Monsignor Scanlan High
School Wins 3 Basketball
Championships in a
Single Season
Monsignor Scanlan High
School, a leading Catholic,
co-educational, college
preparatory high school,
announced today that it
has garnered three basketball
championships titles
in the 2019 athletic season.
In March 2019, three of the
school’s basketball teams
(boys’ junior varsity, and
girls’ junior varsity and varsity
teams) clinched title
wins.
The JV Boys were victorious
in the CHSAA City
Championship game in a
defeat over Xaverian High
School. Not to be outdone by
the boys, the JV and varsity
girls’ teams each won New
York Archdiocesan Championship
games in respective
wins over Notre Dame High
school and Cardinal Spellman
High School. The girls’
varsity team has impressively
earned this title three
times in the last four years.
Scanlan Has a Long History
of Division 1 Recruits
“When it comes to elite
athletic programs in New
York City, Monsignor Scanlan
is increasingly top-ofmind
as a school that consistently
hones outstanding
student athletes,” said Tom
Catalanotto, Athletic Director,
Monsignor Scanlan
High School. “Each year,
several student athletes
are recruited to Division 1
colleges and universities,”
added Catalanotto.
About Monsignor Scanlan
High School
Located on a picturesque
13-acre campus in
the Throggs Neck section of
the Bronx minutes from the
Whitestone Bridge, Monsignor
Scanlan High School is
a leading Catholic, co-educational,
college preparatory
high school with a strong emphasis
on academic achievement.
It is accredited by the
Board of Regents of the State
of New York and the Middle
States Association of Schools
and Colleges and offers challenging
Advanced Placement
Courses and college
credit through a partnership
with St. John’s University.
Scanlan boasts championship
athletic teams and
notable alumni whose professional
backgrounds span
business, the arts, academia,
professional sports and civic
service. Its student body of
over four-hundred excels in
an environment of high academic
expectations and performance.
Visit www.scanlanhs.
edu to learn more.
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Velocity Track Club highlights
COACH WINSTON DINKINS
On March 8th-10th the Velocity
Track Club competed
in the 2019 Amateur Athletic
Union (AAU) Youth Indoor
National Championship at the
PG Sports & Learning Complex
in Landover, Maryland.
With over 2,500 athletes competing
for the “Best in the
USA” title, Velocity showed
up ready for the competition.
Teams throughout the country
were in attendance, spectators
stood outside for hours
to watch the races, while the
announcer kept you abreast of
the athletes competing, their
seed times and if any records
were broken. Awards were
presented to all participants
who fi nish 1st – 8th place in
their event. To earn a medal
at this event was a major accomplishment.
VTC was represented well
and gave me a great birthday
present by winning 41 medals!
As a team, Velocity took home
three gold, three silver, 14
bronze, fi ve fourth place medals,
one fi fth place, fi ve sixth
place medals, seven seventh
place and three eighth place
medals, which also posted a
meet record.
After the three day meet,
VTC posted three Nationals
Champions; In the 3,000-meter
race walk, Tiarra Jackson
broke the meet record, while
teammates Jada Clarke and
Pierce Parker became National
Champions in the High
Jump and 3,000 meters respectively.
Dontae Lindo medaled
in all four of his events, 3000,
1500, 4x800 and 4x400 meters
races. Cameron Joseph,
Brianna Burrell and Pierce
Parker each claimed three
medals in all their events. The
following athletes won their
fi rst National medal: Justyce
Moore (1), Jared Dawson (2),
Adeyemi Senior (2), Micah
Claxton (1), Candice Palmer
(1), Nevaeh Willington (1), Patience
Burgus (1), Savannah
Blake (1), Karly Jackson (1),
Hannah Defl orimonte (1) and
Ryann Joseph (1). It’s a blessing
to see the smiles on their
faces, standing on the podium
at a national meet for the fi rst
time. Other medalists were,
Julian Caldwell (2), Matthiaus
Love-Anderson (1), Shyenne
Blake (2), Olyvia Burrell
(2), Adonijah Washington (2),
Jada Clark (2), Tiarra Jackson
(3) and Justice Willington
(1). I’m truly blessed to have
the opportunity to work with
these athletes and our staff to
make this all possible. Congratulations
to all that competed,
your all are winners!
After the meet, we went to
Golden Coral Restaurant to
celebrate!
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