NYSPHSAA - NY State Championships 2009

Jim Wharton of the famed Wharton Performance Clinic illustrates how to perform some dynamic piriformis stretching techniques. Wharton Performance has helped with flexibility and preventing injuries on every level from children to Olympians. His camp even set up shop at the Olympic Trials this summer and worked on everyone from Miki and Lisa Barber to Lopez Lomong.

Welcome to episode nine of our weekly webcast, Jack on Track presented by Super Runners Shop. Here we bring you our very own Jack Pfeifer and Christopher Hunt discussing all things track and field every Wednesday at 3pm.

Emily Lipari wins 1500m over very deep field.

Alex Hatz (Fayetteville-Manlius) wins in a very fast 2:27.86 over strong field.

Chris Carrington wins the NY State title but is later DQ'd for running inside the line before the break line at the, so Jordan Hamm is awarded the title.

Jermaine Browne of Medgar Evers makes it look easy as he wins his first state title in 34.42

Mt. Vernon girls beat Benjamin Cardozo for the NYS Federation title.

A close race all the way until the end as Warwick Valley wins over HHH West and Fordham Prep.

Darryl Bradshaw of Sheepshead Bay win the State title.

Newburgh and Benjamin Cardozo battle all the way in the girls 4x400m.

Bronxville girls beat Garden City to win another state title

Madalayne Smith of Saratoga Springs wins the first of her two state titles.

Madalayne Smith wins her 2nd State title of the day in the 55m hurdles over Lateisha Philson of Benjamin Cardozo.

Charlene Lipsey of Hempstead edged Claudia Francis of Benjamin Cardozo to win the 600m state title.

Zavior Brown of Pine Bush wins the state title after Terrance Livingston drops out 300m into the race.

Bobby Andrews wins the state title with a huge kick over the final lap - 9:13.67

Emily Menges of Garden City wins going away but a great battle take place behind her for 2nd place.

Pictures form Cornell University of the NY State Championships

Pictures of the girls NY State Champs from Ithaca, NY

The final installment of the US and NY State cross country team rankings.

The best of NY State come together at Cornell University this weekend for the NY State Federation Championships. The best athletes from the CHSAA, PSAL, AIS, and NYSPHSAA will battle for the state championships.

MileSplit US affiliate, ArmoryTrack.com, will be providing in-depth coverage of this weekend's New York State Indoor Championships being held in Ithaca at Cornell University. The state of New York has some of the best athletes in the country from this indoor season including several US leaders and many US top 10 performers who will be going head to head in several showcase events this weekend. NY State Indoor Championships - Boys Preview NY State Indoor Championships - Girls Preview NY State Indoor Championships - Meet Entries NY State Indoor Championships - Meet Information

Flash highlights and results from Ithaca, NY

The New York girls showed up the New York boys as the performances in the second half of the New York State Indoor Championships have been quite impressive with two US #1 performances and a freshmen national record. Lancaster's Melissa Kurzdorfer was the current US leader in the shot put and went ahead to improve her season best in the event at Cornell with a big throw of 48'2.25".  Kurdorfer, a junior, is now a three-time New York indoor state champion in the event. The girls distance races have been stellar today as well in Ithaca. Roslyn junior Emily Lipari, the current US leader in the 3K at 9:50, became the nation's fastest at 1500 meters as well with a 4:32.59 victory. 1500 runner-up Shelby Greany of Suffern was just three seconds off Lipari's US #1 time in the 3K as she kicked it in for a strong 9:53 win. A rising star is found at Colonie High School in freshmen Kyle Plante (pictured left by Tim Fulton) as she defeated a strong field in the 300 meter dash including previous US #3 performer Chamique Francis with a US #2 38.53 performance. More impressively, her time shattered the high school freshmen national record in the event. More... Meet Results: Boys - Girls Meet Articles by Chris Hunt of ArmoryTrack.com:  Boys - Girls Photo Galleries by Tim Fulton of ArmoryTrack.com: Boys Events (615 photos total) - Girls Events (535 photos total)

ITHACA – Fayetteville Manilus junior Alex Hatz had all the looks off an athlete racing against himself. The win didn’t quite become a secondary matter but if he ran the way he knew he could then victory came with the package. “I wanted to lead from the gun,” he said. “I wanted to be aggressive.”

ITHACA – Lancaster’s Melisssa Kurzdorfer slammed her hands together and stormed out the throwing circle. It was the type of celebration that showed her adrendaline and frustration. It was the type of celebration that says, “Well, it’s about time.”

Videos from 15 different races at the NY State Championships held last weekend in Ithaca, NY.