CHSSA RELAY MEET on Saturday, January 2nd

Boys Team only going to CHSSA Relay meet at the Armory on Saturday, January 2nd.

BUS AT 8:45 AM - Meet Starts at 11 AM. Field events are individual events.
ROSTER HAS BEEN E-MAILED

if you are not getting e-mails, e-mail Coach Arnesen at arnie1547@aol.com

ROSTER HERE 

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

Check out the holiday break schedule here

Saturday practice at primrose at 10am. Sunday distance runners on your own. Monday frosh/soph bus at 630. Varsity bus at 1030. All are attending.

Distance workouts and complete practice schedule to be posted Saturday afternoon.

TRACK SHOVELING

Any boys and girls interested in trying to get our track back are encouraged to head over to Somers HS Sunday afternoon with PLASTIC shovels and try and clear lane 1.  From there we'll try and get lane two back.  If we all pitch in we can do this!  TEAM WORK!

Loughlin Games Canceled

Somers will not be attending the Bishop Loughlin.  SCSD postponed all activities after 11am.

Three meets this weekend: RCC and The Armory

Friday 12/18 - Freshman/Sophomore Champs - Rockland Community College

2:30pm bus - 4:30pm start - all 9th and 10th graders are attending this meet unless noted.

MEET INFO HERE - DIRECTIONS

Friday 12/18 - Jim Mitchell Invitational - The Armory - 4:15pm bus - 7pm start

MEET INFO - DIRECTIONS - All 11th and 12th graders are attending plus a few frosh/sophs.

Saturday 12/19 - Bishop Loughlin Games - The Armory

Girls 4x800m "A" and "B" Teams. A = Marenghi, Hashmall, O'Connell, Tillman; B = Cavaliere, Roediger, Kruger, Baiano (Corning). Girls arrive at 12:45pm. Boys 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800. 5pm bus.

MEET ROSTERS FOR ALL MEETS COMING THURSDAY NIGHT

GIRLS ROSTERS

Kick Off Meet: Tillman races to US#1

Junior Crosby Tillman won the 1500m Race Walk in 7:27, a new US leader early in the season. Tillman's best last year was 7:17. Robert Gorecki was 3rd in the 3200m run in 10:01. The boys 4x4 ran 3:41 to place 2nd - and the sprinters showed they are ready for a great season. Much more to come.

Complete results here

Somers 2010 Season Bests here

Somers Kick Off Results here

15 Boys finish "Badge of Honor Workout"

The boys varsity distance crew accomplished something today that no other squad has: 15 Tuskers finished the "Badge of Honor Workout". 40x200m.

The workout consists of 5 X (8x200m) with declining rest (90-75-60-45-30 seconds).

Robert Gorecki, Isaac Shelby, Brendan McDonnell, Alex Fusco, John Courtien, Charles Conway, Mike Persic, Scott Friedman, David Sammel, Mike Rosillo, Justin Zorn, Kai Crannell, Ryan Matsumoto, Frankie Licursi, Ben D'Urso.

The team has been doing this workout since 2004 and every single top distance has found a way to get through this workout. Quote of the day "I'm not even tired" - Charles Conway AFTER he finished. We are getting there boys!

Big Chill Photo Gallery

Big Chill Results and Highlights

It was cold and the weather got worse as the day went on but the Somers Tuskers still had a good day at The Big Chill Relays at Yorktown HS. RESULTS HERE

MUD RUN! Fulton wins, Varsity boys take trophy, alumni repsresent well

The 9th Annual "Say Goodbye to XC Alumni Mud Race" went off on Friday and was well attended again. The costume portion of the race continues to grow. This year's gnome trophy went to the varsity boys, who all dressed up as the Village People AND performed a choreographed rendition of YMCA.

Coach Fulton won the race for the first time since it's first year. He set a blistering pace and even though he was caught by Albert Tunas and Josh Kneer ('06) he crawled under some pricker bushes to secure the win.

Many more pictures to come. If you have them please email them to me at tim@armorytrack.com.

Winter Uniform Order Form & Info

We have all of the products already in hand this year (except jackets). Bring your order form to 4 Gwynne drive (off 118 one block past Granite Springs Road)
9-11 am on Friday 11/27... bring $$$ and order form and we'll hand you everything you want/ordered on the spot.

ORDER FORM .PDF FILE (DOWNLOAD)

MUD RACE - COSTUMES ENCOURAGED

Friday 11/27 - 12 Noon. Behind HS - all are invited -

Thanksgiving Alumni Events

I am once again excited to present a few Alumni options for the Thanksgiving Weekend.

Wednesday 11/25 - Official Alumni Day - 2:45pm at Primrose.
Last year we had 47 Alumni show up on this day - and we announced every single one of you (Even you Freeman, though I promise not to do it this year if you are there).
http://www.somerstrackandfield.com/alumni/index.html

Friday 11/27 @ 11:00am @ Primrose
join us for a warm up for the MUD RACE or just a nice easy jog on the new XC course.

Friday 11/27 @ 12:00pm behind SHS - THE MUD RACE
Join us for the 9th annual Say goodbye to XC Alumni Mud Race. The Tim Fulton Midget Trophy goes to the best group costume. Last year the FRESHMAN BOYS won. Can the alumni step it up? http://www.somerstrackandfield.com/cross%20country/2008/index.html

Friday 11/27 @ 5:00pm - Alumni Team Dinner @ Somersfields.
Join us for a quick bite before the evenings events.

Friday 11/27 @ 10:30pm
Somers Alumni Association Event at Season's in Somers. Must be 21.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190445311517&index=1

Also note that the Class of 2009's reunion will be this evening so we will be making sure we honor the 1998-1999 Boys Sectional Champion Teams.

PLEASE INVITE ANY AND ALL SOMERS TRACK AND FIELD AND XC ALUMNI TO THESE EVENTS.

We hope to see you soon. Make sure you join the Somers Track and Feild / XC Alumni Group on FaceBook here

Tim Fulton (Class of '94)

7 Tusker earn All-County

Only the best of the best are selected to the Westchester All-County Team and this year seven Somers Tuskers earned that distinction.
Leading the way on the boys first team was Robert Gorecki. Gorecki's 16:55 at sectioals salvaged a sub par season and finished his XC career on a high note. 2nd team honors went to Albert Tunas and Charles Conway while senior Frankie LiCursi was voted to the 3rd team. It was Gorecki's 3rd straight time on the team while it was the first time selected for the other Tuskers.

Eve Marenghi, Rachel O'Connell, and Maggie Hashmall all were selected to the 3rd team. Three girls in one year ties the school record. 1986 and 2004 also saw three girls selected.

Athletes selected are expected to attend the All County Awards Dinner on Tuesday, December 8th. Athletes go for free but all others must pay $25 each.

Reservations (how many will attend) with a check are to be turned into coach Fulton by Monday, November 23rd (at the team awards dinner).

PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: WRDTFCA

DINNER IS AT THE COLONIAL TERRACE IN PEEKSKILL

http://www.colonialterracecaterers.com/

Alumni Update: Apgar Battles Mud

TODD APGAR ('07) -NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Racing in the mud after 10 plus inches of rain doused the University of Maryland Eastern Shore cross country course thanks to Hurricane (Nor'easter) Ida. Finishing second for Monmouth just two seconds behind their number one runner and only one and a half seconds behind the former superb high school runner from Edgemont, Zach Bornstein (now running for George Washington University) Todd has now established himself as a solid Division One runner. In this regional championship he ran against the best from Princeton, Georgetown, Pitt, Temple, Penn, Penn State, Villanova, Lehigh, George Washington, American, Maryland, Delaware and other top programs.

In his first season at Monmouth since transferring from Lynchburg this past summer Todd was running as the number 10 / 11 runner after the first three races. He then made a huge leap to the number four runner last month and finished fifth for the team at their conference championship at Quinnipiac. Yesterday's finish as the two man was the highlight of a fine season.

Next Saturday is the IC4A Competition at VCP in the Bronx. This will mark the last XC race for his sophomore season. His time was 35:22 for his first ever 10 K race. They say the course was 90 to 120 seconds slow due to the terrible conditions. COMPLETE RESULTS HERE

Marenghi runs to 64th place at States

Eve Marenghi made the trip to Plattsburgh this weekend and proved she belonged with a 64th place finish. Marenghi struggled a little with the humidity (as she often does with her asthma) but still managed to run a solid race, covering the 5K course in 20:23.

The Class A race is one of the toughest races of it's kind in the country. The race was won by Aisling Cuffe of Cornwall, one of the favorites to win the Foot Locker National title next month. The Queensbury girls team took the title. They are ranked in the top ten in the country. The weather just got worse and worse as the day went as the rain kept getting harder.

Rachel O'Connell and Julia Cavaliere were in attendance cheering on their teammate. The girls are already talking about trying to come back to next year's meet as a team.

Winter Schedule Posted

The 2009-2010 Somers Indoor Track and Field Schedule has been posted. SCHEDULE HERE
More details with starting times, bus times, and who is attending which meet to be posted later in the week.

Winter Track Starts Monday 11/09

Official winter track and field practice starts Monday 11/09 at 2:45pm at Primrose Gym. Athletes are reminded that they need to have a physical on file with the nurse and hand in their "blue sheet" to the athletic office or coaches to be eligible to practice.

All girls had a team meeting today and then will have the rest of the week off. The girls will officially start next Monday, 11/16. Veteran girl throwers can come to practice this week if they wish.

There will be no practice for any team members on Wednesday, Veteran's Day.

Boys distance practice starts on Friday. All boys XC runners will meet Saturday and Sunday to start up again after XC.

Marenghi Does It! Heading to States! Girls team 2nd for first time since 2005!

What a day it was up at Bowdoin Park as the Lady Tuskers came to run. Junior Eve Marenghi became the first Somers girl to qualify for the NY State Championships since Mary Alice Howard and Suzie Clinchy both went in 2005. Marenghi ran 20:17 to earn the 4th spot on the team of 5 individuals. She will race in Plattsburgh next Saturday and we'd like as many people to come cheer her on as possible.

Marenghi also helped lead the girls team to a 2nd place finish and upset Ursuline in the process. How did they do it? With a smart race plan that saw almost every single girl come back on the Ursuline girls the 2nd have of the race.

Senior captain Rachel O'Connell finished here career with her best race ever, running 20:57 for 12th place. It was a great finish for O'Connell who finishes as of the ten best Tuskers ever. Jr. rookie Maggie Hashmall was next in 21:25 and freshman Sarah Corning was 4th girl in 21:33. Crosby Tillman was the 5th girl in 22:07. Michala Donnelly and Meghan Brooks rounded out the team. The girls accomplished this despite missing usual top 5 runner Julia Cavaliere (sick) and Claire Roediger (Stress fracture).

With 8 of the top 9 girls back and the biggest freshman team ever the girls are hoping to win the Sectional title a year from now.

Boys run to 3rd place with 17:30 AVG. Gorecki runs past Viglione into 2nd place all time

After a few off weeks and sub par races the Somers Tuskers rebounded with a great effort to place 3rd at the Section 1 Championships with 83 points. Brewster won the race with 49.

Senior Robert Gorecki, who as struggling through a tough senior campaign, ran his best race ever to place 9th and miss qualifying for the state championships by 4 seconds. Gorecki ran 16:55 and still has to sit home next weekend. Last year 17:30 qualified and this year 17:05 qualified in Class AA. It was just one of those years.

Gorecki moved past All-State runner Niko Viglione into 2nd place on the Somers All Time Bowdoin Park list. Viglione ran 16:56 at the NYS Federation Championships in 2004.

Amazingly the next four runners finished within 3 second2 of each other as Charles Conway, Albert Tunas, Frankie LiCursi and Scott Friedman all ran 17:37-17:40. David Sammel ran 17:46 and Isaac Shelby 17:51 to round out the squad. The team average of 17:30 in the 2nd best ever. The only team better was the 2004 NY State Championship team.

Sammel and Friedman are now the two fastest Somers sophomores of all time as they both ran faster than Gorecki's 17:49 from the 2007 championship team.

The JV team had a fantastic day as well as the Tuskers ran to a 3rd place finish out of every school in Section 1, only losing to the two biggest schools - North Rockland and Arlington. Senior Mike Rosillo turned in his best effort ever with an 18:24 time. He now ranks in the top 25 all time for Somers runners.

Freshman Justin Zorn contiued his fantastic season with an 18:34 time to place 10th. Mike Persic was 13th in 18:38 and Kai Crannel saved his best for last with his 17th place 18:47 effort. Ryan Matsumoto was the 5th man today gutting out a 19:07 good for 34th place in a race with over 350 runners. John Courtien ran 19:44 which was about the same time Friedman and Sammel ran here last year. Alex Fusco ran 20:12.

The JV team broke the Somers JV course average record.

SECTIONALS - FRIDAY RACE TIMES

11:15am bus - kids leave class after 5th period.

1:30 JV Girls

2:00 JV Boys

2:30 Class A Girls

3:30 Class A Boys

roster to be posted Tuesday.

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS

The County Championships was a hueg success and we would like to thank all the parents and team members for their help with the event.

This was a long process, from working on the trails to setting up the flags to selling shirts and food to helping at the finish line to helping clean up. The number of people that help this program out on a weekly basis never ceases to amaze me and Roy.

As I finish my tenth year as the head coach at Somers I have been looking back a bit and it's pretty amazing how far we have come. Having the parents of runners that have already graduated coming back to help out still was one of the most impressive things.

Thanks again - most coaches loved the experience and there is a very good chance we could host the meet again next year.

Tim and Roy

PRACTICE TIMES - MONDAY-TUESDAY

Practice for everyone will be Monday and Tuesday at 9:30am. See you then.

Zorn to Run

Boys Freshman Win County Title, Zorn Takes Individual Crown

For the 3rd straight year the freshman boys won the county championships. Destroying the competition the freshman scored 28 points to beat runner-up Iona Prep's 98.

Freshman Justin Zorn, in his first season of running, took the individual crown by 8 seconds. The rookie has proven to be one of the best freshman of all time.

John Courtien continued to have a fantastic freshman year as he placed 3rd. Ben D'Urso was 7th, Mike Maloney 12th, and Mike Polvere 14th. With 5 of the top 14 it was the lowest team score that we have ever won with. Last year's squad scored 36.

The JV boys put up a battle As Mike Persic and Mike Rosillo led the squad in 18:37 and 18:45. Ryan Matsumoto and Kai Crannel ran 19:17 and 19:20 and Elliot Kravits had his best race of the season with his 20:04 effort. The course was slippery and was running at least 30 seconds slower than usual.

The varsity boys struggled a bit to a 3rd place finish. Albert Tunas led the way in 14th with Charles Conway in 19th. Rob Gorecki struggled to a 20th place finish after cramping badly after the mile. Scott Friedman was 33rd, Isaac Shelby 41st, and David Sammel 47th. Usual 4th man Frankie LiCursi was sick but still battled to a 60th place finish.

The boys finished the decade with an average place of 3.4 at the County Championships. Only Horace Greeley was better over the last ten year with an average of 3.0.

County Champs - Saturday 10/31

All athletes need to meet behind primrose at 8:00am.

WEATHER UPDATED SCHEDULE
9:35am - varsity Boys
10:05am - varsity Girls
10:35am - Freshman Boys
10:45am - Freshman Girls
11:00am - JV Boys
11:35am - JV Girls

Concessions volunteers needed for set up at 7:30am - all other volunteers needed for a meeting at 8:30am at the finish line. Ask Dan Tillman in the morning what you can do.

First Annual Somers Middle School Invitational

With over 400 middle school runners in attendance the Somers Invitational was a hug success. Thanks to all team members, parents, and volunteers for making this event so enjoyable for all involved.

The Somers Middle School team looked very good and were led by 8th grader Bene Abbate, who won the 8th grade girls race in a new course record time of 9:23. While that was an encouraging sign for the future of Somers XC, even more impressive was the fact that 19 8th GRADE GIRLS finished the race. Add to that the 6 7th grade girls and the 23 varsity girls, that makes 48 girls who are involved in the program, easily the biggest team we've ever had. We look forward to next year.

The boys were led by Larry Courtien who placed 5th and Jesse Rinaldo who was 8th.

PHOTO GALLERY COMING - COMPLETE RESULTS

Section 1 Coaches Meet @ Bowdoin Park

Thanks to those who have offered to bring food for the athletes at tomorrow's meet. So far we have 2 cases of water, 3 dozen bagels and spreads, and apples and oranges. We could still use 1 more case of water and a few bunches of bananas. If you can donate these last few items, the hungry athletes would appreciate it. Please contact Cyndi Tillman cccdtil@aol.com.

10/24 Meet Info - The Section 1 Coaches Invitationa

The Section 1 Coaches Invitational will be this Saturday at Bowdoin Park in Wappinger Falls. The bus is at 10am. RACE TIMES: Varsity Boys 12:30, Varsity Girls 1:00pm, JV Girls 2pm, JV boys 2:30pm. ALL FRESHMAN WILL RUN JV THIS WEEKEND. DIRECTIONS
COURSE MAPS

Somers hosting two HUGE meets

The next week the Somers HS XC teams will be hosting two HUGE meets. On Monday 10/26 The First Annual Somers Modified Invitational will be held at Somers HS. On Saturday 10/31 The Westchester County Championships will be at Somers HS for the first time ever. 400 athletes are expected on Monday while over 1200 athletes are expected at the County Champs

HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
1 - Volunteer this Sunday 10/25 from 1-4pm to help clean up the XC course and set up for Monday's meet.
2 - Volunteer Monday 10/26 from 4-6pm. We need help at the concession stand, finish line, course management, bus parking, and clean up.
3 -Volunteer Friday 10/30 from 4-6pm setting up for Saturday.
4 - Volunteer at the County Champs on 10/31. WE NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS DAY. Concessions, parking, t-shirts, awards, course marshalls, finish line, an clean up.

ALL ATHLETES ARE EXPECTED TO HELP WITH COURSE CLEANUP SUNDAY AND AT THE MEET ON MONDAY 4-6PM.

Contact Dan Tillman to sign up. daniel.tillman@asisignage.com

Both of these meets are fund raisers for the program and will help pay for overnight trips, improving the XC course, tents, and awards. WE NEED YOU.

Section 1 Coaches Meet @ Bowdoin Park

This is a request to the parents of the athletes regarding feeding our children at the meet. Generally the Track and Field Booster Club provides a table of food, at the tent, for the runners. We are looking for some help from the parents for this meet. What is needed is:
Water - Luanne Hoefler has offered to bring a case of water (need 2 more)
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Bagels
Banana's
If you can help with any of this please email Cyndi Tillman at cccdtil@aol.com.

Thanks.

October Booster Club Meeting

To all interested, the Somers Track and Field Booster Club meeting for October will be 10.20.09 at Primrose. The start time will be 7:30. Any interested parents are encouraged to attend. If you are curious, but have questions, don't hesitate to contact Daniel Tillman cccstil@aol.com. Thanks

League Champs Article on LoHud

ARTICLE HERE

Thursday practice canceled

Due to the great day we had yesterday and the great week of practice we had since last Wedneday Today's practice has been canceled. All athletes should consider doing a 15-20 minute shake out run and some stretching. And all athletes need to make sure they get enough sleep.

LEAGUE CHAMPS - ALL FIVE TEAMS WIN!

WOW - what can I say. This was a legendary day for the Somers XC program. It started out this morning when I realized we needed TWO buses to get all of our runners to the meet. Then the boys freshman dominated the race to win the league title. Then the boys varsity took the course. Somers had NO RUNNERS in the top 4 but placed 5-7-8-10-11 to win 41-42-43. That's right - Somers 41, Fox Lane 42, Greeley 43. WOW! The boys JV also won with a big race from Justin Zorn, who ran 18:45. Not bad for a freshman huh? The top 4 JV runners were all together as Persic (18:43), Matsumoto (18:45), Zorn (18:46), and Rosillo (18:48) beat Greeley's JV 25-32.

Then the girls took the course and did everything I asked them to. Eve Marenghi placed 2nd and was followed by Rachel O'Connell (4th) ROOKIE Maggie Hashmall (6th), FRESHMAN Sarah Corning (9th) and Julia Cavaliere (10th). FRESHMAN Michala Donnelly rounded out the ALL-LEAGUE girls in 14th place. they averaged 20:57. NICE JOB LADIES!

The JV girls also won their title making in a clean sweep for the Tuskers. MORE TO COME

FULL RESULTS HERE

Rcae Times for League Champs

4:15 – frosh boys
4:35 – Boys varsity and JV
5:05 – Girls varsity and JV

WHERE ME MEET -

Practice monday at 10am, League Champs Wednesday at WCC

Practice Monday will be at 10am at Primrose. All must attend. Regular practice will be at 2:45pm Tuesday at Primrose, though the varsity girls will meet at 3:30pm. Wednesday the team bus will be at 2:30pm to head to WCC for the League Championships. We will race Fox Lane, Horace Greeley, and John Jay CR for the title.

League Meet Roster: All 10-12th graders will run the varsity/JV combined 5K race. All girls freshman will run the 5K race. All boys freshman will run the freshman race except Justin Zorn, who will run in the JV/Varsity race. Race times to be posted Monday.

WE NEED ALL PARENTS AND FANS TO BE THERE FOR SUPPORT - BOTH MEETS PROMISE TO BE VERY CLOSE.

Freshman boys roll at Manhattan

The freshman boys team ran to a great 7th place finish in the Boys Freshman race. The team averaged 7:08 on the day, and with the 2:20 conversion to the old course, it is arguably the best freshman team of all time. Their 7:08 average was also 28th best on the day. Over 300 HS competed in the meet.

Once again Justin Zorn was the top Tusker. Zorn placed 20th in 6:38. Teammate John Courtien ran 7:01 to place 34th and Ben D'Urso was 52nd inn 7:14. That's when the Tuskers stepped it up. Mike Maloney placed 55th in 7:20 and Mike Polvere ws 63rd in 7:26. Dan Carleton was 74th in 7:35 and Joe Laroca 78th in 7:37. All 7 would have had a chance to break 10:00 on the old course.

The boys will try and win their 3rd straight Westchester County Freshman title on October 31st at home.

The varsity boys did not have their best day but Albert Tunas and Charles Conway broke the 14 minute barrier and are ranked in the top 15 in school history. The team average of 14:01 in the 5th best ever. The boys 2007 team also ran poorly at the meet and then went on to win the Sectional title. Time will tell if the boys are good enough to accomplish that feat.

The JV boys turned in some solid performances. Mike Persic's 14:29 was a huge PR. Ryam Matsumoto ran 14:59, Mike Rosillo 15:06, Alex Fusco 15:48, Mikey Neborak 15:52, and elliot Kravits 15:54. The team placed 7th.

Boys adn girls both state ranked

The Somers boys XC team is now ranked 7th in NYC Class A while the girls are ranked 18th. The boys have been ranked in the top ten every year since 2004 and the girls have been ranked in the top twenty every year except 2 since 2000. BOYS RANKINGS - GIRLS RANKINGS

Girls Varsity race at Manhattan now at 4pm.

As per request because of SAT's the girls are now racing in the Varsity "F" race at 3:58. Girls need to be there by 2pm.

JFK Pictures

Sweat/Uniform pick Up

Sweatshirts and warmup pants orders can be picked up:

When:    Tuesday October 6, 2009, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Where:   Malerie Simon's House

               4 Gwynne Drive

               Yorktown Hts, NY

Phone:    H: 9142484626

                c: 9144192924

If you cannot come at this time, please call Malerie at the above number(s) to make other arrangements.

Thanks,

Janet M. Weinrib

914-907-2663

10/10 - Manhattan Invitational Race Assignments

Bus 7:30am - MEET INFO HERE
more info including parking and where we meet to come later in the week.

9:56am - Boys Freshman A Team – Frosh “B” - Box #3
Justin Zorn
John Courtien
Ben DeUrso
Mike Maloney
Mike Polvere
Dan Carelton
Dylan Abetecola

10:02am – Girls Freshman “B” Race – Box #14

10:25am - Boys Freshman B Team – Frosh “D” – Box #9
Rob Ancona
Joe Laroca
Joe Antonelli
Mark Linkletter
Rich Ferrante

10:58am - Girls JV “A” Race – Box #30
Crosby Tillman
Sarah Barr
Jackie Kruger
Rebecca Bertels
Alyssa Passarelli
Kaylee Hart
Olivia Myers

11:09am - Boys JV B Team – JV “B” – Box #25
Austin Simon
Brendan McDonnell
Anthony Carpenter
Michael Klimentov
Jared Fulton
Juan Cabrera
Chris Hahn
Adam Guilano
Peter Johnson
David Mink
Matt O'Connell

11:53am - Boys JV A Team – JV “D” – Box # 32
Mike Persic
Kai Crannell
Ryan Matsumoto
Mike Rosillo
Alex Fusco
Mikey Neborak
Elliot Kravits

2:03pm - Boys Varsity “G” - Box #35
arrive by 12:30pm
Robert Gorecki
Charles Conway
Albert Tunas
Isaac Shelby
Scott Friedman
Frankie LiCursi
David Sammel

2:58pm - Girls Varsity “A” Race – Box #5
Arrive by 1:30pm
Eve Marenghi
Rachel O'Connell
Julia Cavaliere
Maggie Hashmall
Claire Roediger
Sarah Corning
Michala Donnelly

McQuaid Pictures

MANY MORE PICS TO COME

BUS TO BE BACK AT 9:40

The ETA on the trip from Rochester will be 9:40pm. A BIG THANKS YOU to Maureen Sammel for everything she did this weekend. From helping chaperone to arranging breakfast and lunch top buying new tarps to stretch on, it was much appreciated.

Boys run to 5th, girls 9th: Freshman girls average 21:53

The varsity boys placed 5th in the AA seeded race with 189 points as Rob Gorecki placed 12th in 15:51 on the 3 mile course. Albert Tunas was the 2nd Tusker in 16:21. Conway, Shelby, and LiCursi rounded out the scoring and Friedman and Sammel rounded out the top seven.

The girls were led by Eve Marenghi in 32nd place who ran 19:40. Rachel O'Connel was next in 20:06 while Maggie Hashmall improved from last week to 20:11. The team was without usual star Julia Cavaliere who was sick but Claire Roediger tunred in a solid race in 20:46. The two freshman Sarah Corning and Michala Donnelly stepped up when needed as both finished in 21:03 and 21:05.

One of the best stories of the day was the fact that the top 5 freshmen girls on the day averaged 21:53. Those 5 were Corning (21:03), Donnelly(21:05), Sarah Barr (22:08), Jackie Krueger (22:20), and Becca Bertels (22:49). Alyssa Passarelli (22:50)was once second back on Bertels. Olivia Myers (24:30) and Elise Melito (27:50) also finished in season bests as 8 freshman girls competed, our most ever. RESULTS HERE

McQuaid Trip

We're making good time on our way to Rochester. The kids have good snacks for me and Arnie to steal.

We have survived one stupid movie already.

Rosillo returns after 2 years

Senior captain Mike Rosillo returned to racing XC for th first time since the 2007 season. Rosillo placed 13th at the JFK Invitational JV race to help the team place 2nd to Farrell, a CHSAA power.

Sidelined with a stress fracture for over 6 months last year, Rosillo worked out in the pool and on the bike to maintain fitness. He then ran 4:52 last spring at the Section 1 Championships.

Then in late August he had a bad ankle sprain and achilles injury and lost another 3 weeks. He missed Big Red recovering and finally returned at JFK. He also ran 19:37 to finish at the 7th man on the varsity team for the first time in his career. Welcome back Mike.

Boys, girls sweep dual meet

The Somers boys and girls XC teams both beat Horace Greeley and Rye Neck. The boys improved to 3-1 while the girls improved to 4-0. It is the first time since 2004 that the girl team has finished the season undefeated. COMPLETE RESULTS

Overnight Trip to Rochester Complete Info

Attached is the complete list of invited athletes, itinerary, order of events, hotel info, permission slip, and financial info. NOTE THAT ATHLETES NEED TO BRING A BAG LUNCH ON FRIDAY and MONEY FOR FOOD THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. It is recommended that they bring $40.00 for food and more if they want a meet shirt.

MEET INFO HERE

DUAL MEET VS. GREELEY, RYE NECK

Varsity boys and girls will be attending the dual meet on Tuesday, which will be contested at WCC in Valhalla. BUS LEAVES AT 2:30PM.
Parents can go find their way towards the main WCC Gym Google Map Here

ROSTER: Gorecki, Conway, Tunas, Shelby, Friedman, Sammel, LiCursi, Rosillo, Persic, Crannell, Matsumoto, Zorn, Courtien, DeUrso, Maloney, Polvere, Carelton, Ancona, Laroca, Antonelli, Linkletter, Ferrante, Abetecola, O'Connell, Cavaliere, Hashmall, Roediger, Corning, Donnelly, Brooks, Passarelli, Barr, Hart, Bertels, Kruger

Girls varsity, freshmen win JFK Invitational

Let by the ever improving Eve Marenghi the Lady Tuskers won again, this time at JFK in Somers. Marenghi's 19:50 effort was good enough for 3rd and then the girls came streaming in as Rachel O'Connell, Julia Cavaliere, Maggie Hashmall, Claire Roediger, Sarah Corning, and Michale Donnelly all placed in the top 15. The team average was 20:18, which is what the fastest girl on the team ran last year.

The freshman girls also won as Rebecca Bertels led the charge in 3rd place. Passarelli, Kruger, Barr, and Melito combined to win their 2nd straight meet. Megan Brooks had a great race wo place 5th in the JV race in 22:24.

Sat 9/26 - JFK Sterling Invitational

Athletes are to be dropped off at JFK HS. We will meet at the team tent behind the HS to the left of the track. ARRIVE ON TIME and check in with coach Arnie. All athletes stay until the end of the meet.

BOYS VARSITY RACE - 9:20am (arrive at 7:45am) Top 7 from Big Red
BOYS JV RACE - 11:30am (arrive at 9:15am) all other 10-12 graders plus top three freshman
BOYS FRESHMAN RACE - 12:00pm (arrive at 9:15am) all freshmen except top three
GIRLS VARSITY RACE - 8:50am (arrive at 7:30am) Top 6 plus Corning.
GIRLS JV RACE - 10:50am (arrive at 8:45am) all other 10-12 graders
GIRLS FRESHMAN RACE - 8:30am (arrive at 7:25am) all freshman except Corning

MEET HOMEPAGE HERE

COME DRESSED WARMLY - IT IS GOING TO BE CHILLY - 45 DEGREES!

Matsumoto leads the way as boys beat Hamilton

Ryan Matsumoto ran a strong 19:17 time to place 6th overall and first against Hamilton as the Tuskers beat Alexander Hamilton. Freshmen Justin Zorn and John Courtien placed 7th and 8th in 19:37 and 19:43, both very good freshman times. Mikey Neborak ran 20:08 to place 11th and Kai Crannell was 12th in 20:13 to round out the top 5. Full results here

Corning wins dual, girls sweep

Sarah Corning won the dual meet against Fox Lane and Hamilton yesterday at Somers HS, covering the tough 3 mile course in 22:34. Corning's time puts her in the 6th position on the team currently, only 20 seconds back on our number 2 girl from last week. She helped lead the Lady Tuskers to wins against both teams. Freshman Michala Donnelly and Sarah Barr placed 4th and 5th with Alyssa Passarelli in 7th. Kaylee Hart rounded out the scoring in 9th place. Jen Gross PR'd in 27:00 and Sam Murdock toughed out a few falls to finish well. RESULTS HERE

Dual Meet Home Today

The dual meet against Fox Lane and Alexander Hamilton is at Somers HS today at 4:30pm. All athletes will run the 3 mile course and boys and girls will race together. Sorry for the confusion.

Girls White Trails Stats

2009 team among the best ever - check out the stats from the white trails workout.

Team Averages - Best of Season
4:26 Howard-Swiatocha-Keating-Mitchell-Tuson 2004
4:28 Howard-Clinchy-Keating-Donohue-Kuntz 2005
4:30 Marenghi-O'Connell-Hashmall-Cavaliere-Roediger 2009

All Time Sub 5:00 Avg. Best Year
Mary Alice Howard 4:07 4:06 2005
Suzie Clinchy 4:15 4:14 2005
Eve Marenghi 4:22 4:19 2009
Rachel O'Connell 4:27 4:26 2009
Sarah Keating 4:28 4:26 2004
Dana Mitchell 4:29 4:23 2004
Alex Swiatocha 4:29 4:22 2004
Maggie Hashmall 4:29 4:26 2009
Julia Cavaliere 4:30 4:26 2009
Laura Tuson 4:32 4:26 2004
Irie Monte 4:40 4:34 2004
Kate Cannon 4:42 4:39 2004
Catherine Donohue 4:43 4:33 2005
Sam Kuntz 4:43 4:34 2005
Claire Roediger 4:44 4:41 2009
Sarah Corning 4:55 4:53 2009
Michelle Ganbaum 4:58 4:56 2004
Jess DeGiovanni 4:58 4:55 2004
Crosby Tillman 4:58 4:49 2009
Alyssa Passarelli 4:59 4:54 2009
Michala Donnelly 5:02 4:51 2009
Meghan Brooks 5:05 4:50 2009

White Loop workout goes well for the boys

The boys team ran the 3rd fastest team average for the classic white trails workout that the team has been doing since 2002, and that was without Isaac Shelby, who seems to be 100% recovered from a slight strain. Kai Crannell seems to be back to his spring form and ready for big things. Freshman Ben DeUrso and John Courtien both ran times that rank in the top 5 freshman of all time.

Top 7 Average – best of season
Overall Year
3:41 2006 Turro-T.Apgar-Cascio-Moloney-Porteus-Hashmall-Keating
3:45 2004 Bean-Viglione-Swiatocha-Kneer-Lacko-Macaluso-R.Apgar
3:51 2009 Gorecki-Conway-Tunas-Friedman-Sammel-LiCursi-Persic
3:51 2007 T.Apgar-Hashmall- Porteus-Cascio-Keating-Milde-Gorecki
3:51 2005 Bean-Kneer-Swiatocha-R.Apgar-Veglinate-T.Apgar-Gadigian
3:58 2008 Gorecki-Hashmall-Conway-Shelby-Friedman-Simon-Sammel
4:03 2003 Viglione-Pond-Swiatocha-Kneer-Lacko-Bean-Dishart

Running/Warm Up Pants Deals

Here a few few links to good deals on running pants. The boys can order from us on the order sheet but the girls should all get their own running pants. All pants need to be black.

BROOKS MEN'S SPARTAN PANTS - $27.99

WOMEN'S TIGHTS - RUNNING WAREHOUSE
GIRLS SHOULD NOT GET CAPRIS - GET THE FULL LENGTH

ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS SITE - THEY HAVE GREAT DEALS.

Saturday Practice 9/19, dual meet

Practice will be at 4:00pm on Saturday, September 19th. All athletes celebrating Rosh Hashanah are of course excused as needed. No problem at all.

Varsity boys and girls will be attending the dual meet on Tuesday, which will be contested at WCC in Valhalla. BUS LEAVES AT 2:30PM. ROSTER TO BE HANDED OUT ON MONDAY:

Parents can go find their way towards the main WCC Gym Google Map Here

Big Red Photo Gallery

Thanks to Mr. Sammel for photos from last weekend's Big Red Invitational. GALLERY HERE

Uniform Order Form - XC 2009

Here is the order form for the team sweats, shorts, etc. ORDER FORM
You may have to right click and save file as.

Boys 'Pack 'em in" to win Big Red

The Somers boys XC team started their quest for a Section 1 title at home at The Big Red Invitational. The Tuskers beat Byram Hills 51-65. Robert Gorecki led the way in 5th place in 16:54 and Charles Conway was next in 17:21. Scott Friedman was next in 10th in 17:30 and fellow sophomore David Sammel was 14th in 17:46. Frankie Licursi (15th - 17:56), Isaac Shelby (17th - 18:01) and Albert Tunas (24th - 18:21) rounded out the top 7 varsity squad.

The boys JV team was 2nd to Byram Hills and Mike Persic's 18:41 was good for 2nd in the JV race. The boys freshman team was led by Justin Zorn and they placed 4th.

Sunday 9/13 practice at 3:30pm at Resevoir Road

Boys group 1 practice at 3:30pm at Resevoir Road. All 10-12th graders are invited (coach Fulton will be there).  DIRECTIONS/MAP HERE

Lady Tusker beat Pawling 59-61 for first win in 4 years

COMPLETE SOMERS RESULTS HERE - COMPLETE RESULTS HERE
Even though the Somers Lady Tuskers were losing the Pawling by 9 points through two girls they still pulled the win out 59-61 with a pack of 4 runners separated by merely 2 seconds. Eve Marenghi has gone from the 5th girl last year to the first girl this year as she placed 8th in 21:18, a new PR. But that's when it got interesting.
Claire Roediger charged home after a strong start and placed 11th in 22:11 and right on her heels was Julia Cavaliere (12th-22:12), Maggie Hashmall (13th-22:12), and Rachel O'Connell (14th-22:13). O'Connell had to be helped off the field after suffering from illness and dehydration. She was the 2nd girl most of the way.
The girls won the team jackets they have been trying to get since 2005.
The freshman girls team accomplished something that no other team in school history has done - they won an invitational. Led by Sarah Corning, who covered the 1.5 mile race in 10:54 to place 3rd, Somers placed 4 runners in the top 8 to score 34 points, winning by 46 points.
Michala Donnelly was 4th in 10:57 while Alyssa Passarelli was 6th in 10:59. Sarah Barr was 8th in 11:35, Rebecca Bertels 13th in 11:49, Jackie Kruger 17th in 12:03, and Elise Melito 26th in 13:21.

boys story to follow...

BIG Red Race Times

10:00am - freshman boys
10:15am - freshman girls
10:35am - varsity/JV girls
11:35am - varsity/JV boys

PARENT VOLUNTEER MEETING: 9:00am at Primrose
All athletes need to arrive by 8:30am and stay until after last race at 12:05.

XC Course Maps

Varsity/JV 3.0 Mile Map

Freshman 1.5 Mile Map

XC Course Video Tour

Check out the Somers 3Mile XC Course video tour. VIDEO TOUR HERE

First day of school: Biggest team ever!

Today was the first day of school and the Somers Cross Country team has reached another milestone. Last year the team finished the season with 55 athletes on the team. Today 62 athletes were at practice, marking the biggest total ever. With 40 boys and 22 girls the team looked like a small army as they warmed up on campus today. Most runners did a tempo run on the course they will race this weekend at the 9th Annnual Big Red Invitational. 30 teams will toe the line this weekend and tackle the challenging course. Meet info here.
http://ny.milesplit.us/meets/55467

DUAL MEET CANCELED

Wednesday's dual meet vs. John Jay has been canceled. As of now the meet is not rescheduled. Regular practice will take place at Primrose at 2:45pm.

Practice, school starts

Thanks to all for helping with the XC course clean up on Friday. It was one of our best turn outs ever. This Monday practice will be at 2:45 behind Primrose. Coach Fulton might make it back from LI but he may not, so it will most likely be a captains practice.

Practice will be at the usual time, Tuesday-Friday, 2:45pm at Primrose. Athletes should not come over the Primrose until after 2:30. Before that they should be hanging out at the HS, getting changed, eventually getting extra help, etc. DO NOT COME TO PRIMROSE BEFORE 2:30!

Our home invitational, The Big Red Invitational, will be this Saturday at 10:00am. Athletes will need to arrive at 8:30 regardless if they are racing or not. Parents - we need your help directing traffic, managing the course, and with the concession stand. Please contact Julie Gorecki for concession stand and Dan Tillman about helping out, OR just show up for our volunteers meeting at 9:00am behind Primrose. 25 schools will be attending with over 1000 runners and the meet goes from 10:00-12:30.

LAST NOTE: Anyone can still join the team so please encourage any and all to just show up at Primrose at 2:45 if they are interested. We will allow people to join the team through September 18th.

XC Course Clean Up this Friday

The annual XC Course clean up in this Friday, September 4th, from 4-7pm. Practice for all athletes will be at 9:00am and then they will be asked come back and help work.
PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED AND NEEDED.

Supplies needed for the clean up. 2 wheel barrows, 3 weed wackers, chain saw, bow saw, 1 push lawn mower, rakes (leaf and garden), clippers, head trimmers, loppers, work gloves, shovels, pitch forks, and anything else to work on trails.

Please bring a few items if you can since not everyone will be able to bring something.

Boys continue to impress with early season workout

Stepping onto the track during the XC season doesn't happen often here at Somers XC. But that's exactly what the boys group 1 and 2 did yesterday. According to coach Fulton, it has probably been over 5 years since the boys XC team did a workout on the track instead of their usual hill and trail work.

The workout on tap? 3K-1K-1K-1K 10x100m hills, all done at goal 5K race pace. The workout went very well. 3K times for the top seven: Gorecki (9:44), Conway (9:52), Tunas (9:52), Friedman (9:55), Sammel (9:57) Shelby (10:03), and LiCursi (10:59). Sophomore's Friedman and Sammel ran converted 3200m PR's of 10:38 and 10:40, looking smooth and comfortable the entire time.

With the first race a week from today and the first invitational a week from Saturday, the Running Tuskers are rounding into shape.

Girls team has record numbers

After struggling with participation numbers for the last three years, the Somers girls XC team has set a new team record for members. This years team boasts 23 members including 8 freshman. The team graduated many key members in 2006 and the following fall only 8 girls finished the season. In 2007 and 2008 10-13 girls were on the team and now with three senior rookies and 8 freshman, the squad appears headed back towards their glory days of 2003-2005, when they were ranked in the top 5 in the state. Last year's team was ranked 18th in NY State Class A.

Led by senior captain Rachel O'Connell the girls team not only has the numbers but also the talent to compete. With a top 6 consisting of O'Connell, Eve Marenghi, Julia Cavaliere, Maggie Hashmall, Crosby Tillman, and Claire Roediger, the Tuskers hope to contend for a league and Sectional titles. Freshman Michala Donnelly, Alyssa Passarelli, and Sarah Corning are expected to vie for varsity positions along with senior rookie Megan Brooks, giving the team the best depth they have had since the 2003 team won the JV Sectional title.

Booster Club Meeting

Somers Track and Field Booster Club
Next Meeting:
09.29.09 @ 7:30
Primrose
I encourage anyone who is interested to please attend. We have recently graduated some longtime members and we would be happy to see some fresh faces.

PRACTICE: 8/31-9/05

REGULAR PRACTICE - EVERYONE
Practice for everyone (varsity, JV, freshman, rookies, etc) is at 5:30pm, Monday-Thursday and Friday and Saturday at 9:00am. Meet behind Primrose. Bring a water bottle.

GIRLS MORNING SESSIONS
Girls morning sessions are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday at 8:00am. All non-freshman are required to attend. Freshman are invited but it is optional. Meet behind Primrose. Bring a water bottle.

BOYS MORNING SESSIONS
Boys morning sessions are at 8:00am Monday-Thursday. ALL VARSITY AND JV RUNNERS MUST ATTEND. Freshman can attend with approval from coach Fulton. Ask at practice. Meet behind Primrose. Bring a water bottle.

Make sure you bring your "blue sheet" to practice if uou haven't handed it in to the nurse yet.

Saturday practice is on, course cleanup postponed

Due to the weather forecast we will postpone the course cleanup from this weekend until sometime next week/weekend. Regular practice at 9:00am at Primrose.

Xc Course Clean-Up this Saturday

The annual XC Course clean up in this Saturday, August 29th at 10:30am. Practice for all athletes will be at 9:00am and then they will be asked to stay and help work. If it's raining we will still do some work on the course. PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED AND NEEDED.

Supplies needed for the clean up. 2 wheel barrows, 3 weed wackers, chain saw, bow saw, 1 push lawn mower, rakes (leaf and garden), clippers, head trimmers, loppers, work gloves, shovels, pitch fork, and anything else to work on trails.

Please bring a few items if you can since not everyone will be able to bring something.

PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR

Boys and Girls Varsity workouts 8/24-8/30

This is for any athlete who is not going to be at practice this week.  Please call coach Fulton with any questions.  WORKOUT DETAILS

Camp Team Pics and Pyramid

Click on images to enlarge

SUNDAY PRACTICE FOR BOYS VETERANS

4:00PM PRACTICE - Meet on the corner of resevoir Road and Rt. 22, just south of route 35.
Take 35 east over 684 and make a right on 22 south. Resevoir Road in 200 yards down on the left hand side. Bring water/gatorade. (from Purdys just take 22 south and cross over 35).

Pre-Season XC Practice starts Monday 8/24

REGULAR PRACTICE - EVERYONE
Practice for everyone (varsity, JV, freshman, rookies, etc) is at 5:30pm, Monday-Thursday and Friday and Saturday at 9:00am. Meet behind Primrose. Bring a water bottle.

GIRLS MORNING SESSIONS
Girls morning sessions are Monday and Wednesday at 8:00am. All non-freshman are required to attend. Freshman are invited but it is optional. Meet behind Primrose. Bring a water bottle.

BOYS MORNING SESSIONS
Boys morning sessions are at 8:00am Monday-Thursday. ALL VARSITY AND JV RUNNERS MUST ATTEND. Freshman can attend with appoval from coach Fulton. Ask at practice. Meet behind Primrose. Bring a water bottle.

Make sure you bring your "blue sheet" to practice if uou haven't handed it in to the nurse yet.

CAMP UPDATE

Dear Parents - 

Camp is going well with your little kiddies.  Everyone seems pretty healthy and rested so far. 

One sprained ankle so far (Claire Roediger) but that's the worst injury.  The entire camp was given Wednesday morning's run off but the Tusker boys will be out there getting their mileage in.

Gorecki is in group one and doing very well.  Conway and Shelby are group three, Tunas and Persic group 4, Friedman and Sammel group 5, Windman group 7, Rosillo group 8.

Rachel and Eve are in group 13 but will move to 11 tomorrow while the rest of the girls are in groups 15-20.

Somehow I am surving 24-7 of Jen Gross and Lorrayne Ramirez, AKA LorRennifer.

Pictures coming tomorrow of the annual human pyramid.  

Tuskers, Alum race well in 5K

It turned into a great night for The Tuskers, past and present, as over 20 toed the line at Somers HS for the last Westchester Twilight Meet.  Josh Kneer ('06) ran away with the title but fellow alum Niko Viglione ('05) paced current team captain Robert Gorecki to a solid 17:10 effort despite the hot and very humid conditions.  

Doug Swiatocha ('06) and Patrick Hashmall ('09) also competed as Hashmall gets geared up to try and make his college team in two weeks.  Coach Fulton ('94) ran the 3K instead.  Other Alumni on hand as spectators

 were Alex Bean ('06), Devin Irwin ('08), Evan Delfs ('05), Kyle Brazeil ('07), Dana Mitchell ('06), and Avery Faeth ('08).  Even Don and Lorraine Swiatocha were spotted watching the race.

Scott Friedman and Isaac Shelby turned in solid low 18:05 times while Albert Tunas, Mike Rosillo, and Frankie LiCursi all ran right around 19 flat.  Mike Persic broke 20 and Alex Fusco ran a PR 20:15. 

For the girls, Rachel O'Connell and Eve Marenghi ran 12:37 for the 3K while newcomer Maggie Hashmall had a great debut running 12:59.  Crosby Tillman ran 13:12 and Jen Gross made her long distance debut in 15:30.  All good times for a summer workout.  The girls appear ready for XC camp.

Week 6 "Mileage Hogs"

Well it appears that it's a 5 way tie this week with Gorecki, Friedman, Sammel, Shelby, and Conway all running 70 miles this week. THAT"S WHAT I WANNA SEE! Mike Rosillo had another great week of 50 miles, as prescribed, Frankie Licursi logged 43 (43 more than he ran the same week last year), and Albert Tunas is back feeling good and looking good. Other guys that reported solid weeks were Mike Persic, Alex Fusco, and Austin Simon. Freshman John Courtien logged 35 miles last week and is coming to XC camp.

Great day of girls practice today as Tillman, Hashmall, O'Connell, Marenghi, Ramirez, and Gross all showed up. REMEMBER - EVERYONE IS EXPECTED TO BE AT THE TRACK MEET ON TUESDAY, 8/11 AT 5:30PM, TO RUN EITHER THE 3K OF 5K.

New girls XC uniforms ordered

The Somers Lady Running Tuskers are getting new uniforms for the varsity girls this season. Click on the picture to see the color schemes and new logo. The uniforms are made by Boathouse Sports, are tight but a light material, and the shorts are the volleyball style.

Workouts 8/10-15

MAINTAIN MILEAGE TOTALS

Monday - 6:30pm at SHS - easy distance day, Strides, lunges, mrytl, short hills, and barefoot after.

Tuesday - 5:30pm at SHS - 5K race for boys and 3K race for girls. Bring $5 for race entry. Strides, lunges, mrytl, short hills, and barefoot after.

Wednesday - 5:30pm at Wood Street - easy distance.

Thursday - 6:30pm at SHS - warmup - 4-5x1000m threshold at Upper Reis grass loop. Minimum 20 min run after. Strides, lunges, mrytl, and barefoot after.

Friday - 5:30pm at Little Peoples - distance day. Include 40min run with 1 min hard every 5th minute followed by 6x30 second hills. Do hills from Railroad track to HS and then jog back to Little peoples.

Saturday - 9:15am at SHS, then to Rockies for 10am run - LONG RUN - 8-14 miles with the last 25 minutes hard.

Sunday - Leave for camp. We'll get a run in up there but consider this your off day. It will be short.

BOYS WORKOUTS

Some changes are being made to the practice schedule. We need to finish earlier for safety reason on Monday and Thursday. TONIGHT IS THE FINAL MON/THUR WE WILL MEET AT 7:30pm. Camp ends this week anyway to next week will will meet at 6:30pm on those nights.

BOYS WORKOUTS - GIRLS CAN DO LESS.

TUESDAY AUGUST 11TH - EVERYONE IS RACING THE 5K - MEET AT SHS AT 5:30PM

Monday - MEET AT SHS AT 7:30PM - 60min run w/ 8xhills en route

Tues - MEET AT SHS AT 6:00pm - Warm-up, 4x1mile threshold w/ 3min rest on Track followed by 25 min run

Wed - meet at Wood Street at 5:30pm - 75min run w/ 8x 150m hills en route starting at 60min mark. followed by 8x100 strides

Thurs - MEET AT SHS AT 4:30pm - 30min of 1min on 1min off fartlek, followed by 6x100m hills near

FRIDAY - MEET AT LITTLE PEOPLES AT 5:30PM - easy distance, whatever you need.

Sat - Meet at SHS at 9:15am to head to rockies - 80-90 minutes with 40min solid clip, low 6:00 paces for varsity guys, followed by 8x100 strides

Sun - Meet at SHS at 5:00pm at SHS - easy distance, whatever you need.

Wednesday practice canceled

Due to severe thunderstorms and potential hail, today's XC practice at Wood Street is canceled. See you at SHS Thursday night at 7:30pm.

Week 4 Athletes of the Week

Senior captain Mike Rosillo gets the nod this week. Rosillo has fought back for a year to recover from a stress fracture. After being out from August to March, Rosillo ran 4:53 for the 1600m tis spring and just ran his first 5K in nearly TWO YEARS. Welcome back Mike.

My athletes of the week for the girls are Elise Melito and Alyssa Passarelli. Both freshman have come to more practices this summer than MOST returning runners. It's the summer dedication that gets you where you want to be and these two, along with Sarah Corning, continue to impress with their summer miles. Keep it up ladies!

9 current and former Tuskers run well in 5K

Competing at the Westchester Summer Twilight Series Tuesday at Somers High School, members of the boys cross country team used the 5000m race as a mid summer workout. Senior captain Robert Gorecki ran a solid 17:20 to place 4th overall. Junior Charles Conway was next across the line in 17:53 with sophomore Scott Friedman right behind him in 17:54. It was a minute PR for Friedman. David Sammel crossed the line in 18:37, also a lifetime best for Sammel.

Senior captain Mike Rosillo returned to the 5K distance for the first time in nearly two years. After running with coach Fulton for 4600 meters, Rosillo pulled away on the final lap to run 19:32. Sophomore Ryan Matsumoto ran 21:10 for a new PR as well.

Along with coach Fulton, a 1994 Somers graduate, who ran 19:45, Josh Kneer (2006) was the overall winner. Kneer was a member of the 2004 NY State Championship XC team and currently runs for Geneseo. Kneer was also a Section 1 champion in the 3000m steeplechase. Doug Swiatocha (2006) also competed. Doug was All-State and All-American in high school while running on the State Championshio XC team (placing 16th as a junior) and on the All-American 4x800m relay team as a senior. Doug attends American University but does not run for the team anymore but did run 2:48 for the marathon last fall.

Coach Arnesen also competed in the race, running the 3000m run which was held at the same time. Arnie also ran in the 200m dash and showed his patented closing speed by almost beating an old rival - Doug Miller.

Week 4 "Mileage Hogs"

So this weeks award goes to Charles Conway, who logged 70-too miles last week. Perhaps it was just easier to run with his new haircut. Yes folks the legendary locks of Mr. Conway have been trimmed. Sophomores Scott Friedman and David Sammel continued to run well as they both hit 70 again this week while Robert Gorecki and Isaac Shelby both were close to 70 again. Mike Persic got over the 60 mile mark for the first time and continues to have a fantastic summer of training. Small aches and pains to Licursi and Tunas kept their mileage a bit lower this week and Mike Rosillo's 50 were exactly according to plan. Even Alex Fusco was over 50 this week. Keep it up boys and remember to check back here at the end of the week for your workouts for the last 2 weeks before XC camp.

Boys XC ranked #15 in State rankings

TullyRunners.com has released their pre-season cross country team rankings and the Somers Tuskers are ranked #15 in a very deep, talented field. The rankings are based on last year's cross country times only, for the most part.

With many runners improving drastically since last cross country season, and a top 8 right now that includes Gaorecki, Tunas, Conway, Shelby, Licursi, Friedman, Sammel, and Rosillo, look for that ranking to improve after the first invitational on September 12th.

Stay hungry boys - good things lie ahead as long as the hard work continues.

TULLYRUNNERS.COM RANKINGS

Adam Nelson visited Somers HS

On Sunday, May 3rd, the day after the Somers Lions Club Meet we had two special visitors at Somers High School. Adam Nelson and Augie Wolf put on a shot put clinic in our high school gym for twenty area high school throwers. We had twelve Somers throwers attend.

A local USATF club, the U.S. Athletic Trust Elite Track brought Adam Nelson to Somers. They were looking for a site to host Adam Nelson and we jumped at the chance!

Adam Nelson was the Silver Medalist in the 2000 Olympics and has been among the top five in the world in the shot put for the past ten years. Nelson has thrown over 72’ for his best throw.
He is a regular at the Millrose Games and has won at least five times at Millrose. Adam Nelson is a master of the rotational style of shot put. He is an excellent coach with an easy communication style. He emphasizes drills, technique and of course, hard work.

Augie Wolf was the second place finisher in the 1984 Olympic Trials and placed fourth at the Olympics Games in Los Angeles in 1984. Augie’s best throw was 69’ 9” with the glide style.
Augie is the head of the U.S. Athletic Trust Elite Track Club.

All of the clinic participants were mesmerized by Adam Nelson and Augie Wolf. Adam is very down to earth and is an excellent communicator. He has a tremendous depth of knowledge about the shot put and throwing techniques in general. Adam shared some great stories and at times showed glimpses of the intensity he brings to competitions. Everyone learned a great deal and were inspired by the session.

Week Three Athletes of the Week

Each week coach Fulton will pick two XC team members that are doing something extra to prepare for the upcoming season.

This week's AOW awards go to two sophomore boys, David Sammel and Scott Friedman.  Friedman led week one in mileage at 62.6, ran 66.5 last week, and led the team again with 70 this week.  Sammel ran 60 the first week, led the team last week with 68, and led the team again this week with 70.  Both have done more than almost any other sophomores in school history, except perhaps Doug Swiatocha.  Swiatocha placed 16th at the NYS Champs as a junior as the 3rd Tusker that day to help Somers win their first and still only state team championships in any sport.

For the girls, Rachel O'Connell wins the award this week.  Rachel continues to stay focused on finishing her HS career with her best season yet.  Her mileage is up and she has even turned in some double sessions and cross training sessions.

Week 3 "Mileage Hog" Award, weekly notes

We had a three way tie this week between Charles Conway, David Sammel, and Scott Friedman as all three harriers logged 70 miles Monday to Sunday.  Robert Gorecki and Isaac Shelby close at 68 each while Albert Tunas, Frank Licursi, Mike Rosillo, Alex Fusco, and Mike Persic all turned in over 50.  

Remember that anyone who went over 60 last week is supposed to get a recover week this week if they need it, so drop 5 miles if you're tired.

Saturday we are going to Rockies again.  Please attend this week as we are meeting the boys from Warwick Valley along with their coach, Mike Potter.  Warwick is a perennial national power, state champs, and national champs.  We can all learn something from them and we can teach them a little about what we do.

Next Tuesday, July 28th, all the boys (grades 10-12) are expected to compete in the Westchester Summer Track and Field series at Somers HS.  We are racing the 5K.  Target times TBD.  Be at SHS no later than 6pm with your $5 entry fee, OR come and volunteer at the youth meet and receive free entry.

Week 2 "Mileage Hogs"

For the week ending July 12th, sophomore David Sammel wins the award with 68.5 miles.  Sophomore Scott Friedman was 2nd with 66.5.  Charles Conway logged 65 miles while Robert Gorecki (65) and Albert Tunas (62) also cracked the 60 mile barrier.  It is assumed that Isaac Shelby was also over 60 meaning that 6 of the top 8 guys achieved the team goal.  Senior Captain Mike Rosillo's 50 miles were exactly as planned since he's on a lower mileage plan with his injury history.  Keep it up boys - it's going well.

Athletes of the Week: Tillman and Conway continue dedication

Each week coach Fulton will pick two XC team members that are doing something extra to prepare for the upcoming season.

This week's selections go to juniors Crosby Tillman and Charles Conway. Tillman raced at The USA Track and Field Club Championships last Saturday in the 5000m Race Walk, setting a new school record of 29:56.96 to place 5th. Tillman continues to volunteer at the TRRC Summer Youth Track Camp, come to most of the summer XC practices, and generally stay very motivated and dedicated to the upcoming XC season.

Conway continues to have a fantastic summer of training. Last week Conway ran 60 miles in six days of training, including a hard 13 miles at Rockefeller State Park on Saturday. It is obvious that he is doing extra work, including the lunge matrix and the Myrtl Routine. While most of the boys have shown dedication and hard work, Conway looks poised to really have a break out season this fall.