The annual St. Anthony’s Invitational is circled on the calendars of most Long Island track athletes. The size and depth of the meet makes it an ideal place to run a memorable time. Yesterday, our boys took advantage of the quality competition to run, not only some of the best times in New York State this season, but some of the best times in the 89-year history of Stony Brook track and field.

The day began with Khoren Lawson and Taylor Colucci competing in the 100 meter dash. In the preliminaries they each blew away their season best times of 11.25 and 11.30, which were already #1 and #2 in New York State’s Class C rankings, by blazing to 11.13 and 11.18, respectively. In the finals the dynamic duo sliced more time off their season bests as Lawson raced to a 3rd place finish in 11.06 while Colucci came in just behind in 11.10. The times were the two fastest FAT 100 meter dashes in school history, besting the 11.12 set by Matt Mattimore ’95.

100 Meter Dash Results

1.	Dayne Savory	Bay Shore	10.93
2.	Jaquan Smith	Elmont	10.98
3.	Khoren Lawson	Stony Brook	11.06
4.	Taylor Colucci	Stony Brook	11.10
5.	Mark Jackson	Longwood	11.22
6.	Connor Crane	Bay Shore	11.40

Colucci’s successful day continued in the 200 meters as he took 2nd place in 22.34, the fastest FAT 200 in school history. However, 4×100 meter relay team saved the best for last. The boys’ 43.65 at the Penn Relays was already the #1 time in New York State’s Class C and the second-best mark in school history, but Lawson, Jon Wentling, Andrew White, and Colucci not only blew away their PR, but the school record as they charged to an incredible 43.07. The time bested that of Jon Bute, Mike Cox, Terrance Anderson, and Pete Carmel, set at the 2007 State Championships, by .27 seconds to claim the top spot in Stony Brook history. The mark was good enough to beat an excellent Longwood team, a squad the Bears lost to in the New York Relays, as well as qualify them for the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the Championship level. With this blazing time in hand, the boys have their sights set on the State Championships in June with the hopes of bringing home the first individual state title since Laura Whitney won the cross country crown in 1981.

4×100 Meter Relay Results

1.	Bay Shore	42.96
2.	Stony Brook	43.07
3.	Longwood	43.42
4.	William Floyd	43.95
5.	Brentwood	43.97

With just a handful of athletes the boys finished 6th out of 43 teams in the meet, bested only by such powerhouses as St. Anthony’s, Bay Shore, Longwood, Brentwood, and Smithtown West.

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