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Coming
in from the cold
1/6/08 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Back in the good old days -- which, it
turns out, weren't always so good -- when a cold snap like
last week's would hit Staten Island, track coach Bill Welsh
would bundle his New Dorp High School runners and jumpers,
including the high-jump prodigy Bill Jankunis, into sweats,
hats, scarves and gloves. Then he'd take them out for a few
tentative, don't-tweak-the-hammies turns around the track. MORE>
Olympian
helping to make a track
1/2/08 - The Staten
Island Track Running and Community (SITRAC) will hold its
event, "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow -- An Evening
with an Olympian," with special guest Bill Jankunis, on
Jan. 24, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Moore Catholic High
School, 100 Merrill Ave., Graniteville. MORE>
Indoor
track fundraiser set for Jan. 24 12/26/07
- They've been talking about building an indoor track and
field facility on Staten Island for well over a
half-century. MORE>
Safeguarding
the indoor track
11/9/07 - Potential
problems from parking spaces to scheduling to the budget all
need to be addressed. MORE>
SITRAC
Blast From the Past
By Bill Welsh
10/23/07 - Curtis
just opened its new, five-lap to a mile, cinder track and
for the first time the Public Schools Athletic League was
held a City Track and Field Championship on Staten Island. MORE>
PARKS’ SECOND LISTENING SESSION MARKS
IMPRESSIVE PROGRESS
TOWARD INDOOR TRACK
10/4/07 - The second
information exchange between the Dept. of Parks and the
Staten Island community was held on Thursday Sept. 27th
at the Greenbelt Recreation Center. The purpose of the
meeting as outlined by Tom Paulo, Commissioner of Staten
Island Parks was meant to provide insight into all areas of
design of the park, wetlands, and the field-house structure
while simultaneously addressing the interests of the
community.
There were over 200 people in
attendance – including SITRAC members, residents of the
area, Community Board 2, representatives from offices of
elected officials, Fossella, Oddo, Cusick, and McMahon. All
support the construction of a State-of-the-Art Indoor Track.
The architectural firm of
Sage and Coombe presented preliminary designs on the actual
"fieldhouse" and the grounds of the proposed
110-acre Ocean Breeze Park. Mike Brown of the Dept. of Parks
Capital Projects was also involved. He has designed many of
Staten Island’s most beautiful projects, including the
fishing pier and sites on the grounds of snug harbor.
The "pre conceptual
plans" were very impressive. A six lane hydraulic track
in a 75’ tall and 80.000 sq. foot building set above the
ground overlooking the Atlantic Ocean was proposed. A
200-space parking lot underneath was proposed. The grounds
will be designed with greenness in mind and will highlight
the areas ecosystems and natural terrain.
SITRAC was present at the
meeting and will continue offering input through the Dept.
of Parks on the design of this world class track & field
facility.
TRAC president John Tobin
stated, "We are impressed with the openness of this
firm to accept suggestions from our organization. We will
continue to work with them to see this project through"
Sage and Coombe have now
returned to the drawing board to finalize a lot of work
based on the suggestions of the community. The final plans
will be presented for additional feedback at the third
community meeting in December of 2007.
Staten Island Dept. of Parks
Commissioner Tom Paolo stated that he expects ground
breaking in the spring of 2009.
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College Report
May 16, 2008 - It’s
championship time, and the Island’s top collegians are continuing
to perform at a high level. MORE>
Carlin Close To Olympic Trial
Qualifying
Staten Islander Jesse Carlin
is close to automatically qualifying for the USA Olympic Trials to
be held in Eugene Oregon, June 27-July 6, 2008. More>
College Report
April 11, 2008
- There was big action in
the weekend before the Penn Relays. The biggest news
involved an ex-collegian, Caitlin Tormey, who placed 23rd
in the Olympic Trials marathon held in Boston. Tormey ran
2:40:29, a personal best, and showed that she has a real
future on the roads. MORE>
College
Report
April 11, 2008 -
There was plenty of action this past weekend, with Island
collegians competing in all corners of the country. MORE>
College
Report
March 27, 2008 -
There were only a few Island collegians competing last
weekend, as the majority of northeastern schools took a
welcome break after a long indoor campaign. MORE>
College
Report
March 14, 2008 - The
wait is over.Jesse Carlin is an All American. Twice. MORE>
College
Report
March 1 4, 2008 -
Saidu Ezike of Cornell and Jesse Carlin of the University of
Pennsylvania are closing out brilliant collegiate careers. MORE>
A
Blast to Watch For - by Bill Welsh
March 12, 2008 - For now let’s skip over Abel Kiviat’s
nine world records, nine national championships and two
Olympic medals, and consider only the fact that he lived to
age 99. To a certain Buster Martin, Kiviat was just a kid
who peaked too soon! MORE>
College
Report
March 4, 2008 - There was plenty of action on the college
scene this past weekend. Championship
action took place at Boston University, where the Heptagonal
Championships were held. MORE>
A
Blast From The Past - by Bill Welsh
March 3, 2008 - When
last we looked down the track at Abel Kiviat, he was on his
way to a sub- 2 minute half and a Jr. Met AAU Championship. MORE>
Spotlight
on the St. Joseph Team - by Angela Liu
February 28, 2007 -
Some people are born with a natural hunger for competition;
others have a love for the sport. Whichever the case
may be, the girls track team of St. Joseph by the`Sea has
both if not more. MORE>
College
Report - by George Kochman
February 26, 2008 -
There was plenty of action this week. Locally, the Duggan
brothers (Monsignor Farrell) competed at the Big East
championships at the Armory in Manhattan. Brian, nursing a
sore shoulder, finished second with a leap of 1509. He has
done 16-7.5, but has had an inflammation in this right
shoulder for the better part of two months. MORE>
Brancale
wins 3,200, then anchors MSIT's first-place 4x800
1/27/08 - STATEN ISLAND
ADVANCE -- McKee/Staten Island Tech's Joe Brancale, the Sea Gulls'
4x800-meter relay, Susan Wagner's Dennis Alex, and Curtis'
4x400 relay all had stupendous days, bagging gold medals at
the fourth annual Mayor's Cup Indoor Track and Field
Championships at the Armory Track and Field Center, in
Manhattan. MORE>
Pontecorvo, Dawson, Villa
relay strike gold 1/27/08 - STATEN ISLAND
ADVANCE -- Victoria Pontecorvo, Tiffany Dawson, and the St. John
Villa 4x800-meter relay mounted the victory stand at
yesterday's Mayor's Cup Championship meet at the Armory
Track and Field Center in Manhattan. MORE>
Curtis wins DMR at King
Games
1/22/08 - STATEN ISLAND
ADVANCE -- A day after winning the Island indoor championship, the
Curtis girls returned to the Armory Track and Field Center
yesterday and won the Martin Luther King Games varsity
distance medley relay. MORE>
Warriors follow the leader
1/21/08 - STATEN ISLAND
ADVANCE -- Curtis coach Joe Sicilian said it began two weeks ago,
when senior Francyna Evins told her teammates that they had
relied on junior Shannon Browne too much. MORE>
CURTIS GIRLS, FARRELL RACE
TO CROWNS 1/21/08 - STATEN ISLAND
ADVANCE -- Monsignor Farrell continued to prove it is in a class by
itself last night in the Staten Island Indoor Track and
Field Championships, dismantling the competition with 145
points at the Armory Track and Field Center, in Manhattan. MORE>
Curtis'
Browne finding her niche
12/28/07 - STATEN ISLAND
ADVANCE -- Two years ago, Curtis junior Shannon Browne won two city
PSAL track titles at 3,000 meters, and it looked to be the
start of something special. Browne seemed to have everything
necessary to win a slew of races -- talent and a big kick. MORE>
Improta
leads MSIT to gold, bronze
12/24/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- McKee/Staten Island's Tech's Vin Improta
displayed that he will be a force to be reckoned with this
season, nabbing a bronze in the 1,000-meter run, and later
anchoring the Sea Gulls' 4x800-meter relay to gold in the
PSAL Holiday Games at the Armory Track and Field Center, in
Manhattan. MORE>
Tots' Pontecorvo sparkles
12/24/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Victoria Pontecorvo of Tottenville
continued her fine early-season running, taking third place
in the 1,500-meter run at yesterday's PSAL Holiday Games,
held at the Armory Track and Field Center in Manhattan. MORE>
Farrell locked and loaded
again
12/22/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Monsignor Farrell won the Staten Island
indoor track championship last season despite losing a host
of scorers. MORE>
Curtis the team to beat,
but don't count out Villa 12/21/07
- STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- When going for team titles,
balance is a necessity, as are athletes who can plug holes. MORE>
Track and cross country
numbers are up 12/21/07
- STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- The statisticians tell us that
track and field, and especially cross country, is the
fastest growing interscholastic sport in the country. MORE>
Seven
stars to a side on the trails
12/18/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Staten Island's talented cross country
runners mixed it up and battled with the best competition
this past season, and when the dust finally cleared seven
harriers produced solid resumes. MORE>
Villa's Bivona wins
Loughlin soph 1,000 12/18/07
- STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- St. John Villa's Alexis Bivona
won the girls' sophomore 1,000-meter run with a time of 3
minutes, 8.63 seconds at the Bishop Loughlin Games
Freshman/Sophomore meet at the Armory Track and Field Center
in Manhattan yesterday. MORE>
Lions starting to roar in
sprints
12/18/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Traditionally, Monsignor Farrell has been
known to produce power middle distance relays and post state
and national times. However, at the 54th Bishop Loughlin
Games this year's Lions proved they can sprint, too. MORE>
Villa
relay team finishes second
12/10/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- The Island's parochial girls opened their
indoor season yesterday at the annual CHSAA Relay Carnival,
and the fast Armory Track and Field Center oval yielded some
good early-season results. MORE>
Big openings for Farrell,
St. Peter's
12/10/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- St. Peter's and Monsignor Farrell
officially opened the indoor season with a bang yesterday,
producing gold medal performances in the 58th CHSAA
Intersectional Relay Carnival, held at the Armory Track and
Field Center in Manhattan. MORE>
MSIT's
Improta takes home student-athlete award
12/08/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- The Staten Island coaches' cross country
all stars for the 2007 season were honored last night at the
Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield. MORE>
Browne
off to quick start
12/03/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- It was the season opener at the Armory, a
low-key affair called the Jim McKay Challenge Games. MORE>
Curtis has sharp indoor
start
12/03/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- The Curtis girls began their indoor season
with a bang yesterday, with Fiona Gray winning the high jump
and Shannon Browne running a fine early-season 1,500 meters
at the Jim McKay Challenge Games, held at the Armory Track
and Field Center in Manhattan. MORE>
MSIT's Improta cruises in
1,000
12/03/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- McKee/Staten Island Tech's Vin Improta
never broke stride from a successful cross country season
yesterday, waltzing to victory in the Jim McKay Games
1,000-meter run with an uncontested time of 2 minutes, 41.02
seconds at the Armory Track and Field Center, in Manhattan. MORE>
Browne
leads local contingent
11/18/07 - Shannon
Browne led all Staten Island girls at yesterday's 34th
annual New York State Federation championship meet at
Bowdoin Park. MORE>
Brancale shows the way for
boys
11/18/07 -
McKee/Staten Island Tech's Joe Brancale knew the competition
would be tough yesterday in the New York State Federation
Cross Country Championships. MORE>
Staten
Island Cross Country Championship Preview
11/16/07 - On Tues.
Nov. 20th at Clove Lake Park newly crowned PSAL
champion Curtis HS and CHSAA champion St. Johns Villa will
battle for bragging rights on Staten Island. MORE>
Villa
cops Island frosh title
11/7/07 - Christine
Connelly of St. John Villa drew away from the field and won
the Staten Island freshman girls' individual cross country
championship yesterday at Clove Lakes Park. MORE>
St. Peter's frosh take
Island
11/7/07 - St.
Peter's, paced by gold medalist Stefan Bock, romped to its
sixth straight Staten Island freshman boys' cross country
championship yesterday at Clove Lakes Park. MORE>
CHSAA
Intersectional Girl's Cross Country Preview - By
George Kochman
11/6/07 - What to
expect on November 10? Four good teams, an unknown fifth,
add the variable of weather, age, maturity,and you have a
real barn-burner. This could be a championship with four, or
perhaps, five teams within 15-20 points of each other. MORE>
CHSAA
Girls X-C Rankings
(through October 28)
By
George Kochman
11/1/07 - Add a new
factor into the mix. St. John's Prep, which to our
knowledge, had not run a complete team all year long,
suddenly puts it together and wins the Brooklyn-Queens
Sectional in impressive fashion. MORE>
MSIT's
Brancale holds off LaRocca to cop Island crown
10/28/07 - MSIT's Joe
Brancale took a minor spill midway through the Island PSAL
championship meet yesterday at Clove Lakes Park, and still
had control of the race from beginning to end. MORE>
Clean sweep for Villa
10/28/07 - It was a
banner day under rainy skies for St. John Villa in the New
York CHSAA Sectional Championships, winning the varsity,
junior varsity and freshman titles at Van Cortlandt Park, in
the Bronx. MORE>
Browne's win helps Curtis
claim title
10/28/07 - "My
team wanted me to go," said Curtis junior Shannon
Browne, "so I decided to do what I could do by
myself." MORE>
Improving Farrell 2nd in
Sectionals
10/28/07 - Monsignor
Farrell coach Tom Cuffe knew the competition would be a
challenge for his charges, as their performances were less
than stellar earlier this season. MORE>
CHSAA
Girls X-C Rankings
(through October 21)
By
George Kochman
10/25/07 - There has
been a significant development within the league over the
last two weeks. The big two, St. John the Baptist and St.
John Villa, have been joined by Kellenberg. MORE>
Young
Villa team coming together nicely 10/22/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
St. John Villa coach Mike Proffitt had said at the beginning
of the season that his team was young, real young, and that
he was going to have to be patient. MORE>
MSIT
grabs 4th at Brown U. event
10/21/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
McKee/Staten Island Tech's Joe Brancale placed 16th in the
Brown University Invitational championship race, touring the
5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 8.9 seconds at Goddard
Park. MORE>
Island girls struggle at
Fordham University Invite 10/21/07
- STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- It was a tough day for Island girls at
yesterday's Fordham University Invitational, held at Van
Cortlandt Park. MORE>
Personal bests
made in Manhattan
10/15/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Saturday was perfect for running, and the
Manhattan College Interscholastic Invitational produced all
sorts of personal bests for local girls. MORE>
MSIT's
Brancale finishes 14th
10/14/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- It's no secret that McKee/Staten Island
Tech's Joe Brancale, the Island's top cross country runner
this fall, trained hard over the summer, attending three
camps and a clinic. MORE>
McMahon top Island finisher at
Invite
10/14/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Julia McMahon of Poly Prep continued her
fine running, turning in the fastest local time of the day
at the 35th annual Manhattan College Invitational, held
yesterday at Van Cortlandt Park. MORE>
Curtis' Clerk wins PSAL
soph crown
10/11/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Charisma Clerk of Curtis survived a tough
battle with Laura Soffer of McKee/Staten Island Tech to win
the S.I. PSAL sophomore cross country championship yesterday
at Clove Lakes Park. MORE>
Manhattan College
Invitational is Saturday
10/11/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- More than 12,000 athletes from 420 schools
will compete in 37 races at Van Cortlandt Park Saturday in
the 37th running of the Manhattan College Invitational. MORE>
Reversal of fortune in
Soph Champs
10/10/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Curtis High School's Jason Stapleton and
Susan Wagner's Raul Avalos flipped the script yesterday in
the Staten Island PSAL Sophomore Cross Country
Championships, evening their personal score at Clove Lakes
Park. MORE>
Many positives for local
girls
10/8/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- This past weekend saw positive
developments on several fronts for the Island's girls. MORE>
Another close finish and
win for Tots
10/7/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Mickey
Lopez is getting used to these close finishes. MORE>
Clean sweep for St.
Peter's boys
10/7/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Moments after St. Peter's junior varsity
squad placed its five scorers in the top 15, it was visibly
evident the Eagles dominated the fourth annual Mayor's Cup
Cross Country Championships -- winning three team titles and
setting a meet record at Van Cortlandt Park, in the Bronx. MORE>
Island champs
preview at Mayor's Cup
10/1/07 -
STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- Local fans get a preview of next month's
Island championship races, as the top six Island teams
square off in the championship race Saturday at Van
Cortlandt Park. MORE>
How not to
run a meet
10/1/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
It was billed as a major invitational cross country meet,
but the DeWitt Clinton Invite, which has had problems in the
past with scoring, publication of results, and other
incidentals, may have hit rock bottom on Saturday. MORE>
MSIT's Carlin takes
soph race
9/30/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
McKee/S.I. Tech's Joe Carlin was the Sea Gulls' top harrier
for the day in the DeWitt Clinton Festival, waltzing across
the finish line first in the sophomore race with a time of
14 minutes, 33 seconds at Van Cortlandt Park, in the Bronx. MORE>
MSIT, Tottenville shine
in Clinton event
9/30/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
There was a do-it-yourself atmosphere at yesterday's DeWitt
Clinton Invitational, with no finish-line clock, no official
times, and scattered team results. MORE>
LaRocca, Curtis first
at Cougar Invitational
9/29/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
Paul LaRocca, the defending Island cross country champion,
had something to prove to himself, and his Curtis teammates
overcame what coach Ron Banks calls "the Curtis
jinx," the absence of a strong fifth man, to capture
the team title in the varsity race at the fifth Cougar
Invitational at Bucks Mill Park. MORE>
Baseball academy
yanked from plan for Ocrean Breeze Park
9/28/07 - STATEN ISLAND
ADVANCE. -- The multimillion-dollar baseball academy that
had been proposed for the 110-acre undeveloped Ocean Breeze
Park has been scratched from the lineup by the city Parks
Department. MORE>
Brancale
aces varsity race at inaugural Bowdoin meet
9/23/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
For the past two weeks, McKee/Staten Island Tech's Joe
Brancale has been on a roll over the cross country trails,
winning two races in two starts. MORE>
Tottenville girls
capture varsity race
9/23/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
Tottenville coach Mickey Lopez and his team got a bit of a
shock after his girls captured the team title in the varsity
race at the first Bowdoin Park Cross Country Classic, held
on the hilly 5,000-meter Bowdoin Park course. MORE>
St. Peter's,
Curtis' LaRocca eye repeat
9/21/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
The St. Peter's team and Paul LaRocca of Curtis were
surprise winners at the Island boys' cross country
championship in 2006, but they won't be coming from out of
the blue this season. MORE>
Everyone chasing
Tots, Bears
9/20/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
Last year, Tottenville and St. John Villa tied for the
Island girls' cross country championship, with Villa taking
the team title on the basis of a better sixth runner. MORE>
Bowdoin meet draws locals
9/20/07 -
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE --
Normally, a trip to Bowdoin Park in September would not draw
much local interest. MORE>
Fast
times mark start of season
9/17/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE. -- The first meeting of Staten Island's top
two girls' cross country squads is now over, and Tottenville
junior Victoria Pontecorvo has established herself as a
contender for the Island individual title. MORE>
Ocean Breeze Park
session
9/14/07 - STATEN ISLAND
ADVANCE. -- Looking to solicit ideas for the future of Ocean
Breeze Park, the city Parks Department will hold a second
listening session on Sept. 27 to discuss possible uses for
the 110-acre site. MORE>
First big weekend of season
9/13/07 - STATEN
ISLAND ADVANCE -- It's the first big weekend of cross
country, with all local teams scheduled to compete. MORE>
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