Hi ALL! 

    Here is an Alumni Update, Eve Marenghi ran the Nike Women's Half Marathon on April 28th 2013 and Finished 135 out of 15,000 women! and her time was 1:35! WOW! awesome job Eve! she also raised money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Eve graduated from Somers in 2011...

   

Hanna Monte has passed away

After an extended battle with cancer, 2008 Somers grad Hanna Monte passed away Monday morning.

Hanna was a top thrower from 2004 to 2008 and just an amazing girl with a glowing spirit.

Please see the note from her family posted here

Alumni Day and The Mud Run

Wednesday, TODAY, is Alumni Day.  All Somers Track and XC Alumni are invited to practice today at 2:45.  I'll even announce you and make you feel like you were a super star.

Friday at noon with be the 10th Annual "MUD RUN", also known as the "Say Goodbye to XC Run".  Everyone is invited - bring a friend and wear a costume.  The group with the best costume wins the Tim Fulton Gnome Trophy.

CHECK OUT LAST YEAR'S RACE HERE

Coach Fulton places 6th in Vermont 50K

Running his 2nd Ultra race, coach Tim Fulton placed 6th overall in the 51K/32 Mile race at Mt. Ascutney in Vermont.  It was a 43 minute personal best.  His time of 4:48.40 was good enough for 4th in the 30-39 age group and was only 22 minutes behind the 2nd place overall finisher.

The course had 6,000 feet of elevation change, single track trails, switchbacks, and some serious climbs.  Over 1200 people competed in the 50 mile run, 50K run, and 50 mile Mt. Bike races.

Swiatocha claims 2010 Mayor's title

Johnson, Swiatocha claim 2010 Mayor's titles
ANCHORAGE – Seward’s Erik Johnson and local newcomer Alexandra Swiatocha claimed the men’s and women’s marathon victories, respectively, in Saturday’s 37th annual Mayor’s Marathon and Half-Marathon, presented by ConocoPhillips. Swiatocha earned the women’s crown in 3:06:30 in her first Mayor’s appearance. Originally from Mahopac, N.Y., the 23-year-old was a former collegiate heptathlete at Holy Cross College.

http://www.goseawolves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13400&ATCLID=204961449

http://www.mayorsmarathon.com/Results/PostRaceResults.cfm?DB_OEM_ID=13400

Excerpt from Anchorage Daily News, Sunday, June 20, 2010
“Meanwhile, women’s marathon winner Alexandra Swiatocha, 23, was never certain that she owned the lead. Various spectators and race officials told her during the race she was the leading woman, but she remained skeptical through the finish at West High. She was not sure she won until she checked results posted shortly after finishing. Swiatocha, who is from New York, but is spending a year in Anchorage with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and working at the Providence Extended Care Center, was running her second marathon. She clocked 3:06:30, which slashed 20 minutes off her previous time. ‘It’s pretty neat,’ Swiatocha said with a laugh. ‘I was impressed.’ Swiatocha, ran cross country and track at Holy Cross, where she competed in the 800 meters and heptathlon. Alexandra said she was doubtful about how she would finish while she was laboring through the backcountry miles on a dirt and gravel road at the base of the Chugach Mountains, but was psyched to win the 26.2 miler. ‘I should just retire,’ she said grinning.”

Bean qualifies for 1000m final at Big East Champs

Georgetown University redshirt junior Alex Bean (Somers '06) ran 2:25.72 and placed 2nd in the 1000m prelims at the Big East Championships at The Armory in NYC.

Bean has the 2nd fastest time in the Big East this season, his 2:23.35 at Penn State in January.  He has also run 4:04.45 for the mile this season.

Bean was scheduled to run the DMR on Saturday evening, the 1000m final Sunday morning, and the 4x800m relay Sunday afternoon.  He has become a work horse for Georgetown, just like he always was for the Tuskers in HS.  His senior year at Somers Bean won the 3200m, 1000m, and 1600m races at the Westchester County Championships.

Full meet info here

Alumn entrepreneur trying to change the world

Jasmine Stine, class of 2003, is working on an exciting project.  Jasmine was a hurdler for Somers who qualified for the final at the Westchester County Championships her senior year.  She is one of 5 Stine's to compete for Somers Track. (Julian, Jasmine, Chelsea, Kaya, and Yasha)

Bean's getting closer to 4:00

2006 Somers graduate Alex Bean update:

http://www.thehoya.com/sports/hoyas-star-northeast-trips/

Up at Yale, the men’s distance runners demonstrated their depth and showed that they will be major competitors at the Big East Championship. Barely short of the NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4:03.5 on a banked track, three Hoyas timed in at 4:04 in the mile. Though they came into this past weekend with high hopes of breaking the storied 4-minute barrier, the pacing was a little off and the middle 600m was too slow. 

While senior Alex Bean’s and graduate student Alex Mason’s domination of the middle distance events this season has earned them the title of the “Bash Brothers,” senior Sandy Roberts nearly crashed the party, coming up just short down the final stretch to place third with a time of 4:04.75. Bean positioned himself right behind the pacer from the beginning, and once again took control of the race, battling it out with Mason. Both runners finished with new personal records. Edging out Mason, who came in at 4:04.71, Bean won the race with a time of 4:04.54.

Megan Faeth continues to throw well

Former team captain Megan Faeth ('08) placed 3rd in the shot put at The Darmouth Indoor Classic last weekend with a throw of 38-11.5.  Faeth is a sophomore at Dartmouth.  In high school Megan was All-Section and All-State in the Javelin, actually setting the NYS record in the latter.  She was also a solid high jumper for the Tuskers.  MEET RESULTS HERE

Where are they now?

Former Somers HS 4 x 800 Meter Relay High School All Americans, John Turro (Dartmouth), Todd Apgar (Monmouth) and Pat Porteus (Manhattan) all qualified for the prestigious Division I IC4A Championships to take place in Boston in early March. 
At the Boston University Terrier Invite Turro qualified with a 2:28.37 time in the Open 1000 Meter Run and Apgar as part of the Monmouth Distance Medley Relay team with a 4:18.72 split on the 1600 meter leg. At Yale, Porteus qualified as a member of the Manhattan 4 x 800 Meter Relay team.

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.

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)

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

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.

Athletes of the Week: Ramirez, Persic race well

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

Juniors Lorrayne Ramirez and Mike Persic have earned Summer Athlete of the Week awards this week for their performances in local road races. Ramirez finished her first half marathon in Fairfield, CT. on June 28th. Her time of 2:19.19 was good for 30th place in the under 20 category. She also placed 2,013 overall out of 2,600 competitors. RESULTS

Persic ran 56:52 at the Putnam County Classic on July 4th to place 44th out of 335, good for 5th in his age group. Mike's pace was 7:07/mile. After a strong race at The Lynn Adams Memorial race last weekend and a great start to his summer training, Persic looks to be dedicating himself to running.

Other race notes: Coach Tim Fulton (Somers '94) ran 53:09 to place 20th overall and 4th in his age group. James Scheuermann (Somers '07) ran 54:07 for 30th place while Coach Lou Caporale ran 57:45 for 51st place.

Dan Tillman, the new president of the Somers Track and Field Booster Club, ran 1:14 to place 206th. Alexander Fusco, team member Alex Fusco's father, ran 57:48 to place 54th. FULL RESULTS HERE

Gorecki wins Lynn Adams Memorial, many team members compete and volunteer

Senior captain Robert Gorecki cruised to victory in the first annual Lynn Adams Memorial 5K Run, help in conjunction with the Somers 4th of July Celebration. Gorecki ran 17:55 on the tough course that started at Primrose, wound through the back streets across rt.119 before finishing at Reis Park. Charles Conway was 3rd in 18:58 with Isaac Shelby 5th in 19:35.

Former team captain and HS All American Suzie Clinchy ('07) placed 3rd overall in 20:58. Clinchy now runs for Wake Forest. Former Tusker star Lauren (Petruzzi) Kittredge ('90) was the 4th female overall in 22:30 while current track team star Eve Marenghi was 5th in 22:37.

Many other former and current team members competed including Mike Persic (20:27), Alex Fusco (21:53), Kyle Brazeil (21:50), Chris Enoch (22:45), Sam Kuntz (23:17), Crosby Tillman (24:06), Alexa Baiano (27:00), Kim Walsh (33:21), and Emily Enoch (34:10).

Incoming freshman Ben DeUrso (22:37) and Alyssa Passarelli (27:12) both turned in solid performances.