Spring Track Newsletter April 30-May 3, 1992

On a weekend that finally gave us spring-like weather, the Prep inaugurated the championship season of May with a flood of personal bests and medals – 39 to be exact. Fordham placed second in both divisions of the Jesuit Champs and fourth at the Sophomore Sectionals – a nice prelude to the tough competition that lies ahead.

Freshman/Sophomore Sectional Championships – Randall’s – 4/30/92

Sophomore 3200 Meter Run		Sophomore 800 Meter Relay
Tom O’Dea	10:49.4* 2^nd	Anthony White	:27.4/:27.0 PR
Chris Ketcham	11:53.4	Charon Darris	:26.5/:25.8 PR
		Dan Cavanaugh	:27.1/:28.0 PR
Sophomore 1600 Meter Run		Ashley Saunders	:25.9/:26.2 PR
John Fink	5:11.3	4^th Place	1:46.9/1:46.9
Pete Canale	5:21.3
Jim Purekal	5:34.2	Sophomore 1600 Meter Relay
		a) Mike Casey	:57.5*PR
Sophomore 800 Meter Run		James Dongallo	:58.6*PR
John Fitzpatrick	2:12.5	John Fitzpatrick	:58.8*PR
James Dongallo	2:14.8	Joe Cosgrove	:54.6*
Mike Casey	2:17.2	2^nd Place	3:49.5
Sophomore 400 Meter Dash		B) Thad Jacques	:60.9
Joe Cosgrove	:55.0	Sean cloherty	:63.4 PR
		Aaron Cotter	:70.0 PR
Sophomore 200 Meter Dash		Flo Patankul	:69.2
Sean Cloherty	:27.8 PR		4:32.5
Octavio Velasquez	:28.9 Pr
Aaron Cotter	:30.2	Sophomore 3200 Meter Relay
Mike Torzilli	:31.6	Gerry Guerrero	2:19.5*
		John Verlezza	2:22.3*
Sophomore 100 Meter Dash		John Fink	2:21.8*
Thad Jacques	:13.2	Tom O’Dea	2:23.6*
Flo Patankul	:13.3	3^rd Place	9:27.2
Sophomore Shot Put
Mike Macalisgan	35’4”
Freshman 100 Meter Dash		Freshman 800 Meter Dash
Eli Miles	:13.4	Andy Hinman	2:21.9* 3^rd
Eliot Lopez	:14.0	Mike Oppedisano	2:30.9
Freshman 200 Meter Dash		Freshman 1600 Meter Run
Rob Navarro	:24.4/:24.4*PR	Jose Chavez	6:02.0 PR
1^st Place
		Freshman 1600 Meter Relay
Freshman 400 Meter Dash		Eric Rosado	:61.7*
Eric Rosado	:59.7 PR	Mike Oppedisano	:60.6*PR
Eli Miles	:65.6 PR	Andy Hinman	:63.3*
Eliot Lopez	:67.7	Rob Navarro	:62.9*
		3^rd Place	4:08.5

St. Anthony’s Invitational – St. Anthony’s HS – 5/1/92

Varsity 4x1600 Meter Relay
A) Mike Fink	4:32.2*PR	B) Ed Rivera	5:11.3
Gerry Sullivan	4:40.8*	Carlos Nunez	5:08.5
Brian Etheridge	4:51.0*PR	Justin Bienkowski	5:08.5
Dom Lopez	4:59.1*PR	Dave Gleeson	5:25.0
5^th Place	19:03.1		20:53.3

Jesuit Championships – Stepinac HS – 5/3/92

Varsity 3200 Run		JV 3200 Run
Gerry Sullivan	10:23.4* 1^st	Pete Canale	11:41.9* 2^nd
		Jim Purekal	12:28.2 4^th
Varsity 1600 Run		John Fink	(5:38 –DNF)
Mike Fink	4:36.8* 1^st
Ed Rivera	5:13.4	JV 1600 Run
		Tom O’Dea	5:01.8* 1^st
Varsity 800 Run		Chris Ketcham	5:13.3* 3^rd
Brian Etheridge	2:06.8 4^th	John Verlezza	(2:41 -DNF)
Justin Bienkowski	2:12.0 PR
Eric Alemany	2:18.5 PR	JV 800 Run
		John Fitzpatrick	2:12.1* 2^nd
Varsity 400 Dash		James Dongallo	2:20.4
Brian Etheridge	:51.6* 1^st	Andy Hinman	2:21.1
Carlos Nunez	:53.7 5^th	Tom O’Dea	2:23.8
John Keane	:55.9	Gerry Guerrero	2:32.3
Eric Alemany	:58.5	Joe Cosgrove	2:32.8
Justin Bienkowski	:59.2
		JV 400 Dash
Varsity 200 Dash		Joe Cosgrove	:54.5* 2^nd
Tom Gilbride	:24.0* 2^nd	Gerry Guerrero	:56.3 Pr
Brian Etheridge	:24.2 4^th	Eric Rosado	:58.5 PR
Carlos Nunez	25.1
Mike Fink	:25.2 PR?	JV 200 Dash
Damon McDougal	:26.6	Rob Navarro	:25.1* 2^nd
John Keane	:26.7	Ashley Saunders	:56.3 PR
Gerry Sullivan	:27.3	Anthony White	:58.5 PR
Dave Gleeson	:27.6	Gerry Geurrero	:26.6
Vic Rodriguez	:28.1	Dan Cavanaugh	:27.3
		John Verlezza	:27.7 PR
Varsity 100 Dash		Eli Miles	:28.0
Tom Gilbride	:11.7/:11.5* 1^st	Octavio Velasquez	:28.7 PR
Damon McDougal	:12.9	James Rausse	:28.7
Vic Rodriguez	:14.1	Flo Patankul	:28.9
Matt Bologna	:14.3	Jim Purekal	:30.5
		Chris Ketcham	:30.7
Varsity 55 Meter High Hurdles		Mike Torzilli	:31.5
John Keane	:9.9 5^th
Matt Bologna	:10.9	JV 55 Meter High Hurdles
		John Fitzpatrick	:10.8
Varsity Shot Put		Rob Navarro	:10.9
Damon McDougal	35’9” 5^th	Gerry Guerrero	:11.0
Matt Bologna	25’9”	Ashley Saunders	:12.6
Varsity High Jump		JV 100 Dash
Tom Gilbride	5’10”* 1^st	Rob Navarro	:12.4* 3^rd
John Keane	5’4”* 4^th	Anthony White	:13.0
		Charon Darris	:13.2
Varsity Long Jump		Dan Cavanaugh	:13.3
Tom Gilbride	21’8”*PR 1^st	Flo Patankul	:13.6
Brian Etheridge	18’4” PR	James Rausse	:13.7
Carlos Nunez	18’3” PR	Octavio Velasquez	:13.8
John Keane	17’3” PR	Ashley Saunders	:14.1
Keith Alt	15’4”	Mike Torzilli	:14.6
Vic Rodriguez	14’9”
Dave Gleeson	14’9” PR	JV High Jump
Eric Alemany	14’4”	Joe Cosgrove	5’3”*PR 2^nd
		Eli Miles	4’10” 4^th
Novice 400 Dash		John Verlezza	4’10” 4^th
Anthony White	:59.5* 1^st	Anthony White	4’10”
Dan Cavanaugh	:60.9*PR 2^nd	Charon Darris	NH
Charon Darris	:61.6*PR 3^rd	James Dongallo	NH
Keith Alt	:64.4
Octavio Velasquez	:64.7 PR	JV Long Jump
James Rausse	:65.6	Joe Cosgrove	18’6”* 2^nd
Flo Patankul	:67.6 PR	John Verlezza	16’6”
		James Dongallo	15’11”
Freshman 800 Run		Eli Miles	15’10”
Eric Rosado	2:21.4*PR 1^st	Tom O’Dea	15’4”
		James Rausse	14’11”
Freshman 100 Dash		Andy Hinman	14’9”
Eli Miles	:13.8	Rob Navarro	14’5”
		Charon Darris	14’3”
JV Shot Put		Ashley Saunders	13’7”
Mike Macalisang	41’2”* 2^nd	Dan Cavanaugh	13’6”
(8 lb. shot)		Jim Purekal	13’1”

Track Notes

- There were many outstanding efforts this week – Fink’s 4:32 Mile, Gilbride’s 21’8” Long Jump, the White-Darris-Cavanaugh-Saunders 4x200, Navarro’s 24.4 200, and many more. But as for true improvement, Sophomore Octavio Velasquez showed us what the MIP is all about with PRs in the 200 and 400. Right on his tails however, were nice performances from Guererro (400), O’Dea (3200 and 1600), and Rosado (800 and 400), to name a few.

- -Coming Up: Wed. 5/6 – Annual Spring Jamboree at W’Bridge Oval All runners report to Oval by 3:15pm – check locker room for your team

- Fri 5/8 – Loucks Games – White Plains HS a) Etheridge, Fink, (Nunez) leave at 11:45 b) Lopez, Gilbride, Mendez at 3:00pm

- Sat. 5/9 – Frosh/Soph Cities – Iona Prep Runners leaving from Prep meet at 8:00am. If getting there on your own, see coach for reporting time. Jrs. And Srs. Not running at Loucks have option to run at F/S/ champs – see coach.