Indoor Track Newsletter January 23, 1993

The NY Archdiocesan Championships proved to be an exciting for many Prep runners who rose to the occasion. While the Varsity began to unfurl their true strength, the Freshman took a strong third in their sectional meet- - and were leading the scoring after the running events. Besides an impressive list of personal records, 12 championship medals were won.

Yale Invitational – Coxe Cage, Yale U. – 1/23/93

Varsity Mile Run
Rey Mendez	4:22.0* 2nd	**Qualifies for Millrose HS Mile**
NY Sectional Champs Manhattan College – 1/23/93
Varsity 3200 Meter	Run	Varsity 3200m Relay
Dave Gleeson	10:50.9 PR	Gerry Guerrero	2:15.2
(5:09 1600m PR	“en route”	John Verlezza	2:15.2
		Dan Cavanagh	2:14.5 PR
Varsity 1600m Run		Eric Alemany	2:17.2
Tom O’Dea	4:49.9 PR	4^th place	9:02.1
Chris Ketcham	5:30.0
		Varsity 1600m Relay
Varsity 800m Run		Eric Rosado	:57.3 PR
Justin Bienkowski	2:06.5 PR 5^th	Eric Alemany	:57.7
		Jermain Gordon	:61.8 PR
Varsity 600m Run		Sean McLaughin	:62.2
Travis Bowens	1:31.9 PR		3:59.0
Eric Rosado	1:39.6 PR
Octavio Velasquez	1:40.0	Novice 800m Relay
Sean Cloherty	1:40.2 PR	A) Anthony Go	:27.9
Jim Purekal	1:40.8 PR	Vic Rodriguez	:27.4
Peter Canale	1:43.1	Gino Marmorato	:28.3 PR
Sean McLaughlin	1:57.1	Jermain Gordon	:27.6
			1:51.2
Varsity 400m Dash
Mike Casey	:55.4 PR	B) James Rausse	:28.2
Justin Bienkowski	:56.0 PR	Aaron Cotter	:28.9
Ashley Saunders	:59.6	Tom Purekal	:28.2 PR
Vic Rodriguez	:60.2	Colm McHugh	:29.7 PR
			1:55.0
Varsity 300m Dash
Jason Smith	:39.3/:39.2 2nd	Novice 1600m Run
Charon Darris	:42.8	Anthony Batista	5:08.6*PR
J Alejo	:43.2	Andy Hinman	5:47.5
Robin Pinzon	:43.6
James Rausse	:43.9 PR	Varsity 55m HH
Tom Purekal	:45.4 PR	Anthony Go	:9.7 Pr
Thad Jaques	:45.4
Gino Marmorato	:46.0	Varsity Shot Put
Aaron Cotter	:46.3 PR	Mike Macalisang	38’10” PR
Colm McHugh	:49.6

NY Freshman Sectional Championships

Freshman 3200m Run		Freshman 800m Relay
Dan Denlger	11:29.7*PR 2^nd	A) Rob Pinzon	:27.2 PR
		Fred Irizarry	:26.7 Pr
Freshman 1600m Run		Steve Yoon	:28.3 PR
Chris Bratt	5:38.8 PR	Gordon Lewis	:27.0 PR
		2^nd place	1:49.2/1:47.9
Freshman 800m Run
Justin Chin	2:19.6 PR 2^nd	B) Mike Cardosa	:30.7 PR
		Mike Mattiace	:32.0 PR
Freshman 400m Dash		Joe Barone	:32.5 Pr
Mike Fitzsimons	:60.4* 3^rd	Ed Moore	:34.0 PR
Basil Cocheekaran	:62.2 PR		2:09.2
Freshman 300m Dash		C)Emmet Murphy	28.8
Rob Weitzman	:41.0/:40.3	Brian Luginsland	31.4 PR
Sectional Champion		Greg Nielsen	32.8 PR
		Marcello Lippiello	33.9 PR
Freshman 55m Dash			2:06.3
Gordon Lewis	:7.5/:7.3 PR 5^th
		Freshman 1600m Relay
Freshman Triple Jump		A) Chris Bratt	63.0 PR
Steven Yoon	36’7” PR 1^st	Mike Mattiace	74.9
Sectional Champion		Greg Nielsen	71.7 PR
Robert Pinzon	32’3”	Brian Luginsland	71.1 PR
Rob Weitzman	29’9”		4:40.6
		B) Mike Cardosa	72.1
		Marcello Lippiello	84.5
		Ed Moore	81.1
		Joe Barone	79.8
			5:17.5

Track Notes

- There’s not enough room to fit all the praise deserved by so many great performances. Nonetheless, we’ll try:

- JUST-Incredible (I know its corny) – co –MIPS Justin Bienkowski and Justin Chin, each with 4 second PRs in the 800

- Millrose Bound- congrats to Rey Mendez for becoming the first Prepster to run in the prestigious Millrose High School Mile

- “Ironman” award to Gordon Lewis for his 55m and 800m relay heats and finals, all run within 45 minutes, scoring twice. Also, all Juniors and Seniors who did the SAT/ACH-Sectional double are deserving Ironman status

- Record Stretching Award- to Steve Yoon for his extension of his Frosh triple jump record, and of course for his Sectional victory.

- “Stepping up”- were those who scored in the Championship Meet- certainly something to be proud of – Smith, Bienkowski, Guerrero, Verlezza, Cavanagh, Alemany; Dengler, Chin, Fitzsimons, Weitzman, Lewis(2x), Yoon(2x), Pinzon, and Irizarry.

- Not least – were the many PRs that reclassified some runners as true competitors: Gleeson, Rosado, Casey, and Macalisang were among those that turned heads this weekend.