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Results - 1999 Outdoor59th Eddy Memorial5/15/99 at Union College, Schenectady NY Individual Results: BOYS - GIRLS DyeStat highligts Newspaper report ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCHENECTADY - The 59th William F. Eddy Jr. Memorial Track and Field Meet served as a gold mine Saturday for Section II athletes. Eight championships for area boys and seven more for the girls was the outcome at Union College's Frank Bailey Field, surpassing the 12 gold medals earned in 1998. The Shenendehowa boys' 3,200-meter relay team and pole vaulter Joel Carusone of Guilderland set meet records, while Jennifer Aubin of Saratoga and Janine Tessarzik of Guilderland were the only individual double winners, both in the field. Aubin and Dan Tebbano of Shenendehowa, who won the 3,200 and ran a key third leg on the Plainsmen's victorious relay, were named the meet's outstanding athletes. With Ben Derkowski, Chris Jones, Tebbano and Rob Cloutier joining forces, Shenendehowa clocked a 7:47.39 to top one of the oldest Eddy records, a 7:49.2 produced by McQuaid Jesuit of Rochester in 1974. The Plainsmen's time was also the second-fastest in Section II history. "We didn't talk about time," said Cloutier. "We wanted to run strong and get a trophy." Tebbano made up 15 meters in an outstanding 1:52.9 third leg before Cloutier anchored the triumph in 1:54.9. Tebbano caught up with one Dewitt Clinton runner, and Cloutier passed another early in his second lap and never looked back. Dewitt Clinton placed second in 7:52.80, and Fayetteville-Manlius was third in 7:53.67. "I got the baton about the same time as he did. Their kid went out real hard, and with a lap to go he started to slow down," said Cloutier. "With about 300 left, I passed him." "We wanted to win the race, but we were hoping it wouldn't be that tough," said Shenendehowa coach Matt Jones. "What we were hoping for was to win that, and then have Dan and Rob come back, win their races, and go home with some first-place trophies." Cloutier later ran the 800, but the 3,200 relay took its toll, and the University of Tennessee-bound senior finished third to Seton Catholic's Jason Jabaut and Corinth's Matt Crossman. Tebbano was able to regroup, and the Georgetown-bound senior claimed the 3,200 in 9:32.24, with schoolmate Darrell Andruski placing second (9:35.15). Their efforts helped Shenende- howa win the boys' team title for the fifth time in eight years with 44 points, six more than Franklin of Rochester. "We had some misfortune in the field, and we didn't double certain kids because with the other big meets coming up, we didn't want to beat them up," said Jones. "Winning the team title, that's a pleasant surprise." That Carusone won the pole vault came as no surprise. The reigning indoor and outdoor state champion didn't even attempt a jump until the entire field had completed theirs. Rob Gerren of Fonda-Fultonville placed second at 13-6. Carusone easily cleared 14-6 on his first attempt, and went 15-6 on his third try to equal his own Section II record. The senior missed three times at 16-0, barely brushing the bar with his chest on the way down on his second and third jumps. "What's happened over the year is that I've been able to clear the bar so easily, I've gotten a little lazy," said Carusone. "I got lazy up on top of the pole. At a height like this, you can't do it." Carusone set both the meet and Section II records last year by clearing 15-4. His goal entering Saturday's competition was to top the state record of 16-3. "I set the meet record which is nice, but I didn't get what I came for, and that's disappointing," said Carusone, before adding. "It's going to happen. Hopefully in the sectionals." State leader Dylan Welsh of Saratoga won the mile for the third year in a row (4:17.39), Lee Ansaldo of Bethlehem beat the pack in 100 (11.07), and Colonie placed first in the 1,600 relay in 3:20.37, the sixth-fastest time in Section II history. Brett Thompson, Jim Tremblay, Mike Gather and Bryan Susser (48.2) combined for the win. Susser, a sophomore, later made a gutty run in the stretch of the 400-meter dash, but lost in a tight photo to Nottingham's Dewitt Ellick, 48.35 to 48.36. Only five Section II athletes have ever run faster. A couple of unexpected winners were Paul Roche of Niskayuna in the long jump and junior Adam Terry of Queensbury in the discus. Roche soared 21-8 on his last jump to surpass his personal best of 21-7, and beat Joe Bogovich of Saratoga (20-11). "I knew I'd need a PR day, and that's what I got," said Roche. "On that last jump, I put everything into my run and attacked the board." Terry also won his trophy on his final attempt, firing the discus 155-7 to top Westbury's Claudy Etienne (who later prevailed in the shot put), and Section II leader Paul Yakubec of Greenwich. "I'm surprised. Every time I've thrown against him [Yakubec] he's beaten me," said Terry, who's in only his second year of competitive throwing. "He looked pretty good in warmups. I guess he had an off day." Like Roche and Terry, Aubin won the long jump on her final attempt, going 17-5�, and later won the triple jump with a personal best 37-9. She also ran sixth in the hurdles. Tessarzik became the second consecutive Section II performer to win both the shot put and discus, following Deshaya Williams of Saratoga in 1998. The senior, who will join Cloutier at Tennessee in the fall, threw a personal best and Section II-leading 40-0 in the shot put and later went 141-3 in the discus, beating Tarah Rowse of Greenwich in both. "I was pretty confident, especially after winning the shot put," said Tessarzik. "I beat a lot of those people before." Shenendehowa had a pair of winners in Becky Cusack, who placed first in the 100 high hurdles (15.23), and freshman Jamie Stitt, who was triumphant in the inaugural pole vault (10-0) competition. Another victor was Lauren Hogan of Saratoga, who ran a blistering 800 (2:12.43), the top time in the state this year and the sixth best in Section II history. Jennifer Donovan of Half Hollow Hills West set a meet record in the 1,500 (4:34.75), edging Colonie's Jen Kramer (4:36.08) in a race where four girls bettered 4:40. With its athletes winning three relays and three individual events, Uniondale successfully defended its girls' team title, scoring 96� points to Shenendehowa's 54.
results courtesy of Rick Stellrecht, Gazette Newspapers
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