Elzie Coleman flew out to the Golden West Invite in June 2004 to send NY's 400m mark below 46.0.
On May 17, 2013, Mary Cain rode with a group of older runners to a 1500m time that smashed her own national record by 6 seconds.
In 2004 Edino Steele headed south and sprinted to a state record in his "other" event, the 100m.
Fayetteville-Manlius found a silver lining in a 2nd place at Nationals in 2011 as they set a state record in the DMR.
At the Section 2 State Qualifiers in 2001, Dan Olson launched himself on a journey to 7-3 and returned to earth with a new state record.
At States in 1995, Hamburg's Patrick Buckheit set a state and national mark in the pentathlon, and 25 years later it's still the US all-time best.
The Hornets had been edged by Garden City at 2010 States as both 4x8 teams bested the state record, and at Nationals FM got a do-over.
Benjamin Franklin's loaded team went to the Penn Relays in 1993 and sped to a state record in the 4x100m
In 2010 Whitney Fountain nailed that final dreaded 800m in her first try at the pentathlon to set a mark that has never been approached.
Joe Galeano still holds the HJ frosh and soph state records in the high jump, but his 110m hurdles still stands after 33 years.
The Boys and Girls 4x4 relay squad blazed NY's fastest time ever at the 2008 Nationals meet.
Andy Bloom threw the discus a bit too far in 1991 at Section State Qualfiers, so he had to wait to get his state record verified..
Dalilah Muhammad surged to an NY record in the 400 hurdles at Nike Outdoors Nationals and kept going for Olympic gold.
Not even a vicious headwind could keep Jermaine Stafford from setting the NY best in 1993 at US Juniors.
At a boys meet in 2006, Suffern's girls took the long way home to a national record in the 4 x Mile.
Jeff Van Wie made a tough decision and went westward in 1983 to nail down an 800 mark that still stands.
More than month after she graduated from HS, Tiffany Maskuluski seized the chance to own a national record.
Back in 1978, Sanya Owolabi had the hops as he set a national record in the triple jump at a USA-USSR Juniors in Russia.
Uniondale junior Keyon Soley went to the National Scholastic championships in 1997 and set a sprint record for the ages.
Shana Cox and John Gregorek set NY milestones 25 years apart and on different continents, but they stand among the oldest for state record holders.
Jim Shields ran at his own pace and did things his way on route to a national record in the 3K steeplechase in 1976.
In May 1992 at the Jamestown Track Classic, Stacy Schroeder threw the discus 172 feet, and no one's gone further since.
Thirty years ago, Shelly Choppa took flight to a height that set a national record and still stands today as NY's oldest girls state mark.