Sussex County Middle Schools Track & Field Championships Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Hardyston Art Disque Most Valuable Athlete Awards James Bellush (Frankford) Melanie O'Connor (Hardyston)

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Bellush, O'Connor capture Art Disque Award

Published in the Straus Newspapers - June 17, 2004

Hardyston's Melanie O'Connor and James Bellush of Frankford were selected the Art Disque Award winners as the Most Valuable Athletes of the 2004 Sussex County Middle Schools Track & Field Championships contested on the campus of Wallkill Valley Regional High School in Hardystone. Bellush picked up gold medals in the shot put and discus and ran a leg on Frankford's victorious 800-meter relay quartet. O[Connor finished first inb the 100-meter dash, was runnerup in the long jump and ran a leg on Hardyston's bronze medal foursome in the 400-meter relay. Hardyston's Vicky Caruso set the only new individual meet record when she was fastest to the finish in the 400-meter dash with a clocking of 1:03.98. Andover set a new mark in the girls' 800-meter relay with a time of 1:59.96.. Frankford claimed the boys' team title while Hardyston finished first among the 10 schools competing for the girls' team championship.

Boys Team Scores: 1. Frankford 74; 2. Sussex 58; 3. Vernon 51; 4. Newton 46; 5. Hardyston 35 1/2; 6. Sparta 35; 7. Ogdensburg 23; 8. Kittatinny 10; 9. Reverend Brown 4 1/2; 10. Andover 4 100-Meter Dash: 1. John Picher (Frankford) 12.8; 2. Will Muller (Sussex) 12.88; 3. Richard Joseph (Kittatinny) 12.90; 4. Kenny Caruso (Hardyston) 12.97; 5. Will Rivera (Kittatinny) 13.18; 6. Tyler Shiavone (Hardyston) 13.49 200-Meter Dash: 1. Will Muller (Sussex) 26.51; 2. John Picher (Frankford) 26.75; 3. Sean Moore (Sparta) 27.53; 4. Marc Prager (Sparta) 27.70; 5. Matt Sciancalepore (Vernon) 28.39; 6. Rob Armstrong (Hardyston) 28.52 400-Meter Dash: 1. Steven Vealey (Frankford) 59.99; 2. Sean Boyle (Sparta) 1:01.33; 3. Matt Sciancalepore (Vernon) 1:03.16; 4. Kyle Reinhardt (Andover) 1:03.25; 5. Ken Rosado (Vernon) 1:04.62; 6. Mark Eidom (Sparta) 1:04.69 800-Meter Run: 1. Nick Carr (Hardyston) 2:20.96; 2. Matt Kienz (Newton) 2:27.31; 3. Ryan Gemon (Vernon) 2:29.23; 4. Brendan McDonough (Sparta) 2:29.69; 5. Danny Burdzy (Hopatcong) 2:33.30; 6. Rob Pachella (Ogdensburg) 2:35.87 1600-Meter Run: 1. Scott Paul (Newton) 5:19.01; 2. Ryan Gemon (Vernon) 5:19.60; 3. Brendan McDonough (Sparta) 5:24.96; 4. Josh Stute (Reverend Brown) 5:25.55; 5. Doug Murphy (Hardyston) 26.50; 6. David Braun (Hardyston) 5:43.75 400-Meter Relay: 1. Sussex 52.19; 2. Hardyston 52.79; 3. Newton 53.79; 4. Ogdensburg 54.42; 5. Kittatinny 54.83; 6. Frankford 54.98 800-Meter Relay: 1. Frankford 1:54.15; 2. Sussex 1:56.65; 3. Sparta 1:56.78; 4. Vernon 1:58.27; 5. Hardyston 1:58.59; 6. Ogdensburg 1:59.81 High Jump: 1. Chris Thomas (Newton) 4-10; 2. Doug Eidam (Sparta) 4-10; 3. Matt Scianalepore (Vernon) 4-8; 4. Sean Boyle (Sparta) 4-8; 5. Tom Curtis (Hardyston) 4-8; 6. Scott Varanelli (Reverend Brown) 4-6 Long Jump: 1. Will Muller (Sussex) 16-7; 2. Matt Scianalepore (Vernon) 16-2; 3. Steven Vealey (Frankford) 15-4; 4. Scott Paul (Newton) 14-6 1/2; 5. Tyler Schiavone (Hardyston) 14- 2 1/2; 6. John Picher (Frankford) 14-1/2 Shot Put: 1. James Belluish (Frankford) 39-11 1/2; 2. Ken Rosado (Vernon) 37-2; 3. Tom Reilly (Ogdensburg) 35-7 1/2; 4. Brad Thomas (Frankford) 35-5 1/2; 5. Kevin Rheinhelmer (Newton) 34-5; 6. Xhelli Vukel (Ogdensburg) 34-2 1/2 Discus: 1. James Belluish (Frankford) 133-10 1/2; Xhelli Vukel (Ogdensburg) 111-11 1/2; 3. Kevin Rheinhelmer (Newton) 109-9; 4. Brad Thomas (Frankford) 109-9; 5. Tom Reilly (Ogdensburg) 109-3; 6. Ken Rosado (Vernon) 93-8

Girls Team Scores: 1. Hardyston 71; 2. Kittatinny 64; 3. Sussex 56; 4. Vernon 51; 5. Sparta 26; 5. Andover 23; 7. Reverend Brown 21; 8. Ogdensburg 13; 9. Frankford 7; 10. Newton 6 100-Meter Dash: 1. Melanie O'Connor (Hardyston) 13.78; 2. Katie Biggy (Andover) 13.92; 3. Allie Simeone (Kittatinny) 14.02; 4. Katie Lisa (Vernon) 14.92; 5. Johanna Cerutti (Sussex) 14.28; 6. Crystal Kennedy (Ogdensburg) 14.30 200-Meter Dash: 1. Kylie McGlew (Kittatinny) 29.07; 2. Katie Lisa (Vernon) 14.26; 3. Erin Williams (Sussex) 29.58; 4. Amanda Miller (Newton) 29.62; 5. Emily Lagg (Andover) 30.25 400-Meter Dash: 1. Vicky Caruso (Hardyston) 1:03.98; 2. Sarah Bieganousky (Reverend Brown) 1:04.13; 3. Samantha Pittelko (Vernon) 1:05.92; 4. Sophie Flamouropou (Andover) 1:06.27; 5. Jenny Helgus (Kittatinny) 1:07.47; 6. Tori Simeone (Kittatinny) 1:09.48 800-Meter Run: 1. Maggie Faselt (Kittatinny) 2:39.73; 2. Carrie Mulligan (Vernon) 2:44.63; 3. Chelsea Gummerson (Kittatinny) 2:47.13; 4. Laura Gilson (Sparta) 2:50.90; 5. Samantha Brummell (Sussex) 2:51.21; 6. Ashley Sanborn (Sussex) 2:51.87 1600-Meter Run: 1. Jenny Helgis (Kittatinny) 5:43.54; 2. Emily Carrollo (Sussex) 5:59.95; 3. Kaitlyn Chegwidden (Hardyston) 6:03.79; 4. Courtney Higgins (Ogdensburg) 6:11.77; 5. Lisa Sim (Sparta) 6;22.48; 6. Clara Van Ness (Reverend Brown) 6:22.76 400-Meter Relay: 1. Sussex 55.82; 2. Kittatinny 56.23; 3. Hardyston 57.30; 4. Sparta 57.51 5. Vernon 59.16; 6. Reverend Brown 59.31 800-Meter Relay: 1. Andover 1:59.98; 2. Hardyston 2:00.18; 3. Sussex 2:00.21; 4. Kittatinny 2:00.49; 5. Sparta 2:01.44; 6. Reverend Brown 2:05.42 High Jump: 1. Sarah Foster (Sparta) 4-6; 2. Megan Wolfe (Ogdensburg) 4-6; 3. Ashley Sanborn (Sussex) 4-6; 4. Katie Rago (Hopatcong) 4-4; 5. Monique Vealy (Frankford) 4-4; 6. Katie Lisa (Vernon) 4-4 Long Jump: 1. Kelly Helmrich (Vernon) 13-7; 2. Melanie O'Connor (Hardyston) 13-5; 3. Ashley Sanborn (Sussex) 13-4 1/2; 4. Lauren Sweller (Hardyston) 13-3; 5. Jenn Alpers (Sparta) 12-11; 6. Abby Tomlinson (Kittatinny) 13-10 Shot Put: 1. Stephanie Santos (Sussex) 36-3; 2. Stephanie Romano (Hardyston) 31-9; 3. Julie Gradsky (Kittatinny) 31-1 1/2; 4. Katie Lisa (Vernon) 29-10 1/2; 5. Stevie McDole (Sussex) 29-10 1/2; 6. Amanda Miller (Newton) 29-10 Discus: 1. Erin Frick (Reverend Brown) 72-10; 2. Samantha Pittelko (Vernon) 71-3 1/2; 3. Stephanie Romano (Hardyston) 69-5; 4. Brittany Cooper (Frankford) 68-7 1.2; 5. Ashley Ross (Hardyston) 68-3 1/2; 6. Amanda Miller (Newton) 67-6

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