Leading off today: Dateline NBC will air a two-hour special -- "The Man Behind the Mask" -- tonight at 7 o'clock about John F. Regan and the women he terrorized in Saratoga Springs and Waterbury, Conn.
The story focuses on Donna Palomba, a Waterbury woman who said Regan raped her 15 years ago while her children were sleeping. The report also includes an interview with distance runner Lindsey Ferguson, the student Regan attempted to abduct on Halloween night 2005 at Saratoga Springs High School.
Regan grabbed Ferguson, now a freshman at the University of Notre Dame, as she was walking to her car after a cross country practice. Regan fled after Ferguson fought off the attack. Police, with the help of two Saratoga coaches, tracked him down minutes later.
Regan pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping in Saratoga County Court and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in July. He received 15 years in prison for the Palomba case.
More on track records: I was getting a little lengthy with yesterday's blog entry, so I skipped any mention of long-lasting girls track records in New York.
For the, um, record, the oldest major mark in the state remains Sandra Farmer's time of 58.31 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles in 1979. The times in the 400, 800 and 1,500 meters have all stood since 1982.
Also, yesterday's item about long-lasting records included a reference to Matt Centrowitz still holding the mile record. Timing being everything, Maryland schoolboy Matthew Centrowitz Jr. set a Penn Relays record Friday by winning the boys mile in 4:08.38 -- kicking home in :59.02 on the bell lap.
The youngster, who won the 3,000 meters at Penn a year ago, will run for the University of Oregon next fall. His
