KANE – Bradford rode big performances on the track and in the
field to a convincing win at the Kane Invitational on Saturday.
Bradford scored 143 points to take first, easily outdistancing
Elk County Catholic which was second (92).
Bradford’s Rob Bleem was named the large school outstanding
field performer.
“Rob had a super day,” Bradford coach Tom Tessena said. “He
started off with a second place finish in the shot put with a 53’6″
throw. He then followed it up with a personal best throw of 163’10”
in the discus. He lost to Blake Eaton of Allegany-Limestone who was
the New York State champion last year in both the shot and
discus.
“Rob was ahead of him most of the way so he made it exciting.
That throw is the second best in the state at the moment and is our
number two all-time best throw.”
Bleem then turned his attention to the javelin where he placed
first with a 182’1″ throw.
Vanere Maynard was named the large school outstanding track
performer.
“Vanere is still not 100 percent but he did well today,” Tessena
added. “He placed third in the 100 but he was only .07 out of
first.”
He came back to win the 400 meters in 51.87 and ran a leg in the
winning 4×400 relay. Shroy Mukerjee, Jared Feura and Rich
Bartlebaugh were double winners running on the 4×800 relay and
4×400 relay.
Mukerjee picked up a fourth place in the 400 meters. Colton
Langianese was the fourth member of the 4×800 team. The 4×400 had
their fastest time of the year, 3:31.91.
Bradford’s other first on the track was recorded by Nick Johnson
in the 110 high hurdles. He ran his best time of the year, 16.22.
Johnson took second in the 300 intermediate hurdles and was on the
second place 4×100 relay team which included Ben Walter, Matt
Teribery and Garrett McEwen.
McEwen had a busy day. He took sixth in the 100 and the shot put
(47’1 1/2″) and second in the javelin (169’6″).
Sophomore Tyree Bennett placed fifth in both hurdles and just
missed placing in the triple jump and high jump.
The Owls’ young distance runners had fantastic days.
In the1600 meters all three of Bradford’s runners had personal
best times. Michael White ran 4:53.71 (7th place), Matthew White
4:56.85 and John Karrasch hit 4:58.15.
The Whites came back to do just as well in the 3200 meters.
Michael ran 10:33.18 (5th), while Matthew was seventh in
10:43.06.
Other Bradford runners were Walter who ran 12.10 in the 100 and
24.66 in the 200 meters and Vinnie Schiappa who had an 18.97 in the
high hurdles and a 45.86 clocking in the intermediate hurdles.
Sophomore Steve Reinhardt had a personal best throw of 46’9″ in
the shot put.
Sophomore Shane Speaker won the pole vault (12’6″, personal
best) after a jump off with a St. Marys vaulter. Dan McMurtrie tied
for third with 12′.
Dan Gonzalez placed third in the discus (154’8″). This is the
fourth best Bradford throw ever.
David Rivera won the triple jump (43’10 1/2″) and was fourth in
the long jump (19’8 1/2″). Also long jumping were Matt Teribery
(18’10 1/2″) and Ryan Breznik (17’1 1/2″). Bennett was 38’1 1/2″ in
the triple and Nate Burrow was 34’6″. Other throwers included C.J.
Mackey (114’6″) in the discus and Rivera in the javelin
(140’4″).
Next up for the Owls is a trip to Punxsutawney on Tuesday.
“We have a lot of form and techniqueðwork to do,” Tessena
concluded. “We are not in the shape we need to be in to do our best
job at districts.”
