January 20, 2000
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TRAC UPDATE
TRAC is waiting patiently for a response from our Borough President on our
formal site recommendation. We do know that he is very concerned with
environmental issues and community opposition.We hope to have a major
announcement soon on a suitable site that satisfies all concerned. TRAC has
invited a representative from Molinari's office to our February Board of
Directors meeting for a formal exchange of ideas and update. More info. will
be forthcoming as it becomes available.
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The annual SIAC St. Patrick's 5Km. will be held on the actual St. Pat's Day(Sat.
March 17th.) at Wolfs Pond Park at 10A.M. Race directors Alex
Liberatore and Rich Orazem promise entry
blanks will be out soon and posted on this site...It took 4 people to replace
Tom Hart as Fun Run coordinator but the team of
Steve Lauria, Mark
Vogt, Fred Rigolini and Dave
Panza plan many improvements.(Mile splits etc.)We thank
Tommy for 4 years of extremely dedicated service. Nothing
was better than Tommy's Hot Chocolate in the winter and Gatorade in the summer.
This year is the 25th anniversary of the Fun Run being held on a weekly basis.
The 1976 weekly runs were modeled by Joe Jones (SIAC
President) after RUNNERS WORLD MAGAZINES national Fun Run program. The distances
changed weekly before staying at the 3 Mile distance. One week I remember
Mike Sayers winning the run, which was 6 miles. He won
a Pineapple. A special celebration is planned for this years FUN RUN
CHAMPIONSHIPS....Sat. Feb. 24th will be the date for the Staten Island High
School Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Armory in Manhattan.
If you
have never been there you must see it. One day as beautiful and popular a
facility will be nearby...For High School coaches the ARMORY is a torture
test as meets last 10-12 hours in an overcrowded, but fantastic, facility.
I know my son Corey has potential as a coach when
I told him he had to accompany me to a meet last Sat. at the armory and he
literally started crying. "The meets are too long, there are too many kids
and races. I don't want to go" he said. All I could say was Yep...The SIAC
masters team has officially finished in third place in the NYRRC year long
series of races. All Staten Island should be proud of them. They will be
honored at CLUB NITE on Sat. Feb. 24th. at a party in the New York Hilton...A
group of Staten Island teachers will head to Puerto Rico to take part in
the early Feb. San Blas 1/2 marathon. Sean Doyle, John Wowk, Rich
Orazem, and Al Garcia will represent the U.F.T. union. Good
Luck...Congratulations to former Staten Islander Ed
Gorman who served as race director of the recent Collegiate
Invitational at the Armory. Wagner College participated and had some great
performances at the meet...Tom Kelly spent a lot of
time researching his top 50/100 Van Cortlandt High School Cross Country lists
for High School 2 1/2 mile races. The course currently used goes back into
the 1950's. If you see any errors or omissions e-mail Tom
at tkelly6509@AOL.COM.
His goal is to eventually have a 100% accurate listing...Congrats. go out
to JoAnne Kopycinski of St. Joseph By The Sea
and Tom Cuffe of Msgr. Farrell as their teams qualified
to run at the Millrose Games on Friday Feb. 3rd. at Madison Square Garden...Have
a great 2001!!!