New Paltz’s Jordan Nagel placed fourth to lead all Section 9 competitors at the state championships held at Mount Van Hoevenberg in North Elba on Monday. Nagel skated 7.5 kilometers in 26 minutes, 37.3 seconds. Abby Williams of Wallkill placed 30th (29:51.8), New Paltz’s Kelly Vinett was 36th (31:48.1), Wallkill’s Kayleigh Joyce was 39th (33:01.4), [...]
(at Hunter Mountain, Hunter) State qualifiers marked by asterisk (*); alternate marked by hashtag (#) Girls Team: 1. Rondout Valley/Kingston/F.D. Roosevelt/Coleman Catholic (RKFC). Combined slalom, giant slalom times: 1. Shiau Tau Ciecierska* (RKFC) 54.76; 2. Jackie Ford* (Onteora) 58.71; 3. Miranda Davenport* (RKFC) 58.75; 4. Mackenzie Mitchell* (Monticello) 59.27; 5. Giovanna Fichera* (Cornwall) 59.59; 6. [...]
BOYS (through January 5) Top-50 state rankings are listed, or top mark 55-meters (Fully Automatic Timing only): 2. Jahnique Dessaline (Newburgh, Sr.) 6.47 (No. 13 in USA); 42. Izahiah Moore (Middletown) 6.74; 42. Bobby Williams (Newburgh), Sr.) 6.74; Blaine Billings (Newburgh, Sr.) 6.76; Ivan Dorsett (Newburgh, Sr.) 6.82; Stephan Scott (Newburgh, So.) 6.85; Curai White [...]
Girls Championships 1,600-meter relay (Sunday 12:15 p.m.): Monroe-Woodbury (Alexis Gomez, Morgan Menzzasalma, Spencer Pavia, Olivia Gibson) * Distance medley relay : 8. Cornwall (Beatrice Boylan, Dara Cuffe, Ashley Wallace, Jillian Decker) 12:06.29. Pole vault (Sunday 10 a.m.): Samantha Beyar (Monroe-Woodbury) Shot put (Saturday 1:30 p.m.): Valerie Hinds (Kingston) Weight throw (Sunday 9:30 a.m.): Zandra Adams [...]
The following Section 9 athletes are competing at the New Balance Indoor Nationals, to be held at the New York Armory from Friday through Sunday. The meet will be webcast, with multiple video channels (which helps for field events), on NBnationals.com and NY.MileSplit.com. Girls Championships 1,600-meter relay (Sunday 12:15 p.m.): Monroe-Woodbury (Alexis Gomez, Morgan Menzzasalma, [...]
The Newburgh Free Academy boys 800-meter relay and the Cornwall girls 3,200 relay were both victorious at the state indoor track and field championships in Ithaca. Newburgh’s Stephan Scott, Jahnique Dessaline, Marc Bellamour and Blaine Billings won in 1:30.89. Cornwall’s Ashley Wallace, Beatrice Boylan, Dara Cuffe and Jillian Decker won in 9:22.07, edging Shenendehowa by three-quarters of [...]
The Newburgh Free Academy boys 800-meter relay squad captured the Federation and public-school gold medals at the indoor track and field state championships in Ithaca. The team of Stephan Scott, Jahnique Dessaline, Marc Bellamour and Blaine Billings won in 1 minute, 30.89 seconds. Warwick pole vaulter Derek Dibona won Federation silver and public-school gold with [...]
The Hudson Valley Circus pole vaulting club in Warwick is offering a Last Chance meet for scholastic competitors who need to meet the national indoor championship standards. The meet is at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, preceded by beginner and intermediate instruction at 12:30 p.m. The meet entry fee is $30. The girls indoor meet standard is [...]
Section 9 champions Hans Poelmann of Warwick and Shiau-Tau Ciecierska of Roosevelt failed to finish slalom runs and were eliminated from medal contention at the races held on Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, outside of Lake Placid. The top area finishers were Cornwall’s Charles Manzari, who placed eighth among the boys, and Miranda Davenport of Rondout [...]
Monday’s state nordic ski championships at Lake Placid were postponed due to excessive cold weather. State guidelines mandate that temperatures had to be above minus-4 degrees (it was minus-6) and wind chills had to be above minus-11. The second day of competition is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday. The state alpine ski championships at nearby [...]
