:41.05 one-lap relay and Brian Rhodes-Devey's mile.
Among the girls, juniors Nadonnia Rodriguez (400 meters, :53.92) of Boys and Girls and Kristin Reese (800 meters, 2:09.24) of Carmel are in the top 10s of their respective events.
New hire at MSIT: Mike Scotti, an assistant on former football coach Greg Rocco's staff, has accepted the top coaching position at McKee/Staten Island Tech.
Rocco left in January to take the head coaching position at Moore Catholic. Scotti, 23, played quarterback at Monsignor Farrell and is a math teacher at McKee.
End of an era in Greece: Jeff DiVeronica did a nice feature today in the Democrat and Chronicle on Megan Shoniker, a three-sport star who has played 280 varsity games in six varsity years for Greece Arcadia.
The era of specialization killed off the concept of three-sporters in boys athletics at most schools 10 to 15 years ago, and the number of genuine three-sport girls stars has also been dwindling. Even Shoniker, who is one of those rare types who would probably be very good very quickly in any sport she tried, wasn't a classic three-sporter since she only had one season of varsity soccer under her belt.
Extra points: New York City Councilman Jim Oddo has lined up $35,000 to pay for a survey of Staten Island Tech's outdoor athletic facilities that will prototype a possible renovation and its cost. The Advance reports that Oddo said an initial estimate for the facility upgrade is $5 million. He also came up with $35,000 in December for a similar study of Susan Wagner's crumbling facilities. While I generally dislike government spending on school-related sports outside the traditional school budget, Oddo's initiative is sensible because it puts in motion planning improvements that could benefit the school and community for 20 or more years.
