As Paul Koretzki embarks on his 40th year as the Shoreham-Wading River High School girls track and field coach, he can’t help but notice the similarities between that first team and the current one. READ
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The Long Island Elite Indoor Meet is nothing new to Christina Yakaboski, although the Riverhead High School junior has a better appreciation for it than when she first ran in the showcase track and field event as a freshman.
“Freshman year I didn’t know that this was an honor to be here,” she said. READ
Shoreham-Wading River senior Katherine Lee raced to the Division III 3,000-meter title in the Division Championships Monday at Connetquot High School. Lee won in 10 minutes, 13.55 seconds. READ
At a track and field meet in which Miasha Pittman had done so much, all one had to do was watch the last 100 meters of the meet to understand what Pittman is all about.
After receiving the baton from Nia Johnson in the 4 x 100-meter relay, the Riverhead High School sophomore quickly took the lead from Smithtown East’s anchor runner. Then, in a furious sprint down the homestretch, the look on Pittman’s face was one of pure determination. READ
The Shoreham-Wading River High School girls track and field team has a lot of individual talent, although coach Paul Koretzki isn’t necessarily certain how that will add up in dual meets.
“We’re not going to be very strong in the league as a team, but the team is getting better,” he said. “I don’t really know where it’s going. We’re not going to be a power. We will score well in the divisions because that’s the kind of team we are.” READ
Miasha Pittman doesn’t like losing. Not that anyone does, but the Riverhead High School sophomore absolutely detests it. That may be the driving force to her progress in track and field. READ
Paul Koretzki isn’t afraid to make a bold statement about the long-distance runners on his Shoreham-Wading River High School girls track and field team. Without hesitation, the coach called the five runners in question “the greatest distance team in the history of Suffolk County, maybe in the state of New York.”
A bold comment like that requires bold supporting evidence. Here it is: two national champion relay teams and five All-Americans — junior Katherine Lee and seniors Payton Capes-Davis, Amanda Dwyer, Aly Hayes and Maria Smith.
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Katherine Lee’s face lit up in glee.
It was at once a familiar sight, and an unusual one at the same time.
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