04.09.2020 Sports Girls Track and Field: Yakaboski will run for Lehigh Through her reading as a freshman, Christina Yakaboski recalled coming across the famous line, or a variation of it, penned by Scottish poet Robert Burns in the 1700s: “The...
03.10.2020 Sports Girls Track and Field: Garcia runs her fastest 3,000 at state meet One runner is faster than the next at the New York State Indoor Track and Field Championships. No slowpokes here. The fastest even make the others faster. A personal...
03.09.2020 Sports Girls Track and Field: Deraveniere puts nervous energy to good use So much of this all was new to Kristina Deraveniere. A big track and field meet, the biggest of her young life. A jam-packed arena. Medals and prestige —...
03.08.2020 Sports Track and Field: Parker expands his medal collection Tyreek Parker has two shiny new additions to his medal collection. The Riverhead High School senior has won some nice medals before, but the two newest additions wrapped around...
03.02.2020 Sports Girls Winter Track: SWR’s Garcia doesn’t tire from challenges Nicole Garcia will be busy Saturday at the state indoor track and field championships. She will run two events covering 4,500 meters that day at the Ocean Breeze Athletic...
02.28.2020 Sports Girls Winter Track: Deraveniere makes her mark in 600 Kristina Deraveniere remembers as an eighth-grader walking by the Riverhead High School track and field record board every day. The numbers that caught her eye were for the school...
02.27.2020 Sports Boys Winter Track: Riverhead’s Parker hurdles over obstacles In one sense, Tyreek Parker looked like a natural to be a hurdler, with his athleticism and speed. In another sense, though, he was an unlikely hurdling candidate. His...
01.19.2020 Sports Boys Winter Track: Parker’s DQ comes with controversy This just may have been a case of Tyreek Parker being too good for his own good. Trying to improve what could be regarded as the weakest phase of...
