Big Gains For Young Athletes at Bob Baratta Classic

The Schreiber boys and girls track and field teams recently competed in the 5th Annual Bob Baratta Classic held at Great Neck South High School late last month. It was a sunny and brisk day for this early season meet, but that did not stop the spectators from showing up in masses and the athletes arriving ready to run, throw and jump during the day-long competition.

One of the main goals of the Bob Baratta Classic is to provide quality early season competition with a particular emphasis on freshman and sophomore events. Medals are given to the top five finishers in each individual event and top three teas in the relays. A special award was given to all steeple chase winners.

The first event of the day was the 3,000-meter Steeple Chase and it was also the first win of the day for a Schreiber runner. Sidharth Kakkar ran with the pack in the beginning of this grueling race but then took over at the halfway point and won without much competition in a time of 10 minutes, 57.2 seconds. Another first-place finish for a Schreiber runner was achieved by Luke Lanoue who finished the 110-meter High Hurdles in 15 seconds flat.

Port Washington dominated in the afternoon's relay races. They achieved first-place finishes in the 4 x 400 freshman/sophomore race with a time of 3:54.2, the 4 x 400 varsity in a time of 3:40.2, the 4 x 100 freshman/sophomore race with a time of 48.4, and the 4 x 100 varsity race in a time of 55.5 seconds.

In the 2,000-meter steeple, the girls track and field team dominated with two top-three finishes. Megham Byrnes came in first with a time of 7:55.2 and Sarah Giraldo was second with her time of 8:18.1. Laura Brooks won the varsity 200 meters with a time of 27.7 while Byrnes finished first in the 400 intermediate hurdles with a time of 1:16.2 and Giraldo was second with a time of 1:18.1.

In the field events, Elise Ressa had a first-place finish in the varsity triple jump with a distance of 27-feet, 4.25 inches. Sarah Graf also took first-place in the freshman/sophomore Long Jump with a jump of 12-feet, 3.5 inches.

Other results for athletes from Port Washington's track and field team included:

• In the 800-meter freshman race, two of the top five were from Schreiber. Second place went to Jackson Lathrope with a time of 2:10.7 while Kakkar took third place with a time of 2:17.1. The 800-meter sophomore race was won by Schreiber's Taylor Titcomb with a time of 2:11.3 while Paolo Bertolotti finished third in a time of 2:16.2 In the varsity 800 meters, Richard Grove had a very nice fourth-place finish with a time of 2:12.8.
• In the 200-meter race for sophomores again three Schreiber runners finished in the top five. Benjamin Raymond came in second with a time of 24.2 seconds. Fourth place was Shawn McKoy with a time of 24.9 seconds and rounding out the top five was Robert Krieger with a time of 25.5 seconds.
• Henry Peltz finished fourth in the 400 intermediate hurdles for freshman/sophomores with a time of 1:07.4. In the varsity 400 intermediate hurdles, Andrew Minicucci finished third with a time of 1:00.2.
• Dean Goodspeed and Sam Kim both participated in the high jump. Kim finished third with a jump of 5-feet, 10 inches. Goodspeed finished fifth with a jump of 5-feet, 6 inches.
• On the girls side, there was also a great deal of success. Nisha Herrenberg finished fifth in the freshman/sophomore Discus with a throw of 58-feet, 3 inches. She also nabbed a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 22-feet, 11.25 inches.
• In the 1,500-meter freshman race Allegra Maldonado finished second with a time of 5:36.4 and Gissela Snailer finished fifth with a time of 5:53.9. In the 1500-meter varsity race, Bridgette McDermott came in second place with a time of 5:36.6.
• In the freshman 100 meters, Marni Wilkoff placed second with a time of 14.4 seconds. In the 100-meter sophomore race, Aaliyah Nottingham finished third with a time of 14.5 seconds while Diana Zhirzhan finished right behind her in fourth place with a time of 14.8 seconds. In the 100-meter varsity race, there were also two Port Washington student-athletes in the top five. Laura Brooks finished third with a time of 13.3 seconds and Mariapaz Araya finished fifth with a time of 14 seconds.
• In the varsity Long Jump, Eunyup Yeom finished in third place with a jump of 12-feet, 9.75 inches.
• In the 100-meter High Hurdles for freshman/sophomores, Victoria Brown achieved a fourth-place finish with a time of 21 seconds. The varsity 100-meter High Hurdles had three Schreiber athletes finish in the top five. Elise Ressa finished in second place with a time of 17.7 seconds, Sara Giraldo finished in fourth place with a time of 18.9 seconds, and Daisy Barerra finished fifth with a time of 19 seconds.
• The 800-meter freshman/sophomore race saw a fifth-place finish by Gisella Snailer with a time of 2:56.4. Madeline Fisher finished fourth in the 800-meter varsity race with a fifth-place finish by Bridgette McDermott.
• In the 200-meter race for sophomores, Diana Zhirzhan had a third-place finish with a time of 30.7 seconds.
• The freshman/sophomore 4 x 100 relay team finished second with a time of 57.8 just behind Hempstead.

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