Led by Sloan Wasserman, local teams enjoyed success at Sectional track & field championships

John Jay girls finish fourth 

By JIM MACLEAN 

A long day turned into a nice sunset as darkness fell on the track at Hendrick Hudson High School for the Section 1 Class B track and field championships on May 27, and the John Jay girls 4x800-meter relay team capped off a four-hour meet by running away from the field.

It was the final Section 1 championship meet for John Jay senior Sloan Wasserman, and she dominated one last time. Wasserman won the 3,000-meter race, then she won the 1,500-meter race, and she capped it off by anchoring the John Jay 4x800 relay team to a victory as she claimed three more Section 1 titles.

“It’s surreal, I’m sad, but I’m excited to go on to big things, it’s not over with states and hopefully the under-20 nationals in Oregon,” Wasserman said after her last Section 1 championship meet. “I just love competing, I’ve been training pretty hard focused on the next couple of weeks. The relay means so much, I was glad to help my team out, but they don’t really need me. Hopefully, we can get the relay team to states.”

A very good day

With Wasserman leading the way, John Jay finished fourth in the girls team standings with 65 points.

“It’s Class championships, a good workout for Sloan, but the main goal for her is what is coming in the next couple of weeks,” John Jay coach Dey Dey said of Wasserman. “She did what she had to do, running by herself without anybody pushing her. Overall, it was a very good day for us. Hopefully, we can get the relay team to States with Sloan.”

The John Jay girls had a number of top 10 finishers, especially in the distance events. In the 3,000-meter race, Wasserman won with a time of 10:00.01, followed by Maya Serai in third, Emma Barniv in sixth, Rylee Gaudron in seventh, and Brodie Albert in eighth. In the 1,500-meter race, Wasserman was first with a time of 4:33.93, followed by Mia Haimelin in third, Barniv in fourth, Serai in seventh, and Lila Rotter in eighth place. Haimelin was second in the 800-meter race with Rotter in seventh place for the Wolves.

For the 4x800 relay, it was Rotter, Serai, Haimelin and then Wasserman teaming up for the win with a time of 9:41.74. In the 4x400-meter relay, Penelope Wein, Fidela Swana, Bluma Klein and Kelsey Topay teamed up for a fourth-place finish for the Wolves.

A good showing

In the field events, Elyse Hermanto cleared five feet to place third in the high jump, and Sophia Calandros was fourth in the shot put, and Lorelei Schembri was fourth in the pentathlon.

John Jay boys take sixth place

The John Jay boys team also had a big day with a sixth-place finish overall with 41 points and a number of top ten finishers. Rohan Patel led the Wolves, as he was a champion in the 3,200-meter race. Patel won the race with a time of 10:12.02, with teammate Matthew Ebert right behind in second place.

“I felt pretty good in the 2 mile, I was racing for the win, so I kind of chased them for the first mile and then with 1,200 to go, coach said pick it up and I went for the win,” Patel said of his race to win the title. “My first sectional title, it feels great. I was third in indoor season, so it’s good to get the win.”

Will George also had a big day for John Jay as the senior finished second in the 800-meter race, and finished third in the 1,500-meter race with Patel right behind him in fourth.

Landon Goodman was fifth in the 400-meter race for the Wolves. Skylar Monasch was fifth in the shot put, with teammate Nicholas Candia in 10th place. Will Rebori was sixth in the pentathlon.

Sectional title for Fox Lane's Ransom

Fox Lane track competes in Section 1 Class A championship meet at Suffern:

Fox Lane crowned a Section 1 track and field champion in the Class A championship meet on May 28, as Gabriella Ransom won the shot put event with a winning toss of 31 feet and one half inch.

For the Fox Lane boys team, the Desforges brothers led the way as Jacques Desforges was second in the 800-meter race with a time of 1:59.82, while his brother Marc Desforges was second in the 3,200-meter race with a time of 9:36.95.

Top ten 

Other top 10 finishers for the Fox Lane girls team included Victoria Ransom in third place in the 3,000-meter race. Lily Mazzuca was sixth in the 1,500-meter race, with teammate Natalie Desforges in eighth place. Amelia Agor was sixth in the 100-meter hurdles. Jillian Kurchack was eighth in the high jump, and Kalea Williams was 10th in the 200-meter race.

Top 10 finishers for the Fox Lane boys included Ryan Nappi as he was seventh in the 100-meter dash and sixth in the 200-meter race. Joshua Morales was fifth in the triple jump and sixth in the high jump for the Foxes. Santo Cutri was seventh in the shot put, and Luke Sweeney was ninth in the 3,200-meter race.

The quarter of Nappi, Antonio Gramaglia, Marc Desforges and Jacques Desforges teamed up to place fourth in the 4x400 relay event for the Foxes.

Both John Jay and Fox Lane were set to compete in the three-day Section 1 State Qualifier meet from June 3 to 5.