A total of 11 members of St. Dominic Track Team (grades 1-8) recently medaled at the Nassau-Suffolk CYO Championship Finals at Mitchel Field. In the finals, the athletes competed against the finalists from all three regions, representing more than 2,500 athletes from 23 other parishes.
In addition to the student athletes’ success, the track coaches were honored as well. St. Dominic CYO Track coaches Phil Schade (grades 1-3), Julie and Mike Keffer (grades 4-6) and Rich Cameron (grades 7-8) were selected by peer coaches in their region for the NSCYO Team Sportsmanship Award. The Saint Dominic CYO track program, in its second year, has already proven to be a force to be reckoned with and the young runners are among the best on Long Island.
These athletes and the other 36 members of the St. Dominic CYO Track Team had a very successful spring season.
The following athletes medaled in the finals: Mitchell Hensley (eighth grade)-400M-Gold Medal, S Medley Relay-Silver Medal; Salvatore Fusco (eighth grade)-Long Jump and 200M-Bronze Medal, S Medley Relay-Silver Medal; Sahill Yadav (eighth grade) Long Jump and 100M-Gold Medal, S Medley Relay-Silver Medal; Braedon Warshaw (eighth grade)-100M-Bronze Medal, S Medley Relay-Silver Medal; Maggie McNamara (seventh grade)-Mile-Silver Medal; Claudia Paloucci (fourth grade)-Long Jump-Silver Medal; Riley Keffer (fifth grade)-Mile-Silver Medal; Claudia Torres (third grade)-80M-Silver Medal; Nicholas Tardugno (fifth grade)-400M-Bronze Medal; Kimberly Cardinale (fourth grade)-100M-Silver Medal and Billy Collery (fifth grade)-800M-Bronze Medal.
