Garn, Richardson among league meet winners

Over a span of three days, all of the area’s indoor track and field teams went to Onondaga Community College’s SRC Arena to vie for CNY Counties League and OHSL honors.

The girls went first on Monday night as West Genesee, without star sophomore Laura Leff in the lineup, took fourth place in the CNYCL National division with 62 points.

Brianna Richardson earned West Genesee’s lone league title, in the triple jump, by going 35 feet 9 ½ inches, just a quarter of an inch better than Cicero-North Syracuse’s Javielle Fanizzi. Richardson also tied for fourth in the high jump.

In the 4×800 relay, WG’s quartet of Kelly Powell, Amy Hannahan, Mary McGlynn and Lindsay Weaver finished second in 10:34.66, barely behind C-NS, who won in 10:33.67.

Kelly Powell had a third-place time of 1:44.38 in the 600-meter run, and Abby Kastick was third (5:18.43) in the 1,500-meter run. Lindsey Weaver rose to fourth in the 3,000-meter run in 11:48.25, while Hannahan was fifth in the 1,000-meter run .

Powell, Emily Iles, Allison Iles and Alyssa Zeman got to fourth (4:30.10) in the 4×400 relay, with Zeman and Richardson joining Allison Iles and Emily Frazee for fourth in the 4×200 relay. Emily Iles, on her own, was fifth in the 55-meter hurdles, and Zeman was sixth in the 300-meter dash.

In field events, Abby Uczen cleared 8 feet for third place in the pole vault. Maureen McInerney got fifth (24 feet 1 inch) in the shot put, while Frazee was fifth in the long jump.

Marcellus was fourth in the OHSL Liberty meet with 40 points as Solvay (24 points), Westhill/Bishop Ludden (23 points) and Jordan-Elbridge (19 points) followed.

By herself, Rachel Garn accounted for half of the Marcellus points, winning the 1,000 in 3:05.50 and adding a 600-meter title in 1:43.08 as teammate Molly McGuane (1:49.79) was fifth. Shannon Twombly was fourth and Alanna Todd sixth in the 55 sprint.

Todd fared much better in the high jump, where her clearance of 4 feet 8 inches was second only to Cazenovia star Paige Biviano 5 feet 2 inches). Suzanna Sylcox was fifth in the shot put.

Westhill/Ludden had its big moment in the 4×800, where Jessica Curry, Betsy Black, Emily Mizer and Emily Washburn finished in 10:00.40, more than 16 seconds ahead of the field, where Marcellus was fifth and J-E sixth.

That same quartet was third (2:01.86) in the 4×200, while Caroline Coates, Chantel Crenna, Annibel Coolican and Mathia Griffith were third in the 4×400 in 4:35.64.

J-E’s Rachel Greenwood won the league title in the shot put with a toss of 30 feet 8 ½ inches, leaving Solvay’s Kyndra Jackson (30 feet 8 inches) in second, half an inch behind. Eagles teammates Rachel Scott and Monica Espada were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 300 sprint, with Danielle Clark sixth in the shot put.

Solvay’s quartet of Abby Frateschi, Anna Salvagno, Anna Jimenez and Hailey Holcomb were fourth (2:02.30) in the 4×200, with Holcomb adding a third (9.86 seconds) in the 55 hurdles. Frateschi cleared 8 feet for third place in the pole vault.