News ... NSIC Nationals (Armory, Mar 12-14) ... Tyvon Branch (CNS) wins the 60m Dash (6.82) ... Shenendehowa Boys - new national 4x1 Mile relay record (17:25.94) ... new NY State Indoor Relay Records in DMR for both boys and girls - John Jay EF (10:09.31, 1600m anchor by Hakon DeVries in 4:08.4), Bay Shore girls (11:43.51, 1600m anchor by Laura Cummings in 4:53.8) ... Note about the Girls DMR - the 1200m lead-off legs by Heidi Houle (Mt View, 3:32.1), Elizabeth Bergold  (Bronxville, 3:32.2), and MaryLiz McCurdy (BayShore, 3:32.6) are the fastest ever (indoor or outdoor) by American girls!

Nike NIC Nationals (Maryland, Mar 13-14) ... Lopez Lomong (Tully) finishes 2nd in the Mile (4:13.41) ... Dominic Luka (Tully) finishes 2nd in the 800 meters (1:54.05) ... Nicole Blood (Saratoga, 2nd), new State Mile record (4:46.13) ... Saratoga Girls - new national 4x1 Mile relay record (20:08.72, Nicole Blood anchor 4:51.9)

 NY State Indoor Championships - BOYS (March 6, 2004 ... Carrier Dome, Syracuse Univ)

 NY State Indoor Championships - GIRLS (March 6, 2004 ... Carrier Dome, Syracuse Univ)

State Qualifying Meet Results:
  Section 1 (Feb 29) ... Section 2 (Feb 22) ... Section 3 (Feb 24) ... Section 4 (Feb 20)
  Section 5 (Feb 28) ... Section 6 (Feb 28) ... Section 7 (Feb 7) ... Section 8 (Feb 9)
  Section 9 (Feb 27) ... Section 10 (Feb 28) ... Section 11 (Feb 11)
  CHSAA (Feb 15) ... PSAL (Feb 28)

News (Section 3) ... Bob Charette (Chittenango) has undergone an emergency appendectomy ... Bob qualified for States in the 300m (35.13) and was anchor for the qualifying Chittenango 4x400 relay (Bob's last two anchor legs were 49.3 and 48.8) ... Chittenango Coach Harold Muller has graciously decided to allow the Tully 4x400 relay (Lomong, Luka, Hartnett, Rood) to represent Section 3 at States in the absence of Charette ... We wish Bob a speedy recovery!

 Section 6 State Qualifying Meet (Feb 28, 2004 ... Fredonia State)
 Section 9 State Qualifying Meet (Feb 27, 2004 ... Gillis Field House, West Point)

 Section 3 State Qualifying Meet - Boys & Girls (Feb 24, 2004 ... Manley Field House)

 Section 4 - State Qualifying Meet (Feb 20, 2004 ... Cornell University, Barton Hall)

 Section 3 Select Meet - Boys & Girls (Feb 17, 2004 ... Manley Field House)

 Section 1 - Class A Meet (Feb 15, 2004 ... West Point)
 Section 1 - Class B Meet (Feb 13, 2004 ... West Point)

Some performances of note (Feb 11-14): Armory Collegiate Invite: 4x800 - Liverpool (new Section 3 record, 7:56.26), Fordham Prep (7:54.63, Brian McCabe 1:53.7 split) ... Section One, Class A Meet: Hakon DeVries (John Jay EF, 1000m, 2:30.0) ... OCIAA Champ (Sec 9): Heather Iatauro (Tri-Valley, 1000m - 2:55.8, 1500m - 4:37.6) ... Aislinn Ryan (Warwick, 3000m - 10:03.8) ... Section 11 State Qual: Ellen Dougherty (Riverhead, 1000m - 2:53.95)

** Argyle Girls Team Breaking Up ... Caitlin Lane & Hannah Davidson transferring to Saratoga (Feb 12, 2004)

 Section 4 Class Meet - Boys & Girls (Feb 13, 2004 ... Cornell)

 Section 3 Class Meet - Girls (Feb 12, 2004 ... Manley Field house)
 Section 3 Class Meet - Boys (Feb 9, 2004 ... Manley Field house)

Some performances of note (Feb 6-8): Millrose Games 1 Mile: Hakon DeVries (4:15.45), Brian McCabe (4:18.85) ... Nicole Blood (4:52.41), Heather Iatauro (4:57.44), Lindsey Ferguson (4:58.50) ... Colgate Games (Middle School Div Final): Caitlin Lane (Argyle, 1st, 1500m, 4:45 ... Emily Fung (Argyle, 4:59)

 Section 7 - State Qualifying Meet (Feb 7, 2004 ... PSU Field house)

 OHSL Championships - Girls (Feb 4, 2004 ... Manley Field house)
 OHSL Championships - Boys (Feb 2, 2004 ... Manley Field house)

Some performances of note (Jan 31): Boston Univ Terrier Classic - Caitlin Lane (Argyle), 1000m (2:57.73) NY State Class Record-8th Grade, also ran 800m race (2:21.73) ... Virginia Tech Invitational - Heather Iatauro (Tri-Valley), 3200m (10:53.97), 1000m (2:55.70) ... RPI Engineer Games - Samantha Dow (Guilderland), 1500m (4:46.4) ... Section 11 Meet - Brittany Sheffey (Bellport), 1500m (4:38.31)

 Combined Arcaro-Grieves Invitational - Girls (Jan 30, 2004 ... Manley Field house)

 Section 4 - Age Group Meet (Jan 30, 2004 ... Cornell Univ)

 George Constantino Invitational - Girls (Jan 28, 2004 ... Manley Field house)
 George Constantino Invitational - Boys (Jan 26, 2004 ... Manley Field house)

Some performances of note (Jan 24): New Balance Games-Girls 1 Mile: Nicole Blood (Saratoga, 4:48.81), Heather Iatauro (Tri-Valley, 4:53.79), Laura Cummings (Bay Shore, 4:53.82), Lindsey Ferguson (Saratoga, 4:56.03), Allison Kieffer (West Islip, 4:58.13), Mary Liz McCurdy (West Islip, 4:59.47) ... New Balance Games-Boys 1 Mile: Hakon DeVries (John Jay EF, 4:11.37), Kevin Tschirhart (Northport, 4:12.69-New State Class Record) ... New Balance Games: Josh McDougal (2 Mile, 8:50.40-New State Class Record & Overall Record) ... Hobart Invitational: CNS Girls win: Nicki Junod (4:49.81-1500m), Marie Parks (10:25.20-3000m) ... Kyle Heath (Victor, 4:17.72-1600m) ... Northtown Invite: Shannon Crane (Lancaster, 1500m, 4:45.1)

 Section 4 - Age Group Meet (Jan 23, 2004 ... Cornell Univ)

 John Arcaro Invitational - Boys (Jan 20, 2004 ... Manley Field house)

Some other performances of note (Jan 16-17): Stanner Games: Hakon DeVries (John Jay EF, 1000m, 2:29.00), Allison Kiefer (West Islip, 3000m, 10:03.37); Mike Snihur & Jesse Johnson (Liverpool, 800m relay splits of 1:59.7 & 1:59.2) ... Yale Invitational: Nicole Blood (Saratoga, 1 Mile, 4:54.33; DMR 1600m split 4:51.8), Laura Cummings (Bay Shore, 3000m, 9:54.62), Lindsey Ferguson (Saratoga, 3000m, 9:58.80); Ozzie Myers (Chittenango, 800m, 1:59.71), Kevin Tschirhart (Northport, 3000m, 8:35.79) ... Colgate Games (Middle School Div): Caitlin Lane (Argyle, 1500m, 4:44.0 again) ... North Carolina Fast Times: Lindsey Scherf (Scarsdale, 1 Mile, 4:54.90, corrected time)

 Bob Grieves Invitational - Boys  (Jan 12, 2004 ... Manley Field house)

Some other performances of note (Jan 10-11): Dartmouth Relays-Open Division: Josh McDougal (1 Mile, 4:13.79); Caitlin Lane (Argyle, 1 Mile, 5:09.80), Emily Fung (Argyle, 5000m, 17:58.02) ... Dartmouth Relays-HS Division: Ozzie Myers (Chittenango, 1 Mile, 4:24.53); Girls Shot Put: Rome Free's Kalyn Wille (1st, 38-11.5) and Nicole Goodwin (2nd, 37-08.5) ... Colgate Games (Middle School Div): Caitlin Lane (Argyle, 1500m, 4:44.0)

 Finger Lakes Invitational (Jan 10, 2004 ... Cortland State (Section 4)

 Rockland Coaches Invitational (Jan 9, 2004 ... Rockland CC) (Section 1)

 Kirschenheiter Relays - Girls (Jan 8, 2004 ... Manley Field house)
 Kirschenheiter Relays - Boys  (Jan 6, 2004 ... Manley Field house)

 Southern Tier Invitational (Jan 3, 2003 ... Cornell Univ, 9am) (Section 4)

 Interscholastic Invitational - Boys & Girls (Dec 29, 2003 ... Hamilton College)

 Pearl River Holiday Festival (Dec 27, 2003 ... Rockland CC) (Section 1)

 Christmas Relays - Boys & Girls (Dec 22, 2003 ... Hamilton College)

 Jack Morse Relays - Boys (Dec 19, 2003 ... Manley Field house)
 Jack Morse Relays - Girls (Dec 10, 2003 ... Manley Field house)