Fordham Prep Indoor Track Newsletter 2003
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NATIONAL DMR CHAMPIONS!
NATIONAL 4X800 CHAMPIONS!

3/14-16/03 - 20th Anniversary National Scholastic Championships - Armory Track & Field Center

An historic weekend for Fordham Prep

On Friday, March 14th, the Distance Medley won the National Indoor Championship in an exciting race that saw 12 teams in contention for the win with 4 laps to go.  

On Saturday, March 15th, Senior Obaro Emenike broke the school record in the 200m dash for his 11th school record overall.

On Sunday, March 15th, the quartet of Dalton, Sans, McCabe and Fernandez returned to capture their 2nd National title, this time in the 4x800m relay.  In addition, Gavin McMahon captured an incredible season with a 3rd place finish in the Pole Vault

Photo Album by Kim Spir:  Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3
Distance Medley 4x800m Pole Vault
Fernandez 3:11.7* Dalton 1:58.1* McMahon 14'6"*
Sans :51.6* Sans 1:58.9*PR 3rd Place
Dalton 1:57.7* McCabe 1:57.8*
McCabe 4:18.9*PR Fernandez 1:55.5*PR 200m Dash
10:19.98 7:50.36 Emenike 22.79
National Champions! National Champions! New School Record!
New School Record! New School Record! Holder 23.64
4x400m Relay
Sans 52.4
Holder 51.7
Fernandez 50.4
Dalton 52.6
3:27.1
Friday: The DMR
Leadoff: Jose Fernandez found himself in a 16 team field, in a slow 2:09 800m pace, and kicked in a 62 second last 400 to handoff in 2nd, just off the lead; Greg Sans went right after the leader, and stuck on his shoulder the entire trip, splitting 51.6 virtually all in the 2nd lane; Conrad Dalton, in his first race in 5 weeks following a devastating bout with pneumonia, was a real question mark, But he came thru with a fine 1:57.7 leg, handing off 2nd to Pennsylvania's Cardinal O'Hara, whose 3rd leg ran 1:53; Brian McCabe sat on O'Hara Steve Hallinan for 3 laps, then edged into the lead just as the pack of 10 teams caught up.  With 4 to go, any one of 12 teams could have won from the massive lead pack.  But here, Brian's experience paid off as he calmly tossed in a crippling 65 second 3rd 400m, shaking everyone but Hallinan.  The final 400 was all guts as Brian closed in 63 seconds to pull away for Fordham Prep's 1st-ever relay National Championship.		 Sunday: The 4x800m
The coaches flip-flopped on the order all weekend, and finally settled on Conrad's speed at leadoff.  He went right to the lead and held it for 2 laps, handing off even with 1st, in a time of 1:58.1;  Greg Sans has been showing the benefits of experience as he displayed  patience and poise in clocking a PR 1:58.9.  Brian McCabe's job was to bust the race open and that's just what he did.  His split of 1:57.8 gave Jose a 3 second lead. There was never any doubt.  Jose took it out fast and never let the door open.  A blistering 1:55.5 anchor keeps the National champs undefeated in the 4x800 this year, and caps a year that saw success no one could have banked on!