Thrower Charlie Sullivan leads Westchester/Putnam outdoor track stars

Injuries took out some of the area’s top senior track and field stars this spring. But that didn’t stop other athletes from the area from accumulating medals at the state championships and All-American honors.

Leading the list of the latter is this year’s Westchester/Putnam Boys Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, Somers’ Charlie Sullivan.

Below find a recap of Sullivan’s season and a listing of all the other Westchester/Putnam boys outdoor track all-stars.

Charlie Sullivan

Westchester/Putnam Boys Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year

School: Somers

Year: Senior

Highlights: The University of Wisconsin is known for its throwing program and it’s getting a thrower who, at this point, appears to have no ceiling. Sullivan, who not only trained with his Somers squad but also added another three days a week for the last several years at NY Hammer Throw Academy in Ulster County, was this year’s Gatorade New York Boys Track and Field Player of the Year. That award was based on both his indoor winter season in which Sullivan was the state public and Federation (all schools) weight throw champion and also medaled in weight throw at Nike Indoor Nationals before a springtime of domination in the hammer throw. Sullivan not only finished second among high school boys in hammer at Nike Outdoor Nationals but was also second in the U20 men’s competition. If all goes well, he’ll compete at the U20 World Championships later this summer. Sullivan, the no-surprise Westchester County champion, threw 238 feet, three inches on home turf at the Joe Wynne Somers Lions Club Invitational. That was not only third best for a high school thrower in the country this year, but also No. 5 among high schoolers all-time in New York. No. 1 is Olympian Rudy Winkler, at only about 16-and-a-half feet farther. Ff Sullivan’s final throw at the Lions meet had been just inches to the right, he might be only about six feet behind Winkler. But this was only chapter one with a lot more pages remaining.

Coach of the Year

Jan Mitchell, Iona Prep

100 meters

First team: Labrowne Brown, Sr., Scarsdale; Ian Thomas, Sr., Stepinac

Second team: Mark Lebowitz, Sr., Mamaroneck; Mikah Sparkman, Sr., Yonkers

Honorable mention: Nathaniel DeJesus, Sr., Yonkers

110 hurdles

First team: John Sekula, Sr., Bronxville; Jake Saxon, Sr., Scarsdale

Second team: Zachary Bourkadi, Sr., Byram Hills

Honorable mention: Joakeem Stewart, So., Iona Prep

200

First team: Evan Bologh, Sr., Edgemont; Mikah Sparkman, Sr., Yonkers

Second team: Nathaniel DeJesus, Sr., Yonkers, Labrowne Brown, Sr., Scarsdale

Honorable mention: Ethan Elibox, Sr., Brewster; Kai Ghalib, So., Hastings; Mark Lebowitz, Sr. Mamaroneck

400

First team: Mark Lebowitz, Sr., Scarsdale

Second team: Zach Gabriel, Jr., Putnam Valley

Honorable mention: Ethan Elibox, Sr., Brewster

400 hurdles

First team: John Sekula, Sr., Bronxville

Second team: Josh Johnson, Jr., Stepinac

Honorable mention: Lou Baousson, Sr., Ardsley; GianMarco DelDuca, Sr., Westlake; Joakeem Stewart, So., Iona Prep

800

First team: Alfie Adams, So., Hackley

Second team: Chris Doherty, Sr., Dobbs Ferry; Charles Rich, Sr., Scarsdale

Honorable mention: Anthony Athanase, Sr., New Rochelle; Yohan Cruz, Sr., Scarsdale; Jackson O’Rourke, Jr., New Rochelle

1,600

First team: Marshall Brown, So., Rye Country Day

Second team: Jackson O’Rourke, Jr., New Rochelle; Ryan Sykes, Jr., Horace Greeley

Honorable mention: Chris Doherty, Sr., Dobbs Ferry

3,200

First team: Ryan Sykes, Jr., Horace Greeley

Second team: Marshall Brown, So., Rye Country Day; Ethan Gartlan, Sr., Irvington

Honorable mention: Victor Delgado, Sr., Hen Hud; Marc Desforges, Sr., Fox Lane; Owen Powers, Sr., Haldane

3,000 steeplechase

First team: Matt Jensen, So., Bronxville

Second team: Owen Powers, Sr., Haldane

Honorable mention: Chris Doherty, Sr., Dobbs Ferry

Pentathlon

First team: Taiten Robinson, So., Hen Hud

Second team: Justin Williams-Conroy, Jr., Somers

Honorable mention: Will Bringle, Jr., Bronxville; Chris Hughes, So., Stepinac

High jump

First team: Perry Quaye, Jr., Hen Hud

Second team: Will Bringle, Jr., Bronxville

Honorable mention: Nicholas Arciuolo, Jr., Brewster; Justin Williams-Conroy, Jr., Somers

Long jump

First team: Brayden Richardson, Sr., Sleepy Hollow

Second team: Dariel Llitera Picardo, Sr., Sleepy Hollow

Honorable mention: Joni Bushpepa, So., Eastchester; Chris Hughes, So., Stepinac; Gianni Simpson, Sr., Lakeland/Panas

Triple jump

First team: Gilbert Onwe, Sr., Sleepy Hollow

Second team: Chris Hughes, So., Stepinac

Honorable mention: Vincent D’Amato, Sr., Bronxville; Michael Fitzpatrick, Jr., Iona Prep; Roan Lyons, Sr., Somers; Marko Matesic, Sr., Iona Prep

Pole vault

First team: Francesko Gjuraj, Jr., Iona Prep

Second team: David Schifrin, Sr., Horace Greeley

Honorable mention: Colin Malgioglio, Sr., Valhalla; Ethan Steuber, Sr., Somers

Discus

First team: Zijun Xu, Jr., Bronxville

Second team: Zach Miller, Jr., Mamaroneck

Honorable mention: Jonathan Gallino, Sr., Iona Prep; Grayden Galluzzo, So., Brewster; Matt Samuels, Sr., Mount Vernon

Hammer

Second team: Zach Miller, Jr., Mamaroneck; Zijun Xu, Jr., Bronxville

Honorable mention: Matt Samuels, Sr., Mount Vernon

Javelin

First team: Brody Schimmel, Sr., Irvington

Second team: Damien Gonzalez, Jr., Iona Prep; Ryan Pawlowski, Sr., Brewster

Honorable mention: Silas Emig, Jr., Haldane; Alex Schoonmaker, Sr., Horace Greeley; Ozzie Withers Tinio, So., John Jay-Cross River

Shot put

First team: Ryan Porter, Sr., Horace Greeley

Second team: Jonathan Gallino, Sr., Iona Prep; Skyler Monasch, Sr., John Jay-Cross River

Honorable mention: Gabriel Fontecchio, So., Harrison; Skyler Monasch, Sr., Rye; Elias Murray, Sr., Stepinac

4×100 relay

First team: Iona Prep (Mason Materia, Jr.; Marko Matesic, Sr; Landen Wiley, Sr., and Jaydin Jackson, So.)

Second team: Stepinac (Amar’e Lilly, So.; Nicholas Harrison, So.; Joshua Johnson, Jr. and Ian Thomas, Sr.)

Honorable mention: Mount Vernon (Doujawn Williams, Sr.; Kyle Bryce, So.; Kevesi McKenzie, Sr. and Cameron Lee, Sr.); New Rochelle (Isaac Evans, Sr.; Shemar Reid, Sr.; Elijah Headley, So. and Ajani Owen, So.)

4×400 relay

First team: Scarsdale (Jonathan Shawn, Jr.; Raj Bhatt, Jr.; Labrowne Brown, Sr. and Parker Lyn, Sr.)

Second team: Mamaroneck (Sabastian Wicklund, Jr.; Pierce Krebs, Sr.; Jonny Smath, Sr. and Mark Lebowitz, Jr.)

Honorable mention: Ardsley (John Bonney, So.; Lou Baousson, Sr.; Xavier Estime, So. and Andrew Herceg,So.); Bronxville (Javier Tomala-Reidel, Sr.; Spencer Martin, Sr.; Teo Valdes, Sr., and Grant Patterson, Jr.); Lakeland/Panas (Giodano Simpson, Jr.; Adonis Vega, Sr.; Bryant Galiber, Jr. and Gianni Simpson, Sr.);

4×800 relay

First team: Scarsdale (Yuhan Cruz, Sr.; Brandon Lin, Jr.; Charles Rich, Sr. and Nate Lynch, Sr.)

Second team: New Rochelle (Anthony Athanase, Sr.; Adonis Boymandija, Sr.; Max Pirson, Sr. and Jackson O’Rourke, Jr.)

Honorable mention: Bronxville (Will Hogue, Sr.; Julian Gonzalez, Sr.; Matt Jensen, So. and Grant Patterson, Jr.); Hackley (Michael Baez, Jr.; Henry Prescott, Sr.; Will Patrick, Fr. and Alfie Adams, So.)

Nancy Haggerty covers sports for the Journal News/lohud.

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