Top Boys: Lawler, Dellinger, Senall   Teams: Penfield, Brockport, Brighton

Top Girls: Watson, Kostarellis, Palotti   Teams: Rush, Fairport, Canandaigua

pics by Ron Kalasinskas at www.rochesterforkids.com

7 Summer Series Records Broken

Tuesday night track meets in Rochester have been going on since the 60’s, and this summer at the Max Velocity Tuesday Night Series there were 7 records broken.  (at least, correct me if I’m wrong)  Remember, records broken this summer are the best performances of 50 summers of athletes competing in this series.

Sammy Watson came home from Olympic Trials and broke Penny O’Brien’s 30-year-old 600m record of 1:39.1 from 1985 with Watson’s 1:33.60 on July 12.  (note: Sammy also won the 800 and 4x400 at the World Junior Championships)

Lanae-Tava Thomas long jumped 21-03 to obliterate the record of 18-11.75 set in 2005 by Viktoriya Rybalko.

Aubrianna Lantrip high jumped 5-8 to break the record of 5-6 held jointly by Mackenzie Sturtz from 2012 and Kimberly DePrez from 2003.

Max Gloskey broke the 110m Hurdles 39" (high school boys) record with a 14.48 to break Anthony Clark's 14.66 from 2015.

Alana Morrow tied Jamie McClary’s record from 2008 in the 100m Hurdles of 14.87.

The 55 is a new event and this year Tre’maine Moore ran 6.54 to break Kelly Brown’s record of 6.59 set last year.   Lanae-Tava Thomas ran 7.04 to break her own record of 7.20 from last year.  Stacking these up against the 50m records.  For the guys, Ben James ran a 5.6 ht in 1984 (=5.84 FAT) and Chandler Brown ran a 5.89 in 2007, Moore’s 6.54 converts to a 6.11.  For the girls Sametra Kelly ran a 6.45 in 2007 and Thomas’ 7.04 converts to 6.52.  (maybe they had a tailwind in 2007)

Complete records at: http://www.rochestersummertrack.com/summer-series/records

Update: Miranda will be competing in the 20K Racewalk in the Rio Olympics on Friday August 19th at 2:30PM

Jenn will be competing in the Pole Vault qualifying on Tuesday Aug 16 at 9:45AM and finals on Friday Aug 19th at 8:30PM

Miranda Melville and Sammy Watson in Eugene Oregon for Olympic Trials

Current Section V Athlete, Sammy Watson, Rush-Henrietta 2017, competed at the Olympic Trials in the 800m.  Sammy didn't make the Olympic squad but she will go on to compete in the Junior World Championships in Poland this summer.

Jenn Suhr, Byron-Bergen school district resident since her days at Roberts Weslyan, and coached by Rick Suhr, Spencerport 1986, won her 10th USA Outdoor Championships and qualified for her 3rd Olympic Team

Miranda Mellville, Rush-Henrietta 2007, qualified for the Olympic Team in the 20,000 meter racewalk and is on to Rio!

MJ Erb, Victor 2013, made the finals of the Olympic Trials in the Steeplechase

Brycen Spratling, Webster Schroeder 2010, competed at trials in the 800.

Gruttadauro takes National Championship in 1 Mile Racewalk

Thomas 7th in 200

Burke 8th in High Jump

* Outdoor National marks are not recognized for Section V Records.  This article will note when those records were beaten.

AJ Gruttadauro of Brockport won the National Championship in the 1 Mile Racewalk with a time of 6:45.17*

Lanae-Tava Thomas of Rush-Henrietta took 7^th in 200 (23.58 legal-wind in qualifying*), 12^th in 100 (11.82 legal-wind*),  on the  4^th place Sprint Medley Team and Section V Record-beating 4x100 team.

Brandon Burke of Churchville-Chili took 8^th in the High Jump with 6’8.25”.

The Rush-Henrietta Girls Relay Team of Tori Thompson, Stephanie Nwachi, Adama Donzo and Lanae-Tava Thomas took 4^th in the 800 Sprint Medley (1:44.36), 8^th in the 4x100 with a Section V Record Beating time of 46.92*, and 10^th in the 4x200 at 1:40.19* (25.05 average split).

Dawson Bathgate of East Rochester took 10^th in the 2000 Steeplechase at 6:13.44

Amanda Vestri of Webster-Thomas took 12^th in the 2 Mile at 10:45.99, Natalie Neamtu of Webster-Thomas took 21^st in the 2 Mile at 11:08.67

Haleigh Palotti of Livonia took 20^th in the 800 at 2:15.18

Elsa Cole of Fillmore took 20^th in the 2000 Steeplechase at 7:18.99

Erika Tillotson of Victor took 26^th 400 Hurdles at 1:02.95

Kelly Brown of Wilson Magnet took 30^th in the 110 Hurdles 15.04, and in the Emerging Elite 100 10.65, 200 21.82

The top Emerging Elite finish was Mike Mallow of Fairport taking 2^nd in the EE 800 at 1:52.25