SECTION V WEEK #7 JANUARY 20-21, 2012

by Reggie Henderson

Race of the Week: WEST Girls 300M

Photo by Ron Kalasinskas www.rochesterforkids.com

Coming into Friday night’s race at RIT Spencerport’s Maddie Kopp was the Section V leader in the 300M on the verge of a Milesplit 1^st Team Elite mark of 41.50, and Aquinas Camaria Long was ranked 4^th with a best of 42.84.  But both girls obliterated the 41.50 standard and Long edged out Kopp, 40.77 to 40.82 which puts them both in the top 40 nationwide and top 10 for New York State.

Another great race was the WEST Girls 55M Dash.  Edison Tech’s Tanisha Love came in with the seasons best mark of 7.40 and again it was Camaria Long chasing down the leader and matching her 7.40 mark, but Love went even faster to make a new leading mark of 7.35.

Nice meet for Camaria Long!

For the boys, the race of the meet was the WEST Boys 1600M where McMullen Mile Champ Keith Pease outleaned Gates-Chili’s Travis Jordon and won 4:26.85 to 4:26.98.  Their times beat the previous leading marks by Rush Henrietta’s Burke brothers, Colby and Mickey, and they left behind 3 boys (including Mickey) from distance powerhouse Rush Henrietta.

THE UNDEFEATED

Who are the undefeated athletes in Section V?  Let’s put a target on their backs so everyone can go after them.

Pat Meyer of Hilton is undefeated in 4 events.  55M Hurdles leading mark plus 4 wins, Long Jump 3^rd best mark, but never beat head-to-head and has 3 wins, High Jump leading mark and 2 wins, Triple Jump leading mark and one win (note, not counting Tiger or other invites).

Brian Smith of Greece Athena is in the top 5 statewide for 300M and 55M and in the top 10 nationwide for the 300M.  In Section V he is the Section V leader and undefeated in the 55M (4 races), the 300M (3 races, including a Section V record), and even in the 600M he won 3 out of 4 races.

Erica Williams of Batavia is ranked 5^th nationally and is number 1 in New York State for the shot put.  She’s undefeated in 4 competitions and has broken the Section V record 3 times this winter.

Karmen Auble of Warsaw is ranked 7^th nationally and is number 1 in New York State for the pole vault.  She is undefeated in 3 league competitions, and also undefeated in 4 non-league meets, Marine and Malloy Stanner at the Armory, Southern Tier at Cornell, and even beat the college kids at the Holiday Classic at RIT.  She also tried long jump and won with the 2^nd best mark in Section V and has the 3^rd best mark in the Shot Put.

Eleonore Grant of Red Creek is undefeated in four 55M Hurdles races, has the leading mark in the Triple Jump which she entered once and won,  is undefeated in two pole vault completions, and entered the Long Jump once and won.

Rebekah Champlin of Marcus Whitman is ranked 2^nd in the state for the 1500M Racewalk and undefeated in 6 races.

Edison Tech Girls 4x200M are undefeated in 4 races, and no one else has run as fast as their slowest of those 4 races.

Jeremy Bartula of Gates-Chili has the leading mark and is undefeated in 4 Pole Vault competitions.

Alana MacDonald of Rush Henrietta has the leading mark and is undefeated in three 600M races.  She also entered the 1000M once and won, and the 1500M once and won.

Victoria Shaffer of Rush Henrietta has the leading mark and is undefeated in 3 High Jump competitions.  She’s also near the top for the long jump and triple jump.

Colby Burke of Rush Henrietta has raced the following once each, 600M, 1000M, 1600M and he won every time.  He has the leading mark in the 600M.

Leila Mantilla of Penfield has only run the 1000M once, but she won it with the Section V leading time, she also won the 3000M the one time she entered that race.

So… if I missed someone or a relay team who has entered an event more than once, is undefeated, and has the leading mark in Section V, please let me know.