Earning victories on both the boys and girls sides, the Skaneateles indoor track and teams both would make an impact during Friday night’s Section III Class B championships at SRC Arena.
On the girls side, the Lakers had 76 points, good for third place as Cazenovia, staging a late rally, edged Christian Brothers Academy by half a point, 96.5 to 96, for the title.
Skaneateles won two of the three girls relays. In the 4×400, Katelyn Ellison, Cecilia Marrinan, Christina Ciaccio and Olivia Gage went four minutes, 18.18 seconds to beat Cazenovia (4:21.53) by more than three seconds.
And in the last race of the night, the 4×200 relay, Gage and Marrinan were back, joining Laurel Parker and Amanda Wetmore as the Lakers won in 1:50.98, again with Cazenovia (1:53.88) chasing them, but edging CBA in third place to get the two points it needed to overtake the Brothers in the final standings.
Mia Grasso was victorious in the high jump, the only competitor to clear 5 feet as four others could only clear 4’10” as Aubreah Lynn (4’6″) finished seventh. Then Angela Krause, in the triple jump, went 34’1 3/4″ to top Solvay’s Katie Harringto (33’5 3/4″) and the field.
On the oval, Grasso nearly won the 600-meter run, going 1:42.48 to finish second behind CBA’s Olivia Morganti, who won in 1:42 flat as Maddie Peterson was fifth in 1:44.88.
Then, in the 300-meter dash, Grasso was third in 43.93 seconds, beaten out by Angela Krause, who got second place in 43.49 seconds, not far behind the Brothers’ Anna Schug (42.83 seconds).
Julia Willcox, who was eighth in the 1,500-meter run, gained third place in the 1,000-meter run in 3:10.15. In the 4×800 relay, Willcox, Natalie Condon, Finan Malclom and Jillian Vanleer got fifth place in 10:48.21.
Marrinan and Parker were fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 55-meter dash, though both finished in 7.75 seconds as Wetmore (7.80 seconds) got seventh. Mikaela Terhune was seventh (9.94 seconds) in the 55-meter hurdles as Krause was sixth (14’6 1/2″) and Wetmore seventh in the long jump.
Moving to the boys sectional Class B meet, Skaneateles, led by Tommy Hagen and Jack Kimm, made it to sixth place with 35 points, though it was Westhill-Bishop Ludden (102 points) finishing in front.
Hagen earned his victory in the long jump, putting up a best leap of 21 feet 1/4 inch to beat Westhill-Ludden’s Alex Kiley (20’4 3/4″). In the 55 hurdles, Hagen posted 8.51 seconds to finish runner-up to Westhill-Ludden’s Bryan King, who won in 8.30 seconds.
Kimm, for his part, went 6.96 seconds in the 55 sprint to get second place behind CBA’s Tom SanGiacomo (6.79 seconds), and then was fifth (18’4″) in the long jump behind Kimm.
Pairing together, Hagen and Kimm, joined by Josh McCabe and Luke Palmer, finished fourth in the 4×200 in 1:41.80, where Westhill-Ludden won in 1:39.19. Palmer tied for seventh in the high jump, clearing 5’2″.
Kevin Danaher had a fifth-place shot put throw of 39’1″. Luke Rathgeb just missed the points in the 1,000, getting to seventh place in 2:54.68 and also gaining 10th place in the mile. Steve Ciaccio, Liam Kerrigan, Noah Cliff and Max Moss were ninth (4:10.29) in the 4×400.
