Four meet records were set at the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association boys track and field championships held Friday and Saturday at Warwick Valley High School.
Monroe-Woodbury captured the team title with 103.5 points, ahead of Warwick and Kingston, both with 82, and Pine Bush with 76.
Warwick’s Luke Beattie eclipsed his own pole vault mark tied last season with a leap of 16 feet, 6 inches (Todd Uckermark of Warwick was tied at 16 feet, in 2014). Beattie, the state record holder indoors, is also the first three-time winner since Uckermark (2012-14).
Add to that, Beattie became the first repeat winner in the 100-meter dash (10.82) since Justin McCollin of Monroe-Woodbury (2008-10) and Beattie also won the 200 (21.92). Jadon Spain of O’Neill (2023) and Jiles Addison of Cornwall (2022) were the last sprinters to double in the 100 and 200.
Malachi Taylor of Washingtonville set the meet mark in the 400 meters (47.67), knocking off the mark of 47.75 set by Ryan Brennan of Monroe-Woodbury in 2011.
Tri-Valley’s Van Furman set a mark in the 1,600 (4:11.31), breaking the mark of 4:16.34 set by Washingtonville’s Martin Hehir in 2010.
Illunga Salerno of Cornwall is the first repeat winner in the 110 hurdles (14.57) since My-kell Ferrar of Monticello in 2016-17.
Dylan Miralle of John S. Burke Catholic is the first repeat winner in the non-scoring javelin (148-6) since Burke’s Mark Przybocki (2016-18).
Joe McDonald Jr. of Kingston won the high jump at 6 feet, 6 inches, only two inches off the meet mark of 6-8 by Xavier McAllister of Newburgh (2012) and Mel Mosely of Middletown (2011). He also won the long jump (22-8.25), the best winning leap since 2015.
Track winners included Samuel Anderson of Minisink Valley in the 800 (1:54.96; best winning mark since 2013); Van Furman of Tri-Valley in the 3,200 (9:13.89); David Holloway of Cornwall in the 400 hurdles (53.67); and, Andrew Lee of Kingston in the 3,000 steeplechase (9:30.84).
Field winners included Jeangardy Louis of Goshen in the triple jump (46-1.25; he also won in 2023); Kane Poje of Tri-Valley in the shot put (51-9; best winning mark since 2018); and, Shawn Bleboo of Kingston in the discus (157-3; fifth-best winning mark in last 39 years)
The Mid-Hudson Athletic League meet will be held on May 22 at Rondout Valley High School.
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OCIAA championships
Boys results
Team scores (final): 1. Monroe-Woodbury 103.5 points; T2. Warwick 82; T2. Kingston 82; 4. Pine Bush 76;. 5. Cornwall 70; 6. Washingtonville 57; 7. Minisink Valley 52.5; 8. Newburgh 37; 9. Tri-Valley 35; 10. Beacon 29; 11. Goshen 25; T12. Fallsburg 23; T12. Valley Central 23; T14. Monticello 15; T14. O’Neill 15; 16. Middletown 11; 17. Seward 4.
100-meters (final): 1. Luke Beattie (Warwick) 10.82; 2. Nazir Lopez (Fallsburg) 11.11; 3. Logan Manor (Kingston) 11.15; 4. Logan Conley (Warwick) 11.19; 4. Donovan Hart (Fallsburg) 11.25; 6. Jake Schorling (Pine Bush) 11.27
200 (final): 1. Luke Beattie (Warwick) 21.92; 2. Cameron Snyder (Washingtonville) 22.15; 3. Logan Conley (Warwick) 22.53; 4. Jake Schorling (Pine Bush) 22.73; 5. Nazir Lopez (Fallsburg) 22.873; 6. Andres Martinez (Pine Bush) 22.878.
400 (final): 1. Malachi Taylor (Washingtonville) 47.67; 2. Robert LaBarbera (Minisink Valley) 49.32; 3. Justin Moses (Pine Bush) 49.86; 4. Nicholas Almeida (Monroe-Woodbury) 50.27; 5. De Juan McKenzie (Newburgh) 51.23; 6. Jordan Mabra (Minisink Valley) 51.26
800 (final): 1. Samuel Anderson (Minisink Valley) 1:54.96; 2. Bryce Kenny (O’Neill) 1:55.70; 3. Gavin Catherwood (Monroe-Woodbury) 1:55.71; 4. Lukas Paunovic (Kingston) 1:56.54; 5. Pablo Emilio Abdelsayed (Valley Central) 1:56.58; 6. Jaden Medrano (Monroe-Woodbury) 1:57.85
1,600 (final): 1. Van Furman (Tri-Valley) 4:11.31; 2. Gavin Catherwood (Monroe-Woodbury) 4:21.69; 3. Leo Shostal (Warwick) 4:25.44; 4. Joseph Mullan (Washingtonville) 4:26.62; 5. Devon Ryan (Monroe-Woodbury) 4:28.63; 6. Carter Rossi (Minisink Valley) 4:28.82
3,200 (final): 1. Van Furman (Tri-Valley) 9:13.89; 2. Leo Shostal (Warwick) 9:30.00; 3. Joseph Mullan (Washingtonville) 9:33.31; 4. Devon Ryan (Monroe-Woodbury) 9:41.56; 5. Noah Klugman (Goshen) 9:55.05; 6. Shane Golio (Monrpoe-Woodbury) 9:57.97
110 hurdles (final): 1. Ilunga Salerno (Cornwall) 14.57; 2. Aaron Frias (Valley Central) 14.76; 3. Daniel Bluman (O’Neill) 15.20; 4. Jarae Hunter (Pine Bush) 15.33; 5. Eli Shrem (Cornwall) 15.60; 6. John Bellini (Cornwall) 15.65
400 hurdles (final): 1. David Holloway (Cornwall) 53.67; 2. Ilunga Salerno (Cornwall) 53.94; 3. Noah Spiak (Beacon) 56.48; 4. Giwenn Eloge (Newburgh) 57.09; 5. Aaron Frias (Valley Central) 57.49; 6. Jaden Robertson (Pine Bush) 57.81
3,000 steeplechase (final): 1. Andrew Lee (Kingston) 9:30.84; 2. Devon Ryan (Monroe-Woodbury) 9:35.80; 3. Daniel Cibirka (Cornwall) 10:12.92; 4. Tylan Haag (Monroe-Woodbury) 10:20.69; 5. Nicholas Doran (Monroe-Woodbury) 10:29.49; 6. Noah Klugman (Goshen) 10:37.94
400 relay (final): 1. Warwick 42.79; 2. Kingston 43.03; 3. Pine Bush 43.20; 4. Washingtonville 43.26; 5. Cornwall 44.07; 6. Fallsburg 44.77
1,600 relay (final): 1. Minisink Valley 3:18.31; 2. Monroe-Woodbury 3:18.94; 3. Newburgh 3:22.23; 4. Cornwall 3:28.57; 5. Kingston 3:29.37; 6. Valley Central 3:32.50
3,200 relay (final): 1. Monroe-Woodbury 7:48.35; 2. Kingston 7:54.20; 3. Newburgh 8:09.19; 4. Washingtonville 8:6.15; 5. Cornwall 8:26.37; 6. Pine Bush 8:31.59
High jump (final): 1. Joe McDonald Jr. (Kingston) 6-6; 2. Quenten Liciaga (Monticello) 6-4; 3. Jack Fowler (Pine Bush) 6-2; 4. Jahcier Ballard (Beacon) 6-0; 5. Tyiese Mack (Fallsburg) 6-0; T6. Kamal Salaudeen (Monroe-Woodbury) and Logan Schupner (Minisink Valley) 5-9
Long jump (final): 1. Joe McDonald Jr. (Kingston) 22-8.25; 2. Isaiah Gonzalez (Warwick) 22-3.75; 3. Jake Schorling (Pine Bush) 21-4; 4. Anthony Ramos (Middletown) 21-3; 5. Quenten Liciaga (Monticello) 21-2.25; 6. Jeangardy Louis (Goshen) 20-5.5
Triple jump (final): 1. Jeangardy Louis (Goshen) 46-1.25; 2. Nicholas Caraballo (Monroe-Woodbury) 44-5; 3. Jaden Williams (Newburgh) 44-3.5; 4. Marco Joeachin (Pine Bush) 43-11.5; 5. Derek Vincent (Valley Central) 42-2; 6. Blake Soshensky (Kingston) 41-1
Shot put (final): 1. Kane Poje (Tri-Valley) 51-9; 2. Anthony Lanari (Monroe-Woodbury) 45-8.5; 3. Miguel Rodriguez (Middletown) 45-3.5; 4. Jared Nerone (Kingston) 45-2; 5. Joseph Staszeski (Seward) 44-3; 6. Isaiah Reynoso (Cornwall) 43-0.5
Discus (final): 1. Shawn Bleboo (Kingston ) 157-3; 2. Jayden Mihalchik (Beacon) 139-1; 3. Kamal Salaudeen (Monroe-Woodbury) 136-2; 4. Kane Poje (Tri-Valley) 135-1; 5. Roman D’Alfonso (Newburgh) 133-3; 6. Justin Reich (Monroe-Woodbury) 13202
Javelin (final): 1. Dylan Miralle (Burke) 148-6; 2. Jayden Mihalchik (Beacon) 134-10; 3. Dylan Lockwood (Sullivan West) 121-0; 4. Kevin Cushing (Burke) 113-9; 5. Tyler Cloidt (Minisink Valley) 108-9; 6. Jared Nerone (Kingston) 101-7
Pole vault (final): 1. Luke Beattie (Warwick) 16-6; 2. Logan Schupner (Minisink Valley) 16-0; 3. Cole Wilson (Washingtonville) 13-0; 4. Nathan VonDeben (Pine Bush) 13-0; 5. Anthony Roe (Warwick) 12-6; 6. Carter Griffin (Warwick) 12-6
Pentathlon (final): 1. Jayden Wendt (Cornwall) 2,973 points; 2. Plexico Brooks (Pine Bush) 2,966; 3. Kenixander Vermenton (Washingtonville) 2,904; 4. Caellum Tripaldi (Beacon) 2,822; 5. Brevin Timm (Beacon) 2,794; 6. Nasir Merriman (Pine Bush) 2,668
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Check out the results, meet marks at the OCIAA boys track and field championship meet
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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