State champ Sloan Wasserman is top Westchester/Putnam girls track star

The 2026 outdoor track and field season was a highly successful one for many athletes but also marred by injuries that no doubt changed the outcome of many events at local meets and, for that matter, also at the state championships and possibly nationals.

Among those going down were Ursuline’s versatile UNC-Chapel Hill commit Jane Hickey, who missed every meet from the Loucks Games and Westchester County championship through Section 1 championships, the state championship and nationals.

Even Sloan Wasserman, The 2026 Westchester/Putnam Girls Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, wrapped up her final year of running for John Jay-Cross River slightly injured at nationals.

Still, Wasserman had a magical last year with the Wolves, excelling in cross-country, indoor track and, finally, outdoor track, where she won state titles in two events after taking home gold from states in the winter and also winning a state cross-country title in the fall — that one by setting a course record.

Below, see a recap of her spring and a list of all the Westchester/Putnam all-stars by event.

Sloan Wasserman

Westchester/Putnam Girls Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year

School: John Jay-Cross River

Year: Senior

Highlights: Wasserman closed out her high school career in near storybook fashion. She’ll carry a high school resume with her to Div. I Boston College that virtually any track athlete would love to have. Wasserman won the Westchester County girls 1,500-meter title and had the second fastest time among girls in Westchester/Putnam at that distance. But it was at longer distances that she really excelled. Repeating her indoor performance, she won both the state public and state Federation (all schools) girls 3,000-meter title. Her 9:28.99 time was only bested all-time in Section 1 by the biggest female names ever in local track, Katelyn Tuohy and Mary Cain. But that was only part of her story. Despite an injury, Wasserman clocked the second fastest 2,000-meter steeplechase time among high school girls in the country this spring, taking second at New Balance Outdoor Nationals in 6:34.3. That was No. 15 all-time in the country. This came after she won the state public and Federation titles in the event and had repeated as girls steeplechase champion at the prestigious Loucks Games. Wasserman, who once thought soccer was her long-term sport, has morphed into one of the nation’s finest female track athletes.

Coach of the Year

George Greene, New Rochelle

The rest of the all-stars

100 meters

First team: Sophia Savatgy, So., Hen Hud

Second team: Alice Nicassio, Jr., Scarsdale

Honorable mention: Elisa Crisp, So., New Rochelle; Kinya Green, Jr., Ossining; Payton Richardson, So., Rye Country Day

100 hurdles

First team: Alivia Smith, Jr., New Rochelle

Second team: Taj Lovell, Jr., Mount Vernon

Honorable mention: Zaniya Bell, So., Ardsley; Phoebe Gauld, Jr., Eastchester; Sophia Ochoa, Sr., New Rochelle; Alexis Smith, Jr., New Rochelle

200

First team: Payton Richardson, So., Rye Country Day

Second team: Elisa Crisp, So., New Rochelle; Sophia Savatgy, So., Hen Hud

Honorable mention: Alice Nicassio, Jr., Scarsdale

400

First team: Jane Hickey, Sr., Ursuline; Sophia Savatgy, So., Hen Hud

Second team: Payton Richardson, So., Rye Country Day

Honorable mention: Keris Orr, So., White Plains; Adriana Pettinelli, So., Scarsdale

400 hurdles

First team: Alexis Smith, Jr., New Rochelle

Second team: Sidonie Amelon, Fr., Edgemont; Alivia Smith, Jr., New Rochelle

Honorable mention: Zaniya Bell, So., Ardsley; Malia Dean, So., Mamaroneck; Claire Higgins, So., Sr.

800

First team: Jane Hickey, Sr., Ursuline; Olivia Solomon, So., New Rochelle; Adriana Pettinelli, So., Scarsdale

Second team: Malina Santee, So., Horace Greeley

Honorable mention: Emma Curran, Jr., Hackley; Oona McManus, Jr., Hen Hud; Cara O’Halloran, So., Mahopac; Carina Winiecki, Jr. Bronxville

1,500

First team: Adriana Pettinelli, So., Scarsdale

Honorable mention: Malina Santee, So., Horace Greeley

3,000

Second team: Clara Shingler, Sr., Pleasantville

Honorable mention: Emma Barniv, Sr., John Jay-Cross River; Macey McLane, Sr., Hackley

2,000 steeplechase

Second team: Eva Muzichenko, Sr., Eastchester; Clara Shingler, Sr., Pleasantville

Honorable mention: Rachel Rakower, Sr., Scarsdale

Pentathlon

First team: Phoebe Gauld, Jr., Eastchester

Second team: Sophia Casimir, Jr., New Rochelle

Honorable mention: Juliana Agati, Sr., Pleasantville; Kinga Kozyra, Jr., Harrison

High jump

First team: Anna Van den Broek, Fr., Scarsdale; Phoebe Gauld, Jr., Eastchester

Second team: Sloane Harshman, So., Ursuline

Honorable mention: Prita Berry, So., Hastings; Corinne MacElroy, So., Ossining

Long jump

First team: Mioko Martin, Sr., Ardsley

Second team: Ryann Joseph, Jr., New Rochelle; Sophi Ochoa, Sr., New Rochelle

Honorable mention: Sydney LaBoy, Jr., Scarsdale; Barbara Oliveira, Sr., Sleepy Hollow; Jocelyn Rice, Jr., Rye Country Day

Triple jump

First team: Sophia Ochoa, Sr., New Rochelle

Second team: Czarina Adewunmi, So., Ardsley

Honorable mention: Sofia Magazzu, So., New Rochelle; Olivia Wallace, Sr., Ossining

Pole vault

First team: Sophia Kumar, Sr., Edgemont; Lorelai Nocca, Sr., Horace Greeley

Second team: Lyndsey Cargain, 8th grade, Carmel; Kayla Rosen, So., Rye Country Day

Honorable mention: Eva Mihova, Jr., Bronxville

Discus

First team: Zoe Miller, So., Mamaroneck

Second team: Danae Morgan, Sr., Hastings

Honorable mention: Jennifer Killeen, Jr., North Salem; Freyja Smith, Jr., North Salem

Hammer

First team: Danae Morgan, Sr., Hastings

Second team: Amirah Arroya, Sr., Mount Vernon

Honorable mention: Naomi Edwards, Jr., Lakeland/Panas; Zoe Miller, So., Mamaroneck

Javelin

First team: Freyja Smith, Jr., North Salem

Second team: Gabriella Ransom, Fr., Fox Lane

Honorable mention: Abigail Brandwein, Jr., Irvington; Brooke Lancer, Jr., New Rochelle; Sienna Vicioso, Jr., Mamaroneck

Shot put

First team: Danae Morgan, Sr., Hastings

Second team: Isabella Pelaez, Jr., Brewster

Honorable mention: Amirah Arroya, Jr., Mamaroneck; Ashley Bryant, Jr., New Rochelle

4×100 relay

First team: New Rochelle (Elisa Crisp, So.; Ryann Joseph, Jr.; Alivia Smith, Jr. and Alexis Smith, Jr.)

Second team: Ossining (Kayla Hutchinson, Jr.; Carrera DaCosta, Jr.; Olivia Wallace, So. and Kinya Green, Jr.)

Honorable mention: Ardsley (Mioko Martin, Sr.; Czarina Adewunmi, So.; Sarah Lenihan, Fr. and Zaniya Bell, Sp.); Hen Hud (Michelle Ikokwu, Jr.; Isabella Veloz, Sr.; Elyse Smith, Sr., and Danica Kostulas, Jr.)

4×400

First team: New Rochelle (Alivia Smith, Jr.; Sophia Ochoa, Sr.; Alexis Smith, Jr. and Olivia Solomon, So.)

Second team: Scarsdale (Leia Patel, Sr.; Rachel Rakower, Sr.; Adriana Pettinelli, So. and Alice Nicassio, Jr.)

Honorable mention: Ursuline (Jane Hickey, Sr.; Sofia Henao, Sr.; Mia Charles, Sr. and Kylie Willis, Fr.)

4×800

First team: John Jay-Cross River (John Jay-Cross River (Lila Rotter, 8th ; Maya Serai, Fr.; Mia Haimelin, So. and Sloan Wasserman, Sr.)

Second team: Bronxville (Finlay Rowan, Sr.; Ella McCalla, Jr.; Emerson Dennis, Jr. and Carina Winiecki, Jr.)

Honorable mention: Ursuline (Jane Hickey, Sr.; Sofia Henao, Sr.; Kyleigh O’Keefe, Jr. and Ava Kelly, Sr.)

Nancy Haggerty covers sports for The Journal News/lohud.

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