Travis Davey won the 400 (50.8) and the 200 (22.9) to lead Smithtown past Patchogue-Medford . . . Deron King won the long jump (19-5) and triple jump (41-9) to lead Longwood to a 90-60 win over Brentwood. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 04 Apr 1997:
Boys Track Centereach 90 Commack 60 Boys Volleyball Chaminade 15,15,15 Kellenberg 11,12,8 Holy Trinity 15,12,15,15 St. John the Baptist 11,15,1,9 Girls Track Commack 72 Centereach 59 Port Jefferson 87 Mercy 50 Connetquot 87 Northport 54 Floyd 90 Patchogue-Medford 51 Sachem 90 1/2 Smithtown 50 1/2 Half Hollow Hills 81 Longwood 60. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 15 Apr 1997
Track
Jason Soricelli won the 1,600 meters (4:34) and the 3,200 (9:57), and ran a leg on the winning 4 x 400 relay team as Centereach edged Bellport, 79-71. Melvin Cullum won the 110-meter hurdles (16.5), the 400 hurdles (59.0), the triple jump (40-1 3/4) and the long jump (19-11 1/2) for Bellport.
Mercy earned its first boys track win since 1994 as Billy Huber won the 100meter dash (12.4), the 200 meter dash (25.9) and anchored the winning 4 x 100 relay team (58.8) to lead Mercy to a victory over LaSalle . . . Jason Prieto won the 1,600 meters and the 3,200, James Donohue won the 110 and 400 hurdles and Deron King won the long jump and triple jump to lead Longwood over Sachem . . . Terrance Fischer won the 100 meters, 200 and was on the winning 4 x 100 relay team to help Connetquot beat Floyd. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 18 Apr 1997
BOYS SUFFOLK COACHES MEET At Mt. Sinai Running events in meters
100 – 1. Mel Cullum (Bellport), 11.5; 2. Riguer (HHHWest), 11.7; 3. Grenald (Copiague), 11.8. 200 – 1. John Morris (HHHWest), 22.8; 2. Cullum (Bellport), 23.2; 3. Clark (Central Islip), 23.6. 400 – 1. Alex Vavas (Port Jefferson), 52.2; 2. Hanna (Kings Park), 53.1; 3. Buksa (Bay Shore), 53.6. 800 – 1. Mike Flaco (Mt. Sinai) 2:04.4; 2. Darden (amityville), 2:04.5; 3. Barke (Ward Melville), 2:04.6. 1,600 – 1. Jason Pricto (Longwood), 4:39.6; 2. Phillips (Sachem), 4:47.3; 3. Gildex (Sachem), 4:48.7. 3,200 – 1. Jeff Veglia (Mt. Sinai), 10:09.4; 2. Greenfield (St. Anthony’s), 10:16.7; 3. Hoset (Lindenhurst), 10:19.2. 2,000 Steeplechase – 1. Jason Prieto (Longwood), 6:25.9; 2. Barrett (Amityville), 6:41.1; 3. Falco (Mt. Sinai), 6:48.2. 1,600 Walk – 1. Aiello (Rocky Point), 7:40.5; 2. Garcia (Commack), 7:51.9; 3. Underhill (Glenn), 7:54.6. 110 Hurdles – 1. Tom Peattie (Mt. Sinai), 15.8; 2. Powell (HHHEast), 16.1; 3. Ambroise (Longwood), 16.8. 400 Hurdles – 1. Jeff Gipsi (Mt. Sinai), 1:00.6; 2. Misano (Sachem), 1:00.9; 3. Glass (Commack), 1:01.3. Long Jump – 1. Tory Smith (HHHEast), 21-11 3/4; 2. Stewart (Copiague), 20-7 3/4; 3. Craig (Stont Brook), 10-11 3/4. Triple Jump – 1. Garry Cowell (East Hampton), 43-6 1/4; 2. Stewart (Copiague), 43-5; 3. Ashafa (Central Islip), 40-4. High Jump – 1. Rahiem Greenridge (Wyandanch), 6-2; 2. Peattie (Mt. Sinai), 6-0; 3T. Seale (Mt. Sinai), Benedeto (Floyd), 5-10. Pole Vault – 1. Ludlung (Riverhead), 11-6; 2. Carberry (Sachem), 10-6; 3. Strack (Mt. Sinai), 10-0. Discus – 1. Erik North (Kings Park), 134-4; 2. Bookamer (Babylon), 128-3; 3. Brennan (Longwood), 123-11. Shot Put – 1. Bookamer (Westhampton), 47-4 1/2; 2. Marescou (HHHEast), 46-9; 3. Luftig (HHHWest), 45-9 1/4. 4 x 100 Relay – 1. Half Hollow Hills East (Key, Doughty, Powell, Smith), 47.1; 2. Mt. Sinai, 47.9; 3. Amityville, 48.3. 4 x 400 Relay – 1. Northport (Liebeck, Gehrhardt, Campbell, Vacarelli), 3:37.6; 2. Half Hollow Hills East, 3:39.7; 3. Longwood, 3:41.0. 4 x 800 Relay – 1. Huntington, 8:34.9; 2. Mt. Sinai, 8:43.6; 3. Harborfields, 9:09.4. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 20 Apr 1997:
DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIPS At Smithtown All running events in meters
BOYS: 100 – 1. Travis Davey (Smith), 10.96; 2. Anthony Williams (Sac), 11.38; 3. Johathan Venuti (Sac), 11.53. 400 – 1. Rodney Roberts (Brent), 50.32; 2. Kerees Clark (CI) 50.66; 3. Victor Brown (Linde), 53.68. 800 – 1. Chris Pares (Brent), 2:02.81; 2. Greg Stack (Sac), 2:03.32; 3. Robert Morris (Patch), 2:03.38. 1,600 – 1. Andrew Phillips (Sac), 4:24.89; 2. Jason Borbet (Smith), 4:27.33; 3. Dan Hosey (Linde), 4:30.33. 110 High Hurdles – 1. Eric Ambroise (Long), 15.54; 2. Paul Matorano (Smith), 15.90; 3. James Donohue (Long), 15.91. 3,000 Steeplechase – 1. Jason Soricelli (Cent), 10:00.50; 2. Brian Trentowski (Sac), 10:07.40; 3. Kyle Kurtz (Cent) 10:14.10. Triple Jump – 1. Deron King (Long), 41-9 1/2; 2. Temi Asafa (CI), 41-1 1/2; 3. Paul Matorano (Smith) 40-5 3/4. Shot Put – 1. Timothy Winn (Cent), 54-4; 2. Ralph Itara (Cent), 51-2; 3. Chris Rasmussen (Cent), 50-8. 400 Intermediate Hurdles – 1. Eric Ambroise (Long), 57.06; 2. Keith Anderson (Patch) 59.09; 3. Sean Coleman (Cent) 1:00.06. 3,200 – 1. Jason Soricelli (Cent), 9:40.79; 2. Jason Borbet (Smith), 9:45.96; 3. Patrick Gildea (Sac), 9:56.36. 200 – 1. Travis Davey (Smith), 22.16; 2. Anthony Williams (Sac), 23.36; 3. Jonathan Venuti (Sac), 23.63. 4 x 100 – 1. Central Islip, 43.90; 2. Longwood, 46.30; 3. Patchogue/Medford, 46.70. 4 x 400 – 1. Brentwood (Phil Laurencrau, Shawn Mark, Chris parks, Rodney Roberts), 3:36.70; 2. Centereach, 3:38.70; 3. Longwood, 3:41.0. 4×800 – 1. Centereach (J.R. Cruz, Mike Dunn, Sean Roberts, Jason Soricelli), 8:23.6; 2. Sachem, 8:30.0; 3. Patchogue/Medford 8:36.0. 1600 Walk – 1. Pat Ryan (Cent), 7:06.10; 2. Matt Hyland (Conn), 7:29.58; 3. Dave Kant (Smith), 7:34.55. High Jump – 1. Mike Benedetto (Will), 6-0; 2. Trevor Grimes (Patch), 5-10; 3. David Liers (Smith), 5-8. Pole Vault – 1. Dan Carberry (Sac), 12-0; 2. Steve Baader (Conn), 10-0; 3. Michael Ahmes (Cent), 9-6. Long Jump – 1. Sam France (CI), 20-4 1/2; 2. Dapo Ojeyemi (CI), 20-4.0; 3. Ramon adams (CI), 19-11 1/4. Discus – 1. Thomas Beyer (Cent), 158-8; 2. Chris Rasmussen (Cent), 155-7; 3. Timothy Winn (Cent), 149-11. Team Scores – Centereach 134, Sachem 95, Smithtown 70, Longwood 64, Central Islip 63, Patchogue/Medford 38, Brentwood 37, Connetquot 27, Floyd 22, Lindenhurst 14, Commack 14, Ward Melville 7. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 22 May 1997:c
SUFFOLK TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS / STATE QUALIFIER At Mt. Sinai All running events in meters Class A, B and C winners are designated * – Denotes qualifier
100 – 1. Travis Davey (Smith) 11.05 (will not compete at states); 2. Anthony Williams (Sac) 11.38 A; 4. Brandon Hayes (EH) 11.48 B; 6. Richard Burst (HB) 11.78 C. 200 – 1. Davey (Smith) 22.33 (will not compete at states); 2. Ryan Campbell (North) 22.53 A; Matt Frenz (BBP) 23.19 B. 400 – 1. Davey (Smith) 48.53 A; 2. *Ervin Booker (Bell) 49.38; 3. Jay Morton (DP) 50.59 B; 7. Alex Vavas (PJ) 52.12 C. 800 – 1. Craig Bazarewski (Bell) 1:57.77 A; 3. David Barrett (Amit) 1:58.77 B; 16. Brett Topping (PJ) 2:03.51 C. 1,600 – 1. Chris Miltenberg (Glenn) 4:21.35 A; 2. Andrew Phillips (Sac) 4:23.68 A; 19. Brad Curtin (Babylon) 4:45.23 C. 3,200 – 1. Jason Borbet (Smith) 9:30.76 A; 3. Miltenberg (Glenn) 9:41.11 B; 18. Curtin (Bab) 10:15.6 C. 110 High Hurdles – 1. Ian Smart (NB) 14.53 A; 2. Terrance Stephen (Amit) 14.83 B; *3. Terrell Toomer (Hunt) 14.9. 400 IH – 1. Bob Schilling (DP) 55.2 B; 2. Melvin Cullum (Bell) 55.44 A; 3. Brett Topping (PJ) 56.77 C. Steeple – 1. Jason Soricelli (Cent) 9:46 A; 2. Rob Black (BBP) 10:01.4 B; 12. Curtin (Bab) 10:40.3 C. 4 x 100 relay – 1. Half Hollow Hills East (Rob Key, Mike Powell, Brandon Doughty, Tory Smith), 43.58 A; 2. Halh Hollow Hills West (Joel Rigueur, John Morris, Andrew Benedict, Bill Castagna) 43.78 B; 7. Port Jefferson (Joe Cerullo, Jarrett Hova, Rich Miller, Alex Vavas) 45.37 C. 4 x 400 relay – 1. Bellport (Booker, Bazarewski, Eric Clark, Cullum) 3:24.02 A; 2. *Bay Shore (Tim Moore, Erik Buksa, James Roberts, Darcia Campbell) 3:24.99; Deer Park (Morton, Chris Kauter, Bob Schilling, Henri Lee) 3:26.26 B; Port Jefferson (Matt Riis, Chet Rogers, Rich Miller, Sean Burke) 3:38.92 C. 4 x 800 relay – 1. Bayport-Blue Point (Tim Perry, Eric Carlsson, Matt Dunseith, John Cinelli) 8:01.87 B; 2. Centereach (Mike Dunn, J.R. Cruz, Mike Thompson, Jean Roberts) 8:08.25 A; 3. Port Jefferson (Mike Pappalardo, Vavas, Ed Fotiades, Topping) 8:14.79 C. Long Jump – 1. Tory Smith (HHHE) 22-2 A; 2. *Jerome Overton (NB) 22-1; 4. Terrance Stephen (Amit) 21-3 B; 13. Troy Tutt (Southampton) 19-10 3/4 C. Pole Vault – 1. Dan Carberry (Sac) 14-0 A; 2. *David Ludlum (Riv) 13-9; 3. Curtis Bachek (BBP) 13-0 B; 8. Pappalardo (PJ) 11-0 C. Shot Put – 1. Tim Winn (Cent) 55-8 A; 2. *Chris Rasmussen (Cent) 52-9; 4. Bryan Bookamer (West) 50-5 1/2 B. High Jump – 1. Jerome Overton (NB) 6-8 A; 2. John Morris (HHHW) 6-5 B; 3. *Mike Benedetto (Floyd) 6-5; 10. Mirza Babic (Bab) 5-10 C. Triple Jump – 1. Garry Cowell (EH) 46-2 3/4 B; 2. Tory Smith (HHHE) 44-8 A; 7. Richard Burst (HB) 42-2 C. Discus – 1. Thomas Beyer (Cent) 154-0 A; 2. Terry Buckley (SWR) 148-4 B; 10. James Mangarill (HB) 130-1 C. Pentathlon – 1. Tom Peattie (MS) 3,138 B; 2. Joel Barone (Floyd) 3,044 A; 5. Dan Gil (HB) 2,734 C. 1,600 Racewalk (Not a state event) – 1. Pat Ryan (Cent) 6:48.47; 2. Lloyd Dodge (BBP) 7:00.71; 3. Ron Jones (Bell) 7:04.65. Team Scores – Centereach 88, Bayport-Blue Point 49, Bellport 43, Smithtown 43, Half Hollow Hills East 43, Sachem 39, North Babylon 32, Amityville 24, Half Hollow Hills West 20, Deer Park 20, Copiague 18, Northport 17, Glenn 17, Floyd 14, East Hampton 14, Longwood 13, Huntington 13, Port Jefferson 12, Mt. Sinai 11, Central Islip 10, Riverhead 9, Shoreham-Wading River 8, Bay Shore 8, Kings Park 8, Hampton Bays 7, Sayville 7, Brentwood 7, Ward Melville 5, Patchogue-Medford 4, Rocky Point 4, Wyandanch 4, Westhampton 4, Whitman 2, Islip 2, Commack 1. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 01 June 1997: