The Saint Dominic C.Y.O. launched its inaugural track program this spring with 32 student athletes participating in first- through eighth-grade. The team had a fantastic first season, exceeding all expectations with incredible performances on the track.
The team competed in meets at St. Aidan and Our Lady of Lourdes. The team also competed in the regional meet at Mitchel Field, where 18 St. Dominic athletes qualified for the finals, the C.Y.O. Track Championship for Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The N.S.C.Y.O. track program includes over 25 parishes with more than 3,000 athletes. With 72 medals won at the parish meets and in regional competition, and 11 medals won at the finals, the first season of track at St. Dominic was a smashing success! All of the young athletes and coaches are to be applauded for training and competing so hard and for upholding the ideals of sportsmanship and fair play that C.Y.O. is based upon
Athletes on St. Dominic track team are first-graders Peter Coshignano and Christopher Dean; second-graders Sophia Dean, Katherine Jennette, Robyn Rae Glaser, Leah Swidzinksi and Alex Monosson; third- graders Emma Kelly and Brian Brady; fourth-graders Sophia LoRusso, Evan Furman, Riley Keffer, Peter Kaufman and Nicolas Tardugno; fifth- graders Julia Coshignano, Erica Duke, Sofia Lucchese, Emma McGuckin, Olivia Monosson, Kyra Tosi, George Anagnostopoulos, Christian Swidzinski, and Brian Matlak; sixth-graders Maggie Mcnamara, Alyssa Quintana and Michael Salvato; seventh-graders Victoria Lattanzio, Terrance Cameron, Mitchell Hensley, Tyler Scognamiglio, David Wiesenfeld, and Sahill Yadav.
Mike Keffer coached the first- through fifth-graders, with assistant coaches Stephanie Dean and Julie Keffer. Rich Cameron and Tom Awad coached the sixth- through eighth-graders.
