Blog Author
Ken McMillan
Related Content- McMillan: It's not easy being a girl hockey player around hereAMHERST — No offense, but it's relatively easy to become a basketball or soccer player in the mid-Hudson. But if you want to be a girls' ice hockey player, you have to really, really want it. […]
- McMillan: Bonilla wants to make father proud at Empire State GamesAMHERST — Ten years ago Tony Bonilla put family above his athletic passions. […]
- McMillan: Local boxers getting edge at homeBrian Burke remembers taking a lot of lonely trips while working the boxing corner for his friend Tracy Patterson. The traveling party was always small with himself, Tracy, manager/trainer Floyd Patterson and sometimes a fourth. […]
- McMillan: It's not easy being a girl hockey player around here
We reserve the right to remove any content at any time from this Community, including without limitation if it violates the Community Rules. We ask that you report content that you in good faith believe violates the above rules by clicking the Flag link next to the offending comment.
State track, day two, final results, 4:42 p.m.
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 half-hour, add state titles for the Warwick girls and Pine Bush boys in the 3,200 relay, and the Newburgh Free Academy boys added the Federation title in the 1,600 relay.
The meet is now over
Section 9 produced another state champion in Millbrook’s Darnell Cummings, who won the small-school 100-meter title in 11.37 seconds. Tiere Spruill of Webutuck was third.
Jordan Coburn of Pine Bush placed second in the large-school 110 hurdles, losing by just 8-100ths of a second. Mike Fox of Warwick took second in the Federation 800, losing by just under one second. Nicole Rozario of Pine Bush placed fourth overall and third among the large schools in the girls’ 2,000 steeplechase, finishing barely under 7 minutes.
Amherst – Results of the second 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: 1. Nicholas Guscott (Baldwin-8) 11.06.
200: (1) Keith Nkrumah (Midwood) 22.00; 1. (2) Miles Lewis (Middle Country-11) 22.02.
110 hurdles: 1. Antoine McGill (Clarkstown South-1) 14.72; 2. Jordan Coburn (Pine Bush-9) 14.80.
Boys’ Division II
100: 1. Darnell Cummings (Millbrook-9) 11.37; 3. Tiere Spruill (Webutuck-9) 11.477.
200: (1) Jonathan Meminger (Collegiate-AIS) 22.19; 1. (2) Mike Quercia (Marcellus-3) 22.29; 3. (4) Tiere Spruill (Webutuck-9) 22.50.
110 hurdles: 1. Will Robertson (Williamson-5) 15.22; 6. Samuel Pozorski (Ellenville-9) 16.83.
Discus: 1. Jon Osucha (Alden-6) 160-6; 12. Garrett Grey (Tri-Valley-9) 113-10.
Boys’ Federation
100-meter dash: 1. Nicholas Guscott (Baldwin-8) 10.94; 7. Darnell Cummings (Millbrook-9) 11.20.
200: 1. Keith Nkrumah (Midwood-PSAL) 22.06; 7. Tiere Spruill (Webutuck-9) 22.65.
400: 1. Troy Faulkner (Curtis-PSAL) 47.79; 8. Zavior Brown (Pine Bush-9) 49.51
800: 1. Terrance Livingston (Great Neck South) 1:53.01; 2. Mike Fox (Warwick-9) 1:53.99.
1,600: 1. Kyle Merber (Half Hollow Hills West-11) 4:11.67 (1st in Div. I); 8. Lee Berube (Ticonderoga-7) 4:20.86 (1st in Div. II); 10. (11) Paul Lagno (Millbrook-9) 4:24.05 (2nd in Div. II); 22. (26) Brad Ackerman (Warwick-9) 4:38.84 (12th in Div. I)
110 hurdles: 1. Chris Parker (Mepham-8) 14.49; 4. Jordan Coburn (Pine Bush-9) 14.75.
400 hurdles: 1. Will Cole (Hamburg-6) 53.18; 2. Corey Jones (Washingtonville-9) 54.12.
3,000 steeplechase: 1. Pat Dupont (Fairport-5) 9:07.02 (first in Div. I); 3. Colin Seidl (Sullivan West-9) 9:33.62 (first in Div. II); 16. (18) Nick Mancuso (New Paltz-9) 9:58.37 (13th in Div. I); 22. (24) Dan Prial (Warwick-9) 10:11.65 (17th in Div. I)
400 relay: 1. Sheepshead Bay-PSAL (Darryl Bradshaw, Ayo Ishola, John Thomas, Naquan Alexander) 41.39
1,600 relay: 1. Newburgh Free Academy-9 (Fred Locklary, Donald Cooper, Randy Patterson, Timothy Mountain) 3:16.97.
3,200 relay: 1. Pine Bush-9 (Ben Sweet, Tom Protopapas, Joe Mansfield, Zavior Brown) 7:48.51 (1st in Div. I); 4. Warwick-9 (Greg Miniger, Mike Fox, Ryan Florkiewicz, Steve Kane) 7:53.49 (4th in Div. I); 19. (23) Red Hook-9 (Klaus Schmidt, Ian Ellis, Spencer Dalzell, Jonathan Byrne) 8:10.58 (4th in Div. II).
High jump: 1. Eric Fontanez (Hilton-5) 6-8 (1st in Div. I); 7. Mike Howell (Union Springs-4) 6-4 (1st in Div. II); 12. (13) Michael Scott (Red Hook-9) 6-2 (2nd in Div. II); 15. (17) Wayne Lewis (Middletown-9) 6-0 (12th in Div. I).
Long jump: 1. Albert Johnson (Corning-4) 23-8
Triple jump: 1. Tom Wagner (Clinton) 48-4.
Shot put: 1. David Gross (Brockport-5) 56-11.5; 4. Tanzeel Khan (Tri-Valley-9) 52-6.75.
Discus: 1. Vincenzo Chiariello (Monsignor Farrell-CHSAA) 182-4
Pentathlon: 1. Ben Waruch (Rondout Valley-9) 3,613 points (1st in Div. I); 21. (23) Sean Cooper (John S. Burke Catholic-9) 2,632 (9th in Div. II). Did not finish. Matt Waters (Washingtonville-9) 1,985, did not finish. Waruch results – 110 hurdles, 15.11; High jump, 1.91m; Shot put, 13.56m; Long jump, 21-1.5; 1,500, 4:41.78; Waters results – 110 hurdles, 15.94; High jump, 1.91m; Shot put, 10.61m; Long jump, fouled out; 1,500, Did not run; Cooper results – 110 hurdles, 16.81; High jump, 1.91m; Shot put, 11.27m; Long jump, fouled out; 1,500, 4:36.40.
Girls’ Division I
100: 1. Sasha Richards (Mount Vernon-1) 12.54.
200: (1) Nadonnia Rodriques (Boys & Girls) 24.68; 1. (2) Jen Clayton (Suffern-1) 24.94.
100 hurdles: 1. Madalayne Smith (Saratoga-2) 14.39; Did not finish, Dotrine Jacobs (Newburgh-9).
Long jump: 1. Jen Clayton (Suffern-1) 19-1.5; 11. (13) Diane MacDowell (Valley Central-9) 16-0; 12. (14) Mikia McQueen (Newburgh-9) 15-11.25.
Shot put: 1. Melissa Kurzdorfer (Lancaster-6) 46-4.5; 9. (10) Deanna Knapp (Middletown-9) 36-1.75.
Girls’ Division II
100: (1) Adele Jackson-Gibson (Nichols-Buffalo) 12.56; 1. (3) Klarissa Ricks (Holy Names-2) 12.83; 2. (4) Rachel Pierantozzi (Millbrook-9) 12.84.
200: (1) Renee McDougall (Horace Mann) 25.14; 1. (2) Melissa Zajdel (Christian Brothers Academy-Syracuse-3) 25.63; 6. (7) Savanna Connors (Ellenville-9) 26.73.
100 hurdles: 1. Brooklynn Ventura (Waterloo-5) 15.16; 3. Avery Evans (Pine Plains-9) 15.95.
Shot put: 1. Rachel Roberts (Remsen-3) 41-0.25; 8. (9) Eva Klohnova (Onteora-9) 33-2.
Girls’ Federation
100-meter dash: 1. Sasha Richards (Mount Vernon-1) 12.29; 8. Rachel Pierantozzi (Millbrook-9) 12.70.
200: 1. Nadonnia Rodriques (Boys & Girls-PSAL) 24.72.
400: 1. Kala Allen (Williamsville East-6) 55.24.
800: 1. Charlene Lipsey (Hempstead-8) 2:07.46.
1,500: 1. Emily Lipari (Roslyn-8) 4:30.58 (1st in Div. I); 2. Tori Pennings (Warwick-9) 4:32.22 (2nd in Div. I); 4. Mary Kate Champagne (Seton Catholic-7) 4:36.20 (1st in Div. II); 6. Elizabeth Marvin (Rhinebeck-9) 4:37.93 (2nd in Div. II); 12. (13) Jessica Fingers (Monticello-9) 4:43.64 (8th in Div. I).
100 hurdles: 1. Madalayne Smith (Saratoga-2) 14.15.
400 hurdles: 1. Dailah Muhammad (Benjamin Cardozo-PSAL) 57.90; 6. Danielle McHolder (Newburgh-9) 1:02.604.
2,000 steeplechase: 1. Shelby Greany (Suffern-1) 6:43.03 (first in Div. I); 4. Nicole Rozario (Pine Bush-9) 6:59.42 (third in Div. I); 15. Annabel Clarke (Rhinebeck-9) 7:24.42 (sixth in Div. II)
400 relay: 1. Suffern-1 (Tamika Montama, Janelle Clayton, Jenna Schaffer, Jen Clayton) 47.64; 7. Middletown-9 (Natavia Berry, Keioki Hewitt, Tara Tillman, Daira Veloz) 49.68; 8. Pine Bush-9 (Toni Werner, Amber Passalaqua, Alexis Grable, Opeyemi Ifafore) 50.15.
1,600 relay: 1. Boys & Girls-PSAL (Kenesha Abrams, Kerri Thompson, Jodian Burke, Nagua Cohran) 3:50.50; 2. Warwick-9 (Kristen Jados, Lillian Greibesland, Shernai Bentley, Claire Pettit) 3:52.70; 6. Pine Bush-9 (Alexis Grable, Nicole Rozario, Amber Passalaqua, Jessica Hennig) 3:56.30.
3,200 relay: 1. Warwick-9 (Jacqueline Kasal, Tori Pennings, Claire Pettit, Lillian Greibesland) 8:56.71 (1st in Div. I); 4. Valley Central-9 (Holly Cavalluzzo, Jackie Cavalluzzo, Kristal Conklin, Dominique Wiggins) 9:09.53 (4th in Div. I); 21. (23) Rhinebeck-9 (Annabel Clarke, Megan Parsi, Noelle Benson, Elizabeth Marvin) 9:51.62 (6th in Div. II).
High jump: 1. Sarah Palmer (Schuylerville-2) 5-8 (1st in Div. II); 2. Janelle Clayton (Suffern-1) 5-7 (1st in Div. I); 5. Shorna Brown (Kingston-9) 5-6 (4th in Div. I); 15. Ashley Grant (Monroe-Woodbury-9) 5-2 (11th in Div. I); 8. Tiffany Bennett (Marlboro-9) 5-4 (3rd in Div. II).
Long jump: 1. Jen Clayton (Suffern-1) 18-9.
Triple jump: 1. Lakeshia McCloud (Bath-Haverling) 38-3.25.
Shot put: 1. Melissa Kurzdorfer (Lancaster-6) 44-6.
Discus: 1. Melissa Kurzdorfer (Lancaster-6) 141-10.
Pentathlon: 1. Britney Clarke (North Rockland-1) 3,383 points (first in Div. I); 5. Brittany Brown (Pelham-1) 2,890 (1st in Div. II); 12. (13) Sara Wickes (Monroe-Woodbury-9) 2,775 (10th in Div. I); 20. (23) Kim McKay (Liberty-9) 2,278 (8th in Div. II). Wickes events – 100 hurdles, 15.96; High jump, 1.45m; Shot put, 8.35m; Long jump, 15-3.5; 800, 2:37.74; McKay events – 100 hurdles, 18.91; High jump, 1.36m; Shot put, 8.21m; Long jump, 13-7.5; 800, 2:33.23.