Pearl River's Hayes Sets County Record, Pirates Sweep League Track Titles

Pearl River junior Kelly Hayes knew she would be pushed in the 1500 meter run during Monday's League 4-B track and field championships at Pearl River with Tappan Zee's Erin Jaskot and Nanuet's Megan Young in the race.

"Whenever we three race each other, it's fast times. It's fun," Hayes said. "It's always a good race. I was just trying to win to get some points for my team. I didn't think that kind of time was going to happen."

Hayes won the race with a time of 4:34.6, breaking the Rockland County record 4:36.15 set by Suffern's Shelby Greany in 2006 at the USATF Junior Nationals. Greany entered the day holding six county records in individual events.

"It's crazy," Hayes said. "I've been third all-time in Rockland (in events), but never a county record, so it's special."

Hayes also accomplished her goal of helping the Pirates win. Pearl River won both the boys and girls league championships Monday. The full individual and team results are attached to this report. 

In the girls meet, Pearl River won with 165 points to second-place Nanuet's 102. Tappan Zee was third with 68, Nyack had 13 and Albertus Magnus had six. 

Hayes set another personal best while winning the 800 in 2:17.9. Young took second in 2:19.7. She ran on Pearl River's winning teams in the 4X400 relay and the 4X800 relay. 

Amanda Moroney won three events for the Pirates, the 100 hurdles (15.1 seconds), the 400 hurdles (1:06.6) and the triple jump (33-9). Teammate Kayla Clohessy won the 100-meter dash in 13.10 and the long jump with a distance of 16-5.5. 

Jaskot won the 400 in 58.4 seconds and the 200 in 26.0. Nanuet's Marykate O’Meara won the 3000 in 10:43.7. Mary O'Sullivan turned in the top finish for Albertus Magnus, taking second in the shot put behind Nanuet's Megan Donnelly.

Pearl River's boys won a closer meet with 129.5 points to second-place Tappan Zee's 110. Nanuet was third with 60.5 and Nyack had 54.

The boys meet featured two close battles between Tappan Zee's Luke Gavigan and Pearl River's Brian Cook, with Gavigan earning narrow victories in the 1600 (4:32.2 to Cook's 4:24.2) and the 800 (1:59.5 to Cook's 1:59.9).

Pearl River won on its strength in the field events, piling up 64.5 points there to Tappan Zee's 29. Tommy Harris took the shot put for the Pirates with a distance of 40-9.5. Pearl River's William Lutz won the long jump (18-11), as did teammates Luqman Issah in the high jump (5-8), Patrick Metcalf in the triple jump (30-4) and Aidan Miller in the pole vault (11-0).

For Nyack, Ahmed Ahmed won the 3200 in 9:55 and Quamel Broadhurst took the 200-meter dash in 23.7 seconds. 

Nanuet's Tom Flannery won the 110 hurdles in 16.4 seconds.