TULLY – From one season to another, the Cazenovia boys track and field program continues to display its strength, depth and versatility at every turn.
When the Lakers opened its 2023 outdoor season last Monday at the Tully Spring Break Invitational, it went to the top of the 12-team standings with 109 points as the host Black Kngihts (90 points) finished second.
In the very first race of the season, the 4×400 relay, Cazenovia won when Lucky Prior, Jaden Kaplan, Tristan Field-Bradley and Judah Ossont went three minutes, 51.66 seconds to edge Henninger’s 3:52.38.
Branden McColm was victorious at 800 meters in 2:08.09, more than six seconds ahead of the field as Jake Woolbert (2:25.58) was sixth. This was after McColm made his way to second place in the 3,200-meter run in 10:38.57 as Jake Woolbert was sixth and Chris Kelly seventh.
Jed Olkowski threw the shot put 39 feet 7 inches over Homer’s Jonah Campos (38’4”), while Sam Wilcox, in the discus, heaved it 107’5”, a close second to the 108’9” from Tully’s Braden Switzer. Kaplan got second in the 400-meter dash in 53.65 seconds, while Dan Raymond finished sixth.
Connor Frisbie went 17.74 seconds to grab second place in the 110 high hurdles, with Sam Wilcox ninth as Frisbie, Raymond, Kaplan and Gabe Sanchez were second in the 4×100 relay in 47.61.
Moving to field events, Frisbie had a third-place triple jump of 40’1”, with Wyatt Scott fourth by going 37′ 1’2”. In the high jump, Frisbie cleared 5’4” for fifth place.
Scott ran the 200-meter dash in 24.70 seconds for fifth, Raymond taking eighth in 25.15. Scott also took seventh (16’1 1/2”) in the long jump. Owen Woodworth’s 1,570 points put him in third place in the pentathlon.
Will Austin took third in the 1,600-meter run in 5:06.01 as J.D. Dolly was eighth. Later, in the 4×800 relay, McColm, Austin, Dolly and Woolbert were second in 9:34.47 as Cazenovia’s 4×100 throwers gained fifth place.
Cazenovia has its first OHSL Liberty division meet next Wednesday at Homer.