Track

Division precision

Sullivan West girls and Liberty boys clinch indoor division titles

By RICHARD A. ROSS

WEST POINT, NY — “‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘to talk of many things...’”

Locally, those things include indoor track division titles, not “cabbages and kings” as Lewis Carroll alluded to in “Through the Looking Glass.”

Peering through a camera lens provided insights into the indoor track circuit on January 30 as the Sullivan West girls and the Liberty boys came into the A format meet with 14-0 records. This meet figured to be the defining one for clinching their Division V titles.

That became a reality when it was announced that a prior meet, which had been cancelled, would not be made up. With Liberty ahead of second place Pine Plains (11-3) and Sullivan West leading Tri-Valley (12-2) in the standings, the division titles were assured regardless of this meet’s outcome.

That said, each team put forth a major effort and emerged undefeated by vanquishing all seven teams in their division, for a record of 21-0.

Sullivan West rode its strength in the hurdles, sprints, 3000 and 1000 and jumping events to defeat Tri-Valley. The Lady Bulldogs were missing Dani Myers, but Tri-Valley was hurt even more by the ongoing loss of Rachel Sanborn, who may have a stress fracture. Tri-Valley hopes Sanborn will be back in time for the Lady Bears to try and defend their Section Nine title.

Liberty’s boys excelled in the jumping events and in the sprints. Sullivan West battled back with great performances in the distance events, the 3200 and 1600 relay, but they couldn’t overtake the Indians. Liberty looks even stronger than a year ago when it finished as runner up in Section Nine.

Here are some Sullivan County results (place finishes are by state classifications of divisions). All of Sullivan County schools except Monticello are in the smaller division.

Girls

1500 racewalk: (1) Ashley Weintraub (T-V) 8:24.70; (2) Michelle McNutt (T-V) 8:28.19; (3) Olivia Seidl (SW) 8:34.80; (4) Rachel Deppa (SW) 8:42.02; (5) Samantha Martin (T-V) 9:32.48; (6) Ashley Mahoney (SW) 9:33.48.

55 hurdles: (2) Sara Alsdorf (SW) 9.64; (3) Emma Tingley (T-V) 10.04; (4) Morgan Hawkins (SW) 10.24; (5) Jasmine Walizadeh (L) 10.46 and (6) Erika Vorstadt (E) 10.93. 55 dash: (1) Christina Watts (E) 7.72; (3) Alsdorf (SW) 8.13; (4) Amanda Rosenberger (SW) 8.33; (5) Mareena DiMilia (T-V), Liz Peters (SW) 8.43; and (6) Amanda Bertholf (L) 8.45.

3000: (1) Rianne Erlwein (SW) 11:16.31; (2) Caroline Bertholf (T-V) 11:34.49; (3) Shannon Hornbeck (T-V) 11:38.19; (4) Stephany Robison (SW) 12:48.96; (5) Annie Babula (E) 13:25.56; (6) Selena Hudak (E) 14:14.11. 1000: (2) Erlwein (SW) 3:21.74; (3) Hawkins (SW) 3:22.94; (5) Bertholf (T-V) 3:26.16; and (6) Hornbeck (T-V) 3:31.50. 300 (1) Katie Manzi (SW) 46.43; (3) Kasi Pilny (SW) 47.74; (5) Agnes Pompeii (T-V) 48.26; and (6) Peters (SW) 50.41.

Long jump; (1) DeMilia (T-V) 13-06.50; (2) Walizadeh (L) 13-03.75; (3) Kendra Barker (SW) 12-09.50; (4) Karyn Sheeley (T-V) 12-08.75; (5) Diana Schombs (E) 12-00; and (6) Joy Leon (T-V) 11-11.75. High jump: (2) Barker (SW) and Schombs (E) 4-8; (4) Pompeii (T-V) 4-6; (5) Kristin Offringa (T-V) and Christina McCarthy (L) 4-3.

3200 relay: (1) Tri-Valley 11:07.03; (3) Sullivan West (11:32.15); and (4) Liberty 11:43.19. 1600 relay: (2) Sullivan West (3:59.57); (3) Liberty (4:09.48); and (4) Tri-Valley (4:17.23).

Boys

55 hurdles: (1) Joe Counts (E) 8.97; (2) Mike Sheldon (SW) 9.91; and (3) Chris Murphy (SW) 9.95.

55 dash: (1) Malcolm Strother (L) 6.91; (2) Sheldon (7.31); (3) Davidson (L) 7.32 and (4 in Division I) Shane Jackson (M) (6.93). 3200: (1) Colin Seidl (SW) 9:52.77; (2) Dallas Ripley (SW) 11:13.91; (3) Alex Campanella (E) 11:17.94; (4) Chris Whipple (T-V) 11:29.79; and (4 in Division I) Tom Gonzalez (M) 10:31.97.

1000: (1) Seidl (SW) 2:43.45; and (4) Scott Kaplan (L) 3:07.68. Long jump: (1) Tim Burgio (L) 18-06.25; (2) Greg Castro (L) 17-06.50; and (3) Davidson (L) 16-08.75.

3200 relay: (1) Monticello (Division I) 8:56.63; and (1) Div II Sullivan West (9:37.73). 1600 relay: (2) Sullivan West (3:59.57); (3) Liberty (4:00.08); and (4) Tri-Valley (4:17.23).

Teams from Sullivan County got ready to hold their annual Meet of Champions at Sullivan County Community College on February 4. The Sullivan West girls and Ellenville boys are the defending champions. Visit riverreportersports.com for an album of photos from the West Point and college meets.