JFK Track Stars Brave the Elements & Warm Up for Winter Track at the Big Chill

Jessica Kendzor was 1st in the 1500 Meters and JFK's 4 x 400 Meter Relay Team (Asaro, Katsberg, Tolan, and Kendzor) won the last event of the day in the rain, snow, and cold of the Big Chill at Yorktown. Jessie Aprile placed second in the 55 Meter run. Dylan Schuck and Liam Perry finished 2nd in the High Jump Relay. The JFK boys finished 3rd in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay (According to Coach Elliott, Jason Devin was especially impressive), the 800 Meter Relay, and the Sprint Medley Relay. Katie Middlestadt placed third in the 1500 Meter walk. The girls' distance medley relay captured 3rd. Danielle Asaro placed 4th in the 600 Meter run. The JFK girls' Shuttle Hurdle Relay and Shot Put Relay finished 5th. See below for the results taken from TJN.

Big Chill Relays
At Yorktown

Team key — Yorktown (YK), Somers (S), Croton (C), Ardsley (A), Mahopac (M), Yonkers (Y), Our Lady of Lourdes(OLL), Kennedy Catholic (JFK), Ossining (O), Stepinac (ST)

Girls

55m dash — 1) Danielle Mattos (M) 7.5, 2) Brittany Gilzene (M) 7.6, 3) Shannon Teevens (YK) 7.9, 4) Samantha Pandacia (M) 8.0, 5) Katie Coffin (OLL) 8.1

600m run — 1) Armstrong (M) 1:50, 2) Cirroco (M) 1:52, 3) Cassandra Pettinati (YK) 1:54, 4) Danielle Asaro (JFK) 1:58, 5) Schultz (M) 1:59

1500m run — 1) Jessica Kendzor (JFK) 5:08, 2) Nicolias (M) 5:38, 3) Hughes (M) 5:49, 4) Erin Hoyt (O) 5:58, 5) Katherine Kaplan (OLL) 6:07

1500m walk — 1) Amanda Borok (YK) 8:17, 2) Meredith Nolan (YK) 8:55, 3) Katie Middlestadt (JFK) 10:36, 4) Jeannette Eckelman (OLL) 10:45, 5) Elise Melito (S) 10:54

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1) Somers (Jess Liberator, Jamie Caponera, J. Alomodovar) 30.8, 2) Yorktown 31.8, 3) Mahopac 32.8, 4) Ardsley 33.1, 5) Kennedy Catholic 33.4

800m relay — 1) Mahopac A (Mattos, Gilzene, Pandacia, Ogara) 1:56.9, 2) Somers 1:59.9, 3) Yorktown A 2:01.0, 4) Mahopac C 2:05.7, 5) Yorktown B 2:08.7

1600m relay — 1) Kennedy Catholic (Asaro, Katsberg, Tolan, Kendzor) 4:35.6, 2) Mahopac 4:39.7, 3) Yorktown 5:00.3, 4) Ardsley 5:03.3, 5) Somers 5:16.2

3200m relay — Mahopac (Velez, Sheridan, Hughes, Armstrong) 11:02 2) Yorktown 11:05, 3) Croton 11:56 4) Somers 11:58 5) Ardsley 12:35

Sprint medley relay — 1) Mahopac A (Mattos, Schulz, Pandacia, Shea) 2:02.8, 2) Somers 2:08, 3) Our Lady of Lourdes 2:13.7 4) Mahopac B 2:13.8, 5) Ardsley 2:16.7

Distance redley relay — 1) Mahopac (Hughes, Ogara, Cirocco, Nicolias) 14:49, 2) Ardsley 15:08, 3) Kennedy Catholic 15:48,

Shot put relay — 1) Somers A (Walsh, Wortnar) 54'7.25", 2) Mahopac 49'.75", 3) Ardsley 47'5.75", 4) Somers B 44'1", 5) Kennedy Catholic 36'5.25"

High jump relay — 1) Ardsley (Cronin, Hunter) 9'4", 2) Somers 9'0", 3) Yorktown 8'10", 4) Mahopac 8'6"

Boys

55m — 1. Darren McAuliffe (YK) 6.5; 2. Jess Aprile (JFK) 6.6; 3. Rodaine Robinson (M) 6.6; 4. Jonathan Groton (S) 6.8; 5. Sebastian DeGuisto (OLL) 7.0.

600m — 1. Greg Norman (OLL) 1:29; 2. Anderson (M) 1:29; 3. Max Anderson (C) 1:36; 4. Lucas Conca (OLL) 1:37; 5. Carlo Francisco (Y) 1:43.

1600m — 1. Ash Dean (M) 5:08; 2. Charlie Ropes (OLL) 5:12; 3. Andrew Kwiatkowski (YK) 5:17; 4. Keaton Mangi (OLL) 5:33, 5. Andrew Melcuh (OLL) 5:38.

Shuttle hurdle relay — 1. Somers (Chris Enoch, Chris Lucaj, James Cascio) 26.9; 2. Yorktown 28.1; 3. Kennedy Catholic 28.2; 4. Mahopac 28.9.

800m relay — 1. Somers (Sam Heltich, Jon Garcia, Jake Robatel, Jon Groton) 1:38.1; 2. Mahopac 1:40.9; 3. Kennedy Catholic 1:41.6; 4. Yorktown A 1:42.4; 5. Yorktown C 1:43.7

1600m relay — 1. Ardsley (Jose Chuchuca, Jiwoo Ryu, John Fountain, David Miro) 4:01; 2. Our Lady of Lourdes 4:07; 3. Yorktown A 4:08; 4. Somers 4:12; 5. Yorktown B 4:16

3200m relay — Yorktown A (Ryan Scanlon, James Shea, Alexei Naumann, Matt Adamo) 9:09; 2. Ardsley 9:17; 3. Somers 9:19; 4. Yorktown B 9:21; 5. Ossining 9:29.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Mahopac (Reynolds, Robinson, Curuzzi, Levy) 1:43; 2. Somers A 1:44; 3. Kennedy Catholic 1:49; 4. Somers B 1:49.8; 5. Ossining 1:52

Distance medley relay — 1. Yorktown (Carter Humphrey, Darren McAuliffe, Alex Moore, Manu Kumar) 11:43; 2. Mahopac 12:34; 3. Somers 12:42; 4. Our Lady of Lourdes 12:51; 5. Stepinac 14:01

Shot put relay — 1. Somers A (Lisowski, Crowley, Maenza) 80'9.5"; 2. Mahopac A 70'1.5"; 3. Yorktown 69'8"; 4. Mahopac B 61'1.75"; 5. Somers C 60'5"

High jump relay — 1. Yorktown (Matt Adamo, Chris Drakeford, Alex Torres) 11'0"; 2. Kennedy Catholic 10'4"; 3. Somers A 10'2"; 4. Stepinac 9'10"; 5. Somers B 9'0"

Taken from TJN, 12/6/09 and Armory Track