League III Championships

1,500 Walk – 1. Angela Schoening (SW), 8:40.0 2. Gauacher (BS), 9:39.0. 3. Demato (C), 9:52.3. 55 Hurdles – 1. Leslie Chase (C), 8.9. 2. Crenshaw (L), 9.5. 3. Gabriel (C), 9.6. 3,000 – Sherry Little (BS), 11:31.3. 2. Cardone (C), 12:07.3. 3. Brothers (BS), 12:10.8. 55 Dash – 1. Rocquelle Gillmore (CI), 7.3. 2. L. Chase (C), 7.7. 3. Murray (BS), 7.8. 600 – 1. Chris Barata (BS), 1:40.7. 2. Thomas (N), 1:44.1. 3. Hoffmann (N), 1:49.8. 1,000 – 1. Jen Given (BS), 3:14.2. 2. Silberman (C), 3:14.9. 3. Huff (BS), 3:29.8. 300 – 1. Rocquelle Gillmore (CI), 42.5. 2. Cosgrove (C), 44.5. 3. Millar (L), 46.1. 1,500 – 1. Sherry Little (BS), 5:10.8. 2. Leckie (L), 5:14.6. 3. Marsico (L), 5:34.8. Shot Put – 1. Kesselli (L), 33-10. 2. Feron (H), 31-9. 3. Case (SW), 28-8 3/4. High Jump – 1. Melinda Case (SW), 5-4. 2. Crenshaw (L), 5-2. 3. Chase (SW), 5-0. 4 x 400 Relay – 1. Newfield (Fiscina, Kelly, Rindone, West), 4:30.3. 2. Bay Shore, 4:31.8. 3. Centereach, 4:39.5. 4 x 200 Relay – 1. Centereach (L. Chase, Cosgrove, Gabriel, P. Chase), 1:54.1. 2. Smithtown West, 1:59.8. 3. Bay Shore, 2:00.9. 4 x 800 Relay – 1. Bay Shore, (Given, Baratta, Gauagher, Little), 10:31.0. 2. Centereach, 10:40.2. 3. Newfield, 11:13.7.

Team Scorng: Centereach 104, Bay Shore 99, Longwood 62, Smithtown West 52, Newfield 30, Central Islip 21, Hauppauge 17, East Islip 5. Nassau-Suffolk Catholic Indoor Track Championships (At Nassau Community College) Running Events in Yards

10 Feb 1986:

Longwood‘s Kim Kessell established a county record in the shot put with a throw of 41 feet, 6 1/4 inches at the Conference Ifolk crossover meet. The previous record of 40- 1/2 was set last year by Patrice Felder of Whitman. Suffolk Conference I Crossover Meet At SUNY-Farmingdale (Running events in meters)

Winners: 55 – Irish Bamberg (North Babylon) 7.6. 55 Hurdles – Tarid Crenshaw (Longwood) 9.6. 300 – Tricia Waring (Connetquot) 44.4. 600 – Carolyn Holgerson (Sachem) 1:46.1. 1,500 – Sandra Pariti (Sachem) 5:20.6. 1,000 – Mary Melfi (Sachem) 3:15.4. 1,500 Walk – Gina Impagiazzo (Sachem) 9:05.8. 3,000 – Danielle Pariti (Sachem) 11:30.7. Shot Put – Kim Kessell (Longwood) 41-6 1/4. High Jump – Tarid Crenshaw (Longwood) 5-0. 4 x 200 Relay – Connetquot (Moran, Ott, Kaufman, Waring) 1:53.6.3. 4 x 400 Relay – Connetquot A (Hamm, McArthy, Neff, Kishegyi) 5:00.4. 4 x 800 Relay – Sachem (Melfi, Brady, Guzas, Holgerson) 10:23.4. No team scores were kept. Conference II Crossover Meet At Farmingdale (Running events in meters)

Shot Putter Having A Ball in the Gym: [SUFFOLK Edition]

Herrmann, Mark. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 15 Jan 1987

Maybe the shot put just wasn’t meant to be a winter event. There certainly aren’t many places to practice. Longwood‘s coaches have shown resourcefulness in getting athletes to toss the heavy metal ball inside the gym, along the sidelines during girls basketball practice.

“It’s ridiculous to go outside,” said Mike Santarpia, the school’s first-year field event coach. The gym might have to be enlarged, however, if Kim Kessell keeps improving.

Kessell, a junior at Longwood, set a Suffolk record last Wednesday with a throw of 41 feet, 6 1/4 inches at the Conference I crossover meet at SUNY-Farmingdale. It surpassed the previous mark, 40- 1/2, set by Patrice Felder of Whitman last year.

Santarpia said Kessell had been averaging only about 36 feet on each of her attempts with the 8-pound, 4-ounce sphere until she began an extensive weight-training program last October.

“High school throwers have trouble realizing that, in field events, the lower body is everything. It’s a matter of getting the leg muscles into the throw,” said Santarpia, who was a field-event specialist on the East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University track team.

Kessell’s technique is naturally effective, he said, adding that the county record will prove only the first of many landmarks in her career.

“I think she’s definitely a threat in the states,” Santarpia said. “I think she can go at least another five feet.”

Longwood’s Kim Kessell established a county record in the shot put with a throw of 41 feet, 6 1/4 inches at the Conference Ifolk crossover meet. The previous record of 40- 1/2 was set last year by Patrice Felder of Whitman. Suffolk Conference I Crossover Meet At SUNY-Farmingdale (Running events in meters)

Winners: 55 – Irish Bamberg (North Babylon) 7.6. 55 Hurdles – Tarid Crenshaw (Longwood) 9.6. 300 – Tricia Waring (Connetquot) 44.4. 600 – Carolyn Holgerson (Sachem) 1:46.1. 1,500 – Sandra Pariti (Sachem) 5:20.6. 1,000 – Mary Melfi (Sachem) 3:15.4. 1,500 Walk – Gina Impagiazzo (Sachem) 9:05.8. 3,000 – Danielle Pariti (Sachem) 11:30.7. Shot Put – Kim Kessell (Longwood) 41-6 1/4. High Jump – Tarid Crenshaw (Longwood) 5-0. 4 x 200 Relay – Connetquot (Moran, Ott, Kaufman, Waring) 1:53.6.3. 4 x 400 Relay – Connetquot A (Hamm, McArthy, Neff, Kishegyi) 5:00.4. 4 x 800 Relay – Sachem (Melfi, Brady, Guzas, Holgerson) 10:23.4. No team scores were kept. Conference II Crossover Meet At Farmingdale (Running events in meters). Jan.8

YALE INVITATIONAL Running events in meters

Girls: Long Jump – 2. Endora Kight (Brentwood), 18-6; 55 Hurdles – 2. Allsion Williams (Brentwood), 8.3.; 4 x 200 Relay – Brentwood (Kight, Williams, Terri Graham and Tonya Whitfield), 1:48.7); 3,000 – 2. Jennifer McNerney (Shoreham-Wading River), 10:05.8; 1,000 – 2. Megan Holden (Shoreham-Wading River), 2:55.7; Distance Medley – 2. Longwood (Annette Marsico, Carolyn Jahn, Stephanie Birkholz and Judy Leckie), 13:38; Shot Put – 2. Kim Kessel (Longwood), 37-0; High Jump – 4. Taria Crenshaw (Longwood), 5-2; 4 x 800 Relay – 2. Sachem (Carolyn Holgerson, Stacey Guzas, Kristen Killian and Trish Brady), 9:46.83. Jan. 25