Fordham Prep Outdoor Track Newsletter 2001 click here for Previous Meets - go to Armorytrack.com for complete league results

Nationals: Southern Odyssey
The road trip was more memorable for, well, the road trip, but it was an interesting finale to a dream year for Fordham Prep.   The ups: Naclerio takes 9th with 180'6" toss, 4x100m relay races to fastest time of the year, with Idris Payne (see photo) replacing Dave Bailey.  The not-so-ups: dropped stick in 4x200m, 3:36.73 SMR, sub-par weekend for Mike Sangobowale, and rain delays the meet enough to force us to scratch the 4x400m.  

States: So Close!
3:20.59 for 4x400m just misses finals at State Champs
Gavin McMahon is 8th at States in 13'6"
Emenike (11.18), 4x100 (44.0) just miss finals
A superb race given the 4x400 wasn't pushed and won their heat by a large margin.  The fastest of 6 heats had all 8 qualifiers, with the Prep just missing the cut out of the second heat by a heart-wrenching .03 seconds!  3:20.59 has WON many previous State Meets!  
Obaro Emenike stumbled in his 100m semi, still ran the fastest time of any Soph at the meet!
Next (and final) stop, Nationals next week in Raleigh.

June 8-9, 2001 - NY State Championships, Mitchel Field, LI
4x400m Relay			Pole Vault			4x100m relay
Flucus	51.3		McMahon	13'6"  11th		Awofeso
Bailey	50.6		*top Soph*			Flucus
Dalton	49.8					Bailey
Payne	48.5		100m Dash			Emenike
9th Place	3:20.59		Emenike	11.16			44.19
			*top Soph*
June 15-16, 2001 - adidas National Champs - Raleigh, NC
Javelin			Sprint Medley	2-2-4-8		OK, so Idris could use some work on his stickpass, but the graduate leaves a legacy as captain of the first-ever Prep City Championship team, and gave the Prep some of the best 400s, 600s & 800s in recent memory.
Naclerio	180'6" 9th		Emenike	23.2
			Flucus	21.9
4x100m			Dalton	49.4
Awofeso			Payne	2:00.9
Flucus				3:36.73
Payne
Emenike			800m Relay
	43.79		Emenike	(dropped stick)
			Payne
Shot Put	fri		Dalton
Sangobowale	50'1.25"		Flucus
Discus	sat		4x400m
Sangobowale	133'9"		scratched-rain

*=medal winner; PR=personal record; ATP=All Time Prep

Track Notes
Did you know?? Mitchel Field (site of the NY State Champs) is named after Fordham Prep grad and former mayor of New York City John Pulroy Mitchel?

Updated 11/15/01 . E-Mail comments to Coach Febles