MileSplit HQ - The early season has been nothing short of bone-chilling. But as we begin to thaw out, we decided to take a look back at some of the teams who became fed up with old man winter, and traveled out into the world in search of good conditions.
NAAATT Relay Carnival - Trinidad and Tobago
Utilizing a connection between their coach at St. Anthony's, athletes from the Long Island Catholic School made the trek down to Trinidad and Tobago, just one week after their national title in the boys SMR. Once there, they would win the event once again, in 3:31.0, in a significant margin.
F 4x100 Meter Relay 1) 49.08
M 4x100 Meter Relay 1) 44.59
F 4x200 Meter Relay 1) 1:44.67
M 4x200 Meter Relay 1) 1:28.31
F 4x400 Meter Relay 1) 4:00.70
M 4x400 Meter Relay 1) 3:22.06
M Sprint Medley Relay 1) 3:31.70
F 800 Meter Sprint Medley Relay 1) 1:55.71
M 800 Meter Sprint Medley Relay 1) 1:37.25
USATF US Area Youth Olympic Selection Trials
Rai Benjamin and Paige Duca traveled to sunnny Florida this past weekend, to try and make the USATF Youth Olympic team. Duca came away with national leader in the 2k Steeple at 7:17.09, while Rai Benjamin took home the win over 400m hurdles in 53.32
Video courtesy of Steve Underwood, NSAF
ASICS Mt. Carmel Invitational
Iona Prep, and the Ursuline School traveled out to the warm beaches of San Diego, CA, to compete at the Mt. Carmel Invite. Highlights included a state leading 4x800m girls squad, winning the meet in 9:33.69. The boys took second in the pole vault, as well as taking first in the shot put.
Photos courtesy of Jan Mitchell
Ursuline
F 300 Meter Hurdles 23) Liz Dougherty 49.13
F 3,200 Meter Run 22) Colleen Rode 12:51.37
F 4x400 Meter Relay 30) 4:18.78
F 4x800 Meter Relay 1) 9:33.69
F Distance Medley Relay 5) 12:45.48
Iona Prep
M 200 Meter Dash 29) Jacob Lawrence 23.30
M 4x100 Meter Relay 35) 46.39
M 4x400 Meter Relay 16) 3:31.03
M 4x800 Meter Relay 11) 8:23.30
M Discus 6) Nicholas Todaro 135-10
M Distance Medley Relay 26) 11:35.71
M High Jump 9) Conor Fay 5-11
M Pole Vault 2) Ryan Herrera-Murphy 14-8
7) Matt Fay 13-8
9) Jahkeem Wheatley 13-2
M Shot Put 1) Andrew Cannistraci 49-7.5
3) Nicholas Todaro 45-3
6) Xavier Tyler 46-0
M Triple Jump 11) Josh Diakanwa 41-11
15) Obehi Adubor 40-6.75
Mobile Challenge of Champions
Newburgh took a select few down to the sprint heavy competition in Alabama, coming home with some podium finishes.
M 100 Meter Dash 11) Marc Ballamour 11.46
13) Jahnique Dessaline 11.50
M 200 Meter Dash 5) Blaine Billings 22.86
6) Ahkeil Savage 23.14
26) Jahnique Dessaline 23.64
M 400 Meter Dash 13) Adrian Young 52.06
17) Kinard Gaynor 52.40
M 4x100 Meter Relay 5) 43.39
M 4x400 Meter Relay 6) 3:25.65
Walt Disney World® Track & Field Open
Cardinal Hayes
M 100 Meter Dash 14) Justin Covington 11.43
M 200 Meter Dash 13) Ricardo Reid 23.03
M 400 Meter Dash 11) Ricardo Reid 52.45
36) Nicholas Mullings 54.99
41) Jordan Ingram 55.38
48) Nelson Rivera 56.63
M 800 Meter Run 14) Samuel Adarkwa 2:07.66
Poly Prep
F 100 Meter Hurdles 24) Alexia Santiago 20.10
25) Kyra Ahlmann 20.12
F 100 Meter Dash 55) Jada Baijnath 14.57
75) Annika Anderson 16.06
M 100 Meter Dash 12) Devin Rose 11.41
M 110 Meter Hurdles 9) Kaylin Warner 16.10
F 1,600 Meter Run 1) Ella Ketchum 5:22.00
4) Caitlin Pearson 5:33.75
13) Catherine Yuan 6:11.19
30) Lucy Foote 6:50.36
39) Kassidi Cheng 7:25.15
M 1,600 Meter Run 10) Peter Clark 4:44.58
22) Connor Pisano 4:55.99
40) Dennis Henneman 5:17.05
F 200 Meter Dash 41) Jada Baijnath 29.80
M 200 Meter Dash 14) Devin Rose 23.10
55) James Seaton 24.87
M 400 Meter Dash 16) Devin Rose 52.69
51) Stephen Chin 57.47
64) Nicholas Constantinesco 1:14.94
F 4x100 Meter Relay 18) 58.61
F High Jump 26) Kyra Ahlmann 4-3
M High Jump 11) Kaylin Warner 5-9
14) Thomas Clark 5-6
M Long Jump 14) James Seaton 20-4.75
32) Thomas Clark 18-2.5
49) Nicholas Constantinesco 11-3.25
F Triple Jump 7) Annika Anderson 33-2.25
21) Caitlin Pearson 29-9.5
M Triple Jump 6) James Seaton 43-0.25
29) Thomas Clark 38-1
34) Stephen Chin 35-11.75