ESM, J-D track teams win openers

Due to the big number of OHSL Freedom division teams in track and field, East Syracuse Minoa would open its season with a three-way meet last Thursday afternoon, welcoming Homer and Fulton to Spartan Stadium – and beating them both.
The girls meet saw ESM top the Trojans 88-53 and rout the Red Raiders 110-31, paced by a sweep of all three distance races by Natalie Marra.
To start with, Marra went 1,500 meters in five minutes, 16.5 seconds, pulling away from Homer’s McKayla Crawford (5;23.1), and then Marra took the 800-meter run in 2:42.3 to Crawford’s 2;46.4 before going on to win the 3,000-meter run in 11:39.3.
Mia Montgomery finished second (13.9 seconds) to the Trojans’ Alsasce Sanders (13.7 seconds) in the 100-meter dash, but rebounded to win the long jump, going 15 feet 4 inches, and the triple jump with a top effort of 35’5”.
Elsewhere, Jennah Ferrari cleared 4’8” in the high jump to finish first, while Lindsey Crego had a first-place discus throw of 93’6 ½” and was second in the shot put behind Emily Barker, who won with a toss of 28’8”. ESM also had wins in the 4×100 (53.5 seconds) and 4×400 (11:27.1) relays.
It was much the same story in the boys meet, where ESM pulled away from Fulton 106-35 and did the same to Homer, prevailing over the Trojans 94-47.
Abdullah Mujcic set the tone for the Spartans, edging Homer’s Matt Guerrera, 12.0 seconds to 12.1, in the 100 sprint before going to the 200 and winning in 23.8 seconds to Guerra’s 24 seconds flat. Mujcic also was second in the long jump (19’8 ¾”) behind teammate Alex McGrath, who won with a leap of 21’6”.
Matt Young was victorious in the mile in 4:49.2, well clear of Homer’s Grant Stokoe (4:53.8), as Young went on to run 3,200 meters in 10:41.5 for another title. Gabe Holloman took the victory in the shot put with a toss of 42’7 ½” as Martin Campbell threw the discus 102’9 ½” to win there and Gavin Stevens (98’9 ½”) was close behind.
In its season opener, Jamesville-DeWitt pulled away from the Mexico Tigers by a 105-34 margin on the girls side and an 85-56 margin on the boys side.
During the girls meet, J-D’s Lainey Foti won twice, edging teammate Ailish McDivitt, 19.05 seconds to 19.06, in the 100 hurdles before she went 1:19.3 in the 400 hurdles to take that even, again with McDivitt (1:22.4) in the runner-up spot.
Alexia Carr beat Mackenzie Maxam, 13.3 seconds to 13.7, to win the 100 sprint, going on to win the 200 in 27.8 seconds. Chloe Hayward claimed the 400 sprint in 1:07 flat over Amanda Semmel (1:08.3), while
Sophia Vinciguerra earned the victory in the 1,500-meter run in 5:12.2, with Kim Walsh second in 5:44.1. Walsh also did well in the 800-meter run, posting 2:46.2 to get second place behind Elena Haarer’s 2:36 flat as Abby Palin (12:29.4) edged Abbie Leavitt (12:29.7) in the 3,000-meter run.
Mariyanna Williams-VanArsdale won the shot put with a top throw of 28 feet 9 ½ inches, and also was second in the shot put behind Jessica Pace, who took that even with a top throw of 84’7 ½”. Gabrielle Tanksley, clearing 7’6”, won the pole vault as Maxam finished second in the triple jump.
In the 4×400 relay, Maxam, Hayward, Carr and Haarer roared to victory in 4:36.2, with J-D also taking the 4×800 relay as Palin, Alisa Salbert, Casey Keane and Abbie Leavitt finished in 10:53.9.
Moving to the boys meet, J-D benefited from double wins from Patrick Dye and Nolan Roosa. Dye ran the mile in 4:49.9 as Sam Glisson (5:00.4) took second place, and the same pair went 1-2 in the 3,200 as Dye won in 10:36.6 and Glisson (11:24.5) was behind him.
Roosa, for his part, went from a first-place time of 16.7 seconds in the 110 high hurdles to taking the 400 hurdles in 1:05.6, just ahead of teammate Alex Carbacio (1:08.6). He also was second (5’8”) to Mexico’s Hunter Hellinger (5’10”) in the high jump.
Two other times, J-D swept top spots as Mike Potamianos (53.3 seconds) beat David Fikhman (54.7 seconds) in the 400 sprint and Chris Blust (9’6”) and Brendan Sharon (7’6”) led the field in the pole vault. Potamianos also finished second in the 200.
Jan Ramirez matched the Tigers’ Logan Burrows in the 100, each of them finishing in 11.3 seconds, while also getting second in the long jump by going 19’5”. Henry Middleton had an impressive win in the discus with a top throw of 113’11”.