12/27-12/28 Brown University Invitational @Providence, RI

The Spartans made a trip to Brown University during X-Mas break for the Brown Invitational. It was very successful. The championship Distance Medley Relay (DMR), consisting of Matt Reilly, Jared Palermo, Chris Dolen and Chris Camp finished a dismal 7th place but still had some decent showings. Hopefully next time we can get our time faster then a 10:51. Reilly lead off the 1200 meter leg with a tough start at 3:20. He handed off to Jared Palermo who ran a 55.0 in the 400 leg. Chris Dolen ran a 2:02 800 meters, and Chris Camp finished with the mile in a personal record of 4:33.

The 4x400 relay of Jared Palermo, Jason Brisson, Chris Renzi and Dan Crespin (I think?) ran a 3:46.58 for 23rd place. The Frosh/Soph team ran 3:56.53 for 12th place. In the 4x800 relay Chris Bonner (2:05), Jim Light (2:04), Chris Dolen (2:05), and Chris Camp (2:03) combined for a 8:17.88 and 2nd place out of 40 teams over some good competition. This time has put us in the national elite rankings on DyeStat. Check it out DyeStat Elite Rankings. The sprint medley relay team ran 3:59 and got 26th place. Matt Reilly ran in a very competitive mile and got 8th place in 4:30.69. Ian Vonie came oh so close in breaking 5 mins in the Frosh/Soph DMR in a time of 5:01. All in all a good showing. Next week we travel to Dartmouth University. We should be very successful there.

For full results go to Brown Invy Results

1/8/2000 Dartmouth Relays @ Hanover, NH

The Dartmouth Relays proved to be another great trip for the Burnt Hills Indoor Track Team.

The 4x800 meter Relay team was edged out by the closest of margins, 0.02 of a second, by Phillips Exeter of New Hampshire. They are a Nike sponsered team and a very elite boys school. The time we ran was 8:05.81. Which is an incredible early season time. Jim Light led off with a 2:04.8. Jim handed off to Chris Camp and he ran a time of 2:02.8. Then Matt Reilly and Chris Dolen ran incredibly strong 1:59's . Scotia-Glenville ran a strong 8:11 for 3rd place. Our 4x800 time moves us up to #6 on the DyeStat National Elite Rankings!!!!!!

Chris Bonner and Ken Laskowski ran the open 800 meters. Chris Bonner ran a strong 2:06 and Ken L. was in hot pursuit in a personal record of 2:08. Justin Palermo ran the open 400 meters in 55 seconds.

The 4x400 meter relay finished a strong 3:47 with Jay Brisson, Dan Crespin, Chris Renzi and Justin Palermo.

For complete results of the meet go to Dartmouth Relays

1/14-1/15 Yale Invitational @ New Haven, CT

The Distance Medley Relay of Chris Camp (1200-3:17), Justin Palermo (400-54), Jim Light (800-2:05) and Matt Reilly (1600-4:32) ran for a 4th place medal in a team time of 10:49. The 4x400 meter relay of Jason Brisson, Justin Palermo, Chris Renzi, and Denis Mophet ran a new season best time of 3:44. On Saturday Ken Laskowski ran the open 800 meters in a new personal record of 2:07.8. Chris Bonner (2:05), Matt Reilly (2:00), Jim Light (2:05) and Chris Camp (2:03) came in 2nd to Bishop Loughlin in the 4x800 meter relay. Our time was 8:13. For complete results go to Yale Invy Results!

1/29 The Engineer Games @ RPI

The Indoor Track Season is heating up as the Spartans run the annual "E-Games", which is usally a good preview on what Sectionals is going to be like. Matt Reilly ran to a 2nd Place Finish in the 1600 meters in a time of 4:32.8. The Girls 4x800 team finished in 2nd place with a time of 10:06. Chris Dolen ran an impressive 600 meters, his time was 1:27. Chris Bonner also in the 600 ran a 1:32. Jim Light ran to a 4th place finish in the 1000 meters with a time of 2:43. Dan Crespin ran an impressive time for 4th place at the slow RPI track in the 3200 meters (10:22). Ben Pangie won the unseeded race in 10:25. Sammi Adkins came in 3rd with a time of 10:50 in the girls 3000 meter run. Sarah Mollard ran 5th place in 3:13. For Full Results Engineer Games

2/5 TCITL Relay Meet @ HVCC

The Spartan Relays ran at the TCITL Relay meet on February 5th. The Distance Medley Relay got disqualified. None the less, they ran some fast times in the slow 10 lap to the mile track. Matt Reilly ran a 3:22 for the 1200, Chris Dolen ran 2:06 in the 800, and Jim Light ran a 4:47 in the mile. Jared Palermo ran a lap too short in his 400, the officials screwed up. The 4x1600 meter relay finished 6th with a time of 20:06. Dan Crespin led the way with a 4:46. The 4x800 meter relay ran 4th place. The Freshmen Boys ran a 1:56 in the 4x200 relay for 2nd place. The varsity finished 6th in 1:46. It wasnt a great day, but BH-BL is geared up for the upcoming Suburban Council Championship on Sunday. Meet starts at 1:30, Bus leaves at Noon. For Results of the Relay Meet Go Here

2/13 Suburban Council Championships @ RPI

The Spartans seem to be hitting their stride at perfect time. Distance runners and Sprinters alike had great days. Justin Palermo worked his way up through the 300 meter trials and finals and ran two prs in a row! He finished 4th overall in 38.2!! Chris Shambo pulled through with a huge 3rd place finish in the 50 high hurdles, his time was 8.0 seconds. Chris Dolen had a rough start in the 600 meters but used his unstoppable finishing kick to pull off a 2nd place finsh and almost catching the #1 spot. His time was 1:27.8. Chris Bonner had a strong race in the 2nd heat in a time of 1:32. Jen Light tied her personal record in 1:48. The 1000 meters was a thrilling race as Matt Reilly popped an amazing time of 2:35.2 to beat runner up Louis Dinuzzo from Shaker by more then 4 seconds. Jim Light tied for 5th place with a time of 2:44.8. Sammi Adkins scored in the 1000 running a 3:12, a new pr! The Mile proved to be a scintilating race as Chris Camp picked up a 3rd place finish getting leaned out at the finsh line by Shens Darrel Andruski. Super Soph Justin Correlli (Shaker) won in 4:28.5, Camp ran a personal record of 4:30.8. In the 2nd heat Dan Crespin pulled out a pr also with a 4:44. Sammi Adkins and Sarah Mollard picked up some points for the girls team running 5:04 and 5:09 respectively in the 1500 meters.

The 4x200 sprint relay picked up one point for the Spartans in a time of 1:42.6. The 4x400 meter relay of Justin Palermo, Chris Dolen, Matt Reilly and Jay Brisson picked up a 4th place finish in 3:45. Chris Bonner (2:09), Kyle Folmsbee (2:10), Denis Mophet (2:11) and Ken Laskowski (2:10) teamed up for 4th place in 8:40. Congrats to all on a great meet, for full meet results go to Suburban Council Champs

2/16 Section 2 TCITL Freshmen Championships @ HVCC

Burnt Hills has much potential coming through the ranks as the freshmen all had great races. In the 55 meter sprint Scott Fura put up a 7.3 to take third place points. Justin Pangie ran 2nd (2:57) and Tim Pannica got 5th (2:59) in the 1000 meter run. Pangie came through in the 1600 also with a 4th place finish in 5:05.0. Pete Johnson was 6th in 5:18.8. Briggs got 2nd in the 55 High Hurdles in 8.9, Roche was 6th in 9.3. The highlight of the meet was probably the school frosh record set by the 4x200 meter relay team. The team set a mark at 1:46.7. The team was Robianno, Briggs, Fura and DeGraff. They won their event over CBA (1:48.0). 4x400 meter relay was 4th in 4:09, the 4x800 meter relay was also 4th in 10:18.8.
On the Girls side T. Grice got 2nd place in the 55 (7.8). Ross got 4th in 7.9. Abraham and Lewek got 4th and 5th respectively in the 300 meters in 46.9 and 47.0. Carolyn Brigham ran a personal record in the 600 meters getting 4th in 1:52.3. Nason scored in the 55 hurdles, 10.5. Abraham, Ross, Lenek and Ferraro teamed up for a victory in the 4x400 meter relay, their time was 4:33.1. The 4x200 got second in 2.00.1.
For Full Results of the meet go TCITL Frosh Meet

2/21 Section 2 Championships @ RPI

The Sectional meet was successful for the Spartans. Matt Reilly highlighted the day with a big personal record in the 1600 meter run, 4:27.0. This got him 4th place overall over a very competitive field. Chris Camp finished 5th in the 1000 meters with a 2:42.0. Justin Palermo ran big for the Spartans pulling through with a 38.1 in the 300 meters getting him 2nd place. Sarah Mollard got 4th in the 600 with a 1:45. Dan Crespin ran a personal record in the 3200 meter run, 10:06. His time got him 8th place.

The girls 4x400 meter team ran a "spirited" performance and won in a time of 4:20.9. Megan Abraham, Michelle Jones, Sarah Mollard and Emily Lewek ran the time. The girls 4x800 of Sarah Mollard, Leah Folmsbee, Michelle Jones and Jen Light finshed in 2nd place in 9:49.3. The guys 4x800 meter relay team of Jim Light (2:08), Chris Bonner (2:06), Chris Camp (2:03) and Chris Dolen (2:02) ran a sub par performance in 8:21 but still pulled off a third place finish. The more important race though is next week at the state qualifier, where hopefully the foursome can get their times down. The 4x400 meter relay team of Matt Reilly, Jason Brisson, Chris Bonner and Justin Palermo also finished 3rd in a time of 3:43. For Full Meet Results go to Section 2 Championships

Section 2 New York State Indoor Track Meet Qualifier @ RPI
A very successful day as the Spartan Boys send 2 individuals and a relay and the Girls send 1 individual and a relay. Matt Reilly finished in 2nd place in the 1000 meter run (2:38.9) and earned a spot in the State Meet. Justin Palermo (pictured above) got himself into the finals again in the 300 meters and leaned ahead of the competition to get himself 2nd place (38.1) and also a bid to the 'Cuse Dome on March 4th, 2000! Leah Folmsbee (10:38) came in 2nd in the 3000 meter run behind Saratoga's Danielle Coon (10:28) to pick up the bid. The 4x800 meter relay team of Jim Light (2:05.0), Chris Camp (2:03.3), Chris Dolen (2:01.9) and Matt Reilly (2:01.8) teamed up for an 8:12 on the slow track (only 160 meters around, small square) to pick up the victory by quite a big margin over runners up Shaker (8:21) and Shenendahowa (8:27)! The Girls 4x400 meter team suprised people for the 2nd week in a row finishing 1st with Emily Lewek (65), Sarah Mollard(63.3), Leah Folmsbee (64.1) and Michelle Jones (64.4) anchoring. The team time was 4:17.

Respectable performances were put forth by the guys 4x200 team of Brisson, Ray, Briggs and Renzi running their fastest time of the season so far in 1:40. Chris Bonner ran a great race winning the 2nd heat of the 600 meters in 1:30.4. Ken Laskowski came in 2nd in his heat of the 1000 meters running a 2:49. Dan Crespin came in 6th in the 3200 meters running 10:07.
For Full Results go to Section 2 State Qualifier

3/5 New York State Indoor Track Championships @ Syracuse, Carrier Dome

The Girls 4x400 meter relay team of Emily Lewek (63), Jen Light (67), Sarah Mollard (64) and Michelle Jones (62) ran into some tough competition at the state meet. Their time of 4:18 got them 12th place in a tough field. Three of them are underclassmen and they have a lot of potential. Justin Palermo, also an underclassman, ran around 38.5 in the 300 meters but got bumped in the trials. Matt Reilly had a tough race where he got boxed in pretty explicitly and ran a 2:40.9. The 4x800 meter relay team of Jim Light (2:03), Chris Camp (2:05), Chris Dolen (2:01) and Matt Reilly (2:01) got 3rd place in State competiton and 4th in the Federation (Public Schools, Catholic Schools, City Schools and Independent Schools all included). They ran a 8:11.41 which they hope to improve on next week at the National Indoor Track Championships in New York City's Armory.
Other Highlights from Section 2 athletes included Katie Twarogs (Colonie) victory in the 1500 meter run (4:37), she was followed closely by teammate, Jen Kramer who got 2nd place. Justin Corelli (Shaker) got 4th in the 3200 meter run by running a 9:35. The Colonie Boys 4x400 meter relay picked up the NY Public School Championship in 3:22 but got 2nd in the Federation standings. Lee Ansaldo came in 1st in the State, 2nd in the Federation Standings in the 55 meters. The Intersectional Relay of Tyson Evenson (Averil Park), English, Tim Caramore (LaSalle) and Justin Corelli (Shaker) won!
For Full Results go New York State Indoor Championships
TrackMeets.com has a full webcast of the entire meet!

3/14 National Scholastic Indoor Track Championships

@ NYC, The Armory Track


The New Balence National Scholastic Indoor Track Championship was very successful for the Spartans!! The 4x800 meter relay team showed what they were made of and won their 3rd Section Race in a time of 7:58.08. Jim Light went 2:02, Chris Camp 2:01, Chris Dolen busted out the 3rd leg 1:56 and Matt Reilly closed with a 1:57. The time was the 2nd best of the day going into the final heat. But tragedy struck and 5 teams ran faster. The Spartans missed getting a medal by 0.2 seconds. 3rd place was only 1.5 seconds off. If the Spartans were in the same heat things might have been different. But there is always outdoor, revenge will surely be sweet. Despite the disapointment of missing out of a medal the team ran only a second off of the school record, running BH-BL's 2nd fastest indoor track time ever. The performance got Burnt Hills an amazing 7th Place out of 42 Teams from all across the USA!!! This makes the Spartans 4x800 end the season #7 in the United States!!!! Leah Folmsbee also turned in a great race. She ran an 11:14 in the Girls 2 mile run on Saturday. It was a great way to bring the indoor track season to a close. Pictures from the meet should be coming soon!
Results of the 4x800 Meter Relay National Championship HERE

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