Though just a sophomore, Skaneateles girls indoor track and field sprinter Emma Ford still managed to earn a trip to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championship meet.
Ford claimed this spot with her performance in the Feb. 26 state qualifier at Colgate University, where she tore through the 300-meter dash in 43.09 seconds. And though dged out by Cazenovia’s Jillian Vogl (42.91) for the top spot, both would advance to the next level.
And so, Ford went to Cornell University’s Barton Hall Saturday, joined by fellow Laker Caroline Walton as they both went up against the best in the state.
Ford’s time dipped slightly, to 43.20 seconds, as she finished fifth in her heat and did not advance to the finals. Overall, she took 22nd place as Vogl was 17th and Mount Vernon’s Tayana Yarde won in 39.67 seconds.
Meanwhile, in the girls shot put, Walton, a senior who qualified with a toss of 36 feet 8 inches at Colgate, threw it 35 feet 4 inches this time around, which put her in 14th place, behind her sectional teammate, Auburn’s Corrine Taylor (37 feet 2 3/4 inches), who was ninth. Bishop Loughlin’s Adrienne Alexander won with 43 feet 1/4 inch.
