Rochester, NY: Below is the 2015 Watch List for the Bob Ivory Award (High School Coach of the Year).
Nominations are accepted from any interested individual or group. Use our nomination form to submit any nomination(s). The nomination form is linked below.
The list of finalists for each of the annual awards will be announced in mid-July.
The finalists (top 3) will be selected from these lists of semifinalists by a panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians. The finalists for all eight awards will be guests at our Annual Awards Banquet.
The winner of all eight of Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame annual awards are selected by the same panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians. In addition, an online fan vote is held. The results of the fan vote, which is equal to the vote of one member of the panel, is added to the overall totals for each award.
The 2015 Annual Awards winners will be announced at the 2015 Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Awards Banquet to be held at the Radisson – Rochester Airport in Rochester, NY, located near the RIT campus, on Saturday, September 12, 2015.
Nomination Form
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Semifinalist Watch List
Name
School
Section
Andrew Cartwright
Corning HS
4
Michael De May
Rush Henrietta Sperry HS
5
Brian Lombardo
Sweet Home HS
6
Walt and Marty McLaughlin
East Aurora HS
6
Season Summary
Andrew Cartwright, Corning HS
COACHING ASSIGNMENTS
Assistant Boys and Girls XC Coach, Head Boys and Girls Indoor Track and Field Coach, Assistant Boys and Girls Outdoor Track and Field Coach (Specializing in Distance Runners)
BOYS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Won the Section Four Large School Team Title
Won Section IV Team Championship
GIRLS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Won the Section Four Large School Team Title
Won Section IV Team Championship
Section Records
4x800m Relay (9:27.38)
4x1 Mile Relay (20:40.23)
State Medalists
Jessica Lawson - 3,000m run (3rd place NYSPHSAA and Federation)
Madeline Ustanik - 1000m run (4th place NYSPHSAA and Federation)
Girls 4x800m Relay (Rogus, Lawson, Butler and Ustanik) finished (3rd place NYSPHSAA and Federation)
New Balance Indoor Nationals
Finished 2nd in the 4x1 Mile Relay (Ustanik, Rogus, Butler, and Lawson) - Indoor All American
School Records
800m run: Madeline Ustanik (2:16.81)
1000m run: Madeline Ustanik (2:55.65)
4x800m Relay (9:27.38)
4x1 Mile Relay (20:40.23)
BOYS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Won Conference (STAC) Team Championship
Finished 2nd as team in the Section IV Championship
Section IV Class A Champions
1600m run Jared Moore (12) (4:24.09)
Corning took the first three places in this race
State Medalists
Kevin Moshier 3200m run (6th place NYSPHSAA Division 1 and 9th place Federation)
Brian Bates 3000m Steeplechase (4th place NYSPHSAA Division 1 and 5th place Federation)
New Balance Outdoor Nationals
4x1 Mile Relay Champions (Jared Moore, Peter Kane, Kevin Moshier, Brian Bates)- outdoor All American
Brian Bates 2,000m Steeplechase 6:04.59) 5th place - outdoor All American
Section Record
4x1 Mile relay (Jared Moore, Peter Kane, Kevin Moshier, Brian Bates) (17:32)
School Records
4x1 Mile relay (Jared Moore, Peter Kane, Kevin Moshier, Brian Bates) (17:32)
GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Won Conference (STAC) Team Championship
Finished 2nd as team in the Section IV Championship
State Medalists
Madeline Ustanik – 800m run (4th place NYSPHSAA Division 1 and 6th place Federation)
Katie Butler – 2,000m Steeplechase (6th place NYSPHSAA Division 1 and 7th place Federation)
New Balance Outdoor Nationals
Finished 4th in the 4x1 Mile Relay (Lawson, Rogus, Butler, and Ustanik) - outdoor All American
Section Records
4x1 Mile Relay (Lawson, Rogus, Butler, and Ustanik) (20:32.39)
School Records
4x1 Mile Relay (Lawson, Rogus, Butler, and Ustanik) (20:32.39)
Distance Medley Relay (DMR) (?????, Rogus, Butler, and Ustanik) (12:42.54)
Sprint Medley Relay (SMR): (4:12.06)
Michael De May, Rush Henrietta Sperry HS
COACHING ASSIGNMENTS
Head Boys and Girls XC Coach, Head Boys and Girls Indoor Track and Field Coach, Head Boys and Girls Outdoor Track and Field Coach
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY SEASON
Three girls qualified for the state meet
Alex Cooper placed 7th in the Class A race at the state meet
Alex Cooper was voted All Greater Rochester Runner of the Year
Alex Cooper was voted the Section V Sportsmanship Award winner
BOYS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Section V Class A boys champions (5th in 6 years)
GIRLS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Section V Class A girls champions (fourth straight)
Won Invitational meet team titles at these meets:
Dartmouth Relays
Trent Jackson/Cedric Walker Invitational
Section V Class A Championships
State Indoor Championships:
55m dash: Lanae-Tava Thomas (1st Federation and 1st NYSPHSAA)
300m dash: Samantha Watson (2nd Federation and 2nd NYSPHSAA)
1000m run: Samantha Watson (1st Federation and 1st NYSPHSAA)
4x200m relay (Lanae-Tava Thomas, Tori Thompson, Ceara Watson, Samantha Watson) (2nd Federation and 1st NYSPHSAA)
New Balance Indoor National Championships
National Champions in the 1600m Sprint Medley Relay breaking the 14yr old national record (Lanae-Tava Thomas, Tori Thompson, Ceara Watson, Samantha Watson) (3:52.86)
Samantha Watson is the National Champion in the 800m run (2:08.13)
National Record
1600m Sprint Medley Relay (3:52.86)
State Record
Samantha Watson set the sophomore state record for the 1,000m run (2:47.27). This is also the non-professional state record. (Mary Cain ran faster after turning pro last year.)
Set 10 Section V records (all are also school records):
400m dash: (56.36 by Ceara Watson)
800m run twice: (best is 2:09.27 by Samantha Watson)
1000m run: (2:47.27 by Samantha Watson)
4x200m relay 3 times: (best is 1:42.87 by Tori Thompson, Lanae-Tava Thomas, Ceara Watson, Samantha Watson)
1600m Sprint Medley Relay 3 times (best is 3:52.86 by Lanae-Tava Thomas, Tori Thompson, Ceara Watson, Samantha Watson)
Meet records
1600m Sprint Medley Relay (4:04.72) at the Dartmouth Relays
4x200m relay (1:43.99) at the Dartmouth Relays
Samantha Watson was the All Greater Rochester Athlete of the Year
Samantha Watson was named the Section V Sportsmanship Award Winner
Michael De May was voted the All Greater Rochester Girls Coach of the Year
BOYS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
State Championships:
Shot Put (Keanu Heedram) (6th Federation and 3rd NYSPHSAA Division 1)
Long Jump - Lanae-Tava Thomas: (5th Federation and 8th NYSPHSAA Division 1)
New Balance Indoor National Championships
Samantha Watson won the national title in the 800m at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals 2:07.02
National Champions in the 1600m Sprint Medley Relay breaking the national record (Lanae-Tava Thomas, Tori Thompson, Ceara Watson, Samantha Watson) 3:47.65
Ceara Watson won the 800m in the Emerging Elite 2:08.54 breaking the meet record at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals
The Bob Ivory Award, which debuted in 2012, is presented annually by the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame to the outstanding High School Coach of the Year in the Niagara Association.
Robert J. Ivory, a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 1998, our inaugural class, is a former track and field coach at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo, NY, where he was very successful. Ivory is a graduate of Canisius College in Buffalo. In ten years at St. Joe's, his teams won eight conference Cross Country Championships, eight conference Track and Field Championships, one Eastern States Championship (runners-up twice), and two Penn Relays Championships. In addition, Ivory coached Dick Buerkle when Buerkle set the world record for the Indoor Mile in 1977. Ivory was named District I Track Coach of the Year (1976).
For more information on The Bob Ivory Award, the trophy, and Bob Ivory himself, visit NiagaraTrackHoF.org.
About the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards
The Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards program was developed to bring some well deserved recognition
to the outstanding high school and college athletes and teams, and the top high school coach from the Niagara Association. These awards are presented at our annual awards banquet which is held on the Saturday after Labor Day.
The finalists (top 3) are selected from the lists of semifinalists by a panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians. The finalists for all eight awards will be guests at our Annual Awards Banquet.
The winner of all eight of Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame annual awards are selected by the same panel of area coaches, participants, and nationally-based historians and statisticians. In addition, an online fan vote is held. The results of the fan vote, which is equal to the vote of one member of the panel, is added to the overall totals for each award.
About the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame
Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame and Virtual Museum is provisionally chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. The purpose of the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame and Virtual Museum is to recognize those individuals who made significant and outstanding contributions to the Sport of Athletics (including Track & Field, Long Distance Running, Race Walking, and Cross Country Running) while living within the geographic boundaries (New York State West of and including the counties of Oswego, Onondaga, Cortland, and Broome) of the Niagara Association as athletes (including Masters), coaches, and/or administrators (including Competition Officials).
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