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Boys indoor track and field: Here is the 2022 lohud Watch List

The high school cross-country season didn't officially wrap up until Saturday but indoor winter track and field has already launched for some athletes.

Included among those returning is 2021-22 Westchester/Putnam Boys Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year Matt Doherty of Mamaroneck.

The Journal News/lohud has assembled a list of top athletes, like Doherty, to watch this season. They are listed in alphabetical order and by event. Athletes were chosen based on last year's performances and, in some instances, on what they've already accomplished in this season's first days.

55 meters — Anthony Alves, Sr., Mamaroneck; Marcus Nahim, Sr., Iona Prep, Joshua Narcisse, Sr., Stepinac; Paul Ronga, Sr., Lakeland/Panas; Ty'Qwell Shipmon, Jr., Iona Prep; Putu Sutayasa, Sr., Nyack; Andrew Sutherland, Sr., Spring Valley; Kaiden Turner, Sr., Ketcham; Eloha-Karmiel Yitzchak, Sr., Stepinac

Eloha-Karmiel Yitzchak from Archbishop Stepinac competes in the boys 55 meter hurdles at the NYSPHSAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic complex in Staten Island, March 5, 2022.
Eloha-Karmiel Yitzchak from Archbishop Stepinac competes in the boys 55 meter hurdles at the NYSPHSAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic complex in Staten Island, March 5, 2022.

55 hurdles — Naiim Aponte, Jr., Stepinac; Miles Demarest, Sr., Irvington; Alexander DiMartino, Sr., Briarcliff; Ben Domingo, Sr., Yonkers; Logan Kapusinsky, Sr., North Rockland; Chris Somersel, So., Somers; Eloha-Karmiel Yitzchak, Sr., Stepinac

300 — Andrew Fasone, Jr., Somers; Tyler Italiano, Sr., North Rockland; Michael Lacour, Sr., North Rockland; Marcus Nahim, Sr., Iona Prep; Vincent Repoulis, Sr., Mamaroneck; Colin Stone, Jr., Rye Neck; Andrew Sutherland, Sr., Spring Valley; Gabriel Vega, Sr., Ardsley; Nicholas Wright, Jr., Horace Greeley; Eloha-Karmiel Yitzchak, Sr., Stepinac

600 — David Davitt, Jr., Stepinac; Freddie Hurson, Jr., Nyack; Leo Khang, Jr., Scarsdale; David Magill, Sr., Rye Neck; Bobby Mayclim, Jr., Lakeland/Panas; Cooper Mitchell, Sr., Suffern, Sebastien Pierre-Louis, Sr., Clarkstown South; Nicholas Wright, Jr., Horace Greeley

1,000 — Mason Barlow, Sr., Horace Greeley; Antonio Bravo, Sr., Iona Prep; Matt Carnes, Jr., Horace Greeley; Matt Doherty, Sr., Mamaroneck; Finn Farrell-Painter, Sr., Pearl River; Tommy Flynn, Jr., Iona Prep; Callum Gallagher, Jr., Sleepy Hollow; Ellis Goodson, Sr., Bronxville; Bobby Mayclim, Jr., Lakeland/Panas; Julian Rime, Sr., Clarkstown South; C.J. Ritchie, Jr., Pearl River; Kornel Smith, Sr., Briarcliff; TJ Smith, Jr., Lakeland/Panas; Nicholas Taylor, Sr., Ketcham

Mamaroneck's Sam Young runs in the Boys 1 Mile Run Invitational during the US Air Force Hispanic Games at The Armory in New York, Jan. 7, 2022.
Mamaroneck's Sam Young runs in the Boys 1 Mile Run Invitational during the US Air Force Hispanic Games at The Armory in New York, Jan. 7, 2022.

1,600 — Asher Beck, Jr., Hackley; Mason Barlow, Sr., Horace Greeley; Noah Bender, Sr., Fox Lane; Antonio Bravo, Sr., Iona Prep; Harrison Caprara, So., Clarkstown South; Matt Carnes, Sr., Horace Greeley; Miles Chamberlain, Jr., Briarcliff; Matt Doherty, Sr., Mamaroneck; Tommy Flynn, Jr., Iona Prep; Pat Ford, Sr., Brewster; Ethan Green, Jr., Arlington; Connor Hitt, Jr., Ketcham; Joe Lavelle, Sr., Rye Neck; Ryan Paradine, Sr., Pearl River; Max Robinson, Jr., Mamaroneck; Matthew Schutzbank, Jr., Nyack; Alex Searle, Sr., Pleasantville; Kornel Smith, Sr., Briarcliff; Ronan Staab, Sr., White Plains; Sam Young, Sr., Mamaroneck

Hackley's Asher Beck competes in the boys division 3 race during the Somers Big Red Cross-Country Invitational at Somers High School in Lincolndale on Saturday, September 10, 2022.
Hackley's Asher Beck competes in the boys division 3 race during the Somers Big Red Cross-Country Invitational at Somers High School in Lincolndale on Saturday, September 10, 2022.

3,200 — Asher Beck, Jr., Hackley; Noah Bender, Sr., Fox Lane; Zach Bierker, So., Clarkstown South; Tommy Flynn, Jr., Iona Prep; Pat Ford, Sr., Brewster; Ethan Green, Jr., Arlington; Joe Lavelle, Sr., Rye Neck; Bobby Mayclim, Jr., Lakeland/Panas; Mason Mayer, Sr., Suffern; William McCarthy, Sr., Yorktown; Aiden Meza, Jr., Somers; Eduardo Nava, Sr., North Rockland; Alex Searle, Sr., Pleasantville; Matt Thomson, Sr., Eastchester; Sam Young, Sr., Mamaroneck

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High jump — Nate Alvarez, Jr., Stepinac; Ryan Cardichon, So., Stepinac; Connor Fisher, Sr., Edgemont; Benjamin Hambleton, So., Arlington; Aidan Irwin, Sr., Hen Hud; Liam Kim, Sr., Somers; Luke Stephens, Sr., Bronxville

Long jump — Fabio Camacho, Jr., Harrison; Charley Corrado, Sr., Hen Hud; Trey Feirman, Sr., Hen Hud; Justin Hargraves, Sr., Iona Prep; Ben Ho, So., Horace Greeley; Tyler Italiano, Sr., North Rockland; Michael Krachenfels, Jr., Harrison; Jacob Lee, Sr., White Plains; Victor Oduwegwu, Sr., Clarkstown North; Matt Petricone, Sr., Nyack; Moses Stevenson, Sr., Ketcham; Putu Sutayasa, Sr., Nyack; Colin Taylor, Sr., Port Chester; Eric Welwin, Sr., Stepinac; Eloha-Karmiel Yitzchak, Sr., Stepinac

Triple jump — Daniel Bench, Sr., Edgemont; Justin Boamah, Sr., Pearl River; Zackery Ceasar, Sr., North Rockland; Charley Corrado, Sr., Hen Hud; Justin Hargraves, Jr., Iona Prep; Michael Lacour, Sr., North Rockland; Jacob Lee, Sr., White Plains; Victor Oduwegwu, Sr., Clarkstown North

Pole vault — Aaron Bell, Jr., Sleepy Hollow; Ryan Carron, Sr., Irvington; Max Dicker, Sr., Bronxville; Trey Feirman, Sr., Hen Hud; Benjamin Hambleton, So., Arlington; Matt Horowitz, Sr., Somers; Declan Kelly, Sr., Nanuet; Todd Korman, So., Suffern; Ryan Lee, Sr., Hen Hud; Gavin Powell, Sr., John Jay-East Fishkill; Emanuel Ramirez, Sr., Suffern; Kade Riddle, Sr., Sleepy Hollow; Gus Smith, Sr., Suffern; Jonah Smith, Sr., Valhalla; Rylan Toner, So., Horace Greeley; Isaac Turano, Sr., Irvington; Eric Welwin, Sr., Stepinac

Shot put — Bryant Agulay, Sr., Rye Country Day; Rowan Byrne, So., Iona Prep; Chris Lockwood, Sr., Bronxville; Luke Mallory, Sr., Pearl River; Liam Morrissey, Sr., Pearl River; Eric Mulqueen, So., Iona Prep; Shane O'Neill, So., Nanuet; Detton St. Paul, Sr., North Rockland

Weight throw — Chris Cajamarka, Sr., Pearl River; Jared Googel, Sr., Somers; Liam Morrissey, Sr., Pearl River; Detton St. Paul, Sr., North Rockland; Daniel Ye, So., Horace Greeley

Nancy Haggerty covers cross-country, track & field, field hockey, skiing, ice hockey, girls lacrosse and other sporting events for The Journal News/lohud. Follow her on Twitter at both @HaggertyNancy and at @LoHudHockey.

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Indoor track and field: Boys to watch during the 2022-23 season