Sweet Home XC and Track

So proud of all the SH Athletes that competed at Nationals this weekend! ⭐️ Huge congrats to Moet Koloko for winning Boys Long Jump Rising Stars and Adriana Ellsworth for placing second in the Girls High Jump Rising Stars ⭐️

Good luck to all the athletes competing at States today!!!

Big CONGRATS to Lanee Hall and Angela Carter for officially signing with Kent State today!!!

"Keep positive and do what you can", Sweet Home grad has new outlook after disappointing setback

https://www.wkbw.com/sports/high-school/keep-positive-and-do-what-you-can-sweet-home-grad-has-new-outlook-after-disappointing-setback?fbclid=IwAR0OqKxOlaiMgUpm11aqPhgoHPN3X_xy7BwAwB5F3NrlcqiEZcJHNDercz8

"Keep positive and do what you can", Sweet Home grad has new outlook after disappointing setback Whether it be a shortened season or no season at all, athletes have gone through a lot over this last year and a half. But at Sweet Home High School, one recently graduated runner has battled more adversity than she anticipated - and is still finding a way to make the most out of everything

Family affair: Sweet Home's Hall sisters run unique relay

https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/high-school/sweet-homes-hall-sisters-run-unique-relay-new-york-state/71-06f5e715-dab2-4d6b-9a1d-77718dc6c6a6

Family affair: Sweet Home's Hall sisters run unique relay Their coach say this could be a first in the state.

Wishing all the athletes competing at States for Indoor Track good luck today!

A big congratulations to Kaleb Luton for winning the Sportsmanship Award! Keeping this years streak going! Way to go!

Congratulations to Ray Sambrotto. Another well earned award for this young man!

Let’s all wish him luck tomorrow, as he takes on Cardiac Hill on the State Championship course!

A huge congratulations to Ray Sambrotto for placing 2nd overall in Class B Sectionals! Wishing him lots of good luck as he prepares for the NYS Championship race in Long Island next weekend!

Lots of fun today at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k. Look for the team tonight on the news!

Sweet Home XC takes on Disney! Congrats Ray for placing 5th overall!

Hall of Fame 5k on Fri Aug 31st is in need of volunteers to stop traffic at intersections along the course. Volunteers will meet at 5:15pm (on Bidwell between Delavan and Elmwood) to receive a road assignment, free t-shirt and post race party bracelet. If you are available, leave a message and I will forward your name to the race director. Thanks!

Community members rally in support of former Sweet Home track coach Brian Lombardo

https://buffalonews.com/2018/07/10/community-members-rally-in-support-of-former-sweet-home-track-coach-brian-lombardo/

Community members rally in support of former Sweet Home track coach Brian Lombardo Current and former student-athletes, as well as parents, community members and co-workers spoke for about two hours in support of former ...

Boys win their 7th straight ECIC title today outscoring 2nd place Lancaster 129-97. The team had overall ECIC champions crowned with Nate Davis in the 200 and 400 and Sam Schultz in the 3000 Steeple.

Boys and Girls both win the Section 6 Class B Team Title last night at Houghton. Boys scored 185 point to outdistance 2nd place Pioneer, who had 88. The girls scored 153 points, as Hamburg was 2nd with 99.

Some pics from the race on NBC Saturday...

Boys and Girls both opened with wins last night against WSE. The girls won 15-46, while the boys won 22-33.

Read this, because you likely missed one of the best races in running history

http://www.espn.com/athletics/story/_/id/20318081/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-2017-emma-coburn-courtney-frerichs-finish-1-2-women-steeplechase-final

Read this, because you likely missed one of the best races in running history Admit it, sports fans. Yeah, you -- the one waiting for football season (American or European) to start. You couldn't care less about the women's steeplechase. But, right now, you should care. You're missing something amazing.

This is the milesplit review of the 4x1 this past weekend.

Boy\'s 200 State Champ - Nathaniel Davis | NYSPHSAA - NY State Champs

http://ny.milesplit.com/videos/221400

Boy\'s 200 State Champ - Nathaniel Davis | NYSPHSAA - NY State Champs NYSPHSAA - NY State Champs

Boy\'s 4X100 State Champs - Sweet Home | NYSPHSAA - NY State Champs

http://ny.milesplit.com/videos/221405

Boy\'s 4X100 State Champs - Sweet Home | NYSPHSAA - NY State Champs NYSPHSAA - NY State Champs

Boys 4x100 win the NYSPHSAA state championship in section 6 record time of 41.37 - Williams-Johnson-Rivera-Davis

Boys 4x100 win the Nysphsaa state championship In A section record time of 41.37. Williams, Johnson, Rivera , and Davis!!! Bingo!!!!

Sectional results:
Boys 4x1 (42.20-williams, johnson, rivera, davis) win and set ECIC record. Boys 4x4-3:21 to win (johnson, nowak, campbell, davis), MaKayla Kasperek win the 2k steeple on a final 300m kick, Amaya Turnage comes up with a huge long jump and 800 to win the pentathlon, Chris Nowak wins the 800 (1:54) and 1600 (4:21), Nate Davis wins the 100 (10.70) and 200 (21.40), and Tirzah Peters advances in the shot with a throw of 39'11.5 and a 2nd place finish!

ECICs today and tomorrow at Hamburg. Boys have won the last 5 ECIC titles, girls 3 in a row and 4 of the last 5.

The boys finish 5-0 this season after defeating Hamburg Tuesday 107-34. This marks the 6th straight division title and undefeated season for the boys. The girls finish 4-1 after beating Hamburg 101-40. The girls are now 29-1 over the last 6 seasons. The team is continuing to prep for ECICs next weekend (May 26th and May 27th).

Happy mothers day to all of our athletes and alumni's mothers. The support you show everyday can never be appreciated enough.

Sweet home qualifies more than any other team for the state meet!!! 55 meters-anthony williams, 300-eric johnson, 1000-chris nowak (school record), weight-caleb nickens, 4x4-hernandez, durwald, johnson, davis, triple jump-nathaniel davis. Girls-1500racewalk-brooke vanslyke, high and long-amaya turnage, shot-arleasia mcgee, 1500 meters-makayla kasperek

State qualifiers today. Top 2 in each individual event and winning relays advance to next week's state meet in Staten Island.

Sweet Home Track and Field Anderson's fund raiser tomorrow (Monday) from 4:00-8:00. To support just print this flyer, come enjoy some great ice cream on a beautiful day, and present the flyer at checkout. Thanks!

Boys and girls both win the section 6 team championship today at Houghton College. Girls score 100 to squeak by will south who finished 2nd with 91, boys finish with 136 to outdistance Hutch Tech who finished 2nd with 72.

The team is in Blacksburg VA for the Virginia Tech Invite. On day 1 boys 4x8 runs the fastest time in WNY this year (Schultz, Hamoudi, Johnson, Nowak)-8:25, and junior Nate Davis finishes 2nd in the triple with a school record jump of 45'10.5. That is Nate's 3rd school record in 3 weeks (Long jump, triple jump, and section record in the 300).

Record update from yesterday at section V vs section VI meet. Junior Nathaniel Davis sets SECTION record in the 300 as he wins in 35.06. He also sets school record in the long jump (had stood since 1979) winning in 23'1. Senior Brooke VanSlyke resets her school record in the racewalk-7:32-by 16 seconds.

Update to the teams indoor season so far (at some of the bigger meets):

WNY Relays- Both boys and girls won the WNY relays on 12/28/16, by scoring over 100 points. Almost every relay scored a point for the team (that means finishing in the top 6).

Kevin Dare Invite (Penn State)- Top 3 finishers from this past weekend at Penn State: winners- Sam Peterman (2:18)-girls 800 meters, Chris Nowak (1:55)-boys 800 meters, Girls 4x800 (9:39)(Kasperek, Hildreth, Parrizzi, Peterman), 9th fastest time in the US this season, boys 4x400 (3:27) (Johnson, Nowak, Hernandez, Davis, 9th fastest time in the US this year as well.
2nd place finishes- Amaya Turnage (5'1)-high jump, Arleasia McGee (38'9)-shot put, Nate Davis (21.95)-200 meters.
3rd Place finishes- Eric Johnson (50.49)-400 meters.

Upcoming- Sam Peterman and Chris Nowak will compete tonight in NYC at the Millrose Games Trials. This weekend we have the Brockport invite which always provides some good performances and the WNY Freshmen/Sophomore champs at Houghton College.

Indoor track kicks into high gear as we have 40 athletes competing at Ithaca today and 60 competing at Fredonia.

We are working hard-both those starting their indoor season and those finishing their XC season, We are excited for what the future will bring. Here is defending outdoor section 6 champion shot putter Arleasia McGee squatting 395 during test week-she got to 405.