New Track Meet at MSG

NEW YORK (17-Nov) -- The 2012 United States indoor track season expanded with the announcement of a new meeting to be held here on January 28...Click Here to Read More.

Howard Aris, the president of the Jamaican Athletics Federation, has died at the age of 75... Click Here to Read More.

Ten Questions with Mike Cassidy

I began running as a freshman at Staten Island Tech.  Running was not easy for me, but I enjoyed the idea of a sport where success was dependent on how hard you worked...Click Here to Read More.

Moran Born on Staten Island
When it comes to the sport, Ed Moran was a late bloomer. He didn't start running until he was a sophomore at Notre Dame High School...Click Here to Read More.

SI Advance: SITRAC Letter to Editor
Several articles which have appeared in the Advance about the new state of the art indoor track and field facility in Ocean Breeze are causing concern on Staten Island... Click here to read more.

Out of the Darkness Walk  

Palin Runs a Half Marathon
Day after delivering a speech at a Tea party rally, Ms. Palin joined the “Jump Right In And Run!” half-marathon in Storm Lake....Click Here to Read More. 

The SITRAC Boardwalk Mile was held on August 13th, 2011
on the Staten Island Boardwalk.
Pictures have been added!
Click here for results and pictures.

Chris Whitehouse Fundraiser 
Sept. 11, 2011 - The Chris Whitehouse Foundation will be holding their annual fundraiser on Fri. Sept. 23rd  at the Silver Lake Golf Course and the Lake Cafe in Clove Lake Park. Read More.  

 

Justice for Dan -Dan Kelley, Staten Island track coach and runner was killed by a person driving under the influence of drugs in early January 2010.... Read More

4th Annual Fundraiser
May 18, 2011 - On May 5th, 2011, the Hilton Garden Inn was the setting for Staten Island Running and Community’s (SITRAC) annual fundraiser. This year represented a major addition to the event as SITRAC took over the sponsorship of the Triple Crown Awards, giving the evening its theme, “Rulers of the Road”... Read More

SITRAC Boardwalk Mile
Was held on Saturday, August 15th, 2009, on the Boardwalk. 

SITRAC traveled to Beantown, the beautiful city of Boston on June 9-10. The purpose of the trip was to visit the Reggie Lewis Track & Field facility on the campus of Roxbury Community College.....> More

Rob Andrews Runs 4:03.49 Mile
Robby Andrews of Manalapan H.S in NJ shocked the East Coast track world on Sat. June 13.....> More

Vanny
Jan. 30th -The snow blanketing the Parade Grounds at Van Cortlandt Park lends the landscape a tone of pastoral tranquillity, even if generations of schoolboy runners know better. To them, the scene is more like a battlefield temporarily stilled by nature.......> More

Picture-Mary DiBiase Blaich for The New York Times 

SITRAC Turns Fundraiser Into Rulers of The Road Celebration
It should have come as no surprise that SITRAC took the baton from the Staten Island Advance in order to keep the Staten Island Road Racing Triple Crown alive. To read more and purchase tickets for this event, click here.
 
 
 

Staten Island High School Indoor Championship Results
Jan. 17th -The Staten Island High School Track & Field Association  held the Staten Island High School Indoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday, January 16th, 2011 at the Armory Track & Field Center in Manhattan ......> More

Indoor Marathons on Rise?
Jan. 2nd -The ground is covered with snow and the mercury has settled to the bottom of the thermometer, which must mean that the indoor marathon season is just around the corner......> More

Track With a Hill On It?
Dec. 22th -Designing an athletic track could get you as bored as when you are runnig on it: curve, straight, curve, straight, again and again… Perfectly standardized, sport architecture has become more universal than international style.Track length of 400 m, 36.5 m radious. 1.22 m each lane….just data, without any fissure to let your imagination soar. We have added to the conventional track an alternative one......> More

National Indoor Championship Preview
Feb. 25th - The world’s #1 ranked high hurdler David Oliver,and two-time Olympic medalist and holder of numerous American records Bernard Lagat will be the featured attractions in the men’s running events at the 2011 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships presented by BMW, February 26-27 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M.......> More 

One Indoor HS Nationals... In NYC
Dec. 20th - Global athletic leader New Balance is pleased to announce an official multi-year partnership with the National Scholastic Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory in New York City in the New Balance Indoor Nationals. The event will bring together the best indoor track and field high school athletes from across the country for a weekend of intense competition.......> More

SITRAC Annual Meeting
Dec. 15th - There was plenty of animals and even more people at SITRAC's Annual meeting held at the Staten Island Zoo on Tues. Dec. 14th. The seventy five people in attendance ranged in age from 7-83 and all showed a great interest in learning the progress of the biggest sports facility construction development project in Staten Island history. SITRAC Vice President Bob Orazem did a brief 25 minutes presentation outlining the history of the organization, it's accomplishments over the last year and goals for the next year. New youth running club Island Express coach Rob "Little" Freeman was in attendance. "I wanted my team here to see how this project is going.We are counting the days till our team can get inside" Island Express with over 35 members currently trains outside in the cold. With over 14 years as the advocate of this facility SITRAC is currently in negotiations to manage the track & field component of the facility. With the groundbreaking haven taken place on July 21st of 2010 the next year should be just as exciting as the  opening of Nov.2012 nears.

Jack Minogue into Sports Hall of Fame
Dec. 6, 2010 - Long time SITRAC board member Jack Minogue and five others were nominated for entry into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame. Since "retiring" from the Advance Minogue has been on a accepting award tour. No fewer than six different organizations have honored him for his service. Minogue was the track & field beat writer for several years in the 1980's and covered the road racing triple crown for many years. Minogue's first love is baseball but over the last ten years he has focused on advocating for an Indoor track on Staten Island. Minogue has been instrumental in SITRAC and their work on the Indoor track. Congratulations Jack!

Millrose Games, Jan, 28th at MSG
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No Indoor Tracks in North Carolina?
Davis Whitfield, the commissioner of the N.C. High School Athletic Association, said holding state indoor track and field championships outdoors was the best solution the NCHSAA board could find. The University of North Carolina's Eddie Smith Fieldhouse is only the suitable indoor facility in the state and that site is unavailable because of construction at UNC's Kenan Stadium.......> More 

Girls Track #1, Boys #2
Based on figures from the 50 state high school athletic/activity associations, plus the District of Columbia, that are members of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), participation for the 2009-10 school year reached a record-breaking total of 7,628,377 participants, according to the 2009-10 High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted and recently released by the NFHS. Outdoor track and field gained the most combined participants in 2009-10, with an increase of 25,561 participants, followed by soccer with 19,597 combined participants and cross country (11,925). In girls sports, soccer gained the most participants (11,582), followed by outdoor track and field (11,445) and fast-pitch softball (9,290). Outdoor track and field led the way in boys sports with 14,116 additional participants, followed by cross country (8,156) and soccer (8,015). Outdoor track and field continued to be the leading sport for girls with 469,177 participants. Second was basketball (439,550), followed by volleyball (403,985), fast-pitch softball (378,211), soccer (356,116), cross country (201,968), tennis (182,395), swimming and diving (158,419), competitive spirit squads (123,644) and golf (70,872). The top participatory sports for boys remained the same from 2008-09: 11-player football led the way with 1,109,278 participants, followed by outdoor track and field (572,123), basketball (540,207), baseball (472,644), soccer (391,839), wrestling (272,890), cross country (239,608), tennis (162,755), golf (157,756) and swimming and diving (131,376).....> More

Congratulations Mike Cassidy
Staten Islander Mike Cassidy, formerly of Staten Island Tech. H.S and the University of Pennsylvania, had one of the greatest days in local NYC Marathon History. Cassidy ran the third fastest marathon time in Staten Island history. Only Frank McConville and the great Art Hall have run faster. Cassidy's time of 2:24.05 was the second fastest NYC Marathon time in SI history to McConville. He was the 6th American finisher!  Cassidy runs for the Greater NY Running club out of Manhattan. The qualifying time for the 2012 Olympic Marathon trials is 2:19.00. Running on a flat and fast course could push Cassidy below that mark. Congratulations Mike, Staten Island and SITRAC are very proud of you. 

Bill Hodge RIP
Former Moore HS and Wagner College track & Field coach Bill Hodge passed away on Fri. Nov. 5th.......> More

Cpl. Thompson Field Opening 10/26
October 20,, 2010 -  The Dept. of Parks /Recreation will have a Grand Opening ceremony at Corp. Thompson Field on Tuesday, Oct. 26th at 3:30PM. The six lane track will feature a steeplechase pit (W/steeple hurdles) and discus cage. Both events have never been available in a city park on Staten Island before......> More  

New Staten Island Parks Commissioner Announced
October 8, 2010 - Adena Long, a city Parks official and one-time Greenbelt director, has been named the borough's new Parks commissioner........> More  

Logan Out at USA Track & Field
The midpoint between Summer Olympics is usually considered the least dramatic year in track and field. With no outdoor world championships on the schedule (they are held in odd years), athletes nurse injuries or reduce their competitive schedules to rest weary bodies.......> More  
 

TThe Boardwalk Mile
August 15, 2010 - SITRAC's Boardwalk Mile was held on Saturday, August 14, 2010 on the Staten Island Boardwalk. Results and pictures have been posted.......> More  

Paulo Honored at Luncheon
Monday, August 8, 2010 -Retiring Staten Island Dept. of Parks/Recreation Commissioner Tom Paulo was honored by SITRAC at a luncheon on Aug. 5th.......> More  

 

Work Begins on New Track
Click to read the Wall Street Journal story




Cpl. Thompson Field Opening Soon
Friday, July 30, 2010 - The Dept. of Parks/Recreation's refurbishing of the Cpl. Thompson Field is almost complete. The Track & Field complex has several features never before available in a public park on Staten Island......> More  

Four appointed to SITRAC Board of Directors 
On Tuesday June 8th, at thebi-weekly SITRAC meeting, four distinguished community members were voted onto the Board of Directors. "We are ecstatic that we have been able to get four members of this quality added to our board" said Bob Orazem, Interim Vice-President. "Their experience as community leaders will go a long way as we progress with our work". The new members are Ed Josey, local president of the chapter of the NAACP, Alberto Garcia educator and coach, Mike Brennan judge and director of the Pepper Martin Run and Arnold Obey retired principal. The group will be swore in at the June 22nd meeting. Welcome aboard!

SITRAC Elects New Officers June 26, 2010 - SITRAC held its annual officers election on Tues. June 22nd at the board room of the South Beach Psych Center in Ocean Breeze. Vin Gattullo was elected the 4th president of SITRAC. Gattullo has previously served as the Director of the Staten Island Zoo and the President of the American Parkinson Disease Association among other projects. Gattullo laughed "at my age this is not something I thought I would be doing. We are in a real important stage now and I will take SITRAC to the next level" Among Gattullo's goals are to expand the board to include more regionally and nationally known people. Also elected was Bob Orazem, 1st. Vice President, Pete Whitehouse, 2nd Vice President, Alberto Garcia, Secretary and Jack Minogue, treasurer.

Gattullo maps out strategy for SITRAC
Click to read the Staten Island Advance story

The Boardwalk Mile - 8/14/10
SITRAC will host the Boardwalk Mile on Saturday, August 14th on the north end of the Boardwalk by the fishing pier.
Click here for more information and an application.  

The Dan Kelley Twilight Mile - 7/23/10
The 1st Annual Dan Kelley Twilight Mile was held on Friday, July 23rd, at St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School.  
Click here for results and pictures

Gorman Selected as USA Head Track Coach - July 9, 2010 - Ed Gorman, SITRAC board member was selected this week to be the head coach for the 2010 United States Junior Track & Field team heading to the I.A.A.F. World Jr. Championship in Moncton, Canada.

Indoor Marathon World RecordJuly 5, 2010 - For Michael Wardian, the tedium of racing around a 200-meter indoor track 221 times Thursday night was offset by a few positives......> More 


Track & Field Attendance Up This Year
July 5, 2010 - ......> More

State of the Sport 2009 from Running USA.......> More  

SITRAC Holds Fundraiser
May 7, 2010 - SITRAC held it's 3rd. annual fundraiser "One City in Track" Thurs.
May 6th at Moore H.S. in Graniteville, Staten Island......> More

World Junior Meet This Week
July 19, 2010 - Team USA ready for opening day of IAAF World Junior Championships......> More

Groundbreaking Update! 
Wednesday, July 21st at 11:00 AM 
The location of the ground-breaking will be on Father Capodanno Boulevard near the East Shore Little League Senior Field  which is a 1/2 mile south of Sand Lane. For additional info. contact Bob Orazem 718-442-2057. The Department of Parks & Recreation announced today that the long awaited ground-breaking for the Ocean Breeze Indoor Track & Field facility has been set. "This is absolutely great news" said SITRAC board member Bill Welsh. "The Staten Island community has been waiting for so long". The state of the art facility will be the finest of its kind in the USA. The facility will feature a six lane hydralic Mondo track with eight lanes in a down position. The seating capacity will be 2500. 

Fresh Kills Park Presentation Phase 1March 31, 2010 - The New York City Department of Parks has planned a public presentation on the design of the first portion of South Park to be developed at Freshkills Park which will be held on Wednesday, April 7th.......> More

Dan Lewis Quoted in Villanova Track Article......> More

Info on the Run for the Congoo......> More

More on Adidas Grand Prix
April 2, 2010 - World Champions Bernard Lagat, Jessica Ennis To Compete In New York.......> More

Andrews wins NCAA Indoor Track 800M Championship - March 15, 2010 - Robby Andrews, son of former New Dorp star and Triple Crown winner Bob Andrews, capped a great season by winning the NCAA 800 Meter Championship. Congratulations to Robby and his proud dad.......> More

SITRAC mourns the death of Dan Kelley who passed away on Sat. Jan. 9th after being struck by a car running on Hylan Blvd (on the previous Tuesday). We also hope for the full recovery of Gina Siclari who was also injured in the same incident. Our thoughts are with them and their families during this very difficult time.

Doha World Championships.......> More

Millrose Games Website.......> More

Millrose News.......> More

SITRAC held it's annual meeting Tues. Oct. 27th in the auditorium at South Beach Psych Center.

Doug Logan's 'State of the Sport' Speech.......> More

Diamond League Coming to NYC in 2010.......> More

Spoto Sisters Continue To Make News
QUEENSBURY , N.Y. - The local track and field season may be over, but the Spoto sisters continue to tear up the summer circuit......> More

Island Youngsters Shine in Sunshine State
The 13th annual AAU National Club Championships are over, and it was a glorious week for several up-and-coming Island future stars.......> More

Welsh Party
Last Sunday, July 5, was Bill Welsh's 80th birthday, and a crowd of more than 200 gathered at the College of Staten Island to honor the grand young man of Island track and field.......> More

Carlin's Season Ends at TAC Championships
It’s been a fine year for Jesse Carlin, but it ended on a sour note two weeks ago at the TAC championship meet in Eugene, Oregon......> More

Local Track Update 7/9/09
The local interscholastic season is over, but several Islanders are still making waves.......> More

Abel Kiviat Book Review Staten Island Advance writer Daniel O'Leary reviews the book "Abel Kiviat National Champion: 20th Century Track & Field and the Melting Pot" Kiviat is Staten Island's greatest Track & Field athlete and only Olympic medalist......> More

Sportsman of the YearOn Thursday June 16th, the Staten Island Advance honored SITRAC board member Jack Minogue as it's Sportsman of the Year.  Minogue's involvement in sports has spanned over 50 years! Minogue breathed new life into SITRAC with his involvement starting in 2003 and has been instrumental in the progress of our organization. Congratulations Jack, there is no more deserving person on Staten Island.

Bill Welsh Web Site!
Legendary Staten Islander, runner, coach and all around great guy Bill Welsh has a web site started in his honor. Welsh will turn 80 years old on July 5th. and a gala is being planned. For more information check out the web site. Bwelshruns.com lists the greatest athletes that Welsh has ever coached in order and you can blog him a birthday wish!.....> More