| VOLUME XXXIII No. 2 | Narrowsburg, NY | January 11, 2006 - 17, 2007 |
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Track Developmental meets get underway at SCCC Field house provides a venue for track athletes to hone skills and quicken their pace LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY - Tri-Valley’s track coach and athletic director gathered the massive number of indoor track athletes from local schools on January 3 and preached safety, safety and more safety prior to this year’s developmental track meets slated for Sullivan County Community College. Following a mishap last February 7 wherein an errant toss of a 25-pound weight resulted in the injury of a bystander who had her back turned to the event, caution and attentiveness has been raised to the maximum. The weight throwing is now staged prior to the rest of the events. Athletes from Liberty, Sullivan West, Eldred, Monticello, Tri-Valley, Fallsburg and Ellenville used the one-and-a-half hour meet to get in shape for the meets that count, including relays held at West Point on January 4 and the upcoming league and sectional meets later this month. No results are made public as coaches and their teams are privy to that information as a means of keeping track of each athlete’s progress. Peppered among the more notable local track icons were a number of modified runners and other track team members, some of whom did not compete in the new format of the West Point Invitationals, which limits the number of entrants per school in each event. The meet went off without a hitch and despite its tardy start, finished on time. Two more meets are slated for January 9 and 11. Tri-Valley’s Loughney sets a Section IX record in the weight throw at Southern Tier Invitational ITHACA, NY — Tri-Valley’s Ryan Loughney, who has been steadily improving his weight-throwing technique, set a new Section IX record with a heave of 70-3 at the Southern Tier Invitational Meet staged at Cornell University on January 6. Teammate Garrett Grey took third with a toss of 51-2, and fellow Bear Bob Fiedler nailed down sixth place with a throw of 46-1½. Loughney’s throw was third best in the nation. Grey qualified for nationals. Armory Spikes Shoe Invitational staged December 20, 2006 In the girls sprint medley relay (400-200-200-800), Tri Valley finished eighth with individual results in the event as follows: 400 Meghan Drown 64.4; 200 Casey Offringa 28.8; 200 Agnes Pompeii 30.8; and 800 Courtney Roosa 2:29.1. Total team time 4:32 .1. Brown Invitational: Providence Rhode Island Boys 25 lb. weight throw relay (three man relay); first place: Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick RI. 167-1; second place, Tri Valley. Individual results in the event: Ryan Loughney 63-3 (1st overall in the 69 man competition); Garrett Grey 48-11½; and Bob Fiedler 44-2. Total distance 156-4. West Point Invitational staged on December 30, 200625 lb. weight: Loughney 67-7, first place, also threw 3 5 lb. weight for a school record of 52-5; fifth place; Garrett Grey shot put 45-9½. 1500: Courtney Roosa 5:06.75 ( indoor lifetime best). |
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| TRR photo by Richard A. Ross | |
| Tri-Valley’s Ryan Loughney swings around as he works on his weight throwing technique at Sullivan County Community College in the first of several developmental meets attended by Sullivan County schools and Ellenville. Loughney set a new Section IX record at Cornell University with a first place throw of 70-3 in the Southern Tier Invitational held on January 6. Prior to that, he took first place at the West Point Invitational on December 30 with a heave of 67-7 in the 25-pound event. He set a school record in the 35-pound weight throw with a mark of 52-5. Previously at the Brown Invitational in Providence, RI, Loughney’s throw in the three-man relay was tops among the 69 competitors. He tossed the 25-pound weight 63-3 and combined with Garrett Gray (48-11 1/2) and Bob Fiedler (44-2) for a second place finish with a combined distance of 156-4. (Click for larger version) |
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