Story by Claire Stabbert
CALLICOON — The Eldred Yellowjackets girls and boys’ track and field teams put on extremely impressive performances and took first in the Section IX-Class D Track Championships on Thursday, May 24, at Middletown high school.
Christine Donnelly led the Lady Yellowjackets with three individual wins: the 800 (2:22.83), the 1500 (5:12.62) and 3000 (11:25.38). She also took part in the 1600 relay which took first and included Savanna Finck, Lauren Frey and Sarah Malzahn. The girls scored a time of 4:27.49.
Erika Browning, Breanna Brucher, and Lauren Frey were double winners at the meet. Browning led in both the long jump with 16-9 and triple jump with 33-91⁄2.
Teammate Breanna Brucher also placed first in both the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.31 and the pole vault with 10-3. Savannah Fink won the 400 hurdles with a time of 74.76 and was part of the girls’ 4x400 relay. Melissa McMonagle added to the first place wins with a score of 1,539 in the pentathlon.
On the boys’ side, Hunter Proscia took first in four events including the 1600 (4:43.99), 3200 (10:12.61), 3000 steeplechase (10:23.69) and was part of the winning 1600 relay.
Adrian Zrzysztofowicz was a double winner 110 and 400 hurdles with respective times of 16:40 and 59:64.
The 400, 1600, and 3200 relays were won as well by the Eldred boys. Members of the 400 relay, with a time of 46.60, included Doug Leek, Craig Burns, Zak Dilles, and Julian DeLeon. The 1600 relay consisted of Hunter Proscia, Doug Leek, Anthony Moriggia, and Julian Gottlieb and clocked 3:43.88. The 3200 relay, with a time of 9:27:48, was comprised of Alex Campanella, Matt Watts, Kevin Maas and Mathew Leskanik.
Section IX Track
Class D girls
Team scoring and key: 1. Eldred (Eld) 243 points; 2. John A. Coleman Catholic (JAC) 159; 3. Webutuck (Web) 149; 4. Chapel Field (CF) 77; 5. Livingston Manor (LM) 52.
100 meters: 1. Katherine Thompson (Web) 13.45; 2. Erika Bowring (Eld) 13.61; 4. Breanna Brucher (Eld) 13.86..
200: 1. Claire Markonic (Web) 27.89; 3. Breanna Brucher (Eld) 29.08; 4. Equasia Edwards (Eld) 29.77; 5. Ami Calo (LM) 29.77.
400: 1. Claire Markonic (Web) 62.47; 3. Savanna Finck (Eld) 67.57; 5. Sarah Malzahn (Eld) 69.37.
800: 1. Christine Donnelly (Eld) 2:22.83; 2. Shannon Gildea (JAC) 2:37.94; 5. Jessica Davis (Eld) 2:54.85.
1500: 1. Christine Donnelly (Eld) 5:12.62; 2. Shannon Gildea (JAC) 5:31.54; 4. Sarah Malzahn (Eld) 5:55.23.
3000: 1. Christine Donnelly (Eld) 11:25.38; 2. Taylor Tschinkel (JAC) 11:55.62; 5. Jessica Davis (Eld) 12:55.14; 6. Jessica Schips (Eld) 12:55.54.
100 hurdles: 1. Breanna Brucher (Eld) 17.31; 2. Kate Shults (JAC) 18.40; 4. Selena Hudak (Eld) 18.75; 5. Erika Poston (Eld) 18.94.
400 hurdles: 1. Savanna Finck (Eld) 74.76; 2. Kate Shults (JAC) 75.52; 5. Sarah Malzahn (Eld) 85.42.
2000 steeplechase: 1. Kate Shults (JAC) 7:38.99; 4. Sara Jane Drewett (Eld) 8:56.91; 5. Selena Hudak (Eld) 9:05.67.
400 relay: 1. Webutuck 53.52; 2. Chapel Field 53.58; 3. Livingston Manor (Ami Calo, Annaliese Gorr, Fern Mills, Cindy Zheng) 57.64; 4. Eldred 59.44.
1600 relay: 1. Eldred (Christine Donnelly, Savanna Finck, Lauren Frey, Sarah Malzahn) 4:27.49; 2. Chapel Field 4:32.90.
3200 relay: 1. Coleman 11:30.33; 2. Eldred (Jessica Davis, Jessica Schips, Sara Jane Drewett, Selena Hudak) 12:04.67.
High jump: 1. Megan McGowan (CF) 4-8; 2. Ami Calo (LM) 4-8; 3. Ashlynne Ratner (LM) 4-6; 4. Erika Poston (Eld) 4-6; 5. Erika Bowring (Eld) 4-6; 6. Equasia Edwards (Eld) 4-4.
Long jump: 1. Erika Bowring (Eld) 16-9; 2. Claire Markonic (Web) 14-8; 5. Fern Mills (LM) 12-9.
Triple jump: 1. Erika Bowring (Eld) 33-9.5; 2. Ami Calo (LM) 32-101⁄2; 6. Lauren Frey (Eld) 27-91⁄2.
Shot put: 1. Leslie Robertson (Web) 29-01⁄2; 2. Katherine Ellis (LM) 26-11.75.
Discus: 1. Betul Albayrak (Eld) 78-3; 2. Leslie Robertson (Web) 72-1; 4. Katherine Ellis (LM) 64-2; 6. Shannon Brucher (Eld) 55-4.
Pole vault: 1. Breanna Brucher (Eld) 10-3; 2. Lauren Frey (Eld) 7-0; 3. Sara Jane Drewett (Eld) 6-0.
Pentathlon: 1. Melissa McMonagle (Eld) 1,539 points; 2. Allie Steen (Web) 1,213; Erin Startup (Eld) 1,105; 6. Tiffany Reed (Eld) 278.
Class D boys
Team scoring and key: 1. Eldred (Eld) 219; 2. John A. Coleman Catholic (JAC) 202; 3. Livingston Manor (LM) 110; 4. Webutuck (Web) 77; 5. Chapel Field (CF) 47.
100 meters: 1. Craig Burns (Eld) 11.42; 2. Marco DiBella (JAC) 11.75; 3. Julian Gottlieb (Eld) 12.24; 4. Zak Dilles (Eld) 12.42; 6. Nick Zeimis (LM) 12.52.
200: 1. Marco DiBella (JAC) 23.08; 2. Craig Burns (Eld) 23.14; 4. Zak Dilles (Eld) 25.10; 5. Julian Gottlieb (Eld) 25.27; 6. Nick Zeimis (LM) 25.55.
400: 1. Marco DiBella (JAC) 52.10; 5. Matt Watts (Eld) 55.81; 6. Josh Enterman (LM) 60.66.
800: 1. Marco DiBella (JAC) 1:57.76; 3. Alex Campanella (Eld) 2:05.11; 5. Neal Mock (LM) 2:06.17.
1600: 1. Hunter Proscia (Eld) 4:43.99; 2. Alex Campanella (Eld) 4:47.12.
3200: 1. Hunter Proscia (Eld) 10:12.61; 2. Alex Campanella (Eld) 10:15.22; 5.Kevin Maas (Eld) 11:41.34.
110 hurdles: 1. Adrian Krzysztofowicz (Eld) 16.40; 2. Evan Ducker (JAC) 17.14; 3. Julian DeLeon (Eld) 18.52; 4. Doug Leek (Eld) 18.92; 5. Henry Wilkins (LM) 21.04; 6. Kyle Sherwood (LM) 21.19.
400 hurdles: 1. Adrian Krzysztofowicz (Eld) 59.64; 2. Evan Ducker (JAC) 62.78; 3. Doug Leek (Eld) 65.20; 4. Dharamhet Khangura (LM) 68.60; 5. Henry Wilkins (LM) 73.02; 6. Kyle Sherwood (LM) 73.37.
3000 steeplechase: 1. Hunter Proscia (Eld) 10:23.69; 2. Tyler Croizer (JAC) 13:56.02; 3. David Fletcher (JAC) 14:11.19.
400 relay: 1. Eldred (Doug Leek, Craig Burns, Zak Dilles, Julian DeLeon) 46.60; 2. Webutuck 49.23; 3. Livingston Manor (Josh Enterman, Dharamhet Khangura, Nick Rockwell, Kris Diacovo) 49.27.
1600 relay: 1. Eldred (Hunter Proscia, Doug Leek, Anthony Moriggia, Julian Gottlieb) 3:43.88; 2. Webutuck 3:48.14; 3. Livingston Manor (Zach Tciempedis, Henry Wilkins, Dharamhet Khangura, Neal Mock) 4:01.77.
3200 relay: 1. Eldred (Alex Campanella, Matt Watts, Kevin Maas, Mathew Leskanic) 9:27.48; 2. Chapel Field 9:34.60.
High jump: 1. Josh Collins (JAC) 5-10; 3. Dharamhet Khangura (LM) 5-0.
Long jump: 1. Josh Collins (JAC) 19-2; 2. Nick Zeimis (LM) 18-83⁄4; 4. Josh Enterman (LM) 17-73⁄4.
Triple jump: 1. Jace VanSteenburg (JAC) 39-7; 2. Craig Burns (Eld) 36-91⁄4; 3. Adrian Krzysztofowicz (Eld) 35-111⁄4; 5. Kyle Sherwood (LM) 32-31⁄4.
Shot put: 1. Josh Collins (JAC) 44-101⁄4; 3. Anthony Moriggia (Eld) 36-0; 5. Jesse Jurgens (LM) 32-103⁄4.
Discus: 1. Josh Collins (JAC) 118-7; 2. Matt McCrell (LM) 104-5; 3. Jesse Jurgens (LM) 103-1.
Pole vault: 1. Neal Mock (LM) 11-0; 2. Zach Tciempedis (LM) 9-6; 3. Julian Gottlieb (Eld) 9-6; 4. (tie) Julian DeLeon (Eld), Demitrius Miranda (LM) and Austin Hunt (JAC), 8-6.
Pentathlon: 1. Jake Bachor (JAC) 1,786 points; 2. Andrew Halloran (Eld) 1,606; 3. Tim Worzel (Eld) 1,279; 4. Jared DeLeon (Eld) 1,182.