High School Track and Field

BY MARCUS HENRY

The Grand Prix of Track & Field, sponsored by Runner’s Edge, First to the Finish, & The Running School, is set to begin on March, 29 at Valley Stream North High School. It is the first of five invitationals designed to bring together Long Island's top athletes in Track and Field.

Divisions:

Distance- 800m, 1600/1500m, 3200/3000m, Steeplechase, 5000m
Sprints- 100m, 200m, 400m
Hurdles- 110/100HH, 400IH
Jumps- Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault
Throws- Shot Put, Discus

Acquiring Points: One event from each division will be contested at each of the five meets. The top ten places in each of these showcased events will be awarded points.

Points will be distributed on the following basis:
1st place = 12 pts.
2nd place = 10 pts.
3rd place = 9 pts.
4th – 10th place = 7 pts. down to 1 pt.

Awards: The male and female athletes with the highest point total in each division after the fifth and final meet will be crowned the Grand Prix Champion for that division, and will be awarded a Grand Prix Championship Trophy. Grand Prix medals will be awarded in each division as well.

Notes: Athletes may compete in multiple divisions. However, points cannot cross divisions. (example- long jump points cannot help you win the sprint crown)

An athlete does NOT need to attend every meet to be eligible. Obviously the more meets an athlete attends the better chance they will have of walking away with the title.

A total of ten championship awards are available to be won. One male and one female from each division.

Championship awards will be handed out at the final meet

The following are dates of the five Grand Prix meets:

VSN Challenge 3/29 @Valley Steam North High School
Paul Limmer Invitational 4/5 @Mepham High School
Blue & White Invitational 5/1 @Oceanside High School
Seahawk Invitational 5/3 @Cold Spring Harbor High School
Bulldog Invitational 5/17 @Hewlett High School**

**This is where all of the awards will be distributed.**

Smithtown West Giovanni Signoretti placed fourth in the 5,000 meters in 15:11.18 at the National Scholastic Indoor Championship at the Armory.

Bay Shore’s Tenica Roberts, Rashida Charles, Stephanie Barnes and Sarah McCurdy placed second in the sprint medley relay in 4:05.40 at the National Scholastic Indoor Championship at the Armory.

800 meter

Third - Lipsey, Charlene Hempstead, 2:09.15
Fourh - McCurdy, Sarah, Bay Shore, 2:09.41
Fifth - Welch, Brianna, North Shore, 2:10.95

Mile

Sixth - Ahn, Suejin , Ward Melville, 4:56.90

Race Walk

Second - Vaskyte, Emilija, Valley Stream North, 7:44.55

There was also a national championship in Maryland this weekend (Nike Indoor Nationals) which many LI schools competed in-

Garden City Girls DMR- 2nd (12:09.66)
Emily Menges, Brooke Senken, Maddie Adams, Taryn Schmelzinger

Garden City Girls 4x800m- 4th (9:22.71)
Emily Menges, Brooke Senken, Maddie Adams, Michelle Rotondo

Mile Race Walk
Leah Bulleti (West Hampton) 1st (7:46.78)
Molly Josephs (Garden City)- 5th (8:00.02)

800m
Emily Menges (Garden City) - 4th (2:13.28)

Mile
Jaclyn Marshall (Kings Park)- 3rd (4:57.74)
Kyle Merber (HHHW)- 1st (4:16.47)

4 x 800
Charles Donnelly, Stephen Donnelly, Christopher Tonn, Michael Schieck (Chaminade) - 2nd (7:58.75)

4 x 1 mile

Charles Donnelly, Stephen Donnelly, Christopher Tonn, Michael Schieck (Chaminade)- 4th (18:01.85)

By Joseph Staszewski

I survived the four and half hour drive, some snow and plenty of rain and will be LIVE from Cornell's Barton Hall all day. I will do my best to update you on Long Island's top performers.

Ward Melville's Suejin Ahn places third in the 3,000 meters.

Brianna Welch of North Shore was fourth in the 1,000.

Four Long Island Race Walkers finished in the top 6.

2. Emiija Vaskyte VSN
3. Leah Buletti Westhampton
4. Molly Joseph Garden City
6. Amy Cheung Connetquot

Jaclyn Marshall of Kings Parks won the 1,500

North Babylon's Vanessa Stewart was second in the shot put.

BOYS

Chaminade's Mike Schieck won the 1,000 meters

Bellport's Dennis Scruggs won the 600.
Kyle Merber won the 1600

Kellenberg's 4 x 800 relay places second.