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New Balance Track & Field Center at The Armory, December 23rd – ‘Tis the season for great competition at the world’s premier indoor track and field facility. There’s no better way to celebrate than having the Northeast’s brightest high school athletes compete at the Marine Corps Holiday Classic, taking place on Monday, December 29th. Anton Porter of Mount St. Michael Academy hopes to run under 34 seconds in the boys 300m. The talented sprinter blew away the 300m field at last season’s New Balance Games, running 33.82 and recently ran an impressive time of 34.31 to take second at the Bishop Loughlin Games. Taylor McLaughlin of Union Catholic HS – a finalist in last season’s USATF Junior Outdoor National Championships 400m – is a sprinter on the rise and may be Porter’s greatest competition. Matthew Novak is one of the favorites in the boys mile. The Deep Run HS athlete won more races last season than he can remember and hasn’t missed a New Balance Outdoor Nationals mile final during the past three years. North Bergen HS will look to dominate the podium in the boys 2000m steeplechase as Ramses Leon, Mathew Gonzalez and Domingo Grullon will enter the event with the NB letters on their chests and the three fastest seeded times. The girls 800m is sure to be one of the most stacked events of the meet with a plethora of great athletes including Jazmine Fray of Kellenberg HS, Sammy Watson of Rush-Henrietta HS, Rachel Stremme of Ocean City HS, and Terri Turner of Springside Academy vying for the top spot. All four girls have won multiple championships in the past, most impressive of which being Fray’s first place finish in the freshman mile at 2012’s New Balance Outdoor Nationals. The girls mile will also be a head turning event and will feature Anna Flynn of Ursuline HS, who’s fresh off a major two mile win at the Bishop Loughlin Games and Lindsey Kane of Washington HS, who took fourth in the freshman mile at 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals. Fray will join the mile field shortly after the 800m in hopes of pulling off an impressive double victory. Erena Gaither of John Browne HS is an athlete to look out for and will surly be at the front of the pack during the girls one mile steeplechase. Gaither is no stranger to winning races at The New Balance Track & Field Center at The Armory and took third in last season’s one mile steeplechase at the Hispanic Games.
Accepted Invitational Events List Men's 300 Meters (Invitational)
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Name Year Team Seed
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1 Anton Porter SR Mount St. Micha 33.82
2 Taylor McLaughlin SR Union Catholic 34.50
3 Darryl McNeil SR Christ the King 34.89
4 Abdul Byabusha SR Ossining 35.13
5 James Jean JR Weequahic 35.48
6 Greg Stickle SR Randolph 35.50
7 Jonathon Davis SR Elmont 35.50
8 Christopher William SR Bronx Law/Govt/ 35.86
9 Cleveland Modest JR Uniondale 36.10
10 Rachi Jordan JR Middletown 36.24
11 Aaron Hamilton SR John Jay-East F 36.44
Women's 300 Meters (Invitational)
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Name Year Team Seed
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1 Melissa Greaves JR Harborfields 41.41
2 Brooklynn Broadwater JR Springside Scho 40.10
3 Sydney Fisher SR Cambridge Rindg 40.56
4 Chazmin Fullwood SR Young Womens Le 40.98
5 Alexandria Kitchell FR Springside Scho 41.20
6 Ceara Watson SR Rush-Henrietta 41.43
7 Jinjer Pearce JR Rye Country Day 41.68
8 Niasia Harding JR Hempstead 41.89
9 Khiara Young SO John Jay-East F 42.65
10 Danielle Murray SR Pleasantville 42.80
11 Alyssa Leto SR Sachem North 42.84
12 Aisling Fitzgerald JR Holy Trinity 43.06
Alternate
12 Rachel Hurst SR Fairfield Ludlo 43.41
Women's 800 Meters (Invitational)
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Name Year Team Seed
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1 Sammy Watson SO Rush-Henrietta 2:06.35
2 Rachel Stremme SR Ocean City 2:09.80
3 Jazmine Fray SR Kellenberg 2:10.96
4 Terri Turner SO Springside Scho 2:12.80
5 Maya Halprin-Adams SR Cambridge Rindg 2:13.00
6 Deidre Lewin JR Kellenberg 2:14.00
7 Jamie Grossman SR Harborfields 2:15.00
8 Blake Baylor SR Lewisburg Area 2:15.93
9 Agnes Mansaray JR Penn Wood 2:17.44
10 Meg Tuthill JR Mercy 2:18.00
11 Sarah Buckley SO Holy Trinity 2:19.21
12 Jodi Collymore SR Pine Bush 2:19.68
13 Samantha Anderson SO Matawan 2:20.00
14 Erin Endres JR St. John the Ba 2:21.73
Alternates
10 Elizabeth Larkin SO Harborfields 2:18.00
11 Kerry Gaye SR Harborfields 2:18.00
Men's 800 Meters (Invitational)
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Name Year Team Seed
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1 John Lewis SR Cheltenham 1:50.10
2 Dennis Farley JR St. Peters 1:55.00
3 Patrick Watts SR Pleasantville 1:55.11
4 Ian Allen SR Chatham 1:56.00
5 Sean Phillips SR Regis 1:56.90
6 Matthew Natoli SR Matawan 1:57.00
7 Ahmere Ponzo SR Penn Wood 1:57.55
8 Utsav Deshpande SR Sachem East 1:59.00
9 Tom Long JR Cinnaminson 1:59.52
10 Dennis Manyeah SO Penn Wood 1:59.55
11 Kyle Fallon JR Norwalk 1:59.65
Alternates
12 Jack Rodriguez JR Sachem East 2:00.00
13 Declan Wollard SR St. Peters Jers 2:00.00
14 Bryan Somar SR Scarsdale 2:00.30
Men's 1 Mile Run (Invitational)
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Name Year Team Seed
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1 Matthew Novak SR Deep Run 4:12.00
2 Jake Johnson JR Colonie 4:16.06
3 Esu Alemseged JR Cambridge Rindg 4:18.93
4 Nicholas Pschunder JR Eastern 4:19.00
5 Charlie Theiss SR Ward Melville 4:22.30
6 Kobie Lane SR Port Jervis 4:26.00
7 John Ripa SR Ward Melville 4:28.50
8 Brandon Rossi SO St. Peters Jers 4:33.00
9 Garrett Burnett JR Franklin D. Roo 4:34.00
10 Brandon Parrado JR St. Peters Jers 4:35.00
11 Chris Biondi JR Pine Bush 4:36.60
Alternates
12 William Delaney JR St. Peters Jers 4:38.00
13 Drew Dorflinger JR Pleasantville 4:38.04
14 Aidan McDermott JR Pleasantville 4:39.00
Women's 1 Mile Run (Invitational)
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Name Year Team Seed
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1 Lindsey Kane SR Washington 4:53.84
2 Anna Flynn JR Ursuline School 4:55.00
3 Jazmine Fray SR Kellenberg 5:00.03
4 Kaylah Quarshie SO Port Jervis 5:07.00
5 Epiphany Grisbaum SR Ocean City 5:07.31
6 Brittany Fuller SR Port Jervis 5:09.00
7 Meg Tuthill JR Mercy 5:09.59
8 Kathleen Shea SR Harborfields 5:10.00
9 Kate McCormack SR St. John the Ba 5:11.00
10 Erin Clark JR Chatham 5:17.00
11 Jackie Thorne JR Northport 5:17.08
12 Shayla Sanders FR Young Womens Le 5:20.00
Men's 1 Mile Steeple (Invitational)
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Name Year Team Seed
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1 Ramses Leon JR North Bergen 5:00.00
2 Mathew Gonzalez SR North Bergen 5:00.00
3 Domingo Grullon SR North Bergen 5:00.00
4 Phillip Berlin JR Pine Bush 6:00.00
5 Giovanni Orozco JR Valhalla 6:10.00
6 Ian Kurzrock SR Tri-Valley 6:34.00
7 Conor Newton JR Colonie 6:40.00
8 Aidan McHugh SO Tri-Valley 6:46.00
Women's 1 Mile Steeple (Invitational)
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Name Year Team Seed
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1 Erena Gaither SR John Browne 6:02.00
2 Erin Byrne JR Holy Trinity 7:29.10
3 Jackie Goyco SR Valhalla 7:30.00
4 Yahminah Smith SR Weequahic 7:32.00
5 Kayla McKenna JR Harborfields 7:45.00
6 Kristen Mayhew JR Darien 8:00.00
7 Jessica Humann JR Sachem North 8:02.26
Women's 4000m DMR (Invitational)
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Team Seed
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1 Warwick Valley 12:15.41
2 Lakeland 12:23.00
3 Ward Melville 12:30.00
4 Union Catholic 12:32.00
5 St. John the Ba 12:38.00
6 St. John the Ba 12:38.00
7 Warwick Valley 12:40.00
8 Ocean City 12:45.55
9 Harriton Senior 12:45.26
10 North Penn 12:49.13
11 Kingsway 12:55.00
12 Strath Haven 13:00.00
13 Briarcliff 13:10.00
Men's 4000m DMR (Invitational)
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Team Seed
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1 Christian Broth 10:15.00
2 Chaminade 10:15.20
3 North Bergen 10:20.00
4 Fordham Prep 10:22.44
5 Cambridge Rindg 10:26.00
6 Harborfields 10:30.00
7 Collegiate Scho 10:32.00
8 Pleasantville 10:35.00
9 Ward Melville 10:38.00
10 St. Joseph by-t 10:38.60
11 St. John the Ba 10:40.00
12 Christian Broth 10:40.00
13 St. Benedicts 10:40.00
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