North Carolina State-bound distance star Kelsey Chmiel of Saratoga won the 3,000 for the fourth year in a row in 9:37.71, while the Blue Streaks’ next star, freshman Ella Kurto, took second (9:46.76). “As the competition went along, I got into meet mode.” “I ran the relay heat and took two jumps to warm up,” Racana said. Racana ran in a 400 relay heat before her pole vault performance, where she equaled her outdoor best and just missed at 11 feet. “They’ve been making sacrifices since the seventh grade.” That’s the type of commitment they’ve made to be the best. “Both of them went to the prom and didn’t go to the after party. Mohonasen coach Bill Sherman said he couldn’t recall the last time a Mohonasen athlete, female or male, placed first at the Eddy meet. “I woke up today with the mindset that I wanted that trophy,” Calkins said. Mohonasen’s senior pole vault duo of Lena Calkins (11-0) and Emily Racana (10-6) went 1-2 after finishing third and fourth, respectively, at last year’s meet. “It was a dream of mine and I wanted to hit it.” I took it out a little slower than usual, and at 600, my thought was I had a goal and wanted to go for it.” Dennis said as she clutched the large championship trophy. Before Saturday, she had never won an individual Eddy Meet title. “The kids are performing well right now.”Ī relay fixture in past years, Dennis has emerged as one of Shenendehowa’s star performers. “We put a lot of people on the podium,” said Shenendehowa coach Rob Cloutier, whose team also was first at the Suburban Council championship meet Wednesday and at its own invitational the prior week. Shenendehowa earned the girls’ team championship with 68 points, 20 more then runner-up Uniondale, and had winners in Jada Dennis in the 800 (2:11.41) and Chidalu Anameze in the discus (130-2), who both set PRs. “She’s real close to that one, too.” SHENENDEHOWA GIRLS WIN “She set some really high goals, and she is two-thirds of the way there,” Tryon said. Her season best in the event is an 11.86. Kenner is aiming for the 12-year-old 100 world record of 11.77. “I am running against people that are a lot older than me, but I try to focus on myself,” Kenner said. Kenner also broke the 100 meet record of 11.96 that Keyon Soley of Uniondale had set in 1997 with her 11.91. Kenner broke the 200 meet record of 23.98 that Kyle Plante of Colonie had set in 2012. “Before this year, she was running in our middle school program, and you knew she was going to be good, but this year has gone beyond anything we could have imagined,” Tapestry coach Dan Tryon said. She is probably a future Olympian if she keeps going like she’s going.” “When she is running, she doesn’t look like she is running,” Boynton said. D’Ambrosio ran a 12.07 in the 100 and a 24.64 in the 200. Kenner beat out Schalmont junior Mia D’Ambrosio in both the 100 and 200. “I was just thinking, ‘You’ve got to go out and go, and power down on the straightaway.’ That’s when a lot of girls pick it up.” “I had just run the four by one and I was a little tired,” Kenner said of her 200 victory.
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