In its second appearance of the season, the Baldwinsville boys indoor track and field team went all the way to the top during last Saturday’s John Arcaro Memorial Invitational at SUNY-Cortland. When all was settled, the Bees had 51.5 points, holding off challenges from a big field. Tully was second with 45 points and Jamesville-DeWitt, with 42 points, took third place. Each event featured two competitors from each team with combined times, distances and heights. All the winning commenced in the 55-meter hurdles, where Andrew Hoover, second among individuals (8.27 seconds), and Jon Hingre (9.10 seconds) finished first in 17.37 seconds, ahead of J-D (17.57 seconds) and the rest of the field. And Hoover wasn’t done, as he combined with Todd Mitchell to post two of the top six times in the 300-meter dash and win in 1:16.74 as Tully (1:17.58) finished a close second. Rudy Sapp won the individual 55-meter dash in 6.69 seconds, edging Fowler’s Jamal Reed (6.71) as Sapp and Mitchell teamed up for another victory over J-D, 13.76 seconds to 13.91. Alec Peinkofer (in second) and Ethan Pacheck (in fourth) were quick in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 5:31.59, yet still finished second to Cicero-North Syracuse, who saw Chris Buchanan (first) and Jared Walther) prevail in 5:22.56. Shaun Thompson and Casey McAllister were third in the 3,200-meter run in 21:03.13, while Josh Perez and Andrew Fleming were fifth in the mile (9:39.56). Hingre and Fleming got fourth place in the long jump (32 feet 11 1/2 inches), the only points earned in field events.
On the girls side at the Arcaro meet, B’ville finished seventh with 20.5 points. Laura Farleman and Allie Pesano nearly won the 55 hurdles, but settled for second place in 20.48 seconds behind CNS, who won in 19.88 seconds. On the oval, Cierral Allen and Quaniesha Ivey got third place in the 300-meter dash with a time of 1:34.38 as Mackenzie Ross and Lindsay Varga finished fourth in the 600-meter run in 3:47.11. Sierra Earle and Stephanie Mangano were fifth in the shot put (52 feet 4 inches) as the Bees tied for sixth in the high jump.