The Inside Track
Sunday January 31, 2010

Sunday January 31, 2010: The Shaker Boys assured themselves a second straight Suburban Council Indoor Track Championship with an outstanding performance on Sunday, January 31st. While two events (pole vault and shot put), had been postponed to Monday, February 1st, the Shaker team has already scored enough points to assure they will again bring home the team title. Another complete team effort led to the victory as Shaker scored in every event on Sunday. The seniors who form the core of a truly amazing middle distance group again led the way. Matt Conti won the 300M and also was a member of the winning 4x200M and 4x400M relays. Chris Herman won the 600M and was on the winning 4x400 relay. Brendan Dolan won his heat in the 600M (4th overall), scored in the 55M Hurdles and ran a leg on the winning 4x400 relay. Matt Dustin ran legs on two winning relay teams and JQ Chandler was 3rd in the 55M Hurdles and 7th in the 300M. Darryl Roberts was second in the 55M and ran on the winning 4x200M relay. In the distance events, Casey Gilboy, running in the second heat, lapped the entire field to finish 3rd overall in the 3200M. Sophomores Jon Vallecorsa and Ethan Hausaman also scored in the same event. Ryan Egan finished second in a very competitive and close 1600M, while Kyle Foster running in the second heat of that race, finished 4th overall in a new PR. In the 1000M, Dave Marthy (second heat) and Dylan Hedderman both provided points in the scoring. In the jumping events, the triple jump was the highlight for Shaker as Franklin Abban and Dave Haller both leaped over 40’ for new PRs and along with previous 40’ jumper Sterling Green scored 15 points in that event bringing a big smile to the face of Coach Hayes. Green and Haller also scored in the high jump. The top Shaker finisher in the long jump was Reuben Feinman who scored in the 300M and was a member of the winning 4x200M relay. Brian Gallagher was second in the 55M Hurdles and also competed in the long jump and high jump. It should be noted that all of the Shaker athletes in the jump events along with top pole vaulter Tim Derocher are sophs or juniors and will be back for one or two more years [Coach Hayes is still smiling]. Results

The Shaker Girls team was in fourth place after the Suburban Council Indoor Track Championships with two events remaining. The final two events will be held on Monday, February 1st. Carly Brundige scored in the 55M, Kristy Hayes in the 300M, Christine Coughlin in the 600M and all earned points in their individual events and along with Emily Vandenburgh won the 4x200M relay. Molly Nephew (High Jump), Carly Brundige (Long Jump) and Emily Vandenburgh (Triple Jump) all scored in the field events. Results

The Shaker Boys 4x800M relay team has been selected to compete in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational on Saturday, February 6th at The Armory (New Balance Track & Field Center) in New York City. Among those team competing with Shaker are several nationally ranked schools in the 4x800 including Liverpool (fastest time in 4x800 in New York State this season), Abington from Pennsylvania (winner of 4x800 relay at this past weekend’s Millrose Games), St. Anthony’s (winner of CHSAA 4x800 at Millrose Games) and Burnt Hills (fastest 4x800 time in Section 2 this season). The ten team field is expected to start the race at approximately 2:20 PM on Saturday.

The Shaker Boys team and the Shaker Girls team will both return to UAlbany’s track for the second consecutive Sunday. This time they will be competing in the Great Dane Classic on February 7th. All athletes competing in individual events are required to have met the qualifying standards in order to participate. There are no qualifying times for the three relays and all participating schools are allowed to enter one relay team per event. Preliminary order of events

The Shaker Boys Team Leaderboard has been updated as of 1/29. As the updated information to include the SC Championships for both the boys and girls teams is received from coaches, it will be posted this week. The Shaker Boys Grade Records have also been updated.

Several new sponsors for the shakerrunning website will be added this week. Thanks to all who support our efforts to bring you complete information about the Shaker High School running programs.

Click here to visit the 2009-2010 Indoor Track Page for complete updated information including girls and boys indoor track meet schedules, practice schedules, forms, results, photos, and other announcements.

The Suburban Council Championships Photo Gallery has been posted. Please send your photos or videos from Indoor Track Meets to bhickey@shakerrunning.com to be posted online.

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