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Little Things Help Stanners’ Hollywood Ending
BY BERNIE BEGLANE
Intersectional Champs from Archbishop Molloy H.S.
Talk about Hollywood scripts!
The 80th annual New York CHSAA Boys Intersectional Track and Field Championships certainly ranked with the best of them.
Archbishop Molloy of Briarwood, after breezing to the Brooklyn-Queens team title earlier in the month with 126 points, appeared to be in a no-win situation in the intersectionals.
The Stanners had registered 46 points in the previous 23 events at Icahn Stadium, Randalls Island.
Msgr. Farrell of Staten Island had 41.5 so it needed at least a second-place finish in the 1600-meter relay final event of the meet, to overtake Molloy.
Seemed like a done deal, especially since the Stanners were not in the race.
Throw away the Hollywood script and face reality.
Cardinal Hayes of the Bronx was charged with a false start.
When the race finally got off clean the second time, Farrell settled for third place in 3:27.33.
Molloy wound up with 46 points to take home the team trophy for the first time in seven years. Farrell settled for the runner-up spot with 44.5.
Three Long Island schools followed: St. Anthony’s of Huntington, third with 32, Kellenberg (27) of Uniondale and Chaminade (24) of Mineola.
As for the other schools from our diocese, Bishop Loughlin of Clinton Hill had 11, Msgr. McClancy of East Elmhurst and Christ the King of Middle Village three each and Holy Cross of Flushing two.
Dylan Dombrowski tossed the javelin 167 feet, 5 inches for Molloy.
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Ian Fitts |
Teammate Ian Fitts went 15:10 for the gold medal in the 110-meter high hurdles.
Nickolei Mahlung (11.14 seconds) of Loughlin breezed to victory in the 100-meter dash over Jarren Stewart (11.27) of Molloy.
A distant second to Molloy for the team title in the Brooklyn-Queens meet was McClancy with 48 points.
St. Francis Prep (33) held off Loughlin (30) for third place.
Holy Cross (15), Bishop Ford (13), Nazareth (8), St. John’s Prep (7), Christ the King (6) and Xaverian (1) followed.
Fitts was the high hurdles gold medalist in 14.7 seconds. George Arcorola of the Stanners won the 800-meter run in 2:00.5. Molloy’s team also crossed the finish line first in the 3,200-meter relay in 8:41.6.
As for the field events, Danny Walters cleared the high jump bar at 5 feet, 8 inches and Robert Nappi leaped 42-9 1/2 in the triple jump for the champs.
Also, Brian Levelle tossed the discus 138 feet even and the shot put 46-1 to add to the Briarwood school’s point total.
Ryan Peters (57.7) edged Ozzie Henderson (57.9) of Loughlin in the 400 intermediate hurdles for Molloy’s final individual triumph.
Wilfred Ruck of Holy Cross prevailed in the 400-meter dash in 51.7, while John Reilly’s 4:37.2 in the 1600-meter run was good for the gold for McClancy.
Angel Ortega, also of McClancy, broke the tape first in the 3,200-meter run in 10:11.1.
Gregory Giddings of St. Francis Prep soared 22 feet, 5 inches to win the long jump.
Brother Robert Andrews, F.M.S., coach of Molloy was obviously elated at his team’s effort.
“Especially in the intersectionals,” he said. “There were some clutch performances. ...
“Those extra points were key in such a tight meet.”
The Marist brother also is surrounded by outstanding assistant coaches, some of them volunteers.
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Dylan Dombrowksi |
It should be pointed out that Dylan Dombrowski is coached by his father, Joe, a computer teacher at the school.
“He was an athlete almost from birth,” laughed the proud dad. “Dylan walked when he was eight months old.”
No doubt about it, the athletic talent was passed on from father to son. Joe was a high jumper at Holy Cross and won the New York City championship in 1974 by clearing the bar at 6-7.
At Fordham University he improved to 6-8 to tie the school record.
Dombrowski then taught at Cardinal Spellman High, and at Mt. St. Michael’s, both in the Bronx.
Returning to his son, who will attend the University of Connecticut in September, the coach, a member of St. Thomas More parish, Breezy Point, continued, “He lived for track and field.
“Dylan played soccer for two years but gave it up to concentrate on this.
“Last summer he and I got together and planned what the team would do in the intersectionals.
“It was the little things that got us on top again: Robert Nappi’s performance in the triple jump was a personal best.
“Steve Intrabartola was second in the javelin after missing almost all of the outdoor season with elbow problems. Jarren Stewart took second in the long jump with his second best jump ever.”
Obviously the sport is a topic of constant conversation between father and son.
“Yes,” was the reply. “We don’t leave the track on the field. It’s with us all the time.
“And while I might be considered prejudiced, I am not when I say that Dylan will make an outstanding coach…if he wants.”
The elder Dombrowski, in concluding, pointed out that the coaching staff is bolstered by volunteers.
“John Kramer,” explained Joe, “has three children in the program, and works with the triple and long jumpers.
“Jerry Dunne is a pole vault specialist who comes one day a week.
“And I should point out that Jim Redmond, a retired police officer, is an assistant with the girls team.”
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