Icahn Stadium PSAL Coverage
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Monsignor Farrell
and
Boys & Girls
High School
retain control of the
city for another year!
Eight
Icahn Stadium Records Broken! |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alex Orlando wins the
3000SC |
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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
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Sheveene Rowe sets new Icahn Stadium Record |
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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.. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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.
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2008
Kings Relays Results
Kings Relays 2008 Photo Album |
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The New York City Department of Parks and
Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe,
Visits the 2008 Kings Relays at Icahn
Stadium |
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Sannon Sullivan of IHA wins
individual Shot Put and Javelin Titles |
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In a battle down the final home stretch
Collegiate wins the SMR |
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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. |
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
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