By S. Quinn DeJoy and J. Murrer

May 27, 2015:  The Section 1 Championships were held last week, and three Bronco teams, boys' and girls' track and field and girls' lacrosse, walked away with sectional titles. Senior Jimmy Purdy won the Section 1 tennis title and will be headed to states at the end of the week. Also heading to states are three Bronxville golfers, Connor Daly, Matt Bettino, and Chris Gay. For more information on how the teams fared, see below. 

Boys' Track and Field 

At the Sectional Championships held last week, the Bronxville boys' team edged out Valhalla by a score of 130.5-129. With just one event remaining, Bronxville trailed Valhalla, and the championship was to be determined by the results of the pentathlon. Bronxville's Sam Arcano and Damian Meehan finished second and third, respectively, to give the Bronco boys their sixth sectional title in seven years. Also contributing to the teams' success were seniors Guy McKhann and Steven Ircha, who both had lifetime bests, scoring a lot of points for the team. Michael Calabrese ran personal bests in both the 100m and 400m hurdle races to get third place in each, and Sean Ryan ran very impressive 800m, 1600m, and 3200m races to help the team secure the win. 

"We graduated a lot of seniors last year," said Coach Nick Roosa. "For us to bounce back and win this year with only five seniors on the team was a big challenge. Valhalla is a very strong and well-rounded program and competing with them required our entire team to perform at their best. The boys really stepped up, and we had a number of athletes put up their best performances ever." 

For detailed results, see below. 

Boys' Results 

100m hurdles: Steven Ircha, 1^st, 16.6; Michael Calabrese, 3^rd, 17.84

200m dash: Nick Sutherland, 3^rd, 23.56; Anthony Napolitano, 6^th, 24.57

400m: N. Sutherland, 2^nd, 51.49

400m hurdles: M. Calabrese, 3^rd, 1:02.52

1600m: Guy McKhann, 2^nd, 4:34.51

3,200m: Sean Ryan, 3^rd, 10.14.87

4x100m relay: Sean Mooney, A. Napolitano, N. Sutherland, M. Calabrese, 2^nd, 47.00

4x400m relay: Michael Natsch, N. Sutherland, A. Napolitano, G. McKhann, 1^st, 3:35.36

4X800m relay: M. Natsch, G. McKhann, S. Ryan, Michael Landy, 2^nd, 8:48.70

Pentathlon: Sam Arcano, 2^nd, 1927 pts.; Damian Meehan, 3^rd, 1798 pts.

Long jump: Ian Holland, 3^rd, 20-01.50

Discus: Luke Geiling, 3^rd, 110-06

Shot put: S. Ircha, 1^st, 44-10.50; L. Geiling, 3^rd, 40-11.25 

Girls' Track and Field 

The Bronxville girls' track and field team won its 17th consecutive Section 1 Championship last week at Valhalla High School. The Bronxville girls were dominant in the 800m, with ten Broncos finishing in the top fifteen places. Overall there were sixteen girls who were sectional winners. For complete results, see below. 

Girls' Results 

100m: Sophie Kohlhoff, 4^th, 13.48              

200m: S. Kohlhoff, 3^rd, 27.60

400m: Kaitlin Ryan, 1^st, 58.01; Laura Holland, 2^nd, 61.17; Caroline DePaul, 3^rd, 61.27; Kirsten Ircha, 4^th, 62.14           

800m: K. Ryan, 1^st, 2:19.97; L. Holland, 2^nd, 2:26.27; Hilary Rizzo, 3^rd, 2:28.32; Delia Hayes, 4^th, 2:29.76; Nicola Phillips, 5^th, 2:34.95  

1500m: H. Rizzo, 1^st, 4:48.63; D. Hayes, 2^nd, 4:56.39; Olivia Scotti, 4^th, 4:59.87 

100m hurdles: Vivian Mroz, 1^st, 16.65     

400m hurdles: Caroline Kirby, 1^st, 68.35; K. Ircha, 3^rd, 70.39                      

200m steeplechase: Saige Sunier, 3^rd, 8:02.84; Gigi Chrappa, 4^th, 8:19.74; Lindsay Nobles, 5^th, 8:27.74

4x100m relay: Caroline Richards, C. DePaul, Alisa Fominykh, S. Kohlhoff, 1^st, 51.19 

4x400m relay: Bella Dibbini, Haley Barr, K. Ircha, C. Kirby, 1^st, 4:13.03 

4x800m relay: S. Sunier, Sophia Sulimirski, O. Scotti, Sydney Coddington, 1^st, 10:19.90

High jump: C. Kirby, 1^st, 4’9”; Alessandra Diaz, 3^rd, 4’2”

Pole vault: Vivian Mroz, 1^st, 9’6”

Triple jump: Noor Ahmad, 4^th, 29’7.5”; Nicole Giangola, 5^th, 26’6.5”

Pentathlon: Izzi Mroz, 1^st 

Girls' Lacrosse 

The Bronxville girls' lacrosse team heads to the regional semifinals after defeating Pearl River 17-10. It is the second Class C Championship for the Bronco girls who defeated Pearl River in the sectional final last year.  Top scorers were Mason Warble with four goals and Lilly Grass, Lucy Hanrahan, and Allie Berkery with three each. The 19-1 Broncos are seeded first in Class C and will play No. 44 Red Hook in the regional semis today at 3:00 pm at Fox Lane High School. If they win, they will play in the regional final at the University at Albany on Saturday, May 30, at noon. 

Boys' Lacrosse 

The boys' lacrosse team finished the season as the Section 1 Class C runner-up after a devastating 9-7 loss to Pleasantville. The Broncos, who were the four-time defending Class C Section 1 Champion, defeated Pleasantville 9-7 in the sectional finals last year but lost to Pleasantville during the regular season this year. The team finished the season with a 13-5 record. 

Golf

At Fenway Golf Club last Wednesday, three Bronxville golfers qualified for the New York State Championships. Connor Daly and Matt Bettino tied for second place, each with a two-day score of 152 (Daly 77-75 and Bettino 76-76). Chris Gay finished ninth with 155 (78-77). Only nine golfers in all of Section 1 qualify for the state championships, which will be held on May 30 and June 1 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University. 

Tennis

Bronxville senior Jimmy Purdy won the Section 1 Singles Championship, which was held last Wednesday at Harrison High School. Purdy, who played first singles for Bronxville for the past five years, will be making his first trip to the New York State Championships on May 28 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing. 

Go Broncos. 

Pictured here (rotating):  The boys' track and field team after winning the Class C Section 1 Championship at Valhalla (photo by J. Ircha); the girls' track and field team after winning the Class C Section 1 Championship at Valhalla (photo by J. Ircha); Jimmy Purdy, 2015 Section 1 tennis champion (photo by L. Purdy).