Millrose Games Trials Sets Up Another Loaded Mile Field

   
Girls 55m
State of the Action:  With the top sprinter in the State and the Nation earning her auto-bid at the Hispanic Games, the third place finisher in that race looks to be the swiftest entrant.  Chanel Brisset (Cheltenham) went 7.06 against strong competition.  She'll face off against NY #5 Sarah Militano (Miller Place), who has quickly made a name for herself in the sprinting ranks.  Ariel Strunkey (Taft) is quick on the outside track, and could translate well to the 55m straightaway as well.
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Brenessa Thompson - Medgar Evers (Won Hispanic Games)

 

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    Brissett, Chanel                 Cheltenham            
    Fate, Ayanna                     Essex Co VT
    Leto, Alyssa                     Sachem North          
    Militano, Sarah                  Miller Place           
    Nwobu, Miracle                   Port Richmon          
    O'Uhuru, Ayo                     Pascack Hill          
    Strunkey, Ariel                  Taft Educati           
    Stewart, Patience                CSIHS/McCown            
    Yates, Princess                  CSIHS/McCown            
 
   
Girls Mile

State of the Action:  Unlike the boys field, one seed stands clear of the pack here.  Mady Clahane (Cumberland Valley, PA) was a strong competitor the year before, hitting 4:49 in the full mile.  She has an almost 11-second gap from the surrounding competition, and will look to rebook her ticket to the Millrose Games.  Page Duca (Friends Academy) and Rachel Suss (Metuchen, NJ) both have hit that 5min mark before last year, and will look to dip under to stay in contention.

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    Breiner, Courtney                Emma Willard    
    Calcagnini, Paris                Convent of t        
    Clahane, Mady                    Cumberland V     
    Duca, Paige                      Friends Acad              
    Fajardo, Lisa                    Bishop Kearn         
    Grossman, Jamie                  Harborfields          
    Peterman, Sam                    Sweet Home           
    Suss, Rachel                     Metuchen             
   
Girls Weight Throw

State of the Action:   The top three seeds here, make up the top four on the state leaderboards.  Kristin Insigno (Holy Trinity) leads in the Shot Put already, and will look to make it double trouble.  Monae Cooper (New Rochelle) is recovered from an early season injury, and has the longest personal best of the field.  And Olivia Seifert (Saint Anthony's) is the current State Leader, the only girl in the field to throw over 50ft this year.  With the event now being contested at the State Level, this could be good.

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    Cooper, Monae                    New Rochelle      
    Estelle, Faith                   Bloomfield         
    Insingo, Kristina                Holy Trinity        
    Jeffrey, Jessica                 New Rochelle       
    Seifert, Olivia                  St. Anthony'        
    Okasia, Danika                   Bloomfield          
   
   
CHSAA Girls SMR

State of the Action:  As usual, Saint Anthony's looks to be the class of field, and will be chasing down the National Leader set by Rush-Henrietta at Dartmouth.

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    St. Anthony's                                   
    Sacred Heart                                      
    Mary Louis Academy                                 
    Holy Trinity                                       
   
   
Girls 4x400m

State of the Action:  With Cardozo not entered, Paul Robeson finds itself as the only team to have broken 4mins in the field.  However, without a 55m or a 4x200m to worry about, Medgar Evers will absolutely be ready to take away that distinction.  Not to be forgotten is Suffern, who went 4:02.27 at Cornell on a flat track, a feat within itself.  While most top teams will be racing in separate heats, things may still get fast.

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PSAL

    Paul Robeson                                  
    Medgar Evers College Prep                    
    Dewitt Clinton                                  
    Brooklyn Tech                                   

Suffolk

    Walter G. O'Connell Copiague                   
    Westhampton Beach                                
    Hauppauge                                        

Nassau

    Elmont                                            
    Uniondale                                         
    Freeport                                          

Suburban W/P/D

    Mt. Vernon                                         
    Rye Country Day School                             
    New Rochelle                                     

Suburban R/O

    Newburgh                                           
    Washingtonville                                   
    Suffern                                         

Suburban NJ

    Essex Co VT W. Market St.                        
    Winslow Township                                  
    Metuchen                                           
    Voorhees                                           
 
   
Boys 55m

State of the Action:  Things will get very quick, very fast.  Shaka Shomari (Holy Trinity) and Zack Warden (Newburgh) will be facing off, both athletes hitting 6.46 this season.  However, Warden was able to do it in a major invitational (Bishop Loughlin), and may be better under pressure.  We shouldn't count out Anton Porter (Mount St. Michael), who has been busy chasing national leaders in the longer sprints.  His return to the infield may upset them all.

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Noah Lyles - TC Williams, VA (Won Hispanic Games)

 

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    Clarke, Paul                     Samuel J. Ti           
    Jones-Roundtree, Ade             Imhotep Char      
    Kenny, Brendan                   Delbarton               
    Porter, Anton                    Mount St. Mi           
    Shomari, Shaka                   Holy Trinity           
    Warden, Zack                     Newburgh                    
   
Boys Mile

State of the Action:  It'll be only four days since we saw the fastest mile field in State History, in terms of depth.  Now, the nations fastest returner, Luke Gavigan (Tappan Zee), will try to prove why his name is still relevant.  The Millrose Trials 2014 proved to be his breakout meet.  Will the most recent rendition do much the same?  If Sam Ritz (Germantown, PA) pulls him out as fast as he did the field at Hispanic, we could see some incredible times.  Ritz took out early at Hispanic, but paid the price.  If he takes another shot, he is likely to be hard to catch.  However, Blaise Ferro (CBA, NJ) is another name to look out for, someone who had the most prolific XC-season of them all.  Another Catholic High School hitting the track is Pat Tucker (Saint Anthony's), who threw down a sub-4:20 at North Shore.  The field is loaded with numerous athletes under that same barrier, and it could be a very quick field.

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    Daddario, Mitchell               Sweet Home
    Ferro, Blaise                    Christian Br    
    Hazelwood, Kevin                 Brewster        
    Gavigan, Luke                    Tappan Zee           
    Gilbert, Austin                  Ridgefield                 
    Ritz, Sam                        Germantown A       
    Tucker, Patrick                  St. Anthony'                 
   
Boys Weight Throw

State of the Action:   With the States' top thrower not in attendance, the top seeds look to be the states top returner, against NY #2.  Eric Sheng (Syosset) has a 64-5.5 to his name, further than anyone in the field.  But last years Javelin Champ, Jon Putnam (Massapequa) is the furthest this year, with a 62-10.  They look to battle at the top, with Cameron Thompson (Lakeland/Panas) the only other athlete over 60ft.

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    Hessman, Garrett                 Bergen Catho       
    Favors, Eric                     North Rockla     
    Sheng, Eric                      Syosset            
    Putnam, John                     Massapequa         
    pocesta, lutfi                   Susan Wagner        
    Thompson, Cameron                Lakeland            
   
   
CHSAA Boys 4x200m
State of the Action:  With the boys only entered in the 4x200m, several teams look to break the 1:30 barrier.  Holy Trinity looks to be the top seed.  At both Marine Corps (athlete running off the track), and Hispanic Games (athlete running into Rai Benjamin), Trinity has been unable to run their full potential.  With some clean exchanges, they may be able to run away from the field.  But Xavier is very close, seeded less than two tenths of a second behind.  Christ the King rounds out the top seeds.
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    Xavier                                           
    Holy Trinity                                       
    Christ the King                                   
    Cardinal Hayes                                    
    Fordham Prep                                     
    St. Joseph by-the-Sea                             
   
Boys 4x400m

State of the Action:  Their haven't been many fast times run in the mid-distance relay this year.  Expect that to change, as the focus is shifted from the 4x200m, to the longer distance.  Boys and Girls were set up for a fast time at the Hispanic Games, before a dropped baton took them out of it.  Their Richard Rose battled Mount Vernon's Rai Benjamin in the individual 400m, and both athletes will be fresh in an effort to lead their teams to victory.  Clara Barton has more balance than both, the current state leader with two legs of sub-50 capability.  Tilden was a top squad last year, and could return to form as well.  To  be fair, any of the PSAL teams could be in contention, as Medgar Evers and Paul Robeson are both storied in the event.

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PSAL

    Clara Barton                                     
    Samuel J. Tilden                                   
    Boys & Girls  'A'                                     
    Medgar Evers College Prep.                       
    Paul Robeson                                       
    Dewitt Clinton                                     
    Campus Magnet                                     
    Taft Educational Campus                            

Suffolk

    Walter G. O'Connell Copiague                      
    Huntington                                        
    Longwood                                         

Nassau

    Westbury                                          
    Elmont                                            
    Uniondale                                         
    Hempstead                                         

Suburban W/P/D

    Mt. Vernon                                        
    New Rochelle                                       
    Lakeland                                           

Suburban R/O

    Newburgh                                        
    Pearl River                                       
    North Rockland                                   
    Suffern                                          

Suburban NJ

    Essex Co VT W. Market St.                         
    Seton Hall                                        
    east orange high school                            
   
CHSAA Boys 4x800m

State of the Action:   Unfortunately, the race is over.  For the first time in years, the first relay under 8mins in the new year did not hail from NY.  But the event has just begun, as the reigning National Champs Chaminade will be loading a relay for the storied event.  They'll face a Xavier and Saint Anthony's squad who are just as deep.  Don't sleep on Fordham Prep either, as legs Lundy just ran sub-4:20 at the Hispanic Games.  This could see many teams under that 8min barrier, and will be a highlight of the meet.

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    Chaminade                                         
    Xavier                                           
    St. Anthony's                                     
    Archbishop Molloy                                 
    Fordham Prep                                      
    St. John the Baptist                               
    Monsignor Farrell                                 
    St. Joseph by-the-Sea