In order to further test itself, each of the Skaneateles indoor track and field teams would travel to New York City and take part in the Molloy Stanner Games, held last Saturday at the Armory Track and Field Center.
For the girls Lakers, the main highlight was the 4×200 relay, where it nearly finished on top, posting a time of one minute, 47.92 seconds to finish runner-up behind Hempstead, who won in 1:45.35. Another Lakers side was 11th in that same event in 1:52.09.
Right after that, Skaneateles finished third in the 4×400 relay in 4:20.79, trailing only Half Hollow Hills West (4:09.23) and Niskayuna (4:09.43), while Julia Willcox took part in the 1-mile Run Invitational and gained fifth place in 5:19.69 as Hackley’s Julia Stevenson prevailed in 5:08.08.
Maddie Peterson gained 15th place in the 300-meter dash in 43.22 seconds, with Angela Krause 19th in 43.46 seconds. Olivia Gage finished in 45.28 seconds as Brady Iles did best in the 55-meter hurdles, finishing in 10.57 seconds, ahead of Christina Ciaccio (10.87 seconds).
Mia Grasso, in a time of 1;44.01, was 26th in the 600-meter run. Amanda Wetmore finished 29th in the 55-meter dash in 7.82 seconds, while Cecilia Marrinan was 33rd in 7.83 seconds and Laurel Parker posted 7.95 seconds. Natalie Condon, who ran the 600 in 1;52.56, was 45th in the 1,000-meter run in 3:24.33, ahead of Jillian Van Leer (3:33.44)
Meanwhile, in the boys Molly Stanner meet, Tommy Hagen gave the Lakers a sixth-place finish in the long jump, going 20 feet 7 inches as Anthony Roderick (Hackley School) won with a leap of 22’4 ½”. Hagen’s teammate, Jack Kimm, was 25th with a leap of 18’10”, while Luke Palmer had a top jump of 17’11”.
Elsewhere, Stephen Ciaccio recorded a time of 1:38.39 in the 600-meter run, while Sam McClintic finished in 1:39.14 and Graham McCarthy finished in 1:47.51. Nick Paciorek ran 1,000 meters in a time of 3:22.40. Max Moss (45.20 seconds) finished just ahead of Ryan Willcox (46.30 seconds) in the 300-meter dash.
The Lakers were 29th in the 4×200 relay in 1:45.15. Josh McCabe, in 7.24 seconds, beat out Palmer (7.39 seconds) and Noah Cliff (7.40 seconds) in the 55 sprint, though each won their respective heats, as did Chris Corona, who posted 7.66 seconds as Kevin Danaher finished in 7.55 seconds.
And as it turned out, competing in New York City gave the Lakers more activity that it would have done staying at home, for Monday’s John Arcaro Invitational at SRC Arena was snowed out and will get made up on Jan. 31.