury) 47-48-95; Patrick Zimmer (Washingtonville) 49-46-95; Dylan DiGasso (Pine Bush) 43-53-96; Ed Herling (Eldred) 47-49-96; Sami Siddiqui (Newburgh Free Academy) 44-52-96; Justin Starer (Warwick) 43-53-96; Tom Hoerup (Cornwall) 50-48-98; Chris Love (Cornwall) 48-50-98; Tyler Foxwell (Monticello) 46-54-100; Alex Sill (Kingston) 53-47-100; Chris Brighton (Valley Central) 46-56-102; Liam McAleer (Washingtonville) 51-53-104; Oren Bloomhall (Family School) 55-54-109; Stephen Herschel (John S. Burke Catholic) 50-60-110; Dion Lynch (Tri-Valley) 55-55-110.

On Wednesay I ventured to Sullivan West for the Donna Deppa Meet of Champions. The meet is individually scored and features all or nearly all of the Sullivan County schools that field track teams. Eldred was the only team missing in action because of a prior commitment related to another school event already on the docket. It was the swan song for Sullivan West seniors Dani Myers, Hannah Feinman, Olivia Grady, Reed Scott, Eric Haberli, Andrew Siegel, Jonah Bauer,  Matt Cardona, Tyler Bernitt, Adam Murphy and Dylan Galligan.

Here are the results: Donna Deppa Meet of Champions at Sullivan West

100 meters: 1. Jackson (Monticello) 11.2; 200: 1. Jackson (Monticello) 22.3; 400: 1. Duncan (Monticello) 52.6; 800: 1. Klein (Monticello) 2:09; 1,600: 1. Reed Scott (Sullivan West) 4:52; 3,200: 1. Reed Scott (Sullivan West) 10:13; 100 hurdles: 1. Rogers (Monticello) 16.2; 400 hurdles: 1. Rogers (Monticello) 61.7; 400 relay: not contested; 1,600 relay: 1. Monticello (Duncan; Smith; Colon; Jackson) 4:07; 3,200 relay: 1. Monticello (Klein; Marodi; DiRowie; Colon) 9:00; 3,000 steeplechase: 1. Compos (Liberty) 10:45; high jump: 1. Mitch Paciga (Sullivan West) 6-4; long jump: 1. Alli (Monticello) 19-7.5; triple jump: 1. Alli (Monticello) 40-6; shot put: 1. Rainey (Monticello) 43-4; discus: 1. Anthony Rydell (Sullivan West) 121-5; pole vault: 1. Woolsey (Tri-Valley) 11-6; javelin: 1. Winters Tri-Valley) 150-0.

On Thursday it was on to baseball to take in the final game of the Sullivan West-O’Neill series. The Westies needed a victory in order to qualify for sectionals. It was their last chance to do so. O’Neill need a win for the sweep and the likelihood of earning the top seed in the upcoming Class B Section Nine tourney. O’Neill won 6-4.

Last but not least was my attendance of day two of the OCIAA Track and Field Championships. On Day one Sullivan West’s  Reed Scott shocked the world by knocking 16 seconds off his PR in the two mile for a lifetime best time of 9:36.61 less than a second behind leader Jordan Burton of Warwick. Numerous records were shattered and personal bests recorded but my intent was to show the grace, speed and style of the runners, jumpers and throwers in my album of photos and not to cite chapter and verse about the particulars. I leave those to the local newspapers given how little time I have.

Here are the results from Day I followed by Day II

OCIAA meet

Girls

3,000 meters: 1. Gianna Frontera (Newburgh) 9:59.04; 2. Holly Cavalluzzo (Valley Central) 10:02.75; 3. Megan Reilly (Warwick) 10:25.30; 4. Autumn Bender (Tri-Valley) 10:30.90; 5. Ashley Wallace (Cornwall) 10:31.81; 6. Katie FitzGerald (Warwick) 10:53.11.

Shot put: 1. Valerie Hinds (Kingston) 37-8; 2. Katherine Mollahan (Cornwall) 36-10; 3. Emmani Robinson (Newbrugh) 35-6.75; 4. Sami Kanterman (Monroe-Woodbury) 32-6.5; 5. Endi Nardi (Kingston) 32-4; 6. Denaia Flanders (Monroe-Woodbury) 31-1.75.

Pole vault: 1. Marisa Robbins (Goshen) 12-0.5; 2. Catherine Walker (Monroe-Woodbury) 11-0; 3. Erin Leahey (Warwick) 10-6; 4. Sam Beyar (Monroe-Woodbury) 9-6; 5. Alexis Finn (Monroe-Woodbury) 8-6; 6. Maria Barbone (Port Jervis) 8-6.

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. Ann Walker (Burke) 95-5; 2. Amanda Demeter (Kingston) 94-4; 3. Jean Ann Korona (Washingtonville) 91-10; 4. Meredith Przybocki (Pine Bush) 88-8; 5. Brianna Robinson (Kingston) 88-4; 6. Colleen Jones (Tri-Valley) 81-11.

Boys

3,200 meters: 1. Jordan Burton (Warwick) 9:36.42; 2. Reed Scott (Sullivan West) 9:36.51; 3. Kobie Lane (Port Jervis) 9:38.88; 4. Thorr Trowbridge (Kingston) 9:39.53; 5. Aaron Peterson (Warwick) 9:43.59; 6. Alex Shodai (Middletown) 9:46.12.

Shot put: 1. Ryan Parino (Monroe-Woodbury) 51-6.5; 2. Tim Wilson (Washingtonville) 45-4; 3. Robert Detz (Chapel Field) 45-0; 4. David Carlson (Kingston) 45-0; 5. Nate Sander (Warwick) 44-8.75; 6. Trevon Rainey (Monticello) 44-4.5.

Pole vault: 1. Todd Uckermark (Warwick) 15-8; 2. Amin Tmimi (Monroe-Woodbury) 14-0; 3. Derek DiBona (Warwick) 13-6; 4. Brandon Nebiker (Monroe-Woodbury) 12-0; 5. Illich Andino (Middletown) 12-0; 6. Ivan Mieses (Middletown) 12-0.

Javelin (non-scoring): 1. David Carlson (Kingston) 149-0; 2. Josh Winters (Tri-Valley) 148-9; 3. Joe Baker (Chapel Field) 144-7; 4. Julian Gottlieb (Eldred) 138-7; 5. Mohib Khan (Tri-Valley) 121-5; 6. Mantee Williams (Fallsburg) 115-6.

Complete results of the meet can be found at http://ny.milesplit.com/meets/145766/results/251242

The whirlwind continues this week with more golf, track and a preview of who’s who in the coming softball and baseball sectionals.

Come out on Saturday May 11 to run in the Allsyon Whitney Foundation 5K Run to help raise money for a great cause and in memory of a wonderful person who lost her courageous battle against small cell cervical cancer

“Allyson Whitney Foundation empowers and fights for the interests of young adults with rare cancers. Our vision, inspired by Allyson Whitney Strong, is to improve the quality of life, as well as provide emotional support for patients. Primarily, the foundation provides individuals with “Life Interrupted” grants to ease their financial burden in order to focus their energy on healing. Secondarily, the foundation provides research grants to hospitals and institutions conducting impressive research on rare cancers.”

The starting line of the 2012 Allyson Whitney Foundation 5K.

Defending Section IX Champion Tri-Valley Secures A Sectional Berth With A Commanding Win Over Fallsburg On Comets’ Senior Day; Fallsburg Lauds Elder Statesmen On Last Home Game Of The Season

Tri-Valley 14, Fallsburg 1

By RICHARD A. ROSS

rross@sportsinsightsny.com

Photos at: www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com

Comets senior day/ Tri-Valley’s Berth Day: Fallsburg lauds seniors while T-V punches its ticket back to Sectionals to defend their title. 1) Fallsburg hurler Ryan McKeon delivers a strike. 2) Fallsburg honors its seniors (left to right) Athletic Director Tim Bult, Ryan McKeon, Aaron Hornbeck, Austin Halchak and coach Dave Luczyski. 3) Tri-Valley sophomore pitcher Justin Swarthout; 4) T-V’s Cody Exner steals second as the throw sails high over short stop Nick Brown’s head. 5) T-V third baseman Mike Foster gets set to deal with anything coming his way. 6) Nick Brown throws a runner out from short. 7) Jared Nash scores during T-V’s hit parade. 8) Senior Ryan McKeon with his parents; 9) senior Aaron Hornbeck and friends; 10) Senior Austin Halchak and his parents; 11) Justin Swarthout is called out a third but the tag was applied after he had slid across the base.

FALLSBURG, NY—How quickly the spring rushes by!  It seems like only yesterday that bats, balls and gloves were first being carted out to the fields following another winter that seemed never to end. But this is the nature of spring here, greatly anticipated and gone in a nano-second. Well, not quite yet but surely rushing along far too quickly for those of us who are rushing to try and keep pace.

And so it was that Fallsburg celebrated its senior day on the occasion of its last home game of the season. Athletic Director Tim Bult and Baseball Coach Dave Luczyski were on hand to laud the three seniors who were present along with Josh Carter and Sebastian Sanchez who were not on hand for the ceremony or the game.. Luczyski called forth seniors Austin Halchak and his parents,  Ryan McKeon with his parents and Aaron Hornbeck with his girlfriend and buddy Shakree Gibson.

Flowers were presented and photos taken as bemused parents thought about how quickly four years have gone by.

Tri-Valley was just coming off of a spectacular series with S.S. Seward in which the defending Section IX Class C champion Bears took two of three from the Spartans and nearly swept the series. They beat Fallsburg 8-0 the day prior to this encounter and needed this win to secure a sectional berth.

That win came easily as sophomore starter Justin Swarthout pitched masterfully backed up by his team’s solid defense. The Bears  scored two runs in the top of the first on an RBI double by Mike Foster. Fallsburg kept it close until the fourth when the Bears began to capitalize on an alarming number of fielding miscues, a walk and a hit batter to accrue three more runs for a 5-0 lead. RBI came from Swarthout, Foster and John Anzano.

Fallsburg had threatened in the third getting on its first two runners but they ran themselves out of the inning on a double play behind some absent minded base running.

T-V added two more in the fifth as McKeon issued back-to-back walks to Jared Nash and Cody Exner. An E-6 plated the first run and a single by Aric Boyes brought in another.

Things went completely south for the Comets in the sixth as they allowed eight consecutive singles to deposit an additional seven runs in the T-V bank account.

Tri-Valley improved to 6-7 (6-5 OCIAA), while winless Fallsburg fell to 0-13 (0-8 OCIAA). Swarthout was three-for-four at the plate and struck out eight batters in his impressive stint on the hill.

For an album of photos visit www.sportsisnights.smugmug.com

Rush Of Spring Sports And Demands Of Photography Make Writing A Rare Luxury

By RICHARD A. ROSS

rross@sportsinsightsny.com

The week iin picutres from April 29-May 6: 1) Sullivan West senior Karl Knect fires a strike versus Highland. The Dawgs had just beaten Burke two out of three but fell to the Huskies in a non-league game. 2) Sullivan West’s Liisa Koradis tees off against Monticello at Kutshers. 3) Stellar SW senior Dani Myers rounds back into form in a meet vs. Fallsburg. Here she runs the 3000 with teammate Kelsey Dutton. 4). SW third baseman Victoria Harman gets ready to defend the hot corner vs. James I. O’Neill. 5). Fallsburg’s Madison Levine tees off against Monticello. 6) Sullivan West’s Mitch Paciga clears 6-2 in the high jump (again) this time against Fallsburg. That’s a state-qualifying height. 7) Monticello’s Taylor Knapp tees off against Fallsburg. 8) Sullivan West’s Drew Billard is one of the Section’s top golfers. He aspires to return to states but first to help his team win its 10th straight Division IV title. A looming match with Eldred will determine that.

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY– I began my journalism career at The River Reporter in September 2002 just after retiring from my 35-year teaching career. I came on board as a writer with sports and youth activities in the area schools as my beat. At small newspapers you have to also be the photographer so I quickly enhanced my skills I had garnered as the yearbook advisor in Livingston Manor to learn the wiles of digital photography.

I’ve come a long way since then in both crafts but my prowess in photography inspired me to start my own enterprise and to leave the newspaper four years ago. I make my living on my pictures though many have come to treasure my writing which of course I still love to do.

The problem these days is time and money. Basically I receive little compensation for my flow of words and the time I put into writing can be immense. So from here on out with the exception of events that are truly major in scope, it’s all photos you’ll see on here. I’m trying out a panel of pictures from my week’s sojourns. Albums of these events that contain the photos I need you to buy are located at www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com.

25th Annual Monticello Games Are Superlative; Monticello Boys And Tri-Valley Girls Prevail; Outstanding Track Athletes Are T-V’s Autumn Bender and Monticello’s Terry Duncan; Outstanding Field Athletes Are Ellenville’s Jeff Nunez and T-V’s Mareena DiMilia

By RICHARD A. ROSS

rross@sportsinsightsny.com

Photos at: www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com

Boys Team standings and key: 1. Monticello (Mont) 138 points; 2. Middletown (Mid) 97; 3. Port Jervis (PJ) 78; 4. Brewster (Bw) 74; 5. Sullivan West (SW) 72; 6. Ellenville (Ell) 48; 7. Tri-Valley (TV) 47; 8. Eldred (Eld) 37; 9. Chapel Field (CF) 30; 10. Goshen (G) 28; 11. Liberty (Lib) 19; 12. Livingston Manor (LM) 10.

Girls Team standings and key: 1. Tri-Valley (TV) 146 points; 2. Monticello (Mont) 99; 3. Brewster (Bw) 83; 4. Ellenville (Ell) 78; 5. Middletown (Mid) 54; 6. Sullivan West (SW) 47; 7. Port Jervis (PJ) 38; 8. Goshen (G) 32.5; 9. Eldred (Eld) 30; 10. Chapel Field (CF) 24; 11. Liberty (Lib) 23.5; 12. Livingston Manor (LM) 18.

Scenes from the glorious 25th Monticello Games: 1) T-V’s Aric Boyes wins the shot put; 2) T-V’s Mareena DiMilia wins the 100 hurdles. She also won the shot put and took second in the hammer. She was named the Outstanding Field Athlete of the games. 3) Sullivan West’s Mitch Paciga wins the 110 hurdles. He also won the high jump. 4) T-V’s Katlynn Greffrath won the high jump. 5) Monticello’s Jordan Fredell won the 400 hurdles; 6) Goshens’ Marisa Robbins wins the pole vault. 7) T-V’s Autumn Bender won the 1500, and the 800. 8) Middletown’s Alex Shodai won the 1600. 9) Monticello’s 4×100 team tied a school record with a time of 44.1. Pictured are (left to right) Terry Duncan, Mistah Alli, Rahjel Smith and Shane Jackson. 10) Port Jervis’ Hans Zanger won the 3000 steeplechase. 11) T-V’s Alli Reynolds won teh 2000 steeplechase; 12) Shane Jackson ran the anchor leg of the winning 400 and 1600 relays. 13) Monticello’s Terry Duncan was named Outstanding Track Athlete of the meet. He took first in the 200, 400, and ran in the winning 400 and 1600 relays;14) T-V’s Autumn Bender was outstanding track athlete of the meet. 15)Ellenvillle’s Jeff Nunez was the Outstanding Field Athlete of the meet. He took first in the hammer and discus. 16) T-V’s Mareena DiMilia was the meet’s Outstanding Field Athlete;She won the 100 hurdles and the shot put and took second in the hammer. 17) The victorious Monticello boys team; 18) Representing the victorious Tri-Valley girls team (left to right) Devin Jones, Autumn Bender, Coach Missy Iatauro, Katlynn Greffrath and Colleen Jones.

GRAHAMSVILLE, NY—When it comes to the Monticello Games, unquestionably one of my favorite events of the entire year, I always search through my extensive vocabulary for superlatives to describe the annual milestone which never fails to supersede the glory of bygone years.

So for this 25^th Anniversary, once again, I must laud, extol, praise and commend host Monticello, its Athletic Director Doug Murphy, the Monticello coaching staff, the officials, the visiting teams and their coaches and the cadre of enthusiastic onlookers and fans who made this a most memorable day.

True to form the sun was out for the sixth straight year as Murphy’s Law II, which states that the sun will shine on the Monticello Games held true to form once again..a perfect six under the A.D’s watch. And unlike last year, the temperatures were balmy and conducive to the athletes and the fans.

For the Monticello boys team which just clinched its fourth straight Division III title just four days prior, winning this meet was the next step in a season for the ages. On the girls side of the ledger, it was Tri-Valley that stole the show as the Lady Bears continue to provide soon-to-be-retiring coaches Joe and Missy Iatauro with one storied victory after another.

This year’s meet featured 12 teams, down in number from bygone years but still immensely competitive. In addition to Sullivan County entries that included host Monticello, Liberty, Sullivan West, Tri-Valley, Eldred and Livingston Manor, Orange County’s Goshen, Port Jervis and Middletown brought great talent into the mix as did Brewster. Chapel Field was on hand too.

As is usually the case, many of the events had their own unique stories. Monticello’s day was made interesting by the limitations wrought by a hamstring tightening suffered during the Division III clinching meet by Shane Jackson. His contribution would be limited to his anchor leg runs in the 400 and 1600 relays, both of which were won by the Montis.

The 400 relay team tied the school record set last year of 44.1 even with Jackson at 80 percent. That record is bound to fall in the very near future. The 3200 meter run feat ured a down-to-the-wire race as Sullivan West’s Reed Scott who had the lead most of the way was passed in the final lap by Port Jervis’ Kobe Lane and the runner from Brewster. Scott posted a PR of 9:57.1 making the race a gratifying one.

Goshen’s Marisa Robbins wowed the crowd with her 11-4 leap in the pole vault. Sullivan West’s Mitch Paciga won the high jump and the 110 hurdles. A number of t he Westies departed early (as usual) as the meet was scheduled on their Prom Day.

The meet’s outstanding track perfomers included Monticello junior Terry Duncan who won the 200, 400 and ran speedy legs in the 400 and 1600 relays. Tri-Valley freshman Autumn Bender was the female outstanding track performer with her wins in the 800 and 1500.

In field events the outstanding performers were Ellenville’s Jeff Nunez who won the discus and the hammer. Tri-Valley’s Mareena DiMilia continued her storied spring with wins in the shot put, javelin and 100 hurdles.

In the steeplechase, Tri-Valley’s Ally Reynolds prevailed for her first-ever win in the event. Port Jervis’ Hans Zanger was the winner in the boys steeplechase.

Many local athletes achieved Personal Records on the day. Some coaches have provided that information which is listed below. Other coaches are invited to include their as well.

From Tri-Valley:

Achieving State Championship Performances:

Kate Greffrath HJ did 5′ with Standard 5′

Mareena DiMilia 55 HH did 15.5 with stander 16.2

1600 Relay of: Sabrena Smith-Autumn Bender-Sara Dertinger-Vicky Tingley season Best 4:25

Ali Reynolds Lifetime Best 8:12 Steeplechase and hurdled every barrier.

At the Penn Relays:

4X400 Zach Nilsen-Aidan Woolsey-Tyler Greffrath-Justin Weintraub 3:40.51 6th in their heat-Fastest time of season.

G 4X100 Kate Greffrath-Maria Terbush-Caroline Martin-Mareena DiMilia 53.35. 4th fastest time in school history. Fastest 52.9 were 177th of 333 teams in small school 528 or less 9-11th grade.

4X400 Sara dertinger-Danielle Graham-Vicky Tingley-Sabrena Smith 4:29.41 16th in their heat

Both Girls Teams ran fastest times of season til that point.

Coming up…

coming up Monday Steeplefest @ Cornwall. State and National Girls qual time is 7:20.

Friday @ Ellenville

Sat @ Crusader @ MW

From Liberty (PR’s)

Sierra Thomas- 200m- 28.2 and 400m- 65.5

LaraJane Heslop- 200m- 28.5

Jayco Krebs- 100H- 17.9

Ashley Silverman- 400m- 68.3

Melissa Symanski- 400H- 79.2 and 100H 18.4

In the 800m the following girls have taken 10-15 seconds off their times in the past 2 meets: Angeles Romero, Alyssa Piatek, Ariana Garzon,  and Brenna O’Malley

Mckinnley Conklin, Katarina Manzi and Zoey Jackson are all setting bests in long jump.  McKinnley and Brenna in triple jump and Zoey in high jump as well.

Cindy Fuentes in shot and discus (70’10) and Jayco in shot.

The 4×100 is at 55.1- LaraJane, Sierra, Zoey and Mariah Brickhouse.

The 4×4 (Brenna, Ashley, Sierra and Melissa) and the 4×8 (Brenna, Ariana, Angeles and Alyssa) both  took significant time off their previous ones. Sierra, a sophomore, is having a great year.

The 4×100 can also have Ashley Silveman run a leg in some meets and is bringing its time down each time they run.

From Monticello Coach Matt Buddenhagen:

This is the 25^th Monticello Games . We wanted to win today. I don’t know if Monticcello has ever won but that was our goal today. The boys came out here and performed just like they have been doing.

They just keep getting better and better. It’s a total team win. We’re stacked in every event with strong Monticello athletes who are competing and working hard and the team title says a lot, especially when our best performer Shane Jackson with a little tightness in his hamstring, to keep him fresh and not let things get worse.

It tells you what kind of team you have when you can rally when your best track and field athlete is probably only 80 percent,” he observed.

Asked about what looms up ahead, Buddenhagen noted: “We’ve got a bunch of invitationals coming up but our goal is to win a Section IX championship. We have the best team in the last four years. We’ve won four straight Division III titles so this is our year. I told the kids we’re working hard and we’re going to get better.

“This is definitely our strongest team,” said Terry Duncan after winning the Outstanding Track Performer honors for his first place in the 200, 400, 400 relay and 1600 relay. “A lot of people have stepped up this year,” he added noting the added asset of Shane Jackson’s choice to run track in lieu of playing baseball.

From Sullivan West: 

Reed Scott: 3200 9:51 PR

Mitch Paciga 110 hurdles 16.3 PR, 400 hurdles 63.1 PR; High jump 6-2 (1st place) state qualifying mark

Matt Cardona: High jump 6-2- state qualifying jump

Chris Scott 3000 steeplechase 11:24 PR

Anthony Rydell discus 129-6 PR; Hammer 105-6

Andrew Siege 110 hurdles 17.69 PR

Feast on the gorgeous photos (close to 700 of them) to be found at www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com.

Results are printed below for your perusal but rest assured I have much more to say than offering a list of who won medals.

Boys Results 100 meters: 1. Alex Smith (PJ) 11.2; 2. Mistah Alli (Mont) 11.3; 3. Tasheim Jordan (G) 11.6; 200: 1. Terry Duncun (Mont) 22.5; 2. Alex Smith (PJ) 23.2; 3. Tasheim Jordan (G) 23.8; 400: 1. Duncan (Mont) 51.2; 2. Steven Branham (PJ) 51.7; 3. Evan Robles (Bw) 53.3; 800: 1. Evan Robles (Bw) 2:08.2; 2. Mackenzye Leroy (PJ) 2:08.7; 3. Giovanni Villa (Mid) 2:08.9; 1,600: 1. Alex Shodai (Mid) 4:34.6; 2. Tyler Foxwell (Mont) 4:51.4; 3. Brian DeGaray (Bw) 4:53.0; 3,000 steeplechase: 1. Hans Zanger (PJ) 10:30.5; 2. Joe Klein (Mont) 11:11.9; 3. Luis Campos (Lib) 11:20.2; 3,200: 1. Kobie Lane (PJ) 9:41.5; 2. Kevin M. (Bw) 9:47.2; 3. Reed Scott (SW) 9:57.1; 110 hurdles: 1. Mitch Paciga (SW) 16.3; 2. Rogers (Mont) 16.6; 3. Steven Branham (PJ) 16.7; 400 hurdles: 1. Mike Rogers (Mont) 62.1; 2. Mitch Paciga (SW) 63.1; 3. C.J. Forrest (Mont) 63.1; 400 relay: 1. Monticello (Duncan, Alli, Smith, Rainey) 44.1; 2. Eldred 47.1; 3. Middletown 47.2; 800 relay: 1. Monticello (Smith, Colon, Rogers, Rainey) 1:35.3; 2. Middletown 1:40.5; 3. Ellenville 1:40.4; 1,600 relay: 1. Monticello (Duncan, Colon, Smith, Gandy) 3:35.2; 2. Brewster 3:38.6; 3. Ellenville 3:54.7; 3,200 relay: 1. Port Jervis (Zanger, Leroy, Lane, Branham) 8:22.4; 2. Middletown 8:52.6; 3. Monticello 9:01.0; high jump: 1. Mitch Paciga (SW) 6-2; 2. Matt Cardeno (SW) 6-2; 3. Daniel Pierre (Mid) 5-8; long jump: 1. xxx; triple jump: 1. Chris White (Mid) 42-6; 2. Milton Dorceus (Mid) 40-9.75; 3. Mistah Alli (Mont) 39-1.5; shot put: 1. Aric Boyes (TV) 47-0.5; discus: 1. Jeff Nunez (Ell) 132-2; 2. Anthony Rydell (SW) 129-6; 3. Pat O’Malley (G) 113-2; hammer: 1. Jeff Nunez (Ell) 150-3; 2. Aric Boyes (TV) 145-4; 3. Anthony Rydell (SW) 105-6; javelin: 1. Joe Baker (CF) 151-1; 2. Josh Winter (TV) 130-9; 3. Aric Boyes (TV) 125-4; pole vault: 1. Julian Gottlieb (Eld) 11-6; 2. Illich Andino (Mid) 11-0; 3. Mackenzye Leroy (PJ) 11-0.

Outstanding track athlete: Terry Duncan (Mont)

Outstanding field athlete: Jeff Nunez (Ell)

Girls Results 100 meters: 1. Kalissa Caesar (PJ) 12.4; 2. Jazmin Pryce (Bw) 12.8; 3. Dymonique Burke (PJ) 13.4; 200: 1. Jazmin Pryce (Bw) 27.5; 2. Sierra Thomas (Lib) 28.2; 3. Kally Vellenga (CF) 29.0; 400: 1. Jade Cardichon (Mid) 62.4; 2. Maggie McDermott (CF) 63.5; 3. Courtney Meyerer (SW) 63.8; 800: 1. Autumn Bender (TV) 2:33.2; 2. Courtney Meyerer (SW) 2:35.5; 3. Sarah Malzahn (Eld) 2:37.6; 1,500: 1. Autumn Bender (TV) 5:08.6; 2. Camryn Johnson (Mont) 5:18.7; 3. Dylan Scerri (Bw) 5:21.5; 3,000: 1. Ariana Battalica (Bw) 10:41.3; 2. Camryn Johnson (Mont) 11:11.5; 3. Sydney Johnson (Mont) 11:29.3; 100 hurdles: 1. Mareena DiMilia (TV) 15.3; 2. Tara Kemp (Mid) 16.5; 3. Jesenia Colon (Ell) 17.6; 400 hurdles: 1. Jordan Fredell (Mont) 69.0; 2. Dylan Scerri (Bw) 69.8; 3. Laura Doherty (Mont) 71.1; 400 relay: 1. Goshen (Davis, Davis, Baselice, Zephyr) 53.8; 2. Ellenville 54.3; 3. Liberty 55.1; 800 relay: 1. Port Jervis (Caesar, Williams, Burke, Fisher) 1:52.5; 2. Tri-Valley 1:54.9; 3. Monticello 1:57.0; 1,600 relay: 1. Tri-Valley (Greffrath, Martin, Tingley, Derlinger) 4:25.4; 2. Sullivan West 4:29.1; 3. Monticello 4:30.4; 2,000 steeplechase: 1. Ali Reynolds (TV) 8:17.2; 2. Jamie Maguire (Bw) 8:29.0; 3. Corrine Van Wagner (SW) 8:35; 3,200 relay: 1. Monticello (Rupp, Fredell, S. Johnson, C. Johnson) 10:43.2; 2. Tri-Valley 10:58.1; 3. Port Jervis 11:06.1; high jump: 1. Kate Griffin (TV) 5-0; 2. Marie Johnson (Mid) 5-0; 3. Jaynie Cirsciore (Bw) 4-10; long jump: 1. Jazmin Peyce (Bw) 15-8; 2. Laura Doherty (Mont) 14-2; 3. Yami Reyes (Mont) 14-0.5; triple jump: 1. Ami Calo (LM) 33-4; 2. Marie Johnson (Mid) 33-3; 3. Jaynie Criscione (Bw) 31-8; shot put: 1. Mareena DiMilia (TV) 32-2.5; 2. Caitlin Lander (Bw) 31-9.25; 3. Danielle Borriello (Ell) 31-5; discus: 1. Danielle Borriello (Ell) 109-5; 2. Caitlin Lander (Bw) 92-1; 3. Sarah Coney (TV) 89-1; hammer: 1. Danielle Borriello (Ell) 145-7; 2. Mareena DiMilia (TV) 114-3; 3. Shannon Smith (TV) 95-0; javelin: 1. Mareena DiMilia (TV) 118-1; 2. Natalie Lugo (Ell) 71-1; 3. Emilia Jahrling (Ell) 68-6; pole vault: 1. Marisa Robbins (Gosh) 11-4; 2. Melissa McMonagle (Eld) 7-6; 3. Amelia Jahrling (Ell) 7-6.

Outstanding track performer: Autumn Bender (TV)

Outstanding Field Performer:  Mareena DiMilia  (TV)

Monticello Boys Clinch Fourth Straight Division III Track And Field Title As Golden Era Continues On Apace

By RICHARD  A. ROSS rross@sportsinsightsny.com Photos at www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com Editor’s Note: I’m rushing off to NYC today for my daughter’s recital at Juilliard so this is brief but I’ll add to it. Also in deference both to Liberty and Burke as well as all of the girls from the three schools, a separate story on the track meet will follow suit. This one is in celebration of the Montie boys’ remarkable achievement. 

A banner day for the fourth year in a row as the Monticello Boys capture their fourth straight Division III Title.

MONTICELLO, NY—They say good things come in threes  but in the case of the Monticello boys track team, three was only a prelude to four—four straight Division III track titles that is as the Monties handily beat Liberty to complete their unblemished league season for the fourth year in a row.

Though this year’s title lacked some of the drama of the prior years’  wars against Cornwall which moved up to Division II , wins are wins nonetheless  as the streak remains in force. Due to the haste in which I am composing this, I cannot at this moment extol all of the fine performances evinced at this meet and prior ones. I just wanted to be sure that this momentous occasion did not pass unnoticed and I promise to write much more in the coming days including the sum up from coach Matt Buddenhagen on what has fostered this  impressive run.

Photos from the meet will continue to upload throughout the morning of April 25 while I’m en route to NYC. Check out the album and the slide show as they continue to fill out at www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com

Congratulations Monties  on a job well done!

Again..another story on the meet itself with props to all the outstanding athletes (boys and girls) from Liberty and Burke as well as Monticello will be forthcoming.

OCIAA at Monticello Monticello (4-0) beat Liberty 126-15 and John S. Burke Catholic 115-26. Team scores: Monticello (M) 126, Liberty (L) 15; Liberty 87, John S. Burke Catholic (JSB) 45; Monticello 115, Burke Catholic 26. Individual events: 3,200-meter relay: 1. Monticello (Maroldi, Klein, Forrest, Gil) 9:14.2; 110 high hurdles: 1. Rogers (M) 16.9; 100: 1. M. Alli (M) 11.2; 1,600: 1. Klein (M) 5:12; 400: 1. Jackson (M) 51.5; 400 relay: 1. Monticello (Duncan, Alli, Smith, Jackson) 46.4; 400 intermediate hurdles: 1. Rogers (M) 63.1; discus: 1. Stickle (M) distance unavailable; 200: 1. Duncan (M) 22.2; 800: 1. Gil (M) 2:20.7; triple jump: 1. Przybocki (JSB) 39-113⁄4; 3,200: 1. Foxwell (M) 11:10; long jump: 1. Alli (M) 20-41⁄4; pole vault: 1. Rogers (M) 12-6; high jump: 1. M. Pryzbocki (JSB) 6-0; shot put:  Brian Stickle (M) distance not reported. discus: B. Stickle (M) 110-4; 1,600 relay: 1. Monticello (Duncan, Colon, Smith, Jackson) 3:55.

A Fabulous Run

Building a successful track and field program at Monticello has been an ongoing process and each year it’s a matter or reinventing things to find out which athletes fit best in what events. Getting Shane Jackson back this year has provided a big boost for the Monties who are loaded with sprint speed, great jumpers, a fine pole vaulter and a proficiency in throwing. Unlike bygone years when the Panthers were primarily a distance running team, that aspect right now is the team’s thinnest layer.

That said, the Monties will now look to try and win their first-ever Section IX title as they’ll vie against powerful New Paltz in Class B.

As Coach Matt Buddenhagen sees it, this is the year to get it done. “We’ve had a great run. It started four years ago and it was definitely tough when you’re going against Cornwall with their athletic powerhouse. We knocked them off three years in a row and then the re-configuring came along and we didn’t have them this year. But we’ve had a lot of these kids for four years. Dating back to when I got a teaching and coaching job here I’ve had many of them for five years.

We’ve got some talented kids and the kids bought into it. When Coach Seidl and I started this four years ago we wanted to get all the kids out and there is strength in numbers. We’ve seen our numbers rising and rising. We want kids who are doing well in the classroom and doing right in and out of school and who are willing to work hard out here on the track,’ he noted.

“We have about 40-50 kids on the boys modified track team and a lot of them were just here seeing this team getting their picture taken for their fourth title in a row. They see that and alot of them have older brothers on the team and  that provides them with role models and  hopefully they’ll want to continue in the tradition,” he added looking towards the future.

“Our goal is to win a sectional title. We have the athletes to do it. We’re deep in every event and we have great leadership from our upper classmen and this is the team to do it with,”  he added.

The meet featured a number of outstanding performances as you can glean from the results below. Monticello’ senior Mike Rogers was ecstatic with his pole vault leap of 12-6, a personal best.

Girls results: 

OCIAA Division III: Monticello sweeps Liberty and Burke

Team scores: Monticello (M) 94, Liberty (L) 42; Monticello 112, John S. Burke Catholic (JSB) 24; Liberty 85, Burke Catholic 46

3,200-meter relay: 1. Monticello (Katrina Zicot, Brittany Rupp, Sydney Johnson, Camryn Johnson) 11:35.0; 100 hurdles: 1. Jordan Fredell (M) 17.3; 100: 1. Richards (M) 13.2; 1,500: 1. S. Johnson (M) 5:28; 400: 1. Jaclyn Bellamy (M) 65.4; 400 relay: 1. Liberty (Heslop, Brickhouse, Jackson, Thomas) 55.8; 400 hurdles: 1. Laura Doherty (M) 74.6; 200: 1. S. Thomas (L) 29.3; triple jump: 1. J. Fredell (M) 30-3.5; 3,000: 1. Rupp (M) 13:00; long jump: 1. Doherty (M) 15.2; high jump: 1. Doherty (M) 4-8; shot put: 1. C. Fuentes (L) 70-10; pole vault: 1.

Chester Mounts An Offensive Onslaught To Compensate For Lackluster Defense In Series-Opening Win Over Tri-Valley; Matt Coffey Pitches Six Strong Innings In Crucial League Encounter

Chester 15, Tri-Valley 3

By RICHARD A. ROSS

rross@sportsinsightsny.com

Photos at www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com

Scenes from the Chester win over Tri-Valley in the series opener: 1) Chester starter Matt Coffey hurls a strike. He fanned 12 over six innings of work. 2) Tri-Valley sophomore starter Justin Swarthout was victimized by some shaky fielding behind him. 3) T-V third baseman Mike Foster makes the throw across the diamond. 4). Chester’s Jeury Lugo scores. 5) Angel Suarez gets set to smack an RBI single. 6) Matt Coffey slides into third. 7) T-V coach John Rusin and senior John Anzano talk strategy  *) Sophomore reliever Jared Nash got some innings of work in. 9) Coach Rusin and his team discuss an upcoming situation at the mound. 10_) Chester Coach Mike Doucette meets with his players at the mound to go over some pointers on the upcoming play.

GRAHAMSVILLE, NY—Given the intense historical baseball relationships between Chester and Tri-Valley , it is logical to assume that each time the two Division V rivals meet that it’s going to be a low scoring affair defined by exceptional pitching and nearly flawless defense.

Going back to last year where the teams had identical 12-3 records with the Bears holding the tie breaker over Chester by dint of winning two of the three regular season games including a 2-1 extra inning nail biter, the rivalry between the Hambletonians and Bears only gets more fierce as time moves on apace.

Last year’s Section Nine semifinal won 1-0 behind Joe Mickelson’s flawless gem left Chester with a hungry heart as the Bears went on to win the Section Nine title. Chester Ace Matt Coffey was matched up against Mickelson in that game as well as the 2-1 regular season thriller. Mickelson, who recorded the 12^th perfect game in NYSPHSAA history against Fallsburg graduated in June.

But Coffey is still here and throwing that fierce fastball and nasty curve. And, by the looks of things thus far this season, he may be Chester’s Number Two starter behind Ryan Cabrera who has already thrown a perfect game and a no-hitter.

But in this series opener on April 22, it was Coffey who would garner the Earth Day win despite his team’s uncharacteristically shoddy defense. Pitching six strong innings and allowing only three unearned runs on five hits, Coffey struck out 12 before handing the ball over to Chris Wittekind who closed the deal. Moving behind the plate Coffey was credited with a caught/stealing put out as well.

But the big story of the day was Chester’s offense which took advantage of T-V fielding woes to go along with some sharp hitting to jump out to a 6-0 lead by the time they were retired in their half of the third inning.

The big damage came through in the fifth as they answered T-V’s one and two run third and fourth inning scores with an eight run fifth inning that put the game out of reach en route to the 15-3 win. T-V sophomore hurlers Justin Swarthout and Jared Nash had a tough day at the office but gritted their way through the turmoil. Coach Rusin’s kids never, ever quit. They don’t know the meaning of the word.

Consequently, every Tri-Valley pitch and at-bat and every sign given was treated as if the game’s outcome hinged on them.

Swarthout worked around a walk issued to senior Gio Alfonso to get out of the first inning unscathed.  Coffey issued a single to Mike Foster who was then caught stealing to end the Bears’ first. He wouldn’t be the last casualty on the base paths.

Swarthout’s difficulties began in the second inning with a one-out walk to Colin Marco. A balk advanced Marco to second and a passed ball marshaled him to third. A single by Angel Suarez plated the first run of the game which was followed by a stolen base and then a walk to Jeury Lugo to load the bases. An E-2 throwing error plated a run and a single by Alfonso brought in run number three before Cabrera was retired to prevent further damage.

Coffey recorded his third and fourth strike outs of the game in the second before yielding back to back singles to John Anzano and Donovan Flores. The first was a pop up to third that was caught by the wind and came down eluding eighth grade third baseman Marco.

But Coffey got out of the inning without yielding a run as he got Andrew Exner to ground out to second.

Chester liked scoring three runs so much in the second inning that they decided to do it again in the third. Coffey led off with a walk and a passed ball allowed him to move up. A single by Wittekind put runners on the corners before Marco drove in one run with a single.

A two-out single by Jeury Lugo made it 6-0.

Rusin decided to use Jesse Porter as a DH in this series opener. He got on with a lead off single and advanced as the first baseman faked a tag. He came around to score on a single by Swart hout to make it 6-1.

In the fourth inning the Bears got within three as they plated two more runs via RBI singles from Andrew Exner and Rodney Jester. But that  would be it for the Bears offense. Meanwhile defensively they helped Chester out immensely, particularly in the eight  run fifth. All of those runs were unearned.

Gio Alfaonso was 4-4, Wittekind and Marco each had 3 hits.  Jester and Foster each had two hits for Tri-Valley.

Rusin’s take on the game was as follows:

Tri-Valley Iconic Coaches Joe and Missy Iatauro Marshal Their Boys and Girls Teams To Repeat As Division II Winners At The Last Tri-Valley Invitational Of Their Storied Careers; Chilly, Windy Day Can’t Detract From Fabulous Meet; Arlington Boys and Girls Are Tops In Division I As 25 Schools Compete In Day-Long Track Extravaganza; T-V’s DiMilia Is Outstanding Field Athlete For2^nd Year In A Row.

Boys Standings: Division I) Arlington 127; 2) Middletown 117,3l 3)Monticello 107; 4) Port Jervis 67.5; 5) Mineola 38; 6) Shanendehowa 23; 7) Stepinac 22; 8) Byram Hills 11; 9) Hendric Hudson 10.1; 10) Peekskill 10. 

Boys Standings: Division II:  1) Tri-Valley 109.2; 2) Dover 94; 3) Sullivan West 52.7; 4) Pine Plains 41.2; 5) Chapel Field 34;  6)Ellenville 28; 7) Liberty 27; 8) Spackenkill 24; 8) Eldred 10; 9) Millbrook 8; 10) Fallsburg 7; 11) Webutuk 4: 12) Coleman 2.

Girls Standings: Division I: 1) Arlington 191: 2) Shenendohowa 148.5; 3) Middletown 118; 4) Hendric Hudson 61; 5) Byram Hills 59; 6) Monticello 56; 7) Port Jervis 50; 8) Peekskill 35; 9) Mineola 1. 

Girls Standings: Divsion II: 1) Tri-Valley 175; 2) Sullivan West 55; 3) Fallsburg 39; 4) Dover 38; 5) Spackenkill 36; 6) Ellenville 27; 7) Liberty 25: 8) Chapel Field 23; 9) Eldred 20.5; 10) Pine Plains 11; 11) Millbrook 13; 12) Webutuk 10; 13) Chester 2; and Coleman 2.

By RICHARD A. ROSS

rross@sportsinsightsny.com

Photos at: www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com

Scenes from the 2013 Tri-Valley Invitational: 1) T-V senior Mareena DiMilia sets the winning pace in the 300 shuttle hurdles completed by teammates Vicky Tingley and Ali Reynolds. DiMilia was named the Outstanding Field Athlete for the second year in a row. She won the javelin and took second in the hammer throw. 2) Ellenville’s Danielle Boriello finished second in the shot put. 3) Arlington’s Sebastian Hanson wins the 3200.He was the meet’s Outstanding Track Athlete. 4). Tri-Valley freshman Autumn Bender wins the 2000 steeplechase. She also won the Freshman 800. 5) Monticello’s Shane Jackson wins the 100. 6) Mineola’s Fred Lang wins the 2000 steeplechase. 7) Middletown’s Daniel Piercer wins the high jump. 8). Port Jervis’ Kalissa Caesar wins the 100. 9) T-V Coach Joe Iatauro finds a moment for a little levity during the meet. Iatauro and his wife Missy are retiring at the end of the year and moving to Georgia.

GRAHAMSVILLE, NY—It just wouldn’t be spring without the Tri-Valley Invitational track meet, that storied annual event that has had its share of zany weather throughout the years but more importantly has been a staging area for some of the finest track and field athletes from around the state.

All of which has been due to the tireless efforts of Joe and Missy Iatauro, those iconic Tri-Valley track coaches who seem to have been on the scene since time immemorial. Over the course of their 30 plus years’ tenure the Tri-Valley program has risen to the heights not just in its division and Section IX, but has also landed on the national radar both by dint of the teams’ successes at Mt. Sac in California, Disney in Florida, Penn Relays, Yale and countless other venues.

And that fame has included dynamic efforts in all three seasons of the year: cross-country, indoor and outdoor track.

Tri-Valley is also know for the national collegiate champions who formerly wore the Bears’ uniform including two time Division II  hammer champion Ryan Loughney and current college All-American standout Garrett Grey, both of whom got their start of heaving heavy objects at Tri-Valley and went on to storied fame at Ashland University.

The Iatauros’ two children Joe and Heather were also impact athletes who were Section Nine and NYS champions. Joe went on to North Carolina State following in the footsteps of former greats Kristian Agnew, Chip Furman and Kate Landau, while Heather excelled at Princeton.

But over the years there have been legions of young men and women whose raison d’ètre  in high school was about evincing excellence..both in the classroom and on the athletic fields where their participation in cross –country, indoor and outdoor track were under the  loving, demanding and savvy watch of the two coaches whose dedication defies description.

Much more will be written about the ‘I’s  and understandably so as the school year draws to a close and they get ready to transplant themselves to their home in Arrowhead, Georgia. It would be an understatement to declare that their departure will be felt resoundingly at the school that Joe refers to lovingly as “Rinky Dink” Tri-Valley.

At this year’s Tri-Valley Invitational, announcer Ralph Bressler took a moment to honor the Iatauros after asking for a moment of silence for Sandy Bernstein, longtime teacher at Tri-Valley and avid supporter of the Tri-Valley running programs over the years.

This would be the last Tri-Valley Invitational organized and overseen by the Iatauros leaving one to wonder how this event and so much more related to their tireless efforts will fare in their absence.

The bright blue sky was a pleasant change from past monsoons or snowfall. But it was certainly chilly for this time of year. Onlookers hoped for the sun’s intermittent appearances which seemed to raise the temperature noticeably when it chose to show itself from behind the puffy clouds.

But the real story of the day wasn’t the weather or even the Iatauros. It was as always about the athletes hailing from 25 schools and giving their all in the panoply of events staged seamlessly at the various venues , overseen by the excellent timing and judging of officials.

There were far too many outstanding performances to list which is why I am including the results which were recorded to eight places but scored through the first six. As my audience is principally a Sullivan County one, I take this opportunity to extol some of the locals, which by no means lessens the deeds accomplished by athletes from other parts of Section Nine or from the visiting schools that hailed from other Sections across the state.

The most storied honor of the day fell to Tri-Valley senior Mareena DiMilia who was named the Outstanding Female Field Athlete.  DiMilia began her day by running the first leg of the winning T-V Shuttle Hurdle relay with teammates Vicky Tingley and Aly Reynolds carrying and extending the lead she gave them. DiMilia went on to place second in the shot put (32-3 ¾), and second in the hammer throw (123-10). She took first in the javelin (115-4).

T-V freshman Autumn Bender was another big winner for the Lady Bears with her victory in the freshman 800 (2:35) as she edged out Sullivan West up and coming speedster Courtney Meyerer who would later team up with Erin Sumfleth, Megan Robisch and Rosa Martinez, to win the F/S 1600 relay (4:36.8). Bender went on to win the 2000 steeplechase (7:51.6). She took second in the F/S 1500 (5:20.8).

T-V junior Katlynn Greffrath won the long jump (14-10) and the high jump (4-9). Monticello’s Jordan Fredell won the triple jump (31-0). As you look over the results posted below you will also note many other Sullivan County athletes who placed in their events. Sullivan West’s Hannah Feinman was second in the long jump (14-4) and in the triple jump (38-4). Fallsburg’s Kali Seastrand took second in the F/S long jump (13-9). Tri-Valley’s Caroline Martin was third int the event (13-9) while Fallsburg’s Kassie Foertschb was fourth (13-7). Tri-Valley’s Mary Alongi was second in the non-scoring 1500 racewalk (8:33). Fallsburg’s Nyasia Harris was third in the F/S shot put with a heave of 27-10 1/2). Tri-Valley’s Colleen Jones  was third in the discus (98-8). 

On the boys side of the ledger Monticello’s Shane Jackson won the 100 in 11.0. He took third in the 200 and ran a leg in Monticello’s second place 400 relay team which was edged out by Middletown. Tri-Valley recorded a one-two-three sweep in the javelin with Josh Winters  (136-11), Aric Boyes (126-11) and Mohib Khan (115-5). Boyes won the hammer throw (143-5) and the shot put (48-1. Sullivan West’s Anthony Rydell was victorious in the discus (118-0). Tri-Valley’s Aidan Woolsey won the pole vault (11-6) while Monticello’s Mike Rogers came in second in the event  (11-0). Monticello’s Terry Duncan settled for second in the 200 behind Arlington’s Trenton Beram. Duncan was two seconds back of Beram’s 51.4. Monticello’s Kyle Haynes took second in the F/S long jump (17 ½). Sullivan West’s Mitch Paciga took third in the high jump 5-10

As noted for complete results, see the charts below. Having to leave the meet later in the day but before its dramatic conclusion my photos don’t include the final events of the day nor the awarding of the meet’s outstanding athletes which in addition to Mareena DiMilia included Arlington’s Bella Burta and Sebastian Hanson as Outstanding Track Athletes and Middletown’s C.J. Clark as Outstanding Field Athlete.

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Girls results

Sullivan West Gets First Win Of The Season  In Non-League Road Victory Over Monticello;  Katie Slater Strikes Out Ten And Helps Her Cause At The Plate; Lady Panthers Improving But Still Searching For First Win

Sullivan West 8, Monticello 2

Scenes from Sullivan West’s first win of the season: 1) Monticello sophomore Essence Gonzalez gets on with a single. She’d come around to score the first run of the game. 2) Sullivan West’s Katie Slater helps her cause with an RBI single. 3) Slater fans one of her ten strikeout victims. 4) Monticello pitcher Morgan Halloran fires a strike. 5) Sullivan West shortstop Carly Grishaber has great range. 6) Monticello shortstop Jane Hyman. 7) “Good game.” 8) Sullivan West senior first baseman Cassidy Sauer. 8) Monticello catcher Catlin Radlein tags out Bethany Padu in the first inning. 10) Monticello coach Shannon Dietrich has a conference at the mound to advise her young squad comprised of eight sophomores.

MONGAUP VALLEY, NY—One thing was for certain as Sullivan West warmed up to prepare to take on Monticello on a bright April 18: By day’s end one of these two teams was going to break into the win column for the first time this season.

And you could tell from the body language of both squads that each was expecting it to be them.

For the Lady Monties who were 0-3 that included being winless against league rivals Cornwall and Goshen, as well as  the Lady Bulldogs who had already been dealt back to back league losses by O’Neill and Burke, the urgency of getting that first win of the season has been mounting.

Early season losses can easily be rectified by a nice turn of events but until that happens, the frustration for both the team and the coaching staff is real despite all of the positive spin about what goes right in losing efforts.

As the season moves along teams  invariably improve . But if you want to make it to sectionals, a primary goal for all teams starting out of the gate, it starts with good pitching and solid defense. For Monticello, the latter has been the problem up to now and that is hardly given the fact that there are eight sophomores on the team.

When it comes to an understanding of what it takes to win in softball, I can think of few people with a better grasp of those dynamics than Lady Panther Coach Shannon Dietrich. It’s one thing to understand the game in terms of it’s x’s and o’s. Many coaches have ample knowledge based on clinics and observation. But to have played the game as well as Dietrich has and still does, that’s another matter.

Her young charges know how good she is and they respect her. She teaches by example and though her team is young, with the group she’s got now, Monticello is going to be a force to be reckoned with in a couple of years. You can take that to the bank.

The pitching matchup for this game was a good one as Dietrich sent Morgan Halloran to the mound to face off against Sullivan West’s Katie Slater.  The Lady Bulldogs plated a run in the top of the first as Bethany Padu led off with a single, stole second, moved up on a passed ball and came in on an RBI single from Slater who would go on to evince a two-for-three performance from the plate.

Halloran limited the damage by inducing a ground out to first from Dana Borowski and the Lady Panthers hustled in to see if they could even the score. They did just that working around a pair of strike outs as Essence Gonzalez broke through for a single and scored on an RBI double by Brittany Stein.

But any thoughts of a tight nail biting game were blown away by Sullivan West’s rapacious second inning wherein they scored five runs. Senior Katie Taylor led off with a single. Kelsey Brockner got aboard on an infield single before Halloran plunked  Carly Grishaber to load the bases. An E-3 brought in one run and a walk to Victoria Haas loaded the bases again.

Marianne Durkin drove in the second run of the inning with a single and Slater knocked in two more with her second single of the day. When the dust settled it was Sullvan West led 6-1 and they’d never look back.

Monticello added a run in the third inning on an RBI single from Gonzalez but the Lady Bulldogs answerd right back in the fourth as they capitalized on a pair of throwing errors and a walk. The eighth run came in the sixth inning via an RBI single from Borowski.

Sullivan West improved to 1-3, while Monticello slipped to 0-4.

Dietrich summed up the things that need work. “We’re not executing the fundamentals. We’re not getting it done right now. It’s coming. We’ve made progress for sure but there’s a lot more progress to be made,” she noted.

“I  thought Morgan did much better later in the game. Early on she had a few walks, gave up a couple of hits with runners in scoring position. She got into a couple of 0-2 counts and made a couple of mistakes. Essence Gonzalez is a leader on the team and she’s only a sophomore. She’s a ball players. She always puts the bat on the ball. It’s day to day with us.  Every day they come out and practice hard. A lot of these girls played J.V last year and didn’t win a game.”

“I’ve got the right girls. We’re going to get it,” said Dietrich whose upbeat but demanding demeanor will transform her newbies into veterans sooner than later.

No doubt it will be a big confidence booster when they get that first “W.”

Sullivan West Coach Mike Ellmauer was glad his team got over that hurdle.  “I’m glad to get that monkey off our back. We felt bad when we lost a game we shouldn’t have lost against Burke. But we’re still staying positive and we’re still a work in progress.  We have to work on the mental aspects of the game. Katie Slater did a really nice job today moving the ball around. She and Katie Taylor are starting to mix and match.

Liberty is coming up and that game is big given the two league losses already in the books.

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