“SPIRIT RINGS” …@ ANDY WASNIK POLE VAULT CLASSIC !!!!!
The Hudson Valley Flying Circus Pole Vault Project
The Warwick Center
December 5 ….. ANDY WASNIK POLE VAULT MEET
EVERY VAULTER COUNTS !!!!! Congratulations to all 52 Pole Vaulters participating in our 4th ANDY WASNIK POLE VAULT MEET at the Flying Circus on Saturday. Pole Vault Coach Andy Wasnik of Park Ridge,New Jersey was a special educator…special coach and special human spirit. Coach Wasnik always found the time for every vaulter and every athlete on his and his wife Connie ‘s Park Ridge team. His patience and his encouraging positive words were his trade mark that he passes on to all of us. Thank you all for competing in his name this weekend.
There was plenty of that old fashion “Wasnik Spirit” swirling around that second floor hay loft at Flying Circus …as 52 talented and determined young athletes hit their strides on the fast blue Mondo runway and keeping up with the beat and spectators clapping. The atmosphere produced ‘flo-state’…as school records..personal bests and new confidence for the up coming season. Elementary student..Chloe Pasek of Mahwah.nj got the crowd going in the morning session with an 8′ 1″ personal best and then 74 year old Age Group Master World Record Holder..John “Doc” Andresen cleared 10′ 1″ by a wide margin to prove again that “SPIRIT … NEVER GRADUATES “. A shout out of THANKS to all our Vault Volunteers for helping the meet run smooth and fast… Coach Duffy..Coach Nesbitt…Soren Sorensen… Bob Sorensen…Dante..Dylan….Brian …Samantha and all other Standard and Bar Placers all day.!!!!
Girls Recap and Results……..The Girls HS Division was loaded…as 7 Girls flew 11′ 1″+… with Northern Valley,NJ Junior speedster Michelle Rubinetti clearing 11′ 7″ personal and school all time best for Coach Mike Ives. Using an early season low grip of 11′ 8″ and near misses at 12′ 1”. Team mates Caitlin “Rev” Reverand flew 11′ 1 and Erin Yuder hit 10′ 1″ PR for a fantastic 32′ 9″ Girls Circus Indoor Relay Record !!!! Warwick Valley,NY Middle School 8th grader..Genevieve Reilly flew 9′ 1″ to finish her unbeaten Fall Circus series…Chloe Pasek(Mahwak,NJ) wins the 6th grade honors at 8’1″…Flying Circus Coach Stephanie Duffy went BIG over 12′ 7″ and close at13′ 1″ bars .
Girls HS Results:
11′ 7″ Michelle Rubinetti(Demarest,NJ) School Record
11′ 1″ Alana Carroll (Albany NY)
11′ 1″ Sophia Alter(Rondount Valley,NY) School Record
11′ 1″ Caitlin Reverand (Demarest,NJ)
11′ 1″ Kalli Manly (Albany , NY)
11′ 1″ Samantha Kaplan (New Paltz,NY)
11′ 1″ Bridget Muller (Mahwah,NJ)
10′ 7″ Nicole Lester (Ridgewood,NJ)
10′ 7″ Danileel Cass (Weston,CT)
10′ 1″ Jessica Ippolito (Fair Lawn,NJ)
10′ 1″ Erin Yuder (Demarest,NJ)
10′ 1″ Maxine Earl (Ridgewood,NJ)
9′ 7″ Lia Zavattaro(Greenwich,CT) School Record
9′ 1″ Sydney Woods (Demarest,NJ)
8′ 1″ Ali Fiore (Old Tappan,NJ)
7′ 7′ Kaia Becker (Northern Highlands,NJ)
7′ 1″ Kendra Ackerman (Warwick,NY)
Elementary School
8′ 1″ Chloe Pasek (Mahwah,NJ) School Record
Middle School
9′ 1″ Genevieve reilly (Warwick,NY) School Record
8′ 1″ Nicole Ruggiero(Greenwood Lake,NY) School Record
7′ 1″ Hannah Soloman-Holland(Suffern,NY) School Record
Open Women
12′ 7′ Coach Stephanie Duffy (Washingtonville,NY)
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Boys Recap and Resuls…….The afternoon session featured the strong Boys and Men dueling on fiberglass…with 10 HS Boys flying 13′ 1″+…and the winner is…Horseham.PA junior…Nick Marino with a super-fly over 14′ 1″ and a bid to Boys Jr.Millrose Pole Vault Feb. 18 at the Armory!!! Mark DeLuca(Westhill) won Connecticut honors at 13′ 9″PR and Peter Chan (Delbarton) won New Jersey honors at 13′ 7″ and Liam Ackerman(Plainsview) took the New York crown at 13′ 7″ … A super performance came from 8th grader Conor Reilly(Scotch Plains,NJ) with his school record 11′ 7″ win… Flying Circus Coach Ben Simonet won the Open Division at 14′ 7″ and John “Doc” Andresen(LI.NY) again was great taking over 10′ 1″ to win the Masters 74 Year Division !!!! You can’t make this stuff up !!!!!
Boys HS Results:
14′ 1″ Nick Marino (Horseham,PA)
13′ 9″ Mark DeLuca(Westhill,CT)
13′ 7″ Peter Chan(Delbarton,NJ)
13′ 7″ Liam Ackerman(Plainview,NY)
13′ 7″ Dylan Scribani(New Paltz,NY)
13′ 7″ PVP Taylor (Rochester,NY)
13′ 1″ Matt Marsh (Dunmore,PA)
13′ 1″ Steve Philpotts (Saugoit Valley,NY)
13′ 1″ Matt delorenzo(Wallkill,NY)
13′ 1″ Desano Lin (Orangeburgh,NY)
12′ 7″ Dante D’Agostaro(Mahwah,NJ)
12′ 7″ Isaac Heatley(Warwick,NY)
12′ 1″ Dane Sorensen (Warwick.NY)
12′ 1″ Trevor Hazell (Vernon,NJ)
11′ 7″ Alex vasquez(Connetqout,NY)
11′ 7″ Kyle Gentgelli(LI)
11′ 7″ Brian Rubenstein(Berkley Heights,NJ)
11′ 7″ Avery Freedman(Mahwah,NJ)
11′ 1″ Brian Nagotko(Mahwah,NJ)
11′ 1″ Mike Delcher(Mahwah,NJ)
10′ 7″ Brendan McShane(warwick,NY)
10’1″ Kisth DeLoatch(warwick,NY)
8′ 7″ Jacob Becher(Warwick,NY)
Middle School
11′ 7″ Conor Reilly(Scotch Plains,NJ) 8th Grader!!
Open/Masters
14′ 7″ Ben Simonet(NYC.NY)
13′ 1″ Chris Cozzens(Albany,NY)
13’ 1″ J.Hoshyla(Hampton Bays,NY)
10’1″ John “Doc” Andresen (74 Age) (LI,NY)
FLYING CIRCUS….. “Heart-of-the-Matter”.