Washington Twp comes from behind to edge Fordham Prep - photo by John Nepolitan
BOYS
Xavier Fraction was unfazed and ready to roll.
He had a 25 meter deficit when he grabbed the baton from Tim Carey in fourth place to run the 800-meter anchor, but the senior at Washington Township NJ knew was ready for the challenge.
``Did I feel I had a realistic chance of catching him,’’ Fraction said of the leader, Mike Jennings of Fordham Prep. ``Yes, as long as I played it smart and executed my race the way I know how.’’
Fraction did just that, moving from fourth to second after the first 400 before he used a punishing kick to reel in Jennings with about 100 meters left to bring Washington across first in a US #2 3:29.07, the second fastest time in NJ history. Fordham Prep crossed second in a US #3 3:29.87.
``After the first lap I knew I had a lot in me,’’ said Fraction. ``So I went out nice and relaxed and then began to really pick it up. ``He’s (Jennings) a tough kid, so I knew I had find one gear on that last backstretch to get up to him and to than another gear down the final stretch to hold him off. On the last lap, I just unleashed everything.’’
Washington, which came into the race with a US leading 3:30.84, received splits of 23.3 for 200 by senior Brian Keane, 22.2 for 200 by junior Devon Carter and 48.8 for 400 by senior Tim Carey.
Fraction had a feeling the race was going to be under 3:30.
``When I saw Iona Prep win the heat before ours (3:32.74), I knew we’d have to run fast to beat than and I just a feeling we were ready to go under (3:30),’’ said Fraction.
Fordham Prep took the lead right away after a 21.4 200 opening leg from Wayne Seaton, who earlier anchored Fordham Prep’s national record breaking shuttle hurdle team to 29.15 victory. Zach Keefer ran a 49.1 for Fordham Prep to maintain the lead, but it wasn’t enough of a cushion for Jennings to hold of Fraction.
Sean Halpin of Iona Prep, the Eastern States Champion in the 800, had the top 800 split of the meet, ripping off a 1:52.9 anchor to bring his team across first in its heat and third overall in 3:32.74.
GIRLS
LSU-bound senior Charlene Lipsey rallied from third place to first and Hempstead NY with a 2:09 split and anchored the sprint medley relay to a first-place finish in 4:00.36.
B-SMR 3:29.07 Boys Relay, , Washington Township B-SMR 3:29.87 Boys Relay, , Fordham Prep B-SMR 3:32.74 Boys Relay, , Iona Preparatory School B-SMR 3:32.94 Boys Relay, , West Charlotte B-SMR 3:33.73 Boys Relay, , East New York-Transit Tech B-SMR 3:35.39 Boys Relay, , James Robinson B-SMR 3:35.79 Boys Relay, , Rahway B-SMR 3:36.11 Boys Relay, , Amity B-SMR 3:36.35 Boys Relay, , Clarkstown South B-SMR 3:36.57 Boys Relay, , Pine Bush B-SMR 3:36.61 Boys Relay, , Wakefield B-SMR 3:36.79 Boys Relay, , Motor City Tc B-SMR 3:37.6 Boys Relay, , Pope John Xxiii B-SMR 3:38.97 Boys Relay, , East Fishkill B-SMR 3:38.99 Boys Relay, , Nazareth (Nyc) B-SMR 3:39.32 Boys Relay, , Bowie Number of Elite performances: 16
Armory HS Sports Foundation - Site License 2009 National Scholastic Indoor Championships New Balance Track & Field Center, The Armory New York City -3/13/2009 To 3/15/2009
Event 30 Boys 1600 Sprint Medley High School =================================================================== National HS: ! 3:24.69 1997 John D. Muir HS, Pasadena, CA D. Myrick, S. McCullough, J. Tryon, O. Moore Meet: # 3:24.69 1997 John Muir, CA School Finals H# =================================================================== Finals 1 Washington Township 'A' 3:29.07 6 1) Xavier Fraction 12 2) Tim Carey 12 3) Devon Carter 10 4) Brian Keane 11 2 Fordham Prep 'A' 3:29.87 6 1) Zach Keefer 12 2) Wayne Seaton 12 3) Carlos Petrovich 12 4) Bruce Grant 11 3 Iona Preparatory School 'A' 3:32.74 5 1) Sean Halpin 12 2) Sean Fuster 12 3) Ayo Bajulaiye 11 4) Anthony O'Malley 10 4 West Charlotte 'A' 3:32.94 5 1) Tadarrin Phronebarger 12 2) Stanley Wright 12 3) Santonio Johnston 11 4) Ammar Phillips 11 5 East New York-Transit Tech 'A' 3:33.73 6 1) Julian Wood 11 2) Fard Rollock -- 3) Elijah Rollock 12 4) Kameron George 12 6 James Robinson 'A' 3:35.39 1 1) Jared Berman 12 2) John Ro 11 3) Bradley Burgess 11 4) JW Seo 11 7 Rahway 'A' 3:35.79 4 8 Amity High School 'A' 3:36.11 3 1) Yitao Zhang 9 2) Jay Binkowski 12 3) Brian Kernan 11 4) Andrew Snyder-spak 12 9 Clarkstown South 'A' 3:36.35 3 1) John Taylor 12 2) Brendan Sullivan 12 3) Kyle Cranston 12 4) Michael Bongiorno 12 10 Pine Bush 'A' 3:36.57 4 1) Zavior Brown 12 2) Mike Dempsey 12 3) Tom Papesca 12 4) Tim Stack 12 11 Wakefield 'A' 3:36.61 3 1) Trip Foreman 11 2) Tray Branch 12 3) Moyo Olusesi 12 4) Shawn Murray 12 12 Motor City TC 'A' 3:36.79 6 1) Marcell Jones 11 2) Melvin Green 12 3) Willie Hatcher 12 4) Marcell Houston 11 13 Pope John Xxiii 'A' 3:37.60 3 1) Dylan Hurley 10 2) Kyle Johnson 12 3) Dan McIntyre 11 4) Greg Moore 11 14 East Fishkill 'A' 3:38.97 4 1) Alex Blackman 2) Nick Lingardo 3) Kevin Joyce 4) Ryan Gomba 12 15 Nazareth (Nyc) 'A' 3:38.99 2 1) Marcus Samerson 12 2) Sean Atkinson 12 3) Abayomi Baptiste 11 4) Tyriek Codrington 12 16 Bowie 'A' 3:39.32 5 1) Paul Edwards, JR 11 2) Gerodo Amaya 9 3) Bisal Rahim -- 4) Daniel Ballah 12 17 Archbishop Carroll 'A' 3:40.72 5 1) Malcolm Sykes 9 2) Kevin Peoples 11 3) Walter Bailey 10 4) Petros Welday 11 18 LaSalle Track Club (Troy) 'A' 3:41.54 1 1) Tom Smail 11 2) Anthony Marois 12 3) Dylan Sorensen 12 4) Eamonn Coughlin 10 19 Kingsway Reg. 'A' 3:41.76 1 1) Ryan Culbreath 12 2) Tivo Rivera 10 3) Demurri Gaines 4) Zach Dennison 20 Regis 'A' 3:42.36 2 1) Chris Schaller 12 2) Dan Lauber 12 3) Demetrios Elias 12 4) Paul Gorynski 12 21 Rye 'A' 3:43.62 2 1) Matt Kao -- 2) Mac Gager -- 3) Jonathan Slack -- 4) Jeff Bouton -- 22 Speed City 'A' 3:43.85 4 23 Westbury Long Island 'A' 3:45.45 5 1) Eric Banks 12 2) Jabari Redd 12 3) Rani Nimblette 11 4) Lutalo Boyce 12 24 Cardinal Spellman 'A' 3:45.85 2 1) Brandon Sligh 12 2) Camari Francis 12 3) Darnell Gatling I 12 4) Robert Dziedzic 11 25 Castle TC 'A' 3:46.49 2 1) Jaime Lopez 11 2) Aaron Horne 12 3) Robert Krebs 12 4) Darryl James 11 26 St. Peter's 'A' 3:52.39 1 1) Lou Scara 12 2) Greg Cala 12 3) Chris Rivera -- 4) Matt Pizzolo -- 27 Bishop McNamara 'A' 3:56.29 3 1) Darrian Carmichael 12 2) Kenneth Hunt 12 3) Nigel Crawley 10 4) Jeffrey Mcdonald 12 -- Colonie 'A' DNF 6 1) Tyler Stewart 12 2) Ryan Nolan 12 3) Nyasha Dangwa 12 4) Nick Colello 11 -- Core Speed 'A' DQ 1 1) Devin Spann 11 2) Nick Hill 12 3) Marcus Johnson 11 4) Robert Woods 11 -- Atlee 'A' DQ 2 1) Jaired Epps 12 2) Devon Richardson 12 3) Trevor Elie 10 4) Marques Atkinson 10 -- Half Hollow Hills West 'B' DQ 4 1) Jonathan Yu 12 2) Domenick DeMatteo 12 3) Justin Ma 10 4) Abdias Myrtil 10 -- Half Hollow Hills West 'A' DQ 6 1) Jared Squires 12 2) Harold Jamison 12 3) Demarr Aultmann 11 4) Dan McCord 10
GIRLS
G-SMR 4:00.36 Girls Relay, , Hempstead G-SMR 4:04.33 Girls Relay, , Bishop Ford G-SMR 4:04.47 Girls Relay, , Neptune G-SMR 4:06.97 Girls Relay, , St. John Villa Academy G-SMR 4:11.25 Girls Relay, , O'Hara T&F Club G-SMR 4:11.58 Girls Relay, , Brentwood G-SMR 4:11.62 Girls Relay, , Archbishop Carroll G-SMR 4:11.72 Girls Relay, , Pine Bush G-SMR 4:13.56 Girls Relay, , Motor City Tc G-SMR 4:14.07 Girls Relay, , Suffern G-SMR 4:15.84 Girls Relay, , Windsor Striders G-SMR 4:17.71 Girls Relay, , Bishop Mcnamara G-SMR 4:17.74 Girls Relay, , Ursuline School Number of Elite performances: 13
Armory HS Sports Foundation - Site License 2009 National Scholastic Indoor Championships New Balance Track & Field Center, The Armory New York City -3/13/2009 To 3/15/2009
Event 29 Girls 1600 Sprint Medley High School =================================================================== National HS: ! 3:53.17 2001 Wilson HS, Long Beach, CA A. Tate, D. Gooden, L. Demus, A. Freeman Meet: # 3:53.17 2001 Long Beach Willson, CA School Finals H# =================================================================== Finals 1 Hempstead 'A' 4:00.36 5 1) Charlene Lipsey 12 2) Donna-Lee Hylton 12 3) Velma Morant 12 4) Asheka Gibson 12 2 Bishop Ford 'A' 4:04.33 5 1) Shanyce Goulding 12 2) Shanique DaSilva 10 3) Malekah Holland 11 4) Corrine Williams 11 3 Neptune 'A' 4:04.47 4 1) Jade Wilson 12 2) Ajee Wilson 9 3) Yazmin Hall 9 4) Ashley Porterfield 12 4 St. John Villa Academy 'A' 4:06.97 5 1) Kristi Taddoni 9 2) Alexandria Simon 9 3) Dominique Claudio 9 4) Mariah Claudio 9 5 O'Hara T&F Club 'A' 4:11.25 4 1) Robyn Oakley 12 2) Diane Garrison 11 3) Amanda Mccullough 11 4) Brittany Robinson 11 6 Brentwood 'A' 4:11.58 3 1) Donna Jeanty 11 2) Essence Felder 12 3) Stefanny Laureano 11 4) Andrea Abberbeen 11 7 Archbishop Carroll 'A' 4:11.62 4 1) Ashley Seymour 12 2) Breanna Adams 11 3) Jasmin Peterson Hassan 12 4) Kiah Seymour 9 8 Pine Bush 'A' 4:11.72 2 1) Jessica Hennig 12 2) Amber Passalaqua 11 3) Opeyemi Ifafore 12 4) Alexis Grable 12 9 Motor City TC 'A' 4:13.56 5 1) Aisha Osborne 12 2) Vorri Zanders 9 3) Nacole Black 12 4) Shariece Pinkston 12 10 Suffern 'A' 4:14.07 4 1) 2) Jen Clayton 11 3) Janelle Clayton 12 4) Faith Consiglio 12 11 Windsor Striders 'A' 4:15.84 2 12 Bishop McNamara 'A' 4:17.71 2 1) Nsia Frenche 12 2) Chanae Davis 11 3) Yayoi Vanzego 12 4) Maya Lewis 11 13 Ursuline School 'A' 4:17.74 3 1) Kaitlin Mallinson 10 2) Fiona Nugent 12 3) Shanel Golding 10 4) Aeisha McDavid 10 14 Marian 'A' 4:18.51 2 1) Kelly Egan 12 2) Mary Hazen 12 3) Hillary McAllister 11 4) Serene King 12 15 Weston 'A' 4:18.61 3 1) Emily Ando 11 2) Callie Arlo 11 3) Rebecca Fine 12 4) Erica Litvak 10 16 Bowie 'A' 4:19.27 1 1) Courtney Cox 11 2) Jazmyn Thomas 12 3) Rashanda Dickens 11 4) Kimmy Dumfani -- 17 Bruin TC 'A' 4:19.72 3 1) Taylor Moore 12 2) Rebecca Shoemaker 12 3) Taylor McCord 10 4) Cristina Cabrera 11 18 Cardinal Spellman 'A' 4:19.88 2 1) Patrice Johnson 12 2) Karimah Figueroa 12 3) Janiene Mcmaster 12 4) Alexis Beverly 11 19 Rahway 'A' 4:20.21 3 1) Sattirah Johnson 12 2) Nichelle Harris 11 3) Denice Martin 11 4) Ernestine Rodgers 10 20 Gardena Core Speed 'A' 4:22.54 4 1) Deena Pierce 10 2) Bryana Smith 12 3) Rhyon Brown 11 4) Dawnielle Baucham 10 21 De Paul Catholic 'A' 4:23.79 1 1) Alyssa LaGuardia 10 2) Christie Gage 12 3) Ashley Suermann 12 4) Michelle Trifare 11 22 Hilton 'A' 4:26.40 1 1) Sarah Ritchie 12 2) Marikka Joseph 12 3) Asante Brown 9 4) Amanda Cocchiara 10 23 MT Vernon 'A' 4:26.57 5 1) Julia Miller 12 2) Kenina Bonner 10 3) Myla Allen 11 4) Jessica Avila 11 24 Benjamin Banneker Academy 'A' 4:28.16 1 1) Taisha Parkins 12 2) Seleah Sheares 10 3) Arielle Desdunes 12 4) Bryanna Chestnut 9 25 Elizabeth Seton 'A' 4:38.78 2 1) Dionna Hayes 12 2) Chantel Lipkins 12 3) Asha Roper 11 4) Tiana Teague 10 -- Kingsway Reg. 'A' DQ 1 1) Jasmine Waddell 2) Jewel Smith 3) Liz Locke 11 4) Ulili Emore -- Dunbar 'A' DQ 3 1) Paris Scott 12 2) Jasmine Jones 12 3) Ashley Bacote 11 4) Shelby Lambert 10