Boys Winter Track Completes Record-Breaking Season

Editor's Note: The following was contributed by Nancy Tantone.

It's been a record breaking season for the West Islip boys winter track team coached by Anthony Yuli and assistant coach Mike Distefano. 

The records started to fall early and the trend continued all season.  Colin O'Connor set a new school record of 36.57 in the 300-meter, breaking the previous record set in 2003 by more than two seconds. 

Dom Morgan's long jump of 21"3" exceeds the previous record by almost two feet.  The 4 x 200 relay team (Matt Belluci, Dom Morgan, Chris Nohilly, and Colin O'Connor) clocked the second fastest time in Suffolk County of 1:33.  This time broke another record from 2003 by four seconds and qualified the team for Nationals. 

In an exciting race this past Sunday, Feb. 12, the 4 X400 relay team (Matt Belluci, Dom Morgan, Chris Nohilly and Colin O'Connor) took first place in Suffolk County qualifiying them to represent West Islip at the NY State Championship meet to be held at Cornell University on March 3rd.   Once again, the relay team ran in record form, setting a new school record of 3:31.