May 2013
Falcon Spiked Shoe Club Major Supporter of the
Annual Albertus Auction
FSSC Member Marty Moran is the driving force behind the auction and did another excellent job at the New York Country Club on April 20th. The funds raised this year will go toward a new biology lab as construction is scheduled to begin this summer. The chemistry lab was completed and next up is the physics lab which should cost a lot less than the other two. The FSSC sponsored a table which entitles us to a full page journal ad (attached to the email). The dinner was attended by FSSC Members Coach Howie McNiff, Coach Dave Peterkin, Joe Powers and his wife Kathie Burke and John and Gail McNiff.
Many FFSC members took out full page journal ads. As well as his add FSSC member Mr. Tom Festa donated a beautiful Adirondack Chair set from Fesco Fence http://fescofence.com/ while FSSC member Jerome Kane donated a Broadway ticket gift certificate from his company http://ppc.broadway.com
Marty Moran kicks off the Auction! Kathie Burke and Joe Powers enjoying the auction.
Coach Howie McNiff and Coach Dave Peterkin (seated) with John McNiff, Joe Powers and Kathie Burke
Special Thanks also to FSSC Member Thomas F. Leonard – President of Lanline Communications, Inc. who took out a full page ad on the back of the front cover of the auction journal!
http://lanline.com
Spring Season in Full Swing – the current team has been competing in the usual spring dual meets as well as the early season relay carnivals. To date the team has participated in the Pearl River Relays, the 45th Annual Nanuet Relays (Click here for a video of our own Larry Beckerle – Co-Director of the Nanuet Relays – or ‘Nanu-wet Relays’ as Larry likes to call them) and the Red Raider Relays.
Special CONGRATULATIONS to the girls Sprint Medley Relay which WON their section of the Red Raider Relays:
Section 3
1 Albertus Magnus 4:52.90
1) Auld, Emily 9 2) Ostolozaga, Tori 9
3) Roth, Emily 9 4) Ostolozaga, Grace 11
Upcoming Schedule – why not stop by, reminisce and cheer on the current flock of Falcons!!
- April 25th – 27th Penn Relays – YES!! After many years the Falcons returned to the Penn Relays! Update next FSSC Newsletter
- May 6th – Monday – League Meet – Pearl River High School
- May 11th – Saturday – Blanford Relays – Edgemont HS 6:00PM
- May 17th & 18th – Friday & Saturday – Rockland County Meet – Tappan Zee HS
- May 23rd – Thursday – Class C Championships – Valhalla High School 4:00PM
- May 31st – Friday – NY State Meet Qualifier – White Plains High School
- June 8th – Saturday – NY State Meet – Middletown NY-9:00AM
So I Went for a Run
Spoiler alert: Things got better. When you're a runner, they always do.
By
Mark Remy
Published
April 2, 2013
I was angry, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was confused, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was exhausted, so I went for a run. And things got better.
I was lost, unsure, empty, afraid. Certain that whatever was left of my sanity had snapped, had come untethered and floated away, to a place so high and remote that I would never see it again, and that even if I did, I wouldn't recognize it.
So I went for a run. And things got better.
I felt like things could not possibly get worse, so I went for a run. And things got better.
(Another time, I felt like things could not get much better. I went for a run. Things got much better.)
After enough miles, over enough runs and enough years, I realized: No matter what, no matter when, or where, or why, I can find my shoes and go for a run and things will get better.
And that realization? Just knowing that?
It made things better.
Hope you’re getting out now that the weather has gotten nicer and the daylight is plentiful. And REMEMBER - someone busier than you is running right now!!
John McNiff
Falcon Spiked Shoe Club
http://www.magnusathletics.com/fssc.html
Cell: (973) 229-6443 Work: (908) 412-7060
***See Attached Chili’s Flyer for Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser
Monday May 6th***