Jesse Aprile & Jessie Kendzor Earn 3 Medals Each To Lead JFK at Westchester County Championships

Jesse Aprile placed 3rd in the Long Jump with a jump of 20-3, 5th in the Triple Jump (40-8), and 6th in the 55 Meter Dash (6.8) to lead the JFK boys at The Westchester County Meet. Eric DiNome PR’d and medaled at 5:00.80 minutes in the 1600 Meters. Dylan Schuck turned in strong performances in the Long Jump (7th – 19-6.75), 55M Hurdles (8.76 – 11th place), Triple jump (15th – 38-7.5).

Jessica Kendzor placed 2nd in the 1000 Meter Run and anchored the 4x400 Meter Relay team (Mannion, Katsberg, Asaro, and Kendzor) to a 5th place finish. She also broke the JFK school record in the 300M to earn her 3rd medal. Her time was 43.05, breaking the previous JFK school record (43.51) that she set last season at the Armory KickOff. Danielle Asaro and Breeda Mannion turned in strong performances. Danielle finished 6th in the 55 Meters (7.65) and 12th in the 300 Meters (43.99). Breeda knocked another 10 seconds off her comeback time in the 1500 Meter Race and ran a 5:14.40 to finish 9th.

The girls captured 3rd place in a field of 12 Class C teams. The boys finished 5th in a field of 11 Class C teams.

Westchester County Championships

Boys
Team key and scores - Kennedy (JFK) 9

Long jump — 1. Whyte (Sc) 21-6; 2. Bracey (AH); 3. Aprile (JFK); 4. James (NR); 5. Federowicz (Lk); Triple jump — 1. Whyte (Sc) 43-6.5; 2. Reid (Bc); 3. Buonocore (H); 4. St. Juste (NR); 5. Aprile (JFK)

Girls
Team key and scores - Kennedy (JFK) 11

1000 — 1. Miers (Bx) 3:00.5; 2. Kendzor (JFK); 3. Golding (U); 4. Phillips (Bx); 5. Casin-Silva (Lk); 1600 relay — 1. Ursuline 4:01.3; 2. Bronxville; 3. Mount Vernon; 4. Harrison; 5. Kennedy.

The above stats were taken from The Journal News, 2/1/2010, Page 2C. Complete results can be found at the Westchester County Championship website. Google “Armory Track.”