In one productive afternoon, the Marcellus boys track and field team took down two neighbors and rivals at the same time.
With the schedule somewhat shortened by the early-April weather, the Mustangs met both Solvay and Skaneateles last Wednesday afternoon, and beat them both, with Marcellus topping the Bearcats 80-60 and doubling up on the Lakers in a 94-47 decision. Solvay beat Skaneateles 81-60 to gain a split of the meet.
Going 1-2 in all three distance races, Marcellus saw Patrick McGuane edge Ethan Mosure, 5:02.9 to 5:03.5, in the mile before covering 800 meters in 2:11 flat as Matt Strempel (2:12.1) was second. Joe Riccardi won the 3,200-meter run in 11:14.6 as Mike Brown took second place in 11:28.5.
Sean Raymond gained the Mustangs’ lone win in a field event, clearing 6 feet in the high jump to beat Solvay’s Tony Matysuk (5’6”) after finishing second in the 110 and 400 hurdles. Mike Provvidenti went exactly 24 seconds in the 200-meter dash to win over the Bearcats’ Garrett Lee, who was runner-up in 24.5 seconds. Riley Burns finished second in the long jump.
Lee did win, though, in the triple jump, his leap of 38 feet just ahead of teammate Colton Francemone (37’7 ¾”). Mike Tomoroska added a win in the pole vault, clearing 10 feet ahead of Marcellus’ Sam Stearns (9’6”), while Jacob Hook threw the shot put 43’7”.
Jadin Jackson, second in the shot put, won the discus with a heave of 109’3”. Jordan Devereaux (11.7 seconds) and Lamar Flood (11.9 seconds) went 1-2 in the 100-meter dash.
In the girls meet involving these same three teams, Marcellus beat Solvay 92-48, but both lost to Skaneateles, the Lakers handling the Bearcats 113-24 and the Mustangs 94-47.
Johanna Sylcox gave Marcellus a victory in the shot put, tossing it 31’4” as Solvay’s Samantha Waters (28’7”) was second. Hannah Ryan and Courtney Ortis both cleared 6’6” in the pole vault, while Morgan Gould got to first place in the 3,000-meter run in 11:54.1.
Katie Harrington got the Bearcats’ lone win by going 30’9 ½” in the triple jump, also finishing second in the 100 hurdles in 17.7 seconds, just behind Skaneateles’ Brady Iles, who won in 17.6 seconds. Marcellus saw Mary-Catherine Coon finish second in the 100 and 200 sprints, plus the high jump.
While all this was going on, Westhill-Bishop Ludden was winning its opening meet of the season, sweeping Christian Brothers Academy.
The boys Warriors rolled past the Brothers 100-41 despite CBA claiming all three relays, with Joe Connor setting the pace. Connor had a first-place long jump of 19’9” and cleared 6’2 in the high jump, also finishing second (39’ ½’), just behind Keandre Sanders (39’1”), in the triple jump.
Ben Eassa and Evan Watt each cleared 10’6” in the pole vault, with Will Swartwood winning the shot put (43’5 ½”) and Sean Corbett (96’2”) holding off Nick Visconte (93’2”) for first place in the discus.
In a close 200 sprint, Ben Hunter edged CBA’s Gavin Collins, though both finished in 25.1 seconds. Bryan King won the 110 hurdles in 17.3 seconds and was runner-up (1:05.5) to Owen Hoyne (1:05.3) in the 400 hurdles. Cody Badman took the 400 sprint in 54.7 seconds as Jake Suddaby (4:55.8) and Garnet Remillard (4:58.9) went 1-2 in the mile.
On the girls side, Westhill-Ludden topped CBA 87-54, seeing Genny Corcoran claim the 1,500-meter run in 5:00.6 and run away in the 3,000-meter run, prevailing in 11:05 flat.
Kathryn Doherty went 17.3 second to win the 100-meter hurdles, also tying Noelle Coolican and Katie DeVeyra for first place in the pole vault. Annibel Coolican, after she won the 400 hurdles in 1:11.9, had a first-place triple jump of 31’3”, with Nasia Williams clearing 5’1” to beat Noelle Coolican in the high jump.
Mary Kate Washburn threw the shot put 30’8” and Shelly Sakran won the discus with a heave of 89’7”. Liz Kessler, finishing in 2:32.8, beat Haylei Coolican (2:37 flat) in the 800, Zoe Fortin, Megan O’Reilly, Olivia Daigneau and Annibel Coolican were victorious in the 4×400 relay in 4:29 flat as Emily O’Reilly, Kylie Nowicki, Meghan Evans and Lisa Bogardus took the 4×800 in 11:22.5.
Jordan-Elbridge’s girls team spilt its first meets of the season, defeating Syracuse’s Institute of Technology Central 92-35, but falling to Cazenovia 111-30. In the boys meet, J-E did win both sides of the meet, edging Cazenovia 73-68 while claiming an 85-56 victory over ITC.
Theresa Dristle won the lone individual champion for the girls Eagles, needing 2:37.8 to prevail at 800 meters as she also helped Emma Burns, Madi Hatt and Emily Klock get first place in the 4×400 relay in 4:40 flat. For Cazenovia, Kirsten Underwood (100 and 200 sprints), Jamie Joseph (400 hurdles, discus) and Katie Robbins (triple jump, pole vault) each won twice.
