Getting one more chance to compete in 2011, the Baldwinsville girls indoor track and team took full advantage, rising to sixth place in Wednesday’s Oscar Jensen Holiday Relays at Onondaga Community College’s SRC Arena.
Overall, the Bees picked up 38 points, comfortably in front of most of the large field, though it was Fayetteville-Manlius occupying the top spot with 70 points.
B’ville’s lone team win came in the high jump, where Emily Soeder was second among individuals, clearing 5 feet 3 inches, and, helped by Kayleigh Bates, took team honors with 9 feet 5 inches, one inch better than Cicero-North Syracuse.
Mackenzie Ross supplied the big individual highlight for B’ville, working her way to victory in the 800-meter run by edging Jamesville-DeWitt’s Rachel Fairbanks, 2:30.95 to Fairbanks’ 2:31.23. Ross and Kelley Hull were third (5:15.31) in the team event.
Gina Carnovale and Stephanie Vasteno were second in the 55-meter dash, their total time of 15.52 seconds just behind Fowler, who won with 15.52 seconds. On her own, Carnovale took second in the long jump, going 15 feet 3 inches, as she and Hannah Moyer was fifth on the team side.
Cierra Allen was fifth among individuals in the 300-meter dash (44.60 seconds) and combined with Angela Tomasello for a fourth-place team effort in 1:30.63. Hannah Olds and Mia Bolton were fourth (23:49.40) in the 3,000-meter run.
Lauren Fisher was fourth in the pole vault, clearing 6 feet 6 inches. Quaneshia Ivey and Julia Nagy claimed seventh place in the 400-meter dash, with Lauren Schmidt and Melissa Nathrop seventh in the triple jump as Julia Johnson and Emily Thompson took eighth in the 1,000-meter run, each duo just out of the points.
B’ville only had 11 points in the boys portion of the Jensen meet, but Alec Peinkofer still won the 1,000-meter run in convincing fashion, his time of 2:35.13 more than 12 seconds clear of the field as he and Jeremiah Johnson (3:16.99) were fifth among teams.
Andy Fleming and Harrison Warner were fourth in the 600-meter run in a combined 3:07.35. Nate Wicks took fourth in the 400 sprint in 53.66 seconds, as he and Kurt Anderson were fifth (1:51.79) on the team side.
Fleming and Warner also were fifth in the high jump, combining to clear 10 feet 6 inches. Casey McAllister and James Wafful were sixth (66 feet 4 ½ inches) in the triple jump. Matt Pond ran to ninth in the mile in 4:47.08.
The Bees’ teams are back at SRC Arena on Jan. 6 for the George Constantino Memorial Meet to start their 2012 slate.
