Boys Track Centereach 99 Half Hollow Hills East 51. Longwood 90 Sachem 60 Ward Melville 90 Floyd 47 Bayport 95 Rocky Point 55 Girls Track Harborfields 76 1/2 Hauppauge 64 1/2 Hampton Bays 78 Easthampton/Pierson 60 Sachem 88 Half Hollow Hills 40. April 14
Suffolk Track Officials Relays At Harborfields High School (Running events in meters) * denotes meet record
4 x 1600 – 1. Tottenville 19:11.4 (Martarella, Whitehouse, Hirsch, Kyvelos); 2. Newfield 19:18.3; 3. Sachem 19:22.8. Intermediate Hurdles – 1. Centereach 3:00.2 (Maldonado, Esposito, Ligenfelter); 2. Half Hollow Hills West 3:01.8; 3. Longwood 3:07.5. Distance Medley – 1. Centereach 11:04.9 (Guastella, Torres, Gabbiero, Maldonado); 2. Chaminade 11:17.5; 3. St. Anthony’s 11:24.0. Shot Put – Longwood 96-8 (Smith, Stewart); 2. Half Hollow Hills East 96-3 3/4; 3. Centereach 92-7. 4 x 400 – 1. Northport 3:43.0 (McAleer, Morel, Chaung, Gehrdt); 2. Hauppauge 3:44.7; 3. Deer Park 3:45.4. High Jump – 1. Northport 12-4* (Magel, McAleer) Old Record 12-0 – Centereach, 1985; 2. Amityville 11-8; 3. Bayport 11-3. Sprint Medley – 1. Northport 1:39.2 (Learned, Morel, Chaung, McAleer); 2. St. John the Baptist 1:44.3; 3. Horace Mann 1:44.8. 4 x 100 – 1. Chaminade 44.9 (Brown, Martinelli, LaRoche, Baker); 2. Half Hollow Hills East 45.8; 3. Brentwood 46.0. Long Jump – 1. Brentwood 40-11 (Brantley, Whitehead); 2. Copiague 39-8 1/2; 3. Longwood 38-7 3/4. 4 x 800 – 1. St. Anthony’s 8:27.4 (Yost, Rienzo, Moriarity, Reichel); 2. Brentwood 8:31.8; 3. Chaminade 8:33.2. Discus – 1. Centereach 265-5 (Bittman, Lamm); 2. Bayport 254-6; 3. Half Hollow Hills East 2:46.3. 4 x 200 – 1. Brentwood 1:36.0 (C. Watts, W. Watts, Thomas, Brantley); 2. Centereach 1:37.0; 3. Bay Shore 1:37.6. 4 x 400 – 1. Holy Trinity 3:32.7 (Ravanell, C. Cannon, Hines, B. Cannon); 2. Chaminade 3:34.8; 3. Hauppauge 3:35.1. Team Scores – Centereach 58, Chaminade 47, Brentwood 44, Northport 30, Longwood 27, Half Hollow Hills East 22, St. Anthony’s 21, Hauppauge 15, Horace Mann 12. April 17
Longwood’s George Watley took top honors in the 400 (51.2) and long jump (20-4) in a win over Commack. North Babylon 82 Lindenhurst 67 Northport 79 Smithtown East 71 Centereach 99 West Islip 51 Ward Melville 79 Patchogue-Medford 71 Half Hollow Hills West 101 Deer Park 39 Longwood 98 Commack 52 April 20
Mike Ventura threw the discus 153-6 as Longwood defeated Brentwood, 83-67, to clinch the League I title. May 11
Patchogue-Medford Invitational (Running events in meters) – JUNIOR BOYS
Winners: 1,600 – Burns (Longwood), 4:25.0. 100 – Gittens (Copiague), 10.8. 110 High Hurdles – Foster (Copiague), 15.5. 800 – Kolher (Miller Place), 1:59.0. 400 – Roux (Harborfields), 50.4. 3,200 – Gorski (Floyd), 9:47.3. 200 – Gittens (Copiague), 23.2. 400 Intermediate Hurdles – Morelli (Longwood), 57.1. Discus – Albert (Riverhead), 137-3. Shot Put – LoMonaco (Half Hollow Hills East), 495 1/4. High Jump – Jones (Amityville), 6-6. Triple Jump – Foster (Copiague), 45-2. Pole Vault – Carro (Longwood), 13-9. Long Jump – Foster (Copiague), 21-7. Team Scoring – Copiague 50, Riverhead and Longwood 48, Brentwood 28, Port Jefferson 24. SENIOR BOYS
Winners: 1,600 – Ryan (Newfield), 4:33.6. 110 High Hurdles – Addison (Amityville), 14.8. 100 – DiPrima (Half Hollow Hills West), 10.9. 800 – Fitzpatrick (Sayville), 1:57.6. 400 – Moore (Brentwood), 50.1. 3,200 – Fitzpatrick (Sayville), 9:51.9. 200 – Winnick (Half Hollow Hills East), 23.1. 400 Intermediate Hurdles – Rodriguez (Brentwood), 55.3. 1,600 Walk – Farley (Rocky Point), 7:18.9. Discus – Johnson (Hampton Bays), 142-11 1/2. Shot Put – Riemenschneider (Brentwood), 52-9 1/2. Triple Jump – Hardy (Bay Shore), 44-11. Long Jump – Watley (Longwood), 20-7 1/2. Pole Vault – Langhorne (Riverhead), 14-0. High Jump – Beiler (Patchogue-Medford), 6-0. 4 x 800 Relay – Longwood (Stenart, Burns, Akeem, Krause), 8:20.0. 4 x 400 Relay – Brentwood (Whitehead, Rodriguez, Brantley, Moore), 3:24.2. 4 x 100 Relay – Riverhead (Godley, Jackson, Gamble, Ruth), 44.0. Team Scoring – Brentwood 44, Newfield 34, Westhampton 32, Half Hollow Hills East 28, Half Hollow Hills West 23. May 22
Longwood won the Conference I boys track championships at Sachemyesterday behind pole vaulter Justin Carro’s 13-6 vault and runnerKevin Krause, who won the 3,200 and finished second in the 1,600. Amityville clinched its second straight League V dual-meet title.
CONFERENCE I CHAMPIONSHIPS At Sachem (All running events in meters)
110 High Hurdles – 1. Rodriguez (B) 14.6; 2. Whitehead (B) 14.9; 3. Esposito (C) 15.1. 100 – 1. Thompkins (HHHE) 10.8; 2. Winick (HHHE) 11.0; 3. Alston (LW) 11.2. 400 – 1. Moore (B) 50.3; 2. Hoffman (L) 51.7; 3. Watley (LW) 52.4. 1,600 – 1. Gehrhardt (NPT) 4:27; 2. Krause (LW) 4:27.7; 3. Guastella (C) 4:31.9. 400 IH – 1. Rodriguez (B) 56.5; 2. Maldanado (C) 57.0; 3. Esposito (C) 57.4. 200 – 1. Thompkins (HHHE) 22.4; 2. Winick (HHHE) 22.5; 3. Pagliarulo (C) 23.1. 800 – 1. Byrne (LWD) 1:58.9; 2. Horn (HHHE) 2:00.4; 3. Guastella (C) 2:01. 3,200 – 1. Krause (LWD) 9:45.5; 2. Gorski (F) 9:48.4; 3. Cruz (F) 9:50.6. 1,600 Walk – 1. Krasnoff (S) 6:53.1; 2. Tavares (C) 7:26.1; 3. Beldner (CM) 7:33.8. Long Jump – 1. Jones (NB) 21-9 1/4; 2. Whitehead (B) 21-7; 3. Watley (LWD) 21-5 1/4. Triple Jump – 1. Berhanman (C) 44-8 1/2; 2. Shore (LWD) 43-8 3/4; 3. Thomas (B) 42-6. Pole Vault – 1. Carro (LWD) 13-6; 2. Fiore (S) 130; 3. Drinkwater (LWD) 12-0. Shot Put – 1. LoMonaco (HHHE) 51-3; 2. Riemenschneider (B) 50-1 1/2; 3. Smith (LWD) 50-1 1/2. Discus – 1. Ventura (LWD) 150-8; 2. LoMonaco (HHHE) 139-3 1/2; 3. Palerito (P-M) 137-8. High Jump – 1. Morgan (C) 6- 1/2; 2. Pedra (CON) 6-0; 3. Thomas (B) 6-0. 4 x 800 – 1. Longwood 8:20.7; 2. Northport 8:22.4; 3. Centereach 8:26.1. 4 x 400 – 1. Centereach 3:30.6; 2. West Islip 3:31.3; 3. Brentwood 3:34.4. 4 x 100 – 1. Longwood 44.3; 2. Brentwood 44.6; 3. Centerach 45.0. Teams Scores – Longwood 121, Centereach 108, Brentwood 96, Half Hollow Hills East 72, Sachem 30, North Babylon 23, Northport and Floyd 19, Commack 17, Patchogue-Medford 16, Lindenhurst 10, Connetquot and Whitman 9, West Islip 8. Other Meets Westhampton Beach 105 Hampton Bays 45 Amityville 92 Glenn 45. May 24
LIers Impressive At State Meet: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]
Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 11 June 1988:
Long Island athletes set a spirited pace in the opening dayof the state track championships, winning 3 of 4 events heldyesterday and taking second in the other. In the first segment of a meet that concludes today at Pelcher-Arcaro Stadium, the leading roles were played by people familiar with fast starts: Longwoodjunior Kevin Krause, who had been the state’s first freshman crosscountry champion, won the boys 3,200; Freeport senior Sonya Henry, who had taken her first girls state long jump championship as a ninth-grader, won her third title, and Copiague junior Robert Foster, who became a serious track competitor only last season, won the boys long jump.
Ironically, Babylon senior Christine Gentile, once a prodigy who debuted in the state meet as a seventh-grader, lost the girls 3,000-meter race to Deresa Walters of Penfield (Section V), a freshman.
Krause’s triumph was the most dramatic. He emerged from a pack with 600 meters to go, held off Wantagh’s Chris Danigellis, and won in 9 minutes, 7.7 seconds – seven seconds faster than his previous personal best.
“Ever since the Penn Relays, I’ve had that plan,” Krause said, referring to a race that Danigellis had won after Krause had led early. “I don’t go in the lead anymore. When I do, I get beat.”
Krause said he occasionally has made concessions to the pressures of expectation since he established himself as a state-class runner in his first varsity season. “You’ve got to take time off,” he said. “You can’t be competing all year.”
State Track and Field Championships
Winners and top local finishers (All running events in meters) BOYS
100 – 1. Reggie Harris (James O’Neill-Section IX) 10.84; 5. Greg Harris (Uniondale-VIII) 11.05; 6. Albert Tompkins (Half Hollow Hills East-XI) 11.25. 200 – 1. Jerome Williams (Lincoln-I) 21.84. 400 – 1. Reggie Harris (James O’Neill-IX) 46.79 (Meet record, old record was 46.99 set by Darren Hall, Unatego). 800 – 1. Ian Jones (Nazareth-CHSAA) 1:52.55. 1,600 – 1. Dennis Webster (Clarence-III) 4:15; 3. Kevin Krause (Longwood-XI) 4:18.23. 110 High Hurdles – 1. Derrick Adkins (Malverne-VIII) 14.05; 2. Kelvin McQueen (Uniondale-VIII) 14.16; 3. Kevin McQueen (Uniondale-VIII) 14.32. 400 Intermediate Hurdles – 1. Derrick Adkins (Malverne-VIII) 52.7; 3. Kelvin McQueen (Uniondale-VIII) 54.1; 5. Wilfredo Rodriguez (BrentwoodXI) 54.9; 6. Ricky Hibbert (Malverne-VIII) 55.6. 4 x 100 Relay – 1. Truman-PSAL (Fred Savory, Edward Martinez, Jason Barrett, Paul Grant) 42.8; 2. Malverne-VIII 42.98. 4 x 400 Relay – 1. Prospect Heights – PSAL (Lester Thompson, Ivan JnMarie, Linton Johnson, Peter Daize) 3:24.46. 4 x 800 Relay – 1. McQuaid-VI (Chris Cusack, Chris Adin, Scott Romanowski, Brad Sumner) 7:50.16. Shot Put – 1. John Stephens (North Rockland-I) 61-7. Discus – 1. Jason Rizzo (Newark-V) 175-1. Pole Vault – 1. Stu Ackerman (Monroe Woodbury-IX) 14-6; 2. Jay Nixon (Garden City-VIII) 14-3; 5. Charlie Mason (WesthamptonXI) 14-0; 6. (tie) Schmitt (St. Anthony’s-CHSAA), Justin Carro (Longwood-XI) 13-6. High Jump – 1. Edmond Jones (Amityville-XI) 6-11; 2. Harold Jasper (Bellport-XI) 6-7 3. Kevin McQueen (Uniondale-VIII) 6-7; 4. Tom Claiborne (Riverhead-XI) 6-6. Triple Jump – 1. Robert Foster (Copiague-XI) 48-9; 6. Ty Berhannan (Centereach-XI) 46-8. Pentathlon – 1. Jody Rowson (Homer-III) 3,414 points. Sectional Scoring – Section VIII (Nassau) 89, I (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam) 66, XI (Suffolk) 65.5, PSAL 65, IX (Rockland, Sullivan, Orange, Ulster) 60.2, III (Syracuse) 49, V (Rochester) 48.7, VI (Buffalo) 40, CHSAA 28.2, II (Capital District) 21.4, IV (Southern Tier) 16, X (St. Lawrence) 9. June 12
Longwood on Top After Long Wait: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]
Herrmann, Mark. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 14 June 1988
It’s a good thing Longwood‘s boys track team had practicedpatience as well as the dash, mile run and shotput while awaiting a new school – which will be two years overdue when it opens in September. The Lions were perfectly suited for the recent Suffolk championship, which was disrupted by a two-day rain delay.
“I don’t remember anything like that happening before,” said coach Tony Toro, who has been at Longwood for 16 years.
His team trailed Brentwood by 20 points with two events to go when a storm halted the meet on June 4. But two days later, Mike Ventura won the discus, Justin Carro and John Drinkwater placed second and fourth, respectively, in the pole vault and Longwood won the title by two points.
That ended another long wait: The Middle Island school hadn’t won a boys outdoor county championship in 10 years. “We’ve been bridesmaids,” Toro said. “Last year, we lost by one point {to co-champions Riverhead and Centereach}.”
Because Longwood‘s student enrollment has risen faster than the $22.6-million new high school, the district has continued to use split sessions. As a result, the track team’s workouts were divided into three segments: 1-2:30 p.m. for ninth graders, 2:35 to 5:15 for juniors and seniors, and 3:30 to 5:15 for sophomores. The Lions rarely missed a step, even though members of the 4 x 100-meter relay team occasionally only met each other in passing.
There was one last obstacle en route to the county title on the final day, though. “The bus didn’t come on time,” Toro said. Finally deciding that patience had reached its limit, Toro used his pickup truck to bring poles and the pole vaulters to the meet, instructed his assistants to bring the weight-event athletes and told the rest of the team to wait for the bus.
Once they all reached the track at Sachem, the coach saw the majority of his team clustered around the discus circle. “I had to chase the kids away,” Toro said, noting that the crowd might have unnerved Ventura, a sophomore. “Then I told him his goal was to throw 150 feet. If it was good enough to win, it was good enough to win. If not, he still did his job,” the coach said. Ventura threw 144 feet, 6 inches, but it was good enough to win by 10 inches.
Now, Longwood is looking forward to next season and the opening of a seven-lane track similar to the Baldwinsville facility that hosts the annual state meet. That should be comforting for Longwood junior Kevin Krause, who capped his team’s season by running a personal best 9:07.7 and winning the state 3,200-meter title in Baldwinsville last Friday night. Double duty seeker
As if the pentathlon weren’t enough, North Shore senior Jim Feuerborn – second at the state meet Saturday with 3,388 points (26 behind the champion, Jody Rowson of Homer) – said he wants to double in track and soccer at Columbia . . . Freeport’s Sonya Henry, who won her third state girls long jump championship last Friday, will attend Rice University. Right decisions
It’s unfortunate that the Golden West, a highly regarded national invitational at Sacramento, was held concurrently with the state championships last weekend.
After a good deal of consideration, Longwood shotputter Kim Kessell and Malverne hurdler Derrick Adkins both made the right choice – even though they made different decisions.
“All good athletes, regardless of the sport, rise to the occasion against good competition,” said Kessell’s coach Mike Santarpia, who said the senior decided to go to Sacramento because she had thrown her personal best in a national indoor meet.
Kessell did it again, placing second to Kristie Ward of Oregon with a personal record toss of 46 feet, 5 inches. That was the second-best all-time performance by a New Yorker – falling short of the 49-8 mark of Bellport alumna Cheryl Klein. Patrice Felder of Whitman placed third in the discus at the Golden West with a 149-9 toss.
Adkins, who won the 110-meter high hurdles and 400 intermediate hurdles in Baldwinsville, said he chose the state meet because he felt he owed it to his teammates on Malverne’s 4 x 100 relay team. Although Malverne lost by .18 seconds to Truman of the Bronx, Adkins felt he made the right call. “I still have other chances for national competition,” he said.
