Ally Saccone

Old Rochester Regional’s Track program had some very impressive hurdle records and then Ally Saccone came along and smashed them all.

At the time of her graduation, she had the 3rd fastest 60 meter hurdle time in state history of 8.85 and the ninth fastest 55 meter hurdle time at 8.21. She won the All State Championship twice in the 400 meter hurdles (63.54, 62.50) while taking second in the state in the 100 meter hurdles (14.69, 14.77) those same years. She set the meet records in the 400 hurdles for Division 4 both years. Her best 100 meter dash was 13.01 while running the 300 hurdles once, she ran a 46.50.

Ally was very impressive in the jumps as well. She tied the school record in the high jump at 5’3”. She also triple jumped 35’3” and long jumped 17’1”.

Ally came into high school known as one of the top softball prospects in the area. She joined winter track to get in shape for the softball spring season. She made the varsity softball team but left after one week because it couldn’t match her new found love for track, speed, hurdles and track and field family.

Ally was an incredible hurdler who set the standard for all others to be compared. A rare athlete that embraced the challenge, took no shortcuts, and was a warrior every time she stepped on the track.” Coach Sean Medeiros She excelled at field hockey for Old Rochester and was the team leading scorer both her junior and senior years.

“Ally was able to use her speed to run down balls and get past defenders. She was a tenacious player who was very competitive and level headed. She had a good nose for the ball in front of the net and she was able to read situations and make the right play.” - Polly Lawrence - Head Field Hockey Coach

The Standard Times chose Ally as the 2012-2013 Athlete of the Year of all sports her senior year for her excellence in field hockey and her dominance in track and field.