Track and field: Arlington takes Northern Counties boys team title, John Jay-EF wins girls
Smaller schools flexed their muscles in some events Sunday but, as might have been expected, the Northern Counties Indoor Track and Field Championships belonged for the most part to the area's giants.
Arlington, whose athletes won three individual titles and one relay, captured the Northern Counties (Dutchess and Putnam) boys team title during competition at The Armory in New York City.
The Admirals had 127 points, Ketcham finished second with 118, tiny Pawling was third (47), John Jay-East Fishkill was fourth (36) and Brewster fifth (31) out of 11 teams that scored.
With 10 schools scoring in the girls competition, John Jay-EF took the crown with 114 points, Ketcham was second (97), Arlington third (85), Carmel fourth (66) and Pawling fifth (38).
Arlington's Michael D'Orazio lost the battle of kicks to Ketcham's Connor Hitt in the 3,200 with Hitt winning in a personal-best 10:09.76 and D'Orazio crossing in a 10:10.61 PB and his teammate, Jeyvi Ramirez Valencia, third (PB 10:57.51).
But D'Orazio wasn't denied gold in the 1,600.
D'Orazio (4:43.26) beat teammate Jonathan Sharpy (PB 4:44.61) to the line with Carmel's Lucas Aguero (PB 4:46.29) third.
D'Orazio also joined with Bryce Brutting, Ronnie Geiger and Sharpy to clock a winning time of 8:50.5 in the boys 4x800 relay.
Lourdes (9:27.9) was second and John Jay-EF (season-best 9:31.92) was third.
D'Orazio clearly had a very good day but John Jay-EF's Amelie Guzman's day was perhaps even better.
The senior joined with Emma Egan, Elizabeth Toth and Peyton Matessino to easily win the girls 4x800 relay in 10:19.03. (Carmel was second in 10:42.31 and Arlington third in 11:17.00).
And Guzman posted two individual wins.
She ran 4:56.58 to capture the girls 1,500 with Ketcham's Abigail Kowalczyk second (5:01.08) and Carmel's Lauren O'Rourke third (personal-best 5:01.68),
But Guzman's best race was the girls 3,000.
She won gold in a personal-best 10:26.12.
That time was fast enough to qualify her to run the race in the highest division at New Balance Indoor Nationals.
Putnam Valley's Bronagh Cassidy (second-place, personal-best 10:50.50) qualified to compete in the race at nationals in the second-level "rising" division.
Third place went to Arlington's Emma Drumm (season-best 11:44.80).
Arlington's Joe Peyton threw 43-11.75 to edge Ketcham's Jonathan Scampoli (personal-best 43-4.5) in the boys weight throw.
Arlington's Isaiah Weathers was third at 40-9.
The boys shot put went to Scampoli at 41-10.5.
Isaiah Weathers of Arlington was the runner-up (38-4.25) and Peyton threw a personal-best 35-6 for third.
Michael Brill of Brewster went 18-0 to win the boys long jump.
The battle for second was won by a single inch as Putnam Valley's Christopher Soliz grabbed silver at 16-11 while Carmel's Jack Loughran took bronze at 16-10.
Pawling's Emily Mascia won the girls long jump in a personal-best 14-2.5.
Carmel's Megan Wiener also PB'd in second at 13-3.25 and fellow Ram Greta Vaughn was third (13-3).
Ketcham's Nicholas Castorina was a double champion, winning both the boys 300 and 600 in personal-best times.
He took the 300 in 37.06 with Lourdes' Chris Boston second (37.53) and Pawling's Dante Pena (PB 38.02) third.
And Castorina ran 1:24.29 for the boys 600 win
Runner-up Noah Brightman of Pawling also PB'd at 1:24.91 and both Castorina and Brightman qualified to compete in the 600 in the nationals' rising division.
Third-place 600 finisher Nicholas Taylor of Ketcham also PB'd at 1:31.98.
The girls 600 went to Carmel's Megan Wiener in a personal-best 1:48.58.
Arlington's Delaney McMorris finished second, also recording a PB at 1:49.4, and teammate Bailey LaGuardia was third (1:51.48).
The top three male 1,000 finishers all recorded their best time ever in the event.
John Jay-EF's Jacob Trost won in 2:42.05.
Ketcham's Hitt was just behind in 2:42.61 and Arlington's Ian Lewis was third (2:43.97).
In 3:17.63, Putnam Valley's Gabriella Randazzo captured the girls 1,000.
Carmel's Erin Lee was second in a season-best 3:20.17 and John Jay-EF's Emma Egan took third (3:25.31).
The girls 1,500 racewalk went to Brewster's Ellen Cassidy in a personal-best 10:17.5. Arlington's Liliana Camaj was second (11:19.1).
Arianna Gonzalez of John Jay-EF clocked 42.01 to both win the girls 300 and to qualify to compete at nationals at the distance in the rising division.
Carme's Megan Wiener was second in a personal-best 46.26 and third-place finisher Meredith Angyal of John Jay-EF also ran her best time ever, clocking 46.96.
Gonzalez also won the girls 55 dash.
Her 7.62 time was a season-best for her.
Mahopac's Mia Lanter and John Jay-EF's Maia Perillo both recorded personal-best times of 8.14 with Lanter declared the second-place finisher and Perillo the third-place finisher.
In a personal-best 9.45, Jocelyn Lichwick of Ketcham won the girls 55 hurdles.
Teammate Haley Savin (season-best 9.59) was second and Pawling's Julianne Hickey (season-best 9.69) was third.
Lourdes' Boston hit the finish in 6.7 seconds, a personal-best time, to win the boys 55 dash.
Pawling's Pena (season-best 6.79) was second and Ketcham's Ivan Carvalho (PB 6.99) was third.
The three top boy 55 hurdlers all ran personal-best times.
Ketcham's Jared Terzian won in 9.06 with Brewster's Michael Brill second in 9.72 and Pawling's Jonathon Krajeski third at 9.99.
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Ketcham's Hailey Hrouda won both the girls weight throw and shot put.
She threw the weight 34-8.5 with teammate Genevieve Zorilo second (PB 32-1.25) and Arlington's Imani Marc (PB 28-9.5) third.
And Hrouda won the shot at 27-7.50 with Marc second (26-5.75) and Zorilo third (23-9).
No boys and only two girls competed in pole vault.
John Jay-EF's Maia Perillo was the girls winner. She had a nice 10-6 personal-best clear for the win.
Ketcham's Emily Marchant was second (6-6).
Arlington's Justin Peters, the lone male triple jumper, went 33-3.
Ketcham's Lichwick took the girls triple at 30-4. Haldane's Andriea Vasconcelos (27-11.25) was second and Pawling's Mascia (27-1.5) was third.
Ketcham's Aydon Camacho-Kelly won the boys high jump at 5-0. Terzian also cleared 5-0 for second and Arlington's Zachary Petrillo was third (PB 4-9).
John Jay-EF's Elizabeth Toth won the girls high jump at 4-8.
Pawling's Julianne Hickey and John Jay-EF's Meredith Angyal tied for second at 4-3.
Other relays
Ketcham captured the boys 4x200 relay in a season-best 1:36.53. Poughkeepsie (season-best 1:42.21) was second and Putnam Valley (season-best 1:42.23) was third.
Pawling won the boys 4x400 relay in a season-best 3:46.15.
Arlington (3:51.78) was second and Poughkeepsie (season-best 3:55.52) was third.
John Jay-EF was the girls 4x200 champion, clocking 1:53.75.
Ketcham was second (2:01.74) and Lourdes (season-best 2:06.46) was third.
Carmel ran 4:48.19 to win the girls 4x400 relay.
Haldane Central (season-best 5:06.11) was second and Arlington (5:13.67) took third.
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.
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