Yesterday afternoon, on a warm day at Randall’s Island’s Icahn Stadium, Colin Scanlon became the Bears’ latest individual State Champion, taking the 400 meter hurdle crown at the 21st Annual NYSAIS Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He becomes the fourth track & field State Champion in school history.

The sophomore turned in a career best mark of 56.81, pulling away from runner-up Josh Saha of Hackley by 1.34 seconds. His time was just .01 seconds off of Luke Conti’s school record mark set in 1996 and is currently 11th in America among sophomores. The win also earned Scanlon a spot in the New York State Federation Championships on June 7 against the best from the public, private, and catholic school leagues.

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NYSAIS 400 Hurdle Results

1.	Colin Scanlon	Stony Brook	56.81
2.	Josh Saha	Hackley	58.15
3.	Greyson Humphrey	Rye Country Day	58.82
4.	Julian Martelly	Rye Country Day	59.07
5.	John Kirwan	Collegiate	59.13
6.	Robbie Fox	Rye Country Day	60.90
7.	Vittorio Strapoli	Masters	61.33
8.	Eoin O’Byrne	Avenues	62.11

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Stony Brook Track & Field State Champions

1979	Andy Whitney	2 Mile
2012	Taylor Colucci	200
2016	Jyles Etienne	High Jump
2019	Colin Scanlon	400 Hurdles

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Three other Bears turned in medal-worthy performances in Manhattan yesterday. Eighth-grader Niamh Scanlon took 5th in the long jump with a personal best leap of 15′ 2″, Mo Romeus took 7th in the triple jump with a mark of 39′ 1″, and Francine Leung took 8th in the triple jump with a hop, skip, and jump of 31′ 2.5″.

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Stony Brook Results

100 Meters

• Lely Garner – 13.93 (24th)

400 Hurdles

• Colin Scanlon – 56.81 (1st)
• Niamh Scanlon – 1:17.81 (17th)

1600 Meters

• Riley Corcoran – 4:47.06 (12th)

400 Meters

• Mercedes Alvarez – 64.75 (18th)

Long Jump

• Niamh Scanlon – 15′ 2″ (5th)
• Francine Leung – 14′ 5.75″ (12th)
• Colin Scanlon – 18′ 2.75″ (13th)
• Lily Keegan – 14′ 2.5″ (16th)
• Mo Romeus – 17′ 2″ (26th)

Triple Jump

• Mo Romeus – 39′ 1″ (7th)
• Francine Leung – 31′ 2.5″ (8th)
• Lily Keegan – 31′ 0″ (10th)

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