Remington Flyers TC at Hershey

Three members of the Remington Flyers Track Club - Arianna Francis, Joseph Amoroso, and Deanna Kerr - were crowned tops in the nation at the AAU National Track and Field Club Championships, conducted at Walt Disney's Wide World of Sports Stadium in Orlando, Fla.

Twenty-seven Flyers, representing the Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle, won a total of 30 medals.
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Francis, 13, took top honors in the high jump; Amoroso, 15, prevailed in the 3,000-meter racewalk,;and Kerr, 10, took the title in shot put.

The medalists included Nyah Firmin, 8 (two silvers); Alicia Donaldson, 11; Nijera Manuel, 11 (bronze, fourth, and fifth); Jaliyah Henry, 11 (bronze and fifth); Jakira Cole, 8; Chevan eese Francis, 8; Imani Forde, 13 (silver and bronze); Keimara Amos, 9; Matisse Claytor, 12; Andrea Amoroso, 11; Tianna Watson, 13; Diamond Dorn, 13 (silver); Halim Dixon, 6; Jaylen Brown, 6; Steven Nuri Jr., 8; and Sage Francis, 6.

Also competing were Tracy Savage, Christian Doherty, Lyric Dupree, Imani Thompson, Isabella Claytor, Jada Thompson, Oliver Clayton, Habib Dixon and Glenisha Burrell.

Sabella savors Hershey trip: It's hard to tell which was more memorable for Lindsay Sabella -her silver medal performance at the Hershey (Pa.) North American Track and Field Games, or the time she spent there with former Olympic gold medalists Carl Lewis, Bruce Jenner and Rafer Johnson.

Sabella, a member of the Westchester Striders Track Club who will be a fifth-grader at Yorktown's Crompond Elementary School, placed second in the Girls 9-10 year-old 100 meter dash.

She won't forget the lessons she learned from the Olympians -and neither will her dad.

"Carl Lewis, Bruce Jenner and Rafer Johnson were a few of the former Olympians who were there to work with the kids," Steve Sabella said. "You would think their participation would be an autograph signing and see you later, but that wasn't the case.

"They spent many hours with the kids over the three days, teaching them the greater lessons sports have to offer. It wasn't about where you finished in the race but how you conducted yourself on and off the track."