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2007 Schedule and Results

July 6, 2007
Future HCCC Student Named Daily Messenger Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year

The difference for Kurt Vowell at this year's state outdoor track and field championships was a simple one — the presence of his dad, Ken Vowell.

"My dad has always been there for me, but at the indoor state meet, he couldn’t come because of work,” Vowell said. “He’s always been my coach, and he’s been someone I could rely on."

While his performance at the indoor meet wasn't exactly terrible — he missed winning the long jump by 2 1/2 inches — his outdoor campaign capped off exactly as he had hoped. He won a state title in front of his father, a former long jumper at Kent State University in Ohio.

"I trained really hard last summer, and it paid off," said Vowell, who is this year's Daily Messenger Athlete of the Year in boys track. "Losing in indoor was disappointing since it’s out of all the kids in New York (compared to divisions 1 and 2 in outdoor)." more...

Track and Field NJCAA Nationals
May 12-13, 2007

Herkimer County Community College competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Track and Field Championships at Howard Community College (Columbia, MD). The women's team finished in seventh place (out of 19 teams) and the men’s team finished in 19th place (out of 22 teams).

Sarah Lazarus won a national championship in the 800 meters and 1,500 meters. She won the 1,500 meters with a time of 5:01.57 and the 800 meters in a time of 2:26.87. Lazarus was also a member of the 4 x 400-meter relay team that broke the school record that had stood since 1981.Lazarus, Denise Kelly, Krysta Estey and Annicia Cole finished third in the 400 meter relay with a time of 4:14.06 (the school record was previously 4:15.7).

Krysta Estey placed third in the 400 meter and fifth in the 200 meter. She also ran on the 3200, 1600 and 400 meter relays. Jennifer Keiper placed sixth in the 400 hurdles and ran on the 3200 meter relay. Ashley Moody placed fifth in the heptathlon (seven events), seventh in the pole vault, and ran on the 3200 meter relay. Annicia Cole placed fifth in the triple jump, and ran on the 400 and 1600 meter relays. Denise Kelly ran on the 400 and 1600 meter relays, and Amanda Broadbent ran on the 400 meter relay.

Damion Smikle was Herkimer’s lone scorer for the men. He placed sixth in the 100 meter and fourth in the 200 meter. Casey Bartlett just missed going to the 400 meter finals by one place. The 400 meter relay team (Bartlett, Preston Ritter, Kamar Blake and Smikle) just missed finals by one place as well.

Sarah Lazarus
2007 NJCAA National Champion
Track and Field 800m and 1500m

May 5, 2007
Results of 2007 Track and Field Region III Championships at SUNY Delhi

The 2007 Women's Track and Field team finished in second place at the Region III championships. Front row from left: Ashley Moody, Krysta Estey, Sarah Lazarus, Denise Kelly Back row from left: Amanda Broadbent, Jessica Burnside, Samantha Krokowski, Jennifer Keiper, Samantha Mancuso and Annicia Cole.

Herkimer County Community College finished second at the Region III Track and Field Championships at SUNY Delhi. The women’s team finished in second place with 136 points. Herkimer’s Sarah Lazarus won the 800 meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase and was recognized as the outstanding female track athlete. Ranked No. 1 in the NJCAA Division III in the 800, Lazarus won that event with a time of 2:34.7. Teammate Jennifer Keiper took sixth in that race. Lazarus also won the steeplechase with a time of 13:29,and she took second in the 1,500 meters with a time of 5:16.40 and second in the high jump with 1.42 meters. She also ran a leg on the winning 4 x 400-meter relay team with a time of 4:30.7 and the 4 x 800-meter team that took third in a time of 11:18.1. Krystal Estey won the 400 meters, an event that she is ranked No. 1 in the country. She finished the race in 1:01.8 with teammate Denise Kelly third in the race. Estey was also second in the 200 meters, and third in both the long and triple jumps. She was also a member of all three relay teams that finished in the top four.

The men’s team had a fourth-place finish. Sprinter Damian Smikle placed second in both the 100 and 200 meters running 10.70 in the 100 and 22.30 in the 200. HCCC's 4 x 100-meter relay team of Casey Bartlett, Kamar Blake, Preston Ritter and Smikle took third. Emanuel Toledo and Todd Payne also had a strong meet as they shot second and third respectively.

Women's team scores:
Alfred 195, HCCC 136, MVCC 114 Cobleskill 86 Delhi 54 Finger Lakes 39 Erie 20

HCCC women's results:
100 meters - 3. Denise Kelly, 13.60; 2. Annicia Cole
200 meters - 2. Krysta Estey, 27.2; 5. Denise Kelly

400 meters - 1. Estey, 1:01.8; 3. Denise Kelly
800 meters - 1. Sarah Lazarus, 2:34.7; 6. Jennifer Keiper
1,500 meters - 2. Sarah Lazarus, 5:16.40

5,000 meters - 5. Sam Klowkowski, 24:24.8
10,000 meters - 5. Sam Klowkowski, 52:19.3
100-meter hurdles - 5. Ashley Moody, 20.40; 6. Amanda Broadbent

400-meter hurdles - 5. Ashley Moody, 1:25.4; 6. Jennifer Keiper
3,000-meter steeplechase - 1. Lazarus, 13.29
4 x 100-meter relay - 4. HCCC (Broadbent, Kelly, Estey, Cole), 53.7

4 x 400-meter relay - 1. (Kelly, Cole, Estey, Lazarus), 4:30.7
4 x 800-meter relay - 3. (Moody, Estey, Keiper, Lazarus), 11:18.1
High jump - 2. Lazarus, 1.42 meters; 5. Estey

Pole vault - 4. Moody, 1.67 meters
Long jump - 3. Estey, 4.58 meters; 6. Cole
Triple jump - 3. Estey, 9.81; 4. Cole
Shot put - 4. Jessica Burnside, 9.36 meters
Discus - 6. Burnside, 22.31 meters

Men's team scores:
Alfred 237, Delhi 220, MVCC 80, HCCC 48, Cobleskill 47, Erie 45, Finger Lakes 3

HCCC men's results:
100 meters - 2. Damian Smikle, 10.70
200 meters - 2. Smikle, 22.30
400 meters - 3. Casey Bartlett, 52.1
400-meter hurdles - 5. Kamar Blake, 1:01.20
4 x 100-meter relay - 3. HCCC (Barlett, Blake, Preston Ritter, Smikle), 44.20
4 x 400-meter relay - 6. HCCC (Tom McLaughlin, Smikle, Bartlett, Blake ), 3:39
4 x 800-meter relay - 6. (Patrick Bane, Josh Tucker, McLaughlin, Jim Wheeler), 9:52.50
Discus - 2. Emanuel Toledo, 36.78; 3. Todd Payne
Javelin - 5. Bane, 40.32 meters

Ithaca Meet 3-31-07
Men:

100m 2nd Damion Smikle 11.31

200m 4th Damion Smikle 23.17
22nd Preston Ritter 24.96
29th Tom McLauglin 26.77
30th Dan Kronhauser 28.86
31st Josh Tucker 28.92
32nd Roy Campbell 31.61

400m 18th Josh Tucker 1:04.87

800m 28th Jim Wheeler 2:30.53
29th Pat Bane 2:32.52
30th Paul Lazarus 2:34.52

1500m 24th Casey Bartlett 4:46.38
27th Pat Bane 5:14.95
28th Jim Wheeler 5:28.38
29th Charles Varney 5:32.25

110H 7th Paul Pelno 18.44

4 x 100R 7th (Bartlett, Ritter, McLaughlin, Smikle) 46.40

Shot Put 11th Emanuel Toledo 11.04m
15th Zack Hynes 10.08m

Discus 20th Emanuel Toledo 31.96m

Javelin 15th Paul Pelno 37.48m
17th Pat Bane 37.13m
21st Preston Ritter 35.82m
23rd Todd Payne 33.29m

University of Rochester Meet 4-18-2007

Ithaca Meet 3-31-07
Women:

200m 11th Krysta Estey 28.65
16th Denise Kelly 30.86
19th Amanda Broadbent 32.38
23rd Jennifer Keiper 33.92

800m 11th Sarah Lazarus 2:31.40

1500m 24th Jennifer Keiper 6:22.97
25th Samantha Krokowski 7:24.58

100H 13th Ashley Moody 20.99

400m Relay 5th 56.29 (Broadbent, Estey, Kelly, Cole)

High Jump 10th Sarah Lazarus 1.39m

Long Jump 13th Annicia Cole 3.82m
15th Ashley Moody 3.53m

Triple Jump 9th Krysta Estey 8.70m

Shot Put 10th Jessica Burnside 8.99m

University of Rochester Meet 4/18/2007
100M: 5th Krysta Estey 13.34
13th Annicia Cole 14.13
21st Amanda Broadbent 14.91
23rd Samantha Mancuso 15.25

200m 5th Krysta Estey 27.91
10th Annicia Cole 29.49
16th Amanda Broadbent 31.64
17th Samantha Mancuso 32.26

400m 16th Jennifer Keiper 1:17.57

800m 6th Sarah Lazarus 2:28.26

1500m 6th Sarah Lazarus 5:06.93

400 Relay 3rd 1:01.98 (Broadbent, Estey, Mancuso, Cole)

Long Jump 11th Krysta Estey 4.27m
15th Annicia Cole 4.11m
Triple Jump 11th Krysta Estey 8.33m

Shot put 11th Jessica Burnside 8.33

Cortland Invitational 4-21-07

100m: 7th Denise Kelly 14.16
8th Samantha Mancuso 15.10
9th Amanda Broadbent 15.20

200m 7th Krysta Estey 27.66
13th Denise Kelly 29.23
14th Annicia Cole 29.96
15th Samantha Mancuso 30.07
17th Amanda Broadbent 31.81
18th Jennifer Keiper 32.95

400m 4th Krysta Estey 1:01.08
8th Annicia Cole 1:10.91

800m 18th Sarah Lazarus 2:30.36
26th Jennifer Keiper 2:56.70
29th Ashley Moody 3:06.08

1500m 5th Sarah Lazarus 5:04.30
16th Samantha Krowkowski 7:09.84

100 H 9th Ashley Moody 21.93

400 R 4th 55.06 (Broadbent, Estey, Kelly, Cole)

Long Jump 4th Krysta Estey 4.50m
5th Annicia Cole 4.35m

Ithaca Meet 4-24-07

200m 1st Krysta Estey 27.65
9th Denise Kelly 29.69
10th Annicia Cole 30.02
11th Amanda Broadbent 31.06
12th Jennifer Keiper 33.62

400m 3rd Krysta Estey 1:02.05

800m 11th Jennifer Keiper 3:00.34
12th Samantha Krokowski 3:30.34

1500 6th Sarah Lazarus 5:05.34
12th Samantha Krokowski 7:00.44

100H 8th Ashley Moody 20.58

3000 Steeplechase 2nd Sarah Lazarus 13:15.24

4 x 100 R 4th 54.76 (Broadbent, Estey, Kelly, Cole)

4 x 400 R 3rd 4:41.64 (Cole, Kelly, Keiper, Estey)

High Jump 6th Krysta Estey 1.27m

Long Jump 6th Annicia Cole 3.89m
8th Ashley Moody 3.13

Shot Put 5th Jessica Burnside 8.94

Mt. Valley Conference (all are hand times)
100m 4th Annicia Cole 14.24

200m 1st Krysta Estey 27.9
3rd Annicia Cole 29.5
5th Denise Kelly 30.2

400m 1st Kryta Estey 62.3
4th Amanda Broadbent 71.9
5th Jennifer Keiper 73.4

800m 1st Sarah Lazarus 2:28.1
5th Jennifer Keiper 2:56.9

1500m 1st Sarah Lazarus 5:09.2
5th Samantha Krokowski 7:18.2

5000m 2nd Samantha Krokowski 26:24.7

100H 2nd Ashley moody 19.9
3rd Krysta Estey 20.6

400H 3rd Ashley moody 1:24.2
5th Jennifer Keiper 1:29.4

400 Relay 2nd 54.0 (Broadbent, Cole, Kelly, Estey)

1600 Relay 2nd 4:52.7 (Broadbent, Kelly, Cole, Mancuso)

3200 Relay 2nd 13:00.6 (Lazarus, Keiper, Moody, Krowkowski)

High Jump 2nd Krysta Estey 1.27

Hammer Jessica Burnside 25.32

Shot 2nd Jessica Burnside 9.09m

Pole Vault 2nd Amanda Broadbent 1.97
4th Ashley Moody 1.82
Long Jump 5th Annicia Cole 4.21m

Javelin 6th Sarah Lazarus 15.23m

Triple Jump 3rd Krysta Estey 9.62m

Discus 3rd Jessica Burnside 21.46m

Track & Field – Women placed 7th & Men placed 11th at Nationals

All-American --Christa McGough, Remsen; Craig Peterson, Ballston Spa

All-Region--Christa McGough, Remsen

All-Conference -- Christa McGough, Remsen; Craig Peterson, Ballston Spa; Damion Smikle, Ossining

Track and Field Nationals (May 11-13, 2006)

• Christa McGough was named All-American for the Heptathlon and Long Jump events. She placed second in the heptathlon with 3557 points and was only 126 points behind first place. She also placed second and set a new school record in the long jump with a jump of 5.24m, only .02 behind first place. She placed third in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:08.07; fourth in the 100 H hurdles with a time of 17.10; and fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 10.49m. Each of these results were McGough’s personal best. McGough was also a member of the sixth place 4x100 relay and the seventh place 4x400 relay.

• Meghan Schongar placed fourth in the 3000 steeplechase with a personal best time of 13:33.40.
• Amanda Connor placed fourth in the pole vault with a jump of 2.42m.
• Rachael Wakefield placed fifth in the heptathlon with 2100 points.
• The 4x100 relay placed sixth with a time of 54.00 (McGough, Kaycie Beekman, Schongar, and Briar Rose).
• The 4x400 relay placed seventh with a time of 4:49.15 (Janae Dannible, Rose, Schnogar and McGough).
• The 4x800 relay team (Kim Remmers, Dannible, Kaycie Beekman, and Schongar) placed seventh with a time of 12:48.51.

The women’s team placed seventh out of 19.

MVCC 136, CC of Rhode Island 103, Harper CC 78.5, College of Dupage 75, Erie 60, Gloucester CC 54, Herkimer 53, Alfred 50, Kingsborough 50, Delhi 46.5, Middlesex 34, Cobleskill 34, Thaddeus Stevens 10, Bergen 7, Cumberland 6, Columbus 6, Morrisville 3, Dutchess 2, and Nassau 2

Men’s Results:

• Craig Peterson was named All-American for the Decathlon in which he placed 2^nd with 5164 points and set a school record. He also placed seventh in the 400m with a time of 51.10 and eighth in the triple jump with a jump of 12.80m. These results were Peterson’s personal best. He also was a member of the 4x100 relay which placed third. Peterson competed in the Long Jump, High Jump, and Javelin, but did not make the finals in these events.
• Damion Smikle placed fourth in the 200 with a time of 22.69.
• Paul Pelno placed ninth in the decathlon with 4233 points.
• The 4x100 relay team (Smikle, Preston Ritter, Ron Brammer, and Peterson) placed third with a time of 43.91.

The men’s team placed 11^th out of 23.

Dupage 151, Harper 113.5, MVCC 77, Delhi 76, Alfred 72, CC of Rhode Island 61.5, Gloucester 52, Howard 34, Cobleskill 27, Erie 25, Herkimer 22, Bergen 21, Morrisville 21, Thaddeus Stevens 19, Kingsborough 16, Middlesex 15, Essex 14, Columbus 10, Dutchess 9, Nassau 8, Cumberland 5, Bronx 4, and Queensborough 1.

Smikle Breaks Track and Field Records

Herkimer , NY— Herkimer County Community College’s Damion Smikle, of Ossining, NY, broke the College’s 24-year record in the men's 200 meter dash with a time of 22.5 seconds. The previous record of 22.9 was set by Garth Ellis in 1982.

Smikle also broke the school record he set two weeks ago for the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.7 seconds. His previous time was 10.8 seconds which replaced a 27-year record of 11.1 seconds set by Bruce Hall in 1979.

Coach Sharon Howell said “Damion is a dedicated athlete and has worked very hard this season.” A freshman Physical Education major at HCCC, Smikle has been named All Conference and is the College’s Green and Gold Club selection for the month of April.

April 18, 2006 Delhi Invitation

Herkimer , NY— Herkimer County Community College’s Damion Smikle of Ossining, NY broke the school record for the 100 meter dash at the Delhi Invitational on Tuesday, April 18. His time was 10.8 seconds. The 27-year record of 11.1 seconds was previously set by Bruce Hall in 1979. Smikle is a freshman Physical Education major at HCCC.

Several other members team members also became Regional and National qualifiers at the Delhi meet.

Congratulations to our 2005 National Champions

Nancy Lynn Tremblay - Track & Field - 100m Dash

Track Team Headed to Nationals

Nicole Higgins - Region Winner in the 10K seeded 5th in the Nation

Amber Jones Shot seeded 8th and Discus seeded 9th

Hollie Kennedy 3000 steeple chase seeded 4th and 1500 seeded 9th

Andrea 400Hurdles seeded 9th

Christa McGough Heptathlon tied 2nd at Regionals and seeded 5th in nation also seeded 6th in 400 hurdles

Meghan Schnogar Steeplechase seeded 3rd in Nation

Nancy Tremblay - Region winner in the 100m seeded 4th in nation, Region winner in long jump and seeded 6th in nation, also seeded 17th in 200.

Krysten Vivyan Triple jump seeded 6th in nation and seeded 14th in long jump

Rachel Wakefield seeded 8th in Heptathlon.

400m Relay seeded 7th (Marlowe, Vivyan, McGough, Tremblay with Schnogar as an alternate)

1600m Relay seeded 8th (Marlowe, Kennedy, Schnogar, McGough, with Tremblay as an alternate)

3200 relay seeded 6th (Marlowe, Kennedy, Higgins, Schnogar with McGough as an alternate)

Men

Bennie Redfield placed 3rd at regionals in triple jump and seeded 11th in Nation

Chris Lupinski placed 2nd in Discus at regionals and seeded 11th in Nation

Jim Pruckno placed 3rd in regionals and seeded 16th in Nation

Craig Perterson seeded 16th in 100m (very competitive field) I feel he will move up.

4/23/05 - Women take 3rd at Oneonta, Men take 5th

Women

Oneonta 150, Hartwick 109, HCCC 78, Delhi 78, Nazareth 48, Cobleskill 27, Syr. Chargers 20, Utopia 6.

Men

Delhi 217, Oneonta 154.5, Cobleskill 40.5, Nazareth 28, HCCC 26, Dutchess 23, Sry. Chargers 20, Hartwick 19, Albany Running Exchange 8.

100: Nancy Tremblay 3rd 12.80

400: Christa McGough 3rd 1:08.40, Megan Schongar 4th 1:10.70

800: Hollie Kennedy 6th 2:42.40

100H: Kim Remmers 6th 20.80

400H: Andrea Marlowe 5th 1:17.50 (National Qualifier)

400 Relay: 3rd 55:80 Marlowe, Schongar, R. Wakefield, Tremblay

1600 Relay: 2nd 5:00.40 Marlowe, Schongar, McGough, Kennedy

HJ: R. Wakefield 5th 4'4"

LJ: Nancy Tremblay 3rd 15'4", Krysten Vivyan 4th 15'1"

TJ: Krysten Vivyan 2nd 32' 7", Christa McGough 5th 31'3"

Shot: Amber Jones 4th 31'3", R. Wakefield 6th 26'11"

Discus: Amber Jones 4th 91',

Javelin:R. Wakefield 2nd 68', C. Lawrence 4th 58'5", A. Jones 5th 57'10"

200: Craig Peterson 5th 22.80 (National Qualifier)

110H: Justin Muelles 6th 17.10

1600 Relay: 5th 3:50.00 Carter, Forbes, Mueller, Pruckno

HJ: Jimmy Pruckno 2nd(tied) 5'10"

LJ: Craig Peterson 4th 19'5"

TJ: Craig Peterson 4th 40'7"

Shot: Matt Tomaino 5th 32'1"

Discus: Chris Lupinski 3rd 113'8"

4/26/05 - Men's and Women's Track Compete at Ithaca College

Nicole Higgins ran her best 800 time this year 3:09.53. Andrea Marlowe placed 6th in the 100 hurdles 18.54 and met the National Standard, she also placed 6th in the 400 hurdles and met National Standards again. Megan Schongar placed 3rd in the 3000 Steeplechase 14:18.20 and met National Standards. Krysten Vivyan places 5th in the long jump with 4.28.

Craig Peterson placed 2nd in the 200 with a 23.37. Mike Carter was 6th in the 400, 54.67. Jimmy Prucko took 3rd in the high jump, 1.78. Craig Peterson, Bennie Redfield and Theo Hines placed 3rd(5.73), 4th(5.63) and 5th(5.29). Theo Hines also placed 2nd in the triple jump.

Former HCCC student-athlete sets 2 school records at Mansfield

2002 HCCC graduate Stephanie Cadwell recently broke 2 school records at NCAA Division II Mansfield University (Pennsylvania).  On January 10th Cadwell set the school record in the 500 meter run with a time of 1:19.75 and then on January 24th Cadwell broke the school record in the 400 meter run, finishing in a time of 61.89.  Cadwell was a 2-year standout at HCCC under Head Coach Sharon Howell.