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SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD
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Kurzdorfer, Fields are named MVP at Girls Classic=
By Mary Jo Monnin, NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
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Zach Eldridge of Cleveland Hill won the =
shot
out by nearly a
Ashley Fields of |
Battling a tough =
wind
takes on new meaning when your event carries you nearly 15 feet into the =
air.
Ryan Pericozzi ta=
med
the swirling breeze just long enough to break the meet record in the pole
vault at the 34th Carl Roesch Memorial Track Classic. The “Today the =
wind
was all over the place,” said Pericozzi, who leads Pericozzi’s
record highlighted a big day for the Redskins, who won the team title by a
22-point margin. The event attracted 23 teams. Runner-up Clarence and Aqui=
nas
tied for third place with 54 points, but Clarence won the tiebreaker havi=
ng
scored in nine events compared to seven for the Section V visitors. John
Inzina won the 1,600 for Clarence. Aquinas did have =
the
meet MVP, junior B. J. Murray, the meet’s only double winner taking=
the
100 and long jump. Murray was presented the trophy by the great-grandchil=
den
of Carl Roesch — Madison Omar, 9, and Jason Omar, 8, along with ret=
ired
Sweet Home coach Carl Roesch Jr. The meet honors Roesch’s late fath=
er,
a long-time track official. |
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“I kind of ha=
d a
little motivation after the 100. The guy from Aquinas got me,” said W=
iggins.
“So I just relaxed, stayed smooth. I was kind of shocked at my time. I
was just happy that I won. The competition — that’s what helped
drive me to run that 21.7.”
Cleveland Hill had
another first place finisher courtesy of Zach Eldridge in the shot put.
Zach Ball of Kenmor=
e East
won the steeplechase and was on the Bulldogs’ winning 4x800 relay.
24th Annual WNY Girls Classic
In the Western New =
York
Girls Classic 5 miles away at
She broke the ECIC,=
meet
and school record in the shot put at 46 feet, 6 inches. That’s the be=
st
throw in the state this year. In the discus her 139 feet, 8 inches was a me=
et
record.
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James P.
McCoy/Buffalo News Allie VanBuren of Williamsville South, center, wins the
100-meter hurdles in the 24th annual Western New York Girls Classic track
meet at Lancaster High School Saturday. Running at left is Sarah Mikulski=
of
Williamsville North, who finished second, and at right is Allie's South
teammate Kristina Arcury.Alllie VanBuren of Williamsville South, center, wins t=
he
100m hurdles in the 24th Annual WNY Girl’s Classic track
meet at |
Sophomore Allie V=
an
Buren of Williamsville South joined Kurzdorfer as a double winner. She won
the 100 hurdles in a PR 14.66 and the 400 hurdles in 104.39. “I’ve=
had a
really good season because I’ve been getting in the 14s for the fir=
st
time,” said Van Buren. The running event=
s MVP
went to Fields also joined
Katie Gross, Laura Caty and Allison Rogers in breaking the meet record in=
the
4x100 relay with a 50.01. Eighth-grader Kala
Allen of Williamsville East went 58.50 to break the meet record in the 400
meters. Senior Anna Holmes of Pioneer scored 3,067 points to win the
pentathlon by a gaudy 416-point margin. Jackie Burns of <=
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