Staten Island , NJ — 2024 UCIAC Individual Championships: Fossella goes Back to Back Championships in the Shot Put O’Keefe claims the Pole Vault Championship The Winter Track team competed in the 2024 Union County Individual Championship meet held at the Ocean Breeze Indoor facility in Staten Island.  Both of the teams, Boys and Girls, placed 6th in the county!  Ben Fossella repeated as the Union County Shot Put Champion while Will O’Keefe won the Pole Vault. In a highly competitive Girls High Jump, Sanaa Wright claimed 2nd with a new indoor personal best of 5’02”! Isa Alvarez-Gomez medaled in 2 events (55H, 400M). Kristen Fries battled through a competition to place 2nd in the Shot Put while Amari Petgrave placed 5th in the 55M. SR Ben Fossella - Shot Put - 52’09.75” - COUNTY CHAMPION - Back to Back! SR Will O’Keefe - Pole Vault - 10’06” - COUNTY CHAMPION (PR) JR Sanaa Wright - High Jump - 5’02” - 2nd place (PR) SR Kristen Fries - Shot Put - 36’10.25” - 2nd place JR Isa Alvarez-Gomez - 55H - 8.80 - 4th place JR Isa Alvarez-Gomez - 400M - 1:00.88 - 5th place (PR) SR Amari Petgrave - 55M - 6.75 - 5th place (PR) List of New PR’s: 55M: Jenny Bedgood, Mykayla Sinclair, Bella Guidice,  200M: Jenny Bedgood, Ellie Semple, Ryleigh Freely, Ava Cao, Adrianna Miller, Luciano Fiorenza, Amari Petgrave, Todd Titre, Daniel Angulo, Dylan Kowalski, Brandyn Grant 400M: Ellie Semple, Ava Grace Williams, Luciano Fiorenza, Nick Maloof, Jason Maloof 800M: Caitlin Owens, Maanya Kuthethur, Erin Walsh, Connor Perez, Oskar Iwaniuk, Jack Heyder 1600M: Caitlin Owens, Maanya Kuthethur, Elizabeth Curro, Ethan Klapinski, Ryan Hutton, Sean Quinones, Nate Bikofsky, Alec Ritter, Thomas Curro 55H: Damara Barnes, Gigi Halicki, Kylan Medard, Jack Schwartz, Micah Perkins HJ: Callie Blanton, Shaggy Hrycak PV: Nick Maloof