SACHEM TRACK & FIELD ALUMNI UPDATES
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SACHEM TRACK & FIELD ALUMNI UPDATES |
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| Hi Sachem North and Sachem East Alumni JANUARY 31, 2012 ALUMNI UPDATE Hi Alumni – Hello Mr.Young! Vote for Jenn!! You can read the rest of this update later. For those who don’t know Jenn, she was a four year member of our spring track and field teams. Jenn sprinted with our teams. She possesses one of the top-5 most beautiful smiles in team history! Jenn ran a senior season-best 15.8 in the 100 m. dash. While we’re at it, her is the rest of the 100 m. field at our May 4, 2006 Senior Day Meet versus Walt Whitman: This was a fun meet result to look at. Many of our frosh-soph sprinters this year would move up to middle distance/distance events over the next two years. Our senior class was smaller than usual in 2006 but very accomplished and a key part of our post-Split rebuilding. Class of 2006 alumni include Megan Donlevy, Captain karyn Geoghan, Captain Kiki Johnson, Captain Kelly Lang, Danielle LaRuffa (“LaRuffa’s on fire!”), Nicole Medici, Nazish Mehdi, Kaitlyn McKenna, Jenn Patti, Michelle Stack. Maria Michta continues training for 2012 Olympic trials. See her web site at www.mariamichta.com. While you’re at it, join our alumni facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/groups/203375736407338/. Congratulations to Jess (Chetuck) Pereira (Class of ’01). She and husband Vic had Baby #2, Trevor Charles, on August 24th, weighing in at 8 lbs. 8 oz. Trevor and big brother Colton are going to be best friends - especially since they're only 13 months apart. Below is a note I wrote to Ali Bourgal (’03) after she completed the diva half-marathon in October along with Ali’s response. Hi Ali, Good morning!!! Thank you!!! It was actually REALLY fun! I never thought I was going to enjoy it as much as I did. I felt great running and I was able to run a little faster the last mile....maybe because I was wearing a crown and pink feathers!! Today my legs feel like they are going to fall off though! I wanted to thank you for helping me train and for giving me some good advice! I want to keep running on Sunday's whenever I can!! Enjoy the week and thank you again! Hope you have enjoyed the mild winter as much as the North and East winter track and field teams. See you in the updates! Alex
Hi Alumni: Go Bearly Runners! If you ever get a chance, be sure to run the Ocean to Sound Relay. Many Sachem alumni have done so. The Bearly Runners team made up of many Sachem alumi ran the 8 person team, 50 mile course on Sunday, Sept. 25. Kaitlin (N ’05), Renee (’05) and Allison (’00) Fallier, Meaghan N ’02) and Caitlin Doran (N ’05) and 2 other awesome and spirited runners made themselves known to all as they decked out the Bear-mobile, made signs, dressed up and cheered for everyone (including me when I ran along with Kaitlin for a short part of her l3g 4 of the race) and made the post-race party the grrrr-eatest post-race party in Ocean to Sound history. I think Kaitlin’s words sum up the Bearly experience best:
Congratulations again Bearly Runners. I’ll be on the course again next year cheering for the Next Edition Bears! By the way, Coach Pete McNeill also ran Ocean to Sound with the Super Runners Shop team. He and the Bearly Runners exchanged enthusiastic greetings when they saw each other. Coach Mc. was not dressed up like a bear but I bet he wished he was! Congratulations to Sachem track & Field alum Jen Villa (N ’04) on running the Hamptons Half Marathon in 2 hours 35 minutes on 9/24. Jen ran in support of Leukemia and Lymphoma's Team-In-Training. You can support Jen’s fund-raising efforts by going to the following link: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nyc/hampton11/jvilla16ce Teresa Kuehhas (’04) ran the Tunnel to Tower 5K on 9/15 with thousands of runners to honor 9-11 heroes. The Sachem XC Challenge was held on August 27 as Hurricane Irene threatened Farmingville and the rest of the Northeast. Light rainfall began as the race was underway, but all were home safely long before the real stuff blew through. Alumni Caitlyn Ryan, Ally and Lauren Waka and Mary Cipriano were among the fearless runners who ran the race on Sachem East’s always challenging 5K course. Sachem alumni are tearing it up in XC season at many colleges. Mary Cipriano, Lauren and Ally Waka, Jenessa Donovan, Bridget McNamara and Caitlyn Ryan are helping St. Joseph’s XC team to what may be its greatest season ever. Caitlyn was named Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week on 9/12. With 5 North and 1 East alumni on the current roster, Sachem alumni make up one-third of the Golden Eagle roster. 14 th season coach Jim Crowley (a good friend of Sachem) is delighted to have some of Sachem’s best-ever on his squad. Below are some recent times for Sachem alumni at their respective colleges: Wesleyan Invitational (9/24) Karley Dutra and Sachem alum at St. Joe’s have a happy reunion! Name Place Time Pace ST. JOSEPH’S RESULTS Caitlin Ryan (E. ’10) 12th 20:11 6:40 Mary Cipriano (N’ 11) 41st 21:59 7:15 Ally Waka (N’ 08) 44th 22:18 7:21 Bridget McNamara (N ’10) 62nd 24:37 8:07 Jenessa Donovan (N. ’08) 77th 28:17 9:20 WESLEYAN U. RESULTS Karley Dutra (N’ 10) 37 th 21:52 Name Place Time Pace Bard Invitational (9/17) Caitlin Ryan 3rd 19:27 6:16 Lauren Waka 19th 20:39 6:39 Ally Waka 22nd 21:07 6:48 Mary Cipriano 23rd 21:09 6:49 Bridget McNamara 71st 23:47 7:40 Jenessa Donovan 101 st 26:56 8:40 Houghton College Highlander Invitational (9/24) D’Ashley Landry (N ‘ 11) – SUNY Morrisville 23:27 (5K) – 3 rd for her team Gamecock Invitational (9/2) Brianna D’Amato (N ‘11_ - Coastal Carolina U. 21:49 (5K) Penn State Spiked Shoe Invit. (9/17) Keira Wood (N ’11) – SUNY Geneseo 24:06/6:25 pace (6K)
Ted Owens XC Invit. 9/24 Stephanie Curcio (N ’09) – Hartford U. 21:45 (5K)
FUTURE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES REPORT! Congratulations to Nicole Serio-Markowski (’99) on the birth of her beautiful son Brandon Thomas on Father’s Day, June 19. Brandon was born following 31 hours of labor on Nicole’s part. Nicole said that Brandon arrived late (he was due on June 10) “because he knew I wanted to finish out the track season.” Congratulations Markowski family! Future distance runner Brandon Markowski
10 YEARS AGO… Sachem times from the 9/22/2001 Suffolk Coaches XC Invitational: Sunken Meadow weather: 77 degress, partly sunny, very humid FROH RACE (1.5 miles) Cody Higgins 9:08 (race winner!) Christine Hannigan 10:14 Jen Thearle 10:26 Olivia Long 11:39 Melisa Borzumato 12:08 Nikke Wynne 12:44 Jen Hunter 12:53 Maria Suarez 14:22 Christina Rega 14:22 SOPH RACE (5K) Catie Higgins 24:47 (6 th place) Meg Farrell 25:04 Maria Michta 25:09 Ashlee Ortiz 25:52 Christina Squillace 25:58 Meg Haberkorn 26:48 Alicia Rath 27:10 JV RACE (5K) Marissa Long 27:00 Mallory Delaney 27:13 Amanda Brienzo 28:02 Jen Weber 29:01 Ashley White 30:15 Andrea Wilches 30:54 Christine Grammenos 33:19 Danielle O’Leary 33:21 Keri Wilson 34:32 Ashley Reno 36:16 Diana DeMeo 40:32 Marisa Phelan DNF VARSITY RACE (5K) Maggie DeVito 21:22 (5 th place) Natalie Johnston 21:33 (6 th place) Melissa Razzore 23:50 Jess Leis 24:50 Laura Michelsen 24:54 Jess Heads 26:35 Briana Eckert 26:44
That’s enough for this alumni update. I know I miss some meet results. Please send in any results for future updates. Happy autumn! Sachem North and East XC continue exciting fall seasons at Manhattan College Invitational at VCP next SUNDAY, Oct. 9. The annual Jeff Stone Run will be held at Sachem East on Monday (Columbus Day), Oct. 10. Races begin at 11:00 a.m. Show up, bring a young runner or just say hi! JUNE 25, 2011 UPDATE There is a great deal more that both North and East teams achieved with their respective talented senior squads. For instance, Megan Walsh and Krystle Grygo provided strong leadership as well as memorable performances for four years at East. North senior hurdlers Samantha Swift, Krystal Cheng and Mishaina Joseph were part of a shuttle hurdles relay that set three school records in three meets – with its final record set at Nationals – during their senior indoor track season. Many seniors have made marks on other teams including Megan Power (East field hockey), Allie Riss (North lacrosse) and Maxianne Russo (North Swimming and Diving). Both teams will remember their seniors because of leadership and scholarship as much as for their talent. North’s Krystal Cheng is Sachem North track & field’s second salutatorian in three years. Erin Bresnahan – North ’09 also shared the honor. Like Erin, Krystal is Cornell-bound. Krystal’s teammates Kelsie Larsen (#4), Dana Castro (#12), Keira Wood (#14), Lindsey Stretz (#17), Katie Burdge (#19), Lauren Waka (#22), Deanna Hauswirth (#30), Bruttany Wienclaw (#33), Vanessa Hall (#35), Nicole Desz (#36), Mishaina Joseph (#43), Samantha Olson (#50) and Rachel Steinberg (#52) are among team members in the top 10% of the Class of 2011. Meghan Walsh has been a leader in East’s Student Government and Mishaina Joseph has provided strong leadership in Sachem’s Model UN Club. North’s team also boasts the Class of 2011 Secretary (Amanda Miller) and Student Government’s senior VP (Paige Sampson) and Publicity Director (Stephanie Richer for two years). The Class of 2011 will be attending colleges from Boston College and Lehigh to Loyola and Hofstra with a generous dose of SUNYs as well. Congratulations to the Sachem North and Sachem East Class of 2011. You will be missed. Below are names and colleges (when known) of alumni from both Sachems. The East list is incomplete. East coaches and athletes will help compile a complete alumni list in the very near future. An updated alumni list with East and North updates and omissions will be sent out in July.
Colton at Christmas, 2010 Karen Labbadia (‘94) enjoyed reading about old school winter workouts in our last update. She didn’t like being reminded that her workouts took place nearly two decades ago. Still, Karen sends a cyberspace “hi” to Coach Pete McNeill. Michele Aronson (North ’07) ran her first half marathon at the 5/15 The Greater Binghamton Bridge Run Half Marathon and 5K. Michele exceeded her race goal-time of 2 hours as she ran a sub-1:54:00 time. Michele wrote that it was fun to finish in the muddy outfield of Binghamton Mets Stadium. Michele, a May graduate of SUNY Binghamton, will become part of Teach for America in the fall as she takes on a teaching job in New Orleans. Kate LaSorsa (North ’05)– fresh from a run at Sachem North on June 24 (yesterday) – reported that she has finished her second year with Teach for America in Baltimore and is looking forward to her third year at the Baltimore school. Kate happily took part in a “fastest teacher in school” race this year. Kate finished third in the female faculty division for the 400 m. race and first in the health teacher division! She has also demonstrated racewalk to her health students – way to go, Katie! Kim Ferrara (’99) stopped by North’s track to say hi earlier this month. Kim brought along her beautiful daughter, Emma. Emma is as charming as she is lovely. I think Emma is a future harrier. At less than a year old, Emma legs never stopped moving and Kim reports that Emma is ready to start walking (or running).
Kim Ferrara’s daughter Emma By the way, Kim got to see North’s track before its scheduled end-of-June demolition. Kim was part of the first Sachem class to run on our soon-to-be-replaced track. The North track complex will be shut down all summer as a new track is installed. Amanda Brennan, (North ’09) a sophomore at Muhlenberg College, has been named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for her performance both on and off the track. Amanda, a neuroscience major, placed sixth in the 100-meter hurdles at the Centennial Conference Championships where she ran three-tenths of a second faster than her previous season best. She also competed in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the championship meet.
Amanda Brennan Congratulations to Veronica Bleza (East ’05) on her June wedding. The wedding took place at Sunken Meadow Park – site of many of Veronica’s memorable XC races. Teresa Kuehhas (’04), Nicole Dunn (’03), Ali Bourgal (’03) and Alex Totino (’03) were part of a Sachem alumni group that ran the June 11 Warrior Dash in Pennsylvania. Race day conditions were perfect – heavy rain! Teresa and Ali both declared that the race was a blast and they hope to run another. I still think there’s an alumni reunion opportunity here. Someone may have to pick a race and date and put out a call to all alumni. Sunday runs at Connetquot State Park trails will begin on July 10. Join us! Runs start at 8:30 a.m. sharp at the usual place. Contact Pete McNeill or me if you want more info. This is enough for our Congratulations to the Class of 2011 Update! See you on the trails! Alex Young FEBRUARY 22, 2011 UPDATE Hi Alumni: Happy Winter. Or should I say Happy Almost-End-of-Winter. And happy 279th birthday, George Washington. We are finishing up the most challenging winter season since the mid-90s when we seemed to be running on ice in workouts with Karen Labbadia, Shannon Weeks, Keri Seher and Co. We did not see the North track from the late-December blizzard until last week’s thaw. The 3-4” of heavy snow on Monday morning should be gone in another day or two. Below is a note I recently received from Sachem North ’08 alum Sarah Cantatore: Many past and current team members wrote inspiring notes to Leah Tepper last year. Leah has been through more chemo treatments and surgeries than I can recount for the cancer she continues to fight. Her family is strong and Leah is determined to graduate with her high school senior class in June. Thanks for your good words, thoughts and prayers. A SACHEM ALUMNI PAGE Hi Alex, MEMORIES… TRAINING… CONGRATULATIONS!
ONE OF MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS! GREAT MEET – WRONG PICTURE Hi Mr. Young! St. Joseph's met up with Oneonta at a recent Armory meet and here's a pic.
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AND NOW FOR MEET RESULTS… 2/19 NYU Team Challenge (Armory) Sachem North and East squads will be competing over the next three weekends (LI T&F Inv. on 2/26, States on 3/5 and Nationals on 3/11-13). Alex OCTOBER 31, 2010 UPDATE Hi Alumni, Teresa Kuehhas (’04) will be on MSG HS sports (for the second straight year) as the St. Dom’s volleyball team she coaches is the VB game of the week for MSG. The game was taped on 11/1. SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 UPDATE Hi Alumni: We’ve had some beautiful late summer weather. Hope you are all enjoying some outdoor time. Let’s get to the updates and some happy family news. Congratulations to Jess Chetuck (’00). Jess and husband Victor welcomed son Colton Lee to the family on July 13.
Jess’s son Colton
Meagan’s sons Patrick and James In teaching notes, Elizabeth Tomlet (’99) is on the PE staff at SCCC. Congratulations, Prof! Meg Barone’s little sister, Lindsay (’01) is teaching at Gatelot this year. Ali Bourgal (’02) was appointed to a PE position at North. In more “little sister” news. Meg Haberkorn’s sister Shannon is a soph on East XC team. Shannon told me she did not remember Kaitlin Balduf, Meg’s bff from high school days when Shannon and I spoke together at the annual North/East XC workout at Robert Moses Beach on Labor Day. Maria Michta’s (’04) sisters Kristie (jr.) and Katie (frosh) are teammates on North’s XC team. Diana (’05 I think), Christina (’08) and Steph Curcio’s little sis Lisa in on the North XC team. Lisa has been dubbed “the Last of the Mohicans” as she is the fourth and last of the Curcio sisters to run for Sachem. I know the Genoino clan outnumbers the Curcio clan about 13:5 but I think the Curcios may have tied Brenda (‘98), Lori (‘00), Lindsay (’03) and Chelsea (‘08) Genoino in the Sachem-sisters on XC/track teams record. Was there another Genoino sister on a Sachem track or XC team? In “little brother” news, Tim Lang, brother to Kelly (’08) and Kathy (’06) is in my US History class at North. I think I’m rambling now. Let’s get to the race results… Alumni Race Results Season openers… SCCC’s Leanne DeQuarto (N 10) and Adelphi twins Kristen and Kaitlin Meyer (both E’ 08) had strong season openers at Hofstra’s 9/11 XC Open 5K. Leanne ran a 21:28, Kristen and 21:44 and Kaitlin a 21:53 at Bethpage State Park’s XC course. Wesleyan frosh Karley Dutra (N’ 10) had her season opener at Wesleyan’s annual Alumni 5K on 9/11. Hartford Soph Steph Curcio (N ’09) ran an 18:15 at Trinity College’s 4K course to help lead her team to a solid third place team finish at the at the 9/11 Trinity College XC Race. St. Joe’s XC team (with more Sachem runners than ever!) placed first among the DII-DIII teams at the 9/4 Hofstra XC Relay Meet at Bethpage. Ally Waka (N ’08) and a teammate were the first DII-III relay finishers (51:14) as well as 6 th overall (including DI teams). Katie Williams (N ’07) and Jenessa Donovan N’ 08) were relay partners (60:44) on a St. Joe’s squad. Bucknell’s Caitlin Ryan (E ’10) ran an 18:51 on Bucknell’s 3 mile XC course on 9/4. In a non-XC update, RIT’s Brianne Yannotta’s (N ’09)volleyball team got off to a good start (5-3) as of 9/11. Brianne plays the right side. I’m sure there’s a good plyo element that helps middle distance runner Brianne in her track seasons! Sachem North’s XC team competed at the 25 th annual Suffern Inv. at Bear Mt. on 9/11. It was fun to see that two Sachem alumni still hold top-25 all-time times on the famous 3 mile course. Jeanna Composti (’99) holds the #14 with an 18:10 and Jackie Berman (’99) holds the #18 spot with an 18:14. Jeanna and Jackie’s outstanding races led Sachem to a team victory at the 1998 Suffern Inv. As 9/11 marked so many high school and college season-openers, many teams paid tributes to the memory of victims Sachem XC Challenge Jeanna Composti (21:27) was the overall women’s champion at the Inaugural Sachem XC Challenge held at Sachem East’s tough 5K course. Katie Williams, Ally Waka and Bridget McNamara (N’ 10) were also Sachem alumni finishers in the 200 runner field. Coach Pete McNeill (20:35) tore it up on the course as well. Pete and Jeanna exchanged more than a little bit of trash talking in the days leading up to the race. Jeanne – Pete designed and built the East course. Sounds like something well beyond home-course advantage to me! Maureen Schaub’s (’99) kid brother Dan ran a 19:24 on the course. James Barracca (big sisters Melissa and Victoria ran on Sachem teams) was the overall winner of the race in 17:05. Lindsay LaFleur’s (E’ 04) dad showed up to race. Lou LaFleur is a good master’s runner and he showed his XC skills at the Challenge. Thanks to Pete for all his hard work in organizing the first of hopefully many XC Challenges. Proceeds of the race will help Sachem runners offset the cost of attending The Running School XC Camp and a local charity involved in autism research. Thanks, too, to SYAG for their great support in co-sponsoring the meet. Thanks to all who sent good wishes to Leah, daughter of my great friend, Ken. Leah is a strong girl. She has recently undergone a second surgery to remove a liver tumor. The doctors reported that they were able to completely remove the tumor (they got what they call "clean margins" around the tumor - that is no cancer in the tissue surrounding the tumor). Leah has been out of ICU for just over a week and is taking very short walks in the corridors of Children's Hospital already. A 4th round of chemo awaits followed by what may be a final surgery before the end of the year. Leah has already made it farther than many victims of her form of cancer. Leah and her family have a tremendous support team as well. Alex The 20K and 10K courses (as well as a developmental 5K course for young area racewalkers) will be held over a 2K (1.2 mile) loop extending from Sachem North's Octogon entrance through Burma Road to Samoset's 6th grade wing parking area. There is a special Sachem connection to this national-class race. Sachem alumni Maria Michta (2004) and Erin Bresnahan (North 2009) will be competing at the race. Erin -- currently a freshman at Cornell University -- won the Nike Outdoor Championship in the mile racewalk as a Sachem North senior. Erin placed 5th in the USATF indoor National Championships held in Albuquerque, NM in February. Maria was a 3-time indoor State champion and 5-time (indoor and outdoor) national champion while competing for Sachem. Maria -- currently enrolled in a doctoral program at Mt. Sinai Medical School in NYC -- is currently the nation's top-ranked racewalker as she won her first national racewalk championship at USATF's National Indoor Track & Field Championships in February (3000 m. RW in 13:51.33). Maria won this race against a field that included 2008 USA Olympic Trials Champion Joanna Dow of New Hampshire and 2004 Olympian and 7-time USA indoor and 4-time USA outdoor champion Teresa Vaill of Florida. Sachem has a storied racewalk tradition that includes many county, NYS and national champion racewalkers. Maria and Erin will enjoy a "home court" advantage along a course that both logged countless miles on during their respective high school careers. One of the strongest male and female fields include top USA racewalkers as well as internationally-ranked guest athletes ever will be at North when the first race goes off at Sachem North at 10:00 a.m. next Sunday. The course will open for athlete warm-up at 8:30 a.m. The meet director is Gary Westerfield of WalkUSA and USATF-Long Island. Meet volunteers will include members of both Sachem North and Sachem East Track & Field teams. Alex Young 2/28/10 Alumni Update Sachem alumni have been busy in invitationals and championship meets. Caitlyn Hauswirth (N ‘08) had a career-best PV (9’ 6 ¼”) at the Dartmouth Inv. on 2/6. Caitlyn broke her own Hartford U. record a week (2/13) later at the Armory as she cleared 3.0 meters (9’ 10”) on her second attempt at the height. Caitlyn’s Sachem alum teammate Steph Curcio (N ’09) ran third leg on Hartford’s 4x800 at the 2/27 New England Championships. Rochester’s Breanna Eng (E ’09), Brockport’s Gina Medici (N ’09), Oneonta’s Lindsay Romaine (N ’09) and Binghamton’s Rosie DeFino (N’ 07) competed at the 2/5-6 Syracuse Inv. Breanna ran a 9.68 55 m. hurdles, Gina ran a 7.89 55 m., Rosie HJed 4’ 11” and Lindsay had a career-best mile run in 5:24.35. Gina and Lindsay would meet again at the 2/27 SUNYACs. Both doubled in the meet. Lindsay doubled at the 2/27 SUNYACs and had a career-best mile (5:17.77 – 5 th place) and led off the 1 st place DMR. Rosie placed 8 th in the pentathlon at the 2/19-20 America East Championships at BU with 2996 points. RIT’s Brianne Yannotta (N ’09) ran at the 1/31 Empire 8 Championships held at RIT’s Gordon Fieldhouse. Brianne ran the 800 leg on RIT’s 4 th place DMR and ran a 2:34.58 in the open 800. Brianne scored for RIT at the 2/27 NYSCTC Championships with a season-best 800 (2:29.75) and led-off the 5 th place 4x800 as she scored twice at conference championships. St. Joseph’s College’s Ally Waka (N ’07) traveled up to Smith College in Northampton, MA on 2/6 for the Tartan Inv. Ally ran the 800 (2:49.22) and the mile (6:10.55).Amanda Brennan (N ’09) has been very busy at meets for the Muhlenberg Mules. Amanda competed in 4 events (LJ, TJ, 55 m. hurdles and 4x400) at the 1/29 Muhlenberg Inv. winning hurdles in the meet. She was even busier at the 1/14-15 Kutztown Inv. Here is a summary of Amanda’s meet: 200 m. (29.91), 55 m. Hurdles (9.67 semis, 9.53 finals – 3 rd place), HJ (4’ 8 ¾”), LJ (15’ ½”), TJ (32’ 4 ¼” – 6 th place). Amanda was nearly as busy at Centennial Conference Championships on 2/27 as she competed in LJ, TJ, HJ and hurdles. Amanda placed 7 th in both 55 m. hurdles and HJ. Alumni Erin Bresnahan (N ‘09) and Maria Michta (N ’04) competed in the biggest meet of all in this indoor season. Erin and Maria competed at USATF’s Indoor Track & Field National Championship Meet in Albuquerque, NM on 2/28. The duo competed in the 3000 m. racewalk. Erin placed 5 th in a career-best time of 14:23.87. Maria (13:51.33) placed first as she took over the lead in the race with two laps to go. Congratulations National Champion, Maria! And congratulations to all alumni on outstanding indoor seasons. SASAS (Sachem alumni sighted at Strathmore – Catie Higgins (’04) and Jen Evans (’07) (both on 2/28). Future track & field stars! Congratulations to Dean Meier (born on 1/18), leadoff son to Class of ’99 Kristina (Olson) Meier and her husband Jon. Lorraine (Horgan) Ambrosino and husband Joe will have to start mapping out workouts for son Justin born on 2/26. Congratulations to Tina Lai (N ’05) on her engagement last October. In addition to 2011 wedding bells, Tina is almost done with her master studies at MIT. Both North and East teams will be heading to States and Nationals as they close out their winter seasons and look ahead to exciting spring campaigns. See you in the updates! January 31, 2010-Hi Alumni:
Gina, Lindsay and Brianne at St. Lawrence Inv.
In other update news… Alyssa McDonald graduated from the US Coast Guard Academy in May, 2009 and is stationed on the CGC Decisive in Mississippi. Emily Hartmann (Sachem ’04 and CGA ’08) got engaged last spring and is stationed in Florida as of last June. Erin McCormack (North ’07) completed a semester of study abroad at the University College of Dublin (a true “Green Bandit” school!) Danielle Tanzi (’94) and Coach Pete McNeill enjoyed a brief reunion as the current school year began. Danielle was Sachem’s top middle distance runner in her senior year. In a wonderful blast from the past Class of ’83 Karen (Schreyer) Hildebrandt dropped a line to say hi. Karen ran for Coach Jeff Stone and has run several marathons. She lives in San Diego and ran the Carlsbad Half Marathon on 2:24.36 on Jan. 24. Congratulations, Karen! Karen counts at least one Sachem track & field “fruity shirt” in her training gear collection. Congratulations to Kristina (Wilfinger) Foderaro (’96) on the September birth of son Dominic. Dominic and big sis Sophia (almost two) are early favorites in my book for sprint events in the 2032 Olympics. Kerri Spatz and Kerry Hannigan (both ’01) continue to coach XC and track & field at Bethpage HS. Kerri teaches English and Kerry teaches math at the high school. Sachem North and East head to County Championships tomorrow, 2/1 at Suffolk West. The meet begins at 6:00 p.m. State Quals. takes place on 2/8 at Suffolk West also beginning at 6:00 p.m. Good luck to both teams.
Continue to send me alumni news ( ajyoung22@aol.com ). Check out Sachem North’s team page at http://www.sachem.edu/dept/sports/girlstrack/ See you in the updates! Alex Young Hi Alumni – June 27, 2009 Alumni updates are sent out from time to time (about every two months or so) to keep Sachem XC and track & field alumni up to date on some happenings. College performances, road races and other special events are highlighted in each update. Our e-mail list changes from time to time as e-mail addresses change and as alumni from past years find us and their names to our list. For instance, Megan Barone (’98) crossed paths with Coach Pete McNeill recently and she hopes to add her name/e-mail address to our list. (note: Mr. Mc. expressed that Megan might be a bit jealous that little sis Lindsay (’04) gets all the alumni updates!) All updates will appear on the alumni link at http://www.sachem.edu/dept/sports/girlstrack/ . I will send out update announcements to our e-mail list that do not appear on the sachem website so send e-mail addresses to me to be added to our alumni list at any time. Tell your friends! The best way to make an alumni update is to brag about a race or competition or to send an update of your own from time to time. Send in corrections when you see an error. Feel free to send pictures, too. This year’s group of alumni has achieved a great deal. You may have seen two -- Amanda Brennan and Erin Bresnahan on News 12 as scholar-athletes of the week – joining Shannon Weeks (’96) in this honor. Erin Bresnahan joins Jenna Monahan (E ’07), Maria Michta (’04), Lorraine Horgan (’99) and Brenda Genoino (‘98) as a national champion racewalker as Erin won the RW at Nike Outdoor Championships last spring. East’s hurdlers – led by Breanna Eng, Athena Marneris and Nicole Driscoll – competed at National Indoor Scholastic Championships in March. Scholarship is a big part of the tradition of success enjoyed by both teams. In addition to the outstanding colleges on the list below it must be noted that many Class of ’09 members have received impressive scholarships. I listed college team nicknames next to the North alumni who plan to compete in college. At least eight North alumni will compete at the college level. I do not have this information for East. East athletes competing in college – please let me know so I can send out an update before you start your college careers. Please note that there may be unintentional omissions. The East list was built at their end-of-year awards dinner. Several seniors missed the dinner. I added several names to the East list. Please let me know if others are missing. If I missed any North names, it’s because I had a brain fart! Speaking of FART – don’t forget that you can consider yourself part of FART (Flaming Arrows Running Team) for all time! It’s more fun when you run Ocean to Sound Relay or some other race as a member of FART. Sachem North Class of 2009 Now back to some alumni business. Congratulations Kristin Brethel (E ’05) on completing the Boston Marathon on April 20. Here are some of Kristin’s words on her race: It was the most painful and the most rewarding experience of my life. Unfortunately, two things happened in the first 4-5 miles that hadn't happened on any previous run over the last 6 months, I got a big blister on the bottom of my foot and somehow injured a muscle in my right ankle. The muscle started to hurt so much that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to finish. But, I got it wrapped up at a medical tent at about mile 10 and was able to ignore it for the remaining 16 miles. If you signed up for the text alerts you might have seen my split times fall from about 9 min/mile for the first 5k to about 12 min/mile overall. I had to do a bunch of walking to make sure my ankle and the rest of my body would be able to run hard the last couple of miles. I was able to find Kaitlin Fallier (N ’05) and her sister, Renee, in the crowd over by BU (where Renee goes to school) with about a mile to go. It felt great to run down Boylston St. toward the finish line and give it a little kick at the end.
Kristin at mile 25 (thanks Kaitlin Fallier!) Congratulations to Maureen Schaub (’99) on her wedding on April 25. Congratulations to Nicole Serio (’99) and Amy Nolan (’99) on their recent engagements. Jenna Monahan ( ’07) and Jen Modzel (N ’05) crossed paths at a meet in April as SUNY Cortland (Jenna) and SUNY Plattsburgh (Jen) cross paths quite often in the SUNYAC region. Picture below…
Jen (left) and Jenna We’ll have more college news in a future update. But congratulations to Laura Michelsen (’03). Laura finished graduate work in May and is working at Kings County Hospital in East Flatbush Brooklyn as an in-patient mental health social worker. Summer XC training will begin after July 4 th weekend. H.S. boys and girls will start building their foundations for fall XC on Mondays (Broadway Ave. Park), Wednesdays (Sachem East trails) and Fridays (Greenbelt trails) from 5:00-7:30. Alumni are ALWAYS welcome to join us on these SYAG Conditioning Camp runs. Get in touch with me or Pete McNeill for more info. This is a pretty lengthy update. Almost as long as one of my “brief speeches”. See you in the updates! Alex Young Alumni at Suffolk Coaches Relay on 4/4/09
Sachem alumni Gina Lodato (’03) and Teresa Kuehhas (’04) flank former North Coach Rob Lehnert (now head coach at Connetquot Girls Track & Field) and are joined by alum Nicole Dunn (03) on (typically) chillyand windy day at Bay Shore’s Suffolk Coaches Inv. on 4/4. Gina, Teresa, Nicole and Sammy Blomquist (’03) will reunite on the track on 4/18 at Connetquot H.S. during Joe Brandi Relays. The last event of the relay meet will be a coaches and alumni 4x100. One of Sachem’s fastest-ever sprint relays will step up to represent Sachem at the meet. Sachem North and East coaches Alex Young, Billy Holl, Danny Schaub and James Barracca will also take to the track in this race against some of the Coonetquot’s legendary runners as well as an all T-Bird coaching squad. Come on down to cheer us on or to put together more alumni relays – we’ll have plenty of extra batons!
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Sophia Foderaro – daughter of Kristina (Wlifinger) Foderaro – Sachem Class of ‘96 Look for Sophia (who is very close to her first birthday at the 2028 Olympics! Congratulations to Sachem alumni who enjoyed exciting college indoor track seasons. Current Sachem North seniors Lindsay Romaine, Steph Curcio and Victoria Piccirillo car-pooled with Coach and Mrs. Coach Young to the Wesleyan Inv. in February. Lindsay, Steph and VicPic enjoyed a reunion with Katie Williams (N ’07), Jenessa Donovan (N ’08) and Caitlyn Hauswirth (N ’08) at the meet. Jenessa and Katie run for St. Joseph’s College and Caitlyn vaults and hurdles for Hartford College. Cailey Wood (N ’08) enjoyed a very good rookie season at Oneonta. Cailey had career-best in LJ (15’ 9.25”) and 55 m. Hurdles (9.75) during the indoor season.
Rosie DeFino (N. ’07) had an outstanding season at Binghamton. One highlight was her third place finish in the pentathlon at the American East Championships. Rosie scored 3127 points as she narrowly missed second place (by 8 points) at the championship meet. Congratulations Cailey and Rosie! SUNY Plattsburgh senior Jen Modzel had a busy SUNYAC Championship Meet as she ran the 800 (2:29.14), placed 5 th in the mile (5:26.29) and ran on Plattsburgh’s 5 th place DMR. I hear from Michele Aronson’s (N ’07) kid brother Bryan (in my US His. Class) that Michele is doing very well at Binghamton. Jess McCusker (N ’07) is looking after Amanda Beltrani (N ’08) at SUNY Albany. Jess is back in training as she plans to run a 5K at the end of April for a local volunteer ambulance company. Following is a note from Kristin Brethel (East ’07). Kristin was an outstanding long sprinter for Sachem teams at North (pre-split) and East. She is a senior and psych. major at Tufts University. I hope each alumni who reads her note is inspired to help a great cause! Hey there Sachem track alumni! Happy Holidays, Alumni! A lot has happened in the more than 3 months since the last Alumni Update. First of all, thanks to all the alumni who helped out at the Jeff Stone Run in October. The event was a success with the greatest turnout of elementary and middle school runners in several years. Some alumni who pitched in (my apologies to any alumni not listed) include Teresa Kuehhas, Kim Ferrara, Allison (Stiegelmaier) Florio, Amanda Greenberg, Veronica Bleza, Cailey Wood, Caitlyn Causwirth, Ally Waka, Kristen and Kaitlin Meyer, Katie Trentowski, Jenna Monahan, Amy Ootomakorn and Jen Villa. Keep this up and Coach McNeill will throw in an alumni race! Congratulations to Kiki Johnson (N, ’06) for enjoying her finest field hockey season in her junior year at Rutgers. Her team was ranked in the NCAA top 20 during the fall season. Erin Rafferty and Rosie DeFino (both N, ’07) are both pentathletes. Rosie had an outstanding freshman year at Binghamton and Erin has moved into the multi-events at Bucknell. Rosie holds the Sachem record in pentathlon. Erin, one of North’s outstanding sprinters and high jumpers, will treasure the memory of her first 800 (remember joining the distance workout run to the “ghetto trail” in your senior year?). Erin McCormack (N, ’07) got back into the distance circuit by running 5Ks near her Buffalo campus in Oct. and Nov. Caitlin Doran (N, 05), Kristen Brethel (E, 05) and Caitlyn Heyden (N ’05) ran local (LI) road races in October and November. They ran a Run for Children in honor of North teacher Jen Ogozalek’ son Matt who has been fighting leukemia (he’s doing great!) on 10/18. They joined up again for a turkey trot 5K in Smithtown on 11/27. Danielle Turner (’02) and much of her family also ran the turkey trot. The following showed up on race results for the 5K:THE EXACT DISTANCE OF THIS EVENT IS NOT KNOWN BECAUSE MANY, IF NOT ALL OF
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6/29/08 Update
Caitlyn Hauswirth (Sachem North Thomas Sabatelle Scholar-Athlete Award winner) placed first in the Open Division of the NY Empire Games trials last week as she matched her North PV record 9' 0". Sachem North junior Amanda Brennan won the heptathlon at Empire trials -- congratulations to both.
Caitlin Doran (North '05) is a nursing major at Pace and is spending the summer around the corner from the Armory at NY Presbyterian Hospital in Columbia University's transplant unit. Caitlin's big sis Meaghan ('02) is curently workoing at Pitney Bowes in CT and plays on her work co-ed softball team the Bad News Bowes. As a former shotput/discus thrower, I'm sure Meaghan can do some damage at bat and in the field. SENT 6/16/08
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Natalie Johnston placed second in the 1,500-meter run, setting a personal record with her 4:57.73 mark in the process. (note: C.W. Post release] Natalie's Post teammate Maria Michta (North '04) qualified for the U.S. team at the USA Team Trials - Pan American Race Walking Cup held in Miami on 3/17. Maria placed 5th in the 20K distance in a time of 1:48.55. Maria was joined in the race by Lorraine Horgan ('99). Lorraine placed 12th in 1:58.43. Sachem East senior Jenna Monahan just missed making the junior US team as she placed 4th in the 10K RW in 55:25. Adelphi's Lindsay LaFleur (East '04) ran a career-best in the 5000 m. run at the Monmouth Inv. on 3/24 with a time of 18:53.69. Sachem alumni and siblings Connie (married last week -- congratulations!) and Anna Monroy are both teaching in Sachem district. Anna is teaching science in a middle school (thanks for the update, Laura Michelson) and Connie is at Gatelot. Way to go, Shirlee!! Shirlee Manoogian ('00) is a member of the NY Sharks women's football team. Shirlee was asked to try out for the team which is in the Independent Women's Football League. Find out more about Shirlee at http://www.nysharksfootball.com/team/player.cfm/player=292. The Sharks play their home games at Aviator Field in Brooklyn. 1st home game on 5/5. Interested? Let me know -- maybe we can carpool. It figures that Shirlee -- holder of every swim record at North, and a record holder in many swim events at Stony Brook would find her way on to a team called the Sharks. Kim Ferrara ('99) is teaching and coaching girls track & field at John Bowne H.S. in Queens. Bowne H.S. is an overcrowded school with a large non-English speaking student population. Kim has to purchase equipment and supplies for her team. Contact me if you'd like to make a donation of any size for Kim's team. Congratulations to Kim on her recent engagement. Kim and former sachem teammate Laura Reilly ('99) live several blocks apart in Bayside. Keep training, alumni. Sachem will be holding its annual Hall of Fame 5K (start/finish at North) a week after Mother's Day. More info to follow soon. Alex |
