Calling All Stanners - Tom Farrell to be Honored Feb 7th

A Stanner Track & Field Celebration
Saturday Februrary 7th 4 PM
Cost $30
With Tom Farrell '61
On the 40th Anniversary of his Olympic Bronze Medal

Stanner Wall of Honor Class of 2009
Richie Rodgers ’65 Coach
Matt Nazaruk ‘63
Richie Stuart ‘75
Don Cotter ‘76
James Bermudez ‘80
Wendell Bonhomme ‘85
Phil Hemery ‘89
Chris Lopez ‘91
Tony Pough ‘91
William Vespe ‘92
Kawan Lovelace ‘94
Joe Dombrowski Coach

Please contact jdombrowski@molloyhs.org For more information or to reserve your place

Great Dane Results Friday January 23

The STJ team turned in another good performance today at the Great Dane Meet on Friday at the Armory. The team finished 6th out of 30 scoring teams.

STJ packed a one two punch in the High Jump with Priscilla Frederick winning with a new PR and Provisional NCAA qualifier of 1.78 m (5'-10"). Finishing right behind Priscilla, Venisa Clark-Lee jumped 1.70m (5'-7") which qualifies Venisa for both the Big East and ECAC championships.

Sophomore Bintou Dibba backed up the jumps squad with a 4th place finish and Big East qualifier in the long jump with a leap of 5.64m (18'-6")

Leading the way on the track, Senior Tyneka Greene won the 800 in a Big East qualifying time of 2:15.76. Paula Rennalls improved her season best in the 200m with a 3rd place 24.75 finish. Fellow senior Phobay Kutu-Akoi followed Paula home with an 8th place 25.01 performance. Kim Piard followed her Big East qualifier last week in Penn State with a 9th place Big East qualifier in the 400 in a time of 57.73. Kim was followed by 3 other STJ athletes in cracking the 60 second barrier. The 400 meter relay squad teamed up to crack open an ECAC qualifier of 3:52.60.

In the field Freshman Chanel King continued to improve in the weight throw with an 8th place finish and another PR of 14.48m (47'-6 1/4")

Next up is the Metropolitan championships also at the Armory on Thursday at 4 PM. The meet promises to be a heavily contested event with strong teams being fielded by Rutgers, Manhattan College, Columbia and St John's

Penn State Results

The 2nd meet of the New Year is over and the STJ continues to show good progress with Big East and ECAC qualifiers at the Penn State Open.

Leading the way was Senior Phobay Kutu-Akoi with a Big East and ECAC qualifier of 24.77 in the 200 meters to go with her 60m qualifer at Yale last weekend. Phobay finished 7th in the 200 and 4th in her specialty 60m dash with a time of 7.58. Phobay was closely followed by fellow classmate Paula Rennalls who also qualified for the Big East and the ECAC in the 200 in a 9th place finish with a time of 24.82. In addition, Paula qualified for the Big East in the 60m dash with a time of 7.80.

Sophomore Kim Piard made also got her Big East and ECAC qualifiers in the 500 meters while finishing 6th in the 500m with a time of 1:15.98

The middle distance squad also showed their metal with senior Tyneka Greene getting her Big East and ECAC qualifiers with a 2nd place finsh of 2:54.75. Tyneka was joined in Big East qualification by Junior Pam Petruski in the 800m with a 3rd place finish in a time of 2:16:05.

In the field, Priscilla Fredricks repeated her High Jump win of last year and broke her meet record with with a jump of 1.74m (5-8 1/2). Priscilla has already comfortably qualified for the Big East and ECAC, she's now hunting for an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 1.78m (5-10.)

Freshman Chanel King continued to show good progress in Weight and the Shot Put with PRs of 14.08m (46-2 1/2) and 12.47m (40-11) respectively

Millrose Games Tickets

The 102nd Millrose Games will be held at Madison Square Garden on Friday January 30th starting at 6 PM. As usual we have purchased a block of 25 tickets in the green seat 300 section of The Garden. Tickets cost $30.00 which is a $10.00 discount on face value.

Currently 11 have been already been requested. If you'd like to attend, please contact Coach Hurt at 718 990-6159 or via email hurtj@stjohns.edu to reserve your tickets. Please specify the number of tickets you'll need.

Yale Meet Results

First meet of the New Year is in results can be found at the Yale Classic