Continuing its strong start, the Skaneateles girls indoor track and field team made its way to fifth place in a 19-team field at last Saturday’s John Arcaro Memorial Invitational at SUNY-Cortland.
At meet’s end, the Lakers had earned 31 points, just behind Fayetteville-Manlius (33 points) for the fourth spot as Liverpool, with 63 points, earned its second win in as many weeks.
Gabby Eckles took second among individuals in the triple jump (32 feet 11 inches) and teamed with Diane Vitkus for second in the team event with 63 feet 5 inches, half an inch behind Phoenix. Eckles and Kelly Dunn were third in the high jump (9 feet 4 inches), too.
Caroline Walton, with her shot put toss of 33 feet 11 inches, was second and got the runner-up spot with Kelly Dunn as their throws added up to 56 feet 11 inches.
Casey Van Slyke and Danielle Mazzeo combined to land second place in the 1,000-meter run in 6:54.19, with Cicero-North Syracuse (6:45.73) in first. Madeline Adams and Virginia Hamlin were fifth in the 3,000-meter run in 23:43.57.
Though the Lakers did not earn points in the 300-meter dash, freshman Taylor Woodruff still took the individual championship, her time of 44.79 seconds enough to hold off Fulton’s Morgan Cooper (45.10) and the rest of the field.
The Skaneateles boys team was ninth in its version of the Arcaro meet, with 13 points. In the 55-meter hurdles, Sean Cooper and Taylor Weyneth worked to third place in a total time of 18.42 seconds.
Later, Weyneth and Carson Schwab took fourth in the pole vault with 18 feet 6 inches, with Patrick Biver and Ian Smith fifth in the triple jump (68 feet 5 1/4 inches). Tim Lewis and Max Weiss were sixth in the 55-meter dash.
