Topic: SECTION XI FAN

That is a very very good accomplishment and most student athletes do not accomplish this, but it has been done before and I would say there is atleast one guy and girl every year that do that or better even in League 1 and 2, which is alittle harder to accomplish for other sports besides track and xc.  Newsday has lists of all league all county and all long island for all sports on this site which is nice.  Many things that can be done and one example is EAB and channel 12 do a scholar athlete every month.  Usually a student who has a high gpa, class rank,high SAT score, particiaptes in clubs, and has athletic accomplishments.  I have not followed them but I would say a perfect girl for a scholar athlete based on what I know about you runners baseed on academics and athletics would be Sarah McCurdy, Jaclyn Marshall, or SueJin Ahn.  I believe Alex's coach and/or guidance counselor would have to nominate her for the EAB Award.  There is the Wendy's HS Heisman which has passed.(Sarah McCurdy was a finalist)  There are many local papers that would love to do an article on an all around student.  More you put yourselves out there the better your chances are for everything from awards, honors, up to scholarships.  Milesplit has that new thing this year which is great for college coaches to see.  It is your own little webpage with pictures, articles, rankings, and times. Great new recruiting tool.

Laura Greene of Sachem East was ALL State Soccer, All Long Island Soccer(Best player in Suffolk County), as a Senior this year.  She was also probably All County for a few years as well in soccer and team captain. This winter she has ran a 1:40 600, a 3:01 1000(State Qual Champ.), and a 5:06 1500.  Thats an off year for her in track. She has accepted a scholarship for track to Virginia Tech and hopefully will play soccer there as well? Her Jr and Sr year of soccer she had 49 goals and was doubled teamed a lot of the time while her team was becoming Suffolk class AA Champions both years. Her track team won League 1 this year as well.  As a Junior she ran a 2:10,  800M and a 4:34, 1500M at Divisions.  As a Junior she also ran a 4:56 in the mile and I haven't seem too many articles on her. 

Its very hard especially being a female athlete and track and xc makes it even harder. Its rough because obviously football and basketball comes first to most people. With the USA soccer teams on the rise ad runners coming up in the spotlight You kids can change all of this. Keep working hard and do your very best becuase you are all unbelievable and amazing with the academics and athletics and the level at which your are all competing at. Just never ever settle for second fiddle to anyone, any gender, or any other sport.

Goodluck at States, Pepsi HS Hall of Fame Classic, 71st Eastern States championships, NSIC, and NIN and I'll see you all there.

Congratulations to Brian Townsend another good distance runner going to the MAAC.

Ran a 16:38 5K at New Balance this year Ocean State Invitational in Warwick RI and a personal best of 17:16 5K at Sunken Meadow and a 17:38 at this years state cross country championship.

Brian also ran a 9:54 at the winter track state quals as well and many other great races. Goodluck in the MAAC competing against many other great runners and teams. 

Oh      Oh      Ohea,       Where has she gone??????Hope  not  too  far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Came out of no where running a personal best at Sunken Meadow in a time of 19:32 which is like 63rd of all time in Section XI history on the Sunken Course.   Runs an 18:45 at the state meet, a 19:15 at FEDS(tough course similar to Sunken Meadow), and a 19:04 at New Balance Ocean Beach in RI and disappears?

Caroline Ohea, Ward Melville's 8th grader and the NYS 8th grader of the year and maybe even the national 8th grader of the year for XC didn't seem to run winter track. Does she swim? Do gymnastics? Must be another sport or club. This girl in xc reminded me of Jillian Mastroianni who ran back in the 90's for Sayville. Hope all is well and next year in xc is going to be another year of great running!!!!!!1

More great races........

In the Boys Mile, Barry Franklin of Longwood came in 5th overall in a time of 4:24.33 and Giovanni Signoretti of Smithtown West was in 7th Place overall in a time of 4:28.96.

 Emily Lipari in the mile coming in 3rd in 5:06

Briana Welch of North Shore in 2nd in the 800 in 2:12

Charlene Lipsey of Hempstead in the 4th in the 400 in 56.35

East Meadow girls 4x800 in 9:29.95 coming in 3rd

Ashley Dell Aria in the Triple jump 36-10.75, coming in 4th

HHHW in the DMR 5th in a time of 10:26.52

Jared Nisslon of WestHampton 5th Place in a time of 7.54 in the 55 hurdles

Terrance Livingston of GNS, 1:56.74 in the 800 coming in 3rd Place.

Jordy Pauleman of Brentwood 53-06.5 in the Shotput coming in 6th Place.

Great Job to you all and Good Luck at States.

Still many unsigned seniors????

Don't miss the bus Friday. Good luck to everyone from Long Island section xi and viii and catholic schools at states.

Way to go to all of you. Janet Mellor Mt Sinai was third, 39.87/40.06 in the the 300 and Christie Verdier of Baldwin 40:34/40:79 for 5th place.

Charlene Lipsey of Hempstead came in 2nd in a time of 1:34.17, Nicole Banker of East Meadow was 4th in a time of 1:36.36 for 4th place in the 600.

Briana Welch of Northshore was 4th in the 1000 in a time of 2:55.65

Great race by Sarah McCurdy of Bayshore in the 1500 coming in  4th place in a time of 4:40.89

SueJin Ahn of Ward Melville ran a great race coming in 3rd in the 3000 in a time of 10:09.35

Leah Buletti of Westhampton 1500 race walk was 3rd in 7:16.03 and Molly Joseph of Garden city only an 8th grader with a time of 7:16.81 was 4th.

Hempstead girls 4x200 took 4th in a time of 1:46.88

Kennenberg girls in the 4x400 took 3rd in 4:03.93

Section XI took 5th in the girls distance medley in 10:40.65

Ashely Hendrix of Uniondale was second in the long jump with a jump of 18:01.5

Ashely DellAria of SWR in the triple jump was 5th with a best of 36-08

Vanessa Stewart of North Babylon was second in the shot put with a 42-09.5 throw and and Jessica Toritto of Smithtown East took 5th with a throw 37-02

Way to go to all the girls. You all did your best and gave your all. We are very proud of you all. Have fun up there and hope you enjoyed the experience.

Great races all around for the boys. Way to go guys.

In the 600 Dennis Scruggs of Bellport took first in a time of 1:21.83 and behind him in 2nd was Terrance Livingston in a time of 1:22.14.

The 1000 was Chaminade's Michael Schieck in a time of 2:33.45 and Frankie DioGuardi was right behind him in 3rd by less than half of a second with a time of 2:33.75

In the 1600 was Kyle Merber of HHHW in a time of 4:20.

Great races and times by all. Great work and more to come.

I agree with suffolk parent. XI fan gives out more info than can be found anywhere. I suspect he coaches girls somewhere. Maybe Newsday will take notice and give him a column at least once a week. He is at least as knowledgable as anybody currently writing. HEY NEWSDAY   YOU LISTENING?

         First I would like to say Good Luck to all the boys and girls running the next few days at the Armory for the NSIC and the NIN in Landover Md, as well as the NCAA Championships at the University of Arkansas.  There will be many of you competing and I would write all your names up but right now time is an issue. Most of the runners running the next few days will be the regulars who run in state quals and states.

          I have to keep changing the screen name a little to get on because for some reason I keep getting logged off and when I sign back on it says my password doesnt exist. When I try to make a new name it says the screen name already exists. Anyone else having this problem?I am computer illiterate and it is about the 3rd time it has happened to me.

         I also would like to say thank you to the two people who wrote the last two blogs. It was very nice of you. I have said in the past I would have written articles on the sport or other things about the island track and cross country.  I also have mentioned to people on here as well as in person about programs which I never see at any Invitationals that I go to on this Island but see in other states that I have been to to watch cross country and track meets.

        Now on everyone's last question..... No I am not a coach but I am in the process of becoming one right now..... stay tuned. I am sure this site has not helped me to accomplish my goal, since I have made a few people upset over my honesty the past year and a half.  I am learning 1st hand from one of the best coaches in the state right now, who has years of experience and I hope to be working in XC in the fall of 08. I presently have 2 daughters and 2 sons who run XC and Track. Two being very accomplished in both sports and two hopefully on the way up in the next few years. That would be the reason that I do know alittle about the sport and runners because I am always at high school and college meets.  But enough about me, even though I love to see the positive blogs and would be happy to see more lol!!!! They are greatly appreciated.

Its all about the kids though!!!!!!!!!!!!   Goodluck to the whole island at NISC. Do your best and be proud!!!!!

LETS GO SECTION XI, SECTION VIII, AND THE CHSAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

Well SectionXl Fan we wish you the best of luck finding a coaching job for 08. You should do well with it.  Maybe then you can write your own articles for suffolk county.     About not being able to sign on again. I haven't seem to have that problem yet.  Do you have any newsday enemies? lol  They really should hire you to write cross country/track even if it only once a week.  What about a web page for the runners. You would provide more information then other web sites.

Wishing all you runners the best. Go get them! and enjoy!

         Well Suffolk Parent I am not sure if you were on here during the cross country season but if you were you know the only one I didn't upset was the kids.  Even though that is all that matters, I had a few coaches, I'd say a parent or two and even outside the blog people from Newsday a little upset if I can put it that way.LOL  I have mentioned on here and to Newsday about sending them information and writing for free.  I have sent in information during the XC season on all of the teams and kids but I can't print it too.LOL

         I think we have some of the greatest coaches on this island, as well as some of the best runners and especially in the state.   Look at what these athletes are doing in college and you will see. I might know a few things about people, stats, and rankings but by far the best stats and up to date information you can get will be at Armory track, Dyestat, Tully Runners, and Just-in-time and Trackshark for college.

        I think over the next couple of weeks I am going to do something on the ones who never seem to get articles about them.... The COACHES who spend hours and hours maturing, training, mentoring, and tutoring these kids for athletics and especially for life.