By Rob Potter
LOCH SHELDRAKE — February 21, 2003 – The Sullivan West girls’ indoor track team scored a major victory in last Thursday’s Sullivan County Indoor Track Championship.
The SW girls won the team event, scoring 98 points to second place Tri-Valley’s 75. The Lady Bulldogs ended a streak of 16 consecutive county indoor track titles for the Lady Bears.
Keying the win for SW was Jessica Wagner. She won the 55 meter dash in a time of 7.9 seconds, won the 300 meter dash in 47.8 seconds and was a member of the Lady Bulldog 4X400 meter relay team that posted a meet-best time of 4:51.8.
In addition, the SW 4X800 meter relay team – consisting of Andrea Wagner, Kim Parks, Erin Rosenberger and Eleanor Bryan – won that event in a time of 12:54. Ashley Relyea captured first place in the high jump, with a height of 4’6.
Pacing the second-place Lady Bears was junior Heather Iatauro. She won three events: 1,000 meter run (3:28.8), 1,500 meter run (4:57.2) and 3,000 meter run (11:10). Teammate Candace Carroll took the 600 meter dash with a time of 1:58.4.
Rounding out the girls’ team standings were 3. Ellenville 54 points, 4. Liberty 46, 5. Monticello 36 and 6. Eldred 12.
On the boys’ side, Ellenville won the competition with 99 points. Liberty was second as the Indians scored 77 points.
Leading Liberty was senior Matt Manzi. He scored individual victories in the 1,000 meter run (2:57.3) and 1,600 meter run (5:10) as well as running the anchor leg for the first place 4X400 relay team that finished the race in 3:55.6.
Also helping the Indians to their second place finish were Renauld Buck, who won the shot put competiion by putting the shot a distance of 47’ 5”, and the 4X800 relay team of Nelson Jennings, Jacob Schwartz, Justin Tate and Chris Goldsmith. They won that event with a time of 10:28.5.
Sullivan West (SW) earned 75 points to finish third in the team results. Monticello (34 points) was fourth, followed by Eldred (33) and Tri-Valley (30).
The top performers from all of the events are as follows:
Boys
4X400 Relay: 1. Liberty (Chris Goldsmith, Jacob Schwartz, Eric Parkhurst, Matt Manzi), 3:55.6; 2. Sullivan West, 3:57.1; 3. Ellenville, 4:14.7.
55 Meter Hurdles: 1. Adam Wilson, T-V, 8.65; 2. Eric Parkhurst, Liberty, 8.66; 3. Cary Klemm, SW, 9.28; 4. Ed Hubbert, Ellenville, 9.34; 5. Rob Kautz, SW, 9.82.
Shot Put: 1. Renauld Buck, Liberty, 47’ 5”; 2. Joe Ackermann, SW, 41’ 2”; 3. Brian Daboul, Eldred, 40’ 3”; 4. Bryan Sandler, SW, 37’ 2 1/2”; 5. Brandon Conklin, TV, 36’ 11 3/4”; 6. Steve VanTuyl, Eldred, 36’ 8 1/2”.
High Jump: 1. Billy Maerling, Ellenville, 5’9”; 2. Catlin Sardina, Eldred, 5’6”; 3. Jessie Dinnerstein, Liberty, 5’2”; 4. James Holbrook, Ellenville, 5’0”; 5. Hugh Campbell, Monticello, 4’ 10”.
3,200 Meter Run: 1. Tim Billias, Monticello, 11:28.2; 2. Jeremy Mathsen, T-V, 11:32; 3. Catlin Sardina, Eldred, 11:44; 4. Trevor Kreznar, SW, 12:01; 5. Corey Price, Monticello, 12:09; 6. Jacob Schwartz, Liberty, 12:24.6.
1,000 Meter Run: 1. Matt Manzi, Liberty, 2:57.3; 2. Tim Billias, Monticello, 2:58.5; 3. Kyle Anthony, Eldred, 3:04.7; 4. Chris Goldsmith, Liberty, 3:12; 5. Doug Rock, Ellenville, 3:14.8; 6. Rob Kautz, SW, 3:15.2.
1,600 Meter Run: 1. Matt Manzi, Liberty, 5:10; 2. Adam Wilson, TV, 5:21.9; 3. Trevor Kreznar, SW, 5:30; 4. Catlin Sardina, Eldred, 5:43.6; 5. Corey Price, Monticello, 5:49.2; 6. Paul Giovianello, Ellenville, 6:02.5.
4X800 Meter Relay: 1. Liberty (Nelson Jennings, Jacob Schwartz, Justin Tate, Chris Goldsmith) 10:28.5; 2. Ellenville, 10:29.7; 3. SW, 12:58.
55 Meter Dash: 1. Cary Klemm, SW, 6.8; 2. Travis Cumming, Ellenville, 6.8; 3. Matt Smith, Ellenville, 6.9; 4. Billy Maerling, Ellenville, 7.2; 5. Tom Kentop, Ellenville, 7.4; 6. Jesse Dinnerstein, Liberty, 7.41.
600 Meter Run: 1. James Holbrook, Ellenville, 1:36.9; 2. Tim Billias, Monticello, 1:38.1; 3. Artie Ward, SW, 1:39.5; 4. Ed Hubbert, Ellenville, 1:42; 5. Kyle Anthony, Eldred, 1:49.1; 6. Angelo Cracchiolo, Monticello, 1:52.7.
300 Meter Dash: 1. Travis Cumming, Ellenville, 40.2; 2. Artie Ward, SW, 42.29; 3. Matt Smith, Ellenville, 42.7; 4. James Holbrook, Ellenville, 43.7; 5. Adam Wilson, T-V, 44.2; 6. Angelo Cracchiolo, Monticello, 45.8.
4X200 Relay: 1. Ellenville (Brian Collier, Travis Cumming, Tom Kentop, Matt Smith) 1:48.5; 2. Liberty, 2:01.1; 3. SW, 2:06.8.
Girls
4X400 Meter Relay: 1. SW (Amanda West, Kim Parks, Andrea Wagner, Jess Wagner) 4:51.8; 2. T-V, 4:57.3; 3. Ellenville, 4:58.9.
1,000 Meter Run: 1. Heather Iatauro, T-V, 3:28.8; 2. Courtney Roosa, T-V, 3:49.7; 3. Michelle Manzi, 3:50.8; 4. Kayla Garger, Monticello, 3:55.6; 5. Erin Rosenberger, SW, 4:05.2; 6. Jene Schafer, Eldred, 4:24.2.
1,500 Meter Run: 1. Heather Iatauro, T-V, 4:57.2; 2. Amanda Ward, SW, 6:10.3; 3. Andrea Wagner, SW, 6:31.
High Jump: 1. Ashley Relyea, SW, 4’6”; 2. Ann Berger, Ellenville, 4’2”; 3. Megan Baxter, Liberty, 4’2”; 4. Nikki Hammond, Eldred, 3’10”; 5. Jene Schafer, Eldred, 3’10”.
3,000 Meter Run: 1. Heather Iatauro, T-V, 11:10; 2. Amanda Ward, SW, 13:35; 3. Eleanor Bryan, SW, 13:48.
55 Meter Dash: 1. Jessica Wagner, SW, 7.9; 2. Jenna Widmann, Monticello, 8.1; 3. Jen Frey, Ellenville, 8.2; 4. Megan Baxter, Liberty, 8.3; 5. Tiffany Wright, T-V, 9.0; 6. Becky Bruning, Eldred, 9.1.
300 Meter Dash: 1. Jessica Wagner, SW, 47.8; 2. Candace Carroll, T-V, 49.4; 3. Kayleigh Crawford, Ellenville, 49.7; Megan Baxter, Liberty, 50.4; 5. Erin Simpson, Liberty, 50.5; 6. Sara Irwin, Ellenville, 50.7.
4X800 Meter Relay: 1. SW (Andrea Wagner, Kim Parks, Erin Rosenberger, Eleanor Bryan), 12:54; 2. T-V, 13:57.18.
55 Meter Hurdles: 1. Vicki Hufnagel, Ellenville, 9.15; 2. Erin Simpson, Liberty, 9.9; 3. Kyamie Oquenda, Ellenville, 10.86; 4. Nicki Hammonds, Eldred, 11.44.
600 Meter Dash: 1. Candace Carroll, T-V, 1:58.4; 2. Kayla Gager, Monticello, 2:02.9; 3. Erin Simpson, Liberty, 2:05.3; 4. Kim Parks, SW, 2.06; 5. Michelle Manzi, Liberty, 2.08; 6. Melynda O‘Neill, T-V, 2:10.5.
Shot Put: 1. Shannon Dietrich, Monticello, 33’9”; 2. Andrea Kavleski, Liberty, 32’11 1/2”; 3. Erica Sanford, Monticello, 32’3 1/4”; 4. Stephanie Lynch, SW, 29’11”; 5. Ashley Relyea, SW, 28’5”; 6. Kyanne Oquendo, Ellenville, 25’.
4X200 Meter Relay: 1. Ellenville (Vicki Hufnagel, Kayleigh Crawford, Jen Frey, Danielle Fox), 2:07; 2. SW, 2:19.