
Section 9 State Qualifiers
West Point - 2/24/06
February 25, 2006
Indoor track
Section 9 state qualifier
(at Gillis Fieldhouse, West Point)
West Point -- The top two finishers in each event (except relays) make the March
4 state meet in Syracuse, plus the third-place finishers in the 300, 600, 1000
and 1500/1600 qualify for the intersectional relay only. Third-place finishers
from the other events can also advance if they meet a state standard (indicated
by an asterisk). # -- indicates Section 9 season-best mark.
Team key: Chester (Ches); Cornwall (Corn); Eldred (Eld); Ellenville (Ell); F.D.
Roosevelt (FDR); Goshen (Gosh); James I. O'Neill (JIO); John S. Burke Catholic (JSB);
Kingston (King); Liberty (Lib); Marlboro (Marl); Middletown (Mid); Millbrook
(Mill); Minisink Valley (MV); Monroe-Woodbury (MW); Monticello (Mont); Newburgh
Free Academy (NFA); Onteora (Ont); Pine Bush (PB); Pine Plains (PP); Spackenkill
(Spac); Sullivan West (SW); Tri-Valley (TV); Valley Central (VC); Wallkill
(Wall); Warwick Valley (War); Washingtonville (Wash).
BOYS
Individual results
55-meter: 1. Terrius McMillan (NFA) 6.5; 2. Patrick Hemmelrath (Wall) 6.6; 3.
Nick Martin (King) 6.6; 4. Dan King (JSB) 6.9; 5. Ryan Barrera (Ell) 6.9.
300: 1. Brendan Gaffney (King) 36.6; 2. Celestino Rivera (PB) 36.7; 3. Dan King*
(JSB) 36.8; 4. Mike Palange (Wash) 38.2; 5. Kyle Barden (Spac) 38.6; 6. Drew Way
(MW) 39.5. Note: King met state standard; Palange earns intersectional relay
spot.
600: 1. Kyle Drozenski (Marl) 1:24.6; 2. Brian Hilario (PB) 1:25.3; 3. Dan
Williams (King) 1:26.0; 4. Max Fiedler (TV) 1:26.7; 5. Kevin Flynn (Spac)
1:28.1; 6. Issac Garzon (VC) 1:29.3. Note: Williams earns intersectional relay
spot.
1,000: 1. Andrew Ugolino (Ont) 2:36.0#; 2. Kyle O'Brien (MW) 2:36.6; 3. Tim
Kolesar (War) 2:37.4 (scratched for state meet); 4. Kevin Finnegan (Wash)
2:40.3; 5. Richard Esposito (PB) 2:46.7; 6. Steven Leach (VC) 2:47.1. Note:
Finnegan earns intersectional relay spot; Esposito is relay alternate.
1,600: 1. Matt Kaiser (Ont) 4:23.8; 2. Terrance Prial (War) 4:39.3; 3. Cory Reed
(JIO) 4:40.9; 4. Kevin Kerr (VC) 4:41.3; 5. Vasilis Kariolis (Ont) 4:41.7; 6.
Ian Clerkin (Corn) 4:44.3. Note: Reed earns intersectional relay spot.
3,200: 1. Jerry Greenlaw (War) 9:33.8; 2. Colin Anderson (Corn) 9:43.1; 3. Cory
Reed (JIO) 9:55.9; 4. Brendan Devine (Mont) 9:57.3; 5. Matt Koennecke (Gosh)
9:58.9; 6. Mike VanWagenen (SW) 10:05.1.
55 hurdles: 1. Jesse Fuca (War) 7.7; 2. Ryan Kachmarsky (MW) 7.8; 3. Matt Cadet
(OB) 8.0; 4. Tyler Laput (Eld) 8.2; 5. Travis Kinard (King) 8.5; 6. Anquan Lane
(NFA) 8.6.
800 relay: 1. Pine Bush (Brian Hilario, Celestino Rivera, Ryan Smith, Matt
Cadet) 1:34.3; 2. Cornwall (Mike Stoffa, Craig Schaeffer, Andy Uhorchak, Kris
Kolewe) 1:35.1; 3. Kingston (Richard Roser, Julian Perry, Travis Kinard, Greg
Flynn) 1:36.0; 4. Newburgh 1:37.0; 5. Chester 1:39.3; 6. Monroe-Woodbury 1:39.6.
1,600 relay: 1. Warwick (Jesse Fuca, Nick Longfellow, Pat Gallagher, Andy Grosso)
3:29.0; 2. Newburgh (Maurice Little, Nelson Mora, Previn Pearson, Akinto Boone)
3:34.5; 3. Wallkill 3:51.7.
3,200 relay: 1. Warwick (Frank Pfaffenberger, Brad Ackerman, Mike Segal, Mike
Mark) 8:20.1; 2. Monroe-Woodbury (Bryan Cassidy, Garrett Doering, Kevin Lichtman,
Kyle O'Brien) 8:37.2; 3. Tri-Valley (Jon Huppke, Nick Denman, Sean Messenger,
Max Fiedler) 8:42.0; 4. Washingtonville 8:46.2; 5. Valley Central 8:51.8; 6.
Pine Bush 8:53.4.
Long jump: 1. Kyle Anthony (Eld) 22-8 3/4#; 2. Nasim Siddeeq (Gish) 22-0 1/2; 3.
Aaron Steele (NFA) 20-10; 4. Greg Flynn (King) 19-1; 5. Richard Roser (King)
19-0 3/4; 6. Brian Kokulak (War) 18-7 1/2.
Triple jump: 1. Kyle Anthony (Eld) 46-4 1/2; 2. Nasim Siddeeq (Gosh) 45-11 1/2;
3. Aaron Steele* (NFA) 44-9 3/4; 4. David McFadgen III (NFA) 44-3 1/4; 5. Ryan
Storms (Ell) 40-6; 6. Julian Remouns (Wash) 39-5 3/4.
High jump: 1. Kevin Lees (Gosh) 6-1; 2. Donald Cooper (SW) 6-0; 3. Nick Martin*
(King) 6-0; 4. Ryan Kachmarsky (MW) 5-10; 5. Matt Waters (Wash) 5-8; 6. Seth
Ewald (Wall) 5-4.
Shot put: 1. Dan Paladino (MW) 47-6 1/4#; 2. Matt Moore (Fall) 45-1 1/2; 3. Marc
Fuentes (Wall) 44-7 1/4; 4. Drew Seils (FDR) 43-7 1/2; 5. Matt Stranski (War)
41-5 3/4; 6. Keenan Hall (Mont) 40-2.
Pole vault: 1. Jacob Schwartz (Lib) 13-6; 2. Rob Quiller (JIO) 13-6; 3. Ben
Catanzaro* (War) 13-0; 4. Shane Van Keuren (PP) 12-0; 5. Max Gunther (Eld) 11-0;
6. Mike Mador (War) 11-0.
Weight throw (not a state event): 1. Dan Paladino (MW) 63-9 3/4; 2. Vincent
Torrisi (MW) 51-5 3/4; 3. Ricky Callan (MW) 49-4 3/4; 4. Troy Bertholf (Lib)
48-10 1/4; 5. Darrin Darby (TV) 47-2; 6. Greg Fotiades (Eld) 43-2 3/4.
GIRLS
Individual results
1,500-meter walk: 1. Julie Steel (NFA) 7:43.6; 2. Andrea Johnston (NFA) 8:12.7;
3. Alexandra Slender (MW) 8:17.3; 4. Arlinda Bucaj (MW) 8:30.3; 5. Nina
Pasquarelli (Wash) 8:31.9; 6. Eleanor Bryan (SW) 8:32.3.
55: 1. Champaine Tisdale (NFA) 7.2#; 2. Erica Johnson (FDR) 7.3; 3. Eve Vega*
(King) 7.4; 4. Erin Gallagher (MW) 7.4; 5. Natavia Berry (Mid) 7.5; 6. Rachel
Pierantozzi (Mill) 7.7.
300: 1. Kerry Kwalwasser (Corn) 42.3#; 2. Kelly Connolly (Wash) 43.7; 3. Eve
Vega (King) 43.7; 4. Clair Pettit (War) 43.7; 5. Savanna Connors (Mid) 44.6; 6.
Alexis Grable (PB) 44.8. Note: Vega earns intersectional relay spot.
600: 1. Sheena Simpkins (Mid) 1:37.6#; 2. Jessica Hennig (PB) 1:38.3; 3.
Bernadette Gaffney (King) 1:40.1; 4. Elise Maniquet (PB) 1:40.8; 5. Kristen
Peluso (War) 1:41.7; 6. Catherine Croce (Wall) 1:44.2. Note: Gaffney earns
intersectional relay spot.
1,000: 1. Tori Pennings (War) 3:02.4; 2. Kristen Clark (Wash) 3:03.1; 3. Lillian
Greibesland (War) 3:05.4; 4. Kierstein McCartney (NFA) 3:06.7; 5. Samantha Grady
(War) 3:15.3; 6. Courtney Landl (King) 3:16.1. Note: Greibesland earns
intersectional relay spot; McCartney is relay alternate.
1,500: 1. Emily Moore (PB) 4:55.9; 2. Carolyn Gates (Wash) 4:59.8; 3. Cecilie
Braadt (War) 5:01.9; 4. Siobhan Dwyer (Spac) 5:04.9; 5. Emma Waldschmidt (Mill)
5:09.1; 6. Courtney Roosa (TV) 5:09.9. Note: Braadt earns intersectional relay
spot.
3,000: 1. Aislinn Ryan (War) 9:51.4; 2. Arianna Garrison (NFA) 10:24.1; 3. Lynne
Mundy* (Corn) 11:17.3; 4. Lauren Scholl (Corn) 11:21.2.
55 hurdles: 1. Avery Evans (PP) 8.6#; 2. Erin Gallagher (MW) 8.7; 3. Jessica
Jaroszko (VC) 8.9; 4. Daira Veloz (Mid) 8.9; 5. (tie) Fajr Goodrich (NFA) and
Liz Cochrane (Corn), 9.2.
800 relay: 1. Middletown (Tyasia Perry, Daira Veloz, Natavia Berry, Savanna
Connors) 1:49.1#; 2. Monroe-Woodbury (Darlenne Brenner, Melanie Harris, Amanda
Niglia, Tara Chambers) 1:49.8; 3. Kingston (Eve Vega, Jennifer Deitz, Chelsea
Thompson, Bernadette Gaffney) 1:50.9; 4. Warwick 1:51.6; 5. Wallkill 1:52.5; 6.
Newburgh disqualified.
1,600 relay: 1. Cornwall (Claire Ciabotti, Michelle Chewens, Liz Cochrane,
Stephanie Strine) 4:04.9#; 2. Newburgh (Danielle McHolder, Champaine Tisdale,
Kenyleta Stackhouse, Chaneya Kelly) 4:05.4; 3. Warwick (Kristen Peluso, Megan
Rose, Shannon Farrell, Amy Connors) 4:15.4; 4. Monroe-Woodbury 4:19.6; 5. Valley
Central 4:23.1; 6. Washingtonville 4:34.1.
3,200 relay: 1. Warwick (Kristen Peluso, Samantha Grady, Lillian Greibesland,
Tori Pennings) 9:27.2#; 2. Cornwall (Natalie Helpern, Michelle Chewens, Allison
Cote, Lynne Mundy) 9:37.5; 3. Washingtonville (Hannah Mitchell, Carolyn Gates,
Kristen Clark, Jen Garcia) 10:01.8; 4. Pine Bush 10:07.0; 5. Newburgh 10:22.3;
6. Tri-Valley 10:34.1.
Long jump: 1. Philippa Spencer (JSB) 15-10; 2. Liz Magier (Wall) 15-7 3/4; 3.
Champaine Tisdale (NFA) 15-5 3/4; 4. Ashley Mesler (MW) 15-0 1/2; 5. Diane
MacDowell (VC) 14-11; 6. Lindsay Wersebe (Wall) 14-6 3/4.
Triple jump: 1. Elizabeth Kwasnowski (King) 33-10 1/2; 2. Lindsay Maliani (MW)
32-11 3/4; 3. Ashley Mesler (MW) 32-10 1/4; 4. Jenna Marrione (War) 32-6 1/2; 5.
Brittany Frankel (PP) 32-5; 6. Adrienne LaChance (Corn) 31-4 1/2.
High jump: 1. Kristen Burpoe (Marl) 5-4; 2. Arian Davis (FDR) 5-4; 3. Avery
Evans (PP) 5-2; 4. Jennifer Rollin (MV) 4-10; 5. Ainsley Evans (PP) 4-8; 6.
Megan Baird (MV) 4-8.
Shot put: 1. Diana Kornberg (MW) 36-8 1/2; 2. Robin Callan (MW) 34-2; 3. Deanna
Knapp (Mid) 34-0; 4. Megan Frano (Ont) 31-2 3/4; 5. Lindsay Smith (MV) 28-11
1/2; 6. Kristen Jung (Ches) 28-9 1/4.
Pole vault: 1. Stephanie Duffy (Wash) 11-0; 2. Jacci Fishburne (Ont) 9-6; 3.
Karen Adami* (War) 9-0; 4. Kristen DeStefano (Ont) 8-6; 5. Jamie Schombs (Eld)
7-0.
Weight throw (not a state event): 1. Robin Callan (MW) 46-5 1/2#; 2. Alyssa
Cambareri (MV) 40-2 1/4; 3. Lindsay Smith (MV) 35-0 1/2; 4. Diana Kornberg (MW)
34-9; 5. Liz Yntema (MV) 28-9; 6. Jamie Schombs (Eld) 27-11 1/2.