Indoor Track Newsletter February 17, 1996

Some pleasant surprises marked the CHSAA City Championships for Fordham Prep this weekend. Senior Gordon Lewis became the Prep’s first ever Indoor Long Jump City Championship and 11 medals were won to portend an outstanding spring campaign ahead.

CHSAA City Championships – Armory – 2/17/96

Long Jump		800 Meter Relay
Gordon Lewis		A) Eric Sands	:23.9/23.6*
**CITY CHAMPION**		Rodger Emmanuel	:25.0/24.5*
**NEW SCHOOL RECORD**		Jason Macias	:23.7/23.9*
		Gordon Lewis	:23.5/23.6*PR
Triple Jump		**2^nd Place**	1:36.1/1:35.6
Tim Collins	49’0”
Jim Kelly	39’0”	B) Brian Hanlon	:23.8 PR
		Brandon Eleutrice	:24.2 PR
55 Meter High Hurdles		Robert Pinzon	:25.2
Jason Macias	:8.0/7.9/8.0*PR	Charles Baserap	:24.8
4^th Place			1:38.0
Biju Mathaikutty	:8.3/8.6
Tong Lee	:8.3 PR	C) Charles Alers	:26.3
Stafford Davis	:8.9 PR	Jason Byrnes	:26.4
		Chris Prescott	:26.8
55 Meter Dash		Nimit Nguansiri	:26.1
Brian Hanlon	:6.8		1:45.9
300 Meter Dash		D) Roje Smith	:27.5
Eric Sands	:36.8/36.6*PR	Mike Mattiace	:26.5
5^th Place **NEW SCHOOL RECORD**		Paul Piergentile	:28.3
Brendan McCauley	:44.2	Sal DeSantis	:27.7
			1:49.9
600 Meter Dash
Robert Sankey	1:41.8	Novice 800 Meter
Ed Moore	1:43.8 PR	Jim Corbett	:25.4*
		Matt Keller	:26.1*
1000 Meter Run		Jamaal Matthews	:25.2* PR
Basil Cocheekaran	2:43.7 PR	D.J. Mulvany	:25.5* PR
Ben Dunford	3:18.1	1^st Place	1:42.2
		**TIES FRESHMAN RECORD**
1600 Meter Run
Todd Young	4:34.9	3200 Meter Relay
Dave Rolston	4:51.9	A) Jim Hurley	2:10.9
Brendan Moroney	5:00.5	Jason Brown	2:22.4
Tom Carpenter	5:02.9 PR	Mike Cardosa	2:13.6
Marcello Lippiello	5:06.3	Todd Young	2:09.4
Tim Cheahan	5:33.1		8:56.3
3200 Meter Run		B) Daryn Johnson	2:15.1 PR
Rich Hinman	10:29.1	Deric Zaphire	2:17.6
		Dave Fernandez	2:21.1 PR
		Jim Corbett	2:21.4
			9:16.2
1600 Meter Relay		D) Charles Alers	:60.2
A) Basil Cocheekaran	:55.0	Jason Byrnes	:62.2
Rodger Emmanuel	:52.7 PR	Chris Prescott	:59.8
Brandon Eleutice	:55.4 PR	Mike Mattiace	:59.9
Joe Wiggins	:56.0		4:02.3
	3:39.1
		E) Ed Moore	:58.4 PR
B) Mike Cardosa	:57.2	Robert Sankey	:60.5
Jason Brown	:57.3 PR	Sal DeSantis	:61.0 PR
Robert Pinzon	:58.5	Paul Piergentile	:64.5
Jim Hurley	:57.9		4:04.4
	3:51.1
		F) Daryn Johnson	:61.4 PR
C) Jamaal Matthews	:58.3 PR	Dave Fernandez	:63.2 PR
Jim Corbett	:56.9 PR	Dave Gardner	:70.7
Deric Zaphire	:59.2 PR	Brendan McCauley	:60.9 PR
D.J. Mulvany	:57.9		4:16.3
	3:52.3
**TIES FRESHMAN RECORD**

Track Notes

- Congratulations to Captain Gordon Lewis who will represent the Prep at the state championships in Ithaca, NY on march 2^nd. Gordon’s leap of 21’2” shattered the 4-year old school record by nearly a foot and a half, and placed him among the all-time top 20 long jumps in CHSAA history. This week’s MIP award is among the least of his accolades.

- Someone once said “a tie is like kissing your sister”. This year’s Freshman have shown great sororital devotion as they have made a habit of tying. They tied for the City Championship, tied the Mile Relay Record, and tied the 880 yard relay record. You can laugh, but the alternative is losing- and this year’s Freshman refused that alternative week after week.

Coming up:

- Tues. Feb. 27^th – Freshman dinner – meet outside prep at 3:15pm We should return by 6:00 pm.

- Thur. Feb. 9th – sign up meeting for new members in room 225 at 2:45pm. Former runners who plan to run outdoors need not attend. Talk it up among your friends!!!

- Sat. March 2^nd. New York State Championships – Cornell U. The team wishes Captain Lewis luck at the States!

- Mon. March 4^th – 1^st day of practice for all runners and field

- Sat. March 16^th – 1^st meet: Manhattan College Invitational