The Inside Track
Sunday June 6, 2010

Sunday June 6, 2010: The Shaker Boys and Girls moved closer to the end of another successful season, this time at the NY State Qualifiers in Johnstown. This was a two day meet with athletes competing on both Thursday and Friday night.

Things got off to a great start on Thursday night when Shaker Boys Senior Jaquell Chandler captured 1st in the 400M Hurdles with a time of 55.37 qualifying for the state meet. On the girls side, Emily Vandenburgh won the long jump and Madison Rowland took 1st in the high jump, both also earning a trip to the state meet. Sophomore Emma Torncello took 2nd in the long jump, just missing a trip to the state meet. Other top performances Thursday night included Jon Vallecorsa (4th-3200M), Chris Herman (3rd-800M), Brendan Dolan (4th-400M Hurdles), Matt Conti (4th-400M), and Ryan Egan (6th-800M).

The impressive performances didn't stop on Friday, as several more athletes qualified for the NYS Meet. Shaker Athletes who earned a trip to the state meet on Friday included Casey Gilboy (Steeplechase), Brian Gallagher (Pentathlon), Naquan Lewis (Shot Put), Boys 4X800M Relay (Herman, Egan, Delago, Conti), and Girls 4X100M Relay (Brundige, Hayes, Vandenburgh, Rowland). Results / Photo Gallery

The records continue to fall! The Shaker Girl's assault on the School Records continued this week as the Shaker Girls 4X100M Relay ran 49.09 to beat their performance the previous week and break their own school record. The girls will have another chance to break their own record once again at the NYS Meet this week. Shaker Boys Freshman Caleb Mellon set two new Shaker grade records this week. He broke the Freshman 800M Record on Thursday night and returned on Friday to break the 1600M record as well.

Among the other notable performances at the State Qualifier meet were Emily Vandenburgh in the 200M and triple jump (4th in both), Christine Coughlin in the 800M (6th), Girls 4X400M (Hayes, Ziegler, Brundige, Lavdender), Emma Torncello in the triple jump (3rd), Mike Libruk in the 1600M (4th), Eric Young in the 1600M (5th), Adam Schwenzfeier in the Steeplechase (6th), Boys 4X400M (Dolan, Chandler, Feinman, Marthy), Reuben Feinman in the long jump (6th), Franklin Abban in the triple jump (3rd), and Naquan Lewis (6th-Discus).

The 4X800M Boys race put another Shaker relay team on the all time Section 2 list with the 12th fastest time ever in Section 2. Five Shaker teams are now in the top 12 all time Section 2 times for that event. Casey Gilboy's Steeplechase time was the 16th fastest ever in Section 2. The Girls 4X100M Relay also broke into the Section 2 all time list.

Hundreds of photos from this season's meets have been posted on the Outdoor Track Photos Page. Please send any photos you may have taken at the meets to bhickey@shakerrunning.com. Thanks to the Hedderman-Pheiffers for sending in photos this week.

This Week: The Boys and Girls named above who qualified for the New York State Meet will compete this Friday and Saturday at Vestal High School (Section 4).

The Girls Outdoor Track Banquet will be held on this Monday, June 7th at the Colonie Elks Club Pavillion. The Boys Outdoor Track end of the season banquet will be held this Wednesday, June 9th at the Colonie Elks Pavillion. Next week, a list of the award winners will be included in the Inside Track.

An updated list to include all new school and grade records for the Girls and Boys teams for all three seasons will be posted early this summer.

Visit the 2010 Outdoor Track Season Page to view the latest results, news, announcements, photos, schedules, and more.