SUFFERN — Temperatures might have been in the 90s, but that didn’t stop Section 1 athletes from recording personal-best finishes Friday during the third and final day of the Section 1 State Track and Field Qualifier.
It also didn’t stop Bronxville from continuing to dominate Class C competition, qualifying 24 athletes in 15 different events.
As always in make-or-break meets, there was joy and despair, the latter including several disqualifications, including one states-bound relay being DQ’d after one of its runners cursed.
But the focus was, for the most part, on those who’ll make the long trip next weekend to upstate Webster Schroeder High School, which will host the two-day state championships June 13 and 14.
Some athletes will compete in multiple events.
Among them will be Hen Hud sophomore Sophia Savatgy, who won girls Class B titles in the 100, 200 and 400 before anchoring the Sailors’ girls 4×100 relay team to a first place finish in Class B.
John Jay-Cross River’s Sloan Wasserman might have found herself in unfamiliar territory being caught and passed in the final straightaway in the girls Class B 4×800 relay by Tappan Zee senior Bridget Dunn. But both John Jay-Cross River and Tappan Zee qualified for states in the event.
Wasserman (currently the top girls 2,000-meter steeplechaser in the country for 2026) and Dunn, who finished 1-2 in the steeplechase Friday, will both be busy at states.
If she chooses to compete in everything in which she qualified, besides the steeple and 4×800, Wasserman will run the 1,500 and 3,000.
Dunn could also compete in four events with the 800 and 4×400 relay included.
By comparison, Sophia Ochoa will have a far easier schedule.
The New Rochelle senior, who’ll compete next year for Quinnipiac, qualified for states with her 4×100 girls Class A team and also qualified in the triple jump by exceeding her previous personal best by a foot, laiunching herself 39 feet, 11 inches, No. 7 all-time among Section 1 girls.
Her goals for states is to get to 40 feet or better (which she described as her “main goal for such a long time”) and perhaps winning the triple.
“I cross my fingers. I’ve been working towards this a lot at practice and in the weight room.
While explaining she enjoys the relay, Ochoa said, “triple jump just has my heart.
Multiple Section 1 jumpers will be at states, including three from Sleepy Hollow. Gilbert Onwe won the boys Class B triple Friday with a 2026 NY No. 6 jump of 47-5.75.
He’ll join teammates and fellow seniors Brayden Richardson and Dariel Llitera Pichardo at states. They qualified in the long jump.
The three have been dominant this season, as has been Clarkstown South shot putter Connor Sullivan, who is currently second in the state at 59-11, just half an inch behind from the top spot.
Friday, he won Class A and bested everyone with a 59-3 throw, but the Manhattan commit intends to do much more at states.
Sullivan, who feels he’s peaking at the right time, wants to get to 60 feet or beyond and top the podium.
“I’ve podiumed every time so far at states. Last year I finished runner-up for Class A, so hopefully this year it would be awesome to get that number one spot,” Sullivan said.
Friday qualifiers
Boys 200
Class A
Nahzy Avent, Poughkeepsie (22.04)
Class B
Evan Bologh, Edgemont (personal-best 21.96)
Asa Sigjorile, Nyack (21.99)
Class C
Kai Ghalib, Hastings (22.53)
Girls 200
Class A
Alice Nicassio, Scarsdale (25.22)
Elisa Crisp, New Rochelle (25.63)
Class B
Olivia Savatgy, Hen Hud (24.9)
Olivia Santos, Nanuet (26.67)
Class C
Kara Kochansky, Bronxville (26.15)
Boys 400
Class A
Joshua Joseph, Ramapo (personal-best 48.82)
Mark Lebowitz, Mamaroneck (49.23)
Class B
Zaid Ayyoub, Nyack (50.34)
Ethan Elbox, Brewster (50.49)
Class C
Zach Gabriel, Putnam Valley (52.4)
Girls 400
Class A
Keris Orr, White Plains (56.98)
Class B
Sophia Savatgy, Hen Hud (57.59)
Class C
Emily Goldrick, Putnam Valley (1:00.6)
Boys 400 hurdles
Class A
Nathan Head, Suffern (personal-best 56.4)
Class B
GianMarco Delduca, Westlake (55.32)
Lou Baousson, Ardsley (56.3)
Class C
Heath Miller, Albertus Magnus (personal-best 56.34)
John Sekula, Bronxville (57.1)
Girls 400 hurdles
Class A
Alexis Smith, New Rochelle (1:01.69)
Class B
Jayda Johnson, Nyack (1:03.89)
Class C
Caitlin Flanagan, Albertus Magnus (1:10.5)
Girls 1,500
Class A
Adriana Pettinelli, Scarsdale (4:43.33)
Malina Santee, Horace Greeley (4:44.27)
Class B
Hannah Delaney, Nyack 4:47.43
Sloan Wasserman, John Jay-Cross River (4:49.96)
Class C
Claire Grushko, Hastings (4:50.91)
Danielle List, Albertus Magnus (4:52.82)
Boys 1,600
Class A
Claudel Chery, North Rockland (4:14.2)
Ryan Sykes, Horace Greeley (4:16.02)
Class B
JD Lloyd McKenna, Pearl River (4:13.46)
Class C
Chris Doherty, Dobbs Ferry (personal-best 4:19.59)
Girls 2,000-meter steeplechase
Class A
Gaby Castro, North Rockland (7:22.8)
Molly Pool, Arlington (7:24.02)
Class B
Sloan Wasserman, John Jay-Cross River (7:04.79)
Bridget Dunn, Tappan Zee (7:09.69)
Class C
Elizabeth Conlon, Bronxville (8:29.61)
Boys 3,000-meter steeplechase
Class A
Zavier Durandisse, Arlkington (9:47.78)
Class B
Joaquin Villan, Nanuet (10:04.46)
Class C
Matt Jensen, Bronxville (9:47.41)
Girls high jump
Class A
Anna Van den Broek, Scarsdale (5-1)
Class B
Tosia Bednarz, Tappan Zee (4-9)
Class C
Victoria Picott, Albertus Magnus (4-9)
Boys triple jump
Class A
Kyle Kirkland, Clarkstown North (personal-best 46-9.5)
Carlos Eliezer, North Rockland (personal-best 46-9.5)
Da’Vonte Brown, Ramapo (46-6.5)
Class B
Gilbert Onwe, Sleepy Hollow (47-5.75)
Class C
Silas Emig, Haldane (43-7.5)
Girls triple jump
Class A
Sophia Ochoa, New Rochelle (personal-best 39-11)
Class B
Czarina Adewunmi, Ardsley (37-10.5)
Class C
Victoria Picott, Albertus Magnus (34-4.75)
Boys pole vault
Class A
Justin Digga, Suffern (12-6)
Class B
Ethan Steuber, Somers (13-6)
Class C
Colin Malgioglio, Valhalla (13-0)
Girls discus
Class A
Zoe Miller, Mamaroneck (113-6)
Class B
Brenda Lee, Pearl River (108-11)
Class C
Freyja Smith, North Salem (103-11)
Boys shot put
Class A
Connor Sullivan, Clarkstown South (59-8)
Class B
Sean Dixon, Nyack (45-10.5)
Class C
Henry Scholes, Bronxville (38-3.25)
Boys 4×100 relay
Class A
Suffern’s Billy Weber, Jake Tarrant, William Lynch and Micheal Cromwell (42.31)
Class B
Nyack’s Abdulrasaq Durosinmi, Asa Signorile, Xavier Etienne and Zaid Ayyoub (42.39)
Class C
Briarcliff’s Xavier DiMartino, Damien White, Tristan Tsou and Ariel Santos (55.82)
Girls 4×100 relay
Class A
New Rochelle’s Elisa Crisp, Ryann Joseph, Alivia Smith and Alexis Smith (48.14)
North Rockland’s Alexandria O’Neill, Thelma Efuetenjok, Yvoni Desroches and Mitchella Louis (48.31)
Class B
Ardsley’s Mioko Martin, Czarina Adewunmi, Sarah Lenihan and Zaniya Bell (49.13)
Hen Hud’s Michelle Ikokwu, Danica Kostulas, Sophia Savatgy and Alexis Smith (50.18)
Class C
Albertus Magnus’s Caitlin Flanagan, Madison Leyeille, Victoria Picott and Danielle List (51.29)
Boys 4×400 relay
Class A
Suffern’s Billy Weber, Jake Tarrant, William Lynch and Micheal Cromwell (3:18.42)
North Rockland’s Toluwani Modupe, Derrick Vandunk McCormack, Matthew Chery and Destine Arungwa (3:20.51)
Class B
Nyack’s Prince Dorvilus. Tanner Jones, Zaid Ayyoub and Asa Signorile (3:26.38)
Class C
Bronxville’s Javier Tomala-Reidel, Spencer Martin, Teo Valdes and Grant Patterson (3:28.08)
Girls 4×400 relay
Class A
Scarsdale’s Leia Patel. Rachel Rakower, Adriana Pettinelli and Alice Nicassio (3:54.39)
Suffern’s Sydney Fleming, Mianjel Lindsey, Grace Delaney and Avianhah Sanon (3:54.94)
New Rochelle’s Sophia Ochoa, Sofia Magazzu, Alivia Smith and Nayla Torres (3:57.09)
Class B
Tappan Zee’s Kaylee Betances, Gia Cassidy, Mia Dellolio and Bridget Dunn (4:03.37)
Class C
Bronxville’s Kara Kochansky, Drake Benton, Eva Mihova and Beatrice Hogue (4:08.17)
Boys 4×800 relay
Class A
New Rochelle’s Anthony Athanase, Adonis Boymandjia, Max Pirson and Jackson O’Rourke (8:01.45)
Scarsdale’s Charles Rich, Yuhan Cruz, Brandon Lin and Nathaniel Lynch (8:11.77)
Class B
Pearl River’s Oscar Mendez, JD Lloyd McKenna, John Granelli and Cormac McGee (7:58.92)
Somers’ Aidan See, Christian Lobasso, Gabriel Cacsire and Leonid Novichenko (8:06.26)
Class C
Briarcliff’s Michael Cherubini, Jack Hulea, Owen Lynch and Conall Torres (8:29.9)
Girls 4×800 relay
Class A
Arlington’s Kirsten Anastasio, Precious Eze, Bailey Guckian and Molly Pool (9:34.34)
Class B
Tappan Zee’s Gia Cassidy, Alyssa Connolly, Mia Dellolio and Bridget Dunn (9:18.56)
John Jay-Cross River’s Lila Rotter, Maya Serai, Mia Haimelin and Sloan Wasserman (9:19.8)
Pearl River’s Lili Richards,, Lyla Turner, Olivia Sirakovsky and Aine Keane (9:43.91)
Class C
Bronxville’s Emerson Dennis, Finlay Rowan, Carina Winiecki and Jessica O’Gorman (9:55.36)
Nancy Haggerty covers sports for The Journal News/lohud.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Sullivan, Dunn, Savatgy among winners at state track qualifier
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