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Fagan, Morris double winners in track
sectionals
Chris Fagan and
Kareem Morris were double winners to lead the Albany High boys’ track
team to a third-place finish in the Class AA sectionals at Guilderland
High School on May 29.
Chris won the long
jump with a Section II season-best jump of 23 feet, one-half inch. He
also won the 400 hurdles, while Kareem took first in the 100 and 200.
In other individual
events for this season's Big 10 champions, Kewsi Burgess and Chad McCray contributed fourth-place
performances in the 400 and discuss, respectively. Tom Hitchcock (shot
put), Alex Schettino (pole vault) and Fuad Jusic (200) contributed
sixth-place finishes.
The Falcons’ relay
teams also turned in strong performances.
The 400 relay team
of Anthony Carrisquillo, Kareem, Chris and Fuad took second place. The
1600 relay team of Kewsi, Kareem, Chris and Fuad took fifth place, and
the 3200 relay team of Kewsi, Justin Thompson, Rory Murphy and Noel
Fabian placed sixth.
Congratulations to
the Falcons on their fine overall performance. Next up are state
qualifiers June 5-6. |