Quarter Mile Clash Highlights New York Relays

Kyle Brazeil

Randall's Island, NY - Despite a break from competition on friday, the New York Relays proved to be the biggest meet in New York over the break, with over 100 national elites.  The sprinters flourished on Saturday, and the distance runners weren't afraid of the water.  Check out all the meet highlights below.

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All Races - Video Replay

   
Boys 100m
State of the Action:  Not even a tailwind could push the boys faster in the finals, but Dais took home the title.
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Top Athletes - Overall 
Finals                                                               
  1 Dais, Mustafaa               Hackley School           11.23   1.8
  2 Agyeman, Ernest              Dewitt Clinton           11.30   1.8
  3 Rose, Devin                  Poly Prep Co             11.50   1.8
  4 Bonner, Kyshawn              Windsor                  11.52   1.8
  5 Williams, Mario              Red Bank Regional        11.54   1.8
  6 Shomari, Shaka               Holy Trinity             11.56   1.8
  7 Snow, Nick                   Moses Brown              11.63   1.8
  8 Ngbokoli, Elijah             Hackley School           11.72   1.8
Preliminaries                                                      
  1 Shomari, Shaka               Holy Trinity             11.12q  1
  2 Dais, Mustafaa               Hackley School           11.20q  1
  3 Agyeman, Ernest              Dewitt Clinton           11.24q  2
  4 Ngbokoli, Elijah             Hackley School           11.25q  1
  5 Rose, Devin                  Poly Prep Co             11.29q  3
  6 Snow, Nick                   Moses Brown              11.36q  2
   
Girls 100m
State of the Action:  The cold atmosphere of Thursday oddly produced the better times, but Douglas defending her seed in the finals.
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Top Athletes - Overall 
Finals                                                               
  1 Douglas, Alexia              Brentwood                12.41   1.2
  2 Strunkey, Ariel              Taft Educati             12.43   1.2
  3 Oroyemi, Roslyn              Half Hollow              12.66   1.2
  4 jeffers, aliesha             Uniondale                12.68   1.2
  5 Thompson, Maya               Neptune                  12.76   1.2
  6 Williams, Rochelle           Middletown               12.77   1.2
  7 Parke, Leann                 Harry S. Truman          13.19   1.2
  8 Allen, Emma                  North Salem              13.23   1.2
Preliminaries                                                      
  1 Douglas, Alexia              Brentwood                12.14q  1
  2 Strunkey, Ariel              Taft Educati             12.58q  2
  3 Thompson, Maya               Neptune                  12.61q  3
  4 Williams, Rochelle           Middletown               12.64q  1
  5 jeffers, aliesha             Uniondale                12.86q  3
   
Boys 200m
State of the Action:   One to watch indoors, Oni heads outsdoors and opens with a win.
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Top Athletes - Overall 
Finals                                                               
  1 Oni, Semasa                  Middle College           22.03  -1.0
  2 Snow, Nick                   Moses Brown              22.35  -1.0
  3 Butcher, Corey               Middle College           22.40  -1.0
  4 Chestnut, Xavier             Red Bank Regional        22.60  -1.0
  5 Rush, Courtney               Windsor                  22.94  -1.0
  6 Sinclair, Sean               Campus Magnet            23.19  -1.0
   
Girls 200m
State of the Action:   The Strunkey sisters had been around the sprint scene for awhile, and now leave with a half-lap win.
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Top Athletes - Overall 
Finals                                                               
  1 Strunkey, Arianne            Taft Educati             24.96  -2.2
  2 June, Melissa                St. Anthony's            25.31  -2.2
  3 Henry, Jonel                 Middletown               25.51  -2.2
  4 Gordon, Phyllis              Neptune                  25.73  -2.2
  5 Herran, Alana                Mount St. Dominic        25.98  -2.2
  6 Lee, Kiana                   Irvington                26.16  -2.2
  7 Kenny, Mary Kate             Sacred Heart             26.23  -2.2
  8 Boynton, Destiny             Neptune                  26.41  -2.2
   
Boys 400m
State of the Action: Incredible mark for the early season, Richard Rose (National Champ Indoors) defeats Rai Benjamin (National Runner-up Indoors) in a state leading and US #3 performance.
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Top Athletes - Overall 
Finals                                                             
  1 Rose, Richard                Boys & Girls             47.21   1
  2 Benjamin, Rai                Mt. Vernon               47.67   1
  3 Poleon, Mergaran             Paul Robeson             48.85   1
  4 Kouyate, Mohamed             Taft Educati             49.59   1
  5 Guerrera, Trevor             Sachem East              49.73   2
  6 Rose, Devin                  Poly Prep Co             49.73   2
  7 Haughton, Robert             Saratoga Springs         50.30   1
  8 Bogle, Dikembe               South Shore              50.64   2
   
Girls 400m
State of the Action: With the race won in the last inches of the race, Dewitt Clinton's Umunakwae takes home gold.
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Top Athletes - Overall 
Finals                                                             
  1 Umunakwae, Dypna             Dewitt Clinton           57.54   1
  2 Lee, Kiana                   Irvington                57.62   1
  3 Dionisio, Becky              Middletown               57.89   2
  4 Wilson-jones, Yazmin         Port Richmond            58.06   1
  5 Fullwood, Chazmin            Young Womens             58.45   2
  6 Laforce, Torisha             Francis Lewis            58.71   2
  7 Perrier, Christina           Half Hollow              59.51   2
   
 
   
Boys 800m
State of the Action:  Bah powered down the home stretch in pursuit of holding on to his win, and finished first across the line.
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Top Athletes - Overall 
Finals                                                         
  1 Bah, Mohamed                 Curtis                 1:55.27
  2 Nathaniel, Nolan             Benjamin Banneker      1:56.29
  3 Pompilj, Marco               Collegiate School      1:58.67
  4 Verro, Joe                   Saratoga Springs       1:59.15
  5 Hinds, Rajay                 Windsor                1:59.61
  6 Pourshalchi, Scott           Roslyn                 1:59.79
  7 Boudreau, Kevin              Windsor                1:59.96
  8 Kotran, Josh                 Packer Colle           2:00.45
  9 Myers, Ethan                 Francis Lewis          2:00.65
 10 Marino, Andrew               Walter G. O'           2:00.91
 
 
   
Girls 800m
State of the Action:  Jurew has been dropping times significantly in the Outdoor season, moving to NY #2 with her win.
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Top Athletes - Overall 
Finals                                                         
  1 Jurew, Anna                  Nightingale-           2:16.37
  2 Lundy, Nia                   Benjamin Cardozo       2:16.89
  3 Bartello, Brianna            Laguna Hills           2:18.10
  4 Racette, Sophia              Nerinx Hall            2:19.15
  5 Piiru, Chandi                Mount St. Dominic      2:19.73
  6 Rojas, Nicole                Mount St. Mary         2:20.89
  7 Johnson, Jordon              John Jay-Cro           2:22.06
  8 Anderson, Katie              Nerinx Hall            2:22.15
   
   
   
Boys 400m Hurdles
State of the Action:  Watch the race replay with a stopwatch in hand, as Benjamin opens the first 200m faster than most would want in the open.
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Results 
Finals                                                             
  1 Benjamin, Rai                Mt. Vernon               54.26   1
  2 Nelson, Tobias               Brentwood                55.17   1
  3 Proctor, Truvaurnie          Dewitt Clinton           55.87   1
  4 Guerrera, Trevor             Sachem East              56.36   1
  5 Nguyen, Ryan                 Washingtonville          56.45   2
  6 mckenzie, syron              Sheepshead Bay           57.36   1
  7 Best, Rasheed                Middle College           57.76   4
  8 Patterson, Sean              Red Bank Regional        57.83   1
   
Girls 400m Hurdles
State of the Action:  Emma Gallagher takes her first stab at the event in the new year, and looks promising, closing in on 60-seconds already.
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Finals                                                             
  1 Gallagher, Emma              Garden City            1:02.05   1
  2 Boerke, Debbie               Washingtonville        1:03.47   1
  3 green, crystal               Uniondale              1:04.44   1
  4 Boerke, Jenn                 Washingtonville        1:05.23   1
  5 Lodge, Frances               Spence School          1:05.91   2
  6 Herran, Alana                Mount St. Dominic      1:06.66   1
  7 Shardow, Rasheedah           Hendrick Hudson        1:06.94   2
  8 Gibbons, Cassie              Brentwood              1:07.57   2
  9 Williams, Akua               Middletown             1:08.34   1
 
   
Boys 3200m
State of the Action:  Mike Watts successfully held off the quartet from Ridgefield, running to what would have been a state leader before Red Raiders on Wednesday.
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Finals                                                             
  1 Watts, Mike                  Islip                  9:24.83   1
  2 Hopper, Trevor               Ridgefield             9:29.10   1
  3 Phillips, Sean               Regis                  9:30.45   1
  4 Bordash, Will                Ridgefield             9:30.53   1
  5 Kenny, Hugh                  Poly Prep Co           9:30.63   1
  6 Chen, Eric                   Stuyvesant             9:31.94   1
  7 Buckley, Liam                Collegiate School      9:32.32   1
  8 Gilbert, Austin              Ridgefield             9:36.32   1
 
Girls 3000m
State of the Action:  Dissatisfied with the early pace, Gianna Frontera pulled away from the pack early, and with good reason.  She now leads the state over 3000m.
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Finals                                                             
  1 Frontera, Gianna             Newburgh              10:09.78   1
  2 Racette, Sophia              Nerinx Hall           10:15.57   1
  3 Ketchum, Ella                Poly Prep Co          10:15.69   1
  4 Duca, Paige                  Sacred Heart          10:21.90   1
  5 Gomba, Claire                Hackley School        10:24.45   1
  6 Gerland, Stephanie           Garden City           10:29.56   1
  7 wajid, aaliyah               Dewitt Clinton        10:30.12   1
  8 Nuttall, Gemma               John Jay-Cro          10:40.25   2
  9 Gerland, Jennifer            Garden City           10:40.74   1
 
Boys 110 Hurdles
State of the Action:  Sidney Gibbons is out to prove his indoor performance was no fluke, as he shoots out to become the state leader.
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Finals                                                               
  1 Gibbons, Sidney              Monsignor McClancy       14.47   0.2
  2 Gordon, Khevaughn            Dewitt Clinton           14.65   0.2
  3 deslande, powell             Sheepshead Bay           14.65   0.2
  4 joseph, axel                 Sheepshead Bay           15.33   0.2
  5 McFadden, Aaron              Walter G. O'             15.35   0.2
  6 Best, Rasheed                Middle College           15.38   0.2
  7 fadairo, adeniyi             Susan Wagner             16.11   0.2
  8 Warner, Kaylin               Poly Prep Co             16.31   0.2
 
Girls 100m Hurdles
State of the Action:  Ariana Wilson takes home the win, after a faster preliminary heat.
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Finals                                                               
  1 Wilson, Ariana               Neptune                  14.73   1.7
  2 Broughton, Shayla            Middle College           14.98   1.7
  3 Parke, Leann                 Harry S. Truman          15.41   1.7
  4 Birch, Eboni                 Campus Magnet            15.45   1.7
  5 Anderson, Nicole             St. Anthony's            15.60   1.7
  6 Shardow, Rasheedah           Hendrick Hudson          15.68   1.7
  7 Matta, Aliyah                Newburgh                 17.35   1.7
Preliminaries                                                      
  1 Wilson, Ariana               Neptune                  14.67q  2
  2 Broughton, Shayla            Middle College           14.79q  1
  3 Parke, Leann                 Harry S. Truman          15.24q  3
  4 Stewart, Kadiejah            Bloomfield               15.33q  2
 
Boys Steeple
State of the Action:  Alex Shodai capitalized on the pedestrian early pace, and kicked his way to victory.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Shodai, Alex                 Middletown             6:27.56
  2 Smith, Ben                   John Jay-Cro           6:31.39
  3 Acito, Jake                  North Salem            6:32.72
  4 Mosher, Steven               Walter G. O'           6:33.82
  5 Freestone, Brent             Saratoga Springs       6:37.41
  6 Nohilly, Eion                John Jay-Cro           6:38.29
  7 Patsy, Matt                  Sachem East            6:43.28
  8 Ray, Logan                   Patriot                6:57.58
  9 Martinez, Anthony            Francis Lewis          7:04.89
 
Girls Steeple
State of the Action:  Coming all the way from California proved worthwhile, as Marissa Bartello walks away with a coveted NY Relays plaque.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Bartello, Marissa            Laguna Hills           7:16.25
  2 Gerland, Jennifer            Garden City            7:31.67
  3 Fisher, Laurel               Garden City            7:36.79
  4 Portelli, Julianna           Barrington             7:38.39
  5 Nohilly, Brooke              John Jay-Cro           7:38.94
  6 Nohilly, Kathryn             John Jay-Cro           7:40.20
  7 Stevensen, Julia             Hackley School         7:40.99
  8 DiIorio, Alexa               Ursuline School        7:44.93
  9 Kates, Hannah                Friends Seminary       7:55.22
 
Boys SMR
State of the Action:  Colts Neck of NJ closed well on the final leg, winning the relay in less than glamorous conditions.
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Finals                                                             
  1 Colts Neck  'A'                                     3:33.56   1
     1) Conforti, Frank                 2) Pari, Matt              
     3) Gold, Brandon                   4) Chehanske, Colin        
  2 Saratoga Springs  'A'                               3:35.26   1
     1) Haughton, Robert                2) Verro, Joe              
     3) Anderson, Nick                  4) O'Neill, Will           
  3 Washingtonville  'A'                                3:37.29   1
     1) Santiago, TJ                    2) Miesner, Josh           
     3) Stein, Branden                  4) Nguyen, Ryan            
  4 Sachem East  'A'                                    3:39.17   2
     1) Deshpande, Utsav                2) Guerrera, Trevor        
     3) Leone, Ryan                     4) Stensland, Tyler        
  5 Ridgefield  'A'                                     3:39.23   2
     1) Franco, Andrew                  2) Barile, James           
     3) Keating, Johnathan              4) Sogaard, Kristian       
  6 Brentwood  'A'                                      3:39.93   1
     1) Abubakar, Abdul                 2) Nelson, Tobias          
     3) Smith, Donovan                  4) Sainnoval, Malik       
 
Girls SMR
State of the Action:  Anna Flynn splits 2:15 to put her relay back in a race, winning overall.
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Finals                                                             
  1 Ursuline School  'A'                                4:13.08   1
     1) Dougherty, Liz                  2) Dunbar, Bryanna         
     3) Schenk, Siobhan                 4) Flynn, Anna             
  2 Windsor  'A'                                        4:15.68   1
     1) Hinds, Sashana                  2) Milliner, Danielle      
     3) Robinson, Sharay                4) Brown, Brittney         
  3 Newburgh  'A'                                       4:16.52   1
  4 Half Hollow Hills East  'A'                         4:16.89   1
     1) Perrier, Christina              2) Keschner, Lauren        
     3) Chimezie, Mary                  4) Ribeiro, Amanda         
  5 Brentwood  'A'                                      4:23.92   1
     1) Almonacy, Nastia                2) Gibbons, Cassie         
     3) Douglas, Alexia                 4) Robinson, Shiseido      
  6 Francis Lewis  'A'                                  4:26.36   2
     1) Laforce, Torisha                2) Bolouvi, Karen          
     3) Francis, Robyn                  4) Poon, Carmen          
 
Boys 4x100m
State of the Action:  Newburgh lit up the track in the prelims, then solidified their stature in the finals, with a new state leader.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Newburgh  'A'                                         42.21
  2 Middle College  'A'                                   42.53
  3 Samuel J. Tilden  'A'                                 42.63
  4 Hackley School  'A'                                   42.65
  5 Clara Barton  'A'                                     43.65
  6 Windsor  'A'                                          43.94
  7 Danbury  'A'                                          45.15
 
Girls 4x100m
State of the Action:  Medgar Evers is looking to defend their state title, and the baton passing proved their practice.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Middle College  'A'                                   48.17
  2 St. Anthony's  'A'                                    48.64
  3 Neptune  'A'                                          48.68
  4 Taft Educational Campus  'A'                          49.04
  5 Dewitt Clinton  'A'                                   49.46
  6 Middletown  'A'                                       49.82
  7 Elmont  'A'                                           50.35
 
Boys 4x400m
State of the Action:  It would be hard to deny the talent in the city, with a 48.5 opening leg, followed by Richard Rose in 46.63.  The quartet battled to the line, winning the 1600m relay.
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Finals                                                              
  1 Boys & Girls  'A'                                   3:22.03   1
     1) Rose, Richard                   2) Moore, Michael           
     3) Robinson, Shavanes              4) Merceus, Donald          
  2 Red Bank Regional  'A'                              3:22.16   1
     1) Reeves, Scottie                 2) Williams, Mario          
     3) Patterson, Sean                 4) Chestnut, Xavier         
  3 Samuel J. Tilden  'A'                               3:23.06   1
     1) Baptiste, Kyle                  2) Applewhite, Kwasie       
     3) Blades, Christan                4) John, Nathan             
  4 Mt. Vernon  'A'                                     3:23.29   1
     1) Housen, Cody                    2) Brown, Akiem             
     3) Romney, Robert                  4) Casterlin, Justin        
  5 Clara Barton  'A'                                   3:23.53   1
     1) Griffiths, Ronaldo              2) Joseph, Kareem           
     3) Brown, Mawali                   4) Mighty, Kemarni          
  6 Newburgh  'A'                                       3:25.26   1
     1) Haughton, Lindon                2) Gaynor, Kinard           
     3) Young, Adrian                   4) Savage, Ahkiel          
 
Girls 4x400m
State of the Action:  Down to the wire it went, as Wilson outleaned Half Hollow Hills for the win.  HHH-E still set a state leading mark.
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Finals                                                             
  1 Windsor  'A'                                        3:56.28   1
     1) Milliner, Danielle              2) Robinson, Sharay        
     3) McDonald, Annicka               4) Hinds, Sashana          
  2 Half Hollow Hills East  'A'                         3:56.41   1
     1) Chimezie, Mary                  2) Perrier, Christina      
     3) Keschner, Lauren                4) Ribeiro, Amanda         
  3 Middletown  'A'                                     3:58.76   1
     1) Dionisio, Becky                 2) Williams, Akua          
     3) Zollner, Keyana                 4) Henry, Jonel            
  4 Newburgh  'A'                                       3:59.44   1
     1) Garner, Shakira                 2) Kalleigh, Forrester     
     3) Russell, Erica                  4) Senior, Ashlie          
  5 Dewitt Clinton  'A'                                 4:03.07   1
     1) Callander, Dejeour              2) Umunakwae, Dypna        
     3) pitters, derica                 4) wood, tameka            
  6 St. Anthony's  'A'                                  4:03.18   1
     1) Goldman, Erica                  2) June, Melissa           
     3) Mincone, Gianna                 4) Taylor, Asia        
 
Boys 4x1600m
State of the Action:  Always in the race, Sachem North took home victory in the long relay.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Sachem North  'A'                                  17:45.32
     1) Garcia-Cassani, Isaac           2) Coccia, Anthony     
     3) Lauer, Jonathan                 4) Onken, John         
  2 Fordham Prep  'A'                                  17:46.21
     1) Prunty, Joseph                  2) Newton, Franklin    
     3) Miano, Mike                     4) Lundy, Conor        
  3 Xavier  'A'                                        18:18.89
     1) Berka, Jordan                   2) Kaufmann, Eliot     
     3) Vazquez, Louis                  4) Rice, John          
  4 Midwood  'A'                                       18:27.81
     1) Egbunam, Ike                    2) Bonfilis, Brandon   
     3) Zolotarevsky, Jacob             4) Hector, Billy       
  5 Stuyvesant  'A'                                    18:33.39
     1) Puopolo, Andrew                 2) Zhang, Andy         
     3) Chen, Eric                      4) Karson, Jeremy      
  6 Collegiate School  'A'                             18:47.90
     1) Ziebold, Will                   2) Farley, Jack        
     3) Chang, Luke                     4) Buckley, Liam      
 
Girls 4x1600m
State of the Action:  Running for a spot at Nationals, Ursuline set a meet record in winning.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Ursuline School  'A'                               21:19.72
     1) Tobia, Kiera                    2) Donahue, Nora       
     3) DiIorio, Alexa                  4) Flynn, Anna         
  2 St. Anthony's  'A'                                 22:17.70
     1) Bohan, Shea                     2) Mincone, Gianna     
     3) Worth, Delaney                  4) Leo, Stephanie      
  3 Mount St. Mary  'A'                                23:57.69
     1) Donegan, Lindsay                2) Dyke, Kerry         
     3) McGann, Abigail                 4) O'Connor, Kelly     
  4 Woodstown  'A'                                     24:33.89
     1) O'Kane, Kelly                   2) Deibel, Brooke      
     3) Gallatig, Isabel                4) Fisher, Sarah       
 
Boys Pole Vault
State of the Action:  Flying over record after record, James Deutmeyer not only set a state leader, as well as an Icahn Stadium record, he also took three good shots at the NYS Catholic record of 16-4.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Deutmeyer, James             Fordham Prep          16-00.25
  2 Adekoya, Rahman              John F. Kennedy       14-00.00
  2 Crispi, Joe                  Monsignor Farrell     14-00.00
  4 Andino, Illich               Middletown            13-00.00
  4 Conboy, Thomas               Saratoga Springs      13-00.00
 
Girls Discus
State of the Action:  Another Icahn Stadium record, this time for Rhode Island's Alva Hicks in the Discus.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Hicks, Alva                  Classical               140-07
  2 Insingo, Kristina            Holy Trinity            125-09
  3 Taylor, Jada                 Neptune                 123-10
  4 Mitchell, Taniya             Mt. Vernon              117-00
  5 Donadio, Bianca              Classical               114-10
  6 edwards, kourtney            Susan Wagner            109-10
  7 minew, elaine                Susan Wagner             99-08
  8 Roach, Leah                  Longwood                 90-07
 
Boys Javelin
State of the Action:  Hendrick Hudson goes 1-2 in the Javelin, putting both atop the leader list.
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Finals                                                         
  1 O'Brien, Jack                Hendrick Hudson         187-11
  2 Gabrielsen, Mike             Hendrick Hudson         185-01
  3 Wright, Ethan                Narragansett            181-11
  4 Putnam, John                 Massapequa              179-00
  5 Hurley, Alfred               Collegiate School       167-07
  6 Blajeski, Nick               Monsignor McClancy      166-10
  7 Bacchus, Joseph              Samuel J. Tilden        157-08
  8 Yanni, Anthony               Xavier                  140-08
 
Boys High Jump
State of the Action:  Justin Sicari made three strong attempts at the Icahn Record of 6-9, but walked away with a state leader in the high jump.
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Finals                                                         
  1 Sicari, Justin               Monsignor Farrell      6-07.00
  2 Walker, Joshua               Windsor                6-02.00
  3 Chin, Natawi                 Evander Childs        J6-02.00
  4 Ramsay, Chevon               Dewitt Clinton         6-00.00
  5 Modeste, Tearson             Sheepshead Bay        J6-00.00
  6 cameron, collis              Thomas Jefferson      J6-00.00