Section 1 Girls Winter Track and

Section 1 Girls Winter Track and Field 2005-06

Class Previews & Top Returnees List

By Matt Joyce

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TEAMS

CLASS A

SUFFERN AND NEW ROCHELLE WILL DUKE IT OUT FOR CLASS A TITLE

SUFFERN-Suffern snapped New Rochelle’s streak of 14 straight Class A Championships last winter, edging out the Huguenots 138.5 to 126. With a strong sprint team(Jennifer & Janelle Clayton-Deanna Vinson-Tamika Montama) and distance core(Kara Mckenna-Shelby Greany-Mary Rose Consiglio-Carolina Heidt) it is very possible that Suffern could again win all three relays at the class meet, a feat which they accomplished last year. With that being said the Mounties will be a very tough team to defeat.

NEW ROCHELLE- The Huguenots are hungry to reclaim the Class A title. Last year at the Class A meet, Lynne Lane scored 30 points, winning the 55 dash, 300 and Long Jump. Lane, the defending New York State Champ at 55 meters and National Champion at 60 meters is back and could very well do the same at this year’s meet. Carin Knight is the clear favorite in the High Jump, and one of the top triple jumpers in the Section. Kadine Johnson leads a powerful shot put core. Amanda Walsh and Alexis Ayala lead the distance and Assata Cowart is one of the top returnees in the 55 hurdles and 600 meters. With there balance in the sprints, field, throws and distance, New Rochelle looks to take the Class A Championship.

At last years meet, North Rockland and White Plains both scored 33 points. Mount Vernon looks to be a very good Class A team as well.

CLASS B

CAN SOMERS 3-PEAT? OR WILL PEARL RIVER RECLAIM THE CROWN?

SOMERS- The Tuksers are the 2 time defending champs and want to make it a dynasty by winning there 3^rd consecutive Class B Championship. Andrea Nash will lead the team in the sprints and jumps, Mary Alice Howard will spearhead the distance crew. Kate Cannon, the defending New York State Champion in the race walk is back, and so is Pole Vaulter Rachel Cassasta(the Section 1 Outdoor Record Holder at 10’9)

PEARL RIVER- Prior to 2004, the Pirates had won 19 straight sectional championships!! The Pirates always fill every event, and with Samantha Stadt back as well as pole vaulter Emily Powers and a promising young group of distance runners, Pearl River is gunning to reclaim the Class B crown.

The #3 spot could be a battle between Woodlands, Harrison and Nanuet.

CLASS C/D

BRONXVILLE IS THE CLEAR FAVORITE IN CLASS C/D

BRONXVILLE- The Broncos won last years Class C meet by 124 points, and with distance stars Amanda Hudson and sophomore Virginia Connor plus junior sprinter Leigh Murphy they should again win the Class C Championship. Freshman Olivia Bruton is very versatile and could score in both the sprints and the distance events for the Broncos.

With Westlake moving up to Class B, Albertus Magnus, Alexander Hamilton and Croton could all challenge for the runner up plaque.

RECORDS THAT COULD BE BROKEN

(Were not saying all of these record will be broken, but judging off last winter and spring it is certainly a possibility)

55 METERS-(6.93 STACEY MINOTT NEW ROCHELLE 1994)

Stacey Minnot’s Section 1 Record of 6.93 could very well be broken by fellow New Rochelle speedster Lynne Lane. Lane just missed the record last season with a 6.94 at the Hispanic Games. Lane won the New York State meet at 55 meters, and the National Meet at 60 meters (Breaking the Section 1 Record with a 7.43!).

60 METERS-(7.43 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE 2005)

The record is 7.43 by Lynne Lane of New Rochelle, which was set last season in winning the National Meet. With another year to go, Lane may very well break her own record.

200 METERS-(24.26 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE 2005)

Same story here, Lane is back and could break another of her Section 1 Records. The 24.26 was run at The National Scholastic Championships and placed her 3^rd.

300 METERS-(39.86 SHERRY MURPHY SPRING VALLEY 1988)

Once again Lynne Lane could claim another Section 1 Record. At the Stanner Games last winter, Lane was just .15 off from tying the Section 1 record with a sectional leading 40.01. Sherry Murphy’s Section Record of 39.86 set back in 1988 could very well be in jeopardy.

600 METERS ( 1:34.0 NANA HANSON HALL NEW ROCHELLE 2002)

Kristin Reese won the Class A Championship in 1:36.0 last winter in her only race at 600 meters, and considering she was in the second heat and not really pushed who is to say that she can not take a crack at Nana Hanson Hall’s 600 section record. Also Kara McKenna of Suffern ran a very impressive 1:36.38 at last season’s Stanner Games.

800 METERS (2:12.91 NANA HANSON HALL NEW ROCHELLE 2003)

Kristin Reese of Carmel has tremendous range as shown through her 1:36.0 600 meters and her Sectional record 2:53.42 1000 meters. Add to that Kristin just missed the Outdoor section record at 800 meters with a 2:10.26 which placed her 2^nd at last years New York State Federation 800 meter race.

1000 METERS-(2:53.42 KRISTIN REESE CARMEL 2005)

Last winter at the state qualifier, Reese ran 2:53.42, which was a Section 1 Record and New York State Freshman Class Record. Reese, along with Kara McKenna (2:55.1 last winter) and Alana Levy (2:57.6) could take a crack at the Section 1 Record.

1500 Meters-(4:35.20 AMANDA HUDSON BRONXVILLE 2005)

At the State Qualifier meet last winter, Bronxville senior Amanda Hudson not only won the 1500, but ended up setting the section 1 record and in the process posted the second fastest time in the state. With Kristin Reese (4:57.27 mile) and Kara McKenna( 4:58.10 mile and 4:39 1500), there are potentially three runners who could have a shot at taking down the record.

MILE-(4:57.27 KRISTIN REESE CARMEL 2005)

At last year’s Hispanic Games, Kristin Reese set the standing Section 1 record in the mile with a 4:57.27 placing her second. Suffern’s Kara McKenna finished third in that same race with a 4:58.10 clocking. Bronxville’s Amanda Hudson, the Section record holder in the 1500 meters (4:35.20) is also a legitimate threat to break the record. If all three girls can get into the same race the record may very well go down!

3000 METERS (9:58.8 KRISTIN REESE CARMEL 2005)

Last year at the Northern County Championships, Kristin Reese ran virtually all by herself to set the Section record. Kara McKenna that same day ran a Rockland County Record 10:06.6. Also look for Shelby Greaney of Suffern (10:07.8 last spring) and Virginia Connor of Bronxville(10:06.91 last spring) to challenge both Reese and McKenna. The full 2 mile record of 10:44.95 by Maribel Sanchez could possibly be broken as well.

TOP RETURNEES BY EVENT

*= JUNIOR **= SOPHOMORE ***= FRESHMAN ****= 8^TH GRADER *****= 7^TH GRADER

55 Meters (6.93 STACEY MINNOT NEW ROCHELLE 1995)

6.94 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE

7.39 JULIE ANDERSON LEE WHITE PLAINS

7.2 TRISHA ANN HAWTHORNE* ALEXANDER HAMILTON

7.2 BRITTANY DONINO HARRISON

7.47 KATYA MARTIN* MOUNT VERNON

7.3 JENNIFER CLAYTON**** SUFFERN

7.56 KEISHA BUTTS** SPRING VALLEY

55 METER HURDLES (7.81 AYO ATTERBERRY NEW ROCHELLE 1990)

8.2 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE

8.82 CARIN KNIGHT NEW ROCHELLE

9.03 RACHEL CASSATA SOMERS

9.1 ANDREA NASH SOMERS

9.2 ASSASTA COWART NEW ROCHELLE

60 METERS (7.43 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE 2005)

7.43 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE

7.96 JULIE ANDERSON LEE WHITE PLAINS

8.21 ANDREA NASH SOMERS

8.40 TAMIKA MONTAMA** SUFFERN

8.85 EMILY YODOWITZ* SUFFERN

200 METERS (24.26 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE 2005)

24.26 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE

25.92 KATYA MARTIN* MOUNT VERNON

25.9 DEANNA VINSON SUFFERN

26.35 JOSALYN WHITE** OSSINING

26.48 SHAUNICE MUDAHY SAUNDERS

300 YARDS (35.30 SHERRY MURPHY SPRING VALLEY 1987)

38.5 KATYA MARTIN* MOUNT VERNON

38.5 ALEXIS EASTERLING*** WOODLANDS

39.4 JENNIFER CLAYTON**** SUFFERN

39.4 JASMINE HINSON BEACON

39.5 KEISHA BUTTS** SPRING VALLEY

300 METERS (39.86 SHERRY MURPHY SPRING VALLEY 1988)

40.01 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE

42.14 ANDREA NASH SOMERS

42.0 ALEXIS EASTERLING*** WOODLANDS

42.40 SHAUNICE MUDAHY SAUNDERS

42.3 JASMINE HINSON BEACON

400 METERS (56.54 MISTY SCOTT SUFFERN 1999)

58.25 LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE

59.30 ALEXIS EASTERLING*** WOODLANDS

59.45 DEANNA VINSON SUFFERN

60.45 ANDREA NASH SOMERS

60.49 SHAUNICE MUDAHY SAUNDERS

500 METERS (1:17.03 DEDE RICHEMOND SUFFERN 2005)

1:24.75 KIM PIARD* ALBERTUS MAGNUS

600 YARDS (1:25.5 LEE SHEARER BRONXVILLE 1995)

1:28.1 KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

1:29.5 MARY ALICE HOWARD SOMERS

1:31.1 JOANNA DRUCKER* WHITE PLAINS

1:32.5 JENNA NAGLIERI NORTH ROCKLAND

1:32.8 AMANDA CICCONE* SUFFERN

600 METERS (1:34.0 NANA HANSON-HALL NEW ROCHLLE 2002)

1:36.0 KRISTIN REESE** CARMEL

1:36.38 KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

1:38.88 ALEXIS EASTERLING*** WOODLANDS

1:39.41 ASSATA COWART* NEW ROCHELLE

1:40.1 MARY ALICE HOWARD SOMERS

800 METERS (2:12.91 NANA HANSON-HALL NEW ROCHELLE 2003)

2:16.06 KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

2:17.13 ALANA LEVY* HORACE GREELEY

2:18.93 SHELBY GREANEY*** SUFFERN

2:20.21 MARY ALICE HOWARD SOMERS

2:26.2 TORI FLANNERY BRONXVILLE

1000 YARDS(2:34.8 MICHELLE DONNELY WHITE PLAINS 1980)

2:38.6 KRISTIN REESE** CARMEL

2:38.9 KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

2:40.9 ALANA LEVY* HORACE GREELEY

2:45.4 MEAGAN BROWN** URSULINE

2:47.7 MARY ROSE CONSIGLIO SUFFERN

1000 METERS (2:53.42 KRISTIN REESE CARMEL 2005)

2:53.42 KRISTIN REESE** CARMEL

2:55.1 KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

2:57.6 ALANA LEVY* HORACE GREELEY

3:00.12 MARY ALICE HOWARD SOMERS

3:00.95 JENNA NAGLIERI NORTH ROCKLAND

1500 METERS (4:35.20 AMANDA HUDSON BRONXVILLE 2005)

4:35.20 AMANDA HUDSON BRONXVILLE

4:39.3 KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

4:49.12 MEAGAN BROWN** URSULINE

4:50.1 LINDSAY SOUTHARD CARMEL

4:52.3 SHELBY GREANEY*** SUFFERN

MILE=y/1600m (4:57.27 KRISTIN REESE CARMEL 2005)

4:57.27 KRISTIN REESE** CARMEL

4:58.10 KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

5:13.92m SARAH GREANEY** TAPPAN ZEE

5:14.20 LINDSAY SOUTHARD CARMEL

5:14.1m AMANDA HUDSON BRONXVILLE

3000 METERS (9:58.8 KRISTIN REESE CARMEL 2005)

9:58.8 KRISTIN REESE** CARMEL

10:06.6 KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

10:24.8 SHELBY GREANEY *** SUFFERN

10:27.68 VIRGINIA CONNOR** BRONXVILLE

10:29.69 MOLLY BURKE HASTINGS

2 MILE/3200 (10:44.95 MARIBEL SANCHEZ YORKTOWN 1992)

10:51.7m KARA MCKENNA SUFFERN

11:18.1 SHELBY GREANEY *** SUFFERN

11:21.7 LINDSAY SOUTHARD CARMEL

11:29.1 AMANDA HUDSON BRONXVILLE

11:31.8 SAMANTHA STADT PEARL RIVER

1500 METER RACEWALK ( 6:42.9 JENNIFER FROST PELHAM 1993& KIRSTIN JORDON RYE 2001)

7:15.55 KATE CANNON SOMERS

7:29.5 SHANI BROWN NEW ROCHELLE

7:32.37 IRIE MONTE* SOMERS

7:51.85 EWELINA PEZST SUFFERN

8:10.5 MARY DUTKOSKI** CLARKSTOWN SOUTH

LONG JUMP (19’07.75” SHANNAINE OSBOURNE MOUNT VERNON 1997)

18’03.50” LYNNE LANE NEW ROCHELLE

17’06.25” WHITNEY FORD WHITE PLAINS

16’11.75” ANDREA NASH SOMERS

16’09” EMMA MILLER BEDELL** TAPPAN ZEE

16’04” RACHEL CASSATA SOMERS

TRIPLE JUMP (41’08.50” SHENAE DAWKINS NEW ROCHELLE 2001)

38’07.50” WHITNEY FORD WHITE PLAINS

36’06.50” CARIN KNIGHT NEW ROCHELLE

34’09.50” LACREASHA SIMPSON* NEW ROCHELLE

34’07.75” KARISSA SULLIVAN TAPPAN ZEE

34’00.75” ALYSIA STWART* MOUNT VERNON

HIGH JUMP (SANDE SWABY NEW ROCHELLE 1997)

5’08” CARIN KNIGHT NEW ROCHELLE

5’02” AVERY FAITH** SOMERS

5’02” PRISCILLIA LLARRAZA* CLARKSTOWN NORTH

5’00” SAMANTHA STADT PEARL RIVER

5’00” MEGAN TICE LOURDES

SHOT PUT (43’11” TOYA WOODS NEW ROCHELLE 1997)

37’07.50” KADINE JOHNSON* NEW ROCHELLE

37’06.50” KRYSTAL GRAHAM* NEW ROCHELLE

34’07.25” CYNTHIA LOYD* NEW ROCHELLE

33’04.25” JEANETTE GIBSON NORTH ROCKLAND

POLE VAULT (11’00” EMILY KELLNER NORTH ROCKLAND 2001)

10’06” RACHEL CASSATA SOMERS

9’06” EMILY POWERS PEARL RIVER

9’06” JILLIAN BLISS URSULINE

9’0” SARAH KEATING SOMERS

8’06” MARGARET LEIBOVIC IRVINGTON

RELAYS

4x200m Relay

(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

WHITE PLAINS-1:46.27 last Winter-

Broke 4x100 Section 1 Record last spring, returns all 4 members of squad. (Whitney Ford-Simond Ford-Renne Mcdougal-Julie Anderson Lee)

Update 11/30/05: Rumor has it that two members of the returning White Plains 4x200 are out. Senior Julie Anderson-Lee will sit out the indoor season and sophomore Renne Mcdougal has transferred to a private school.

SUFFERN- 1:44.41 last Winter

Have won the 4x200 State Championship in 3 of the last 5 years and with Deanna Vinson plus sisters Jennifer and Janelle Clayton, Suffern is primed once again to have a very strong 4x200. The defending Section Champs also have a good core of young sprinters to choose from to complete the squad.

NEW ROCHELLE- 1:44.25 Last Winter

With Lynne Lane returning, as well as Carin Knight, Karissa Payton, Karisha Ewell, Samara Simpson and Aisha Chisolm, New Rochelle should be a very dangerous squad in the 4x200.

MOUNT VERNON- 1:44.62 Last Winter- Mount Vernon has junior Katya Martin returning, and traditionally always has a strong 4x200 relay.

4X400m Relay

SUFFERN- 3:52.88 LAST WINTER

The Mounties were New York State Federation Champions in the 4x400 in both the Winter and Spring seasons last year, and even though the have lost both Dede and Kay Kay Richemond, Suffern should have a strong contingent of runners lined up for this relay. Deanna Vinson, a member of last year’s indoor state 4x400 team should be the staple of this relay.

NEW ROCHELLE-4:07.1 LAST WINTER

May focus more on the 4x200, but when the Huguenots run this relay they are going to be damn good at it. New Rochelle represented Westchester at the Millrose games last winter and with Lynne Lane, Assata Cowart and company it’s a strong possibility they will do it again.

SOMERS- 4:07.43 LAST WINTER

Andrea Nash will lead this squad along with Mary Alice Howard. The Tuskers were second in the Westchester Millrose trials last year, and look to run in the 4:00 range or possibly faster after running 4:05 last spring without current sophomore Avery Faeth. Faeth has split under 61 on numerous occasions and missed most of last spring with stress fractures.

BRONXVILLE- Bronxville ran 4:19 last winter, but outdoors ran 4:00.98 to finish second for Division 2 teams at the New York State Championships. The Broncos return 3 members of that team.

MOUNT VERNON- 4:08.0 last winter at the Class A champs. Clocked a 3:59.7 last spring and return 3 legs from that team including junior Katya Martin.

White Plains could also make a impact on this relay, they should have one of the best 4x200 relays and when they run the 4x400 they should be a force.

4x800m Relay

SUFFERN

Set the Section 1 Record last winter with a 9:06.14, and was National Champions. They were also the runner up at the state meet and return 3 members of that national championship team.

BRONXVILLE

Always has a deep distance crew, and this year will be no different. The Broncos ran 9:22.58 last winter, and have many distance studs to choose from. It definitely will not be a surprise if Bronxville runs faster this year

SOMERS

Somers ran 9:33.33 at the Eastern States last winter and have 3 girls returning this winter from that team including Mary Alice Howard.

PEARL RIVER

9:35.07 last winter. The Pirates will again have a strong 4x800 relay. Samantha Stadt and Michelle Farrell will probably be the keys to this relay, but others will step up for Coach Dan Doherty as well.

Also look for strong 4x800’s from Carmel, New Rochelle, Ursuline, North Rockland and Tappan Zee.