Track & Field vs St. Joe's

ST. FRANCIS TRACK & FIELD VS. ST. JOE’S MAY 1, 2019 AT GACIOCH FAMILY ATHLETIC COMPLEX SFHS ON MAY 1ST ST. FRANCIS TRACK & FIELD DEFEATED ST. JOE’S 61-53. THE MEET ONCE AGAIN WENT BACK AND FORTH AS BOTH TEAMS TRADED EVENTS UNTIL THE MEET WAS DECIDED ON THE FINAL RELAY. IAN SNYDER, DOM THOMAS, DAN BUSHA & BEN SHEEHAN CAME THRU IN THE CLUTCH RUNNING 45.3 TO WIN THE EVENT AND CLINCH THE MEET FOR ST. FRANCIS. BEN PINKOWSKI GUTTED OUT THREE WINS IN THE JUMPS WINNING THE LONG (20’5.5), TRIPLE (41’9.5) & THE HIGH JUMP (5’2). DOM THOMAS ALSO WON THE 100 (11.6) & 200 (23.7). ST. JOE’S THROWER TYLER DOTY SET A NEW LEAGUE RECORD IN THE SHOTPUT WITH HIS 61’6.5 EFFORT. HE BROKE THE MARK OF 59’4 PREVIOUSLY HELD BY TURNER’S LOU PAGANELLO OVER 40 YEARS AGO. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED • 4 X 800 RUNS A 9:09 BUT FINISHES IN 2ND VS. SJCI. ORRY SHATTENBERG, SEAN O’MEARA, CHARLES RATH & TIM MACIEJEWSKI MADE UP THE 4 LEGS OF THE RELAY. • ZACHARY JAWORSKI THROWS 38’5 TO PLACE 3RD IN THE SHOTPUT. SF IS DOWN 13-1 AFTER 2 EVENTS. • BEN PINKOWSKI WINS LONG JUMP WITH HIS 20’5.5 EFFORT. BEN SHEEHAN’S 18’2.5 EDGES TEAMMATE DAN BUSHA’S 18’1.5 AS ST. FRANCIS SWEEPS LONG JUMP. SJCI LEADS 13-10 AFTER 3 EVENTS. • NOLAN THOMAS THROWS A SEASON’S BEST 120’0.5 IN THE DISCUS EARNING 3RD PLACE. SJCI EXTENDS LEAD TO 21-11 AFTER 4 EVENTS • PINKOWSKI JUMPS 41’9.5 TO WIN THE TRIPLE JUMP. DOM THOMAS BACKS HIM UP JUMPING 39’11 A SEASON BEST. DAN BUSHA GETS A BIG 3RD PLACE WITH HIS 37’4 EFFORT. ST. FRANCIS SWEEPS THE TRIPLE JUMP. GOING BACK TO THE TRACK ST. JOE’S LEADS 21-20 AFTER 5 EVENTS. • ALL THREE 100M RUNNERS HIT ALL CATHOLIC STANDARD RUNNING BELOW 11.9. DOM THOMAS 11.6 WINS THE EVENT WITH IAN SNYDER PLACING 3RD WITH HIS 11.8 EFFORT. JARON ALEXANDER RUNS 11.9 TO QUALIFY FOR THE ALL CATHOLIC. ST. FRANCIS TAKES ITS FIRST LEAD OF THE DAY AS THE SCORE IS SF 26 SJCI 24 AFTER 6 EVENTS. • PAT CONNOLLY DEBUTS IN THE MILE AND THE JUNIOR FINISHES 2ND WITH A TIME OF 4:59.5. SEAN O’MEARA RUNS ALL OUT IN LAST 100M AND OUT FINISHES SJCI RUNNER TO FINISH 3RD WITH A CAREER MARK OF 5:12. SJCI WINS THE EVENT 5-4 AND CLOSES IN ON THE TEAM SCORE AS SF LEADS 30 TO 29. • MARK ARRIZZA RUNS A CAREER BEST 54.0 TO FINISH 2ND IN THE 400M. KYLE ENGLISH FINISHES 3RD WITH A TIME OF 54.8 EDGING TEAMMATE JIM HOFFMAN WHO RAN 54.9. ALL 3 HIT THE ALL CATHOLIC STANDARD FOR THE 400M. SJCI TIES THE MEET AFTER 8 EVENTS WITH TEAM SCORE ALL EVEN AT 34-34. • DAN SPENCER GOES ALL OUT BUT CAN ONLY EARN A 3RD PLACE FINISH WITH HIS 2:09 EFFORT. ST. JOE’S TAKES A 7 POINT LEAD WHEN THEY GO 8-1 IN THE 800M TO MAKE THE SCORE 42-35 AFTER 9 EVENTS. • DOM THOMAS WINS THE 200M RUNNING 23.7 FOR HIS SECOND WIN OF THE DAY. NOLAN THOMAS IS ALL OUT AND HOLDS OFF SJCI RUNNER IN THE FINAL STRIDE TO PLACE 2ND IN THE EVENT RUNNING 24.1. ST. FRANCIS TIES THE SCORE AGAIN AFTER THE 200M AND WITH 10 EVENTS SCORED IT IS ALL TIED AT 43-43. • BEN PINKOWSKI WINS THE HIGH JUMP CLEARING 5’2 AND WINNING ON MISSES. DAN BUSHA EARNS 2ND AND SENIOR JUSTIN POUMPEY CLEARS 5’0 TO SWEEP THE EVENT AND GIVE ST. FRANCIS A 9 POINT LEAD WITH 3 EVENTS LEFT. SCORE AFTER 11 EVENTS IS ST. FRANCIS 52 SJCI 43. • SOPHOMORE DMITRIJS NAUDZUNS & FROSH JOE PIVARUNAS AND GO 2-3 IN THE 2 MILE RUNNING 10:59 AND 11:03 IN THE EVENT. HUGE EFFORT WITH NAUDZUNS ALMOST SURGING LATE TO TAKE THE EVENT ONLY TO JUST MISS. ST. JOE’S TAKES THE EVENT 5-4 AND THE TEAM SCORE WITH THE 2 RELAYS LEFT IS ST. FRANCIS 56 SJCI 48 • 4 X 400 OF KYLE ENGLISH, MARK ARRIZZA, JIM HOFFMAN AND BEN PINKOWSKI RUN 3:44.5 BUT FALL SHORT IN THE EVENT TO SJCI. ST. FRANCIS HAD THE LEAD BUT SJCI GOES ALL OUT TO GET IT DONE AND BRING THE SCORE TO SF 56 SJCI 53 WITH THE 4 X 100 LEFT TO SCORE • 4 X 100 RELAY OF SNYDER, DOM THOMAS, BUSHA AND SHEEHAN COME UP BIG WITH SNYDER RUNNING A BIG FIRST LEG AND THE REST OF THE TEAM HOLDING OFF ST. JOE’S TO RUN 45.3 AND CLINCH THE MEET FOR THE RED RAIDERS 61-53. ST. FRANCIS IS 2-0 IN THE MMHSAA AFTER THE WIN. ST. FRANCIS SCORES AGAINST ST. MARY’S AND CARDINAL O’HARA ON MAY 8TH AT 430PM AT ST. FRANCIS.