SUFFOLK COACHES WINTER RELAYS At SUNY-Stony Brook – Sunday Boys

3×55 Meter Hurdle Relay – 1. Middle Country 25.0, 2. Smithtown 26.3, 3. Bay Shore 26.9; 3×55 Dash – 1. Deer Park 20.3, 2. Central Islip 20.5, 3. Half Hollow Hills West 20.8; 4×200 Relay – 1. Longwood 1:37.8, 2. Deer Park 1:37.9, 3. Middle Country 1:40.2; 4×400 Relay – 1. Bay Shore 3:34.0, 2. Brentwood 3:38.7, 3. Middle Country 3:48.0; Sprint Medley – 1. Brentwood 3:50.6, 2. West Babylon 3:54.5, 3. Sachem 3:54.8, 4×800 Relay – 1. Middle Country 8:31.1, 2. Half Hollow Hills West 8:33.3, 3. Kings Park 9:03.3; Distance Medley – 1. Smithtown 11:01.8, 2. Hauppauge 11:22.6, 3. Middle Country 11:25.0; 4×1600 Relay – 1. Bay Shore 19:14.0, 2. Middle Country 20:01.0, 3. Half Hollow Hills East 20:09.6; Shot Put Relay – 1. Longwood 91-7 3/4, 2. Middle Country ‘A’ 86-11 3/4, 3. Commack `A’ 85- 1/2; Triple Jump Relay – 1. Half Hollow Hills West `A’ 77-5 1/2, 2. East Hampton 77-3 1/4, 3. Longwood 76-6; Long Jump Relay – 1. Central Islip 39-4 1/4, 2. West Babylon 38-11 1/4, 3. Deer Park 37-9 3/4; High Jump Relay – 1. Bay Shore `A’ 11-9, 2. Sachem 11-4, 3. Smithtown 11-4.

CHAMPIONSHIP – At Stony Brook (All running events in meters) BOYS

55: 1. Shawn Hatcher (Copiague), 6.4; 2. Key (HHH East), 6.5; 3. Ramsey (HHH West), 6.7. 300: 1. Tim Moore (Bay Shore), 37.3; 2. Owen (Glenn), 37.5; 3. Sarwari (Longwood), 38.2. 600: 1. Jason Brittan (Commack), 1:29.7; 2. Bonawandt (HHH West), 1:30.1; 3. Flynn (Middle Country), 1:30.4. 1000: 1. Paul Ciurlys (Whitman), 2:39.3; 2. Barbero (Sachem), 2:40.3; 3. Roberts (Middle Country), 2:41.4. 1600: 1. Frank Malpigll (Bay Shore), 4:06; 2. Hoffken (Lindenhurst), 4:07.7; 3. Berman (HHH West), 4:09. 3200: 1. Tim Kelly (Smithtown), 9:37.7; 2. Walsh (Commack), 9:45.2; 3. DiCanio (Ward Melville), 9:46.8. 55 High Hurdles: 1. Sean Coleman (Middle Country), 7.5; 2. Franco (Central Islip), 7.9; 3. Kahl (Bay Shore), 8.1. 4 x 200 Relay: 1. Longwood, 1:37.3; 2. HHH East, 1:37.7; 3. West Islip, 1:40.9. 4 x 400 Relay: 1. Port Jefferson, 3:41.9; 2. HHH West, 3:42.8; 3. HHH East, 3:45.0. 4 x 800 Relay: 1. HHH West, 9:08.9; 2. Sachem, 9:29.2; 3. Glenn, 9:32.7. High Jump: 1. Ed Potladee (Port Jefferson), 6-4; 2. Jason (East Islip), 6-3; 3. Hansen (Floyd), 6-2. Long Jump: 1. Shan France (Central Islip), 21-11 1/2; 2. Heitefuss (West Babylon), 20-2; 3. Castro (North Babylon), 19-11. Triple Jump: 1. Deron King (Longwood), 42-2; 2. McCoy (Riverhead), 41-1 1/2; 3. Castro (North Babylon), 40-8 3/4. Shot Put: 1. Brett Wachter (Longwood), 52-5; 2. Walsh (Miller Place), 45-5 3/4; 3. Schuch (Mt. Sinai), 45-5. OPEN

55: 1. Da Quinn Hardy (Longwood), 6.7. 200: 1. Robert Key (HHH East), 23.5. 300: 1. Godwin Okolie (HHH East), 37.5. 400: 1. Dan Muhleman (Middle Country), 55.3. 600: 1. Vernon Mickle (Bay Shore), 1:27.1. 800: 1. Kevin Nelson (Brentwood), 2:08.8. 1000: 1. Craig Bagarewski (Bellport), 2:40.8. 1600: 1. Joe Laperla (Middle Country), 4:45.0. 3200: 1. Joseph Kelly (HHHE), 10:25.4. 55 High Hurdles: 1. Greg Santiago (Brentwood), 7.9. 4 x 200 Relay: 1. Deer Park, 1:39.1. 4 x 400 Relay: 1. Brentwood, 3:46.4. High Jump: 1. Greg Santiago (Brentwood), 6-2. Long Jump: 1. Ryan Davis (Ward Melville), 20-9. Triple Jump: 1. Gary Fung (North Babylon), 39-11 1/2. Shot Put: 1. Deron King (Longwood), 48-2 3/4. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 22 Jan 1999:

Track

Syosset’s Garrick Huie, Jeremy Bellois, Jun Isoda and James Duade ran a 10:52.88 to win the distance medley relay at the Stanner Games at the 168th Street Armory in Manhattan . . . Oceanside’s Chris Relf won the 3,200 (9:39.1). Chris Smith was fourth in the high jump (6-6) and John Migliano was fourth in the shot put (50-10 1/2).

Smithtown senior Tim Kelly won the mile (4:26.54) at the Yale Invitational on Friday. Teammate Paul Marcorano finished second in the 55-meter high hurdles (7.8) and fourth in the long jump (21-3) . . . Uniondale finished second in three relay events. Floyd Mayne, Jose Torres, Roland Pollak and Gauntlet Riley finished second in both the 4 x 800 relay (8:48.97) and the distance medley relay (11:20.74). The 4 x 400 team of Allrich Antoine, Sean Burnett, Joseph Gray and Jerry Aristilde finished second (3:33.93) . . . Syosset’s Huie, Ken Weinberg, Duade and David Fusco won the 4 x 800 relay (8:43.2). Rich Cafiero, Jon Pan, Isoda and Bellois took third in the distance medley relay (10:58.3) . . . Longwood‘s 4 x 400 relay team of Marley Watkins, Casey Wall, Tom Stona and Slamon Sawari finished third (3:37.6). The 4 x 200 team of Wall, Tom Corso, Watkins and Stona finished fourth (1:38.2). Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 17 Jan 1999: 

SUFFOLK BOYS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS at SUNY-Stony Brook (all running events in meters) LEAGUE I

High Jump – 1. Peter Hansen (Floyd), 6-0.; 2. Whitehead (Sachem), 6-0; 3. Pellicci (Longwood), 5-11. 55 – 1. Da Quinn Hardy (Longwood), 6.6; 2. Sarwari (Longwood), 6.6; 3. Wall (Longwood), 6.7. 300 – 1. Slamon Sarwari (Longwood), 37.2; 2. Wall (Longwood), 37.5; 3. Teague (Middle Country), 38.2. 600 – 1. Luis Flynn (Middle Country), 1:28.2; 2. Delgado (Middle Country), 1:28.2; 3. Tuna (Brentwood), 1:30.5. 1,000

– 1. Tim Kelly (Smithtown), 2:38.2; 2. Barbero (Sachem), 2:39.3; 3. Roberts (Middle Country), 2:39.5. 1,600 – 1. Tim Kelly (Smithtown), 4:37.3; 2. Morris (Patchogue-Medford), 4:40.7; 3. Billi (Middle Country), 4:50.5. 3,200 – 1. Tim Kelly (Smithtown), 10:12.1; 2. Laperla (Middle Country), 10:13.6; 3. Gavin (Middle Country), 10:15.8. 55 HH – 1. Sean Coleman (Middle Country), 7.7; 2. Martorano (Smithtown), 7.7; 3. Santiago (Brentwood), 7.9. 4 x 200 Relay – 1. Longwood, 1:39.1; 2. Middle Country, 1:41.2; 3. Patchogue-Medford, 1:41.7. 4 x 400 Relay – 1. Middle Country, 3:42.8; 2. Longwood, 3:45.3; 3. Smithtown, 3:46. 4 x 800 Relay – 1. Middle Country, 8:31.6; 2. Patchogue-Medford, 8:51.3; 3. Sachem, 8:52.8. Long Jump – 1. Greg Santiago (Brentwood), 20-5 1/2; 2. Martorano (Smithtown), 20-3; 3. McAlpin (Brentwood), 20-1. Triple Jump – 1. Paul Martorano (Smithtown), 42-7; 2. Watkins (Longwood), 39-1 3/4; 3. Pellicci (Longwood), 38-5. Shot Put – 1. Brett Wachter (Longwood), 52-5 1/2; 2. King (Longwood), 48-0 1/2; 3. Rucci (Middle Country), 45-2 1/2. Team Scoring – 1. Middle Country, 119; 2. Longwood, 99.5; 3. Smithtown, 88. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 26 Jan 1999

Longwood Pulls Out Title: [SUFFOLK Edition]

Jim Baumbach. STAFF WRITER. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 11 Feb 1999

That’s what filled the air minutes before the 4×200-meter relay – the final race of the Suffolk Large Schools boys track championships Tuesday night at SUNY-Stony Brook.

Smithtown had 63 points heading into the relay. Middle Country and Longwood both had 56. But Smithtown didn’t have a team entered in the race, so coach Gary Westerfield’s squad was forced to watch. Longwood and Middle Country, however, had arguably the two fastest teams in the race.

“So we have to finish at least second, but not behind Middle Country and we win, right?” Longwood coach Joe Reilly asked. The first-place team is awarded 10 points, second place gets eight.

“As long as Middle Country and Longwood don’t finish first or second,” Westerfield said in the midst of a crowd, “I think we win.”

It wouldn’t come to that. Longwood‘s team of DaQuan Hardy, Slamon Sarwari, Greg Carter and Casey Wall finished first (1:35.0). The Lions received 10 points, good enough for first place (66). Middle Country finished second in the race (1:37.0) and in the meet (64). Smithtown took third (63).

The Lions’ 4×200 team, which ran a near-perfect race, received a pep talk from their coach right before the start. “I made sure they knew that it was on the line,” Reilly said. “They responded with a great run.”

Although Reilly may have expressed confidence in his runners before the race, he admitted he was a wreck during it. “My heart was in my throat,” he said.

Smithtown’s Tim Kelly turned in the meet’s most impressive feat. The senior didn’t have time to celebrate his victory in the 3,200 (9:44.3). Instead, he had to immediately jog over to the starting line and await the 1,000, which was scheduled to start after the 55 semifinals, which was next.

But a bit of irony resulted in some extra time of rest for Kelly. In order for the 55 to take place, a utility door is opened to allow the runners more space to stop after they cross the finish line. Only a car was parked directly behind the door, making it impossible for the race to start.

“About five or six people went up to me asking me to move my car,” Kelly said. “I didn’t know what they were talking about.”

After waiting 20 minutes, seven men decided to push the car about 15 feet down the driveway to accommodate the competitors in the 55.

Kelly took advantage of the additional time. He looked fresh in the 1,000, which he won (2:35.3). Then, in the 1,600, Kelly delighted the crowd by coming back from 20 yards in the second-to-last lap to beat Commack’s Tom Martin and finish first (4:26.8), completing the sweep. “I didn’t want to run all three,” he said. “But I told my coach I would do it. I certainly didn’t have intentions of winning all three.”

In the Small Schools championships, which took place on Monday night, Half Hollow Hills West used three first-place finishes to beat second-place Port Jefferson, 77-65.

Patrick Bonawandt, Roger Williams, David Goldberg and Paul Connelly won the 4×400 relay in 3:39.5. Jacob Berman, Gavin Goldstein, Travis Baldwin and Geoff Goldstein won the 4×800 in 8:41.2. And Eric Duboys finished first in the triple jump (40-7 1/4).

SUFFOLK BOYS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS At SUNY-Stony Brook All running events in meters LARGE SCHOOLS – Tuesday

55 – 1. Shawn Hatcher (Copiague), 6.3; 2. Hardy (Longwood), 6.4; 3. Barber (North Babylon), 6.5. 300 – 1. Casey Wall (Long), 36.3; 2. Okolie (Half Hollow Hills East), 36.9; 3. Sarwari (Long), 36.9. 600 – 1. Tim Moore (Bay Shore), 1:25.3; 2. McKenzie (Bellport), 1:25.9; 3. Santiago (Brentwood), 1:26.6. 1,000 – 1. Tim Kelly (Smithtown), 2:35.3; 2. Bazarewski (Bell), 2:35.7; 3. Ciurlys (Whitman), 2:36.4. 1,600 – 1. Tim Kelly (S), 4:26.8; 2. Walsh (Commack), 4:27.9; 3. DiCanio (Ward Melville), 4:31.8. 3,200 – 1. Tim Kelly (S), 9:44.3; 2. Martin (Com), 9:45.4; 3. Hoffken (Lindenhurst), 9:54.4. 55 HH – 1. Paul Martorano (S), 7.5; 2. Coleman (Middle Country), 7.5; 3. Van Horn (MC), 7.8. 4×200 – 1. Longwood (DaQuan Hardy, Slamon Sarwari, Greg Carter, Casey Wall), 1:35; 2. Middle Country, 1:37; 3. Half Hollow Hills East, 1:37. 4×400 – 1. Middle Country (Louis Giannino, Luis Flynn, Joe Kelmanovich, Jason Rucci), 3:38.1; 2. (tie) Smithtown, Brentwood, 3:41.4. 4×800 – 1. Bay Shore (Bill Germano, Frank Malpigli, Kevin Meehan, Vernon Mickle), 8:23.8; 2. Middle Country, 8:29.7; 3. Ward Melville, 8:37.5. High Jump – 1. Jason Milliard (East Islip), 6-5; 2. Hansen (Floyd), 6-4; 3. Pellicci (Long), 6-0. Long Jump – 1. Ryan Davis (WM), 22-3; 2. France (Central Islip), 21-10 1/4; 3. Martorano (S), 20-11 3/4. Triple Jump – 1. Paul Martorano (S), 43-5 1/2; 2. Santiago (Brent), 43-5 1/4; 2. King (Long), 43-0. Shot Put – 1. Brett Wachter (Long), 52-2; 2. King (Long), 48-5; 3. Okvist (MC), 47-1 1/2. Team Scores – Longwood 66, Middle Country 64, Smithtown 63, Bay Shore 39, Commack 27, Half Hollow Hills East 24, Ward Melville 23, Brentwood 21, Bellport 20, North Babylon 14, Central Islip 10, Copiague 10, East Islip 10, Patchogue-Medford 9, Floyd 8, Whitman 6, Lindenhurst 6, West Islip 4, Northport 4, West Babylon 3, Riverhead 2, Harborfields 1.

Bay Shore’s Moore Is No `Fluke’: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]

Jim Baumbach. STAFF WRITER. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 16 Feb 1999:

Tim Moore spent the entire indoor season in search of a solution. Soreness in the Bay Shore senior’s left hamstring constantly hindered his starts in the 55 meters.

Moore tried everything from various stretches to different kinds of starting positions. All with the same results. Then, days before last week’s Large School Championships, coach Noel Certain had an idea.

“I knew he had some distance in him from running cross country,” Certain said. “So I told him he should run the 600.”

Much to his own surprise, Moore, who said he was more nervous than usual, won the race in 1:25.3. Then the real challenge surfaced. Unsure of whether his win was a “fluke,” Moore said it was important to him to give the same performance in the boys state qualifier Sunday at SUNY-Stony Brook.

With 50 meters left, Moore outkicked the rest of the competitors and finished first (1:25.7), qualifying for the state championships Feb. 27 at Syracuse’s Carrier Dome, for the second straight season. In the individual events, all firstand second-place finishers advance, and third-place finishers needed to beat qualifying times. The top relay teams also advance.

“I was kind of scared,” Moore said of competing in the 600. “At first, I didn’t want to embarrass myself. But by the last lap, I knew I could win it again.”

Certain, though, always expressed confidence in Moore’s ability to succeed in middle distance. “He may not admit it, but he did run a half-mile for me in a dual meet last spring,” he said. “Besides, it gets him ready for the 4 x 400.”

The Marauders’ 4 x 400 team, which consisted of Sam Mickle, Chris Kahl, Keldon Walker and Moore, finished first in 3:32. After Moore, running the anchor leg, crossed the finish line, he bent down and kissed the track good-bye.

“This is my last race on this track,” he said. “This is a great way to finish.”

For Bellport senior Craig Bazarewski, this season has been injury-free and he couldn’t be any happier. Appendicitis sidelined him in his sophomore season. Last season, Bazarewski was able to return from a pulled right hamstring, which he hurt while weightlifting, to qualify for states in the triple jump.

“I couldn’t run a race, but the doctors said I could jump, so that worked out,” said Bazarewski, who still undergoes therapy for his hamstring.

Sunday worked out even better for Bazarewski. He qualified for states with a win in the 1,000 (2:37.5).

“Everyone keeps joking when I go to therapy,” he said. “They keep saying, `Here we go again.’ “

The crowd devoted much of its attention to the running events, leaving Longwood senior Brett Wachter to shot put with few watching – just the way he likes it. He threw 49-6 1/2, followed by teammate Deron King (46-9 1/2).

“It’s much better this way because it’s easy to go into my own world and just throw it,” said Wachter, who sprained some ligaments in his throwing hand a week before states last year. “It’s a lot easier when you’re not in the spotlight.”

Smithtown senior Tim Kelly successfully followed his three-win performance in the Large School Championships by qualifying for states with wins in the 1,600 (4:27.3) and the 3,200 (9:36.7).

SUFFOLK INDOOR TRACK STATE QUALIFIER At SUNY-Stony Brook – Sunday (Running events in meters)

55 – 1. Shawn Hatcher (Copiague), 6.4; 2. Hardy (Longwood), 6.6; 3. Johnson (Deer Park), 6.6. 300 – 1. Germaine Johnson (DP), 36.5; 2. Wall (L), 36.6; 3. Sarwari (L), 36.8. 600 – 1. Tim Moore (Bay Shore), 1:25.7; 2. Gregory (DP), 1:26.1; 3. McKenzie (Bellport), 1:26.3. 1,000 – 1. Craig Bazarewski (B), 2:37.5; 2. Hegreness (Mt. Sinai), 2:38.1; 3. Roberts (Middle Country), 2:38.3. 1,600 – 1. Tim Kelly (Smithtown), 4:27.3; 2. Walsh (Commack), 4:29.3; 3. Morris (Patchogue-Medford), 4:30.9. 3,200 – 1. Tim Kelly (S), 9:36.7; 2. Martin (C), 9:47.1; 3. Hoffken (Lindenhurst), 9:56.2. 55 hurdles – 1. Paul Martorano (S), 7.5; 2. Coleman (MC), 7.6; 3. Fowler (Amityville), 7.8. 4 x 200 relay –

1. Half Hollow Hills West (Bill Castagna, Eric Duboys, Paul Conneely, Dave Ramsey), 1:34.7; 2. Half Hollow Hills East, 1:34.8; 3. Middle Country, 1:35.7. 4 x 400 – 1. Bay Shore (Sam Mickle, Chris Kahl, Keldon Walker, Tim Moore), 3:32.4; 2. Port Jefferson, 3:36; 3. Middle Country, 3:41.6. 4 x 800 – 1. Bay Shore (Bill Germano, Frank Malpigli, Kevin Meehan, Vernon Mickle), 8:11.9; 2. Half Hollow Hills West, 8:18.1; 3. Middle Country, 8:29.1. High jump – 1. Jason Millard (East Islip), 6-3; 2. Hansen (Floyd), 6-3; 3. Fotiades (PJ), 6-2. Pole vault – 1. Brian Strack (MS), 12-0; 2. Bresnahan (L), 11-6; 3. Corso (L), 10-6. Long jump – 1. Ryan Davis (Ward Melville), 22-5; 2. France (Central Islip), 21-10; 3. Martorano (S), 20-10 3/4. Triple jump – 1. Godwin Okolie (HHHE), 44-05 3/4; 2. Santiago (Brentwood), 44-3 1/4; 3. Bazarewski (Bell), 42-10. Shot put – 1. Brett Wachter (L), 49-6 1/2; 2. King (L), 46-9 1/2; 3. Okvist (MC), 46-8.