April 16 marked the start of the 81st season for the Olympic Spirit Track League held in Gregg/Hudson County Park. Co-directors John Hnath and Al Long were ably assisted by coaches Sharon Nadrowski, Mercedes Alvarez; Justin Enes, Lauren Bell, Jose Bustamonte, Hans Parrado , Michelle Bernatowicz , John Nagel and other volunteers.
Participating schools include: OLC – Our Lady of Czestochowa from Jersey City, SAS – Saint Augustine School from Union City, OLM – Our Lady Mercy from Jersey City, St. Al’s – Saint Aloysius from Jersey City, All Saints Catholic Academy from Bayonne, St. Henry from Bayonne
St. Francis Academy from Union City and SDA – St. Dominic Academy from Jersey City
Girls:
200 meters: 3 and 4 year olds time (1:04)
1) Mikenna Raftery, All Saints; 2) Isabella Massa, OLC; 3) Patricia Brown, St. Francis; 4) Braelyn Aillon, SAS; 5)Kaitlyn Sing, St. Al’s
200 meters: 5 year olds time (0:49)
1) Catarina Rubies, OLC; 2) Stephanie Pavon, SAS; 3) Lea Guardiola, St. Francis; 4) Maria Martin, SAS; 5) Sissi Chang, OLC; 6) Noreen O’Connell, St. Francis; 7) Cicilia Sobelman, OLC; 8) Allessandra Moss, OLC; 9) Caitlin Connolly, OLC; 10) Yuralis Graves, St. Al’s
300 meters: 6 year olds Time (1:11)
1) Jenna Gaetani, St. Henry; 2) Kylie Galano All saints; 3) Emily Palomino, St. Henry; 4) Rose Arroyo, All Saints; 5) Gabby Skop, OLC; 6 ) Sophia Oliver, St. Al’s; 7) Jillian Lapinski, St. Henry; 8) Angelina DeFilippo, St. Al’s; 9) Amanda Hitlan-Olesen; 10) Maya Jones, St. Al’s
300 meters 7 year olds Time (1:05)
1) Mara Ellerson, St. Henry; 2) Evangeline Tamayo , St. Henry; 3) Vanessa Lugo, OLC; 4) Leyla Ziemba, St. Francis; 5) Tatiana Sirna; St. Henry; 6) Julia Hester, All Saints; 7) Desiree Okonkw, St. Henry; 8) Yvett Briones, SAS; 9) Hannah Chiusolo, St, Al’s; 10) Mikaela Canor, OLM
400 meters: 8year olds Time (1:23)
1) Livia B. Diakogiannis, All Saints; 2) Molly Brown, St. Francis; 3) Natasha Ortega, SAS; 4) Anais Veger, St. Henry; 5) Alyssa Palomino, St. Henry; 6) Guadalupe Iglesias, SAS; 7) Timia Tucker, St. Al’s; 8) Graciela Graves, SAS; 9) Britney Aillon, SAS
400 meters: 9year olds Time (1:26)
1 Maggie McCabe, All Saints; 2) Jaylyn Orefice, SAS; 3) Kayla Cyrus, St. Al’s; 4) Alana Lugo, OLC; 5) Kelly Hester, All Saints
400 meters: 10 and 11 years old (1:19)
1) Sade Jimemez, St. Henry; 2) Amanda Donohue, St. Henry; 3) Daniela Skop, OLC; 4) ) Natalia Sirna, St. Henry; 5) Karisma Garcia, All Siants; 6) Isabel Zambrano, SAS
400 meters: 12-13 (1:05)
1) Milani Bethel, St. Francis; 2) Sasha Ustilovsky, St. Henry; 3) Aryaa Patel, St. Francis; 4) Madison Cortes, St. Francis ; 5) Gwen Clores, OLC; 6) Seha Khun, OLC; 7) Angela Veger, St. Henry; 8) Annie Zambrano, SAS
400 meters: 14 year olds (1:05)
1) Suhayla Johnson, St. Henry; 2) Daria K, St. Henry; 3) Sarah Tauriello, St. Francis
Boys
200 meters : 3 & 4 year olds (:59)
1) Matthew Gurvich, OLC;2) Ian Briones, SAS;3) Pablo Martin, SAS; 4) Sebastian Diakogiannis, All Saints; 5) Chad Naurong; St. Al’s 6) Samuel Becker, St. Henry; 7) Ian Bell, OLC
200 meters : 5 year olds (:50)
1) Jayden Johnson, St. Al’s; 2) Christian Gonzoles, St.Al’s; 3) Lucas Luzurioga, SAS; 4) Henry Conway, St. Al’s; 5) Kristian Conway, St. Al’s; 6) Saif Khan, OLC; 7) Darius Montecastro; OLM; 8) Lamar Jenkins, OLM; 9) Robert Pinzon, SAS; 10) Steven Ciaglia, St. Henry
300 meters: 6year olds (1:08)
1) Sam Geiger, All Saints; 2) Mason Morales, All Saints; 4) Jayden Martinez, St. Al’s; 5) Marc Becker, St. Henry; 6) Michael Gurvich, OLC; 7) Jian Colby Sibug, St. Al’s; 8) Daniel McCarthy, St. Al’s; 9) Gerard Hester, All Saints
300 meters: 7year olds (1:10)
1) Rohan Garg, OLC; 2) Christiano Allum, OLC; 3) Jasper Schwamberger, OLC; 4) Joseph Farley, St. Henry; 4) Samuel Pelaez, SAS; 5) Jeremy Pavon, SAS
400 meters: 8 year olds (1:25)
1) Lucas Hernandez, St. Francis; 2) Max Patel, OLC; 3) Otavio Rubies, OLC; 4) Miguel Luzuriaga, SAS; 5) Peter Said, St. Henry; 6) Gabriel Becker, St. Henry; 7) Jordan Gonzalez, St. Henry; 8) Gabriel Pena, St. Francis; 10) Jacob Vazquez, St. Al’s
400 meters: 9 year olds (1:19)
1) Tyler Nieman, All Saints; 2) Aarar Patel, St. Francis; 3) Noah Santos, SAS; 4) Austin Aldea, OLM; 5) Andrew Mendoza, SAS; 6) Brian Ellerson, St. Henry; 7) Ebran Bishai. SAS; 8) Dorian Jenkins, St.Al’s; 9) Aidan Farley, St. Henry
400 meters: 10 and 11 years old (1:14)
1) Ryan Wild, St. Henry; 2) Dominic Okonkwo, St. Henry; 3) Alexander Zinkevich, St. Henry; 4) Giovanny Gomez, St. Francis; 5) Shawn Orefice, SAS; 6) Nicholas Gurba, SAS; 7) James Brown, St. Francis; 8) Aidan Mancha, St. Francis; 10) Ciro Ingrassia, St. Al’s
400 meters: 12 and 13 years old (1:05)
1) Max Brown, St. Henry; 2) Sebastian Pena, St. Francis; 3)Vincent Mattiello, All Saints; 4) Dylan Baquiran, OLC; 5) Noah Colon, St. Francis; 6) Peter Coar, St. Francis; 7) Prince Sokpo, SAS; 8) Diego Pena, St. Francis
400 meters: 14 years old (1:05)
1) Tyler Parrado St. Francis; 2) DeanBaquiran, OLC