CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS WHO WERE SECTIONAL CLASS B RUNNER-UPS AT Sunday's Sectional Championships at the Armory. Both teams won Sectional Runner-up Plaques.
The Boys lost a hard fought battle to Harrison 87-83, with Pearl River also right there with 80 points. The meet was tied at 79 points with one event to go and came down to the 4 x 400 meter relay. Harrison is the number one Class B team in the State in the latest poll, with Somers at number 3, just behind Pearl River. The three top Class B teams in the State all finished within seven points of each other. The Somers field events team scored 46 points, the most in the meet by far and the most inschool history at the meet. The throwers led the way with 28 points. Somers has won 9 titles since 1998 and 10 overall. Since 2001 we have been only first or second at Sectionals.
The Girls placed second with 66 points behind the #2 Class B team in the State Pearl River who scored 134 points. Somers is ranked sixth in the latest poll. Somers has been in the top three teams at Sectionals every year since 2000 and has won Sectionals 3 times. Somers is the only team to beat Pearl River in the last 20 years at Sectionals.
BOYS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SECTIONAL MEET
VICTOR PRATO - shot put - 49' 11" - 1st Place - Sectional Champ - #2 ranked Class B thrower in NY State - #3 All time Somers
DAN LISOWSKI - shot put - 47' 9.75" - 2nd Place - Dan is the #1 ranked Class B thrower in NY State with his season best of 50' 4.5"
JOE HANLEY - shot put - 44' 2.5" - 3rd Place - 5th All time Somers
CHRIS GROTON - shot put - 42' 9.75" - 4th Place to give Somers a 1-4 sweep in the shot put over a highly regarded and ranked Nanuet throwing team. - Chris has thrown 43' 1/2" this season which ranks him #8 All time Somers.
4 x 800 Meter Relay team of SCOTT FRIEDMAN, CHARLES CONWAY, RYAN MATSUMOTO, ISAAC SHELBY - 2nd Place - 8:18.7 - It was a thrilling race with Hendrick Hudson, which came down to the final steps with Isaac Shelby diving to the finish in a near dead heat with Cameron Rasmussen after trading leads several times in the best race of the day.
ISAAC SHELBY - 1000 Meter Run - 2:37.71 - 3rd Place - Personal Best - #6 All time Somers
CHARLES CONWAY - 3200 meter run - 10:04.20 - 3rd Place
SCOTT FRIEDMAN - 600 meter run - 1:25.5 - 5th place - Personal Best
KEVIN NOLAN - Pole Vault - 12' 6" - 3rd Place - Personal Best - same height at second place.
= #2 All time Somers
TINO DELZOTTO - Long Jump - 19' 8" - 4th Place - Personal Best - #5 All time Somers
OMRI BLAIR - Triple Jump - 40' 3" - 5th Place - Personal Best
CHRIS LUCAJ - 55 Meter Hurdles - 4th Place - 8.79 (8.57 in Trials)
ALEX MATTOS & CHRIS LUCAJ - High Jump - 5' 6" - 4th and 5th place for six huge points.
4 x 200 Meter Relay - OMRI BLAIR, KEVIN NOLAN, JOE MARTELLO, TINO DELZOTTO -
1:36.83 - 3rd place.
