Monthly Archives: June 2008

Track nationals Saturday results, 4:27 p.m.

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 21, 2008 | Comments closed
Section 9 athletes brought home three more All-American honors with top-six finishes at the Nike Outdoor Nationals track and field meet in Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday. Monroe-Woodbury’s Megan Patrignelli placed third in a wild finish of the 800-meter run for emerging elite runners. Monica Kinney of Michigan won in 2:12.11, nipping Grace Rodriguez of Vermont (2:12.15), [...]
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Nationals track results, 6:25 p.m. Friday

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 20, 2008 | Comments closed
The Nike Outdoor Nationals track and field meet in Greensboro, N.C., is underway. The Newburgh Elite Track club, featuring Newburgh Free Academy runners Akinto Boone, Donald Cooper, Fred Locklary and Randy Patterson, placed second in the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay in 3 minutes, 25.03 seconds.More updates are coming as results are posted. Girls400 run, emerging elite: [...]
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National track meet to end season

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 19, 2008 | Comments closed
A host of state medalists are among the four dozen local track and field athletes competing at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C., this weekend.Warwick’s gold-medal 3,200-meter relay squad of Kristen Jados, Lillian Greibesland, Claire Pettit and Tori Pennings will try to break 8 minutes, 50 seconds in their final race together.Newburgh Free Academy, [...]
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State track, day two, final results, 4:42 p.m.

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 14, 2008 | Comments closed
Sullivan West junior Colin Seidl took nearly nine seconds off his previous best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and brought home the Division II (small school) title, in addition to placing third in the Federation standings.Ben Waruch of Rondout Valley won the boys’ pentathlon following a narrow loss at the 2007 state meet.In the last [...]
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Pine Bush girls, Newburgh boys win 1,600 relay gold; Quiller pole vaults to gold

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 13, 2008 | Comments closed
The New York state track and field championship meet was suspended by lightning at 6:30 p.m., but not before Pine Bush nipped Warwick at the finish line in the girls’ 1,600-meter relay final. Twenty minutes later, the driving rains began.By state rule, no competition may resume until a half-hour passes since the last lightning strike so [...]
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State track results, day one FINAL

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 13, 2008 | Comments closed
Amherst – Results of the first day of the New York state track and field championships held at the University at Buffalo. Public-school placings are listed; overall placing, if different, is listed in parenthesis.    Boys’ Division I 100 semis: 16. Justin McCollin (Monroe-Woodbury) 11.76, does not advance to final 200 semis: 12. (16) Charlie Berg (Wallkill) 23.15, does [...]
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An early rant, for us media types

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 13, 2008 | Comments closed
The UB football facility is quite nice for the Bulls’ program, which plays Division I-AA (or  whatever they call the non Bowl Championship Series sub-division these days). There is a nice 120-yard artificial turf football surface and an eight-lane all-weather track. There are side-by-side triple/long jump pits in the north end zone, with six long [...]
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It’s always sunny in Buffalo

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 13, 2008 | Comments closed
That was the original title of Danny Devito’s TV series but they decided on Philadelphia (okay, I’m making that one up).It is mostly sunny, a tad hazy, somewhat humid and about 80 degrees at the University at Buffalo football and track stadium. There is a bit of a wind blowing through, so that should make [...]
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State track: girls’ seedings

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 13, 2008 | Comments closed
The seedings for the girls’ portion of the New York state track and field championships, as listed by Leone Timing as of late Wednesday night. The top seeds and the Section 9 entries are listed. Lineups and seeding results are subject to change. Girls 100: Div. I – 1. Sasha Richards (Mount Vernon) 11.84; 15. Natavia Berry (Middletown) [...]
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State track: boys’ seedings

By Ken McMillan | Published: June 13, 2008 | Comments closed
The seedings for the boys’ portion of the New York state track and field championships, as listed by Leone Timing as of late Wednesday night. The top seeds and the Section 9 entries are listed. Lineups and seeding results are subject to change. Boys 100: Div. I – 1. Nicholas Guscott (Baldwin) 10.54; 11. Justin McCollin (Monroe-Woodbury) 10.87. [...]
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