Donna on the Side
by Donna Dye
The New Balance Games is a celebrated meet in its 9th year. With music to run by and cheers, whistles and hoots of the crowd, it is an exciting event. New to the Armory is the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. Now, a meet can be coupled with a trip to the Hall of Fame--a place that can inspire athletes to run faster, jump higher and farther and throw to the limits.
Special Award Winners
A special award was presented to a school with outstanding accomplishments in academics, team spirit and community service. Award for 1st place was $10,000 and runner up was $5,000.
Winner of the $10,000 award for outstanding efforts in academic, team spirit and community service was St. John Preparatory School |
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The runner up and winner of the $5,000 prize was Stuyvesant High School. |
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Distance
1st Place Invitational Mile-Heather Iatauro with a time of 4.48.82. Heather dug deep down and brought up a kick to win. She will be attending Princeton next year. |
1st and 2nd in the Invitational Mile-Gavin Coombs 1st (r) and Hakon Devries (l) 2nd. Another close race with Gavin beating out Hakon at the finish. |
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2nd in the Invitational Mile-Laura Cummings |
Gavin Coombs with Dad, Mike |
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Nicole Blood with Coach Art Krannick. Nicole ran in the Elite Mile and significantly improved her PR. |
Marc Bloom of the Harrier interviews Josh McDougal after his 3rd place finish in the
Men's Elite Two Mile. |
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This meet saw six of the the top seven indoor milers in the US in one race: (from left back) 3rd Jeremy Zagorski 4:11.87, 1st Gavin Coombs 4:11.35, 2nd Hakon Devries 4:11.38 (from left front) 6th Andre Silva 4:12.86, 4th Kevin Tschirhart 4:12.69, 5th Steve Hallinan 4:12.72. |
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Top 3 Girls in the Mile pose with two Hall of Famers: (from left) Billy Mills (Olympic winner in the 10,000) 3rd Avril Ogrodnick, 1st Heather Iatauro,
2nd Laura Cummings and Jim Beatty (first indoor sub 4 minute miler). |
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Josh McDougal with Brother, Jordan and Dad, Robert. |
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| Josh McDougal with Brother Jordan (r) and long time friend Tobias Groneveldt |
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Hakon Devries with Dad and Mom.. Hakon was 2nd in the mile. |
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| Nicole Blood and her fans celebrate with dinner at Coogan's: Grandmom, Barbara Buff; Mom, Jill and Grandmom, Maureen Haggerty. Nicole ran in the Women's Elite Mile improving her PR significantly. |
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Jumps
Adam Sarafian
Winner of the Pole Vault,
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James Blocker
winner of the high jump. |
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Winner of the Pole Vault at 16'0,
Adam Sarafian with Mom, Sue Sarafian-Gibson |
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Pole Vaulter, Ian Cassidy NY with Coach Jerry Dunne |
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Pole Vaulter, Mike Davis NJ with Dad, Tom-Tom Davis is owner of High Performance Athletics (HIP), an indoor facility for pole vault. |
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Jason Coles (Morrestown), Justin Kanar (Collegiate School)
Michael Barry and Aleksey Bakharev (Niskayuna) |
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High Jumpers (from left) Arun Panicker, Anthony Soares,
James Blocker and Chris DeVaughn |
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Jumpers, Brian Price and Justin Kanar |
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Kate Randull (l) and Aubelia Oesman,
Triple Jumpers from Sacred Heart |
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Jamicia Triple Jumpers: (from left) Dana Lewis, Calicia thomas,
Shakia Hall and Ebony Bovey |
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High Jumpers from St. Basil PA:
(from left) Caitlin O'Hajan and Jessica Posimo |
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Pole Vaulters From Hauppauge NY: (from left) Scott Mustopich,
Paul Orcolani, Ken Cavaliere |
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Relays
1st 4x200 Camden: (from left) Dwayne Lewis, Sharron Bullock,
Alonzo Brown, Carl Smith |
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2nd Newburgh 4x200: (from left) Sam Stubbs, Elzie Coleman,
Terrius McMillan, Ed Jackson |
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Uniondale 4x200: (from left) Scott Facey, Rahmel Huffman,
Justin Edmuade, Michael Wright |
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1st Place Camden 4x200: (from left) Erin Johnson, Avionne Sloan, Shawana Gray and Nicole Holt |
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2nd Place AP Randolph 4x200: (from left) Selena Sappleton, Karina Copeland, Efuru Ballantyne and Natasha Hastings |
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1st SMR West Catholic: (from left) Latavia Thomas, Nicole Leach,
Ciarra Lawson, Erica Ferguson |
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Cardozo SMR + 1: (from left) Joy Henry, Candac Holness, Shanequa Wood , Marie Driffiths, Trisha Laforce |
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Toms River East NJ: (from left) Lexi Gray, Alison Root, Kelly Chencharik, Alisa Budd-- This team set a new record for Ocean County
and School Record 4x800. |
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Throwers
Throwers from Arlington NY: (from left) Joe Johnson, Aaron Rutigliano, Joe Daniels and Chis Kinnear (front) |
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New Rochelle Throwers: (from left) James Alfano,
Germaine McGowan and Billy LaCroix |
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Errol Anderson, husband of A.P. Randolph coach Phyllis Anderson, is also a professional photographer at meets. |
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A.P. Randolph girls from New York City |
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Mike Rauh, Announcer at the Armory.
With his smooth voice, Mike keeps the crowd informed, calls the races and points out interesting happenings.. |
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South Brunswick NJ |
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Norman and Debbie Reepmeyer from Latham NY here to cheer for their daughter Katelyn running the 4x800. |
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Great Neck South High School NY |
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Matt Duff (l) and Mark Gorgas from Buena Visa NJ |
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Cardozo NY |
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Howell Central NJ |
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Conestoga PA |
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Port Richmond |
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Glasgow DE |
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Port Richmond |
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Villa NJ |
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From St. John the Baptist NY: (from left) Amber King, Jessica Jacob, Caitlin Petrocelli, Erika Sciocovelli |
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Holy Trinity 4x800: (from left) Lauren Harvey, Jen Scimone,
Alyssa Glaittli, Kelly Morritt |
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Harriton High |
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Harriton High |
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Archbishop Carroll PA |
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