2014 New Balance Nationals, Greensboro NC

Written by Reggie Henderson on . Posted in Outdoor Track

Sammy Watson breaks Section V record for 400 meters

Katie Lembo, Tyler Ranke and Josh Dyrland achieve All-American Status

Rush-Henrietta freshmen Sammy Watson broke Maddie Kopp’s Section V record for the 400 meter dash with a time of 54.93 to place 2nd in the nation among freshmen.

Katie Lembo (Penfield) ran a personal best in the 4x800 relay on Friday with a 2:15.15 split, then became an All-American in the 2 mile on Saturday placing 3rd with a 10:24.22 (9:41.40 3000m - another PR), and wrapped it up with a 5:04.07 mile in the 4xmile relay. 

Tyler Ranke (Hilton) and Josh Dyrland (Irondequoit) placed 2nd (5:51.31) and 6th (6:03.69) respectively in the 2000 Steeplechase in a shorter than usual race where they were forced to practically go mid-distance and there were a few non-New Yorkers who gave the event a try.

Alex Egeli (Batavia) took 8th in the 400 Hurdles at 54.25.  Egeli also placed 20th in the Emerging Elite division for the 110 hurdles with a 15.18.

Fillmore Central School has a pair to be reckoned with in the coming 3 years as Elsa Cole took 8th in the Freshman 2 Mile with 11:20.72 (3000 split 10:38.00) and 17th in the 2000 Steeplechase Championship division with 7:17.81, and Tess Schilke took 7th in the Freshman 1 Mile with 5:11.78 (1500 split 4:52.12)

Victor Boys 4x400 beat McQuaiid's Section V season best with a 3:21.52 to place 6th in the Emerging Elite division, Jared Hemingway, Matthew Barton, Jason J Hall, Jason T Hall

Other results:

4 x 1 mile Championship: 18th Penfield 21:19.39  Megan Sedita, Victoria Fahrenholz, Katie Lembo, Trista Leo

4 x 800 Emerging Elite: 13th Penfield 9:36.01 Megan Sedita, Sarah Cok, Katie Lembo, Kylene Cochrane

100m Freshmen: 14th Abby Frank (Penfield) 12.80

400 Hurdles Emerging Elite: 17th Lauren Bamford (Pittsford Mendon) 1:05.52

Triple Jump Freshmen: 27th Nandi Jefferies (S.O.T.A.) 30-2.75

4 x 100 Emerging Elite: 28th S.O.T.A. 50.27 Jah'Nease McCullough, Clarissa Henry, Zamaya Smith, Ky'Hanti Smith-Brown

Long Jump Emerging Elite: 34th Joshua Allen (S.O.T.A.) 19-1.25

1 Mile Junior HS: 7th Natalie Hansen (Penfield) 5:30.74

8th Elena Mantilla (Penfield) 5:31.44

11th Regan Gillooly (Penfield) 5:58.60