Icahn Stadium, Randall's Island Sports Foundation

new balance
NYC Qualifying Challenge
up next at Icahn Stadium
May 10, 2008

Results Posted Here

LIST OF ACCEPTED ATHLETE BY EVENT LISTED HERE
81 College Teams Now ENTERED
Entries are open until midnight Wednesday
Entries are now open on www.directathletics.com
For more information please visit the meet homepage
Schedule now updated.

New Balance Awards for the Top Collegiate in each event plus top three overall places in each event. Additional awards will be presented for the most outstanding performances for men and women is each of the 3 NCAA division and the overall best performance.

NYCQC WOMEN'S 800m -
Pompey, Price, and MacLean set to light up the track
May 6, 2008-One of the most exciting races on the track at this years new balance NYC Qualifying Challenge could very well be the women's 800m run. The top three ladies in the event Chanelle Price, Alianne Pompey, and Leanna MacLean; all three women will be racing not only to win but to achieve qualifying times for the Olympics. Pompey, a two time Olympian for Guyana, comes into the race with the fastest personal best of 53.84 while price follows with 2:03.98 which was run at the New York Relays held at Icahn Stadium two weeks ago. For Price each second dropped from her tme will move her further up on the all time high school 800m list where she is currently seated third. To round out the top three MacLean will be visiting Icahn Stadium from Canada where she has established herself at on of the best middle distance runner in the country. The top collegiate runner currently in the field is Stallah Sang from the District of Columbia University

New Balance NYCQC to add USATF Metropolitan 5K
Grand Prix Event

The New Balance NYC Qualifying Challenge is please to announce in conjunction with the USATF Metropolitan and the Central Park Track Club that the Manhattan 5K Grand Prix race will be featured at Icahn Stadium. The first, of the four race series will be held on May 10, 2008 during the New Balance NYC Qualifying Challenge.

Some of the fastest 5,000m runners in the country are expected to battle it out under the bright lights of Randall's Island Park for crucial Grand Prix series points. Additional information including scoring, awards, and start lists will be posted once available. Keep an eye on icahnstadium.org for updated information. To view information on the entire race series please visit the NBNYCQC Meet Home Page.

Latest Results and Photo Galleries

CHSAA-Novice Intersectional's and Weight Division Meet
CHSAA-Girls Freshman/Sophomore Meet Results
PSAL-Field Weight Day

2008 College/Open New York Relays Photo Gallery
CHSAA-Girls Freshman/Sophomore Photo Gallery

NYRR Tuesday Night at the Races Information Now Posted;
May 20th, June 3, June 10.

Youth Jamboree Information Now Available

The 2008 Youth Jamboree slated to take place on May 18, 2008 has released entry information for this years event. Information can be found below in both English and Spanish.
English Version.pdf
Spanish Version.pdf

2008 Gotham Games
Information Now Posted

Gotham Games Home Page

HS Relay qualifying events set for Reebok Grand Prix

NEW YORK (March 14, 2008) – The New York Relays and St. Anthony's Invitational will serve as automatic qualifiers for the popular high school relays at the Reebok Grand Prix, organizers announced today. click here to read more

Liu Xiang, top sprint duo set for Reebok Grand Prix

NEW YORK, NY (April 10) – Chinese megastar Liu Xiang and world-champion sprinters Veronica Campbell-Brown and Lauryn Williams – whose photo finish at 100 meters provided one of the most-dramatic moments of the 2007 World Championships – will be among the headliners at the Reebok Grand Prix on May 31, organizers announced today. On the heels of a sell-out last year, 1,500 seats are being added to Icahn Stadium to meet the expected demand in this Olympic year. click here to read more

Price and Bittingham named
Icahn Stadium
Athlete of the Week

April 23, 2008 - In a weekend that broke 52 New York Relays meet records and 8 Icahn Stadium Records two athletes shined a bit brighter then the rest. With two amazing performances Chanelle Price of Easton High School and Eric Bittingham of Methacton High School are named this week Icahn Stadium Athletes of the Week. Price stormed the track to run away with the race to establish herself as the best high school 800 meter runner in the USA with blistering time of 2:03.98, the time also places her #13 on the overall world list. Shortly after Prices race the attention of the fans turned to the javelin runway where Bittingham was ready to put on a show. Not only did he break the already strong Icahn Stadium record he managed to do so with all 6 throws of his series ending with a best of 197'11". Both Price and Bittingham broke the existing meet and high school stadium records .
The Icahn Stadium Athlete of the Week program, in it's first year has been establish to honor the efforts and dedication of all athletes who participate in Track and Field at Icahn Stadium.

Day Two of the 2008 New York Relays
Channele Price runs 2:03.98 in the 800m to crush the meet record, the Icahn Stadium record, and clocks the fastest time in the nation!

April 20, 2008-The 2008 New York Relays brought many new Meet and Stadium records in the final day of High School competition. The day was highlighted by Channele Price running an impressive time of 2:03.98 in the girls 800m invitational.

Additional Highlights of the day included

Collegiate Boys win
4 X 1600m Relays in
18:02:50
Half Hallow Hills West
win SMR with a ne
meet record of 3:29.45

Allison Linnell of
Colts Neck wins
2000m Steeple Chase
in a time of 6:57.63 a
new meet record
Eric Bittingham of
Methacton wins the
boy's javelin for
another meet record
of 194'7"

Boys and Girls HS wins
the girls SMR in 4:04.90
Brian Riley edges Rob
Morhard in the 800m
by.01 to take the boy's
800m championship.

Megan Faeth set a new
meet and stadium
record in the girl's
javelin at 123'07"
Sheepshead Bay wins
boy's 4 X 100 in a
time of 42.49

Chanelle Price takes the 800m

Brian McGovern wins the Boy's
Pole Vault with a clearance of
15 feet and 6 inches

Sheepshead Bay with the
famous New Yorks Relays
plaque after winning the
4 X 100m.

High School Invitational Results - Non-Invitational High School Results
College and Open Results - Photo's coming soon
Over 800 Photo's Now Posted
Boys Track - Girls Track - Steeple Chase - Hurdles - Jumps - Throws - Awards - Jesse Owens Relay

Meets Records Fall as Day one of the
New York Relays come to a close.

April, 18, 2008- The first signs of spring hit Icahn Stadium today with the temperature tipping the scale above 80 degrees, and not only was the sun hot but was so was the performances that took place today during the 2008 New York Relays.
Five Stadium Records were broken today which began with the distance runners on both the boys and girls sides on the 3000m and and the 3200m. The 3000m record which was previously held by Katie Sullivan of Ursuline set at last years relays was broken by then current teammate Meghan Brown with a time of 10:42.03. For the fellows the 3200m records was taken down by Nate Hathaway of Scarborough with a time of 9:42.23, breaking the record by seven seconds. Then the next group to step onto the was the Boy's 2000m Steeple Chase, the race went out fast with a trio from Warwick Valley taking the lead from the gun and dominating from start to finish. Freshman, Ryan Florkiewicz lead the race crossing the line in first place to set a new meet record Tim Luthin, who finished runner up to Florkiewicz managed to break the all time freshman state record in the event. In additional Matt Laroe finished in third to give Warwick Valley the the one, two, three punch.
Also on the track tonight, were the non-invitational sprint medley relays. Again we saw both the boys and the girls records fall as Garden City for the girls ran 4:12.34 breaking the previous record held by Bronxville by four seconds. On the boys side breaking the record again by four seconds was Valley Stream North taking down Midwood's time from 2007.
Not to be outdone by the runners the NYR saw some solid performances in the invitational field events. The boy's discus throw was a crowd pleasing contest with the top 3 competitors battling it out from start to finish. In the field that saw three throwers over the 150' mark, Vincenzo Chiariello of Monsignor Farrell was able to walk away with the historically famous New York Relays Plaque with a mark of 161'00" The girls invitational discus was won by Sacred Heart Academy's Nina Rinker with a toss of 123'11"
Action resumes tomorrow starting at 8:45am as the heptathletes take the runway in the long jump and the decathletes in the 110m high hurdles.

Chiariello of Farrell wins the boys invitational discus with a new meet record.

Freshman Tim Luthin set new Freshman State record in the 2000m Steeple Chase.

DAY ONE RESULTS

2008 New York relays
Invitational Event previews
Decathlon	Heptathlon
Boy's Javelin	Girl's Javelin
Boy's Discus	Girl's Discus
Boy's 3000m Steeple	Girl's 2000m Steeple
Boy's 400m	Girl's 400m
Boy's 800m	Girl's 800m
Boy's Sprint Medley	Girl's Sprint Medley
Boy's 4 X 1600	Girl's 4 X 1600
Boy's Pole Vault	Non-Invitational
College Running	College Field
Visit the NYR Home Page Accepted Teams

College/Open
Heat Sheets
final instructions

Men's Hammer Moved to Sunday at 10am
10K 6:15pm Saturday

Francis and Stewart named
Icahn Stadium
Athlete of the Week

April 14, 2008 - Phyllis Francis of Catherine McAuley High School and Jareen Stewart of Archbishop Molloy are named this weeks Icahn Stadium Athlete of the Week for their performances at the New York City's Mayor's Cup, held this past Friday and Saturday, hosted by the New York City Parks and Recreation Department. Francis heated up the track by running one of the fastest times in the country this year in the 800 meter clocking an impressive 2:13.25. Stewart took to the Long Jump runway and release a leap of 22'10.50" to take the victory by almost six inches. Both Francis' and Stewart's efforts were good enough to re-write the record books at Icahn Stadium and the Mayor's Cup Meet Records.
The Icahn Stadium Athlete of the Week program, in it's first year has been establish to honor the efforts and dedication of all athletes who participate in Track and Field at Icahn Stadium.

Monsignor Farrell
and Boys & Girls High School
retain control of the city for another year!
Eight Icahn Stadium Records Broken!

April 11-12, 2008 - Icahn Stadium welcomed the 2008 edition of the New York City's Mayors Cup. This year’s event saw not only eight new Stadium records but also set the record as the largest track & field meet to be hosted at the Stadium. A record setting 220 teams and 4500 athlete participated in this year’s annual event. Monsignor Farrell High School took the team title for the boys, winning their 4th consecutive title with a total of 40 points. On the Girls side, Boys and Girls High School walked away with the first place trophy with 39 points.

Competition got underway Friday night with both high hurdle stadium records being broken. On the boy’s side, Keith Nkrumah of Midwood ran 14.83 to win the event, while on the girl’s side Janice Jackson from Medgar Evers ran 14.51 in the preliminaries to later win the event in the finals. Alex Orlando got the ball rolling Friday night for Monsignor Farrell's pursuit of another team title by taking 6 points in the 3,000 meter steeplechase running 10:08.03.

Alex Orlando wins the 3000SC

With the action moving at a fast pace Friday night, it set up the tempo for what developed on Saturday. The day started off with the ladies hitting the track and breaking four more stadium records in the process. Sheveena Rowe of Tilden High School set the first record of the day by running 12.25 in the 100 meter dash. Nadonnia Rodriques of Boys & Girls High School, established a stadium record in the 200 meet dash clocking a 24.59 helping lead her school to the team title. TThe meet also saw a great run in the 800 meters as Catherine McAuley High School star; Phyllis Francis ran 2:13.25 to break the third stadium record of the day and also established herself as on of the top distance runners in the nation. The last record on the girl’s side was set by Brittany Dombrowski of Archbishop Molloy in the Javelin Throw. Dombrowski, earlier in the season tied the record which she already held but was able to top that performance today with a toss of 121'01". Boys and Girls High School gained huge points by dominating the 400 meter dash as Meagan Gillespie (56.70), Hadassah Bruni and Kenesha Abrams taking first thru third place in the event. That was not the only sweep of the day for Boys and Girls High School as they won all three relays (400 meter, 1600 meter and 3200 meter relay) at the end of the meet.

Sheveene Rowe sets new Icahn Stadium Record

After the girls completed their turn on the track the boys were able to take the spot light. Action quickly got underway with Nickolei Mahlung of Bishop Loughlin High School smashing the stadium record in the 100m dash running a fast mid-season time of 10.80, to win the event by a small margin over Ayo Ishola Isijola of Sheepshead Bay who clocked 10.86. The final stadium record was set by Jareen Stewart, of Archbishop Molly, with a massive leap of 22'10.5" in the Long Jump. For the team title, Monsignor Farrell added one more individual title, with James Farley taking the 800 meter run with a time of 1:56.86. They also won the last event of the day to secure the victory by winning the 4 x 400 meter relay in a thrilling home stretch victory over Curtis High school running 3:23.42.

Catch most of these teams back in action next week, as the Randall's Island Sports Foundation hosts the 2008 New York Relays..

Full Results
400+ Photos Posted
Girls Track - Girls Field
Boys Track - Boys Field
Action Off the Track

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE NEW YORK CITY PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF FOR THEIR HELP IN MAKING THE 2008 MAYOR'S CUP TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS A HUGE SUCCESS!

Week Preview 4/10-16/08

April 9, 2008 - The Randall's Island Sports Foundation, the New York City Sports Commission, the Public School Athletic League, and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation will once again team up to host the Mayor's Cup Outdoor Track & Field Championship at Icahn Stadium. Over 3,000 high school track & field athletes from more than 200 New York City public, parochial, and independent schools are expected to compete.

In 2007, the Monsignor Farrell boys’ team and the Boys & Girls H.S. girls’ team took home the coveted Mayor's Cup after accumulating the most points in their respective divisions after 19 events. The Farrell boys’ team will again look to add to their fourth consecutive titles (2004-2007), while the Boys and Girls HS team will look to win their third consecutive girls’ championship.

In addition to the Mayor's Cup Championships, Icahn Stadium will also welcome AAIS and the Metropolitan Middle School Track and Field League. Additional information on upcoming meets can be found here on www.icahnstadium.org.

Dow and Sullivan named
Icahn Stadium
Athlete of the Week

April 9, 2008 - Mackenziem Dow of Cranford High School and Shannon Sullivan are named this weeks Icahn Stadium Athlete of the Week for their performances at the Kings Relays, held this past Saturday. Dow took the opportunity of jumping at a world class facility, with a clearance of 14'0" in the pole vault. Dow's jump was a foot better then fellow teammate Jeff Caravello second place jump of 13'. Sullivan lead the way on the throwing apron winning both throwing events for the ladies. Sullivan started off the day by tossing the javelin 119'4" to claim the victory only to return shortly after to hit 36'7.50" to walk away with a pair of gold medals on the day.
The Icahn Stadium Athlete of the Week program, in it's first year has been establish to honor the efforts and dedication of all athletes who participate in Track and Field at Icahn Stadium.

Ramapo runs 8th fastest time in the nation this season
clocking 1:27.03 in the 4X200.
Ramapo and Immaculate Heart Academy Break Icahn Stadium Records.

April 5, 2008 - With a break in the weather, action heated up at Icahn Stadium with the 2008 edition of the King Relays. It was fast times and fast races as Boy's and Girl's High School, the host team dominated the meet winning 11 events. The day however was highlighted by Ramapo High School making a strong statement by posting the 8th fastest time in the country in the 4 X 200 meter relay by clocking an impressive 1:27.03 which set a new stadium record. Ramapo's successful campaign continued as they won both the 4 X 100 meter relay and the 4 X 400 meter relay, registering 42.22 and 3:21.33 to claim the gold medal in both event. Ramapo's success was also seen in the individual events as Ryan Whitley crossed the line first in the 400 meter hurdles running a good early season, time of 57.52.

Other highlights of the day, included a second stadium record in the girl's Distance Medley Relay, set by Immaculate Heart Academy running 12:32.52 topping the previous record by more then five seconds set by Ramapo High School at the 2006 Kings Relays. Immaculate Heart Academy (IHA) also had an impressive day in the field events placing eleven individuals in five events while taking home the titles in three events. Shannon Sullivan was a double winner for IHA by throwing 119'4" in the javelin and 36'7.5" in the shot put.

Action returns next week as we welcome the New York City Mayor's Cup on April 11th and 12th.

2008 Kings Relays Results

Kings Relays 2008 Photo Album

	The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Visits the 2008 Kings Relays at Icahn Stadium
	Sannon Sullivan of IHA wins individual Shot Put and Javelin Titles
	In a battle down the final home stretch Collegiate wins the SMR

Dombrowski and Day Named Icahn Stadium
Athlete of the Week

April 1, 2008 - Brittany Dombrowski of Archbishop Molly and Louis Day of Holy Trinity are named Icahn Stadium's Athletes of the Week after both posted strong performances at the CHSAA Relay Carnival on March 26th. Dombrowski picked up where she left off in the 2007 season, tying her own Icahn Stadium Record in the javelin with a toss of 120'9". Dombrowski's throw with the help of her teammate break the CHSAA Relay Carnival meet record with a combined throw of 216'9". Day also a thrower, took the weekly honors by producing two of the furthest throws of the meet. He opened up the day with a throw of 159'7" in the discus and later stepped back into the circle to claim his second gold medal of the day with a throw of 52'1" in the shot put. Both winning relays also took down the existing CHSAA Relay Carnival meet records.
The Icahn Stadium Athlete of the Week program, in it's first year has been establish to honor the efforts and dedication of all athletes who participate in Track and Field at Icahn Stadium.

CHSAA UP AND RUNNING WITH ANNUAL RELAY CARNIVAL
Field event athletes put on a show.

March 26, 2008 - The Catholic High School Relay Carnival took the track at Icahn Stadium today but the real story happened on the field. Today the CHSAA saw 5 new meet records set in the field events along with Brittany Dombrowski of Archbishop Molloy tied her own stadium record she set back in 2006 at the CHSAA Championships. Along with matching her previous record Dombrowski paired with


Brittney Dombrowski ties her own stadium record in the Javelin.

teammate Andrea Martinez break the meet record with a combined mark of 216'9". Along with the girls Javelin record being set the duo from Sacred Heart broke the Discus record with a combine throw of 180'8" with a big toss coming from Nina Rinker with 114'8".
The girls were not the only ones putting up big performances, the boys also saw a number of records broken along with many good early season marks. Holy Trinity set the standard high in the early season by breaking both the discus and shot put meet records. Competing on both the record setting teams was Louis Day who had a very nice day with posting individual marks in of 159'7 and 52'1. Day teamed with Chris Wilburn in the Shot Put for a combined gold medal performance of 95'4.5", then later in the day matched up with Anthony Thomas who also posted a solid mark with 158'8 for a combine distance of

318'3". Not to be outnumbered by the throwers Archbishop Molloy saw one more meet record coming from the long jump team featuring Jaren Stewart and Don Waters. Stewart posted the best leap of the day with 22'0" which combined with Waters 19'6" for a total of 41'6".
On the track Chaminade (Kechejian, Semenick, James, Smith) broke the only running related record in the Novice DMR running 11:33.44. Complete Results CHSAA Relay Carnival Photo Album

CHSAA Relay Carnival - Novice DMR

Dunkley and Galvez named Icahn Stadium
Athletes of the Week

March 25, 2008 - Kadian Dunkley of Clara Barton and Brawnny Galvez of Dewitt Clinton are named Icahn Stadium's Athletes of the Week. Dunkley, in the opening event of the day took the 2000m steeplechase with winning by over 15 second with a time of 7:44.60. She then later returned to place fifth in the 1500m run. Later that same day when it was the boy's turn to heat things up, Galvez managed to complete a sprinters double taking the gold medals in the 400m with a time of 51.60 and then coming back to do the same in the 200m at 23.12. Both athletes and schools will return to action at the Hornet Relays this coming Saturday at Icahn.
The Icahn Stadium Athlete of the Week program, in it's first year has been establish to honor the efforts and dedication of all athletes who participate in Track and Field at Icahn Stadium.

Week Preview 3/10-16/08

March 25, 2008 - As the action got underway this past weekend with the PSAL Season Opener Icahn Stadium continues to be in full swing with mid-week meets starting tomorrow with the CHSAA Relay Carnival. Along with setting seven new meet records, three Icahn Stadium high school records were set which included the boys three person shuttle hurdle relays by Molloy, the distance medley relay by Kellenberg, and the 800m Relay by St. John the Baptist. All those teams are back and stronger then ever looking to better those marks from 2007.

This coming Saturday we welcome the Hornet Relays back for it's 3rd year at Icahn Stadium, after many years in Brooklyn. This years meet promises to be exciting with a total of a 101 teams entered. Featured at the meet this year besides a full schedule of relay events will be the 1500m race walk, invitational javelin, 400mIM hurdles, and the Peter Aquilone Memorial Invitational Steeplechase. We would also like to remind all those who are competing that there will also be a PSAL pole vault clinic for all athletes who are interested in the event.

Come out and cheer!
We look forward to seeing you at Icahn Stadium.

PSAL Season Opener
solid performances achieved despite the cold

March 22, 2008 - With a chill in the air, the PSAL season opener was in full swing. Even though it was a brisk 45 degrees the PSAL athletes had no problem lighting a few fires on the track. The girls kicked off the action in the morning with some impressive performance's on and off the track. Lead by Dewitt Clinton's freshman thrower Brittany Broomfield winning the freshman 6lb shot put with a heave of 39'9 1/4". Broomfield then went on to win the freshman discus and the varsity javelin later that day. Additional impressive performances for the ladies came from

Taft's Raykia Koroma placing 3rd in the 400m hurdles then returning to capture the 200m crown. One other double medal winner on the day was Kadian Dunkley from Clara Barton winning the 2000m steeplechase by an impressive margin over second place finisher Diana McKeage of Hunter College HS. Dunkley then returned to place fifth in 1500m. Complete results posted here. Girls Results

Following the successful day started by the girls the boys then took the track in attempt to turn up the heat. Able to battle the cold weather was Dewitt Clinton's Brawnny Galvez who managed to win both the 200m and 400m sprints, while clocking times of 23.12 and 51.60. As the action on the track was underway, the field event athletes were also determine to post some solid marks. Herbert's Sean Dawes took this opportunity to also become a double event winner by leaping to 19'11 1/2 in the long jump and 41'5 1/2" in the triple jump. The throwers were lead by Joseph Charles of Walton with a throw of 48'1" to take the shot put. Complete results posted here. Boys Results
To view additional photographs of the actions please visit the PSAL Season Opener Photo Album. Competition returned to Icahn Stadium on Wednesday, March 26th with the CHSAA Relay Carnival.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NEW FOR 2008

Icahn Stadium is pleased to introduce it's all new athlete of the week (AOW) program. Starting on March 24, 2008 one male and female athlete will be named the Icahn Stadium Athlete of the Week. Following the March 24th, each Tuesday icahnstadium.org will feature the AOW in pictures and a brief review of his/her performance. For more information please e-mail webmaster@icahnstadium.org.

2008 ICAHN STADIUM SCHEDULE OF EVENTS NOW POSTED

Monday, January 28, 2008

Louis Vazquez; Director of Sports for the Randall's Island Sports Foundation, is pleased to announce the 2008 Stadium Schedule. Icahn Stadium welcomes back a number of high quality meets featuring local youth stars through world class athletes. Icahn Stadium is the proud home of the Reebok Grand Prix, the first IAAF Grand Prix Meet held on this country's soil in recent years. Along with the Reebok Grand Prix, the 2008 New York Relays promises to be the biggest and the best yet as we hope to welcome record setting numbers of athletes and spectators under the bright lights of the Icahn Stadium. If you are interested in hosting an event please contact Lou Vazquez. To view the complete Icahn Stadium schedule please click the link below.

2008 Icahn Stadium Schedule of Events