Three meet records were established at the Section 9 boys indoor track and field state qualifier meet at the New York Armory on Saturday, February 28.
Senior Maximillian Wickrath of Minisink Valley set a meet record with a 6.32 second prelims finish (6.34 final) in the 55 meters, snapping the 2022 mark of 6.44 by Jadon Spain of O’Neill. He’s the first Minisink sprinter to win since Denis Street in 2002.
Wallkill senior Nathaniel Diemoz set a meet record in the 1,000 (2 minutes, 28.37 seconds), breaking the 1984 mark of Miguel Castillo of Monticello (2:30.9).
Tri-Valley junior Kane Poje smashed the meet record in the weight throw (74 feet, 4.5 inches), breaking the mark of Minisink Valley’s Tom Reiser (67-9.5) from 2017. He was the meet’s only double winner in individual events, posting the best winning throw in the shot put (57-8) in 11 years and was first Tri-Valley thrower to win since Aric Boyes in 2013.
Warwick senior Luke Beattie won the pole vault (17-0) for the third time in a row, the first to do so since Dave Eckert of Millbrook (2000-02). Beattie moved up to 18 feet, one-half inch but failed on three attempts.
Cornwall senior Ilunga Salerno won the 55 hurdles (7.77), repeating his win from 2024; he’s the first repeat winner since Warwick’s Jesse Fuca in 2006-07. Washingtonville’s Cameron Snyder became the first repeat winner in the 300 (34.27) since Wallkill’s John Gustafson (1994-96).
Robert LaBarbera is the first Minisink runner to win the 600 meters (1:20.37, taking 2.5 seconds off his best). Luke Potter is first Cornwall runner to win the 1,600 (4:21.99) since Mike Vecchio in 2014. Daniel McPherson is first Pine Plains runner to win the 3,200 (9:28.46). Jack Fowler is first Pine Bush athlete to win high jump (6-4) since Pat Taaffe in 2002. Warwick’s Isaiah Gonzalez won the long jump (22-11.5), missing the meet mark by 3 inches. Junior Jaden Williams was first Newburgh winner to win triple jump (45-9) since the younger David McFadgen in 2004.
The top two finishers in each event advance to states. Additionally, the top finisher beyond the top two who have met a state-meet standard will also advance; the same goes for the top relay finishers beyond just the winner.
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Boys track state qualifier seeds
(asterisk marks qualifiers for results that have gone final; asterisk also marks state-meet standards have been met)
Teams: Beacon (Bea); Cornwall (Cor); Ellenville (Ell); F.D. Roosevelt (FDR); Fallsburg (Fall); Goshen (Gosh); Kingston (King); Minisink Valley (MV); Monroe-Woodbury (MW); Monticello (Mont); New Paltz (NP); Newburgh (NFA); Our Lady of Lourdes (OLL); Pine Bush (PB); Pine Plains (PP); Port Jervis (PtJ); Tri-Valley (TV); Valley Central (VC); Wallkill (Wall); Warwick (War); Washingtonville (Wash)
55-meters (final): 1. Maximillian Wickrath* (MV, Sr.) 6.36 (6.32 prelims), meet record; 2. Marcode Campbell* (King, Jr.) 6.52; 3. Oliver Arius* (MW, Sr.) 6.56 (6.51 prelims); 4. Andrew Smith (Mid, Jr.) 6.59; 5. Zyair Reaves (PB, Fr.) 6.63; 6. Jake Cancredi (VC, Sr.) 6.69; 7. Emmanuel Roman (PtJ, Sr.) 6.75 (6.68 prelims); 8. Tyiese Mack (Fall, Sr.) 6.78 (6.75 prelims).
55 hurdles (final): 1. Ilunga Salerno* (Cor, Sr.) 7.77; 2. Jaden Robertson* (PB, Sr.) 7.98; 3. Devin Robertson (Marl, Jr.) 8.07; 4. Brevin Timm (Beam Jr,) 8.08; 5. Frankie Juliano (MW, Sr.) 8.18; 6. Khris Pena (Mid, Soph.) 8.47 (8.29 prelims); 7. Carter Griffin (War, Sr.) 14.08 (8.06 prelims); DNF. David Tarkos (FDR, Jr.)
300 (final): 1. Cameron Snyder* (Wash, Sr.) 34.27; 2. Jake Cancredi* (VC, Sr.) 34.71; 3. Justin Moses* (PB, Jr.) 35.42; 4. Marcode Campbell (King, Jr.) 36.29; 5. Zadan Thomas (Gosh) 36.80; 6. Oliver Arius (MW, Sr.) 38.66; (from prelims) 7. Ayden Armstead (NP, Jr.) 36.09; 8. Ashur Allen (PtJ, Jr.) 36.21
600 (final): 1. Robert LaBarbera* (MV, Sr.) 1:20.37; 2. Pablo Emilio Abdelsayed* (VC, Sr.) 1:20.57; 3. Jamison Warren* (Wall, Sr.) 1:22.71; 4. Daniel Sassi (PB, Jr.) 1:22.98; 5. Benjamin Bermudez (NFA) 1:23.86; 6. Jace Veaz (PB, Sr.) 1:244.69; 7. Logan Diglio (Gosh, Jr.) 1:25.95; 8. Alex Desimone (War, Sr) 1:26.25.
1,000 (final): 1. Nathaniel Diemoz* (Wall) 2:28.37; 2. Tylan Haag* (MW, Sr.) 2:31.50; 3 Griffin Kinahan (OLL, Sr.) 2:32.15; 4. Caellum Tripaldi (Bea, Soph.) 2:34.70; 5. Joseph Mullan (Wash) 2:35.25; 6. Julien Lerouge (Mid, Sr.) 2:38.47; 7. Daniel Cibirka (Cor, Sr.) 2:38.96; 8. Robert Admirand (Wash) 2:40.74.
1,600 (final): 1. Luke Potter* (Cor, Jr.) 4:21.99; 2. Daniel McPherson* (PP, Sr.) 4:25.04; 3. Michael Falsetta* (OLL, Sr.) 4:25,44; 4. Nathaniel Diemoz (Wall, Jr.) 4:26.64; 5. Shaun Brenner (Gosh, Jr.) 4:28.86; 6. Edward Nuzzo (OLL, Jr.) 4:35.60; 7. Ian Nimmer (King, Soph.) 4:37.43; 8. James Cipriani (Wash, Soph.) 4:38.94.
3,200 (final): 1. Daniel McPherson* (PP, Sr.) 9:28.46; 2. Jackson St. Lawrence* (Gosh, Jr.) 9:33.92; 3. Leo Shostal* (War, Soph.) 9:37.58; 4. Colin Lewis (Cor, Soph.) 9:40.14; 5. Rocco Maggio (OLL, Sr.) 9:42.03; 6. Nicholas Doran (MW, Sr.) 9:47.97; 7. Leonidas Gowrie(MW, Soph.) 9:50.99; 8. Travis Dickston (Bea, Jr.) 10:03.67.
800 relay, Div. I (final): 1. Warwick* (Isaiah Gonzalez, Logan Conley, Luke Beattie, Tommy Ronan) 1:29.29; 2. Washingtonville* (Cameron Snyder, Isaiah Cameron, John Kosowicz, Ojani Rodriquez) 1:30.74; 3. F.D. Roosevelt 1:32.00; 4. Middletown 1:33.98; 5. Minisink Valley 1:34.07; 6. Wallkill 1:34.37; 7. Goshen 1:34.40; 8. Pine Bush 1:34.83.
800 relay, Div. II (final): 1. Marlboro* (Karron Bond, Eben Yager, Devin Robertson, Makai Broughton) 1:33.56; 2. Rondout Valley 1:35.75; 3. Our Lady of Lourdes 1:36.16; 4. Liberty 1:37.45; 5. Fallsburg 1:38.02; 6. Pine Plains 1:45.78; 7. Red Hook 1:46.15; DQ. John S. Burke Catholic
1,600 relay, Div. I (final): 1. Minisink Valley* (Robert LaBarbera, Angel Mendez, Stetson Terpak, Maximillian Wickrath) 3:21.26; 2. Newburgh* (Gianni Graham, Jeron Underwood, Kendy Georges, Jaden Williams) 3:21.92; 3. Pine Bush 3:30.85; 4. Monroe-Woodbury 3:39.41; 5. Valley Central 3:48.13; 6. Goshen 3:52.69
1,600 relay, Div. II (final): 1. Rondout Valley* (Ethan Allen, Owen Shaffer-Sermini, Zachary Mickelson, Jacob Kraft) 3:33.07; 2. John S. Burke Catholic 3:37.29; 3. Liberty 3:41.99; 4. Pine Plains 3:45.20; 5. Tri-Valley 3:46.03; 6. Our Lady of Lourdes 3:51.47; 7. Marlboro 3:55.42; 8. Red Hook 3:58.28
3,200 relay, Div. I (final): 1. Valley Central* (Pablo Emilio Abdelsayed, Jack Dudzik, Aiden Restivo, Logan Young) 8:08.71; 2. Monroe-Woodbury 8:12.77; 3. Newburgh 8:30.44; 4. Washingtonville 8:35.40; 5. Goshen 8:39.50; 6. Kington 8:48.80; 7. Pine Bush 8:54.84; 8. Cornwall 8:59.82
3,200 relay, Div. II (final): 1. Our Lady of Lourdes* (Michael Falsetta, Rocco Maggio, Edward Nuzzo, Griffin Kinahan) 8:31.59; 2. Sullivan West 9:16.02; 3. Tri-Valley 9:27.19
1,600 sprint medley relay (final): 1. Monroe-Woodbury 3:53.30; 2. Valley Central 3:57.61; 3. Warwick 3:58.79; 4. Cornwall 4:00.55; 5. Ellenville 4:01.00; 6. Middletown 4:01.99; 7. Minisink Valley 4:06.92; 8. Fallsburg 4:07.65.
High jump (final): 1. Jack Fowler* (PB, Sr.) 6-4; 2. 4. Tyiese Mack* (Fall, Sr.) 6-2; 3. Kenixander Vermenton* (Wash, Jr.) 6-2; T4. Quenten Liciaga* (War, Sr.) 6-0; T4. Joshua Bodrick (Spac, Sr.) 6-0; 6. Robert McGrath (RV, Soph.) 6-0; T7. Dario Kinzel (Wall, Sr.) 5-9; T7. Reginald Blakely (MV, Sr.) 5-9
Long jump (final): 1. Isaiah Gonzalez* (War) 22-11.5; 2. Rashad Amaro (FDR, Soph.) 22-4.7; 3. Jeron Underwood* (NFA) 21-6.5; 4. Quenten Liciaga (War) 21-1; 5. Ajani Barnes (FDR) 20-11; 6. Brevin Timm (Bea, Jr.) 20-8.75; 7. Mason Birdsell (Wall) 20-6; 8. Beya Salerno (Cor, Soph.) 19-7.25.
Triple jump (final): 1. Jaden Williams* (NFA, Jr.) 45-9; 2. Nicholas Caraballo* (MW, Sr.) 44-10.25; 3. Imran Kalemba* (FDR, Jr.) 42-6.75; 4. Joshua Bodrick (Spac, Sr.) 41-9.25; 5. Frankie Juliano (MW, Sr.) 41-5.75; 6.. Crystian Zelinsky (Ell, Sr.) 41-0.75; 7. Josiah Williams (Wall, Jr.) 40-9.5; 8. Aiden Ortiz (JSB, Sr.) 40-9.25.
Shot put (final): 1. Kane Poje* (TV) 57-8; 2. Jayden Mihalchik* (Bea, Sr.) 47-7; 3, Johnny Chukwu (PB) 46-1; 4. Xavier Hynds (Mid, Jr.) 45-6; 5. Anthony Lanari (MW, Jr.) 45-5.75; 6. Benson Cilius (PtJm Sr,) 45-4; 7. Justin Reich (MW, Jr.) 43-7.5; 8. Roman D’Alfonso (NFA, Sr.) 41-8.5
Weight throw (final): 1. Kane Poje* (TV, Jr.) 74-4.5, meet record; 2. Roman D’Alfonso* (NFA, Sr.) 67-7; 3. Jayden Mihalchik* (Bea, Sr.) 63-2.5; 4. Anthony Lanari (MW, Jr.) 56-0.5; 5. Keegan Lennon (VC) 55-5; 6. Justin Reich* (MW, Jr.) 55-2; 7. Harris Blumrath (PB, Jr.) 52-11.5; 8. Zion Renta (PB, Jr.) 51-9
Pole vault (final): 1. Luke Beattie* (War, Sr.) 17-0; 2. Klaus Lindenau* (War, Sr.) 14-0; 3. Owen Vallinino* (Cor, Soph.) 12-3; 4. Carter Griffin (War, Sr.) 12-9; 5. Logan Willems (Gosh, Sr.) 12-6; 6. Owen Barrett (War, Fr.) 11-6; 7. Jason Brady (War, Soph.) 11-0; 8. Landon Putnam (War, Soph.) 11-0.
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Three meet marks set at Section 9 boys track state qualifier meet
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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