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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Spring track begins in earnest
The outdoor track and field season will not wait until the calendar turns to April before starting action.
Tri-Valley will participate in an invitational at Iona Prep on Monday morning. Warwick will host a scrimmage with nearby Vernon (N.J.) on Thursday. Some Tri-Valley athletes will head to Virginia for a relay event on Friday. Newburgh Free [...]
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Section 9 athletes headed to indoor track and field nationals
Nike Indoor Nationals, Landover, Md., March 15-16
Boys
Weight throw (Saturday 8 a.m.): Alec Faldermeyer (Minisink Valley); Vinnie Torrisi (Monroe-Woodbury)
Girls
Weight throw (Saturday 10:15 a.m.): Robin Callan, Monroe
National Scholastic Indoor Championships, New York Armory, March 14-16
Boys
200 (Saturday 12:15 p.m., trials): Charles Berg (Wallkill)
400 (Saturday 4:30 p.m., trials): Akinto Boone (Newburgh), Zavior Brown (Pine Bush)
1-mile run (Sunday 10:55 a.m.): [...]
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State indoor track seeding list
Boys
55-meter dash: 1. Kevin Malivert (Ramapo) 6.34; 18. Justin McCollin (Monroe-Woodbury) 6.63; 30. Garrett Gardner (James I. O’Neill) 6.78.
300: 1. Tewado Latty (White Plains) 34.95; 16. Charles Berg (Wallkill) 36.44; 26. Ken Coleman (Cornwall) 37.17.
600: 1. Lawrence Campbell (Peekskill) 1:20.40; 5. Kris Kolewe (Cornwall) 1:21.45; 7. Zavior Brown (Pine Bush) 1:21.98.
1,000: 1. Rafal Ksepka (Grover [...]
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Section 9 indoor track state qualifier results
The top two finishers and the third, if they meet the state standard (denoted by asterisk), advance to the state championships on March 8 at Cornell University. A fourth may qualify in select events. Only the winning relay advances. # — will compete in intersectional relay. & — defended 2007 title
Team key: Chester (Ches); Cornwall [...]
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Track and field signings