Clarkstown North And South Top Spring Athletes Named

North Rockland lacrosse player Tara Monaghan and Spring Valley sprinter Winslow Dorsainvil were named the spring sports Rockland County Senior Athletes-of-the-Season for 2012.

Clarkstown North Lacrosse player Vincent Barbetto and Shannon Kay  of the track and field team were nominated as their school's top male and female athletes. Clarkstown South Lacrosse player Kristian Alleyne and softball player Samantha McDonald were nominated as their school's top male and female athletes of the spring season.

The Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame Committee, Rockland County Sports Coaches Association and Crown Trophy of Pearl River sponsor the awards, given three times a year for over 30 years, once each for the fall, winter and spring seasons.

The athletic directors at Rockland County's 11 high schools submit their outstanding senior male and female athletes for each season to the selection committee. All 66 nominees are invited to the annual awards breakfast Tuesday, June 5 at the Pearl River Elks Club. 

Dorsainvil is currently ranked No. 1 in the state in the 100-meter dash, ninth nationally. He won the 100 meters in the county and section championship meets. He and Tom Bonaro of Pearl River were both scheduled to compete in the Section 1 state qualifying meet at White Plains High School.

Monahan’s' North Rockland team is undefeated and won the first Section 1 Class A championship in school history. She has 77 goals so far this season. 

They were chosen by a selection committee made up of retired Suffern AD Bob Buono, retired Albertus Magnus and Pearl River AD Tom Collins, retired Nanuet football and wrestling coach Rich Conklin, retired Pearl River AD Tom Doherty, Commissioner of Rockland County Officials Jimmy Kane and former Nanuet AD Judy Slutsky.

The nominees broken down by school are:

• Albertus Magnus: Casey Kern (baseball) and Casey Silvestri (lacrosse)
• Nanuet: Robert Tutein (track and field) and Katie Vellardito (softball)
• North Rockland: Joe Dugan (lacrosse) and Tara Monaghan (lacrosse)
• Nyack: Julio Melendez (track and field) and Cristina DeVita (lacrosse)
• Pearl River: Tom Bonaro (track and field) and Kiera McMullan (lacrosse)
• Ramapo: Jah-Moul Gordon (track and field) and Phillippa Bogard (track and field)
• Spring Valley: Winslow Dorsainvil (track and field) and Tatiana Beaujour (softball)
• Suffern: Kevin McNally (lacrosse) and Lely DeSimone (lacrosse)
• Tappan Zee: Matthew DiGiacomo (track and field) and Kasey Keane (track and field)