WARWICK – The 2026 OCIAA Track & Field Championships have concluded. The two-day meet featured bright sunny weather- a stark contrast to Wednesday’s cold and rainy Donna Deppa Invitational in Jeffersonville earlier that week. 

Seven of Sullivan County’s finest student-athletes have joined the New York State high school rankings. Tyiese Mack of Fallsburg, Gabriela Almonte of Monticello, Tri-Valley put four athletes in the NYS rankings: Anna Furman, Sophia Richardson, JoHanna Clarke, and Paityn Closs, and Sullivan West’s Gracyn Halloran. The competitive field pushed dozens of competitors to achieve lifetime personal records and new season bests. Jewelz Shaw (27.70) and Adam Koenig (29.34) of Eldred clocked personal bests in the boys unseeded 200 mtr alongside Brody Day (27.23) of Rockland. Helen Vasquez of Fallsburg finished with a 1:17.47 in the 400 mtr. 

In the field Tri-Valley’s Kane Poje stood head and shoulders above the competition in the boys shot put, throwing a 57-09, more than six inches ahead of the second place finisher from powerhouse Monroe-Woodbury, and Monticello’s Senecere Wall-Thomas shattered the discus competition- his throw landing more than five inches ahead of Justin Reich from Monroe-Woodbury. The Liberty Redhawks’ girls 4x100 relay team brought their A-game to the track running into second place in the finals at 51.07. The Pentathlon competition was stiff, and tests the true endurance of an athlete. Tabitha Smith of Eldred, Liberty’s Peyton Rivera, and Logan Weyant, and Paxton Mead of Tri-Valley all finished within the top four spots in a single event. Sullivan West’s Rozalyn Passante brought home a commanding first place finish in the girls javelin with a throw of 83-00. This is Passante’s first year competing at the championships and her first season on the track team. Teammate Dylan Lockwood secured a silver medal in the javelin with a throw of 126-01.

All qualifiers will head to sectionals next week on Wednesday, May 27 at

 Monroe-Woodbury High School and Friday May 29 at Rondout Valley High School.

Eldred

Tabitha Smith pentathlon 4th place high jump 4-05

Fallsburg

Kaddyjatou Darboe 3rd place 100 mtr hurdles

Tyiese Mack 2nd place high jump 6-02 (Rank #34 NYS)*

Eliazar Tejada 4th place javelin 114-10

Zoey Ketcham 4th place long jump 16-09

Liberty

Brooke Bull 3rd place pole vault 11-00

Peyton Rivera pentathlon 3rd place shot put 34-01.25

Girls 4x100 2nd place 51.07

Monticello

Gabriela Almonte 2nd place 100 mtr 12.35 (prelims 12.31 Rank #29 NYS)*, 2nd place long jump 17-05 

Senecere Wall-Thomas 1st place discus 159-10

Girls 4x100- 4th place 51.21

Jaiden DeJesus 4th place 400 mtr 50.77

Tri-Valley

Logan Weyant pentathlon 3rd place 110 hurles 16.03

Sophia Richardson 3rd place 400 mtr 58.63 (Rank #48 NYS)*

Anna Furman 1st place 1500 mtr 4:42.42 (Rank #25 NYS)* 1st place 300 mtr

Kane Poje 3rd place discus 154-05, 1st place shot put 57-09

JoHanna Clarke 4th place discus 114-08 (Rank #25 NYS), 4th place javelin 73-03(Rank #50 NYS)*

Paityn Closs 3rd place javelin 74-08 (Rank #45 NYS)*

Paxton Mead pentathlon 2nd place shot put 35-08.75

Sullivan West

Gracyn Halloran 4th place 800 mtr 2:18.20 (Rank #50 NYS)*, 4th place 1500 mtr 4:54.07

Dylan Lockwood 2nd place javelin 126-01

Rozalyn Passante 1st place javelin 83-00