Boys Preview
Boys 300m | |||||
State of the Action: A tale of two seedings here in the 300m, as the Invitational Section is missing one very notable name. Richard Rose (Boys & Girls) has entered the Varsity division of the event (We speculate it is because the event puts him in a better position to come back on a relay on the schedule), and could very well steal the thunder of the Invitational Section. But there is a lot of lightning ready to strike in that Invitational, as Rai Benjamin (Mount Vernon) and Izaiah Brown (Amsterdam) make up your state champions in the 300m over the past two years. They'll have Minkah Fitzpatrick (St. Peters, NJ) between them, who has hit 22.37 in the 200m. Not to be forgotten is US# 9 Christian Blades (Tilden) and US #10 Cody Housen (Mount Vernon). | |||||
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Top Athletes - Overall | |||||
Invitational
1 3191 Rai Benjamin Mt. Vernon
2 4785 Minkah Fitzpatrick St. Peters J
3 179 Izaiah Brown Amsterdam
4 3917 Mergaran Poleon Paul Robeson
5 3200 Cody Housen Mt. Vernon
6 289 elliott everett Bayside
7 4143 Devin Rose Poly Prep Co
8 2975 Rachi Jordan Middletown
9 513 Christopher William Bronx Law/Go
10 4402 Christan Blades Samuel J. Ti
Varsity
1 438 Richard Rose Boys & Girls
2 4403 Paul Clarke Samuel J. Ti
3 1079 Kemarni Mighty Clara Barton
4 3661 Andrew Dillon Norristown A
5 3659 Corey Davenport Norristown A
6 1917 denzel villamen Franklin K.
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Invite Boys 600m | |||||
State of the Action: US #4 and reigning NYS Champ Luke Germanokos (Lynbrook) will stack his 1:20.60 personal best up against unranked Christian Kildal-Brandt's (West Morris Mendham) personal best of 1:20.50. Also in the mix is US #13 Shavenes Robinson (Boys and Girls), who will look to attack that time as well. Will we see someone else in the nation break that 1:20 barrier? | |||||
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Top Athletes - Overall | |||||
1 5563 Christian Kidal-Brandt West Morris 2 2740 Luke Germanakos Lynbrook 3 437 Shavanes Robinson Boys & Girls 4 3994 Soham Kamat Penncrest 5 1540 Truvaurnie Proctor Dewitt Clint | |||||
Boys 1000m | |||||
State of the Action: Hiding as the ninth seed is US #2 over 600m, Kareem Jospeh (Clara Barton), fresh off his win at the MLK Games. He could come out and shock the leaders. Mike Grady (East Meadow) is currently US #7 in the event, and comes in as the top seed. The Shenendehowa duo of Mitch Halpern and Colin Rowe both have individual wins to their name this season, and will be looking to lower their season bests, while Colin Abert (Easton Area, PA) will look to channel his XC prowess for a big performance here as well. | |||||
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Top Athletes - Overall | |||||
1 5381 Charlie Theiss Ward Melvill 2 1581 Michael Grady East Meadow 3 4184 Jon Buck Pope John XX 4 4878 guzman juan Susan Wagner 5 4185 Chris Drace Pope John XX 6 1628 Colin Abert Easton Area 7 4513 Collin Rowe Shenendehowa 8 1470 Jordan Earlywine Delbarton 9 1076 Kareem Joseph Clara Barton 10 4510 Mitchell Halpern Shenendehowa | |||||
Boys Mile | |||||
State of the Action: An interesting cross section of Milers will fill out the field this weekend. Luke Gavigan (Tappan Zee) may not have had the race he would have wanted at the Millrose Trials, fading in the final stretches, but he more than made up for it with a 4:13 anchor split at Yale. Aidan Tooker (Saratoga) has a personal best of 4:18, which is around where Marco Pompilj (Collegiate) split for the DMR. Spencer Brown (Wilton, CT) comes in with the next best personal best of 4:11 for the full mile, and will set a tough standard for Gavigan. Kevin James (Cardinal O'Hara, PA) is right in the mix with his 4:12 full-mile personal best. Add in US #2 over 1000m, James Asselmyer (Arlington), and Joe Dragon (High Point, NJ) who took sixth at the Hispanic Games with a 4:15, and you have a field that could push as fast as that aforementioned Hispanic Games field. | |||||
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Top Athletes - Overall | |||||
1 5031 Luke Gavigan Tappan Zee 2 764 Kevin James Cardinal O'H 3 5820 Spencer Brown Wilton 4 225 James Asselmeyer Arlington 5 2293 Joe Dragon High Point 6 1292 Marco Pompilj Collegiate S 7 3035 Tyler Cox-Philyaw Millbrook 8 4433 Aidan Tooker Saratoga Spr 9 4291 Brendan Hoff Reynolds (Bc) 10 4288 Sean Phillips Regis 11 2450 Ryan Rafferty Jackson 12 1581 Michael Grady East Meadow | |||||
Boys 2-Mile | |||||
State of the Action: An interesting selection of distance runners make up the field in the 2-Mile. Kieran Tuntivate (Charter, DE) has already wrapped up his Millrose Mile qualification, and now moves on to the longer distance. Joe Dragon (High Point, NJ) is entered in both events, still in search of that distinction. Nick Ciolkowski (McQuaid) is the top entrant from New York, and more than held his own in XC. Craig Corti (Walkill Valley, NJ) ran with Marco Pompilj a few weeks prior, and will be looking to rectify the results at the New Balance Games. | |||||
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Top Athletes - Overall | |||||
1 831 Kieran Tuntivate Charter 2 2890 Nick Ciolkowski McQuaid Jesu 3 829 Kevin Murray Charter 4 4731 Paul Power Spring Ford 5 5364 Craig Corti Wallkill Val 6 2293 Joe Dragon High Point 7 4296 Clint Corso Ridgefield 8 4462 Greg Crowley Scarsdale | |||||
Boys Relays | |||||
State of the Action: The boys relays aren't any less loaded than the girls, as every event could bring new national leaders. Newburgh will highlight the 4x200m field as usual, looking to climb even higher on the All-Time lists. They'll run against solid teams in the event in any other year, but Newburgh has proven they are the team to beat in 2015. Paul Robeson and Tilden take on Penn Wood, PA in the 4x400m. With the National Lead still held by Union Catholic, NJ, everyone will be trying to break under 3:20. The 4x800m will feature PA's finest in Cardinal O'Hara and Abington, with strong competition from the Garden State. While the DMR may not have any standout anchor legs on tap, the most even paced squad come away with a challenge for the national lead. | |||||
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Top Athletes - Overall | |||||
4x200m
1 Newburgh 'A'
2 Mt. Vernon 'A'
3 Cheltenham 'A'
4 Penn Wood 'A'
5 Imhotep Charter Sch 'A'
6 Springfield Gardens 'A'
7 Delaware Valley Charter Sch 'A'
4x400m
1 Paul Robeson 'A'
2 Penn Wood 'A'
3 Samuel J. Tilden 'A'
4 C.H. Flowers 'A'
5 South Shore 'A'
6 Monroe Woodbury 'A'
4x800m
1 Cardinal O'Hara 'A'
2 Abington 'A'
3 Morris Hills 'A'
4 Pope John Xxiii 'A'
5 Haddonfield 'A'
6 Syosset 'A'
7 Arlington 'A'
Invite DMR
1 Penncrest 'A'
2 Northern Valley Old Tappan 'A'
3 Roslyn 'A'
4 Danbury 'A'
5 Collegiate School 'A'
6 Saint Joseph's Prep 'A'
7 Jackson 'A'
8 Avon Grove 'A'
9 Radnor 'A'
10 Pleasant Valley 'A'
11 Chatham 'A'
12 Mamaroneck 'A'
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