Sports
Husky Boys Take First Place at Fulton Invitational
Harrison High School hosted the annual track and field invitational Thursday afternoon.
The Harrison boys track and field team took first place overall and the girls placed second in the fourth annual Fulton Invitational track and field meet Thursday afternoon at Harrison high School. The Huskies also had four individual first place finishes.
Bronxville, New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Somers and White Plains traveled to Harrison for the meet.
The Harrison girls finished in a second place tie with Bronxville, coming in behind New Rochelle. The Husky boys came in first place in a meet for the first time in four years, narrowly edging out the New Rochelle boys.
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The Harrison boys 4x100m relay started the evening off strong, finishing first with a time of 42.7. Gary Castelli won the 400m dash for the Huskies with a time of 50.8 and Steven Ricciardi won the discus competition with a throw of 111 feet and 6 inches. On the girl’s side Nina Sarmiento was the lone individual winner for the Huskies picking up the victory in the 400m Hurdles with a time of 1:04.
The Harrison coaching staff was very pleased with their team’s effort.
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“Every single athlete on our team either set a personal record or came close to it," said Harrison coach Dominic Zanot. "I really wouldn’t be able to say that one athlete rose to the occasion, they all did.”
Both Harrison teams will look to build on their strong starts as the Huskies will send athletes to both the upcoming New York Relays and the Penn Relays. Coach Zanot hopes to see all of his athletes improve.
“We are just looking to try to score well in our league meet, county meet and sectional championship and just try and make sure Harrison track and field is a force to be reckoned with,” he said.
Thursday's meet was named for Dennis Fulton, a former coach and educator in the Harrison Central School District who is credited for virtually starting the Harrison track and field program from the ground level, laying the foundation for a lot of the success the team enjoys today.
“He took our kids to all big meets, he took them to competitions and made track important so that when Kate (Zanot) and myself became assistant coaches we were just put in a situation where it was our job to continue the success that he already established,” Dominic Zanot said. “To honor him like this is just really enjoyable.”
Harrison's Results Thursday:
Name Time Finish 4x100M Relay Harrison Boys 42.7 1st Harrison Girls 52.9 4th 4x400m Relay Harrison Boys 3:33.3 2nd Harrison Girls 4:20.2 4th 4x800m Relay Harrison Boys 8:33.4 4th Harrison Girls 10:38.5 4th 3200M/3000M Run Christopher Repecki 9:48.2 2nd Sara Purinton12:04.0
8th 110/100 High Hurdles Rob Merrit
15.0
2nd Rula Samad
17.9 3rd 100M Dash
Joseph Papa
11.4 3rd Shawn Caparelli
13.7 5th 800M Run
Trey Wasilesky
2:03.9 2nd Carlie Beninati
2:31.1 4th 400M Dash
Gary Castelli 50.8
1st Ashley DelliPaoli 1:03.4
5th 1600/1500m Run
Christopher D’Antona 4:41.4 3rd Alexandra Sanchez 5:09.4 4th 400M Hurdles Ben Konigsber 59.4 2nd Nina Sarmiento 1:04.0 1st 200M Dash Zaid Al-Doori 22.3 2nd Hannah Hochman 27.1 3rd Long Jump Tom Park 20ft 5.5in 3rd Ashley DelliPaoli 14ft 2.5in 3rd Triple Jump Gary Castelli 41ft 8in 2nd Nina Sarmiento 33ft 2nd High Jump Rob Merritt 5ft 10in 3rd Nicole Murphy 4ft 4in 3rd Pole Vault Jacob Seidman 10ft 6in 4th Carlie Beninati 6ft 4th Shot Put Jeremy Altamuro 36 ft 6in 4th Kyle Lefkowitz 28ft 10.5in 2nd Discus Steven Ricciardi 111ft 6in 1st Crystal Stowell 91ft 3rd
Click here a complete list of all the scores from Thursday’s event.
