It looked like Burnt Hills NY was out of it. But that’s before Otis Ubriaco came up with the race of his life.
Grabbing the baton some 60 meters behind the leader, Warwick Valley, Urbiaco methodically moved from fourth place to third and sat there for two laps before exploding to the front at the start of the bell lap. Urbiaco kept pouring it on all the way to the line, giving Burnt Hills the win in the DM in 10:17.76.
Urbiaco, a sophomore, split a career best 4:16.1. It’s the first time he’s run under 4:20.
``With 600 to go, I felt real good so I figured I may as well go for the win,’’ said Urbiaco. ``I didn’t want to try to get to the front too soon because I didn’t want them coming back and catching me, so I just waited until that last lap and just gave it all I had.’’
The first three legs for Burnt Hills were handled by Scott Maughan (1,200), Chris Fernandez (400) and Kent Harlow (800).
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Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake NY, after two years of placing second at nationals in the distance medley relay, finally came through with its first title in US #3 time of 11:52.61. Molly Pezzulo split 2:17.4 for 400 meters and Sam Roecker split 4:58.4 for 1,600 to bring Burnt Hills its second national title. It won the four-mile relay last season.
B-DMR 10:17.76 Boys Relay, , Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake B-DMR 10:19.45 Boys Relay, , Warwick Valley B-DMR 10:21.71 Boys Relay, , Bishop Ford B-DMR 10:22.67 Boys Relay, , Breen Track Club B-DMR 10:22.95 Boys Relay, , Ridgewood B-DMR 10:23.57 Boys Relay, , Colts Neck B-DMR 10:24.35 Boys Relay, , O'Hara T&F Club B-DMR 10:27.79 Boys Relay, , Northport B-DMR 10:33.6 Boys Relay, , Ghost Track Club B-DMR 10:34.56 Boys Relay, , Union Catholic Chargers B-DMR 10:38.09 Boys Relay, , Cba-Nj B-DMR 10:39.51 Boys Relay, , Mckee/Staten Island Tech B-DMR 10:40.15 Boys Relay, , Shaker Number of Elite performances: 13
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Event 24 Boys Distance Medley High School ================================================================ National HS: ! 9:59.94 2000 Gloucester HS, Gloucester, J. Palazola, N. Otieno, S. Milne, T. Colangelo Meet: # 9:59.94 2000 Gloucester, MA School Finals ================================================================ Finals 1 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 'A' 10:17.76 1) Chris Fernandez 11 2) Kent Harlow 12 3) Scott Maughan 11 4) Otis Ubriaco 10 2 Warwick Valley 'A' 10:19.45 1) Tim Luthin 10 2) Dave Dewan 11 3) Dan Ramirez 11 4) Charlie Armand 10 3 Bishop Ford 'A' 10:21.71 1) Frankelly Fernandez 12 2) Paul Gilhuley Jr. 12 3) Joseph Gilhuley 12 4) Mark Almieda 11 4 Breen Track Club 'A' 10:22.67 1) James Yau 11 2) Tom Judy 12 3) Michael Atchoo 12 4) Brian Murphy 11 5 Ridgewood 'A' 10:22.95 1) Taro Shigenobu 12 2) Andrew Fine 12 3) InSoo Hwang 10 4) Brain Cleary -- 6 Colts Neck 'A' 10:23.57 1) Mark Leininger 12 2) Kevin O'Dowd 12 3) Mike O'Dowd 10 4) Vilius Komskis 12 7 O'Hara T&F Club 'A' 10:24.35 1) Mike DeStefano 12 2) Bill Morgan 12 3) Ricky Sheller 11 4) Joe Sacchetti 12 8 Northport 'A' 10:27.79 1) Evan Bloomberg 12 2) Colin Anderson 12 3) Dj Ronde 12 4) Michael Lopizzo 12 9 Ghost Track Club 'A' 10:33.60 10 Union Catholic Chargers 'A' 10:34.56 1) DJ Thornton 11 2) Shariff Stubbs 12 3) Danny daCosta 12 4) Evan Gingrich 10 11 Cba-Nj 'A' 10:38.09 1) Mark Lee 11 2) Mike Mazzaccaro 10 3) John McLaughlin 11 4) Colin Johnson -- 12 McKee/Staten Island Tech 'A' 10:39.51 1) Michael Caputo 12 2) Scott Rizzo 11 3) Joe Carlin 11 4) Joseph Brancale 12 13 Shaker 'A' 10:40.15 1) Craig Weiss 12 2) Abube Abara 12 3) Jaquell Chandler 11 4) Matt Conti 11 14 Lexington 'A' 10:45.08 1) Ricardo Sanon 12 2) Stephen McKenna 12 3) Andrew Herring 11 4) Steve Leung 12 15 Iona Preparatory School 'A' 10:46.37 1) Kyle Shepard 12 2) Sean Fuster 12 3) Shane Tierney 10 4) Nick Athanasidy 11 16 Archbishop Spalding 'A' 10:46.94 1) Zach Sullivan 12 2) J.R. Spencer 12 3) Ryan Topita 12 4) Marcell Thompson 10 17 Bucks County Running Club 'A' 10:50.52 1) Jarrett Carr 12 2) Matt Rhodes 12 3) Matt Bee 10 4) Nick Scarpello 11 18 Speed City 'A' 10:55.30 19 LaSalle Track Club (Troy) 'A' 10:55.59 1) Anthony Marois 12 2) Dylan Sorensen 12 3) James Doran 11 4) Denis Hurley 11 20 St. Peter's 'A' 11:04.06 1) James Cannon 12 2) Andrew Pate 12 3) Lou Scara 12 4) Greg Cala 12
GIRLS G-DMR 11:52.61 Girls Relay, , Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake G-DMR 12:01.86 Girls Relay, , Bruin Tc G-DMR 12:04.45 Girls Relay, , Haddonfield G-DMR 12:07.25 Girls Relay, , Bronxville G-DMR 12:12.92 Girls Relay, , Wilson Memorial Tc G-DMR 12:18.59 Girls Relay, , North Rockland G-DMR 12:20.59 Girls Relay, , Academy Of The Holy Names G-DMR 12:23.42 Girls Relay, , Speed City G-DMR 12:26.41 Girls Relay, , Thomas Edison G-DMR 12:26.6 Girls Relay, , Ridge G-DMR 12:27.78 Girls Relay, , Breen Track Club G-DMR 12:28.94 Girls Relay, , Northstars Tc G-DMR 12:29.63 Girls Relay, , Northport G-DMR 12:34.91 Girls Relay, , Glastonbury G-DMR 12:37.95 Girls Relay, , Naugatuck G-DMR 12:38.95 Girls Relay, , St. John Villa Academy G-DMR 12:41.41 Girls Relay, , Albuquerque Academy Number of Elite performances: 17
2009 National Scholastic Indoor Championships New Balance Track & Field Center, The Armory New York City -3/13/2009 To 3/15/2009
Event 23 Girls Distance Medley High School ================================================================ National HS: ! 11:35.43 2004 Mountain View HS, Orem, UT H. Houle, M. King, AM Harris, H. Magill Meet: # 11:35.43 2004 Mountain View, UT School Finals ================================================================ Finals 1 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 'A' 11:52.61 1) Sam Roecker 12 2) Molly Pezzulo 10 3) Meaghan Gregory 12 4) Rachael Cyrus 10 2 Bruin TC 'A' 12:01.86 1) Kelly Hagan 11 2) Casey Lardner 10 3) Liana Epstein 11 4) Becca Sinichko 10 3 Haddonfield 'A' 12:04.45 1) Marielle Hall 11 2) Elizabeth Sikkema 12 3) Greta Feldman 12 4) Lisa Bailey 10 4 Bronxville 'A' 12:07.25 1) Tori Flannery 12 2) Henrietta Miers 11 3) Caitlin Hudson 12 4) Olivia Bruton 12 5 Wilson Memorial TC 'A' 12:12.92 1) Megan Patrignelli 11 2) Carly Kiess 11 3) Meaghan Venterola 9 4) Courtney Mallon 10 6 North Rockland 'A' 12:18.59 1) Jackie Gamboli 12 2) Katherine Hekker 12 3) Sara Hylas 12 4) Ellie Hekker 9 7 Academy of the Holy Names 'A' 12:20.59 1) Johanna Ohm 12 2) Lauren Recchia 11 3) Laura Isabelle 11 4) Sherez Mohamed 12 8 Speed City 'A' 12:23.42 1) Dynasty Gammage 10 2) Tia Leake 11 3) Ashlee Taylor 12 4) Autumn Fowler 10 9 Thomas Edison 'B' 12:26.41 10 Ridge 'A' 12:26.60 1) Kaitlin McWhorter 11 2) Dana Guglielmo 12 3) Amanda Gracia 12 4) Simran Bains 10 11 Breen Track Club 'A' 12:27.78 1) Michelle Moriset 11 2) Grace Green 12 3) Julia Dinverno 10 4) Franki Adamski 11 12 Northstars TC 'A' 12:28.94 1) Taylor Wendler 11 2) Lindsay Raulli 12 3) Nicole Campagna 10 4) Jamie Ryan 10 13 Northport 'A' 12:29.63 1) Caitlin Mclaughlin 12 2) Lianne Farber 11 3) Elizabeth Fierro 10 4) Anna Corrigan 9 14 Glastonbury 'A' 12:34.91 1) Lindsay Crevoiserat 10 2) Laura Vehlies 12 3) Emily Macewen 9 4) Natalie Bonham 12 15 Naugatuck 'A' 12:37.95 1) Tori Pisco 11 2) Rosa Moriello 11 3) Natalia Carvalho 10 4) Shannon Hale 12 16 St. John Villa Academy 'A' 12:38.95 1) Alexis Bivona 11 2) Jillian Biagini 10 3) Mallory Baio 11 4) Samantha Lauro 11 17 Albuquerque Academy 'A' 12:41.41 18 Hunterdon Central 'A' 12:43.24 1) Brigitte Mania 12 2) Katherine Vodopia 3) Juliana Lindner 11 4) Allison Payenski 10 19 Washingtonville 'A' 12:48.64 1) Lauren Hehir 9 2) Kerry Connors 9 3) Kaitlynn Hammerton 12 4) Brianna Butler 9 20 Kingston 'A' 12:50.18 1) Tori Destefano 11 2) Diane Valentine 10 3) Jillian Brooks 10 4) Chelsea Gillette 10 21 Sachem East 'A' 12:55.18 1) 2) Caitlin Ryan 11 3) Megan Walsh 10 4) Rachel Paul 9 22 Germantown Friends School 'A' 12:55.78 1) Jasia Kaulbach 11 2) Sarah Bergman 10 3) Madeleine Hawes 12 4) Brooke Palus 10 23 Speed Unlimited Track Club 'A' 13:03.33 24 Norwich Free 'A' 13:08.54 1) Jaclyn Sullivan 12 2) Amy Sinko 12 3) Kaylan Pickford 11 4) Kathleen O'Brien 11 25 Ursuline School 'A' 13:17.70 1) Jackie McCarthy 11 2) Madie Federle 11 3) Carlie Brittan 10 4) Fiona Nugent 12 26 St. Thomas Aquinas 'A' 13:43.92 1) Emily Mcafee 12 2) Malia Cali 11 3) Michelle Mobley 11 4) Elizabeth Gambel 10
