Roy Arnesen, North County News: Kennedy’s Campobasso, Schuck Medal

North County News, June 16, 2010, Pg S11

Kennedy picked up two medals at the New York State Track and Field Championship, with senor Dylan Schuck and sophomore Mike Campobasso both placing 6th in the Division II competition. Campobasso qualified for the finals of the Division II 110 meter hurdles final with a time of 15.90 to qualify in the sixth position in the trials. In the finals, Campobasso earned a state medal with a sixth place finish in a time of 16.01. His goal going into the state meet was to win a medal and he started that he knew he could do it if he just ran near his best.

Senior Dylan Schuck also won a medal with a sixth place finish in Division II pentathlon, with a score of 3005, just a few points off his personal best. Schuck ran a time of 16.36 in the 100-meter hurdles and cleared 5-4 1/4th in the high jump. He also had a very solid leap of 20-2 1/4th in the long jump and a personal best throw of 38-6 ¾ in the shot put. Schuck finished his day with a clocking of 4.52.13 in the 1500 meter run. Schuck, who thought he could compete for a top three medal going into the meet, scored well in every event in a very deep field. He placed 17th overall in Federation scoring (overall for Division I and II and private schools)

Danielle Asaro of Kennedy Catholic recorded two personal bests in the state meet in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. In the Division II 100-meter race, Asaro dashed to a personal best time of 12.88, which put her in 12th place. The junior recorded her second personal best time of the weekend with a clocking of 26.37 in the 200-meter dash to place 14th in Division II.

Jessica Kendzor of Kennedy Catholic placed ninth in the Division II 400-meter dash with a time of 59.14, coming within 1.26 seconds of a medal. Kendzor, a senior, had an ambitious schedule, as she only had 45 minutes of rest between the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run, for which she also qualified. Kendzor raced to a time of 2:19.144 in the 800-meter run, which placed her 13th in Division II and 25th overall in the Federation competition.