SUFFOLK LARGE SCHOOLS BOYS TRACK, Smithtown teams up for title: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]

JOSEPH STASZEWSKI. STAFF WRITER. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 08 Feb 2007: 

Giovanni Signoretti and Brendan Martin had run clear of the field with five laps to go in the 3,200-meter race and the Smithtown teammates made sure neither truly passed the other at the finish line. Their individual placing was inconsequential.

Signoretti placed first in 9 minutes, 45.52 seconds, Martin finished a hundredth of a second later and teammate Brendan Martin was third in a personal-best 9:48.24.

“Twenty-three points is big starting out like this,” Signoretti said after the race. “Most of us are either doubling or tripling just trying to get as many points as possible.”

The strategy worked to perfection as Smithtown won the Suffolk Large School boys indoor track championship at Suffolk CC-Brentwood last night. Smithtown last won the indoor title in 1996-97.

Martin and Signoretti later placed third and fourth, respectively, in the 1,600. Teammate Dan Frost used a late surge to finish second in the 600 in 1:25.57 and third in the 1,000 in 2:40.50.

“Between first and third is two one-hundredths of a second,” said Frost of the 600 that was won by Brentwood’s Elmo Neckles in 1:25.56. West Islip’s Rod Alzmann finished third in 1:25.60. “They were reviewing it over and over. I thought that I might have had it.”

Smithtown senior Gregory Zielinski won the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 3 inches, was third in the 55 hurdles in 8.25 seconds and fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 42-3.

“You can’t replace a kid like that,” Smithtown coach Brian Willman said. “He can only compete in three events. I wish I can run him in five.”

Zielinski lost the hurdles to Longwood‘s Austin Archibald, who won with a time of 7.87. Archibald also took home a second-place finish in the long and high jumps. Brentwood’s Michael Rutherford won the high jump with a leap 6-4.

“I finally got the win I needed,” Archibald said of the hurdles. “I got at least one win today. It’s all I could hope for.”

While West Islip shot-putter Dennis Faherty had an off day, his performance was still more than good enough for a win. Faherty won the shot put with a throw of 54-2, but hopes to throw 61 feet this season. Longwood‘s Chris Searles took second with a toss of 48- feet.

“I’m happy that I won, but I’m not happy I didn’t improve since the last meet,” Faherty said. “There is always room for improvement. I was sick this week so I didn’t practice as much.”

SUFFOLK INDOOR LARGE SCHOOLS

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

BOYS – At Suffolk CC-Brentwood

3,200 – 1. Giovanni Signoretti (Smith), 9:45.52; 2. Brendan Martin (Smith), 9:45.53; 3. Matt Temme (Long), 9:47.01. 55 Hurdles – 1. Austin Archibald (Long), 7.87; 2. Ike Iloegbu (Brent), 8.17; 3. Gregory Zielinski (Smith), 8.25. 600 – 1. Elmo Neckles (Brent), 1:25.56; 2. Dan Frost (Smith), 1:25.57; 3. Rod Alzmann (WI), 1:25.60. 55 – 1. Shamel Lewis (River), 6.59; 2. Emmanuel Bailey (PM), 6.67; 3. Kyle Corbett (Brent), 6.78. 1,000 – Jesse Thompson (BS), 2:37.67; 2. John Badolato (WI), 2:39.62; 3. Dan Frost (Smith), 2:40.50. 300 – 1. Mychael Fabio (Whit), 37.18; 2. Robert Barnes (Brent), 37.36; 3. Sean Barrett (EI), 37.40. 1,600 – 1. Jesse Thompson (BS), 4:25.87; 2. John Badolato (WI), 4:28.34; 3. Brendan Martin (Smith), 4:29.22. Shot Put – 1. Dennis Faherty (WI), 54-2; 2. Chris Searles (Long), 48-9.25; 3. Matt Jurgielewicz (WM), 47-2. High Jump – 1. Michael Rutherford (Brent), 6-4; 2. Austin Archibald (Long), 6-3; 3. David Kastner (WI), 5-10. Long Jump – 1. Gregory Zielinski (Smith), 21-3; 2. Austin Archibald (Long), 21-1.25; 3. Nick Carboni (WB), 21-0.5. Triple Jump – 1. Robert Sainvil (BS), 43- 11; 2. David Santiago (CI), 42-8.5; 3. Christopher Gerges (Com), 42- 7. 4×400 Relay – 1. Brentwood 3:37.61 (Neckles, Marcus, Thomas, Barnes); 2. Middle Country 3:43.72 (Noviello, Cubano, Caquias, Dixon); 3. Northport 3:44.54 (Aronis, Cuadros, Boccio, Hotz),. 4×200 – 1. Northport 1:37.99 (Dees, Rendina, Ronde, Amdi); 2. Longwood 1:40.01 (Searles, Robinson, Parrish, Schaff), 3. Lindenhurst 1:40.24 (Nunez, Stoll, Hall, Commens),. 4×800 – 1 West Islip 8:20.48 (Alzmann, Badolato, Doxey, Gleeson); 2. Bay Shore 8:23.38 (Gonzalez, Thompson, Both, Thompson); 3. Smithtown 8:25.34 (Frost, Martin, Santosus, Hufsmith). Team Scores – Smithtown 75, Longwood 61, West Islip 59.5, Brentwood 59, Bay Shore 46, Northport 25.50, Riverhead 21, Whitman 18.5, Middle Country 14.5, Commack 14, Central Islip 12, Patchogue-Medford 10, Floyd 9.5, West Babylon 9, Lindenhurst 8, Sachem North 6.5, East Islip 6, Ward Melville 6, North Babylon 3, Half Hollow Hills East 2.

BOYS TRACK

Longwood swiftest. Longwood‘s 4×800-meter relay team of Barry Franklin, Kurt Stavdal, Matt Temme and James Stavdal took first place at the Pepsi National Hall of Fame Classic at the Armory (Manhattan) with a time of 8 minutes, 8.20 seconds, the fastest this season by a Suffolk boys team, according to coach Jerry Curley. Chaminade’s Ryan McDermott set a meet and school record in the two- mile run (9:11.9) and Kyle Merber of Half Hollow Hills West took second (9:29.89).

At the Suffolk Individual Championships/State Qualifier meet late Friday, Longwood senior Austin Archibald placed first in the 55 hurdles (7.86) and second in the high jump (6-5). Feb. 18

BOYS TRACK

State Federation Track and Field Championship – at Cornell

1,000 meters – 1. Keith Stapleton (Curtis, Staten Island), 2:32.56. 4. Dan Frost (Smithtown), 2:34.65. 600 – 1. Gino Bisceglia (Norwood-Norfolk, Section 10), 1:22.18. 2. Emile Barnett (Glenn), 1:22.50. 3. Brian Schmidt (Kellenberg), 1:22.56. 8. Isaiah Mask (Baldwin), 1:23.95. 300 – 1. Brandon Giles (Edison Tech, V) 35.39; 5. Daine Watson (Elmont) 35.70. 6. Clifford Faulkner (Glenn) 36.23. 55 – 1. Spenser Carter (Fairport, V), 6.37. Shamel Lewis (Riverhead), 6.45. 5. Nicholas Guscott (Baldwin), 6.60. 8. Kirk Anderson (Roosevelt), 6.67. 1,600 – 1. Geoff King (Fayetteville- Manilus, III), 4:16.353; 3. John Badolato (West Islip), 4:18.15; 4. Ryan McDermott (Chaminade), 4:18.54; Kyle Merber (Half Hollow Hills West), 4:21.53. 200 – 1. Ben Hall (Victor, V), 9:22.35; 5. Brendan Martin (Smithtown), 9:26.91; 15. Billy Posch (Kellenberg), 9:46.98; 17. Derek Rammelkamp (Miller Place), 9:48.81. High jump – 1. Andy Kahl (Cicero-North Syracuse, V), 6 feet 7 inches; 4. Nathaniel King (Sewanhaka), 6-05; 6. Michael Rutherford (Brentwood), 6-04. Triple jump – 1. Julian Remouns (Washingtonville, IX), 47-04.00; 11. Amire Solomine (St. John the Baptist), 44-04.50; 12. Robert Sainvil (Bay Shore), 44-00; 19. Qasim Ellis (Farmingdale), 43-00. Pole vault – 1. Nick David (Mt. Sinai), 15-06. Shot put – 1. Walter Henning (St. Anthony’s), 59-11.25; 2. Dennis Faherty (West Islip); 59-03.50; 11. Selwyn McPherson (South Shore), 50-03.75. 4×200 – 1. Pine Bush (Section IX), 1:30.91; 4. St. John the Baptist (Jake Richiele, Garth Joseph, John Reyes, Torshiro Jenkins), 1:32.72; 6. Riverhead (Will Razzano, Shamel Lewis, Shawn Pritchard, Justin Blass). 4×400 – 1. Newburgh Free Academy (IX), 3:24.54; 3. Brentwood (Lamont Thomas, Robert Barnes, Lowell Marcus, Elmo Neckles); 4. Lawrence (Windell Wallace, Corey Santos, Mike Perrotta, Travis Kennedy), 3:27.95. 4×800 – 1. Chaminade (Charles Donnelly, Stephen Donnelly, Michael Schieck, Ryan McDermott), 8:01.19; 5. Longwood (Barry Franklin, Matt Temme, James Stavdal, Kurt Stavdal), 8:10.66; Great Neck South (Jeff Lugo, Andre Burnett, Terrence Livingston, Jordon Holtzman), 8:20.96. Intersectional medley relay – 1. Section V (8:58.64); 3. Section XI (Robby Caulfield, Rob Alzmann, Mark Thomas, Brenden Connell), 9:04.37; 7. Section VIII (Terrence Shaw, Mike Leeb, Dan Gidasi, Marco Bertolotti), 9:13.02. March 4