ST. ANTHONY'S ATHLETICS

ST. ANTHONY'S ATHLETICS

ST. ANTHONY'S ATHLETICS

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL, NY Franciscan Brothers

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL, NY Franciscan Brothers

ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL, NY Franciscan Brothers

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Girls Varsity/JV Cross Country


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YOUTH BRINGS SUCCESS


Updated on 06/10/2022

The Girls’ Cross Country season ended with a bang! The team came into this season knowing that they had to make up for the loss of four strong seniors that were on varsity last year. They set their expectations high, with the goal to qualify for the New York State Federations Championships on Nov. 20th.

2021 NSCHSGAA Cross Country Champions (left to right) Annalise Olsen ’25, Olivia Czoch’ 25, Kiera Udell ’23, Emma Rodriguez ’23, Blair Davi ’23, Lauren Matyka ’23, and Katherin McConnachie ’24 Coach Olivier St. Aude

This season, the team made a huge effort to “pack run”. This is when the team gets out and stays together for the first half mile of the race. Coach O comments: “We had to have the girls learn how to run in a group and understand how to pace. Pack running was one of the reasons we had such great success. Overall the team had a great season due to us learning how to pack run and understand pace”.

Learning this technique helped us in our first major victory, winning the NSCHSAA Varsity League Championship at Sunken Meadow, with 5 of our 7 girls placing in the top ten.  Junior Kiera Udell finished 2nd , freshmen Olivia Czoch – 3rd and junior Blair Davi 4th overall to help score a low 28 points.  Kate McConnachie, a sophomore, finished 7th and Lauren Matyka, a junior, 8th. All five earned All League Honors by running under 17:30.0 on the 2.5 mile course. Varsity then went on to take first place at NY Cities Intersectionals, and secured a spot in the New York State Public School Federation meet. Runners Udell and Czoch lead the team to achieve the goal they set at the beginning of the season with the team finishing 21st overall with over 280 individual girls running that day.  

Riley Giffith ’24, Olsen, Rodriguez, Udell, Czoch, Nicolette Scaprinato ’25, and Reilly McKinley ’25 at the NY State Federation meet

This young team gained tremendous experience at Federations with half of the team being made up of freshmen;  Czoch (freshman), Annalise Olsen (freshman), Nicolette Scaprinato (freshman), and Reilly McKinley (freshman). Upperclassmen Udell (captain), Emma Rodriguez (junior & captain),  Riley Griffith (sophomore), and Lindsay Yakaboski (junior) are excited for next year. Olsen comments “the course was definitely not as tough as Sunken Meadow. There were a couple of hills, but nothing compares to Cardiac Hill.” Cardiac is one of the hardest parts of our home course at Sunken Meadow State Park, and training there has prepared the girls to take on harder courses such as Bowdoin Park, where the New York State Federations Meet is held. 

Udall & Czoch at the NY State Championships

With cross country coming to a close, the future looks bright with all varsity runners returning next year. The team is hoping to qualify and make it to New York State Regionals in 2022 with a higher place finish at Federations. Now the team is preparing and training for winter track. “I’m looking forward to this indoor season, coming off a fun and successful cross country season. The girls are very fit and will definitely make some people wonder how well they will run indoors. I can’t wait to get rolling on this season” says Coach O.

By: Emma Rodriguez A  junior who is writing for the Scoreboard for the first time. Captain of the girl’s cross country, winter track, and spring track team. Participates in NHS, SALT, Friar Faithful, Special Needs Ministry, Soup Kitchen Club, and Triathlon Club. In her free time, she plays the piano.

2021 FALL PRACTICE


Updated on 06/10/2022

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Monday 8/23 through 8/27 All levels meet at the

Sunken Meadow starting line at 5:00 pm.

If you have questions please email Coach St. Aude at ostaude@stanthonyshs.org

Girl’s Cross Country Team Starts off Strong


Updated on 06/10/2022

The Saint Anthony’s girl’s cross country team is off to an outstanding start! Coming off a 2020 Championship season, they opened the 2021 season at the Jim Smith Invitational on September 11th. Both the freshman and juniors came in third place and sophomores finished in 5th at Sunken Meadow State Park. The next week, they followed up with Varsity coming in first place at the Bob Pratt Invitational. We had five of our team members finish in the top twenty, and all seven finished in the top 35, to earn a low score of 45 to win. With four big meets remaining for the season, the Friars hope to keep the momentum going at their own Saint Anthony’s Invitational on Oct.1st at Sunken Meadow State Park. 

2021 Juniors
2021 Sophomores
2021 Freshmen

Head Coach Olivier St. Aude plays a big role in our achievements, by giving us constant incentive to work hard, no matter the circumstances. Coach O comments, “we are off to a great start to the season under the leadership of our captains Jr. Emma Rodriguez, Jr. Kiera Udell, and Sr. Erin Boyd. They have been great with the underclassmen and showing them the Friar way. Emma and Kiera bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm that the girls don’t have a choice but to join in on and Erin is great with embracing any new girls and making them feel at home. I am so proud to be their coach. We, as coaches, love seeing the girls enjoy practice and the meets. Please come out and support the team at the next meet.” 

Our team has several major runners that contribute to our success: Jr. Lauren Matyka, Jr. Blair Davi, Fr. Annalise Olsen, Fr. Olivia Czoch, and So. Kate Mcconnachie. Every year, our school hosts the Saint Anthony’s Invitational, where public and private schools from all over Long Island come out to compete. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Invitational and it will surely be exciting as we run against some of Long Islands’ top distance schools such as Northport and Ward Melville. 

We will follow this big meet up with the nationally known, Manhattan Invitational, that pre covid, would draw schools as far as California, Ohio, Main and the South. Our young varsity squad is excited to be part of this meet for the first time as varsity runners. After this meet, the girls can look forward to Intersectionals and New York State Federation Championships, where Notre Dame is our biggest league competition. We will enter our championship season looking to defend our NSCHSAA League and CHSAA State titles. 

BY: Kiera Udell is a junior at St. Anthony’s High School, writing for her first year at Friar Scoreboard. Currently a captain of the cross country, winter track, and spring track teams. She is also a member of NHS, SALT, Friar Faithful, Special Needs Ministry, and Triathlon Club. She also plays the flute and piccolo.

BY: Emma Rodriguez is a junior at Saint Anthony’s who is writing for the Scoreboard for the first time. Captain of the girl’s cross country, winter track, and spring track team. member of NHS, SALT, Friar Faithful, Special Needs Ministry, Soup Kitchen Club, and Triathlon Club and plays the piano

Google Classroom


Updated on 06/10/2022

Hello Runners 

Cross Country and Track and Field have a Google classroom where you can find information for the team and season.

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https://friarathletics.org